JP6151400B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that performs a prefetch notice effect.

In general, a pachinko machine has a special symbol display device that displays a special symbol, an effect display device that displays a predetermined effect, a starting point that triggers an electronic lottery related to the special symbol, and an electronic symbol that relates to a normal symbol. There are through-chuckers that trigger the lottery and electric tulips that open and close at the entrance of the start opening. In addition, the special symbol display device displays the mode in which the special symbol is changed and then stopped to notify the result of the electronic lottery. When the jackpot is won, a jackpot game advantageous to the player is provided. In this jackpot game, the player can acquire a lot of prize balls because the attacker device opens and closes a predetermined number of times (a predetermined number of rounds) and the game ball enters the winning prize opening.

In the above conventional pachinko machine, when a game ball wins at the start opening, a random number for determining whether the special symbol is successful or not and a random number for determining the type of the special symbol are acquired. Based on the above, whether the special symbol is successful or not and the type of the special symbol are determined. After these decisions are made, the special symbols change, and when a predetermined time elapses, a stop symbol corresponding to those decisions is displayed on the special symbol display device.

In addition, when a game ball wins a starting point during the change of special symbols, random numbers acquired with the winning as a trigger are reserved balls in each memory (holding ball random number storage unit) up to a predetermined number (for example, 4). Stored as a random number. In addition, when a reserve ball random number is memorize | stored, that is displayed on an effect display apparatus in a predetermined | prescribed aspect. Then, when the variation of the special symbol related to the current game is stopped and the result of the electronic lottery is confirmed, the random number stored in each memory is read, and whether the special symbol is successful or not is determined. After that, the game is advanced based on the determination results. That is, a game based on the reserved ball random number is started. At this time, one display of the holding ball is deleted.

Here, the variation time of the special symbol is based on the variation pattern command, and this variation pattern command uses a predetermined variation pattern table according to the result of the special symbol success / failure and the result of the special symbol type. It is decided to refer to it. Therefore, if you analyze the fluctuation pattern command, not only the presence of reach, whether the reserved ball random number is winning the jackpot, whether it is a probable change, the number of rounds of the jackpot game, such as how many rounds I understand the content.

In recent years, pachinko machines that perform a so-called “prefetching notice effect” have become mainstream. In this type of pachinko machine, when a reserved ball random number is stored, the main control processing unit determines various lottery results for the reserved ball random number in advance, and changes pattern commands according to the result. The change pattern command is output to the effect control processing unit as a prefetch command. Then, the effect control processing unit performs a notice effect indicating the possibility that the reserved ball random number is a big hit from the prefetch command, that is, a prefetch notice effect, It is performed at a stage before the game based on random numbers is started.

For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, the pre-reading notice effect is also determined for jackpots other than the holding balls related to the symbol variation, and the display of the holding balls in the case of the jackpot is displayed by other holdings. There is a method of displaying a notice of a big hit by making the display different from the display of the sphere. According to this Patent Document 1, since it is possible to know in advance which reserved ball is a big hit, when a notice is displayed, until the game order based on the random number stored on hold comes around. During this time, the player can enjoy the game while expecting it.

In addition, as described above, since the type and content of the jackpot can be known from the look-ahead command (the change pattern command determined in advance when the reserved ball random number is stored), Depending on the type and content of the jackpot, it can be different. For example, in Patent Document 2, based on the pre-read information, it is determined whether or not a specific jackpot is included in the reserved ball random number, and if a specific jackpot is included, a technique for performing a precursor effect Is disclosed. According to this patent document 2, the player can have a sense of expectation that a specific jackpot may be included in the reserved ball random number by the precursor effect.

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However, in Patent Document 1, since it is a prior notice that it is a big hit,
There is rarely a pre-reading notice. Also, in Patent Document 2, if the expectation that a specific jackpot is included is increased, the so-called gusset notice needs to be reduced, so the frequency of performing the warning effect is naturally reduced. In other words, if the pre-reading notice effect is performed only at the time of the jackpot, the expectation degree of the jackpot at the prefetching notice effect is 100%.
Accordingly, the pre-reading notice effect is extremely rare. In this case, the player rarely sees the pre-reading notice effect, and is bored with the game. On the other hand, if the pre-reading notice effect is frequently performed at times other than the big hit, it is possible to show the player many pre-reading notice effects. However, in this case, the expectation level of the pre-reading notice effect is lowered, so that the player loses interest in the pre-reading notice effect. As described above, in the above-described conventional technology, the balance between the frequency of the pre-reading notice effect and the expectation level (reliability) for the jackpot is not achieved, and it cannot be said that the game preference is necessarily improved. there were.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to achieve a balance between the frequency of the pre-reading notice effect and the degree of expectation for the jackpot in the pachinko machine that performs the pre-reading notice effect.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board having a game area in which game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, and a random number in response to a game ball winning in the start opening. The special symbol lottery means for performing lottery related to whether or not the special symbol is obtained using the random number, the fluctuation pattern command determining means for determining the fluctuation pattern command for each game , and the special symbol lottery means in a predetermined case. and hold ball random number storage unit for storing the acquired random number as reserved sphere random to the upper limit of the predetermined number, the jackpot game control means for providing a bonus game when the player wins the jackpot lottery by the special symbol selecting means, the effect regarding the game in pachinko machine comprising a effect display device for displaying the effect display control means for displaying a predetermined representation embodiment to the effect display device, the a, The variation pattern command determining means outputs a prefetch command for the reserved ball random number to the effect display control means every time the reserved ball random number is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit, and the effect display control means In a game based on a reserved ball random number stored prior to a pre-read target hold that is a hold ball random number corresponding to the pre-read command related to the determination when it is decided to perform a pre-read notice effect based on the pre-read command, In addition to displaying a preparation effect on the effect display device, displaying the pre-reading notice effect on the effect display device in a game performed between the game displaying the pre-reading preparation effect and the game based on the pre-read target hold, The prefetching notice effect includes a first prefetching notice effect and a second prefetching notice effect that is different from the first lookahead notice effect. It contains the prefetch preparation effect, the display common to the first prior read-ahead prediction effect and the second look-ahead prediction effect, first case and develop into said first prefetch prediction effect from the prefetch ready presentation In the second case where the pre-reading preparation effect develops to the second pre-reading notice effect, the jackpot game that is more advantageous for the player in the second case than in the first case can be provided. It is characterized in that it is configured to increase the performance.

In the present invention, since the first prefetch notice effect or the second prefetch notice effect is performed after the prefetch preparation effect, the prefetch preparation effect functions as a precursor of the prefetch notice effect.
On the other hand, since it is determined based on the prefetch command with respect to prefetch object hold about which of the first prefetch notice effect and the second prefetch notice effect is displayed, the prefetch notice effect to be displayed is related to prefetch object hold. It will reflect the game result (lottery result).

Therefore, although the pre-reading preparation effect of the present invention is an effect that itself expects a big hit, it is positioned to notify the player that the pre-reading notice effect will be performed next, so this pre-reading preparation effect It is not necessary to increase the expectation of jackpot for. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the frequency of the pre-reading preparation effect and realize a game property that enthuses the player's expectation.

On the other hand, since the content of the pre-reading notice effect is determined based on the pre-reading command, if the different jackpot expectations are associated with the first prefetching notice effect and the second prefetching notice effect, the prefetching preparation effect is produced. Because the degree of expectation of jackpot is different between the case where it evolves from the first look-ahead notice effect to the case where it evolves from the look-ahead preparation effect to the second look-ahead notice effect, the variation of the effect increases and the game's preference increases .

In this way, according to the present invention, while increasing the frequency of the pre-reading preparation effect and expecting the player,
Since there are a plurality of aspects of the pre-reading notice effect that develops thereafter, it is possible to notify the player of the level of expectation of the jackpot according to the aspect of the pre-reading notice effect. In other words, the present invention
In pachinko machines that perform pre-reading notice, you can balance the frequency and expectation,
This makes it possible to enhance the game preferences.

In the above configuration, the prefetch command corresponding to the prefetch target suspension is based on the fact that the lottery result by the special symbol lottery means is a big hit and the lottery result by the special symbol type determining means is the advantageous symbol. If it is determined, the effect display control means displays the first prefetch notice effect or the second prefetch notice effect on the effect display device, and the prefetch command corresponding to the prefetch target suspension is displayed. When the lottery result by the special symbol lottery means is a big hit, and the lottery result by the special symbol type determining means is determined based on the normal symbol, the effect display control means,
When the first prefetch notice effect is displayed on the effect display device, and the prefetch command corresponding to the prefetch target hold is determined based on the fact that the lottery result by the special symbol lottery means is lost Preferably, the effect display control means is configured to display the first prefetch notice effect or the second prefetch notice effect on the effect display device.

According to this configuration, when the first look-ahead notice effect is displayed, the special symbol type may be both a normal symbol and an advantageous symbol even when the big win is received. When the jackpot is displayed, the special symbol type is always an advantageous symbol, so that the expectation of the first prefetching notice effect and the second prefetching notice effect is different (second prefetch notice). There is an advantage that a high expectation can be given to the production). Of course, even in the case of a loss, the first pre-reading notice effect or the second pre-reading notice effect is displayed, so that variations in the game are secured.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the state which opened the glass door of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special symbol lottery process part shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special symbol kind determination process part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the special symbol kind determination table shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the normal symbol lottery process part shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a jackpot type, the number of electric supporters, the number of rounds, and an attacker release pattern for the special symbol type shown in FIG. 7. It is a figure which shows the transfer conditions to each game mode of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special symbol fluctuation pattern command determination part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the special symbol common fluctuation pattern command table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between each variation pattern table shown in FIG. 12, and a game state (game mode). It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between each variation pattern table shown in FIG. 12, main variation time, reach probability, and variation time at reach. It is a figure which shows the detail of the normal fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the normal fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the normal fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the production | presentation control process part shown in FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of game control when a game ball wins a first start winning opening in the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the prefetch notice determination process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the effect which the effect control process part shown in FIG. 18 displays on an effect display apparatus.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pachinko machine P according to an embodiment of the present invention has a vertically-rectangular machine casing 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a door-like opening and closing to the machine casing 1. A body frame 2 that is freely attached, a game board 3 that is housed inside the body frame 2, and a glass that is attached to the front surface of the body frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, with a large opening 8 formed in the center. A door 4, a transparent glass plate 10 attached to the opening 8 of the glass door 4, and a front board 6 having a tray 5 which is disposed on the lower side of the main body frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed and accommodates a game ball. A launching device 9 provided at the lower part of the main body frame 2 and a handle 7 attached to the front board 6 are provided. Furthermore, the speaker 20 is attached to the upper part of the glass door 4 one each right and left, and the various sound effects regarding a game are emitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine P includes a main control processing unit 100, a payout / launch control processing unit 105, a sub control processing unit 200, a prize ball payout device 14, and the like on the back side. Next, the configuration of the pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 3 has a game area 31 on the board surface.
Can be observed through the glass plate 10 after being mounted on the main body frame 2. Game area 31
Is divided into a substantially circular shape by a guide rail 32 for sliding the game ball and a game ball regulating rail 33, and the game ball launched by the launching device 9 is the game area 3.
Flow down in 1. Further, in the game area 31, the effect display device 34 and the through chucker 21
An electric tulip 49, a stage 36, a first start winning opening (start opening) 37a and a second starting winning opening (start opening) 37b, a general winning opening 38, an out opening 39, and a game nail (not shown). ), A windmill (not shown), an attacker device 41, and the like. Further, a special symbol display device 17 and a normal symbol display device 22 are provided at a position on the lower right side of the game board surface.

In the present embodiment, the first start winning opening 37a and the second starting winning opening 37b are spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, and when the firing strength of the launching device 9 is weak to medium (so-called bumping). When the game ball is fired at the target), the game ball flows down the left side of the effect display device 34 and both winning holes 37
There is a possibility of winning a and 37b. However, since the electric tulip 49 is provided at the entrance of the second start winning opening 37b, the game ball will not win the second starting winning opening 37b unless the electric tulip 49 is opened.

The effect display device 34 is provided in a substantially central portion of the game board 3 and is a result of the electronic lottery relating to the first special symbol performed when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a, or the second start. Based on the result of the electronic lottery related to the second special symbol that is performed when the game ball wins in the winning opening 37b, a predetermined rendering mode is displayed. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used. ing. In the effect display device 34, a background image is displayed on the entire screen, and the first special symbol or the second symbol variably displayed on the special symbol display device 17 as a part of a predetermined effect mode.
In synchronization with the special symbol, the dummy symbol (effect symbol) is variably displayed.

In this effect display device 34, the reserved ball random number is stored in the reserved ball random number storage unit (memory) 115a.
, 115b, the display area for performing the hold display (display that the hold ball random number is stored) is partitioned. Specifically, a first reserved ball display area 34a for displaying that a reserved ball random number is stored in the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a is provided on the lower left side of the effect display device 34. In addition, a second reserved ball display area 34b for displaying that the reserved ball random number is stored in the second special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115b is provided. Output from the main control processing unit 100 when a game ball wins at the first start winning opening 37a or the second start winning opening 37b and the random number for special symbol success / failure determination acquired by the winning is stored as a reserved ball random number When the command is received, the reserved sphere display areas 34a and 34b are displayed in white as a reserved sphere (see FIG. 21 and the like. In FIG. Is displayed in white).

The special symbol display device 17 is a result of the electronic lottery related to the first special symbol performed when the game ball wins the first start winning port 37a, or the game ball wins the second start winning port 37b. This is for displaying the result of the electronic lottery concerning the second special symbol performed at the opportunity. More specifically, the special symbol display device 17 displays the lottery result relating to the special symbol in such a manner that the lottery result is stopped after the first special symbol or the second special symbol (for example, a number or a pattern) is changed. In the present embodiment, a 7-segment display is used as the special symbol display device 17. The special symbol display device 17 is provided apart from the lower right portion of the game board 3 so as not to enter the field of view of the player watching the effect display device 34 at the same time. Then, the special symbol fluctuates by causing the 7-segment display to blink, and the blinking stops and changes to the lighting display, whereby the special symbol fluctuates. This blinking time is a special symbol (first special symbol,
This is the variation time of the second special symbol.

In this embodiment, the priority order of the game based on the game ball winning in the first start winning port 37a and the game based on the game ball winning in the second start winning port 37b is "in order of winning". is there. In other words, the game related to the special symbol is advanced based on the random number in order from the first stored in the reserved ball random number storage units 115a and 115b as the reserved ball random number.
Therefore, the lottery results of both the first start winning opening 37a and the second starting winning opening 37b are not displayed simultaneously. Therefore, the result of the lottery based on the winning of the game ball in the two start winning openings 37a and 37b is displayed on one special symbol display device 17. That is, the special symbol display device 17 serves as both the first special symbol display device and the second special symbol display device of the present invention. Of course, it goes without saying that two special symbol display devices 17 may be provided separately.

The through chucker 21 has a gate structure through which a game ball can pass, and a magnetic sensor type through chucker detection sensor 46 that detects that the game ball has passed is incorporated therein. In addition, a normal symbol display device 22 for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the normal symbol performed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21 is provided next to the special symbol display device 17. . In the present embodiment, the normal symbol display device 22 has two L
It is composed of an ED lamp, and one LED lamp is lit when hitting a normal figure, and the other LED lamp is lit when lost. It should be noted that the normal symbol fluctuates by alternately displaying the two LED lamps in a blinking manner, and the blinking stops and the normal symbol fluctuates by changing to a lighting display. This blinking time is the normal symbol fluctuation time.

The display control of the special symbol display device 17 is performed by the first special symbol display control unit 101a and the second special symbol display control unit 101b of the main control processing unit 100, and the display control of the normal symbol display device 22 is the main control. This is performed by the normal symbol display control unit 102 of the control processing unit 100 (see FIG. 4).

The electric tulip 49 is provided at the entrance of the second start winning prize opening 37b, and includes a pair of blade members that rotate about an axis orthogonal to the surface of the game board 3. When the solenoid is energized, The blade members are rotated in directions away from each other, and the entrance of the second start winning prize opening 37b is enlarged. And when the electric tulip 49 is opened, the second start winning opening 37
It is possible to win a game ball to b.

Further, the stage 36 is a structure that is disposed below the effect display device 34 and in which the game ball stays temporarily while rolling. A groove is formed in the center of the stage 36,
A first start winning opening 37a is arranged at a position directly below the groove. Therefore, the game ball dropped from the groove is guided to the first start winning opening 37a with a high probability.

The attacker device 41 is released a predetermined number of times when the game goes into a jackpot game as a result of an electronic lottery related to the first special symbol performed when a game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a. It is a device and is also released a predetermined number of times even when the game goes to jackpot game as a result of an electronic lottery related to the second special symbol performed when the game ball wins at the second start winning opening 37b. It is also a device. That is, the attacker device 41 operates in accordance with the lottery results at both start winning ports 37a and 37b.

The attacker device 41 includes a plate-like lid member that opens and closes in the front-rear direction about a horizontal axis, and the lid member rotates around the horizontal axis by driving a solenoid (not shown). ing. When the lid member is opened, the big prize opening 42 provided in the lower portion of the game area 31 is exposed, and the game ball can be won through the big prize opening 42.

That is, in the attacker device 41, since the lid member normally closes the big winning opening 42, the game ball does not win the big winning opening 42. However, as described above, when the player shifts to the jackpot game, the lid member Since the special winning opening 42 is exposed, the game ball can be awarded in the special winning opening 42. When a game ball wins the big winning opening 42, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls. That is, the player can win a game by winning a game ball in the big winning opening 42. The special winning opening 42 is a horizontally long rectangular opening, and the lid member of the attacker device 41 has substantially the same shape as the special winning opening 42.

In this embodiment, the number of times the attacker device 41 is opened in the jackpot game is 1
Although it is 5R (round), the opening pattern of the attacker device 41 is different depending on the type of special symbol, and this causes a difference in the number of winning balls that can be obtained. explain in detail.

Further, when a game ball wins the general winning opening 38, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as a prize ball. Then, the first start winning port 37a, the second starting winning port 37b, and the general winning port 38
The game balls that have not entered any of the attacker device 41 are collected from the out port 39. It should be noted that sensors 43a, 43b, 44, 4 for detecting the passage of game balls are respectively provided in the first start winning opening 37a, the second starting winning opening 37b, the general winning opening 38, and the large winning opening 42.
5 (see FIG. 4) is provided.

The front board 6 is provided with a receiving tray 5 that accommodates game balls and can be discharged to the outside. The tray 5 not only accommodates the game balls thrown by the player but also the prize ball payout device 1.
The game balls paid out as prize balls from 4 can also be accommodated. A launching device 9 for launching the game ball toward the game area 31 is attached to the lower part of the main body frame 2, and the tray 5
The game balls housed in the are supplied to the launching device 9 one by one. And the front board 6
When the handle 7 attached to the lower right is rotated, the launching device 9 can launch the game ball into the game area 31 with a launch intensity corresponding to the amount of rotation. In addition, FIG.
As shown in the figure, on the side of the tray 5, there are provided effect touch buttons 60 that are pressed by the player.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the main control processing unit 100 is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like. The main control processing unit 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit),
A ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores a predetermined control program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that temporarily stores generated processing information, and deletes the stored information are configured. When the CPU reads and executes various programs and data stored in the ROM, main processing relating to the game is performed.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the main control processing unit 100 is a special symbol lottery processing unit that performs a lottery regarding whether or not a special symbol is successful when a game ball wins a winning winning opening 37a, 37b. Special symbol lottery means) 110 and a special symbol type determination processing unit that determines the type of the special symbol related to the winning in the lottery when the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 wins a lottery.
Special symbol type determining means) 120, a special symbol variation pattern command determining section (variation pattern command determining means) 130 for determining a variation pattern command which is a command including information on the variation time of the special symbol, and a predetermined condition is established. A gaming state setting unit 140 for setting a gaming state related to a special symbol and a gaming state related to a normal symbol,
When the result of the lottery by the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 is a big hit, the attacker device 41 (solenoid) according to the type of the special symbol determined by the special symbol type determination processing unit 120
The jackpot game control unit (jackpot game control means) 16 that moves to the jackpot game by operating
0.

The main control processing unit 100 further includes a normal symbol lottery processing unit 170 for performing lottery related to whether or not a normal symbol is passed when a game ball passes through the through chucker 21, and a normal symbol for determining a variation time of the normal symbol. The symbol variation time determination unit 190, the electric tulip operation control unit 180 that controls the operation of the electric tulip 49, the first special symbol display control unit 101a and the second special symbol display control unit that perform display control of the special symbol display device 17a. 101b and the normal symbol display control part 102 which performs display control of the normal symbol display apparatus 22 are comprised.

As shown in FIG. 5, the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 sets the counter value to 1 within a predetermined range (in the present embodiment, a range from 0 to 65535) based on a periodically input clock signal.
Random number generator 1 for determining whether or not a special symbol is generated to generate hardware random numbers by updating each one
11 and the first start winning opening 37a, when a game ball is won, the first special symbol winning lottery section 119a that draws the first special symbol winning and the second starting winning opening 37b The second special symbol success / failure lottery section 11 for performing the lottery related to the success / failure of the second special symbol, upon the winning of
9b.

The first special symbol success / failure lottery section 119a is triggered by a game ball winning in the first start winning opening 37a (at the timing when the detection signal from the start winning opening detection sensor 43a is input to the main control processing section 100). The first special symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112a for acquiring (latching) one special symbol success / failure random number generated by the special symbol success / failure determination random number generation unit 111;
Whether or not the random number acquired by the random number acquisition unit 112a for special symbol determination is a big hit
When the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a determined with reference to the special symbol high probability determination table 116a or the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a and the first special symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112a acquire random numbers When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is fluctuating, the obtained random numbers can be up to four as reserved ball random numbers related to the first special symbol (in other words, the predetermined number of four The first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit (reserved ball random number storage unit) 115a is stored.

Here, the first special symbol high probability determination table 116a has a higher probability of jackpot than the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a, and more specifically, the first special symbol high probability determination table 116a is The winning probability of jackpot is approximately 1/30 (in this embodiment, random numbers from 0 to 2184 are jackpots and random numbers from 2185 to 65535 are lost),
The first special symbol low probability determination table 117a has a jackpot winning probability of about 1/300 (
In this embodiment, the random number from 0 to 218 is set to the big hit, and the random number from 219 to 65535 is set to be lost. That is, the first special symbol high probability determination table 116a is set to have a 10 times larger probability of winning than the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a.

Similarly to the first special symbol success / failure lottery unit 119a, the second special symbol success / failure lottery unit 119b is triggered by the fact that a game ball has won the second start winning award port 37b (the detection signal from the start winning port detection sensor 43b is the main signal The second special symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112b that acquires (latches) one special symbol success / failure determination random number generated by the special symbol success / failure determination random number generation unit 111 (at the timing input to the control processing unit 100). Whether the random number acquired by the second special symbol success / failure determination random number acquiring unit 112b is a big hit or not is referred to the second special symbol high probability determination table 116b or the second special symbol low probability determination table 117b. Second special symbol success / failure determination unit 11 to be determined
3b and when the first special symbol or the second special symbol is fluctuating when the random number acquisition unit 112b for determining whether or not the second special symbol is appropriate has changed, the acquired random number is reserved for the second special symbol. A second special symbol reserved sphere random number storage unit (reserved sphere random number storage unit) 115b is provided that stores up to four ball random numbers (in other words, up to a predetermined upper limit of four).

Here, the second special symbol high probability determination table 116b has a higher probability of jackpot than the second special symbol low probability determination table 117b, and more specifically, the second special symbol high probability determination table 116b is The jackpot winning probability is approximately 1/30, and the second special symbol low probability determination table 117b has a jackpot winning probability of approximately 1/300. That is, the second special symbol high probability determination table 116b is set to have a 10 times larger probability of winning than the second special symbol low probability determination table 117b. The random numbers corresponding to the jackpot and the loss are the same as those in the first special symbol high probability determination table 116a and the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a.

In the following description, for the sake of convenience, the first special symbol success / failure lottery section 119a refers to the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a and performs a lottery regarding the success / failure of the first special symbol,
The special symbol success / failure lottery section 119b refers to the second special symbol low probability determination table 117b and
The gaming state in which the lottery relating to whether or not the special symbol is successful is simply referred to as “special drawing low probability”, and the first special symbol winning or failing lottery unit 119a refers to the first special symbol high probability determination table 116a and the first special symbol. A game state in which a lottery related to the success or failure of the symbol is performed, and the second special symbol success or failure lottery unit 119b refers to the second special symbol high probability determination table 116b and performs a lottery related to the success or failure of the second special symbol,
It is simply called “Special figure high accuracy”.

As previously mentioned, if the reserved ball random numbers are stored in both the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a and the second special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115b, the first stored special ball random number is stored first. A random number is read out in the order (winning order) and a determination is made as to whether or not a big win is made, and control is performed so that the game proceeds according to the determination.

Next, the special symbol type determination processing unit 120 will be described. While the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 described above determines whether or not the jackpot is won (whether the special symbol is successful), the special symbol type determination processing unit 120 determines the type of the special symbol. Is for.
In other words, in the present embodiment, determination of the jackpot / losing regarding the special symbol is performed by the special symbol lottery processing unit 110, but the content of the jackpot (type, number of rounds, number of electric supporters, attacker release pattern) is a special symbol type determination process. The configuration is determined by the unit 120. Details of the above jackpot contents will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 6, the special symbol type determination processing unit 120 sets the value of the loop counter to a predetermined range (in this embodiment, based on an interrupt signal periodically (for example, every 4 milliseconds).
The special symbol type determination random number generator 121 that generates software random numbers by updating each one in the range of 0 to 399) and the fact that a game ball has won the first start winning port 37a is the first by lottery. First special symbol type lottery section 129a for determining the type of one special symbol
And a second special symbol type lottery section 129b for determining the type of the second special symbol by lottery when the game ball is won in the second start winning port 37b.

The first special symbol type lottery unit 129a is triggered by a game ball winning in the first start winning port 37a (at the timing when the detection signal from the start winning port detection sensor 43a is input to the main control processing unit 100). A first special symbol type determination random number acquisition unit 122a that acquires (latches) one special symbol type determination random number generated by the special symbol type determination random number generation unit 121;
A first special symbol type determining unit 123a that determines the type of the first special symbol from the random number acquired by the random number acquiring unit 122a for determining the special symbol type with reference to the first special symbol type determining table 125a.
If the first special symbol or the second special symbol is fluctuating when the first special symbol type determining random number acquiring unit 122a acquires a random number, the acquired random number is up to four (in other words, The first special symbol type determination random number storage unit 124a to store (up to an upper limit of four, which is a predetermined number).
And.

As shown in FIG. 7, the first special symbol type determination table 125a has a table configuration in which a random number for determining a special symbol type and the type of the first special symbol are associated in advance. Specifically, the first special symbol type determination table includes four types of first special symbols, that is, the 15R specific short symbol 1, the 15R specific short symbol 2, the 15R specific short symbol 3, and the 15R specific short symbol 4. 125a, and the special symbol type determination random numbers 0 to 399 are associated with each of the four types of first special symbols. And since the range of the random numbers for determining the special symbol type assigned to each first special symbol is different, the probability that each first special symbol is selected by the first special symbol type determining unit 123a is It will be different.

More specifically, among the four types of first special symbols stored in the first special symbol type determination table 125a, the special symbol type determination random number value of 0 to 59 is “15”.
R specific short-time symbol 1 ”is associated, and the random number is“ 15 ”for 60 to 259.
“R specific short time symbol 2” is “15R specific short time symbol 3” for random numbers from 260 to 339, and “15R specific short time symbol is” for random numbers from 340 to 399. Symbol 4 ”is associated with each other.

As will be described in detail later, among the special symbol types, “15R” means that the number of rounds of the jackpot game is 15 rounds, “specific” means so-called probabilistic hits, and “time saving” means that electric support is It shows that it is granted. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when winning the jackpot, it will surely be a probability change (however, the ST70 number of times cut probability change).

As can be seen from FIG. 7, the total number of random numbers associated with “15R specified short time symbol 1” is 60 out of 400 special symbol type determining random numbers in total. The probability that “design 1” is selected is 60/400 × 100 = 15%. The selection probabilities of the other first special symbols are similarly determined. The selection probability of “15R specific short-term symbol 2” is 50%, the selection probability of “15R specific short-term symbol 3” is 20%, and “15R specific short-term symbol 2” The selection probability of “short-time symbol 4” is 15%.

In addition, the second special symbol type lottery unit 129b is similar to the first special symbol type lottery unit 129a,
When the game ball is won in the second start winning opening 37b (at the timing when the detection signal from the start winning opening detecting sensor 43b is input to the main control processing unit 100), the special symbol type determining random number generating unit 121 is set. The second special symbol type determining random number acquiring unit 122b that acquires (latches) one special symbol type determining random number generated in step 2 and the second special symbol type determining random number acquiring unit 122b.
The second special symbol type determination unit 123b that determines the type of the second special symbol with reference to the second special symbol type determination table 125b, and the second special symbol type determination random number acquisition unit 122b When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is fluctuating when the symbol is acquired, a maximum of four random numbers acquired (in other words, up to a predetermined upper limit of four) are stored. 2 special symbol type determination random number storage unit 124b.

As shown in FIG. 7, the second special symbol type determination table 125b has a table configuration in which a special symbol type determination random number and a second special symbol type are associated in advance. Similar to the type of the first special symbol, there are four types of the second special symbol: 15R specific short-time symbols 1 to 4 in total. In addition, the probability that each special symbol type is selected is also the first special symbol type determination table 12.
The same as 5a. Therefore, detailed description of the second special symbol type determination table 125b is omitted.

From the above, there are special symbol types when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a and wins a jackpot and when the game ball wins the second start winning slot 37b and wins the jackpot. There is no difference in the decision. In other words, even if a game ball wins any of the start winning ports 37a and 37b, the game result is set so that there is no difference in superiority or inferiority.

Next, the normal symbol lottery processing unit 170 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the normal symbol lottery processing unit 170, as shown in FIG. 8, generates a random number for determining whether or not the normal symbol is appropriate, and the lottery related to the normal symbol when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21. And a normal symbol success / failure lottery section 177 for determining the success / failure. The normal symbol success / failure determination random number generator 171 has the same configuration as the special symbol success / failure determination random number generator 111. Further, the normal symbol success / failure lottery unit 177 is triggered by the passing of the game ball through the through chucker 21 (at the timing when the detection signal from the through chucker detection sensor 46 is input to the main control processing unit 100). The normal symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 172 that acquires (latches) one random number for normal symbol success / failure determination generated by the determination random number generation unit 171, and the random number acquired by the normal symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 172 The normal symbol is changing when the normal symbol success / failure determination unit 173 that determines whether or not it is a normal symbol and the normal symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 172 acquires a random number. In addition, an ordinary symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 174 for storing the obtained random numbers up to four as a reserved ball random number for a normal symbol, and a determination table The normal symbol low probability determination table 176 is a low probability that,
A normal symbol high probability determination table 175 having a higher probability of winning per normal symbol than the normal symbol low probability determination table 176 is provided.

Here, the normal symbol high probability determination table 175 has a higher probability of hitting the normal symbol than the normal symbol low probability determination table 176, and more specifically, the normal symbol high probability determination table 175 is per symbol. Winning probability of 1 / 1.1, normal symbol low probability determination table 17
No. 6 has a winning probability per common figure set to 1/20. That is, the normal symbol high probability determination table 175 is set to have a much higher probability of winning per regular symbol than the normal symbol low probability determination table 176. And normal symbol high probability judgment table 1
If lottery is performed with reference to 75, in most cases, it will be won per ordinary figure.

In the following description, for the sake of convenience, the game state in which the normal symbol success / failure lottery unit 177 refers to the normal symbol low probability determination table 176 to perform the lottery related to the normal symbol is simply referred to as “general symbol low probability”. The game state in which the normal symbol winning / not determining lottery unit 177 refers to the normal symbol high probability determination table 175 and performs the lottery related to the normal symbol is simply referred to as “ordinary symbol high probability”.

Next, the electric tulip operation control unit 180 shown in FIG. 4 performs control so that the solenoid of the electric tulip 49 is energized to open and close based on the result of the normal symbol lottery processing unit 170 winning in the lottery. Yes. The electric tulip operation control unit 180 opens the electric tulip 49 twice with an opening time of 1.2 seconds (interval 0.8 seconds) for each time of normal drawing in the high accuracy of the normal drawing (that is, an interval of 0.8 seconds). , 1.2 seconds open → 0.8 seconds closed → 1.2 seconds open in this order). It is controlled to open once in 0.2 seconds. Therefore, during the high figure high accuracy, as described above, whenever the lottery by the normal symbol lottery processing unit 170 is performed, winning is almost per common figure, and by this win, the electric tulip 49 is opened 1.2 seconds x 2 times. Therefore, the player can win the game ball in the electric tulip 49 relatively easily. Therefore, the game can be performed without much reduction of the game balls during the normal high accuracy.

The pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment has three states of “low probability”, “inside certainty”, and “probability variation” prepared in advance as gaming states. “Low probability” consists of a gaming state of low special figure and low probability of ordinary figure, “Inner chance” consists of a gaming state of special figure high probability and low figure of normal figure, and “Probability” represents special figure high. It consists of a game state with certainty and ordinary figure.

In this embodiment, when the type of the special symbol (the first special symbol or the second special symbol) described above is determined, the jackpot type, the number of rounds, and the electric support are determined from the special symbol and each of the above game states. The number of times and the attacker release pattern are determined. This will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, each special symbol type is associated in advance with a jackpot pattern that defines a jackpot type, the number of rounds, the number of power supporters, and an attacker release pattern.

Here, the “big hit type” is defined as whether the gaming state related to the special symbol after the big jackpot game is a special figure low probability or a special figure high probability. When winning, the “probable hit” is determined so that the game state after that will be highly accurate. That is, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment has a specification that is 100% accurate.
In the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of games in the special figure high accuracy is predetermined as 70 times (so-called ST number is 70 times), and the jackpot must be won in the special figure high accuracy of 70 times. In this case, the special figure is forced to fall down with low accuracy (see FIG. 10).

“Number of rounds” defines how many round games are executed during the jackpot game. In this embodiment, the number of round games during the jackpot game is set to 15 rounds (R). However, as will be described below, the same 15 rounds can be obtained because the attacker release pattern is different. There is a difference in the number of prize balls.

“Attacker opening pattern” is a pattern that determines the opening pattern of the attacker device 41 during the jackpot game, whereas “full opening” is a pattern in which the attacker device 41 is opened for 15 rounds for a long time, “Fast open” is a pattern in which the attacker device 41 is opened for only four rounds for a long time.

More specifically, in the case of “full release”, the attacker device 41 is opened once after the round game is started, and 10 game balls are won in the exposed big winning opening 42. Or when the end condition (round end condition) that 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of the round game is satisfied, this round game is played 15 times (round) .

“Fast open” means that the round game will be played 15 times (round).
However, the end conditions of the round game are different between the 1st to 4th rounds and the 5th to 15th rounds. More specifically, in the first to fourth rounds, as in the case of “full release”, the attacker device 41 is opened once after the start of the round game, and the exposed big prize opening 42 is exposed.
In this case, the game ends when either of 10 game balls wins or when 30 seconds have passed since the start of the round game is satisfied (round end condition).

On the other hand, from the 5th to the 15th round, the attacker device 41 after the round game starts.
Is opened once and 10 game balls have won a prize at the exposed big prize opening 42, or 0.2 seconds have elapsed since the start of the round game (round end condition) The content is to end when it is established. In other words, in the case of high-speed opening, winning balls can be expected until the first to fourth rounds, but the attacker device 41 is 1 until the fifth to fifteenth rounds.
Since the round is only open for up to 0.2 seconds, it is not possible to win a prize ball.

As described above, since the attacker release pattern is different between “full release” and “high speed release”, about 1500 award balls can be obtained with “full release”, but about 400 with “high speed release”.
Only one piece can be expected to win the prize ball. In other words, it can be said that the high-speed release is a pattern in which, although there are 15 rounds of the jackpot game, substantially only 4 rounds of winning balls can be obtained.

Note that the jackpot game control unit 160 controls the operation of the attacker device 41 to provide a jackpot game in an attacker opening pattern corresponding to the type of special symbol.

In addition, the “number of times of electric support” is the number of games that can be played while receiving support from the electric tulip 49, and more specifically, the game state is usually in a highly accurate state,
The number of times (the number of games) that the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 can perform the lottery. In this embodiment, there are three types of power support times: 20, 40 times, and 70 times. However, if a big hit is won before the set power support number is reached, at that time It goes without saying that the remaining number of electric supporters disappears, and the number of electric supporters according to the type of special symbol determined at the time of a new winning will be given.

Here, as described above, in the present embodiment, the maximum number of games with high accuracy is 70 times (ST
70), when the number of times of electric support is 20 times and 40 times, there may be a state where there is no electric support even though the special figure is highly accurate. On the other hand, when the electric support is 70 times,
Electric support is always given for 70 times of special figure high accuracy.

In this way, the jackpot pattern is composed of the contents that define the jackpot type, the number of rounds, the attacker opening pattern, and the number of power support, and when the type of special symbol is determined, it depends on the type The game is controlled according to the jackpot pattern. The correspondence between the types of special symbols and jackpot patterns is as follows.

“15R specific time short possession design 1” is per probability change, the game state at the time of big hit “low probability”
In the case of “in-progress”, the power support count is 20 times, and in the case of “accuracy change”, the power support count is 70 times.
The number of rounds is 15 rounds (substantially 4 rounds), and the pattern of opening the attacker in the jackpot game is “fast open”, corresponding to the jackpot pattern with about 400 balls in one jackpot game.

“15R specific time short possession design 2” is per probability change, and the game state at the time of big hit “low probability”
In the case of “in-progress”, the power support count is 20 times, and in the case of “accuracy change”, the power support count is 70 times.
The number of rounds is 15 rounds, and the pattern of opening the attacker in the jackpot game is “full open”, corresponding to the jackpot pattern with about 1500 balls in one jackpot game.

“15R specific time short pattern 3” is a chance per odd change, and the gaming state at the time of big hit is “low probability”
In the case of “in-progress”, the power support count is 40 times, and in the case of “accuracy change”, the power support count is 70 times.
The number of rounds is 15 rounds, and the pattern of opening the attacker in the jackpot game is “full open”, corresponding to the jackpot pattern with about 1500 balls in one jackpot game.

“15R specific time short possession design 4” is per probability change, and the game state at the time of big hit “low probability”
In both cases of “inside certainty” and “probable variation”, the number of electric supporters is 70, the number of rounds is 15 rounds, and the pattern of opening the attacker in the jackpot game is “full open”.
It corresponds to a jackpot pattern with about 1500 balls in a single jackpot game.

The correspondence between the types of special symbols described above and the normal symbols and advantageous symbols of the present invention is as follows. That is, when the game state at the time of the big hit is “low probability” and “in-progress”, “1
Only “5R specific short symbol 4” corresponds to the “advantageous symbol” of the present invention, and the other “15R specific short symbol 1 to 3” corresponds to the “normal symbol” of the present invention. On the other hand, when the game state at the time of the big hit is “probability change”, all of “15R specific time short symbols 1 to 4” correspond to “advantageous symbols” of the present invention. In addition, when it corresponds to the “advantageous symbol” of the present invention, the electric support count column in FIG. 9 is shown in black and white characters.

Next, the game mode of this pachinko machine P and the transition opportunity of each game mode will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, in this embodiment, the game state is “low probability”, “in-progress”,
There are three "probability". On the other hand, there are three game modes: a normal mode, a chance mode, and a super chance mode. This game mode is determined from the viewpoint of game production. For this reason, even in the same mode, the gaming state may be different. For example, even in the normal mode, the gaming state may be low in probability or in-probable. Even if the gaming state is probable, there are a chance mode and a super chance mode. Hereinafter, the conditions under which the game mode transition is performed will be described.

First, in the initial state, the user stays in the normal mode. Of course, the gaming state at this time is low probability. In this normal mode, when the jackpot is won and the special symbol type determined at the time of winning is 15R specific short-lived symbols 1 to 3, the game is shifted to the chance mode after the jackpot game (see route (A) in FIG. 10). . This chance mode is 15R specific time short pattern 1 ~
In the case of 2, 20 games are continued at the maximum, and in the case of 15R specified short time symbol 3, 40 games are continued at the maximum. In other words, the chance mode continues for the number of times of power support. Then, when the number of games corresponding to the number of times of power support is executed, the mode is changed from the chance mode to the normal mode (see the route (B) in the figure).

However, the game state in the normal mode that has been transferred with the end of the electric support is indefinite. That means
The electric support is completed 20 times or 40 times depending on the type of special symbol, but this embodiment is S
Since the specification is T70 times, the state of high accuracy of the special figure is continued up to 70 times after the end of the jackpot. Therefore, since the high accuracy of the special figure is continued even after the electric support is completed, 30 games or 50 games after the chance mode are in an indefinite state. Then, after 30 games or 50 games of the normal mode in the probable state are continued, the probable state is completed, so that the game mode shifts from the normal mode in the probable state to the normal mode in the low probability (see FIG. Route (C)). Note that the normal mode and the low-accuracy normal mode cannot be visually distinguished from each other.

On the other hand, when the big win is won in the low-accuracy normal mode, and the special symbol type determined at the time of winning is 15R specified short-time symbol 4, the game shifts to the super chance mode after the jackpot game (route (G) in FIG. 10). reference). This super chance mode continues for up to 70 games. In other words, the super chance mode continues for the number of times of power support. Then, when the number of games corresponding to the number of times of power support is executed, the chance mode shifts to the low probability normal mode (see the route (H) in the figure). From this, when the special symbol type is determined to be the 15R specific short-time symbol 4, the electric support is given as many times as the ST count.
It means that you can always play 70 games after the jackpot game with electric support.

In addition, when winning a jackpot during the chance mode, even if the special symbol type determined at the time of winning is any of the 15R specified short-lived symbols 1 to 4, it becomes the super chance mode after the jackpot game (same as above). (See route (D) in the figure). Also, in the game mode that has been transferred from the chance mode with the end of the electric support, the gaming state is indeterminate, so even if you win the jackpot, the special symbol type determined at the time of winning is 15R If the symbols are 1 to 3, the game shifts to the chance mode after the jackpot game (see the route (E) in the figure). On the other hand, when the type of special symbol determined at the time of winning is 15R specified short-time symbol 4, the game becomes a super chance mode after the jackpot game (see route (F) in the same figure). Also, in Super Chance Mode, if you win a jackpot, any kind of special symbol,
After the jackpot game, the player again enters the super chance mode (see route (I) in the figure). In other words, if the jackpot is won during the electric support, the super chance mode is set regardless of the type of the special symbol, and if the jackpot is won at any other time, the super chance mode is set only for the 15R specific time short symbol pattern 4.

Next, the determination of the variation pattern command in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the fluctuation pattern command is a special symbol fluctuation time and various effects (
This is a command for determining a pre-reading notice effect). This variation pattern command is determined by the special symbol variation pattern command determination unit 130 at the start of the game and when the stored ball random number is stored (at the time of storage). In the following description, the variation pattern command determined at the time of holding and storing is distinguished from the variation pattern command determined at the start of the game by referring to “prefetch command”.

As shown in FIG. 11, the special symbol variation pattern command determination unit 130 includes a special symbol variation pattern random number generation unit 131 for generating a variation pattern random number for use in determining a variation pattern command, and a first start winning port 37a. The first special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130a for determining the first variation pattern command based on the winning of the game ball in the game and the second variation based on the winning of the game ball in the second start winning opening 37b. And a second special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130b for determining a pattern command.

The special symbol variation pattern random number generator 131 sets the value of the loop counter to a predetermined range (0 to 19 in this embodiment) based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 4 milliseconds).
9), software random numbers are generated by updating them one by one.

The first special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130a includes the random numbers for the special symbol variation pattern generated by the special symbol variation pattern random number generation unit 131 when a game ball is won in the first start winning opening 37a. The first special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition unit 1 for acquiring one random number from
32a and a first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 135a that determines a first variation pattern command from the random number acquired by the first special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a with reference to the special symbol common variation pattern command table 134. When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing, the first special symbol variation pattern random number storage unit stores up to four random numbers acquired by the first special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a. 133a. The first special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130a receives one game ball in the first start winning port 37a, and, like the first special symbol success / failure lottery unit 119a, 1 for each winning prize.
Get random numbers for two special symbol variation patterns.

The second special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130b is also the first special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130a.
Similarly, one random number is acquired from the random numbers for the special symbol variation pattern generated by the special symbol variation pattern random number generation unit 131 when the game ball has won the second start winning opening 37b. From the random numbers acquired by the second special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132b and the second special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132b, the second variation pattern command is determined with reference to the special symbol common variation pattern command table 134. When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing, the second special symbol variation pattern determining unit 135b that stores the random number acquired by the second special symbol variation pattern random number acquiring unit 132b is stored up to four random numbers. And a second special symbol variation pattern random number storage unit 133b. The second special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130b, when one game ball wins the second start winning slot 37b, similarly to the second special symbol success / failure lottery unit 119b, for one special symbol variation pattern. Get a random number.

The special symbol common variation pattern command table 134 is a table commonly used by both the first special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130a and the second special symbol variation pattern lottery unit 130b, as shown in FIG. A total of two tables, a normal variation pattern table 134a and a shortened variation pattern table 134b, are provided. As shown in FIG. 13, the normal variation pattern table 134a is referred to when the gaming state is low-probability and internal-probability, that is, when the gaming mode is the normal mode. On the other hand, the shortening variation pattern table 134b is also referred to when the gaming state is probabilistic, that is, when the gaming mode is the chance mode and the super chance mode, as shown in FIG.

Fluctuation pattern tables 134a and 134b include special figure 1 (first special symbol) and special figure 2 (
The variation time and reach contents of the second special symbol) are defined. First, the characteristics of the variation time of each table will be described with reference to FIG.

The normal fluctuation pattern table 134a is set so that the main fluctuation time in FIG. 1 differs depending on the number of reserved memories (the number of reserved ball random numbers). Specifically, when the number of reserved memories stored in the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a is 0 and 1, the main variation time of the special figure 1 is set to 12.5 seconds, When the number of memories is two, the main variation time of Fig. 1 is 12.
When 5 seconds is set and the number of reserved memories is 3, the main fluctuation time of Fig. 1 is set to 7 seconds. When the number of reserved memories is 4, the main fluctuation time of Fig. 1 is set to 4 seconds. Has been. That is, the main variation time is set to be shorter as the number of reserved memories increases. Further, the normal fluctuation pattern table 134a is defined such that the main fluctuation time for the special figure 2 is exactly the same as that of the special figure 1. The main fluctuation time is a normal loss fluctuation time in which reach is not established (or is not handled as reach).

Further, the normal variation pattern table 134a has a probability of reaching the special figure 1 and special figure 2 as shown in FIG.
Both are set to 1/10, and the fluctuation time at reach is 20 seconds to 1 for both Special Figure 1 and Special Figure 2
It is set to 20 seconds. In the case of a big hit, the fluctuation time at the time of reach is always selected (details will be described later).

The shortening variation pattern table 134b is set so that the main variation time in FIG. Specifically, when the number of reserved memories stored in the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a is 0 and 1, the main variation time of the special figure 1 is set to 7 seconds,
When the number of reserved memories is two, the main fluctuation time of FIG. 1 is set to 4 seconds, and when the number of reserved memories is three and four, the main fluctuation time of FIG. 1 is set to 2 seconds. . Also in the shortened variation pattern table 134b, the main variation time is set to be shorter as the number of reserved storage increases. Further, the shortened fluctuation pattern table 134b defines that the main fluctuation time for the special figure 2 is exactly the same as that for the special figure 1.

Further, this shortened variation pattern table 134b has a probability of reaching reach as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Both are set to 1/20, and the fluctuation time at reach is 60 seconds to 1 for both Special Figure 1 and Special Figure 2
It is set to 20 seconds. In the case of a big hit, the fluctuation time at the time of reach is always selected.

Here, comparing the normal variation pattern table 134a and the shortened variation pattern table 134b, it can be seen that the following relationship holds for the variation time of the special symbol. That is, the main variation time is shorter in the shortened variation pattern table 134b in all the numbers of stored storage. Further, the reach probability is lower in the shortened variation pattern table 134b.
Therefore, the time required for one game is relatively shorter in the shortened variation pattern table 134b than in the normal variation pattern table 134a.

Next, a specific configuration of the variation pattern command will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 17 show the correspondence between the special symbol variation pattern random numbers and the variation pattern commands for the normal variation pattern table 134a, and the reach contents and variation times defined in each variation pattern command data. . As shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, even when the normal variation pattern table 134a is referred to, various conditions (the presence / absence of jackpot, the type of special symbol, the number of reserved memories) when determining the variation pattern command are determined. In response, different variation pattern commands are determined. This will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the variation pattern command is composed of 2-byte data of a preceding command and a succeeding command. The data of the preceding command is A0H, A1H, A2H
, A3H, A4H, A5H, A6H (all are displayed in hexadecimal). “A0H”
Is that the jackpot is won and the special symbol type is 15R specific short-time symbol 1 is specified. “A1H” specifies that the jackpot is won and the special symbol type is 15R specific short-time symbol 2. “A2H” specifies that the jackpot is won and the special symbol type is 15R specific short-time symbol 3. “A3H” wins the jackpot and stipulates that the special symbol type is 15R specific short-time symbol 4. "
“A4H” is a loss and defines that the number of reserved storage is 0-2. “A5H” is a loss and specifies that the number of reserved storage is three. "
“A6H” is a loss and specifies that the number of reserved storage is four.

On the other hand, the data of the subsequent command specifies the contents of reach and the variation time of special symbols.
It exists from 00H to 0BH (both are expressed in hexadecimal). “00H” defines a normal reach and a variation time of 20 seconds. “01H” defines a long reach and a fluctuation time of 30 seconds. “02H” is defined as a confrontation reach and a fluctuation time of 60 seconds. “03H” is defined as a confrontation reach and a fluctuation time of 90 seconds. “04H” is defined as a story-type reach and a fluctuation time of 60 seconds. “05H” is defined as a story-type reach and a fluctuation time of 90 seconds. "06H" is a story-based reach with a variable time of 120
It is specified to be seconds. “07H” defines that the fluctuation time is 90 seconds in the live-action type reach. “08H” is defined as a live-action reach and a variation time of 120 seconds (“08H” is a premier because it is generated only when it is a big hit). “09H” is defined as a loss (no reach) and a fluctuation time of 12.5 seconds. “0AH” is defined as a loss (no reach) and a variation time of 7 seconds. “0BH” is defined as a loss (no reach) and a variation time of 4 seconds.

Then, the special symbol variation pattern command determination unit 130, when starting the game, depending on the lottery result of the special symbol lottery processing unit 110, the lottery result of the special symbol type determination processing unit 120, and the number of reserved memories, FIG. Normal variation pattern tables 134a-1 to 134a-7 shown in FIG.
The variation pattern command is determined based on the special symbol variation pattern random numbers acquired by the special symbol variation pattern random number acquisition units 132a and 132b.

The variation pattern command No. determined in each table. Are different from each other, the variation pattern command No. If it sees, it will be understood whether it is a big hit, whether the reach occurs, what kind of reach is applied, and how many seconds the fluctuation time is. For example, the variation pattern command No. When 19A is input, the command No. From the above, it can be seen that it is a jackpot and is 15R specific time short symbol 1 and that it is 120 seconds fluctuation in live-action reach (
15 (a)), the variation pattern No. When 14D is input, the command No. It is understood that the jackpot and 15R specified short time symbol 4 and that the fluctuation is 90 seconds in the confrontation reach (see FIG. 16 (b)). When 10G is input, it is understood that it is a loss and a 4-second fluctuation that does not cause reach (see FIG. 17C).
.

Here, FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 show the variation pattern command determined at the time of jackpot, and as is clear from these figures, the subsequent command is 09H, 0AH, or 0BH.
There is no case. That is, the variation pattern command in which the reach content is defined as lost (no reach) is not included. Therefore, reach always occurs at the big hit.

It should be noted that the variation pattern command No. Although the difference and the contents of the fluctuation time and reach defined in each fluctuation pattern command are different, the configuration is the same as that of the normal fluctuation pattern tables 134a-1 to 134a-7, and the description thereof is omitted here.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the special symbol variation pattern command determination unit 130 determines the variation pattern command in the same manner as described above not only at the start of the game but also at the time of holding storage, and this command is used as a prefetch command to produce the effect control processing unit. 201 is output. Since the various random numbers acquired at the time of hold storage are the same for both the prefetch command and the variation pattern command, various lottery processes are performed based on those random numbers, and the variation pattern command or the prefetch command is determined based on the lottery result. Both are basically the same command. However, in the case of losing and no reach, the main variation time differs depending on the number of reserved memories, so the variation time of special symbols was determined at the time of the pre-read command determined at the time of reserved storage and at the start of the game There may be cases where it differs from the fluctuation pattern command. The prefetch command determined in this way is used to produce a prefetch notice which will be described later.

Returning to FIG. 4, the normal symbol variation time determination unit 190 determines whether the game state of the normal symbol at the start of variation of the normal symbol is the normal symbol high probability or the normal symbol low probability, and the determination result In response to this, a predetermined normal symbol variation time is determined. Specifically, in the case of normal accuracy, the normal symbol variation time determination unit 190 determines the variation time related to the normal symbol to 2 seconds, and in the case of normal accuracy, the normal symbol variation time determination unit 190 The variation time for the normal symbol is determined to be 30 seconds.

The payout / launch control processing unit 105 is connected to the main control processing unit 100 so as to be able to communicate with each other, and is also connected to the CR unit so as to be able to communicate with each other via a relay board. By controlling the driving of the payout motor, a predetermined number of prize balls or balls are paid out, or the driving motor of the launching device 9 (a firing rotary solenoid may be used) according to the value of the firing volume By controlling the control, the game ball can be launched at a predetermined launch intensity, or the control of the ball feeding solenoid of the rectifier allows the game balls to be sent to the launching device 9 one by one. Is responsible. When the CR unit is not electrically connected to the payout / launch control processing unit 105, control is performed so that the game ball is not launched from the launching device 9.

Up to this point, each process performed mainly by the main control processing unit 100 has been described, but from here on, the sub control processing unit 200 for receiving various commands and performing various effects will be described. The sub-control processing unit 200 controls the effect control processing unit 201 (described later in detail), the lamp control processing unit 202 for controlling various lamps such as a frame lamp and a panel lamp, and the control of the speaker 20 and the sound processor. And a voice control processing unit 203 for performing, and is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18, the effect control processing unit 201 displays, as a processing unit, an effect mode determining unit 210 for determining an effect mode and an effect mode determined by the effect mode determining unit 210 on the effect display device 34. An effect display control unit 220 that controls the above, a prefetch advance notice determination unit 225 that determines the execution and contents of the prefetch notice effect, and a reserved ball display control unit 230 that performs control to display the reserved ball in the reserved ball display areas 34a and 34b. And.

Further, the effect control processing unit 201 includes an effect mode storage unit 260 as a storage unit. The effect mode storage unit 260 includes a plurality of types of effect modes (effect image data) 261a to 261c.
Are stored, and a prefetch notice pattern table 262 is stored which stores a plurality of types of prefetch notice modes (notice effect image data) 262a to 262c.

The production mode determination unit 210 is one of the production tables 261a to 261c stored in the production mode storage unit 260 based on the first variation pattern command or the second variation pattern command sent at the start of the game. Referring to, the effect mode (effect image data to be used) used this time is determined. The normal mode effect table 261a is referred to when the game mode is the normal mode, the chance mode effect table 261b is referred to when the game mode is the chance mode, and the super chance mode effect table 261c is referred to as the game. Referenced when the mode is the super chance mode. That means
An effect table corresponding to the game mode is prepared.

Although not shown in detail, each of the effect tables 261a to 261c stores a plurality of effect image data corresponding to the change pattern command, and more specifically, effect image data having different reach contents for each change time. A plurality are stored. For example, as the effect image data with a fluctuation time of 90 seconds, the types of images such as confrontation reach A, confrontation reach B, story reach A, story reach B, story reach C, live action reach A, live action reach B Data is available. Then, when the first or second variation pattern command is sent at the start of the game, the effect mode determination unit 210 is stipulated in the variation pattern command with reference to the effect table corresponding to the current game mode. One of the effect image data corresponding to the variation time and the reach content is selected by lottery. In this way, the effect mode used for the current game is determined.

The prefetching notice determination unit 225 determines whether or not to perform a prefetching notice effect when there is a big hit in the reserved ball random numbers, and what kind of notice is displayed when performing the prefetching notice effect. Of course, even if there is no big hit in the reserved ball random number, it is also decided to perform a pre-reading notice effect as a so-called gusset notice. Although details of the determination process performed by the prefetch notice determination unit 225 will be described later, when the prefetch command is specific, the prefetch execution lottery unit 226 determines whether to perform the prefetch notice by lottery, and the prefetch execution lottery unit 226 When it is determined that the lottery is won and the pre-reading notice is determined, the pre-reading notice pattern determination unit 227 sets the pre-reading notice effect as the large chance zone notice (see FIG. 21) or the super chance zone notice (see FIG. 25). Reference).

The effect display control unit 220 controls the effect display device 34 to display the effect pattern determined by the effect mode determination unit 210. In addition, the effect display control unit 220 performs the prefetching notice pattern table 26 according to the decision to perform the prefetching notice by the prefetching notice determination unit 225.
No. 2 pre-reading preparation zone notice table 262a and large chance zone notice table 262
Control is performed such that a predetermined pre-reading notice effect is displayed on the effect display device 34 with reference to either b or the super chance zone notice table 262c. A specific example of the pre-reading notice effect will be described later in detail with reference to the drawings.

In addition, when receiving the command indicating that the reserved ball random number is stored from the main control processing unit 100, the reserved ball display control unit 230 displays a white color in the first reserved ball display area 34a or the second reserved ball display area 34b. It controls to display the holding ball of.

Next, the game processing procedure of the pachinko machine P according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 19. The game process is the same when a game ball wins the start winning opening 37b. Therefore, hereinafter, the game process will be described only when a game ball has won the first start winning opening 37a, and the description when the game ball has won the second start winning opening 37b will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 19, the main control processing unit 100 determines whether or not the game ball has won the first start winning opening 37a (step S1). When winning (Yes in step S1), the first
The special symbol success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112a acquires a special symbol success / failure determination random number, the first special symbol type determination random number acquisition unit 122a acquires a special symbol type determination random number, and the first special symbol variation pattern The random number acquiring unit 132a acquires a random number for the special symbol variation pattern (step S2).

When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing (Yes in Step S3), the special symbol success / failure determination random number acquired in Step S2 is used as the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a.
The special symbol type determination random number is stored in the first special symbol type determination random number storage unit 124a, and the special symbol variation pattern random number is stored in the first special symbol variation pattern random number storage unit 133a (step S4-1). ).

Next, in step S4-2, prefetch command determination processing is performed. In the prefetch command determination process, the following process is executed to determine the prefetch command. That is, whether or not the special symbol success / failure random number stored in step S4-1 is a big hit, whether the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a has a gaming state related to the special symbol at the time of holding storage (special symbol low accuracy or The first special symbol high probability determination table 116a or the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a is determined in advance according to the special symbol high accuracy (pre-judgment determination). Also, based on the special symbol type determination random number stored in step S4-1, the first special symbol type determination unit 123a refers to the first special symbol type determination table 125a to determine the type of the first special symbol in advance. Decide (pre-determination of symbols).

Then, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 135a determines whether or not the variation pattern tables 134a and 134b are based on the game state relating to the current special symbol and the game state relating to the normal symbol, and the above-described determination of whether or not the symbol is present. Referring to a predetermined table from step S4-1
The variation pattern command corresponding to the random number for the special symbol variation pattern stored in is selected, and the command is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 201 as a prefetch command.

For example, the current gaming state is low probability (special figure low probability and normal figure low probability state, the game mode is the normal mode), and each random number value stored in step S4-1 is a special symbol success / failure When the determination random number is “100”, the special symbol type determination random number is “380”, and the special symbol variation pattern random number is “177”, the prefetch command is determined as follows.

First, the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a includes a first special symbol low probability determination table 117a.
, It is determined whether or not the special symbol success / failure determination random number value “100” is a big hit. As described above, in the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a, since the random numbers for determining the special symbol success / failure are 0 to 218, the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a indicates that it is a “hit”. Predetermined.

Next, the first special symbol type determining unit 123a refers to the first special symbol type determining table 125a, and the first special symbol type corresponding to the special symbol type determining random value “380” is “1”.
Since it is “5R specific short symbol 4” (see FIG. 7), it is determined in advance that the special symbol type is “15R specific short symbol 4”.

Next, based on the low probability of the current game state, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 1
35a determines the table to be referred to as the normal variation pattern table 134a (see FIG. 13), and further determines the first special symbol variation pattern from the previously determined information of “big hit” and “15R specific short time symbol 4”. The unit 135a includes the normal variation pattern table 134a.
The normal fluctuation pattern table 134a-4 (when the jackpot + 15R specified short time symbol 4) is referred to (see FIG. 16B). In the normal pattern table 134a-4, the variation pattern command corresponding to the random number “177” for the special symbol variation pattern is the variation pattern No. Since it is 18D, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 135
a is a variation pattern No. 18D is determined as a prefetch command, and the variation pattern No. 18D (A3H07H) is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 201.

In addition, the current gaming state is low probability (special figure low certainty and normal figure low certainty state, the game mode is the normal mode), and each random number value stored in step S4-1 is a special symbol success / failure When the random number for determination is “60000”, the random number for determining the special symbol type is “380”, the random number for the special symbol variation pattern is “15”, and the number of reserved memory is the fourth, the prefetch command is determined as follows: Is done.

First, the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a includes a first special symbol low probability determination table 117a.
, It is determined whether or not the special symbol success / failure determination random value “60000” is a big hit. As described above, in the first special symbol low probability determination table 117a, the special symbol success / failure determination random numbers 219 to 65535 are lost, so the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a indicates that it is “lost”. Predetermined.

Next, the first special symbol type determining unit 123a refers to the first special symbol type determining table 125a, and the first special symbol type corresponding to the special symbol type determining random value “380” is “1”.
In the case of “5R specific short-time symbol 4”, since the pre-determining by the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113 is a loss, the pre-determination regarding the type of the special symbol is not performed (handled as a lost symbol).

Next, based on the low probability of the current game state, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 1
35a determines the table to be referred to as the normal variation pattern table 134a (see FIG. 13), and further, based on the previously determined information of “losing” and “number of reserved storages 4”, the first special symbol variation pattern determining unit 135a is determined as a table that refers to the normal variation pattern table 134a-7 (in the case of loss + hold 4) in the normal variation pattern table 134a (
FIG. 17 (c)). In the normal pattern table 134a-7, the variation pattern command corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern random number “15” is the variation pattern No. 15
G, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 135a has the variation pattern No. 15G
Is determined as a prefetch command, and the variation pattern No. 15G (A6H04H) is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 201.

When the prefetch command determination process is completed, a prefetch notice determination process is performed in step S4-3. This prefetching notice determination process is a process performed by the prefetching notice determination unit 225 (see FIG. 18) in the effect control processing unit 201. This process will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. In this process, first, in step S21, the prefetch notice determination unit 225 analyzes the prefetch command and determines whether or not the prefetch command is a big hit. For example, the above variation pattern No. When 18D is input as a prefetch command,
The prefetch notice determination unit 225 determines that the reserved ball random number is a big hit from the prefetch command. On the other hand, the fluctuation pattern No. When 15G is input as a prefetch command, the prefetch notice determination unit 225 determines that the reserved ball random number is lost from the prefetch command.

In the case of Yes in step S21, the process proceeds to step S22, and the prefetch execution lottery unit 226
A lottery is performed to determine whether or not to perform the pre-reading notice effect. The winning probability of the lottery performed in step S22 is set to 1/3. So if the prefetch command is a big hit,
The pre-reading notice effect will be performed with a probability of 1/3. When the lottery by the prefetch execution lottery unit 226 is won (Yes in step S23), the process proceeds to step S24, and the prefetch notice pattern determination unit 227 determines whether or not the current game state has changed (in other words, the game mode is Whether the chance mode or the super chance mode is selected). Whether or not the gaming state is a certain change is determined, because a command related to the gaming state is transmitted to the effect control processing unit 201 for each game. You can see if the game state at the time is certain.

Here, if the jackpot is won when the game state is probable, the electric support will be given 70 times after the jackpot game, regardless of whether the special symbol type is any one of the 15R specific short-time symbols 1-4 (
If the gaming state when the prefetch command is received is certain, the process proceeds to step S25 without determining the type of special symbol, and the prefetch notice pattern determination unit 227 displays the pattern of the prefetch notice effect. It is determined whether to use the large chance zone (first prefetching notice effect) or the super chance zone (second prefetching notice effect).

On the other hand, when the game state is other than the probability change, the number of electric support after the jackpot game varies depending on the type of special symbol, and when the electric support is granted 70 times, the type of special symbol determined at the time of winning the jackpot Is 15R specific time short pattern 4 only (see FIG. 9). Therefore, the prefetch notice pattern determination unit 227 confirms from the analysis result of the prefetch command whether or not the special symbol type is the 15R specified short-time symbol 4. The above variation pattern No. When 18D is input as a prefetch command, this variation pattern No. Since it is understood that 18D is determined when the special symbol type is 15R specific short-time symbol 4, the look-ahead notice pattern determination unit 227 is determined.
Determines Yes in step S26. If Yes in step S26 (in the case of an advantageous symbol), the process proceeds to step S25. On the other hand, in the case of No in step S26 (in the case of a normal symbol), the process proceeds to step S27, and the prefetching notice pattern determination unit 227 decides that the pattern of the prefetching notice effect is to be a large chance zone.

Further, in the case of No in step S21, the process proceeds to step S29, and the prefetch notice determination unit 225
Analyzes whether the prefetch command corresponds to a specific command. In this embodiment, when the subsequent command of the prefetch command data is “02H” to “07H”, it is determined that the command corresponds to a specific command. This is because the pre-reading notice is performed only when a reach with a certain degree of reliability occurs even if it is a loss. In the present embodiment, in order to increase the frequency with which the pre-reading notice effect is performed, the types of subsequent commands corresponding to a specific command are set to be large. The variation pattern No. described above. When 15G is input as a prefetch command, No. Since the subsequent command of 15G is “04H”, it corresponds to a specific command, and therefore “Yes” in step S29.

Next, in the case of Yes in step S29, the process proceeds to step S30, and the prefetch execution lottery unit 2
26 performs a lottery on whether or not to execute the pre-reading notice effect. The winning probability of the lottery performed in step S30 is set to 1/10. Therefore, when the prefetch command is a specific loss, it is unlikely that the prefetch notice effect will be performed compared to the big win.
For this reason, when the pre-reading notice effect is performed, the player can expect a lot of jackpots. When winning the lottery by the pre-reading execution lottery unit 226 (Yes in step S31)
), The process proceeds to step S32, and the prefetching notice pattern determination unit 227 determines whether the pattern of the prefetching notice effect is to be a large chance zone or a super chance zone. Since this determination is based on the lose command, it is a so-called “gase effect”.

And when the process of step S25, step S27, or step S32 is completed,
Proceeding to step S28, the prefetch notice pattern determination unit 227 confirms the current number of reserved memories including the reserved ball random number for the current prefetch command. In this embodiment, the pre-reading notice effect is performed in two stages, through the pre-reading preparation zone (pre-reading preparation production), through the pre-reading production pattern that develops into a large chance zone, and the pre-reading preparation zone, This is because there is a pre-reading production pattern that develops into a super-chance zone, so that it is determined how many games the pre-read preparation zone is continued and how many games are continued in the large chance zone or the super-chance zone.

For example, if the current prefetching notice determination process is executed based on a prefetching command with a reserved memory number of 4 (that is, the current reserved memory number is 4), a prefetching notice pattern determination is made in step S28. The unit 227 sets the number of times of executing the pre-reading preparation zone to 1 and sets the number of times of executing the pre-reading notice effect pattern to 2 times. Then, when the first game on hold is started, a notice effect for displaying the pre-reading preparation zone on the effect display device 34 is performed, and when each of the second and third games on hold is started, A pre-reading notice effect that displays a pattern of the prefetching notice effect (either the large chance zone or the super chance zone) on the display device 34 is performed. And when the process of step S28 is performed,
The prefetch notice determination process ends. In the case of No in step S23, in the case of No in step S29, and in the case of No in step S31, the prefetch notice determination process ends at that point.

Returning to FIG. 19, when the process of step S4-3 ends, the process proceeds to step S4-4, and the reserved ball display control unit 230 displays a white reserved ball in the first reserved ball display area 34a. Then, the process returns to the position before step S3 and waits until the game order related to the current winning comes.
Needless to say, if the upper limit of four reserved ball random numbers is already stored in the first special symbol reserved ball random number storage unit 115a, the process of step S4 is not performed.

On the other hand, if neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol has changed, that is, if the game order has come (No in step S3), a special symbol hit determination process is performed in step S5. . That is, the first special symbol success / failure determination unit 113a determines whether or not the special symbol success / failure determination random number acquired in step S2 is a big hit.

Next, in step S6, a special symbol type determination process is performed. Specifically, if the result of the special symbol hit determination process in step S5 is determined to be a big hit, the first special symbol type determining unit 124a is based on the special symbol type determining random number acquired in step S2. The type of the first special symbol for the jackpot is determined. That is, with reference to FIG. 7, one of “15R specified short time symbol 1” to “15R specific short time symbol 4” is determined in step S6. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S5 that the game has been lost, the special symbol type determination random number has been acquired, but step S5 is performed without determining the special symbol type based on the random number.
The process of 6 ends.

Next, a special symbol variation pattern command determination process is performed in step S7. In this special symbol variation pattern command determination process, the first special symbol variation pattern determination unit 135a refers to the normal variation pattern table 134a or the shortened variation pattern table 134b based on the special symbol variation pattern random number acquired in step S2. To determine the first variation pattern command.

Next, an effect mode determination process is performed in step S8. In the effect mode determination process, the effect mode determination unit 210 refers to a predetermined table corresponding to the current game mode from the effect tables 261a to 261c, and determines the effect pattern corresponding to the first variation pattern command this time. The production pattern used in the game is determined.

Next, in step S9, the first special symbol display control unit 101a causes the special symbol display device 17 to start the variable display of the first special symbol, and the effect display control unit 220 causes the effect display device 34 to determine the effect determined in step S8. Start displaying the pattern. If it is determined that the pre-reading notice effect is to be performed as described above, in this step S9, the effect display control unit 200 performs the pre-reading notice effect such as the prefetch preparation zone, the large chance zone, and the super chance zone. Is displayed on the effect display device 34.

Next, in step S10, the first special symbol display control unit 101a performs the special symbol display device 17.
To stop and display the first special symbol. At this time, if the symbol that is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device 17 is determined to be a big hit in step S5, the first symbol determined in step S6.
Although it is a winning symbol corresponding to the type of special symbol, if it is determined that the game is lost in step S5, the symbol is corresponding to the lost symbol. In step S10, the display of the effect pattern is stopped in synchronization with the change stop of the first special symbol, and the predetermined effect symbol is displayed in the effect display device 3.
4 is stopped and displayed.

Next, when the stopped first special symbol is confirmed with a jackpot combination (step S1)
(Yes in 1), the jackpot game control unit 160 provides the jackpot game by opening the attacker device 41 with a predetermined attacker release pattern corresponding to the type of the first special symbol (step S12). Next, in step S13, the gaming state setting unit 140 sets the gaming state of the special symbol and the normal symbol in the next game to a high probability state or a low probability state. More specifically, the gaming state setting unit 140 sets the gaming state related to the special symbols from the big hit game until the 70 games are played with high accuracy, and in the subsequent games and the initial state, the gaming state setting unit 140 sets the special state with low accuracy. Set. On the other hand, the game state related to the normal symbol is set with high accuracy by the game state setting unit 140 until the game with the number of times of the electric support corresponding to the type of the special symbol is performed. After that, it is usually set with low accuracy.

When the game state in the next game is set in step S13, the process related to one game is completed. In the case of No in step S11, the game state of the next game is set by proceeding to step S13 without providing the jackpot game. If the answer is No in step S1, the game ends without playing the game.

Next, when it is determined in step S4-2 that the prefetching notice effect is to be performed, what kind of prefetching notice effect is performed on the effect display device 34 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. To do. 21 to 27 show specific examples of the effect display device 34 in the normal mode (low accuracy).

Specific example 1: When the hold 3 is a jackpot and the 15R specified short-time symbol 2 (see FIGS. 21 and 22)
As shown in FIG. 21 (a), the game based on the reserved ball random number stored three points ahead of the hold 3 is started, and the effect design starts to fluctuate (in FIG. 21 (a), the effect is indicated by the downward arrow. It shows the variation of the design). Note that the hold 3 corresponds to the “prefetch target hold” of the present invention. In the first specific example, the prefetch command corresponding to the hold 3 is the variation pattern No. 11B ~
19B (see FIG. 15B).

Further, in the game, characters “pre-reading preparation zone” are displayed at the top of the effect display device 34, and an image C1 designed with thunderstorms and rain clouds is displayed in the center (FIG. 21 (
a)). Players who see this not only increase the expectation of jackpots by displaying the pre-reading preparation zone, but then wait for the game results while praying that it will develop into a super chance zone it can. Since the game started in FIG. 21 (a) is a loss, FIG.
As shown in 1 (b), the production symbol stops in a losing manner of 1-2-3.

Next, as shown in FIG. 21 (c), one hold is consumed, and the game of hold 1 in FIG. 21 (b) is started. In this game, an effect is made so that it can be seen that the pre-reading preparation zone has evolved into a large chance zone. On the top of the effect display device 34, the characters “Large Chance Zone” are displayed, and an image C 2 in which the sun and clouds are designed is displayed in the center. The player who sees this knows that he has developed from a pre-reading preparation zone to a large chance zone. In this big chance zone, there may be a loss, but there is a possibility that you have won a big jackpot of 70 electric supporters, so you will watch the progress of the game while expecting it. Since the game started in FIG. 21 (c) is a losing game, as shown in FIG. 21 (d), the production symbol is stopped in a losing manner of 4-5-6.

Next, as shown in FIG. 22 (a), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG.
Game is started. In this game, an effect is made so that it is understood that the great chance zone continues. On the top of the effect display device 34, the characters “Large Chance Zone” are displayed, and an image C 2 in which the sun and clouds are designed is displayed in the center. A player who sees this raises expectations that the jackpot may be approaching. Since the game started in FIG. 22 (a) is a losing game, as shown in FIG. 22 (b), the production symbol is stopped in a losing manner of 7-8-9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 22 (c), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 shown in FIG. 22 (b).
Game is started. Since this game is a game based on the hold 3 in FIG. 21A, which is a prefetch target hold, the design symbol is 6 as shown in FIG.
Stop at -6-6. After that, a jackpot game is provided, and 15R specific time short possession design 2
As a result, 20 electric supporters are attached after the jackpot ends (see FIG. 9). For this reason, the characters “electric support 20 times get” are displayed in the lower right portion of the effect display device 34. Thus, Example 1
From the pre-reading preparation zone (pre-reading preparation production) to the big chance zone (first pre-reading notice production)
However, because the development destination was a big chance zone,
This is the case when it was granted only once.

Specific example 2: When the hold 3 is a jackpot and the 15R specific time short-hauled symbol 4 (see FIGS. 21 and 23)
As shown in FIG. 21 (a), the game based on the reserved ball random number stored three points ahead of the hold 3 is started, and the effect design starts to fluctuate (in FIG. 21 (a), the effect is indicated by the downward arrow. It shows the variation of the design). Note that the hold 3 corresponds to the “prefetch target hold” of the present invention. In the second specific example, the prefetch command corresponding to the hold 3 is a variation pattern No. 11D ~
19D (see FIG. 16B).

Further, in the game, characters “pre-reading preparation zone” are displayed at the top of the effect display device 34, and an image C1 designed with thunderstorms and rain clouds is displayed in the center (FIG. 21 (
a)). Players who see this not only increase the expectation of jackpots by displaying the pre-reading preparation zone, but then wait for the game results while praying that it will develop into a super chance zone it can. Since the game started in FIG. 21 (a) is a loss, FIG.
As shown in 1 (b), the production symbol stops in a losing manner of 1-2-3. Subsequently, FIG.
Although the effects as shown in (c) and (d) are displayed, since they have already been described in the specific example 1, description thereof is omitted here.

Next, as shown in FIG. 23 (a), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG.
Game is started. In this game, an effect is made so that it is understood that the great chance zone continues. On the top of the effect display device 34, the characters “Large Chance Zone” are displayed, and an image C 2 in which the sun and clouds are designed is displayed in the center. A player who sees this raises expectations that the jackpot may be approaching. Since the game started in FIG. 23 (a) is a losing game, as shown in FIG. 23 (b), the production symbol is stopped in a losing manner of 7-8-9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 23C, one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG.
Game is started. Since this game is a game based on the hold 3 in FIG. 21A, which is a prefetch target hold, the design symbol is 7 as shown in FIG.
Stop at -7-7. After that, the jackpot game is provided, 15R specific time short possession design 4
As a result, 70 electric supporters are attached after the jackpot ends (see FIG. 9). Therefore, the characters “electric support 70 times get” are displayed in the lower right portion of the effect display device 34. Thus, Example 2
From the pre-reading preparation zone (pre-reading preparation production) to the big chance zone (first pre-reading notice production)
This is a case where the player was given a power of 70 times when the player thought that the power support might have been 20 times because the game became a big hit.

Specific example 3: When the hold 3 performs a pre-reading notice effect by losing (see FIGS. 21 and 24)
As shown in FIG. 21 (a), the game based on the reserved ball random number stored three points ahead of the hold 3 is started, and the effect design starts to fluctuate (in FIG. 21 (a), the effect is indicated by the downward arrow. It shows the variation of the design). The hold 3 corresponds to the “pre-read target hold” of the present invention. In the specific example 3, the pre-read command corresponding to the hold 3 is determined based on the loss, so the pre-read command The subsequent command of data is any one of “02H” to “07H” (see FIG. 17).

Further, in the game, characters “pre-reading preparation zone” are displayed at the top of the effect display device 34, and an image C1 designed with thunderstorms and rain clouds is displayed in the center (FIG. 21 (
a)). Players who see this not only increase the expectation of jackpots by displaying the pre-reading preparation zone, but then wait for the game results while praying that it will develop into a super chance zone it can. Since the game started in FIG. 21 (a) is a loss, FIG.
As shown in 1 (b), the production symbol stops in a losing manner of 1-2-3. Subsequently, FIG.
Although the effects as shown in (c) and (d) are displayed, since they have already been described in the specific example 1, description thereof is omitted here.

Next, as shown in FIG. 24 (a), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG.
Game is started. In this game, an effect is made so that it is understood that the great chance zone continues. On the top of the effect display device 34, the characters “Large Chance Zone” are displayed, and an image C 2 in which the sun and clouds are designed is displayed in the center. A player who sees this raises expectations that the jackpot may be approaching. Since the game started in FIG. 24 (a) is a losing game, as shown in FIG. 24 (b), the production symbol is stopped in a losing manner of 7-8-9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 24 (c), one more hold is digested, and hold 1 in FIG. 24 (b).
Game is started. Since this game is a game based on the hold 3 in FIG. 21A, which is the pre-reading target hold, the design symbol is 7 as shown in FIG.
At -6-7, they stop all at once, and the player is informed that they have lost. This example is an example of a case where the pre-reading notice effect has been performed, but the game is eventually lost, that is, an example of a gasset notice.

Example 4: When the hold 3 is a jackpot and the 15R specified short-time symbol 4 (see FIGS. 25 and 26)
As shown in FIG. 25 (a), the game based on the reserved ball random number stored three times ahead of the hold 3 is started, and the effect design starts to change (in FIG. 25 (a), the effect is indicated by the downward arrow. It shows the variation of the design). Note that the hold 3 corresponds to the “prefetch target hold” of the present invention. In the fourth specific example, the prefetch command corresponding to the hold 3 is a variation pattern No. 11D ~
19D (see FIG. 16B).

Further, in the game, characters “pre-reading preparation zone” are displayed at the top of the effect display device 34, and an image C1 in which a thunderstorm and rain clouds are designed is displayed at the center (FIG. 25 (
a)). Players who see this not only increase the expectation of jackpots by displaying the pre-reading preparation zone, but then wait for the game results while praying that it will develop into a super chance zone it can. Since the game started in FIG. 25 (a) is a loss, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the production symbol stops in a lost manner of 1-2-3.

Next, as shown in FIG. 25 (c), one hold is consumed, and the game of hold 1 in FIG. 25 (b) is started. In this game, there is an effect that shows that the pre-reading preparation zone has evolved into a super-chance zone. On the top of the effect display device 34, characters “super chance zone” are displayed, and an image C <b> 3 designed with two suns is displayed in the center. The player who sees this knows that the pre-reading preparation zone has evolved into a super-chance zone. This super-chance zone is also performed in the case of losing, but in the case of a big win, the performance is limited to the case where there is always 70 electric support, so the player can play a game while further raising the expectation of the big hit I will watch over the progress. Since the game started in FIG. 25 (c) is a loss, FIG. 25 (d)
As shown in Fig. 4, the production pattern stops in a losing manner of 4-5-6.

Next, as shown in FIG. 26 (a), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG. 25 (d).
Game is started. In this game, an effect is made so that the super-chance zone continues. On the top of the effect display device 34, characters “super chance zone” are displayed, and an image C <b> 3 designed with two suns is displayed in the center. The player who saw this
The expectation is increased when the big hit of 70 electric supporters may be approaching. FIG.
Since the game started in is lost, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), the production symbol is stopped in a lost manner of 7-8-9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 26 (c), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG.
Game is started. Since this game is a game based on the hold 3 in FIG. 25A, which is a pre-reading target hold, the design symbol is 7 as shown in FIG.
Stop at -7-7. After that, the jackpot game is provided, 15R specific time short possession design 4
As a result, 70 electric supporters are attached after the jackpot ends (see FIG. 9). Therefore, the characters “electric support 70 times get” are displayed in the lower right portion of the effect display device 34. Thus, Example 4
Then, since the pre-reading preparation zone (pre-reading preparation effect) has evolved from the super-chance zone (second pre-reading notice effect) to a big hit, the electric support is always displayed as 70 times.

Specific Example 5: When the hold 3 performs a pre-reading notice effect by losing (see FIGS. 25 and 27)
As shown in FIG. 25 (a), the game based on the reserved ball random number stored three times ahead of the hold 3 is started, and the effect design starts to change (in FIG. 25 (a), the effect is indicated by the downward arrow. It shows the variation of the design). Since the prefetch command of the hold 3 is determined based on the loss, the subsequent command of the prefetch command data is any one of “02H” to “07H” (see FIG. 17).

Further, in the game, characters “pre-reading preparation zone” are displayed at the top of the effect display device 34, and an image C1 in which a thunderstorm and rain clouds are designed is displayed at the center (FIG. 25 (
a)). Players who see this not only increase the expectation of jackpots by displaying the pre-reading preparation zone, but then wait for the game results while praying that it will develop into a super chance zone it can. Since the game started in FIG. 25 (a) is a loss, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the production symbol stops in a lost manner of 1-2-3. Subsequently, FIG.
Although the effects as shown in (c) and (d) are displayed, since they have already been described in the specific example 4, the description is omitted here.

Next, as shown in FIG. 27 (a), one hold is further digested, and the hold 1 in FIG. 25 (d).
Game is started. In this game, an effect is made so that the super-chance zone continues. On the top of the effect display device 34, characters “super chance zone” are displayed, and an image C <b> 3 designed with two suns is displayed in the center. The player who saw this
The expectation is increased when the big hit of 70 electric supporters may be approaching. FIG.
Since the game started in is lost, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), the production symbol is stopped in a lost manner of 7-8-9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 27 (c), one more hold is digested, and hold 1 in FIG. 27 (b).
Game is started. Since this game is a game based on the hold 3 in FIG. 25 (a), which is a prefetch target hold, the design symbol is 7 as shown in FIG.
The players are all stopped at -8-7, and the player is informed that the game is lost. This example is an example of a case where the pre-reading notice effect has been performed, but the game is eventually lost, that is, an example of a gasset notice.

As described above, according to the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, the first look-ahead effect is provided.
The pre-reading preparation zone was executed as the stage, and the large chance zone or the super chance zone was executed as the second stage, so the appearance frequency of the pre-reading preparation zone is increased and the player is expected to grow, but the big chance to develop afterwards The level of expectation of jackpots can be set between the zone and the super chance zone. That is, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment can balance the frequency of the pre-reading effect and the degree of expectation, and can improve the game's preference.

Furthermore, if you win a big hit in the big chance zone, the electric support is 20 times, 40 times,
Or, there are 70 times, but if you win a big win in the super chance zone, the electric support is always given 70 times, so the player's expectation depends on which chance zone will evolve from the pre-reading preparation zone Since the feeling can be changed, the player can be attracted to the game. Of course, because the gaze notice is also made, it is possible to realize a wide variety of playability.

In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine having a specification (so-called ST machine) in which a special figure is always highly accurate after a jackpot game and is shifted to a low figure after a predetermined number of games. Although applied, the present invention can also be applied to devices other than pachinko machines having such specifications. For example, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a pachinko machine having a specification that has a normal hit with a low special figure after a big hit game and a probable hit with a high special figure.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the pre-reading preparation zone is performed once and the large chance zone or the super chance zone is performed twice has been described. However, the number of times can be appropriately determined within the reserved storage number. For example, the pre-reading preparation zone may be set twice, the large chance zone or the super chance zone may be set once, or may be set once.

In the above-described embodiment, when the prefetch command is lost, the prefetch execution lottery unit 226 performs the lottery on the condition that the prefetch command corresponds to a specific lose command. In the case of a lose command, it may be determined that the pre-reading notice effect is always executed. Also, the effect control processing unit 2 only when the pre-read command determined by the special symbol variation pattern command determination unit 130 at the time of holding storage is a specific lose command.
A configuration in which a prefetch command is transmitted to 01 can also be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the large chance zone or the super chance zone is displayed from the game next to the game in which the pre-reading preparation zone is displayed. However, in the game in which the pre-reading preparation zone is displayed, the pre-reading zone is displayed. The large chance zone or the super chance zone may be displayed following the preparation zone display. In this case, for example, the display of the pre-reading notice effect of FIG. 21C is added between FIGS. 21A and 21B. If you do this,
The notice effect is switched from the pre-reading preparation zone to the large chance zone or the super chance zone during one game, so that the change in the effect can be highlighted and the player can be attracted.

3 gaming board 31 gaming area 34 effect display device 37a first start winning opening (starting opening)
37b Second starting prize opening (starting port)
110 Special symbol lottery processing part (Special symbol lottery means)
120 Special symbol type determination processing unit (special symbol type determination means)
130 Special symbol variation pattern command determination unit (variation pattern command determination means)
140 Game state setting part (game state setting means)
160 jackpot game control unit (jackpot game control means)
220 Production display control unit (production display control means)
C1: Image in the pre-reading preparation zone (pre-reading preparation production)
C2: Image in the big chance zone (first look-ahead notice effect)
C3: Image in super-chance zone (second look-ahead notice effect)

Claims (1)

A game board having a game area where game balls flow down, a start opening provided in the game area, and a random number is acquired in response to the winning of the game ball in the start opening, and a special symbol is used using this random number. a special symbol selecting means for performing a lottery according to the spruce, the variation pattern command determining means for determining a variation pattern command for each game, hold balls random numbers the special symbol lottery unit acquired in a predetermined case to the upper limit of the predetermined number and hold ball random number memory unit for storing a random number, wherein the bonus game control means for providing a bonus game when the player wins the jackpot lottery by special pattern selecting means, and the effect display device for displaying the effect regarding the game, predetermined effect In a pachinko machine comprising an effect display control means for controlling to display an aspect on the effect display device ,
The variation pattern command determination means outputs a prefetch command for the reserved sphere random number to the effect display control means every time a reserved sphere random number is stored in the reserved sphere random number storage unit,
When it is determined that the pre-reading notice effect based on the pre-read command is determined, the effect display control means is stored before the pre-read target hold that is a hold ball random number corresponding to the pre-read command related to the determination. In a game based on a ball random number, a pre-reading preparation effect is displayed on the effect display device, and the pre-reading notice effect is displayed in a game performed between a game displaying the pre-reading preparation effect and a game based on the pre-read target hold. Display on the production display device,
The prefetching notice effect includes a first prefetching notice effect and a second prefetching notice effect that differs from the first prefetch notice effect.
The prefetching preparation effect is displayed in common before the first prefetching notice effect and the second prefetching notice effect,
In the first case where the pre-reading preparation effect develops to the first pre-reading notice effect, and in the second case where the pre-reading preparation effect develops to the second pre-reading notice effect, the second case is better. A pachinko machine configured to increase a possibility that the jackpot game that is more advantageous to the player than the first case is provided .