JP6500686B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area where a game ball is fired.

  Conventionally, among various types of ball and ball game machines, the so-called first-class pachinko game machines have changed a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided approximately at the center of the game board. Display (Hereafter, such a display is called "pattern fluctuation" or "variation display", etc.). This gaming machine shifts to a so-called big hit special game in which more prize balls are obtained than in the normal game when the combination of symbols when stopping the symbol variation in a plurality of rows becomes a specific mode It is known as a thing. The fluctuation display of symbols in the display area is not only the fluctuation display of a plurality of symbols, but also the time of the fluctuation display in the state of big hit if one more symbol is aligned as in the state called so-called reach screen It is designed to increase the player's expectation, for example, to make it longer than that. In addition, the player's sense of expectation is also enhanced by the effect of giving a story to the variable display by using the character in the image of the symbol or the like, and the notice effect which predicts the height of the transition expectation to the special game in advance. . In addition, there are also those that shift to a specific game (which state is also referred to as an “entering easy state”) that enhances the ease of entering the starting winning opening after the end of the special game. In the easy entry state, the opening time of the expansion type start winning opening is extended, and the fluctuation time of the symbol is shortened from the normal state (this state is also referred to as "time saving"), so the player's sense of expectation Is enhanced. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, in recent years, the need for model development not bound by type has been recognized in order to further improve gameplay, and for example, pachinko games such as mixing a plurality of gaming machines of the same type or mixing different types of gaming machines. Machine development is also in progress. For example, when the first game and the second game are mixed, it is difficult to enter a game after making a game aiming at a hit in the first game first and making a big hit in the game and ending a special game A game machine has been proposed in which a second winning game is performed in which the start winning opening is put into an easy-to-enter state and the fluctuation time of the symbol is shortened. In addition, the game ball is promoted from "small hit" to "big hit" by passing the game ball to the specific area (V zone) when it becomes a small hit in the second game, and a new special game is generated Have also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-230714 JP, 2010-29308, A

  In such a game machine, the player needs to shoot the game ball in an appropriate direction according to the designed game flow, so the direction in which the game ball should be fired is appropriate from the game machine to the player Technology is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing the convenience of the player.

  In order to solve the above problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a game board on which a game area is formed, and a launch device for firing game balls toward the game area according to a player's firing operation. And a first start winning opening provided in the game area, and a second start winning opening provided at a position different from the first start winning opening in the game area, and a first for indicating the result of the first pass / fail judgment A first symbol display device in which one symbol is variably displayed, a second symbol display device in which a second symbol is variably displayed for indicating the result of the second acceptance determination, and an effect display device in which an effect image is displayed A ball game machine comprising a main control unit mainly controlling basic operations of the game and a sub control unit mainly controlling the rendering operation of the game, wherein the main control unit is a first start winning opening The first lottery value to acquire the first lottery value for the first pass / fail judgment triggered by entering the game Acquisition means, a second lottery value acquisition means for acquiring a second lottery value for a second acceptance / rejection determination triggered by entering the second start winning opening, and a first lottery value acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means (1) A first pass / fail judgment means for executing a first pass / fail judgment based on a lottery value, and a second pass / fail judgment for executing a second pass / fail judgment based on a second lottery value acquired by a second lottery value acquisition means Means, a first variation pattern determining means for determining a first variation pattern that is a variation pattern in the first symbol variation display, and a second variation that determines a second variation pattern that is a variation pattern in the second symbol variation display The first symbol display control means for causing the first symbol to be variably displayed on the first symbol display device in accordance with the first variation pattern determined by the pattern determination means, the first variation pattern determination means, and the second variation pattern determination means The According to the determined second variation pattern, the second symbol display control means for causing the second symbol to be variably displayed on the second symbol display device, and when the result of the first or second success or failure judgment is a hit, it is usually When the first lottery value is acquired by the special game control means for executing the special game which is more advantageous to the player than the game and the first lottery value acquiring means, the start condition of the variable display of the first symbol is satisfied. When the second lottery value is acquired by the first holding control means for holding the first lottery value as the first holding ball and the second lottery value acquiring means, the start condition of the variable display of the second symbol is satisfied. The second hold control means holds the second lottery value as the second hold ball until the first start winning opening or the second start winning opening is entered, and is acquired triggered by the entry. Of the symbol showing the result of the pass / fail judgment based on the selected lottery value And a notification means for notifying the sub-control device of the information on the ball entry as the prior determination information regardless of whether or not the motion display is immediately started. The sub control device includes effect determination means for determining an effect image to be displayed on the effect display device, and effect control means for displaying the effect image determined by the effect determination means on the effect display device. The first symbol display control means reserves the start of the variable display of the first symbol when the second lottery value is held by the second hold control means, while the second symbol display control means performs the first hold control. The variation display of the second symbol is started regardless of whether or not the first lottery value is held by the means, and in the first mode, the game ball should be fired in the first direction in the first period. When the number of second holding balls held by the second holding control means reaches a predetermined value during the first period, the number of second holding balls becomes a predetermined value. It is possible to notify the player in a second mode different from the first mode.

  Note that any combination of the above-described components, or any of the components and expressions of the present invention replaced by a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing a computer program, a data structure, etc. Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the ball and ball game machine of the present invention, the convenience of the player can be enhanced.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure showing a functional block of a pachinko game machine. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a main board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the success / failure determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success / failure determination table referred by the prior success / failure determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the outline of a portable cooperation system typically. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of a main substrate and a sub substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a production | presentation display control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the main board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of interruption processing. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the sub board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main processing of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing at the time of receiving a command from a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for production display control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when a sub CPU receives a command from display CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for various device control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a decorative symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a figure which shows roughly the flow of the game in the ball and ball game machine which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of the presentation image displayed on a presentation display apparatus. It is a figure showing correspondence with a game state and a game situation, and a display mode of a firing direction image.

  The pachinko gaming machine shown in this embodiment provides a game in which a plurality of first-class pachinko gaming machines are conventionally mixed. The pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment has a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps in order to make the first game as the plurality of games and the game characteristics of the second game compatible. Equipped with When the game ball enters the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, the first hit lottery or the second hit lottery will be executed, and the lottery will be a big hit (hereinafter also referred to as "symbol matching big hit") A special game in which the special winning opening (first large winning opening 21 described later) repeats opening is started. On the other hand, when the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery results in a predetermined result called "small hit", the special winning opening (second large winning opening 22 described later) is opened for a short time A small hit game is executed. This small hit game is distinguished from a "big hit" because it has only one unit game repeated several times in the case of a big hit. When the game ball entered the second large winning opening 22 enters a specific area called the "V zone" in the second large winning opening 22, from "small hit" to "big hit (hereinafter also referred to as" V winning big hit ") It is promoted to ") and the special game in which the first large winning opening 21 is opened is executed. Therefore, the small hit game has substantially the same operation as the second type pachinko game referred to in the past.

  When the special game by the symbol matching big hit is finished, it shifts to a specific game called a so-called fluctuation time shortening game (hereinafter, referred to as "time saving"). Time saving continues until the number of times of variation of the special symbol reaches a predetermined number of times (hereinafter referred to as "the number of continuations") after the end of the special game. The time saving of this embodiment is not limited to the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, but also the opening time of the ordinary electric symbol and the shortening of the fluctuation time of the ordinary symbol are used to enter the second start winning opening Include an easy-to-enter state that enhances the ease of the ball. Further, as will be described later, the small hit probability is set high in the chance lottery that is triggered by entering the second starting winning opening. As a result, during a short time, a small hit is likely to occur triggered by entering the second starting winning opening, and the possibility of the occurrence of a V prize big hit (also called "small hit V") developing from a small hit is also generated. Increase.

  In the first time in the variable display of the symbol which is executed with the game ball entering the second start winning opening first after being shifted to the time-short and easy-to-enter state, comparison of about 10 to 20 seconds A variation pattern is selected which has a nominally long variation time. If the player continues to shoot the game ball aiming at the second start winning opening during the variable display of this symbol, the game ball of four or more balls usually enters the second start winning opening, so the game is suspended. Four holding balls are held, which is the maximum possible holding ball number. Since the result of the lottery that is triggered by entering the second start winning opening is almost a small hit, in most cases, the variation display of the first pattern is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, a small hit game To be executed. The probability that the game ball enters the V zone in the small hit game is also set very high, and when the game ball enters the V zone, the special game by the V winning jackpot is executed. If the V winning jackpot is a big hit with a short time, it will be transferred to the short state again after the end of this special game, but if it was a big hit without time saving, the gaming state will usually be after this special game is over Return to the state. However, in the present embodiment, the second game is given priority over the first game, so the second game's holding ball held by the holding control means is a special game by the V winning jackpot. Are preferentially digested after the end of the Since the acceptance lottery corresponding to this holding ball is also triggered by entering the second starting winning opening, a small hit with a high probability and a small hit game is executed, and a special due to a V winning jackpot A game is executed.

  As a result of having such a configuration, since the ease of entering the second starting winning opening is low in the normal state normal game, first, the first starting winning entry is allowed to enter the ball and a special game by symbol matching big hit with time reduction is made. Generate and move temporarily to short. And save the holding ball of the second game in a time-saving and easy-to-enter state, small hit game by the result of the lottery that corresponds to the holding ball will be a small hit, V winning big hit during the small hit game It becomes the game characteristic which aims at continuation of the special game by generating. If a V winning big hit with time reduction or a symbol matching big hit with time reduction occurs in the second game, the time transition will be made again after the end of the special game, but with the time saving in the second game holding ball There is no big-off ball, V-time big-time V-winning big-hit and short-time symbol-matched big-ups don't occur, and if all the big-hand balls are digested, it returns to the normal state of normal gaming, also time-saving in the first game It will aim at a jackpot with a set of symbols.

  FIG. 1 shows the basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 100 mainly includes gaming machine slots and a game board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an outer frame 101, a front frame 102, a transparent plate 103, a door 104, an upper ball tray 105, a lower ball tray 106, a firing handle 107, a speaker 108, an effect button 109, a cross key 110, The decoration lamp 111 is included. The outer frame 101 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 100 at a position where it should be installed. The front frame 102 is a frame that is aligned with the opening of the outer frame 101, and is attached to the outer frame 101 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 102 includes a mechanism for firing game balls, a mechanism for detachably accommodating a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting game balls, and the like.

  The transparent plate 103 is formed of glass or the like, and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is openably and closably attached to the front frame 102 by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 105 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, removing the game balls from the lower ball tray 106, and the like. The lower ball tray 106 has a mechanism for storing and removing game balls. At the top of the door 104, speakers 108 are provided on the left and right, and means for controlling the effect output sound of sound effects and music according to the gaming state and effects. Most of the resin members that make up the appearance of the door 104 are translucent, and the decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decoration lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the game state, the effect, and the like by means for controlling the effect, and plays a role by causing blinking and the like.

  The game board 80 has a first start opening 11, a second start opening 12, a first large winning opening 21, a second large winning opening 22, a first operation opening 31, and a second opening on the game area 81 divided by the rails 82. 2 operation opening 32, general winning opening 33, out opening 34, effect display device 60, center decoration 64 is included. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over substantially the central portion of the game area 81 and the upper and right portions thereof. It has 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 is formed on the lower part of the center decoration 64, and the falling direction from the stage 65 enters the first starting opening 11 and the first starting opening 11 depending on how it rolls. It is distributed to the side direction that does not enter the ball. At the upper part of the center decoration 64, a movable character 66 which is driven along the effect contents to perform an effect operation is provided. In the game area 81, mechanisms such as a plurality of game nails and a windmill (not shown) for forming flow paths of game balls are installed.

  The first starting opening 11 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a first game, and the second starting opening 12 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a second game. The first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 are configured to be able to aim for entering one of the balls according to the strength of the game ball firing according to the player's intention. The first start opening 11 is provided at a lower central portion of the game area 81, and the second start opening 12 is provided on the right side of the game area 81. If the player strikes against the left, that is, it aims to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and hits relatively weakly, it is possible to enter the first start opening 11 or enter the ball easily, but enter the second start opening 12 Impossible or difficult to enter and hitting the right, that is, if you aim to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64 and hit relatively strongly, it is possible to enter the second starting opening 12 or enter easily A flow path is formed in the first starting opening 11 by the arrangement of the game nails so as to make it impossible or impossible to enter the ball. The success or failure lottery is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed each time the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12 is entered. Ru.

  In another example, the first start opening 11 may be provided at a lower center of the game area 81 and the second start opening 12 may be provided immediately below the first start opening 11. In this case, it is possible to enter the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 or enter the ball easily if the ball is aimed to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and hit relatively weakly in this case. If the ball is hit to the right, that is, it is aimed to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64 and the ball is relatively strongly hit, it is possible to enter the ball to the second start opening 12 or to easily enter the ball, but to the first start opening 11 A flow path is formed by the arrangement of the game nails so as to make it impossible or impossible to enter the ball. However, since the upper side of the opening of the second start opening 12 is normally covered by the first start opening 11 and the inflow of gaming balls is prevented, the second start opening unless the expansion mechanism of the second start opening 12 is opened. It is impossible to enter or difficult to enter 12

  The first start opening 11 includes a first start winning detection device 16. The first start winning detection device 16 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first starting opening 11, and generates, when entering the ball, first start winning information indicating the entering of the ball. The second start opening 12 includes a second start winning detection device 17, an ordinary electric combination 90 (so-called electric tulip) which is an expansion mechanism, and an ordinary combination electric solenoid 91 for opening and closing the ordinary combination 90. . The second start winning detection device 17 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second starting opening 12, and generates second start winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered.

  When the ordinary electric power part 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric joint solenoid 91, the ease of entering the second start opening 12 is enhanced. One open time of the normal electric character 90 is a short open time of about 0.1 seconds in the normal state, whereas one open time of the normal electric character 90 is about 6 seconds in the easy ball entry state The game ball is likely to enter the second starting opening 12 with a long opening longer than when the short opening. The long opening of the ordinary motorized part 90 is also called "opening extension". It should be noted that, as a modification, when the normal motorized role 90 is expanded, that effect may be notified in advance, or the suspension of the normal symbol variation may be read ahead and notified before the start of the variation of the normal symbol. , You may be informed during the change of the normal symbol.

  As a modification of the opening mode when opening the normal motorized part 90 of the second start opening 12 for a long time, the total opening time is extended to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds longer than that for the short opening three times. It is good also as an aspect. Further, a plurality of combinations of the open time and the open number may be prepared, and one of them may be selected. For example, in the case of three 2-second releases, the total open time is the same as in the case of one 6-second release, but the former is longer than the latter if the interval period is also included. Therefore, particularly in the configuration of the modification in which the second start opening 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the player who noticed the opening starts from the time when the former matches the second start opening 12 with the hitting direction. It can be said that the chance is long. In addition, it is possible to configure so that there are a plurality of hit types of normal symbols, and the open mode of the spread mechanism may be different according to the type. For example, when the normal design is the first hit, the open state is 0.1 second in the normal state, 1 second in the easy ball entry state is 3 times the open, and the second state is the normal state. In this case, the opening for 6 seconds may be performed once, and the opening for two seconds may be performed twice in the ball entry easy state.

  The three general winning openings 33 each include a general winning detection device 38 for detecting entry of the gaming ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entry of the gaming ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the entry when entering the ball.

  The first large winning opening 21 includes a first large winning detection device 26 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a first large winning opening solenoid 93 for opening and closing the first large winning opening 21. The first big prize detection device 26 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first big winning opening 21 and generates the first big winning opening winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered. The first special winning opening 21 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined manner. The first big winning opening 21 is provided at the upper right position of the out port 34.

  On the other hand, the second large winning opening 22 is provided as a large winning opening corresponding to a small hit game, and is opened by the occurrence of a small hit. The second large winning opening 22 includes a second large winning detection device 27 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a second large winning opening solenoid 94 for opening and closing the blades of the second large winning opening 22. The second big prize detection device 27 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second big winning opening 22, and generates second winning prize winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered. The second special winning opening 22 is opened as "small hit" when the second special symbol 193 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode. A center decoration 64 is provided around the effect display device 60 provided substantially at the center of the game area 81, and the second big winning opening 22 is attached to the right of the center decoration 64. The game balls having entered the opened second large winning opening 22 flow into the inner space through the passage provided inside the center decoration 64. The second big prize detection device 27 is provided near the entrance of the passage. When the second large winning opening 22 is so-called right-hit to substantially maximize the firing strength when it is opened during a small hit game, the game ball will be entered with a very high probability. In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 is positioned such that the average required time for the game ball to reach the second large winning opening 22 is about 3 seconds after the game ball firing operation. Provided in In the modification, the second big winning opening 22 may be provided at a different position in the game area 81, and the time taken for the fired gaming ball to enter the second big winning opening 22 is different. It may be time.

  A specific area (V zone) is provided in the space inside the second large winning opening 22 in the center decoration 64, and the gaming ball entering the second large winning opening 22 is the specific area or other than that specific area. Pass through a non-specific area. In this embodiment, a specific area is provided on the left of the inner center of the center decoration 64, a non-specific area is provided on the right, and the game ball enters the ball with the second large winning opening 22 opened. Then, the gaming ball is configured to pass the specific area with a probability of, for example, about 1/10. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the probability of entering the specific area is approximately 1/10 according to the shape of the inner passage of the center decoration 64, but in the modification, for example, the second winning opening 22 A movable character that distributes the game ball entered to the inside to a specific area or a non-specific area is installed, and by driving the movable character, the game ball is led to the specific area with a probability of about 1/10. May be Further, although the probability of about 1/10 is set in the present embodiment, the probability of entering the specific area may be set higher or lower than that. In addition, the second large winning opening 22 may be provided with a clone having about three drop openings, and gaming balls entering one of the plurality of drop openings may be led to the specific area. The specific area passage detection device 506 is a sensor for detecting whether the gaming ball has passed through the specific area, and generates specific area passage information indicating the passage when passing. When the game ball passes the specific area, it becomes a V winning jackpot and a special game is started. When developing into a big hit, it is possible to digest the special game using the first big winning opening 21.

  In the present embodiment, the second big winning opening 22 functions as a "variable ball entry device". Here, the variable ball entry device is a device operable to change to a state capable of entering a ball, and is a device in which a specific region is provided in the inner space thereof. In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 is configured to be able to enter the ball, thereby enabling entry to the specific area.

  The first special symbol display device 41 corresponding to the first game and the second special symbol display device 42 corresponding to the second game are juxtaposed left and right at the outer lower left position of the game area 81 in the game board 80, The variation of 1 special symbol 51 and 2nd special symbol 52 is displayed. At approximately the center of the game area 81, the effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center ornament 64, and the decorative symbol 61 interlocked with the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is Display the variation of the effect image including. Such a display is hereinafter referred to as "symbol variation" or "variation display".

  The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first hit / off lottery performed with the game ball entering the first starting opening 11 as a trigger, and the variable display is stopped at a predetermined hitting mode. When it happens, a big hit occurs as a special game. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery performed with the game ball entering the second starting opening 12 as a trigger, and the variable display is stopped at a predetermined hitting mode. When it happens, a big hit occurs as a special game. The first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 are, for example, eight segments consisting of seven segments forming an "eight of eight" and eight segments of one segment representing a "dot". Is a display device of The 8-segment LED can express an 8-bit numerical value by combining eight segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by a combination of segments may not necessarily be letters or numbers, but may be generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments. . These symbols are sequentially switched at high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42, whereby symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. Ru. In addition, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 using a LED dot array that is not an 8-segment LED, a plurality of first special symbol 51 and a second special symbol 51 and a combination of lighting patterns and lighting colors The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured with a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 61 in a manner interlocked with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually presenting the determination result display of the lottery indicated by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 61, for example, a moving image in which symbols of a plurality of rows imitating a game of a slot machine are varied in the central region of the screen. In the present embodiment, the symbols composed of the numbers “0” to “9” are displayed in three columns and varied, and a hit or a drop is shown by the three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of a plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols with color or pattern decoration. A pattern or symbol common to all the symbols for the numbers, characters, or symbols. It may be configured to be integrated by adding a different pattern for each. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or presentation set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and may be, for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn. In the decorative pattern 61, the case where the pattern including the pattern is variably displayed and the case where the pattern is separated and only the portion of numerals, characters, and symbols are variably displayed are switched along the development of the effect May be configured. On the background of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61, a moving image having an effect related to the theme of the decoration or effect set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol change.

  In addition, since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily need to have a playful role, in the present embodiment, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol in the lower left of the game area 81 The display unit 42 displays the display in an unobtrusive size. However, in the case of adopting a method of expressing without using a decorative symbol by giving a special role to a special role itself, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 8-segment LED.

  The first operation opening 31 is provided on the left side of the game area 81 and includes a first passage detection device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the first operation opening 31, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The second operation port 32 is provided at the right side position of the game area 81 and includes a second passage detection device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the second operation opening 32, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The passage of the game ball to the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32 is an opportunity for an open lottery to determine whether or not the ordinary motorized jack 90 is to be expanded. When the gaming ball passes through the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32, a normal symbol which is a symbol indicating the determination result of the open lottery is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "normal symbol lottery". The normal symbol display device 45 is provided on the lower right outside of the game area 81, and is composed of two lamps for the sake of convenience, and the display state of the normal symbol is expressed depending on which of the lamps is on. For example, when the lighting of the first lamp indicates the disconnection and the second lamp indicates the hitting, the variation display of the normal symbol is expressed by alternately repeating lighting and extinguishing, and finally, any lighting The stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in a state. After a predetermined time has passed from the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is stopped. When the regular symbol stops at the symbol of the hit, the ordinary motorized symbol 90 is expanded.

  The opening time of the motorized jack 90 is two types, a short opening for 0.1 seconds and a long opening for 6 seconds. In the open lottery in the normal state, the symbol is hit with a probability of 1/100 and the short open is executed. In the open lottery in the ball entry easy state, the hit probability of the normal symbol is increased to 99/100. As described above, in the ball entry easy state, the ball entry probability to the second starting opening 12 is enhanced by the function of changing the probability of hitting the symbol normally and the extension function of the opening time. In the entry easy state in the modified example, the entry ease into the second starting opening 12 may be enhanced by using three functions to which the function of shortening the fluctuation time of the symbol is added. The variation time of the normal symbol in that case is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state, and is 2 seconds in the easy ball entering state.

  At the lower left position outside the game area 81, a first special view holding lamp 71 corresponding to the first game is provided above the first special symbol display device 41, and a first special symbol display device 42 is provided above the second special symbol display device 42. A second special view holding lamp 72 corresponding to the second game is provided. The first special view holding lamp 71 consists of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the lottery value in the first game by the number of lights or the number of blinks. The number of pending lottery values for the first special view holding lamp 71 is the number of lottery values for which the first starting opening 11 has won during the movement of the first special symbol 51 or during the execution of the special game, and the symbol fluctuation is still Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been run. The second special view holding lamp 72 also consists of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the lottery value in the second game by the number of lights or blinks. The number of pending lottery values for the second special view holding lamp 72 is the number of drawing values for which the second starting opening 12 has won during the movement of the second special symbol 52 or during the execution of the special game, and the symbol fluctuation is still Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been run. The number of pending lottery values is also displayed in the lower part of the screen of the effect display device 60 in the form of the number of lighting of the pending lamp image.

  When the number of pending good or bad lotteries is three, the symbol fluctuation time in the case of the disconnection is shortened than usual in order to enhance the gaming efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as “shortened fluctuation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery prizes is four, the symbol variation time in the case of the disconnection is further shortened than in the case of the above three to further increase the gaming efficiency (hereinafter referred to as "super shortening variation" as well). ).

  In the lower right position outside the gaming area 81, a common view holding lamp 75 is provided on the right side of the normal symbol display device 45. The general drawing reserve lamp 75 also consists of two lamps, and displays the number of reserved symbol variations normally according to the number of lights or blinks. The number of reserved normal symbol variations is the number of gaming balls that have passed through the first operation opening 31 or the second opening 32 during the normal symbol variation, and the number of normal symbol lottery in which the variation of the normal symbol has not been executed yet Indicates

  The effect button 109 is an operation input unit pressed by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine according to the effect content, and the effect content or the like is changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the outer wall near the upper bowl 105. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the gaming machine, and is provided on the left outer wall surface of the upper ball tray 105.

  The flow of the game method and control performed in the above configuration will be outlined. When the player turns the firing handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 105 are guided one by one to the rail 82 at a strength corresponding to the rotation angle and are shot to the game area 81. . When the player manually fixes the pivot position of the firing handle 107, the firing of the game ball is repeated at regular time intervals. The game balls fired to the upper part of the game area 81 fall in the direction according to how they hit while hitting the plurality of game nails and windmills. When the game ball falls into each winning opening of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, the first large winning opening 21 and the second large winning opening 22, it corresponds to the type of the winning opening The winning balls are paid out to the upper bowl 105 or the lower bowl 106. The game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 33 is treated as a safe ball, and the game ball dropped into the out hole 34 is treated as an out ball.

  When entering the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the first special symbol display device 41, the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 The decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the elapse of the variable display time determined prior to the display. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. The decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation production pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation representation patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation display time is determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol fluctuation, and the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the passage of the fluctuation display time It is stopped.

  As the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, the symbol is changed in all three lines like the reel rotation of the slot machine along with the start of the change, and the line is stopped one by one when approaching the change end timing. Display the symbol combination. When the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 in the stop mode become a stop mode indicating a big hit, it shifts to the special game which is a game state advantageous to the player than the normal game, The opening and closing operation of the large winning opening 21 is started. The stop aspect of the decorative symbol 61 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination aspect in which three symbol types coincide.

  The fluctuation effect pattern usually includes an off effect pattern, an off reach effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a normal off symbol combination. The out-of-reach effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a symbol combination out of reach through a reach state in which one more symbol is aligned, which is a big hit. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying the jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, patterns when passing through reach states include patterns with long and short variation times, and reach patterns with relatively short variation times are referred to as "normal reach" and reach patterns with long variation times are "super reach". ". The out-of-normal effect pattern, the out-of-reach effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern each have a normal pattern displayed in the normal state and a time-saving pattern displayed in the time-short state.

  The special game is executed with the first special game being executed when the symbol at the stop becomes a big hit and the fact that the small hit becomes a big hit after the symbol at the stop becomes a small hit There is a second special game. In the first special game, there are a normal special game and a shortened special game, and there is a big difference in the profit from the winning balls.

  The special game is usually started by the display of an effect screen called start demonstration time. Once the first big winning opening 21 is opened after the screen display of the start demonstration time, and the opening lasts for about 30 seconds which is equal to or longer than a predetermined reference time, or is closed after nine or more gaming balls are dropped Ru. From opening to closing of such a first big winning opening 21 is basically called a unit game, but there may be a case where a plurality of short openings may be repeated during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the first large winning opening 21 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example four or fifteen times, the normal special game is ended by the display of an effect screen called an end demonstration time. In the special game, you can expect 9 balls or more to enter the ball per unit game sufficiently, get enough prize balls (also referred to as “outballs”) by 15 unit games, and make a big profit Is obtained. The special game in which 15 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as "15R big hit", and the special game in which 4 unit games are repeated is also referred to as "4R big hit".

  On the other hand, in the shortened special game, there is no start demonstration time and end demonstration time, and the first large winning opening 21 is opened for 0.2 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice and the shortening special game is ended. In the shortened special game, since the opening of the first large winning opening 21 for a very short time is repeated only twice, it is almost impossible to enter the first large winning opening 21 and the balls are substantially eliminated substantially It is an equal special game. The special game in which two unit games are repeated is also referred to as "2R big hit" as appropriate.

  When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stop are in the predetermined small hitting mode, it shifts to the small hitting game composed of one unit game, and the second big winning opening 22 opening and closing operations are performed. In one unit game constituting a small hit game, the second large winning opening 22 is opened for about one second which is a time less than a predetermined reference time (for example, 1.8 seconds). In a variation, the second big winning opening 22 may be opened and closed multiple times so that the total opening time is less than a predetermined reference time in one unit game constituting the small hit game.

  When the player enters a specific area provided inside the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game, the development from the small hit to the big hit is determined, and the second special game is executed. In the second special game, as in the case of the above-mentioned normal special game, the first large winning opening 21 is opened, and the opening lasts for about 30 seconds which is equal to or longer than a predetermined reference time, or nine or more game balls are dropped It is closed once after entering. After the opening / closing of the first large winning opening 21 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, four times or 15 times, the second special game is ended. Therefore, when the second special game is executed, after the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the first large winning opening 21 is opened a plurality of times.

  When the first special game is generated, the easy-to-enter ball state which is one of the specific game states is started in the normal game after the end of the first special game. In the easy-to-place ball entry state, the hit probability of the opening lottery is increased more than usual, and the opening extension is performed, in which the opening time of the ordinary motorized jack 90 is long opening. The number of hits on the regular symbol per fixed time can be increased, and the ease of entering the second starting opening 12 is also increased, so the number of balls entering the second starting opening 12 is also likely to be increased. Therefore, as a chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the second starting opening 12 is increased, it is possible to keep playing with little or few balls.

  In the ball entry easy state, a so-called time saving is further executed as one of the specific gaming states, in which the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened than in the normal state. The fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is returned to the original fluctuation time after the predetermined number of fluctuation, for example, 100 times of fluctuation display is made, but the fluctuation frequency reaches If a big hit occurs before, time will be closed once. Since the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in the short time, until a big hit occurs compared to the case of the normal state in which the symbol variation is made with the normal variation time The time required for the big hit can be relatively improved. In a modification, it is good also as a specification which does not carry out time saving of a special symbol in a ball entering easy state.

  FIG. 2 shows the basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 150 is a switch for turning the pachinko gaming machine 100 on and off. The main substrate 200 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, and processes all game operations such as lottery when winning to the first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12, in particular. The sub substrate 300 includes a liquid crystal unit 151, controls the display content of the effect display device 60, and changes the dramatic display content according to the determination result of the main substrate 200. The back setting mechanism 152 includes a winning ball tank 153, a flow path of the winning balls, a discharging unit 154 for discharging the winning balls, and the like. The payout unit 154 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 153 to the upper ball tray 105 in accordance with the winning on each winning opening. The dispensing control board 155 controls the dispensing operation by the dispensing unit 154. The launcher 156 launches the storage balls of the upper bowl 105 into the game area 81 one ball at a time. The launch control board 157 controls the launch operation of the launcher 156. The power supply unit 158 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The pachinko gaming machine 100 shares functions with the main substrate 200 as a main control device for controlling the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game, and the sub substrate 300 as a sub control device for controlling an operation or process. It is configured in the The main substrate 200 has a first start opening 11, a second start opening 12, a first large winning opening 21, a second large winning opening 22, a general winning opening 33, a first operation opening 31, a second operation opening 32, and a first opening. It is electrically connected to the special symbol display device 41, the second special symbol display device 42, and the normal symbol display device 45, and transmits and receives various control signals with each other. The sub substrate 300 is electrically connected to the effect display device 60, the effect button 109, the speaker 108, and the decoration lamp 111, and transmits and receives various control signals with each other. Since transmission and reception of data between the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 is in one direction from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300, each configuration is such that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission and reception in one direction. The main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 are disposed. Since unidirectionality of data transmission from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 is maintained, data can not be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub substrate 300 to the configuration included in the main substrate 200. It can not be requested. Therefore, the information generated by the main substrate 200 can not be referenced from the sub substrate 300 unless the main substrate 200 transmits to the sub substrate 300 unilaterally.

  Each of the functional blocks included in the main substrate 200 may be mounted on the sub substrate 300 instead of the main substrate 200, and each of the functional blocks included in the sub substrate 300 may be mounted on the sub substrate 300. Alternatively, the main substrate 200 may be mounted.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main substrate 200. As shown in FIG. The main board 200 is the ball entry determination means 201, the first lottery means 211, the second lottery means 212, the spread map lottery means 213, the hold control means 240, the main display control means 250, the special game control means 260, the small hit game control Means 265, specific game control means 270, opening and closing control means 275, and special feature adjustment means 276 are provided.

  Entry determination means 201 determines entry of the game ball to each winning opening. The ball entering judging means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the first starting opening 11 when the first starting winning information is received, and the gaming ball has won the second starting opening 12 when the second starting winning information is received. to decide. The ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has won the first large winning opening 21 when the first large winning opening winning information is received, and the game ball receives the second large winning opening winning information when the second large winning opening winning information is received. It is judged that the game ball has won the general winning opening 33 when the general winning information is received. When the ball entry determination means 201 receives the passage information, it determines that the gaming ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32.

  The first lottery means 211 has a first lottery value acquiring means 216, a first success / failure judging means 221, a first symbol determining means 226, and a first fluctuation pattern determination as a function of executing a first lottery relating to a first game. Means 231 is included, and a first on-off lottery is executed as a on-off lottery corresponding to the entry of the ball into the first starting opening 11. The determination result of the first success or failure lottery is shown in the form of the variation display of the first special symbol 51 in the first special symbol display device 41, and is shown in the form of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60 . The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second success / failure determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entering the second starting opening 12 The second success or failure lottery is executed as the success or failure lottery. The determination result of the second success or failure lottery is shown in the form of the variation display of the second special symbol 52 in the second special symbol display device 42, and is shown in the form of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60 . The first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 transmit the determination result of the lottery corresponding to the symbol variation to the effect determining means 303 together with the control command of the symbol variation when starting the symbol variation.

  The first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 also determine which lottery value range in the judgment of acceptance corresponds to the lottery value as a prior determination process also when entering the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12 Pre-qualification determination is executed, and the determination result is transmitted to the effect determination means 303. After the result of the prior determination process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, it is sent to the effect determination means 303 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started, and deleted from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. Ru. Therefore, on the side of the sub substrate 300, a so-called "prefetching" process is realized, which allows the success or failure result to be recognized in advance before the sequence of the start of the symbol variation starts.

  The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires the value of the random number as a first chance lottery value for the first chance lottery, triggered by the entry into the first starting opening 11. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires the value of the random number as a second success or failure lottery value for the second success or failure lottery, triggered by entering the second starting opening 12. For example, the values acquired as the first success or failure lottery value and the second success or failure lottery value for the success or failure lottery are acquired from the value range from “0” to “65535”. The values acquired as the first and second lottery values and the second lottery value are temporarily suspended by the suspension control unit 240. However, in the range which does not exceed the predetermined | prescribed holding | maintenance upper limit number, the success or failure lottery value is held.

  The first success or failure judgment means 221 judges whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the first success or failure lottery value, and the first success or failure lottery value falls in any lottery value range in the success or failure judgment. Execute the prior judgment whether it corresponds. The second success / failure determination means 222 determines whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the second success / failure lottery value, and the second success / failure lottery value is in any lottery value range in the success / failure determination. Execute the prior judgment whether it corresponds. The first pass / fail judgment unit 221 and the second pass / fail judgment unit 222 hold a pass / fail judgment table and a prior pass / fail judgment table which are referred to in the pass / fail judgment. In addition, in order to distinguish the decision on the occasion of starting the symbol variation from the decision on prior decision in particular, it is appropriately referred to as "the decision on the decision as the main decision".

  The first pass / fail judgment unit 221 and the second pass / fail judgment unit 222 hold a plurality of pass / fail judgment tables to be referred to in the pass / fail judgment. In the plurality of success or failure determination tables, the determination results of the big hit and off and the success or failure lottery value are associated, and the success or failure probability is determined in accordance with the range setting of the associated big hit. The first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 refer to any of the plurality of success / failure tables to determine whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a hit.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a success / failure determination table. In the hit / fail judgment table of this figure, the judgment result of big hit, small hit, out of place and the hit / fall lottery value are corresponded, and according to the corresponding range setting, the hit / fail probability or the small hit success probability Is determined. The first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 refer to the determination table of FIG. In both the first and second lottery by the first and second determination means 221 and 222, the jackpot is a big hit only when the first and second determination values fall within the range of 0 to 329.

  In the present embodiment, even if the hit / fall lottery value does not fall within the jackpot range, it will be a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, it becomes a small hit when the lottery value acquired by the first success or failure judgment means 221 falls within the range of 65206 to 65535, and the lottery data obtained from the second validity or failure judgment means 222 is 660 to 65535. It becomes a small hit when it corresponds to the range. That is, the range corresponding to the small hit is wider in the second good lottery than the first good lottery, and the small hit is likely to occur. In particular, in the second success or failure lottery, the range corresponding to the small hit is set widely widely, and the small hit range is set so that most of the results of the judgment of the success or failure will be the small hit. If it does not fall under the big hit, it is all out of place, but in the example shown in this figure, the out-of-toe lottery value range in the case of not falling under the small hit is not It is expressed as ". Although this figure shows an example in which the determination table for big hit or not and the determination table for small hit or not are realized in the form of a single hit / not decision table, even if they are realized as separate tables. Good.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary success or failure determination table referred to in the preliminary success or failure determination. The first success or failure judgment means 221 refers to the table of FIG. 6A and sets the value of “1” indicating that to the case of the judgment result as the judgment result when the success or failure lottery value is “0 to 329”. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "330 to 65205", the value of "2" indicating that is set in the region of success or failure as the determination result. In the case where the success or failure lottery value is "65206 to 65535", a value of "3" indicating that is set as the determination result as a result of the judgment. As described above, the first success or failure determination means 221 transmits the value to the effect determination means 303 together with the value indicating the first success or failure lottery and the number of suspension.

  The second success or failure judgment means 222 refers to the table of FIG. 6 (b) and sets the value of “1” indicating that in the case of the success or failure lottery value “0 to 329” as the judgment result. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "330 to 659", a value of "2" indicating that is set in the region of success or failure as the determination result. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "660 to 65535", the value of "3" indicating that is set in the region of success or failure as the determination result. As described above, the second success / failure determination means 222 transmits the value to the effect determination means 303 together with the value indicating that it is the second success / failure lottery and the number of reservations.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 determine the stop symbols for the start of variation of the symbols based on the symbol lottery values separately acquired and the result of the pass / fail determination, and the symbol lottery Perform pre-pattern determination to determine which symbol range the value falls under. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables and a preliminary symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a special symbol. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to different symbol determination tables in accordance with the result of the pass / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination to be executed when starting symbol variation from the prior symbol determination in particular, it is also referred to as “the symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

  FIG. 7 is a view schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 7 (a) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is a big hit, and FIG. 7 (b) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is out. It is a table to be referred to when the judgment result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of this figure in symbol determination as the main determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the numbers "0" to "10" indicating the types of special symbols and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are respectively matched with the big or small hit, out of place judgment result, “0” to “4” correspond to the big hit, “5” to “9” correspond to the small hit, "10" corresponds to the release. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the special symbol types "0" to "4" are associated with the big hit. Among them, the type "0" indicates a 4R big hit or 15R big hit with time as a specific big hit, in the case of the first symbol lottery value is associated with "0 to 99", and in the case of the second symbol lottery value 144 ". The type “1” indicates a 2R big hit with time-saving as a specific big hit, and is associated with “100 to 149” in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is associated with “145 to 149” in the case of the second symbol lottery value. Be The types "2" to "4" usually indicate 4R big hit or 15R big hit without time or absence as a big hit, and the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value both correspond to "150-189" and the type "2" The type "3" is associated with "190 to 229", and the type "4" is associated with "230-255". Thus, the selection probability for each big hit type is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the type “10” is associated with the symbol lottery value of the entire range in the case where the result of the determination of acceptance is out.

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

  In addition, also in prior symbol determination, the table of FIG. 7 is referred to as a prior symbol determination table. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 indicate that the value of “0” to “10” indicating the type of the special symbol as a result of prior symbol determination is that it is the first chance lottery or the second chance lottery It transmits to the effect determination means 303 with the value which shows and the number of suspension.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 separately acquires a variation pattern in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the effect display device 60 is determined. It determines from among a plurality of change patterns based on. The second variation pattern determination means 232 sets a plurality of variation patterns in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined based on a second pattern lottery value separately acquired. Determine from among the variation patterns. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively determine the variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. In addition, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 execute prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value falls under. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively hold or share a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation time from the fluctuation start to the stop when fluctuation display of the special symbol is determined, and it has various fluctuation time depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, the variation display time is determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. In addition, in order to distinguish variation pattern determination to be executed when starting symbol variation, in particular, from prior pattern determination, it is also referred to as "variation pattern determination as main determination" as appropriate.

  FIG. 8 is a view schematically showing a fluctuation pattern table. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 refer to the table of FIG. 6A in the normal state, and refer to the table of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8 (a), when the result of determination of acceptance is out in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, "Super 1" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "0" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, "Super 2" which is a super reach of the pattern range number "1" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, "Normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "2" is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, the "normal" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "3" Select 2 ". If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, "reach out of reach" of pattern range number "4" is selected. As "reach not out", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations, and the fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of reservations is 0 to 2, variation pattern of 7 seconds when the number of reservations is 3, the number of reservations When is 4, the variation pattern of 4 seconds is selected respectively.

  In this figure, an example in which five types are mainly classified according to fluctuation time will be described, but a plurality of fluctuation effect patterns are prepared for each of the fluctuation patterns in the sub substrate 300, and several tens of fluctuation expression patterns overall. Is equivalent to being associated with the lottery value range of each classification.

  The range of pattern lottery values assigned to “normal 1”, “normal 2” and “no reach out” also differs according to the number of reservations. When the number of reservations is 0 or 1, it is as shown in the figure (a), but as the number of reservations increases, the lottery value range of “normal 1” and “normal 2” narrows, and the lottery value of “no reach out” The scope is broadened. The smaller the number of reservations, the wider the variation value lottery value range in which the fluctuation time is relatively long, and the higher the probability that the fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time is selected. Therefore, the smaller the number of reservations, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of reservations, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using the variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern differs for each number of reservations, it is possible to realize control in which a variation pattern with a long variation time is easily selected when the number of reservations decreases.

  In the normal state, when the result of the determination is 4R big hit or 15R big hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 123, “Super 1” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “5” is selected and the pattern lottery value is In the case of 124 to 248, "Super 2" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "6" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 249 to 252, "Normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "7" is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 253 to 255, the "normal reach" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "8" Select 2 ".

  In the normal state, when the result of the determination is 2R big hit or small hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 122, “Super 3” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “9” is selected, and the pattern lottery value is In the case of 123 to 255, "normal 3" which is a normal reach of the pattern range number "10" is selected.

  When the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 transmit the pre-decision result to the effect determination unit 303 as the so-called pre-reading result, the value (0 to 10) of the pattern range number Send along with the value indicating the lottery or the second success or failure lottery and the number of reservations.

  In the variation pattern table of FIG. 8B referred to in the time saving state, pattern lottery values are assigned to all variation patterns for time shortening. However, the correspondence relationship between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as that in FIG. 8A except “shortening without reach” which is selected in the end. “No reach out shortening” is a relatively short change time fluctuation pattern associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reach no out” in FIG. 8A. Also in the “no reach out shortening”, different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the gaming ball passes through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32, the common drawing lottery means 213 executes the lottery by acquiring the lottery value. The determination result of the lottery by the common drawing lottery means 213 is variably displayed in the form of a normal symbol in the normal symbol display device 45. The common drawing lottery means 213 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. In the symbol determination table, the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol is defined, and the common drawing lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol corresponds to a hit, and after the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is stopped by the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 275 is the second starting opening 12 Expand the ordinary electric role 90 of the The expansion time is 0.1 seconds at the short opening time and 6 seconds at the long opening time. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily suspended by the suspension control means 240. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined holding upper limit number held by the holding control means 240 is not exceeded.

  The hold control unit 240 includes a special view holding unit 241 and a common view holding unit 242. When the first variation lottery or the second variation lottery is newly executed and the symbol variation corresponding to the previous lottery is displayed, the special figure holding means 241 newly selects the first variation lottery or the second variation. The start of the symbol variation for the lottery is suspended, and the corresponding lottery value is stored until the start of the variation display of the corresponding symbol. With regard to the first and second lotterys, the upper limit is stored up to 4 lottery values and the pre-decision result result range, the symbol range, and the setting of the pattern range. Alternatively, the result of the prior determination may be stored in an area other than the success or failure lottery value. The common drawing holding means 242 stores the common drawing lottery value acquired by the common drawing lottery means 213 as a holding ball. The number of these holdings is represented by the number of lighting or blinking of the first special drawing holding lamp 71, the second special drawing holding lamp 72, and the common drawing holding lamp 75, respectively. The number of reservations by the special drawing reservation means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The lottery value of the second acceptance lottery held in the special figure suspending means 241 is preferentially digested over the lottery value of the first acceptance lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, as long as the lottery value of the big hit is held as the first success or failure lottery, the symbol variation corresponding to the big hit lottery value of the first success or failure lottery is not displayed as long as the lottery value is held as the second success or failure lottery.

  The main display control unit 250 includes a first special view control unit 251, a second special view control unit 252, and a common view control unit 254. The first special view control means 251 displays the change of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display device 41 in accordance with the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the first win / fail lottery by the first lottery means 211 Let The first special view control means 251 sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery made previously is ended. The second special view control means 252 displays the change of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display device 42 according to the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery by the second lottery means 212 Let The second special view control means 252 also sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery performed previously is ended.

  The first special view control means 251 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first concurrence lottery when the concession lottery value of the second concession lottery is stored by the special view reservation means 241. On the other hand, the second special view control means 252 starts the symbol variation display corresponding to the second yes or no lottery regardless of whether or not the special lottery value of the first yes or no lottery is stored by the special view holding means 241. As a result, when the lottery value is held in both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the symbol variation is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0.

  The first special view control means 251 and the second special view control means 252 perform the fluctuation start command and the fluctuation stop command at the timing to start and stop the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. It transmits to the effect control means 304. When transmitting a change start command, a value indicating the success or failure judgment result or stop pattern determined as the main judgment, a stop symbol, a value indicating the fluctuation pattern, and a value indicating which of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery It is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the change start command. When transmitting the change stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is sent to the effect control means 304 together with the change stop command. Thereby, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 synchronizes, and interlocking is maintained. The common drawing control means 254 causes the normal symbol display device 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the common drawing lottery means 213 as the fluctuation display of the normal symbol.

  The special view adjustment means 276 causes the start of the other variable display to stand by while the one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is variably displayed. The special view adjustment means 276 is a second special symbol based on entering the ball into the second starting hole 12 regardless of the order of which of the first starting hole 11 and the second starting hole 12 the game ball entered the ball. The variable display of 52 is prioritized over the variable display of the first special symbol 51 based on the ball entering the first starting opening 11. For example, when both the first and second lottery values are held, the second lottery value is always preferentially prioritized, and the second special symbol 52 is continuously varied and displayed.

  In addition, the special figure adjustment means 276 in a modification is according to the ball entering order to the 1st starting opening 11 and the 2nd starting opening 12 according to the variation indication of the 1st special symbol 51, and the variation indication of the 2nd special symbol 52. It may be selectively changed and displayed. For example, when the ball is thrown in the order of the first start opening 11, the first start opening 11, and the second start opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52 change in order Be done. In this case, the special view adjustment means 276 monitors the hold control means 240 and stores the hold order of the win / loss lottery value. Since which special symbol should be changed is determined in accordance with the order of ball entry, that is, the order of holding the lottery value in the hold control means 240, the player can easily grasp the order of the change visually.

  The special view adjustment means 276 in another modification, even if it displays the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the variation display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digesting order regardless of the entering order Good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52. For example, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed while both the first and second lottery values are held. The player can easily grasp the order of the changes in an intuitive manner, since which special symbol is to be changed is simply alternated regardless of the order of entry of the game balls.

  In addition, when one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in the hitting mode, the special view adjustment means 276 waits the start of the other variable display. In this case, since the variation display of the special symbol is not started while executing the special game, the player can concentrate on the special game.

  The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode, when the first success or failure lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the first large winning opening 21. Similarly, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, the special game control means 260, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot manner It is determined that the special game operation condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the first large winning opening 21.

  The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the first large winning opening 21 is continued a plurality of times continuously, and is configured by a plurality of unit games each having one opening / closing operation. The special games include a 15R big hit repeating unit games 15 times, a 4R big hit repeating unit games four times, and a 2R big hit repeating unit games only twice with a shorter opening time than 15R big hits and 4R big hits. In the 15R big hit and 4R big hit, the first large winning opening 21 is opened in principle for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the 2R big hit, the first big winning opening 21 is opened for about 0.2 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the set round number of the unit game is digested. Even in the case of the 2R big hit, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the first big winning opening 21 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit and the 4R big hit.

  In addition, the special game control means 260 is a second special condition that the ball into the specific area is entered when the ball into the specific area in the second large winning opening 22 is detected during the execution of the small hit game Run a game. In the present embodiment, when entering the specific area is detected, the same special game as the 15R big hit is executed. In addition, in a modification, according to the kind of small hit, you may perform the special game from which the frequency | count of execution of a unit game is different.

  The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. The small hit game is executed by determining that the condition is established and making the open / close control means 275 open the second large winning opening 22. Similarly, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in showing a small hit. It is determined that the hit game operation condition is established, and the small hit game is executed by opening / closing control means 275 opening second large winning opening 22.

  In the small hit game, a unit game is executed once, and the second large winning opening 22 is opened and closed once in a unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the second large winning opening 22 for only about one second which is less than a predetermined reference time (about 1.8 seconds), and then closes the first large winning opening 21 to make a small hit. End the game.

  The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the time saving state or the entry easy state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to the time saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game, when the special symbol is a symbol of a specific jackpot with transition to time saving. The short time condition and the easy entry condition are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the short time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. Do. However, in the normal state, the variation pattern table corresponding to the number of pending lottery values by the suspension control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of reservations by the suspension control means 240 decreases, a longer variation pattern of variation time tends to appear. In the ball entry easy state, normally both of the symbol variation and the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 or only the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 is performed. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting opening 12 to be in the open extension state when it becomes the specific big hit, and further, the hit probability of the open lottery is further limited only when the success lottery is the second success lottery. Transition to a probability change state higher than the normal probability state. In this manner, in the easy ball entry state, the opening extension is performed by the normal symbol time-short, the normal symbol oddity, and the opening mechanism of the second starting opening 12 (functioning as the "ball entry variation mechanism").

  When the player enters the ball entry easy state, the player aims at the second starting opening 12 again to generate a small hit, thereby opening the second large winning opening 22 and playing a game to be promoted to a special game. As described above, when entering the second large winning opening 22, it is possible to expect a prize in a specific area with a probability of 1/10, so when entering a short time, there is a high probability that a special game is associated with a prize in a specific area. You can earn it. On the other hand, if it is not easy to enter the ball, it is difficult to enter the ball even if aiming at the second starting opening 12. Therefore, the player targets the first starting opening 11 and draws the big hit symbol with the first special symbol 51 It will be done.

  The opening and closing control means 275 controls the opening and closing of the normal motorized combination 90 of the second starting opening 12, the first large winning opening 21, and the second large winning opening 22. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the open / close control means 275 sends an open instruction to the normal electric connector solenoid 91 to open the normal motorized workpiece 90 of the second start opening 12. The opening / closing control means 275 opens the second starting opening 12 in the short opening or the long opening opening time according to the result of the opening lottery in the normal state, and in the easy entering state, the long opening opening time 2 Open the start port 12. The entry ease of the second starting opening 12 is enhanced, and the player can continue the game without reducing the number of balls held. The opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the first big winning opening solenoid 93 to open the first big winning opening 21 in the special game. The opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the second big winning opening solenoid 94 in the small hitting game, and opens the second big winning opening 22.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-substrate. The sub substrate 300 includes a symbol mode determination unit 301, a pattern storage unit 302, an effect determination unit 303, and an effect control unit 304.

  The pattern storage means 302 holds effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative symbol 61 and a plurality of effect patterns in which the display process is defined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of change effect patterns in which the change process from change start to stop and change process in the change display of the decorative symbol 61 are defined, and the change display of the decorative symbol, and the degree of expectation to the big hit And a plurality of preview effect patterns that suggest in advance the height of the variable display before stopping the display. Further, the pattern storage means 302 holds a small hit game effect pattern that defines a display process of effects displayed during a small hit game, and a special game effect pattern that defines a display process of effects displayed during a special game. .

  The effect determining means 303 is displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the determination result of the first acceptance lottery received from the first lottery means 211 or the determination result of the second acceptance lottery received from the second lottery means 212 And the content of the effect to be output to the speaker 108 is determined. The effect determination means 303 selects any one of the plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the first variation pattern determination means 231 or the second variation pattern determination means 232, and stores the pattern storage means Read from 302. The effect determination means 303 sends the information on the read variation effect pattern to the effect control means 304. The effect determination means 303 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variation effect pattern.

  In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time in accordance with the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol mode determination means 301 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbol 61 and the arrangement thereof, the determination result of the lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212, the stop symbol of the special symbol, the variation pattern of the special symbol, the decoration Determined according to the pattern of the variation effect of the symbol. The symbol mode determination means 301 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect control means 304. The symbol mode determination unit 301 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, in the case where the result of the determination by the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 indicates a transition to a special game of 4R big hit or 15R big hit Is selected as a specific combination, for example, a combination of three symbols such as "777" and "111". Also in the case of 2R big hit or small hit result of the pass / fail judgment, a specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is selected, but the specific combination thereof is not necessarily a combination of three patterns. It does not have to be. If the result of the judgment is neither a big hit nor a small hit, it is a combination such as “312” or “946” in which the three patterns are not uniform, and it is a specific combination selected when 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. If the result of the judgment is not 4R big hit or 15R big hit, and a variation pattern that indicates out-of-reach is selected, only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is not aligned Choose

  The variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, the display process from the start of the variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of the variation is defined in the variation symbol pattern of the decorative symbol. The fluctuation effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-pattern, a pattern for displaying a out-of-pattern through a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more pattern is aligned, and a big hit pattern through a reach state Pattern is included. In particular, the patterns when passing through the reach state include patterns having long and short varying times. In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol having the same variation time as the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  In the time saving state, when the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232 is a pattern for time shortening, the effect determining means 303 is a variation in which the effect contents for time shortening are defined. Select a presentation pattern. The time-shortening effect content is an effect in which a background image or sound is output which impresses the player in a state advantageous to the time reduction.

  The advance presentation effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video or the like of a specific character or motif, an effect pattern for operating a character, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the advance effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol change, and it is indicated in advance that the expectation that the symbol change stops in the big hit mode is high. For example, there are a normal advance notice effect in which only one image of a character is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a group of many characters is displayed so as to pass from one end of the screen to the other end. In addition, step-up notice effect is further included, in which the display process of the advance effect is divided into a plurality of steps, the number of displayed steps is variable, and the expectation to the big hit is set higher as the number of steps increases.

  In the notice effect pattern, the effect is executed at the timing after the display mode of the decorative symbol 61 is in the reach state, and a pattern for giving a notice of the final stop mode of the symbol and one of the decorative symbols 61 are not stopped There is a pattern for simultaneously announcing that the effect will be executed at the timing and reach the reach state.

  The effect determination means 303 determines whether or not to display the advance effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the success or failure lottery by a predetermined advance lottery, and performs the advance effect setting, and also displays the advance effect pattern to be displayed. decide. The effect determination means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to in order to determine whether to display a notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting a type of notice effect pattern. The advance notice determination table is set so that different fields are referred to according to the judgment result of the success or failure lottery, and the success / failure lottery is displayed with a higher probability that the case of the success / failure lottery is higher than in the case of out. The correspondence between whether or not to display the determination result of and the notice effect is determined. As a result, the display of the preview effect can indicate the degree of expectation to the jackpot by itself.

  The effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative symbol 61 according to the selected change effect pattern data as the determination result of the acceptance lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212. . The effect control means 304 has received a change start command of the decorative symbol 61 and a new symbol that the variable display of the decorative symbol 61 corresponding to the first and second lotterys before and after is finished. It shall be the start condition of fluctuation. When the effect determination means 303 determines that the advance effect is to be displayed, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the advance effect according to the selected advance effect pattern on the effect of the symbol variation. Let

  Whether the effect control means 304 holds the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first false lottery when the false lottery value of the second false lottery is stored, does the first lottery false lottery value stored? The symbol variation display corresponding to the second acceptance lottery is started regardless of whether or not it is not. Thus, when the lottery value is held for both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the variation of the decorative symbol is displayed. . In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the variation of the decorative symbol is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0. As described above, the effect control unit 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display a symbol change effect including the change display of the decorative symbol 61.

  The effect control means 304 further controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decoration lamp 111 and the operation of the movable part 66. The effect control unit 304 has an effect display control unit 305 and an audio control unit 306. The effect display control means 305 controls the display on the effect display device 60, and the sound control means 306 controls the sound output from the speaker 108.

  The clock means 307 is a clock circuit that outputs time information used for playing a game. The clock means 307 is a timer circuit which measures the time from the time of power on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, it may be a real time clock circuit which has a built-in battery and can continue to measure the date and time by the battery even when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned off or during a power failure. In the case of the real-time clock circuit, there may be a slight difference in the time of each game console due to individual differences or time shifts, while in the case of the timer circuit, the time differences among multiple game consoles as long as the power is turned on simultaneously. Is unlikely to occur.

  The effect determination means 303 executes the clock synchronization effect starting at a predetermined timing triggered by the fact that the time information output by the clock means 307 indicates a predetermined time. The clock synchronization effect is an effect to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in a synchronization effect period which is a period substantially asynchronous to the fluctuation period of the symbol variation or the gaming state. The tuning rendition period extends over several minutes, and its length is longer than one symbol variation time, and may include multiple symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the clock synchronization effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and reproduction of a predetermined music and an image is defined in the effect pattern. A plurality of types of effect patterns of the clock synchronization effect are prepared, and different types of effect patterns may be selected depending on the date and time such as the month, the date, the day of the week, and the time.

  The clock tuning effect is executed regardless of whether a normal game or a special game is in progress. Here, "during normal game" also includes display of a so-called standby demo screen. That is, in "normal game", (1) "during normal display during variable display" in which symbols are variably displayed, and (2) not in variable display of symbols nor in standby demonstration screen display And (3) "During standby demo screen displaying normal game", which is not displaying the symbol of the variable but not displaying the standby demo screen. While the clock tuning effect can be executed during any of the periods (1) to (3), the output modes for controlling the volume reduction and the brightness reduction in the clock tuning effect can be performed in the case of (2) and (3) It may be different from 1). In addition, while the stand-by demonstration screen is displayed, the player can input information related to the mobile cooperation system described later by operating the effect button 109 and the cross key 110, and when there is the operation input, the output of the clock synchronization effect video and audio Is suppressed, and screen display such as presentation customization by the mobile cooperation system is prioritized.

  The clock synchronization effect is, for example, an effect of reproducing a performance or an image of a predetermined music at a predetermined time (referred to as “synchronization effect start time”). The time to trigger the reproduction of the clock synchronization effect may be the time to reach from the power on of the pachinko gaming machine 100 across a predetermined time interval, or every hour or half of the hour with reference to the standard time. It may be time. Alternatively, a time may be set which may differ depending on the date or day of the week, and the interval may be different, such as after 1 hour later, 3 hours later, and so on instead of “every hour”. The interval may be different depending on the date or day of the week. It may be a variable setting that can specify a time by a game shop clerk for each game shop. However, it is preset that the same clock tuning effect is performed at least at the same time among a plurality of identical models installed in the same game arcade. For example, in the case of a specification in which the time taken to reach a predetermined time interval from the time of turning on the power is used as a trigger, a plurality of game machines are turned on at the same time. As a result, the same clock synchronization effect is performed simultaneously on the plurality of gaming tables at the time when the predetermined time is reached. As a result, the effects are simultaneously displayed as if synchronized by a plurality of units, and the same music or video flows simultaneously, so that a live performance or a movie is shown on the spot, and there is a synergetic sense of presence A staging effect is obtained.

  The function of the clock synchronization effect is similarly incorporated in another game console of the same model, and a plurality of game consoles on the same game island are simultaneously powered on by the game staff daily. Then, the plurality of game consoles to which power is simultaneously turned on will all arrive at the synchronization effect start time almost simultaneously, and the clock synchronization effect can be executed simultaneously and simultaneously. This is called two or more synchronous effects. In that case, not only will the display of the image be synchronized with a plurality of units, but the output of sound effects and background music will also be synchronized with a plurality of units, and the synergetic effect by executing rendering simultaneously as the number of units synchronized increases. Increase.

  The effect setting means 308 stores the gaming history of the player. The game history includes a history of game results and a history of effect results. The game result history is the result of the game that leads to the balls being obtained as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of winning balls, the number of big hits, the number of definite variations, and the number of time cuts. The history of the rendition result is different from the profit on the game, and the right to be able to change the content and type of the rendition, and the right to be able to easily make the rendition of the specific type be given Information such as the score of For example, in order to score the frequency of appearance of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini game, etc. and give it to a player, encoding information indicating the score and the game history, such as a two-dimensional code, is displayed on the screen. When the player reads and decodes the two-dimensional code with the camera of his portable terminal, information of the score obtained by the decryption and the game history is accumulated in the portable terminal of the player. The cooperation system between the gaming machine and the portable terminal of the player via the two-dimensional code will be described later. In addition, the score said here is needed in order to expand the range of effect customization mentioned later, and a score reaches a predetermined | prescribed accumulation value (for example, reaching 1000 points, every 100 points etc., etc.) The item that can be customized is a specification that is triggered by the

  The effect setting unit 308 stores, as effect customization, setting of which one of a plurality of types of effect contents to be selected as effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and the game history. For example, as the effect pattern to be displayed during the special game, a plurality of effect patterns having different displayed motifs, characters, and music are prepared in the pattern storage unit 302, and the player is allowed to select which effect to be displayed. To be. Alternatively, patterns of a plurality of types of motifs or characters are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as designs of patterns included in a decorative pattern to be varied, and the player is allowed to select which pattern to display. In those cases, when the player operates the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 while the standby demonstration screen is displayed, and the effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting unit 308 selects the selected content. Remember. The effect determination means 303 selects the type of effect pattern in the special game according to the setting stored by the effect setting means 308.

  FIG. 10 is a view schematically showing the outline of the mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player sets the account and password in advance in the game history server 358 provided with the dedicated site by the mobile terminal 354 for user registration. When the player presses the effect button 109 at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 causes the screen of the effect display device 60 to display a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding the address of the dedicated site of the gaming history server 358, The player is made to read it with the camera of the portable terminal, and the dedicated site of the game history server 358 is accessed. Character information (also referred to as “password information”) obtained by encoding the player's identification information and effect score history from the dedicated site is transmitted to the portable terminal and displayed on the screen of the portable terminal. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the input screen of the password information, and causes the player to input via the button operation of the cross key 110 or the like. By the effect setting means 308 decrypting the input password information and registering it as player identification information and effect score history, it is possible to take over the game contents and effect score states of the player up to the previous time. The input of the password information is a recording start instruction of the game history of the player and a start instruction of effect customization for selecting various effect elements. Thereafter, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, along with the progress of the game and the effect, the point which the effect setting means 308 gives to the player as the benefit on the effect is added at any time and accumulated as the effect score history. At any time, it is possible to implement presentation customization and select and set favorite elements as various presentation elements. The point awarding on the presentation is based on addition for each symbol variation, and the higher the expectation type of transition expectation to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the point to the special game is also given a high score.

  As the effect customization, the player uses a part of the points cumulatively obtained, and colors, background, shape, characters, and the like that constitute the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device 60 according to the number of points used. The presentation elements such as music can be changed to the type of preference. The effect setting unit 308 receives an instruction to change an effect element via a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements according to the instruction. As the effect elements that can be customized, a plurality of types of items are prepared for each of the elements, and different values are set as the number of points required for each item. Therefore, the customizable items increase when the accumulated score reaches the predetermined value, or the chance to increase the customizable items is provided. When the player performs a button operation as an instruction to end the game or effect customization, the effect setting unit 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding information such as a benefit on effect or effect score history, and controls this for effect display The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his portable terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to obtain information and store it in the portable terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the portable terminal 354 to the gaming history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, linked with its own account information, and managed. In this manner, information such as presentation privilege and presentation score history is transmitted to the portable terminal 354 via the transmission means such as display and reading of the two-dimensional code 350, and is managed by the gaming history server 358, The contents of the game and the effect can be taken over in the next game. In addition, by continuing the game for a long time, points can be obtained as the number of times of symbol variation and the number of effects increase.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of main substrate 200 and sub substrate 300. Referring to FIG. The main board 200 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 290, a main RAM 291, and a main ROM 292. The main ROM 292 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the entire game operation. The main control program or data is read from the main ROM 292 into the main RAM 291, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 290. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). The ball entrance signal from each ball entrance, the payout signal from the payout control board 155, and the like are acquired by the main CPU 290 via various interfaces (not shown). The main CPU 290 drives and controls external devices such as the winning opening solenoids, the first special symbol display device 41, and the second special symbol display device 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, an instruction necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 290 to the sub-substrate 300 together with information such as the result of the acceptance lottery, the determination result of the symbol, and the determination result of the fluctuation pattern. A signal is transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 by one-way communication.

  The instruction data to be transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 has a 2-byte configuration by combining 1-byte instruction type data called so-called MODE data and 1-byte instruction content data called so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send an instruction by transmitting the instruction type data and the instruction content data to the sub board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the type of instruction, and a unique type code is assigned in advance at the development stage for each type of instruction. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the content of the instruction. The most significant bit of instruction type data and instruction content data is an identification bit indicating which of instruction type data and instruction content data, and when the most significant bit is 1, it indicates that it is instruction type data, and is most significant. When the bit is 0, it indicates that it is instruction content data.

  Communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 requires 1 byte of 2 transmissions for transmitting 2 bytes of instruction data because it is a specification to transmit 1 byte of data per data transmission. . The MODE data which is the upper byte is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data which is the lower byte is transmitted in the second communication. In consideration of the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise etc., the main board 200 transmits the same data continuously, and determines that the transmission and reception of the data is completed when the same data is read in two consecutive lines by the sub board 300 . The main substrate 200 repeatedly transmits the same data up to five times, until it is read continuously.

  The sub substrate 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, an effect display control device 313, and an audio control device 314. The sub ROM 312 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined and display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and sound pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 to the sub RAM 311, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). Signals from an external device such as the effect button 109 are acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 is an external device such as the effect display device 60, the speaker 108, the decoration lamp 111, and the movable object 66 by the effect display control device 313, the voice control device 314, and various drive circuits and control circuits not shown. Drive to control the display output, voice output, lamp lighting, and effects by the feature operation. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data to the effect display control device 313, and transmits the sound pattern data to the sound control device 314. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub substrate 300 includes the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 will be described, but the sub substrate 300 and the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 are integrated as a substrate. It may be formed as separate substrates separated and connected to one another without needing to be separated.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of main substrate 200 and sub substrate 300. Referring to FIG. The main board 200 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 290, a main RAM 291, and a main ROM 292. The main ROM 292 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the entire game operation. The main control program or data is read from the main ROM 292 into the main RAM 291, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 290. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). The ball entrance signal from each ball entrance, the payout signal from the payout control board 155, and the like are acquired by the main CPU 290 via various interfaces (not shown). The main CPU 290 drives and controls external devices such as the winning opening solenoids, the first special symbol display device 41, and the second special symbol display device 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, an instruction necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 290 to the sub-substrate 300 together with information such as the result of the acceptance lottery, the determination result of the symbol, and the determination result of the fluctuation pattern. A signal is transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 by one-way communication.

  The instruction data to be transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 has a 2-byte configuration by combining 1-byte instruction type data called so-called MODE data and 1-byte instruction content data called so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send an instruction by transmitting the instruction type data and the instruction content data to the sub board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the type of instruction, and a unique type code is assigned in advance at the development stage for each type of instruction. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the content of the instruction. The most significant bit of instruction type data and instruction content data is an identification bit indicating which of instruction type data and instruction content data, and when the most significant bit is 1, it indicates that it is instruction type data, and is most significant. When the bit is 0, it indicates that it is instruction content data.

  Communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 requires 1 byte of 2 transmissions for transmitting 2 bytes of instruction data because it is a specification to transmit 1 byte of data per data transmission. . The MODE data which is the upper byte is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data which is the lower byte is transmitted in the second communication. In consideration of the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise etc., the main board 200 transmits the same data continuously, and determines that the transmission and reception of the data is completed when the same data is read in two consecutive lines by the sub board 300 . The main substrate 200 repeatedly transmits the same data up to five times, until it is read continuously.

  The sub substrate 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, an effect display control device 313, and an audio control device 314. The sub ROM 312 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined and display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and sound pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 to the sub RAM 311, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). Signals from an external device such as the effect button 109 are acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 is an external device such as the effect display device 60, the speaker 108, the decoration lamp 111, and the movable object 66 by the effect display control device 313, the voice control device 314, and various drive circuits and control circuits not shown. Drive to control the display output, voice output, lamp lighting, and effects by the feature operation. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data to the effect display control device 313, and transmits the sound pattern data to the sound control device 314. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub substrate 300 includes the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 will be described, but the sub substrate 300 and the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 are integrated as a substrate. It may be formed as separate substrates separated and connected to one another without needing to be separated.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313. As shown in FIG. The effect display control device 313 includes a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display in a compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object indicating a determination result of a lottery or not, for example, a sprite image of a decorative symbol used for decorative symbol fluctuation, a sprite image used for advance notice effect, various effects It is a material image such as a moving image to be used. Motion data is data in which an operation used when adding an effect operation at a predetermined timing to an image used for various effects is defined.

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

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

  The effect image data and the motion data sent from the display CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data of the data is decoded by the decoder 332. A drawing memory 334 is a VRAM (Video RAM) used as a work area when decoding effect image data and motion data by the decoder 332, or as a work area when drawing processing and image processing by the drawing circuit 336 are performed. ).

  The drawing circuit 336 sequentially executes commands sent from the display CPU 320 using data stored in the drawing memory 334 to generate a display image, and the generated display image is used as a moving image frame to generate a frame buffer. Store in 338. The frame buffer 338 is a VRAM as a buffer memory for temporarily storing a frame of a moving image to be output to the effect display device 60.

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

  The data ROM 324 holds “detail display pattern data” in which the display control process performed by the display control circuit 326 is defined. At this time, the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310 can be referred to as "general display pattern data" in which an outline of the effect display process is defined. For example, in the outline display pattern data, a rough flow of a series of effect display processes, such as fluctuation start timing and fluctuation stop timing of a decorative symbol, reproduction order of a plurality of moving pictures, timing of reproduction start and stop, is defined. . On the other hand, the detailed display pattern data includes detailed display control such as the display order of sprite images for realizing variable display of decorative symbols and the display processing order in frame units for displaying moving images based on motion data. Process is defined.

  When effect display control device 313 performs display control based on "general display pattern data" sent from sub CPU 310, "detailed display pattern data" necessary for the processing is read from data ROM 324, and both display pattern data are read. Execute display processing using. Therefore, it can be said that the effect display control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display pattern data including the “general display pattern data” and the “detail display pattern data”. Therefore, in the present specification, unless explicitly referred to, the "general display pattern data" stored in the sub ROM 312 and the "detail display pattern data" stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished from each other. " For example, when the effect control display means performs specific processing based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, the display pattern data includes "general display pattern data" and "detail display pattern data". It shall be In the modification, the display pattern data is not divided into the “schematic display pattern data” and the “detailed display pattern data”, and even if the display pattern data serving as both is held in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. Good.

  In the present embodiment, as a hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313, a configuration including a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326 is shown. In the modification, the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. In addition, the processing that has been performed by the display control circuit 326 may be performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the display CPU 320 included in the effect display control device 313 may execute the processing performed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the display RAM 322 included in the effect display control device 313 may double as the function of the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the hardware configuration may not include the display control circuit 326 in the effect display control device 313. In this case, the processing performed by the display control circuit 326 is performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322 or the data ROM 324. It may be performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as the hardware configuration of the sub substrate 300, a configuration including the effect display control device 313 in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, and the sub ROM 312 is shown. In the modification, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, the ROM 312, and the effect display control device 313 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. Further, the processing that is to be executed by the effect display control device 313 may be executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. For example, the sub CPU 310 may execute the processing of the display CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may double as the function of the display RAM 322, and the sub ROM 312 may double as the function of the data ROM 324. In addition, the sub board 300 may have a hardware configuration in which the effect display control device 313 is not included. In this case, the process performed by the effect display control device 313 is performed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312 It may be performed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. When the power switch 150 is turned on, the main CPU 290 sets a stack pointer (S100), permits access to the main RAM 291 (S102), and performs initial settings regarding hardware such as setting of internal registers of the main CPU 290. (S104).

  Subsequently, in accordance with the operation state of the RAM clear switch, the value of the power-off information flag, and the state of the data stored in the main RAM 291, power-off recovery processing or initialization processing of the main RAM 291 is executed. Specifically, when the RAM clear switch is not turned on and both the value of the power-off information flag and the data stored in the main RAM 291 are normal, the process at the time of power-off recovery is executed. Do. In other cases, that is, even if the RAM clear switch is turned on or the RAM clear switch is not turned on, either the power-off information flag or the data stored in the main RAM 291 is normal. If not, the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed.

  The main CPU 290 confirms the operation state of the RAM clear switch, and when the RAM clear switch is turned on (Y in S106), initializes the main RAM 291 (S116). If the RAM clear switch has not been turned on (N in S106), the main CPU 290 checks the value of the power-off information flag (S108). If the value of the power-off information flag does not match the power-off normal data (N at S108), the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the value of the power-off information flag matches the power-off normal data (Y in S108), the data stored in the main RAM 291 is checked (S110). As will be described later, if the process has ended normally at the previous power off, the main CPU 290 uses the checksum because the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is stored in the main RAM 291. The data in the main RAM 291 is checked. If the data stored in the main RAM 291 is not normal (N in S112), the data in the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the data stored in the main RAM is normal (Y in S112), processing for returning to the state before the power failure is executed (S114).

  In the power-off recovery process (S114), the power-on normal data indicating that the power-on was normally performed is stored in the power-off information flag, and initialization of various errors and communication initialization with the payout control board 155 are executed. Do. Subsequently, the command request for the unsent part before power-off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the gaming state is requested. Subsequently, a rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second start opening 12 and the special winning opening 20 is restored to the state before the power is turned off. Subsequently, processing for notifying the operating state of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is executed.

  In the RAM initialization process (S116), the power on normal data is stored in the power off information flag, the entire area of the main RAM 291 is cleared to 0, and the initialization of the main RAM 291 and the initialization of the effect display are executed.

  When the power failure recovery process (S114) or the RAM initialization process (S116) is completed, the count value is set to start an interrupt process described later, and the operation of the interrupt timer is started (S118). As a result, thereafter, a timer interrupt occurs every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds), and an interrupt process described later is executed. Subsequently, the main CPU 290 executes main processing for managing the gaming machine (S120).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the main processing of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. The main CPU 290 temporarily prohibits the timer interrupt (S200), starts the operation of the watchdog timer (S202), and monitors the power-off (S204). When a drop in the power supply voltage supplied from the power supply unit 158 is detected in the power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), the power supply disconnection memory is executed by inputting an unconditional interrupt request signal from the power supply voltage monitoring circuit to the main CPU 290 In the process, the power-off confirmation data is stored in the power-off confirmation flag. Therefore, the main CPU 290 monitors the value of the power-off confirmation flag (S204), and executes the processing for power-off when the value of the power-off confirmation flag matches the power-off confirmation data (Y in S206). To advance to step S212. If the value of the power off confirmation flag does not match the power off confirmation data (N in S206), to update the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol, The initial value random number updating process is executed (S208), the timer interruption is permitted (S210), and the process returns to S200. Thereafter, S200 to S210 are repeated. If a timer interrupt occurs while the timer interrupt is inhibited (S202 to S208), after the timer interrupt is enabled in S210, an interrupt process to be described later is executed.

  When the power-off is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212), and confirms the content of the power-off information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the data at power-on is not properly stored, and the power-off abnormal data is stored in the power-off information flag After that (S216), it proceeds to S222. If the contents of the power-off information flag match the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally stored, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag (S218). Subsequently, when the power is turned on next time, in order to check the data of the main RAM 291 backed up, a checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is inhibited (S222), and looping is performed until the power is turned off.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of the interrupt processing. When a timer interrupt occurs in the main process (S120), the main CPU 290 executes the interrupt process. First, an interrupt operation condition is set (S300), and the watchdog timer is restarted (S302). Subsequently, in order to manage the gaming machine, input processing (S304), various random number update processing (S306), initial value update type random number update processing (S308), initial value random number update processing (S310), timer subtraction processing (S312) , 2nd starting opening validity period setting process (S314), prize monitoring process (S316), winning ball control process (S318), normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), normal symbol control process (S322), normal symbol variation start Monitoring processing (S324), starting opening monitoring control processing (S326), special symbol control processing (S328), special electric combination product control processing (S330), special winning opening effective period setting processing (S332), special symbol variation start monitoring control Processing (S334), abnormality detection processing (S336), ball passing time abnormality detection processing (S338), gaming state display processing (S340), handle state signal Inspection process (S342), LED output process (S344), emission control signal output process (S346), test signal output process (S348), solenoid output process (S350), effect control command transmission process (S352), external information output process (S354) is sequentially executed, the next timer interrupt is permitted (S356), and the process returns.

  In input processing (S304), monitor input of switch attached to game board surface, open circuit short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, door / frame open signal, magnetic detection signal, radio wave detection signal, and touch state signal, and input state Are generated and stored in the main RAM 291.

  In various random number updating processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the value is incremented and stored if the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, and 0 is stored if the value is equal to or more than the predetermined maximum value. Further, the variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the subtraction result is stored if the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, and the predetermined maximum value is stored if it is less than 0. Thus, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs.

  In the initial value update type random number updating process (S308), the random number per normal symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated. The value of each random number, the maximum value, and the initial value are read from the main RAM 291 and the values of the random numbers are incremented. If the incremented result exceeds the maximum value, the random number value is set to 0. If the incremented result matches the initial value, the initial value random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the initial value is updated. Thereby, the random number per symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs, and when the value of the random number returns to the initial value, ie, the random number range Then, an initial value is newly set and a random number is generated.

  In the initial value random number updating process (S310), the initial value random number per symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number is read out from the initial value random number update table of the main RAM 291, and the value of the initial value random number is incremented. If the result of the increment exceeds the upper limit value, the value of the initial value random number is set to 0. The same process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120).

  In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The value of the timer is read from the main RAM 291, and if the value of the timer is other than 0, the value is decremented and stored. If the timer value is 0, the timer update is not executed.

  In the second starting opening effective period setting process (S314), the effective period of the second starting opening 12 is set. If the game ball enters the second start opening 12, the payout period of the game ball and the lottery related to the second special symbol will be executed by entering the game ball, and if the game ball enters the ball, the payout of the ball and the second special An invalid period in which the lottery concerning the symbol is not executed is set. As will be described later, in the start opening monitoring control process (S326), since the second start opening winning process monitoring process is not executed during the ineffective period of the second start opening 12, the game ball enters the second start opening 12 Even then, the payout of the winning balls and the lottery relating to the second special symbol are not executed. The same applies to the case where the effective period and the ineffective period are set in the first start port 11, the large winning opening 20, the operation opening 30, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "in ordinary electric combination product operation", data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period is stored in the second starting opening effective period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not "normal motor combination in action", if the value of the second start opening effective extension timer is not 0, the second start opening 12 is the effective period in the second start opening effective period flag Is stored, and if the value of the second starting opening valid extension timer is 0, data indicating that the second starting opening is an invalid period is stored in the second starting opening valid period flag.

  In the prize monitoring process (S316), the switch passing of the gaming ball is inspected, and when the gaming ball passes the switch, there is no invalidation period in the switch, or in the case where it is currently the effective period, If there is, the winning counter is updated. It also requests creation of a security output request to be output to an external terminal and transmission of a command.

  In the prize ball control process (S318), monitoring of data reception from the payout control substrate 155, command transmission request to the payout control substrate 155, command transmission to the payout control substrate 155, and inspection of received data from the payout control substrate 155 In order.

  The normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) monitors passage of the operation opening 30 of the gaming ball, and when it is determined that the gaming ball has passed the operation opening 30, the number of reserved normal symbol variations is less than 4 which is the upper limit If it is, the holding number of the normal symbol is updated, and the random number related to the normal symbol is stored in the main RAM 291.

  In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol control is being performed, the process related to the normal symbol display device 45 or the normal motorized role 90 is executed. If the status of the normal symbol is "normal symbol variation", execute the normal symbol variation processing, and if "normal symbol stop symbol display", execute the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, "normal power If the item is in operation, the process is executed during normal motorized item operation, and if it is in the case of “during normal motor event operation end demonstration”, the process during normal motor event completion end is performed. During the normal symbol fluctuation processing, after performing the fluctuation of the normal symbol, monitor the fluctuation time, and when it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is ended, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is performed, and the state of the normal symbol Set to "Stop symbol display". In the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the normal symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, the condition of the normal symbol is set to "in ordinary electric symbol operation in progress", the operation state of the ordinary electric symbol opening extension function at the ordinary electric symbol operation start is stored, and the ordinary electric symbol operation starts The operation setting of the ordinary electric utility solenoid 91 corresponding to the operation state of the ordinary electric power combination release extension function is performed. In the case of detachment, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal symbol variation standby". In the processing during the normal electric role work, when it is determined that the winning of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric role 90 of the gaming ball is monitored, and it is determined that the winning number of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric 90 has reached the maximum winning number Performs the setting of the termination of operation of the ordinary electric service 90 and the setting of the second start opening effective extension time. If it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90 has not reached the maximum winning number, monitoring of the opening / closing time of the entrance to the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90, the ordinary electric role 90 Setting the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening according to the above, and when it is determined that the opening of the entrance of the series of ordinary electric jacks 90 is finished, the operation termination setting of the ordinary electric jack 90 and the second starting opening is effective Execute extension time setting. When it is determined that the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not completed, the setting of opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not performed. In the processing during the demonstration of the normal motor combination work operation, monitoring the completion time demonstration time of the regular motor combination 90 is carried out, and when it is judged that the operation completion demonstration time cycle of the regular power combination 90 is completed, the state of the normal symbol is "normal symbol Set to "Waiting for change".

  Normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324), the condition of the normal symbol is monitored and it is "under normal symbol variation waiting", and when the value of the normal symbol operation pending ball number is other than 0, the variation of the normal symbol To start. If it is determined to start the variation of the normal symbol, the normal symbol operation holding ball number is decremented and the hit determination, the determination of the stop symbol, the setting of the variation pattern number of the normal symbol, and the setting of the variation time of the normal symbol are executed. . After that, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normally in the state of symbol fluctuation", and the region of the main RAM 291 used for setting the state of the normal symbol, the hit determination, and the fluctuation pattern determination is cleared.

  In the start opening monitoring control process (S326), the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 of the game ball are monitored. When winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol is less than 4, a value obtained by acquiring the built-in random number and adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired built-in random number is It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in the big hit judgment. Also, as random numbers related to special symbols, symbol random numbers and fluctuation pattern random numbers are acquired and stored. If you prefer to reserve the second special symbol with priority over the first special symbol, execute only the update of the suspension pertaining to the winning combination, but if the special symbol withholding sequence is the winning order, In addition to updating the pending status related to the winning combination, updating of the total pending number and storage of the winning sequence are executed. Subsequently, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number stored at the start opening winning, the state of the gaming machine is confirmed, and when it is determined that the command transmission period, a hit notice effect request, a hit symbol notice effect request, pattern notice Perform rendering requests in order. Here, when (1) is waiting for each and the random number related to the first special symbol is stored while the probability variation function of the normal symbol is not in operation, (2) it is in the waiting and normal symbol When storing the random number according to the second special symbol while the probability variation function is inactive, (3) when corresponding to the case where the random number according to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit medium or small hit , It is determined that it is a command transmission period. Then, it requests the rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated. As described above, in the pre-reading, four of the hit, hit pattern, fluctuation pattern, and the number of holding balls are transmitted to the sub-substrate 300 as a set. Subsequently, if the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period, the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is checked. As in the case, the second start opening winning game monitoring process is executed. When the value of the second starting opening valid period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is an invalid period, the monitoring processing of the second starting opening winning is not performed. If the game ball is confirmed to have a prize when the number of balls held is 0, the number of balls held is once changed from 0 to 1 here, and control processing relating to the start of fluctuation described later is executed. .

  In the special symbol control process (S328), the waiting state is checked, and the special symbol control process is ended when the special motorized part is in operation, ie, when the big hit or the small hit is in progress. If the special electric role is inactive, the state of the special symbol is inspected, and if it is "waiting for special symbol variation", the special symbol control general-purpose processing is ended, and if it is "variation start", the special symbol variation is The start process is executed, and if "special symbol variation is in progress", the special symbol variation processing is executed, and if "special symbol stop symbol display", the special symbol stop symbol display processing is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the sub substrate 300 starts the effect display. Request a command of additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information, set the state of special symbol to "during special symbol variation", and clear the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern to 0 . During special symbol variation processing, after the variation of the special symbol is performed, the variation time is monitored, and when it is determined that the variation time of the special symbol is ended, the variation stop setting of the special symbol is performed, and the special symbol status is "special Set to "Stop symbol display". During special symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the special symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", and the number of times the special motorized symbol operates continuously is set, and the probability of the special symbol The variable function, the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, the ordinary symbol fluctuation time shortening function, and the ordinary electric character opening extension function are inactivated, and the state of the gaming machine is prepared for the big winning opening opening The setting is made inside, the setting of hit start demonstration display time, the command request of hit start demonstration effect, and the command request of launch position specification effect are executed. If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, it performs the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, updates the fluctuation pattern selection state, makes the game state command request, and carries out the special symbol In order to end the operation of the special symbol state is set to "special symbol change waiting", the state of the gaming machine is set during the small hit start demonstration, setting of the hit start demonstration display time, the hit start demonstration effect Execute a command request and a command request of a launch position designation effect. If the result of the hit judgment is a loss, the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the gaming state is made, and the special symbol In order to end the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", and the command request of the launch position designation effect is executed.

  In the special motorized product control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special motorized product, the operating condition of the condition device and the special motorized product is checked, and the condition device is operating or the special motorized product is operating. If it is determined, the processing pertaining to the special motorized role is executed. Depending on the operating status of special electric role, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during special electric special opening processing, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during big hit ending demonstration, processing during small hitting start demonstration, small hitting special electric power Execute processing during operation, processing during small hit large winning opening closed, processing during small hit end demonstration.

  In the special winning opening valid period setting process (S332), in order to save the result of the effective period judgment of the special winning opening 20, when the value of the special winning opening effective time is 0, the special winning in the special winning opening valid period flag The mouth invalid period data is stored, and when it is other than 0, the special winning opening valid period data is stored in the special winning opening valid period flag.

  In the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored, and it is determined whether or not the special symbol can start to be varied. (1) If the digestion sequence of the special symbol holding balls is priority digestion of the second special symbol, (1) not being in the middle or small jackpot, (2) that the first special symbol is waiting for fluctuation, (3 ) Special symbol is in the state where it can start the fluctuation when all of the second special symbol is waiting for fluctuation and (4) the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is other than 0. It is determined that In addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of balls reserved for special symbols is other than 0 if the order for digesting the balls for special symbols is the winning order, (6) It is determined that the special symbol can start changing when the determination is satisfied that all of the determination order matches the winning order.

  If it is determined that the special symbol can start changing, the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is subtracted, and the rendering command corresponding to the number of pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of balls reserved for special symbols has been updated.

  Then, the hit determination of the special symbol is executed. In the hit determination, it is determined by the random number per special symbol whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or an off, and the determination result is stored in the special symbol determination flag. Continue to determine the symbol. In the determination of the symbol, if the hit determination is a big hit, a big hit symbol is determined based on the symbol random number per special symbol, if it is a small hit, a small hit symbol is determined, if it is out, it is out Is determined.

  If the result of the hit determination is a big hit, based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the hit symbol determined in the symbol determination process, determine the operation content of the probability variation function of the special symbol, of the special symbol The game state after the big hit is set, such as setting the operation contents of the fluctuation time shortening function and the winning easy state of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the setting during the big hit is executed such as the number of times the special motorized product operates in succession and the content of the opening time of the big winning opening. Subsequently, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting the variation pattern table to be referred to after the big hit ends based on the result of the hit determination and the operating state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the start demonstration time and the end demonstration time are set with reference to the table selected based on the game state and the value of the group judgment number indicating the type of the hit symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, select the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit, set the contents of the fluctuation pattern selection state, set the start demonstration time and end demonstration time, Clear the area of the main RAM 291 used for determination and symbol determination, and set the state of the special symbol to "variation start". If the result of the hit determination is a release, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  In the abnormality detection process (S336), the magnetic detection signal, the open circuit short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the door / frame open signal are inspected, and if there is a change in the error state, the error state is stored, The sub substrate 300 is requested to display an error state effect of the gaming machine. If there is no change in the error state, the storage of the error state and the display request of the error state effect are not executed.

  In the ball passing time abnormality detection process (S 338), in order to detect the ball passing time abnormality, the continuous on time of each switch level is monitored, and as a result, when it is judged that there has been a change from the previous time, ball passing Execute setting of time anomaly, request for sending command, and creation of request for output of security output to external terminal in order. If it is determined that the continuous on time is not abnormal, creation of a security output request is not executed.

  In the gaming state display process (S340), to display the number of times the special electric character works continuously, error state, the number of operation suspension balls of normal symbol, and the number of operation suspension balls of special symbol, each display Create data

  In the handle state signal inspection process (S 342), in order to monitor the touch state of the handle, the state of the handle is inspected, and as a result of the inspection, when it is determined that the handle state changes, subtraction of the handle state monitoring timer is performed. The update, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer, and the command transmission request of the steering wheel state effect are executed. If it is determined that the steering wheel state does not change as a result of the inspection, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer is executed. If the result of decrementing the value of the handle state monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is under subtraction, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

  In the LED output process (S344), the display of the special symbol, the display of the normal symbol, the display of the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol, the display of the number of operation suspended balls of the normal symbol, the display of the game state, the special electric role is continuous To initialize the display, acquire display data, and execute the display of the number of times of operation, the display of the operation status of the special electric vehicle when the continuous product operating device is not operating, the display of Execute the output in order.

  In the launch control signal output process (S346), in order to output a signal of launch prohibition / permission of the game ball, setting of launch prohibition / permission corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 155 and open circuit short circuit power abnormality, After obtaining the emission prohibition / permission data, the output of emission prohibition / permission signal is executed.

  In the test signal output process (S348), a signal to be output to the test apparatus is created and output to the corresponding output port.

  In the solenoid output processing (S350), in order to output the output data of the ordinary electric-power solenoid solenoid 91 and the big winning opening solenoid 92, acquisition of output data of the ordinary electric-power combining solenoid 91, acquisition of output data of the special winning opening solenoid 92 Execute output data output. The operation flag and operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer are acquired. Subsequently, the solenoid operation timer is updated, and output data is output to the solenoid output port.

  In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence or absence of a transmission request for a command to be transmitted to the sub substrate 300 is checked, and when it is determined that a transmission request is made, the command data to be requested is acquired. Clear and execute acquisition of MODE data corresponding to acquired command data, output of MODE data, holding of MODE data, acquisition of EVENT data corresponding to acquired command data, and output of EVENT data.

  In the external information output process (S354), a signal to be output to the external terminal is created, and the created signal is output to the external information output port.

  The random numbers used in the operation process of the main substrate 200 described above will be described in more detail. The random numbers used in the main substrate 200 mainly include a random number per symbol and a normal symbol variation pattern random number as a random number related to a normal symbol, and a random number per special symbol and a special symbol per random number as a random number according to a special symbol. There are soft random numbers, special symbols per pattern, and random pattern random numbers. Also, as an initial update value type random number, a random number per normal symbol, a random number per symbol, a random symbol per symbol, and a soft random number per special symbol as a random number for giving an initial value per soft symbol There are a random number and a software initial value random number per special symbol.

  The random symbol per symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. When the gaming ball is determined to have passed through the operation opening 30 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt processing, the normal symbol random number per normal symbol is less than 4 which is the upper limit of the number of normal symbol changes In some cases, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for determination of a hit determination and a stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that normal symbol variation is to be started.

  The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 232, is updated by the various random number updating process (S 306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is less than 4 which is the upper limit of the number of reserved normal symbol variations when it is determined that the gaming ball has passed through the operation opening 30 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt processing In this case, the data is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used to determine the variation pattern of the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the variation of the normal symbol is to be started.

  The special symbol random number, when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326) of the interruption processing when it is confirmed winning of the game ball The value of the soft random number per built-in random number and the special symbol is acquired, generated by adding the two, and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The special symbol per random number is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

  The special symbol per software random number is updated in the initial value update type random number updating process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The special random number per soft symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). And is used to generate a random number per special symbol, as described above.

  The symbol random number per special symbol takes, for example, a value of 0 to 999, is updated in the initial value update type random number updating process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. A special symbol per symbol random number is the main RAM 291 when it is confirmed that the game ball wins when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). And is stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is used to determine the jackpot symbol if the hit determination is a big hit in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt processing.

  The fluctuation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 49999, is updated in the various random number updating process (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The fluctuation pattern random number is a predetermined number of the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). It is acquired from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine a special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

  Normal per symbol initial value random number, special symbol per symbol initial value random number, and special symbol per software initial value random number are the same range of values as per random symbol per random symbol, special symbol per symbol random number and special symbol per program special symbol random number respectively The update process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process of the interrupt process (S310), and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. Normal pattern initial value random number, special symbol pattern initial value random number, and special symbol soft initial value random number, in the initial value update type random number update process (S308), normal pattern random number, special symbol per pattern random number, special When updating soft random numbers per symbol, it is used as the initial value of each random number.

  Since interrupt processing is executed at fixed time intervals by timer interruption, various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) included in interrupt processing are also executed at fixed time intervals. Ru. That is, the random number per normal symbol, the normal symbol variation pattern random number, the random number per special symbol, the soft random number per special symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the variation pattern random number are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, in the main process (S120), the time from the predetermined time measured by the timer to the interrupt process is taken from the end of the interrupt process until the next timer interrupt occurs. It is repeated for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt processing varies depending on the gaming state etc., the initial value random number update processing (S208) in the main processing (S120) is various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) Unlike), it is not necessarily performed at regular intervals. Thereby, the initial value random number acquired when setting the initial value in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random each time.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the sub substrate 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. When control of sub board 300 is started, sub CPU 310 sets a stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interrupts until various initial settings are completed (S 502), and performs register setting and port initialization of sub CPU 310, etc. The hardware initialization is executed (S504). The control program is read out from the sub ROM 312 and arranged in the sub RAM 311. Among various variables in the control program, an initial value is set for a variable having an initial value, and data of zero clear is set for a variable having no initial value. As a result, the sub RAM 311 is initialized (S506). The interrupt process in the sub-substrate 300 includes, as the interrupt process to be executed with the highest priority, a process at power on and a reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities when the watchdog function is enabled. Next, as priority level 7 interrupt processing with high execution priority, there is command processing to be received from the main board 200, and CPU runaway detection by the watchdog timer as priority level 3 interrupt processing with the next highest priority. There is a time reset process. Next, as priority level 2 interrupt processing to be prioritized, there is processing related to commands transmitted to and received from the display CPU 320, and communication processing with the real-time clock as priority level 1 interrupt processing having the lowest priority There are various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts relating to the above-described various processes occur temporarily at the same time, the process is executed with priority given to the types of interrupts with the highest priority. It should be noted that the process shown in the figure includes the process at power-on which is the interrupt of the highest priority level, the reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities, and the reset process at the CPU overrun detection which is the interrupt of priority level 3. Including.

  Disable interrupts (priority level 7) other than commands received from main board 200 (S510), and set various error information to be used for the model from all error information for all models stored in advance (S512) . All the lamps such as the decoration lamp 111 are turned off (S514), the operation of the watchdog timer is started (S516), and the main processing is executed (S518). Normally, the process does not return from the main process of S518, but when it returns, it shifts to sleep (small power consumption mode) (S520).

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main processing of S518 in FIG. In S506 of FIG. 16, in order to check whether or not the control program arranged in the sub RAM 311 is correctly arranged in the main process of this figure, the top address to start the check is obtained (S530) All interrupts are permitted (S532), and the initialization operation of devices such as motors and solenoids is executed (S534).

  If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, the watchdog timer is cleared (S 536), and the counter of the decorative symbol is updated so that the combination of the decorative symbol out is a random combination (S 540). Monitor (S 542). In addition, since S540 is a process in the method of determining the outlying pattern of the decorative symbol using the counter, in the case of the method of determining the outlying symbol of the decorative pattern using the lottery sheet incorporating all the symbol combinations that become the outlying symbol. Does not execute the process of S540. The process of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating the stop symbol of the special symbol is received from the main substrate 200 as described later in S552. When an error state is monitored and various errors are detected, the error is notified (S544), processing according to the input state of the effect button 109 is executed (S546), and a notice lottery is executed (S548). In addition, since the notice lottery in S548 transmits the command of the notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of the symbol change to the effect display control device 313 as early as possible, the lottery process is not processed in a single loop multiple times. In the above loop, the advance notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of the symbol variation is drawn in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real time clock, a lamp, a motor, or a solenoid, the operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552), and if the command is analyzed immediately, the process proceeds to S536 If it returns (Y of S554) and it is not immediately after the command analysis (N of S554), the software random numbers for drawing are updated as processing of low priority which may be performed in idle time (S556), and the processing returns to S536. In S552, if the command to be analyzed indicates the variation pattern of the special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is determined in the process of S552, and if the command to be analyzed indicates the stop symbol of the special symbol, the lottery sheet If it is a method of determining the outlying design of the decorative design by using it, the stop design of the decorative design is determined in the process of S552.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt instruction having the highest priority next to the reset interrupt and the error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice consecutively, the data is determined as a new command (Y in S600), and the determined command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is stored in the temporary storage area (S604). Hard random numbers are obtained for subsequent processing (S606), and the original routine is returned to. As described above, by acquiring the hard random number every time the main command is interrupted from the main board 200, the randomness of the value is enhanced without generating the periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not match twice in a row (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the original routine is returned (N in S600).

  In S602, if the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command (N in S602), if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data The command write pointer, which is the reading position in the ring buffer for (S610), is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are stored in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command write pointer is updated (S 614), the first command stored in the temporary storage area is cleared (S 616), and the process returns to the original routine. If the first command has not been received at S608, the process skips S610 and thereafter (N at S608), and returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. The timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command relating to effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320, and occurs at a cycle of 500 μs. In this interrupt, the buffer is checked (S620), and if there is command data for transmission (Y in S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the display CPU 320 (S626). In addition, transmission of command data to the display CPU 320 tries transmission up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives from the display CPU 320 a command indicating that the display CPU 320 has normally received. After transmission, the setting of the buffer read address is updated (S 628), and the original routine is returned to. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N in S 622), S 624 and subsequent steps are skipped to return to the original routine.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when the sub CPU 310 receives a command from the display CPU 320. This interrupt is also a priority level 2 interrupt. The command received by the sub CPU 310 from the display CPU 320 is a command mainly indicating that the command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320 has been normally received. When a command is received from the display CPU 320, the received command data is read (S630), the command is analyzed (S632), and the command is stored in the command buffer (S634), and the process returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices is generated. The timer interrupt is an interrupt for lamp control of the decoration lamp 111 or the like, control of a solenoid or motor for driving the movable part 66, and management control of various timers, and occurs in a cycle of 1 ms. Since it is the interrupt of priority level 1 with the lowest priority, the interrupt of priority level 2 or higher is permitted (S 640), a signal indicating input from effect button 109, a signal indicating error detection, and a signal indicating power failure The input / output of a port for inputting / outputting a drive signal to a control target device such as a motor or a solenoid is processed (S642). At this time, when a signal indicating power failure is input, the process immediately shifts to backup processing. Update data related to device control such as count processing based on control pattern of device such as motor and solenoid, on / off control of buffer for writing data to port in S642 (S644), timer for timing of effect Update (S646), update timer for managing effective input time of effect button 109 (S648), update task control counter for lighting switching control of decoration lamp 111, runaway monitoring control of display CPU 320, etc. Then, a 16 ms cycle is created (S650).

  The minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 is 16 ms. By setting one frame of image display control to 16 ms or 32 ms and setting the integral multiple thereof as the minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, it is possible to easily synchronize lamp control and image display control. In addition, when counting a relatively long time period, for example, an error notification of 30 seconds, if the count of one interruption (1 ms) cycle is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms The count value can also be shortened by using the count value of the cycle.

  The task control includes 16 types of tasks 0-15, one of which is lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, and the two tasks are runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320. Lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 implements switching in a cycle of 16 ms by executing once every 16 interrupts in accordance with the count value of the task control counter. The runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320 is assigned to, for example, the processing 0 and the processing 8, and when the count value of the task control counter is 0 and 8, that is, monitoring toggle signals from the display CPU 320 once for 8 interrupts (S652) By doing this, monitoring with an 8 ms cycle is realized.

  Note that the display CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that reverses on / off for each frame, and determines that the display CPU 320 is out of control when the toggle signal does not change continuously for the same value for 1600 ms. Transmits a reset signal to the display CPU 320, and the display CPU 320 that has received the reset signal executes the reset. In order to receive a toggle signal in one frame (16 ms or 32 ms) cycle from the display CPU 320, monitoring is performed in an 8 ms cycle shorter than that cycle. Finally, a timer for managing a relatively long error notification period such as the above-described error notification of 30 seconds is subtracted (S 654), and the error notification ends at the time-out.

  FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the process of the special symbol variation display. When the second success or failure lottery value is reserved (Y in S700), the second success or failure judgment means 222 reads the second success or failure lottery value and judges the success or failure of the second special symbol 52 (S702). The determination means 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determination means 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and the variation start command together with the determination result It transmits to the sub-substrate 300 to start symbol variation of the second special symbol 52 (S716).

  If the second hit lottery value is not held (N in S700) and the first hit lottery value is held (Y in S708), the first hit judging means 221 is the first hit lottery The value is read again and it is determined whether the first special symbol 51 is good or bad (S710), and the first success or failure judging means 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determining means 231 is the first (1) The variation pattern of the special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and the variation start command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 together with the determined result, and symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 is started (S716). If the first hit lottery value is not held, the processing from S710 to S722 is skipped (N in S708).

  The symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S 718), S 718 is repeated until a predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display stop timing is reached (N of S 720), the predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display is stopped When the timing is reached (Y in S720), the fluctuation stop command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300, and the fluctuation in symbols during display is stopped at the predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the fluctuation display of the special symbols is ended. Do.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the process of decorative symbol variation display. The effect determining means 303 of the sub substrate 300 receives a command indicating the start of fluctuation and the effect display content from the main substrate 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the stop symbol of the special symbol received, the fluctuation pattern, and the result of the pass / fail judgment. An aspect is determined (S752), and a fluctuation representation pattern corresponding to the fluctuation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the precursor setting is turned on in advance by determination (Y in S756), a pattern in which the previously determined fluctuation effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should be prevented from being superimposed on the advance effect. If it is not (N in S758) and it is not a symbol change that is the trigger for turning on the precursor setting (N in S760), the setting to display a predetermined advance effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is If it is a symbol change that is an opportunity to be turned on (Y in S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). If the precursor setting is not on (N in S756) or if the variation effect pattern includes a specific effect content (Y in S758), the processes in S760 to S764 are skipped.

  Thereafter, the variation symbol display of the decorative symbol is started (S766), the variation symbol display processing of the symbol symbol is executed (S768), the display processing of the notice attraction is executed (S770), and the variation stop command is received from the main board 200 S768 and S770 are repeated (N in S772), and when the change stop command is received (Y in S772), the symbol change display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative pattern in the stop mode determined in S752 (S774) ), The variation effect of the decorative symbol is ended (S776).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the special game process. First, the effect display control means 305 starts effect processing for a special game (S800), and the open / close control means 275 opens the special winning opening 20 (S802). If the predetermined opening time has not passed (N in S804) and the number of balls entered into the special winning opening 20 has not reached 9 balls or more, the process returns to S804 (N in S806), whether the predetermined opening time has elapsed ( If the opening number has reached 9 balls or more (Y in S804) but the opening time has not passed (N in S804), the open / close control means 275 controls the large winning opening 20 is closed (S810).

  If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the process returns to S802 (S812), and if the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), effect display The control means 305 ends the special game effect processing (S 814), the special game control means 260 ends the special game (S 816), and starts executing the specific game, ie, definite change, time reduction, easy entering state (S 818) ).

  FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the process of the small hit game. First, the second large winning opening 22 is opened (S820), the opening of the second large winning opening 22 is continued until a predetermined opening time passes (N in S830), and the opening time passes (Y in S830) ), The second big winning opening 22 is closed (S832), if the opening and closing for the set number of times has not ended (N of S834), 1 is added to the number of times of opening and closing and returns to S820 (S836). If the opening and closing for the set number of times has been completed (Y in S834) and the specific area has entered (Y in S840), the special game control means 260 sets that the V winning jackpot has been decided (S842) If the player does not enter the specific area (N in S840), S842 is skipped and the small hit game is ended (S844).

  Hereinafter, characteristic parts of the present embodiment will be described. As described above, in the ball and ball game machine according to the present embodiment, the player can use the first start opening 11, the second start opening 12, the first big winning opening 21, and the second according to the gaming state and the gaming status. It is expected that the game balls are shot by aiming at any of the big winning openings 22, but among these, the first start hole 11 can enter the game balls by hitting the left, (2) Since the start ball 12, the first big winning hole 21, and the second big winning hole 22 can be made to enter the game ball by right-handling, it is necessary to make a distinction according to the gaming state, the gaming situation, etc. Become. In this embodiment, by notifying the player of the direction in which the player should shoot the game ball, the player can properly operate even if the player does not know the gaming method of the ball game machine. Launch the game ball and make it possible to properly obtain the designed benefits. As a result, the convenience of the player can be improved, and the attraction of the ball game machine can be improved.

  FIG. 26 schematically shows the flow of gaming in the ball and ball game machine according to this embodiment. The flow of the game according to the above-described configuration will be described in detail again with reference to this figure. First, in a normal game in a normal state, the player strikes the game ball into the first starting opening 11 by hitting left and aims for a big hit in the first game. When a symbol matching big hit occurs, the first special game is executed. In the first special game, since the first large winning opening 21 is opened, the game ball is made to enter the first large winning opening 21 by hitting the right.

  If there is a big hit with a short time and a big hit with no time according to the type of big hit, then the game status is short after the end of the first special game. Transition to state (2). When the symbol matching big hit without time saving occurs, after the end of the first special game, the gaming state is returned to the normal state (11). In a normal game in a time saving state, the ease of entering the second starting opening 12 is enhanced and the probability of occurrence of a small hit is enhanced, so the right hitting is used to enter the game ball in the second starting opening 12 Let's aim V prize big hit from small hit. After being shifted to a time-saving and easy-to-enter state, the variable display of the second special symbol in the first run executed with the game ball entering the second starting opening 12 first takes about 10 to 20 seconds A variation pattern having a relatively long variation time of is selected. During this variable display of the second special symbol, if the player continues aiming at the second start opening 12 and performs a right strike, normally, four or more gaming balls enter the second start opening 12, Four holding balls are held, which is the maximum number of holding balls that can be held. Since the result of the lottery that is triggered by entering the ball to the second starting opening 12 is almost a small hit, in most cases, the variable display of the second special symbol of the first time is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, small hit A game is executed (3). In the small hit game, since the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the game ball is made to enter the second large winning opening 22 by right hitting. When the V winning big hit occurs in the small hit game (4), the second special game is executed. In the second special game, since the first large winning opening 21 is opened, the game ball is made to enter the first large winning opening 21 by right hitting. In addition, when the symbol matching big hit occurs in the second game (8), the first special game is executed, and is shifted to the normal state or the time saving state after the end of the first special game according to the type of the big hit symbol.

  Also in the V winning jackpot, depending on the type of small hit symbol, there is a big hit with time reduction and a big hit without time saving, and when the V winning jackpot is a big hit with time reduction (12), the second special game is over After being transferred to the time saving state again later, when it is a big hit without time saving, the gaming state is returned to the normal state after the end of the second special game. However, if the special drawing holding means 241 holds the drawing lottery value of the second drawing of the right or absence (hereinafter also referred to as "the second holding ball"), the drawing lottery value of the first drawing of the lottery (hereinafter referred to as "the first The second holding ball is preferentially digested (5) more than the holding ball). In the second game, since the probability of occurrence of the small hit is high, the result of the lottery for the second holding ball is almost a small hit, the small hit game is executed (6). In the small hit game, since the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the game ball is made to enter the second large winning opening 22 by right hitting. When the V winning big hit occurs in the small hit game (7), the second special game is executed. If the result of the lottery corresponding to the second holding ball is the symbol matching big hit (9), the first special game is executed, and depending on the type of the big hit symbol, the normal state or after the end of the first special game Transition to the time saving state. If neither the symbol matching big hit with time reduction nor the V winning big hit with time reduction occurs while all the second holding balls held in the special view holding means 241 are consumed, and the second special game is over When the second drawing ball is not held by the special view holding means 241 (10), the normal game in the normal state is executed.

  It should be noted that even in the normal state of the normal game, although the probability is low but a small hit occurs, in which case a small hit game is executed, but at this time the probability of becoming a V prize big hit is very low. It is omitted.

  Thus, when playing a game with the ball and ball game machine of the present embodiment, after acquiring the first big hit in the second holding ball digestion period described later, the loop of (5) → (6) → (7) Apparently, it will be in continuous state, but in order to enable such continuous state, it is necessary at minimum that the second holding ball be held in the special view holding means 241 after the end of the second special game. It becomes a condition. Otherwise, it will return to the normal game in the normal state from the route of (10). As the number of the second holding balls at the end of the second special game increases, the number of times that the small hit game and the second special game can be executed increases, so the change end of the first second special symbol after transition to the time saving state It is advantageous to hold as many second holding balls as possible, preferably until the second holding ball number reaches the upper limit of the number of holding balls that can be held by Tokusou holding means 241, the second start It is important to let the game ball enter the mouth 12. However, a player who is not familiar with the game characteristics specific to the ball game machine of this embodiment can play a game without paying attention to the number of second holding balls in the normal game in the time saving state. There is sex. Therefore, in the present embodiment, during the normal game in the time saving state, in particular, the right hitting is carried out in a mode according to the number of the second holding balls by the end of the change of the second special symbol of the first time after shifting to the time saving state. Informing the player of what should be done.

  In addition, after the end of the second special game, when the second holding ball is digested, the gaming state is transferred to the normal game, but the result of the lottery that corresponds to the second holding ball will be almost a small hit on Since the fluctuation time of the fluctuation pattern selected in the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the second holding ball is as short as about 0.5 seconds, the symbol in the small hitting manner as soon as the fluctuation display of the symbol is started Is stopped and a small hit game is to be executed. Therefore, the player should continue to hit the right, but since the gaming state is the normal state, the main board 200 informs that it should carry out the left strike, so the sub-board 300 should carry the right strike. If this is notified, wrinkles will occur between the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300. Therefore, when the second holding ball is not held by the special view holding means 241 when the gaming state is shifted from the short time state to the normal state, the player is informed that the player should carry out a left strike, When the second holding ball is held by the special view holding means 241, the player is not notified that the left hitting should be performed or the right hitting should be performed. As described above, even when the gaming state is the normal state, when the second holding ball is held, it is not a period in which the game ball should be shot by aiming at the first start hole 11, so the first start hole 11 In order to distinguish it from the normal game of the normal state which should aim at and shoot a game ball, it is especially called "the 2nd holding ball digestion period. If the player notices that the image displayed on the effect display device 60 has been erased to notify that the player should perform the right strike during the second holding ball digestion period, the right strike should be implemented in the period. There is a possibility that the player will stop hitting the right because he thinks it is gone, but as mentioned above, it is actually necessary to start the small hit game immediately and to carry out the right strike. Therefore, when the small hit game is started, the player is informed that the right hit should be performed, in a mode indicating that the small hit game is in progress. Thereby, during the small hit game, an expected number of gaming balls are made to enter the second large winning opening 22, and the player is properly hit with the necessary right to generate the V winning jackpot with the designed probability. Can be implemented.

  FIG. 27 shows an example of the effect image displayed on the effect display device. On the screen of the effect display device 60, a display area of the decorative symbol 710 and a holding ball image display area 720 for displaying a holding ball image of the holding ball held by the special view holding means 241 are provided. The effect display control means 305 can further display on the effect display device 60 a firing direction image 730 for notifying the player of the direction in which the game ball should be fired. The effect control means 304 may notify the player of the direction in which the game ball should be fired, not only by displaying the launch direction image 730 but also by sound or lighting or blinking of a lamp.

  FIG. 28 shows the correspondence between the gaming state and the gaming state and the display mode of the shooting direction image. After the end of the first special game, the gaming state is shifted to the short time state, and in the first period in which the normal time game state is executed, the second start is performed until the number of second holding balls reaches four. A launch direction image indicating that the gaming ball should be fired in a direction that enables entry into the mouth 12 is displayed in the first mode 740. When the number of second holding balls reaches four, the first mode 740 is displayed in a second mode 742 indicating that the number of second holding balls has reached four. A second aspect 742 is the same as the first aspect 740 in the firing direction image, with the text “OK” added. Therefore, the first mode 740 is displayed until the number of second holding balls reaches four, and when the number of second holding balls reaches four, the character string "OK" appears in the arrow. . As a result, it is possible to inform the player in an easy-to-understand manner that the second holding ball should be held until the number becomes the upper limit value of 4 which can be held. As described later, when it is detected that the player is not operating the steering wheel, the shooting direction image is displayed in the fourth mode instead of the first mode 740 or the second mode 742.

  When a small hit occurs during a normal game in a normal state or a time saving state and a small hit game is started, it is possible to enter the second large winning opening 22 in a period during which a small hit game is being executed. In the third mode 744, a firing direction image indicating that the gaming ball should be fired in the upper right direction is displayed. The third aspect 744 is the same as the first aspect 740 in which the direction of the arrow points to the upper right. As a result, it is possible to easily inform the player that the small hit game is being executed and that the right hit should be performed.

  Since the fluctuation time of the fluctuation display of the second special symbol corresponding to the second holding ball is very short, for example, about 0.5 seconds, the fluctuation display of the symbol is started when the result of the pass / fail judgment is a small hit As soon as it is finished, a small hit game is executed. Since it takes several seconds to reach the second large winning opening 22 provided on the upper right of the game area after the game ball is fired, it is possible to play the game ball by right-handing before the small hit game is started. If it is not fired, the number of game balls expected during the small hit game can not be entered into the second large winning opening 22, and the probability that the V winning jackpot will occur is lower than designed. I will. Therefore, during the small hit game, it is important to keep the game ball firing continuously without hitting the right. Therefore, when it is detected that the player has not fired the game ball, a firing direction image indicating that the game ball should be fired in the right direction is displayed in the more emphasized fourth mode 746. In the fourth mode 746, the same emission direction image as the first mode 740 is highlighted by changing it into a noticeable color, blinking, emitting light, or increasing the display size. This makes it possible to inform the player that the game ball should continue to be fired by right-handling. That the player has not fired the game ball can be detected, for example, in the above-described handle state signal inspection process. If the player does not touch the handle, the launch direction image may be displayed in the fourth mode 746, or if the player has not touched the handle for a predetermined time or more, the launch direction image may be displayed fourth. You may display in the aspect 746. When it is detected that the player has fired the game ball, the fourth mode 746 is changed to the first mode 740, the second mode 742 or the third mode 744 according to the game situation.

  When the gaming state is shifted from the short time state (first period) to the normal state (second period), if the second holding ball is held in the special view holding means 241, that is, the second holding ball digested During the period, since the second holding ball is preferentially digested, there is a high possibility that a small hit will occur and a small hit game will be executed, and a right hit should be conducted instead of a left hit. On the other hand, if the second holding ball is not held by the special view holding means 241, the easy entry state of the second starting opening 12 has ended, and almost no entering of the second starting opening 12 can be expected, Aim to hit the first starting hole 11 should be performed. Therefore, in the normal state which is the second period, the contents of the notification are made different depending on whether the second holding ball is held by the special view holding means 241 or not. That is, in the normal state, when the second drawing ball is not held by the special view holding means 241, a firing direction image indicating that the gaming ball should be fired in the left direction is displayed in the fifth mode 750. The fifth aspect 750 is the same as the first aspect 740 in that the direction of the arrow is horizontally reversed so that the direction of the arrow points to the left. As a result, it is possible to inform the player that the game state is the normal state and the player should perform the left strike in an easy-to-understand manner. On the other hand, in the normal state, when the second holding ball is held in the special view holding means 241, that is, in the second holding ball digestion period, the launch direction image is not displayed.

  In the normal state, when the emission direction image is displayed in the fifth mode 750, the emission direction image may be erased when a predetermined time has elapsed. On the other hand, in the time saving state, a shooting direction image indicating that right strike should be performed may be continuously displayed in a mode according to the game situation.

  The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is merely an example, and that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such a modification is also within the scope of the present invention. is there. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described.

  In the above embodiment, when the second holding ball is held in the special view holding means 241 in the normal state, the firing direction image is not displayed, but in another example, the game ball is turned to the right A launch direction image may be displayed indicating that the launch should occur. In this case, it may be displayed in the first aspect 740 or the second aspect 742 according to the number of second holding balls held in the special view holding means 241, and during the small hit game, It may be displayed in the third mode 744, or may be displayed in the fourth mode 746 when the game operation by the player is not detected. As a result, it is possible to inform the player more clearly that the right strike should be performed.

  In the above-mentioned example, although information by a plurality of modes was performed by displaying the same emission direction picture by a plurality of display modes, a display color, a display size, a display position, a light emission mode, blinks as a plurality of display modes. Aspects may be different. In addition, notification in a plurality of modes may be performed using different emission direction images.

  In the above-described embodiment, the small hit probability is changed between the first game and the second game, but in a further modification, the small hit probability is the same between the first game and the second game In addition to the above, a probability determination table may be referred to, in which the small hit probability is set high when the gaming state is a definite variation state. For example, a table in which the small hit probability is set low is prepared as a success / failure determination table to be referred to when the gaming state is the normal state, and the small hit probability is a small hit probability variation state higher than normal. A table in which the small hit probability is set to be relatively high is prepared as a reference determination table to be referred. Specifically, in the success / failure determination table shown in FIG. 5, the table corresponding to the first lottery is referred to in the normal state, and the table corresponding to the second lottery is referred to in the small hit probability variation state. May be

  In the above-described embodiment, the case has been shown in which the time-saving duration in the case where time-saving is given is up to 100 symbol variations. In a further modification, a plurality of times such as 30 times, 50 times, 70 times, and 100 times may be set as the short duration depending on the type of the small hit. In this case, the height of the degree of expectation suggested by the above-mentioned small hitting fluctuation representation may be changed according to the number of continuation times. For example, in the case of a small hit in which 100 times short in relatively long duration are given, it is an indication that the expectation is high, and a small hit in which 30 short in time duration is short is given. In this case, the effect may indicate that the degree of expectation is low. In this manner, the small hitting fluctuation rendition may indicate the height of the short duration expectation level.

  A game flow different from the above-described embodiment may be employed. For example, (1) In a normal game in a normal state, let the player enter the first starting hole 11 and aim at a V winning jackpot (with time reduction) from the symbol match big hit or small hit in the first hit lottery, (2) Big hit When the occurs, the special game of 4R is executed, and (3) after the end of the special game, the time duration is 99 times, and the small hit probability of the second acceptance lottery is high is shifted to the time saving state, the time saving state is normal In the game, while entering the second start opening 12, save the second reserve ball, aim for V prize big hit from the small hit in the second false lottery, (4) V special prize game of 15R when the V prize big hit occurs Is executed, and (5) after the end of the special game, the gaming state is returned to the normal state, but if the second holding ball is held, it is preferentially digested, and in the second chance lottery corresponding to the second holding ball When a small hit occurs, a small hit game is executed, a small hit Aiming at the V winning jackpot in the game, (6) when the V winning jackpot occurs, the special game of 15R is executed, (7) after the end of the special game, it is shifted again to the time saving state and returns to (3) 3) To aim at the connection by the loop of (7), if the second holding ball is not held at (8) (5), and it is possible to win the V winning jackpot by the time the second holding ball is completely digested If not, it may return to (1), and the flow of games aiming for a big hit in the first win or drop lottery may be adopted again. Also in this case, since it is important to hold the second holding ball as much as possible in the normal game in the time saving state, the game ball should be fired in a mode according to the game state and the game situation as in this embodiment. The direction may be informed to the player.

Hereinafter, aspects of the present invention will be listed.
[Aspect 1]
A game board in which a game area is formed,
A launcher for launching game balls toward the game area in response to a player's launch operation;
A first start winning opening provided in the game area;
A second start winning opening provided at a position different from the first starting winning opening of the game area;
A first symbol display device in which a first symbol is variably displayed to indicate the result of the first success / failure determination;
A second symbol display device in which a second symbol is variably displayed to indicate the result of the second success / failure determination;
An effect display device on which an effect image is displayed;
A main control device that mainly controls the basic operation of the game;
A sub-control device that mainly controls the game-playing operation;
A ball and ball game machine comprising
The main controller
A first lottery value acquisition unit that acquires a first lottery value for the first acceptance determination, triggered by entering the first start winning opening;
A second lottery value acquisition unit that acquires a second lottery value for the second acceptance determination, triggered by entering the second start winning opening;
First success / failure determination means for executing the first success / failure determination based on the first lottery value acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means;
Second success / failure determination means for executing the second success / failure determination based on the second lottery value acquired by the second lottery value acquisition means;
First variation pattern determination means for determining a first variation pattern which is a variation pattern in the variation display of the first symbol;
Second variation pattern determination means for determining a second variation pattern which is a variation pattern in the variation display of the second symbol;
First symbol display control means for causing the first symbol display device to variably display the first symbol according to the first variation pattern determined by the first variation pattern determination means;
Second symbol display control means for causing the second symbol display device to variably display the second symbol according to the second variation pattern determined by the second variation pattern determination means;
Special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the first or second success or failure judgment is a hit;
When the first lottery value is acquired by the first lottery value acquiring means, a first hold control for holding the first lottery value as a first holding ball until the start condition of the variable display of the first symbol is satisfied. Means,
When the second lottery value is acquired by the second lottery value acquiring means, a second hold control for holding the second lottery value as a second holding ball until the start condition of the variable display of the second symbol is satisfied. Means,
When there is a ball entry to the first start winning opening or the second start winning opening, the variation display of the symbol indicating the result of the judgment on the basis of the lottery value acquired triggered by the ball entering is immediately started A notification unit for notifying the sub control device of the information on the ball entry as the prior determination information regardless of whether or not
Equipped with
The sub control unit is
Effect determining means for determining an effect image to be displayed on the effect display device;
Effect control means for displaying the effect image determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device;
Equipped with
The first symbol display control means reserves the start of the variable display of the first symbol when the second lottery value is held by the second hold control means, while the second symbol display control means The variable display of the second symbol is started regardless of whether the first lottery value is held by the first holding control means,
In the first mode, it is possible to notify the player that the game ball should be fired in the first direction in the first period,
If the number of the second holding balls held by the second holding control means becomes a predetermined value during the first period, the fact that the number of the second holding balls becomes a predetermined value is A bullet ball gaming machine capable of notifying a player in a second mode different from the first mode.
[Aspect 2]
When the second holding control means holds the second holding ball when the first period comes to the second period, the second holding control means does not notify the direction in which the game ball should be fired, [2] The bullet according to claim 1, wherein the player can be notified that the game ball should be fired in the second direction when the second holding ball is not held in the second holding control means. Ball game machine.
[Aspect 3]
The game machine further comprises a variable ball entry device provided at a predetermined position of the game area and operable to change to a state capable of entering a ball.
The second starting winning opening has a ball change mechanism operable to change from relatively difficult state to easy state for entering the game ball,
The main controller
A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game for operating the variable ball entry device to an enterable state when the result of the second success or failure judgment is a small hit;
Specific game control means for executing a specific game including at least an easy ball entry state in which the ball entry fluctuation mechanism is operated such that the ease of entering the second start winning opening is higher than a normal state;
And further
The special game control means executes a first special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the first judgment or the second judgment is successful. A second special game control that executes a second special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the player enters a specific area in the variable ball entry device during execution of the small hit game. Including means and
The first period is the easy entry state,
The bullet ball game machine according to aspect 1 or 2, wherein the first direction is a direction in which a game ball can be introduced to a position where the second start winning opening is provided.
[Aspect 4]
The second period is the normal state,
The bullet ball gaming machine according to aspect 3, wherein the second direction is a direction in which a game ball can be introduced to a position where the first start winning opening is provided.
[Aspect 5]
During execution of the small hit game, it is possible to inform the player in the third mode that the game ball should be fired in the direction in which the game ball can be introduced to the position where the variable ball entry device is provided. The ballistic game machine according to aspect 3 or 4, characterized in that
[Aspect 6]
The method according to any one of Aspects 3 to 5, characterized in that the probability that the result of the second success or failure is a small hit is higher than the probability that the result of the first success or failure is a small hit. Gaming machine.
[Aspect 7]
When the number of the second holding balls held by the second holding control means reaches the upper limit value which can be held in the first period, the number of the second holding balls becomes the upper limit. The bullet ball gaming machine according to any one of the aspects 1 to 6, wherein it is possible to notify the player in the second aspect.
[Aspect 8]
In the first period, when the player's shooting operation is not detected, the player can be notified that the game ball should be fired in the first direction in a fourth mode different from the first mode. Aspect 9. A bullet ball game machine according to any one of aspects 1 to 7, characterized in that
[Aspect 9]
By displaying an image showing the direction in which the game ball should be fired, the player is informed of the direction in which the game ball should be fired,
The bullet ball gaming machine according to any one of the aspects 1 to 8, wherein in the notification of the plurality of aspects, the common images having different display aspects are displayed.

  11 1st starting opening, 12 2nd starting opening, 60 effect display devices, 80 gaming board, 81 gaming area, 210 lottery means, 213 common drawing lottery means, 220 pass / fail judgment means, 230 fluctuation pattern determination means, 260 special game control Means, 275 opening / closing control means, 303 effect determination means, 304 effect control means.

Claims (2)

A game board in which a game area is formed,
A launcher for launching game balls toward the game area in response to a player's launch operation;
A first start winning opening provided in the game area;
A second start winning opening provided at a position different from the first starting winning opening of the game area;
A first symbol display device in which a first symbol is variably displayed to indicate the result of the first success / failure determination;
A second symbol display device in which a second symbol is variably displayed to indicate the result of the second success / failure determination;
An effect display device on which an effect image is displayed;
A main control device that mainly controls the basic operation of the game;
A sub-control device that mainly controls the game-playing operation;
A ball and ball game machine comprising
The main controller
A first lottery value acquisition unit that acquires a first lottery value for the first acceptance determination, triggered by entering the first start winning opening;
A second lottery value acquisition unit that acquires a second lottery value for the second acceptance determination, triggered by entering the second start winning opening;
First success / failure determination means for executing the first success / failure determination based on the first lottery value acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means;
Second success / failure determination means for executing the second success / failure determination based on the second lottery value acquired by the second lottery value acquisition means;
First variation pattern determination means for determining a first variation pattern which is a variation pattern in the variation display of the first symbol;
Second variation pattern determination means for determining a second variation pattern which is a variation pattern in the variation display of the second symbol;
First symbol display control means for causing the first symbol display device to variably display the first symbol according to the first variation pattern determined by the first variation pattern determination means;
Second symbol display control means for causing the second symbol display device to variably display the second symbol according to the second variation pattern determined by the second variation pattern determination means;
Special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the first or second success or failure judgment is a hit;
When the first lottery value is acquired by the first lottery value acquiring means, a first hold control for holding the first lottery value as the first hold information until the start condition of the variable display of the first symbol is satisfied. Means,
When the second lottery value is acquired by the second lottery value acquiring means, a second hold control for holding the second lottery value as second hold information until the start condition of the variable display of the second symbol is satisfied. Means,
When there is a ball entry to the first start winning opening or the second start winning opening, the variation display of the symbol indicating the result of the judgment on the basis of the lottery value acquired triggered by the ball entering is immediately started A notification unit for notifying the sub control device of the information on the ball entry as the prior determination information regardless of whether or not
Equipped with
The sub control unit is
Effect determining means for determining an effect image to be displayed on the effect display device;
Effect control means for displaying the effect image determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device;
Equipped with
The first symbol display control means reserves the start of the variable display of the first symbol when the second lottery value is held by the second hold control means, while the second symbol display control means The variable display of the second symbol is started regardless of whether the first lottery value is held by the first holding control means,
In the first period, it is possible to notify the player that the game ball should be fired in the first direction by displaying the shooting direction image indicating the shooting direction in the first mode,
In the first period, when the number of the second hold information held by the second hold control means becomes a predetermined value, the fact that the number of the second hold information becomes a predetermined value , A bullet ball gaming machine capable of notifying a player by displaying the shooting direction image in a second mode different from the first mode. When the second hold control means holds the second hold information when the first period comes to the second period, the second holding control means does not notify the direction in which the game ball should be fired, [2] When the second hold information is not held in the hold control means, the player is notified that the shooting ball should be fired in the second direction by displaying the shooting direction image in the third mode. The ball game machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it is possible.

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