JP6544464B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  For example, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, payout of a predetermined number of gaming balls is executed in response to the game balls entering the start ball entry portion provided in the gaming area. In addition, in response to the game ball entering the starting ball storage unit, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not to shift to an advantageous state advantageous to the player, and a display device provided in the game area is used to display symbols. The variable display is started. Then, when the lottery is won, for example, the combination of the specific symbols is displayed as the final stop, and the gaming state shifts to the advantageous state. In the advantageous state, for example, opening and closing of the variable ball entry device provided in the game area is executed, and payout of game balls according to the number of balls entered into the variable ball entry device is executed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-35977 A

  Here, in the gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or the like exemplified above, in order to improve the interest of the game, for example, a plurality of types of gaming states are set to diversify the gaming state. In this case, with the diversification of the gaming state, the processing load for grasping the gaming state becomes large.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of reducing the processing load relating to the grasp of the gaming state.

The present invention
First control means having lottery means for performing lottery for determining whether or not to award a benefit when a predetermined lottery trigger occurs, and first control means having an output means capable of outputting a predetermined signal concerning a game;
Privilege giving means for giving a player a privilege when the lottery result of the lottery means is a result corresponding to giving a privilege.
Second control means for controlling an effect means used for a game effect based on the predetermined signal outputted from the output means;
In the gaming machine provided with
As the gaming state, there are a first specific gaming state and a second specific gaming state that are different in the awarding mode of the benefit and can progress simultaneously.
Each of the specific gaming states is set in a plurality of types with different degrees of player's advantage,
Wherein the first information for identifying which one of the plurality of types of first specific game state is information for identifying which one of the second specific game state of the plurality of types said second information constituted the same in number of bits and the first information, by combining, a derivation process of deriving the first information and the second information and the specific information consists of the same number of bits Deriving means to be executed ;
A means for said first information, storing said second information and said identification information in a predetermined storage means,
Equipped with
The specific information stored in the storage means can identify which one of the specific gaming states is,
The output means outputs a signal including the specific information as the predetermined signal,
When the second control means receives a signal including the specific information , the second control means controls the effect means in a mode corresponding to the signal.
The gaming machine, when a particular trigger a predetermined occurs, by executing the calculation process by using the first information and the second information stored in the storage means, the specific information deriving a characterized that you store specific information that derives.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the processing load for grasping the gaming state.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The front view which shows the pachinko machine in 1st Embodiment. The perspective view which expands and shows the main composition of a pachinko machine. The perspective view which expands and shows the main composition of a pachinko machine. Front view of the game board. The block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of various counters. (A) An explanatory view showing a correspondence between a jackpot result and various game states, (b) An explanatory view for explaining a data configuration for specifying various game states. The flowchart which shows main processing. 6 is a flowchart showing power on setting processing. Explanatory drawing for demonstrating calculation of a game state determination value. The flowchart which shows timer interruption processing. The flowchart which shows a common figure common power control processing. The flowchart which shows special figure electric power control processing. The flowchart which shows special figure fluctuation start processing. The flowchart which shows the process in process of special figure final decision. The flowchart which shows electric power termination processing. The flowchart which shows game state command corresponding processing. Explanatory drawing for demonstrating calculation of the game state determination value in 2nd Embodiment. Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the table used for grasping | ascertaining various game states based on a game state judgment value. The flowchart which shows the normal processing in 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows timer interruption processing.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a "pachinko machine"), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the main components of the pachinko machine 10 in an expanded manner. In addition, in FIG. 2, the structure in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is abbreviate | omitted for convenience.

  The pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and a gaming machine main body 12 rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 in a forward direction. The outer frame 11 is configured by connecting wooden plate members to four sides, and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the inner frame 13. And have. The inner frame 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is rotatably supported relative to the outer frame 11. In detail, the inner frame 13 is pivotable forward with the left side as the pivoting base end and the right side as the pivoting tip side in front view.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be rotated forward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation tip end side in front view It is assumed. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and when viewed from the front, the left side is the rotation base end side and the right side is the rotation tip end side. It is made movable.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the locking device 16 is provided at the rotating tip of the gaming machine main body 12 and the gaming machine main body 12 is locked to the outer frame 11 so as not to be openable. The front door frame 14 has a function to lock the inner door 13 in an unopenable manner. Each of these locking states is released by performing an unlocking operation on a cylinder lock 17 provided exposed on the front face of the pachinko machine 10 using an unlocking key as shown in FIG. .

  Next, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 13 mainly includes a resin base 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 23 is formed in the central portion of the resin base 21. A game board 24 is removably attached to the resin base 21. The game board 24 is made of plywood, and the game area formed on the front of the game board 24 is exposed to the front side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 23 of the resin base 21.

  Here, the configuration of the game board 24 will be described based on FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the game board 24. As shown in FIG.

  The gaming board 24 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening has a general winning opening 31, a variable winning device 32, an upper operation opening (first start entry ball) 33, a lower operation opening (second start entry ball) 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, A main display 43 and a character display 44 are provided.

  The variable display unit 36 is disposed so as to include the central position of the game area, and the variable display unit 36, the upper operation port 33, the lower operation port 34 and the variable winning device 32 are further arranged on the horizontal center line of the game area. It is arranged to line up downward in order. Further, one through gate 35 is provided on the left side of the variable display unit 36 and one on the right side. In addition, two general winning openings 31 are provided on the left of the upper operating opening 33 and the lower operating opening 34 at the height position of the upper operating opening 33 and the lower operating opening 34, and two on the right. It is provided.

  When the ball is entered into the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating opening 33 and the lower operating opening 34, it is detected by a winning detection sensor disposed on the back side of the game board 24, and the detection result The payout of a predetermined number of winning balls is executed on the basis of. In this case, when entry to the upper operation opening 33 occurs and when entry to the lower operation opening 34 occurs, the payout of three winning balls is executed, and entry to the general winning opening 31 is When it occurs, the payout of ten winning balls is executed, and when the entering of the variable winning device 32 occurs, the payout of fifteen winning balls is executed. However, the number of prize balls is arbitrary, and for example, the number of prize balls of both operation ports 33 and 34 is such that the number of prize balls for lower operation port 34 is larger than the number of prize balls for upper operation port 33. It may be different. In addition, the number of winning balls relating to the variable winning device 32 is not limited to a configuration having more than the number of other winning balls, for example, the number of winning balls relating to the general winning opening 31 may be smaller. The number of winning balls relating to the mouth 31 may be the largest.

  In addition, an out port 37 is provided at the lowermost portion of the game board 24, and game balls which did not enter the various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area through the out port 37. Further, on the game board 24, a large number of nails 38 are implanted to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members (features) such as a windmill are disposed.

  Here, entering the ball means that the gaming ball passes through the predetermined opening, and not only the aspect of being discharged from the gaming area as it is when passing the opening, but also the gaming area after passing through the opening Also includes the aspect of flowing back again. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 37, the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33, the lower operating port 34 or the through gate 35. The entry of the game ball is also expressed as a winning.

  The upper operating opening 33 and the lower operating opening 34 are unitized as an operating opening device and installed on the game board 24. The upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34 are both open upward. Further, both operation ports 33 and 34 are aligned in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 33 is on the upper side. The lower operating port 34 is provided with a motorized part 34 a as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The motorized symbol 34a is connected to a motorized symbol drive (not shown) mounted on the back side of the game board 24 and is driven by the motorized symbol drive to be in a closed state (non-support or non-guide state) and open It is placed in one of the states (supporting state or guiding state). In the closed state of the electric combination 34a, the gaming ball can not win in the lower operating opening 34, and the opening of the electric combination 34a enables the winning in the lower opening 34. Specifically, when the motorized accessory 34a is in the closed state, the distance between the tip of the motorized accessory 34a and the wall forming the upper operation opening 33 is smaller than the diameter of the game ball, and the motorized accessory 34a is In the open state, the distance between the end of the motorized accessory 34a and the wall forming the upper operation opening 33 is larger than the diameter of the gaming ball.

  The present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to use an electric motor in a state in which winning of the gaming ball to the lower operation opening 34 is likely to occur and in a state in which winning is possible and is more difficult to occur than The accessory 34a may be switched. Further, the motorized part 34a may be defective, and switching between a state in which winning is likely to occur and a state in which a winning is less likely to occur may be performed by the displacement of the lower operation port 34 itself.

  The variable winning device 32 is normally in a closed state where the game ball can not win or has difficulty in winning, and the game ball wins when the transition to the open / close execution mode (special game state) such as jackpot win is won. It is designed to be switched to a predetermined open state easily. Specifically, as the opening mode of the variable winning device 32, the variable winning device has a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit, with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapsed or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings. 32 is repeatedly released.

  In the main display unit 43, a variation display of a design (special figure) is performed triggered by winning on the upper actuation opening 33 or the lower actuation opening 34, and as a result of stopping the fluctuation display, the upper actuation opening 33 or the lower actuation opening 34 The result of the internal lottery made on the basis of the winning is clearly indicated by the display. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, winning in the upper actuation opening 33 and winning in the lower actuation opening 34 are not distinguished in the internal lottery, and the row is based on the winning in the upper actuation opening 33 or the lower actuation opening 34. The result of the internal lottery is clearly indicated on the main display 43 which is a common display area. Then, when the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 is the winning result corresponding to the transition to the open / close execution mode, the predetermined display result is After being displayed and the fluctuation display is stopped, the mode is shifted to the open / close execution mode.

  In addition, although the main display part 43 is comprised by the segment display which the some segment light emission part is arranged in a predetermined | prescribed aspect, it is not limited to this, A liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescence display, It may be configured by a CRT or other type of display device such as a dot matrix display. In addition, as a pattern that is variably displayed on the main display unit 43, a configuration in which plural types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which plural types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which plural types of characters are variably displayed A configuration in which the color of the species is switched and displayed may be considered.

  In the prize display portion 44, the winning display on the through gate 35 is used as a trigger to perform variable display of a pattern (general drawing), and as a result of the stop of the variable display, the inside is performed based on the winning on the through gate 35. The result of the lottery is clearly indicated by the display. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning on the through gate 35 is the winning result corresponding to the shift to the electronic part opening state, a predetermined stopping result is displayed on the role display 44 and the fluctuation display After being stopped, shift to the open state. In the open state, the motorized accessory 34a provided in the lower operation port 34 is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The variable display unit 36 is provided with a symbol display device 41 for fluctuating display (or variable display or switching display) of a symbol which is a kind of symbol, and the center frame 42 is disposed so as to surround the symbol display device 41 It is done. The symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 41 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device or a CRT, and a dot matrix display It may be a container.

  In the symbol display device 41, variable display of symbols is started based on winning on the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34. That is, when the variable display is performed on the main display unit 43, the variable display is performed on the symbol display device 41 in accordance with that. For example, the symbols are displayed side by side in the upper, middle, and lower positions, and these symbols are displayed so as to be scrolled in the left-right direction. When the symbols of the predetermined combination are stopped and displayed on the effective line set in advance, the open / close execution mode is generated.

  Note that the variable display is started on the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41 based on the winning on any of the operation ports 33 and 34, and a predetermined stop result is displayed until the above variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game play.

  At the upper left portion on the front side of the center frame 42, a first holding lamp unit 45 corresponding to the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41 is provided. The number of game balls winning in the upper operating opening 33 or the lower operating opening 34 is held up to a maximum of four, and the number of holdings is displayed by lighting of the first holding lamp unit 45.

  At the upper right portion of the center frame 42, a second holding lamp unit 46 corresponding to the character display unit 44 is provided. The number of times the game ball passes through the through gate 35 is held up to four times, and the number of the held balls is indicated by the lighting of the second holding lamp unit 46. Note that the function of each holding lamp unit 45, 46 may be performed by display in a partial area of the symbol display device 41.

  The game board 24 is provided with a status notification LED 47 as notification means for reporting the gaming state. The status notification LED 47 is configured to emit light of a plurality of types of colors. The status notification LED 47 is disposed next to the main display unit 43, and when the main display unit 43 is to be visually recognized, the display notification LED 47 naturally comes into view. The status notification LED 47 emits light in a light emission mode corresponding to the current gaming state. Thereby, by checking the status notification LED 47, it is possible to grasp the game status.

  The inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49 are attached to the game board 24, and the inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49 constitute an induction rail, and the game is fired from the gaming ball emission mechanism 51 The ball is guided to the top of the game area. The inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49 also have a function of partitioning the game area.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game ball firing mechanism 51 is attached below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21 and stored in the firing rail 52 extending toward the guide rail and the upper tray 61 a described later. A ball feeding device 53 for supplying gaming balls onto the firing rail 52, and a solenoid 54 serving as an electric actuator for firing the gaming balls supplied onto the firing rail 52 toward the guide rail are provided. By operating the launch operation device 55 provided on the front door frame 14, the ball feed device 53 is controlled to drive and one game ball is disposed at the ball standby position on the launch rail 52, and the solenoid 54 Is controlled to drive the game ball disposed on the firing rail 52.

  A front door frame 14 is provided to cover the entire front side of the inner frame 13. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 56 which allows almost the entire game area to be viewed from the front. The window 56 has a substantially elliptical shape, and the window panel 57 is fitted therein. The window panel 57 is formed to be colorless and transparent by glass, but is not limited to this and may be formed to be colorless and transparent by a synthetic resin, and the game area is viewed through the window panel 57 from the front of the pachinko machine 10 If possible, it may be colored and transparent.

  Around the window portion 56, light emitting means such as various lamp portions are provided. A display lamp portion 58 a is provided above the window portion 56 as a part of various lamp portions. A pair of left and right error lamp portions 58b are provided at the left and right sides of the display lamp portion 58a and at the upper corner of the front door frame 14. Further, a pair of left and right speaker parts 59 are provided adjacent to the error lamp part 58b to which sound effects and the like according to the game state are output.

  Below the window portion 56 of the front door frame 14, an upper bulging portion 61 and a lower bulging portion 62 bulging toward the front side are vertically juxtaposed. An upper plate 61a opened upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 61, and a lower plate 62a opening similarly upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 62.

  The upper tray 61a has a function of temporarily storing the gaming balls paid out from the later-described payout device 77 (see FIG. 3) and guiding the gaming balls to the gaming ball shooting mechanism 51 side while aligning them in a line. In this case, the front door frame 14 is formed with a discharge guiding passage (not shown) which continues from the outlet of the upper plate 61a and extends to the ball feeding device 53 of the inner frame 13. As shown in FIG. 2, the shutter 63 is provided on the When the front door frame 14 is in the closed state, the shutter 63 is pressed by a pressing portion (not shown) formed on the inner frame 13 to be disposed at the open position, enabling the game ball to flow into the ball feeding device 53 I assume. On the other hand, when the front door frame 14 is in the open state, the pressing by the pressing portion is released, so the shutter 63 is disposed at the closing position, and the outflow of the gaming ball from the upper tray 61a is blocked. The lower tray 62a has a function of storing the game balls surplus in the upper tray 61a.

  Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the back of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24), control of the main control device 71 responsible for main control of the game, voice and lamp display, and control of a display control device not shown. An audio emission control device 72 to be responsible is mounted.

  The substrate box 71a of the main controller 71 may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening or a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening. As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box 71a are inseparably joined, and the configuration of a coupling portion (crimping portion) which requires breakage of a predetermined portion in the case of separation, and the adhesive layer A configuration is conceivable in which a sealing seal that leaves a trace of being peeled off by being left on is pasted across the boundaries between the plurality of case bodies. Moreover, as a trace structure, the structure which apply | coats an adhesive agent with respect to the boundary between several case bodies which comprise the board | substrate box 71a can be considered.

  A back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back side of the inner frame 13 including the main control device 71 and the sound emission control device 72. As shown in FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 73 formed of a synthetic resin having transparency, and the delivery mechanism 74 and the control device assembly unit 75 are provided to the back pack 73. It is attached.

  The payout mechanism section 74 includes a tank 76 to which the gaming balls supplied from the island facility of the game arcade are successively replenished, and a payout device 77 for paying out the gaming balls stored in the tank 76. The game balls paid out from the payout device 77 are discharged to the upper tray 61a or the lower tray 62a through the payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 77. In addition, for example, a main pack power of, for example, 24 AC, is supplied to the dispensing mechanism section 74, and a back pack substrate having a power switch for performing an ON operation and an OFF operation of the power is mounted.

  The control device set unit 75 generates and outputs predetermined power required by various control devices and the like as a payout control device 78 having a function of controlling the payout device 77 and is accompanied by the operation of the discharge operation device 55 by the player. A power supply and launch control device 79 is provided to control the launch of the game balls. The payout control device 78 and the power source and discharge control device 79 are disposed so as to be stacked back and forth so that the payout control device 78 is located behind the pachinko machine 10.

  A discharge path board 75b is formed in the mounting portion 75a on which the power supply and emission control device 79 is mounted in the control device assembly unit 75. The game balls collected in the collection passage of the collective board provided on the back of the game board 24 are led out to the discharge path board 75b and are eventually led to the discharge path board 75b to finally play the ball of the game hall. It is discharged to the feed mechanism.

<Electric Configuration of Pachinko Machine 10>
The electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

  The main control device 71 has a main control board 101 which controls the main control of the game. A CPU 102, a ROM 103 and a RAM 104 are mounted on the main control board 101.

  The ROM 103 stores various control programs executed by the CPU 102 and fixed value data. The RAM 104 temporarily stores various data and the like when the control program stored in the ROM 103 is executed.

  The main control board 101 is provided with an input / output port (not shown), and the CPU 102 is connected to various control devices, various sensors, etc. via the input / output port. The CPU 102 grasps detection results of various sensors and controls various control devices based on the detection results.

  Specifically, the CPU 102 is electrically connected to various winning detection sensors 105a to 105d for detecting winning on the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operation opening 33, the lower operation opening 34 and the through gate 35, respectively. ing. The CPU 102 receives signals from the various winning detection sensors 105a to 105d, and performs winning determination (ball-opening determination) on each winning portion based on the reception result. In this case, in the case of specifying a winning on the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating opening 33 or the lower operating opening 34, the payout of the game ball corresponding to each winning object is executed. Execute the process of Further, when winning in the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34 is specified, numerical information of various counters is acquired and stored as suspension information, and when suspension information is stored, variable winnings It is determined whether or not to shift the device 32 to the open / close execution mode in which the device 32 is opened and closed over a plurality of times (lottery drawing), and a distribution determination to determine the gaming state after the open / close execution mode. Then, the game is advanced based on the result of the success / failure determination and the distribution determination. Note that numerical information refers to decimal numbers. The same applies to the following description.

  The CPU 102 is electrically connected to a variable winning drive unit 32 a that opens and closes the variable winning device 32 and an electric combination driving unit 34 b that opens and closes the electric combination 34 a of the lower operation opening 34. Further, the CPU 102 is electrically connected to the main display unit 43 and the character display unit 44. The CPU 102 executes drive control of the various drive units 32 a and 34 b and executes display control of the various display units 43 and 44.

  In detail, in the opening / closing execution mode, drive control of the variable winning drive unit 32 a is executed in the CPU 102 so that the variable winning device 32 is opened and closed. Further, when it is determined that the electric winning combination 34a has been opened, the CPU 102 executes drive control of the electric combination driving portion 34b so as to open and close the electric combination 34a. Further, at each game play, display control of the main display unit 43 is executed in the CPU 102. Further, when the lottery result as to whether or not the motorized combination 34a is to be opened is specified, the display control of the combination display unit 44 is executed in the CPU 102.

  A status notification LED 47 is connected to the CPU 102. The CPU 102 grasps the game state, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the grasp result to the state notification LED 47. The status notification LED 47 emits light in a light emission mode corresponding to the control signal. As a result, the game state can be grasped by confirming the light emission mode of the state notification LED 47.

  The CPU 102 is connected to a power failure monitoring board (power failure monitoring board) 108 for monitoring a power supply provided in the main control device 71. The power failure monitoring board 108 relays the power supply and emission control device 79 having the function of supplying operating power and the CPU 102. The operating power of various electronic components of the main control board 101 including the CPU 102 is supplied via the power failure monitoring board 108. Then, the power failure monitoring board 108 monitors the voltage of the DC stable 24 volts, which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply and emission control device 79.

  To the CPU 102, an audio emission control device 72 and a payout control device 78 are connected. The CPU 102 outputs a winning ball command to the payout control device 78, for example, based on the result of the winning determination. The payout control device 78 drives and controls the payout device 77 so that payout is performed for the number of game balls set by the winning ball command when the winning ball command is received.

  The CPU 102 outputs various commands such as a variation command, a type command, a variation end command, an opening command, and an ending command to the sound emission control device 72. When the voice emission control device 72 receives the various commands, the voice emission control device 72 executes a process corresponding to the received command.

  The power supply and launch control device 79 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game arcade or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, the main control board 101, the payout control device 78, and the like generate necessary operation power and supply the generated operation power. Further, the power supply and launch control device 79 is responsible for the launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 51, and the game ball launch mechanism 51 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are satisfied.

  The sound emission control device 72 is provided with a sub CPU, a sub ROM, and a sub RAM (not shown). The sub CPU of the sound emission control device 72 drives and controls the display lamp unit 58a, the error lamp unit 58b, and the speaker unit 59 based on the command received from the CPU 102 of the main control device 71, and sends a command to the display control device 110. Send. The display control device 110 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control device 72 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control display of an image on the symbol display device 41.

<Electrical Configuration for Performing Various Lotteries at CPU 102>
Next, an electrical configuration for performing various lottery in the CPU 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The CPU 102 uses the various counter information in the game to make a big hit occurrence lottery, setting of display of the main display unit 43, setting of symbol display of the symbol display device 41, setting of display of the symbol display unit 44, and the like. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the jackpot random number counter C1 used for lottery of jackpot occurrence, the jackpot type counter C2 used when determining the jackpot type, and the symbol display device 41 deviates out Reach random number counter C3 used for reach occurrence lottery, random number initial value counter CINI used for initial value setting of big hit random number counter C1, fluctuation type counter CS for determining display continuation time in main display portion 43 and symbol display device 41 And. Further, the electric combination random number counter C4 used in the drawing of whether or not the electric combination 34a of the lower operation opening 34 is in the electric combination open state is used. The counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 are provided in the lottery counter buffer 104a of the RAM 104.

  Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time it is updated, and reaches a maximum value and returns to 0. Each counter is updated at short intervals. Information corresponding to the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in the holding ball storage area 104b as the obtained information storage means when the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 has a winning. Stored.

  The holding ball storage area 104b includes a holding area RE and an execution area AE. The reserve area RE is provided with a first reserve area RE1, a second reserve area RE2, a third reserve area RE3 and a fourth reserve area RE4, according to the winning history to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34. The numerical value information of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 stored in the lottery counter buffer 104a is stored in any one of the holding areas RE1 to RE4 as holding information.

  In this case, the first reserve area RE1 → the second reserve area RE1 → the second reserve area RE1 to the fourth reserve area RE4 when a plurality of winnings in the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 occur consecutively in a plurality of times. Each numerical value information is stored chronologically in the order of RE 2 → third reserve area RE 3 → fourth reserve area RE 4. By providing four reserve areas RE1 to RE4 as described above, the game ball's winning history of the upper operating opening 33 or the lower operating opening 34 is reserved and stored up to four. In addition, the holding area RE includes a holding number storage area NA, and the holding number storage area NA is used to specify the number for which the winning history to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 is stored. Information is stored.

  The number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four and is arbitrary, and may be other plural such as two, three, five or more, or may be singular.

  The execution area AE is an area for moving each value stored in the first holding area RE1 of the holding area RE when the variable display of the pattern on the main display section 43 is started, and the start of one game cycle is started On the occasion of the above, on the basis of various numerical value information stored in the execution area AE, a judgment of success or failure is performed.

  The respective counters will be described in detail.

  For example, the jackpot random number counter C1 is sequentially incremented by 1 within the range of 0 to 599, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. In particular, when the big hit random number counter C1 makes one revolution, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the big hit random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the large hitting random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 599). The jackpot random number counter C1 is periodically updated, and is stored in the holding ball storage area 104b at the timing when the gaming ball is won in the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34.

  The value of the random number for winning the jackpot is stored as a yes / no table (win / fail information group) in a yes / no table storage area 103 a as a yes / no information group storage unit in the ROM 103. As the success / failure table, a success / failure table for low probability mode (low probability success / failure information group) and a high / low probability success / failure table (high probability success / failure information group) are set. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the low probability mode (low probability state) and the high probability mode (high probability state) are set as the lottery modes in the hit / fall lottery means.

  Under the gaming state where the low probability mode hit / fail table is referred to at the time of the lottery, the number of random numbers to be a big hit is two. On the other hand, under the gaming state where the high-probability mode hit / fail table is referred to at the time of the lottery, the number of random numbers to be a big hit is twenty. If the winning probability in the high probability mode is higher than that in the low probability mode, the number of random numbers to be won is arbitrary.

  The jackpot type counter C2 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 29 and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The jackpot type counter C2 is periodically updated, and is stored in the holding ball storage area 104b at the timing when the gaming ball is won in the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34.

  In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of jackpot results are set, and the jackpot type counter C2 is used to distribute to any of the plurality of jackpot results.

  A plurality of jackpot results are (1) mode of opening and closing control of the variable winning device 32 in the opening and closing execution mode, (2) lottery mode in the lottery means after completion of the opening and closing execution mode, (3) lower operation after the opening and closing execution mode ends A distinction is made between the three conditions of the support mode in the motorized accessory 34a of the mouth 34 by making a difference.

  As an aspect of the opening and closing control of the variable winning device 32 in the opening and closing execution mode, the occurrence frequency of winnings on the variable winning device 32 between the start and the end of the opening and closing execution mode is relatively high and low. A high frequency winning mode and a low frequency winning mode are set. Specifically, in any of the high-frequency winning mode and the low-frequency winning mode, a predetermined number of round games are executed with an upper limit.

  Here, in the round game, one of the conditions that a predetermined upper limit continuation time (upper limit continuation period) elapses and that a predetermined upper limit number of gaming balls win the variable winning device 32 It is a game that continues until the condition is satisfied. Further, the number of round games in the opening / closing execution mode triggered by the jackpot result is the same as the fixed round number regardless of the type of jackpot result triggered by the transition. Specifically, the upper limit number of round games is set to 15 rounds (15R), regardless of which jackpot result.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 10, the opening mode of the variable winning device 32 is set to a plurality of types by changing the opening continuation time (opening continuation period) from the opening of the variable winning device 32 to the closing. It is done. Specifically, a long-time mode (long-time mode) in which the opening continuation time is set to 29 sec, which is a long time, and a short time set in 0.06 sec, which is a short time in which the opening continuation time is shorter than the above-mentioned long time An aspect (short-term aspect) is set.

  In the pachinko machine 10, in a situation where the player operates the launch operation device 55, the game ball emission mechanism 51 is controlled so that one game ball is emitted toward the game area in 0.6 sec. Ru. In addition, the upper limit number of end conditions of the round game is set to nine. Then, in the long time mode among the open modes, the open continuation time of a time longer than the product of the firing cycle of the game balls and one round game is set. On the other hand, in the short time mode, the opening duration time of the time shorter than the product of the game ball firing cycle and one round game, more specifically, the time shorter than the game ball firing cycle is set. Therefore, when one open of the variable winning device 32 is performed in a long time mode, it is expected that the variable winning device 32 will receive winnings for the upper limit number in one round game. . On the other hand, when the variable winning device 32 is opened once in a short time mode, it is expected that the variable winning device 32 will not get a prize or it will be about one even if a prize occurs. Ru.

  In the high frequency winning mode, the variable winning device 32 is opened once in a long time mode in each round game. On the other hand, in the low frequency winning mode, the variable winning device 32 is opened once in a short time mode in each round game.

  The number of opening and closing times of the variable winning device 32 in high frequency winning mode and low frequency winning mode, the number of round games, the opening continuation time for one opening, and the upper limit number in one round gaming, the high frequency winning mode If the frequency of occurrence of winnings on the variable winning device 32 between the start and end of the opening and closing execution mode is higher than that in the low frequency winning mode, it is not limited to the above values and is arbitrary It is.

  As a support mode in the motorized jack 34a of the lower operation opening 34, when compared in the situation where the firing of the gaming ball is continued in the same manner with respect to the game area, the motorized prize 34a of the lower operation opening 34 is High-frequency support mode (high-frequency support state or high-frequency guide state) and low-frequency support mode (low-frequency support state or low-frequency guide state) so that the frequency of opening state per unit time becomes relatively high and low. And is set.

  Specifically, in the low-frequency support mode and the high-frequency support mode, the probability that the electric-equipment opening winning in the electric-character combination opening lottery using the electric-composition random number counter C4 is the same (for example, both 4/5) ing. On the other hand, in the high-frequency support mode, the number of times the motorized part 34a is released when the electronic-combination open is elected is set more frequently than in the low-frequency support mode, and one open time is set longer. ing. In this case, in the high frequency support mode, when the open is elected and the open state of the motorized accessory 34a occurs a plurality of times, the closing time from the end of one open state to the start of the next open state Is set shorter than one open time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, it is shorter than the low-frequency support mode as a securing time which is minimally secured when the next electric combination opening lottery is performed after the one electric combination opening lottery is performed. The time is set to be selected.

  As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability that the lower operating port 34 will be hit is higher than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, the probability of winning in the upper operation port 33 is higher than in the lower operation port 34, but in the high frequency support mode, the lower operation port 34 to the lower operation port 34. The probability of winning will increase. Then, when the lower operation opening 34 has a winning, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, so in the high-frequency support mode, the player plays a game while not reducing his ball much be able to.

  The configuration for increasing the frequency with which the high-frequency support mode is to be in the open state per unit time than in the low-frequency support mode is not limited to the above-described one. It is also possible to increase the probability of winning a winning combination in the above. In addition, a securing time (for example, based on the winning on the through gate 35) is secured on the occasion where the next electric combination opening lottery is performed after the one electric combination opening lottery is performed (for example In the configuration where multiple types of variable display to be executed are prepared, the high frequency support mode is set so that the short securing time is easier to be selected or the average securing time is shorter than the low frequency support mode. It may be done. Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is extended, and the securing time secured upon the next electric combination opening lottery being performed after the one electric combination opening lottery is performed (i.e., shorter) And one of the variable display time for the bonus item display section 44), the average time of the securing time is shortened, and the winning probability is increased, the condition of any one or any combination is applied. This may enhance the advantage of the frequent support mode over the low frequency support mode.

  The distribution destination of the game result for the jackpot type counter C2 is stored as a distribution table (distribution information group) in the distribution table storage area 103b as distribution information group storage means in the ROM 103. And, as such a distribution destination, most advantageous big hit result (high probability correspondence special game result), high winning low mark certain jackpot result (low probability correspondence special game result), low winning low probability big hit result (explicit low probability correspondence game The result is set and the low winning high certainty jackpot result (explicit high probability correspondence game result or the result of suddenly becoming a definite change state) is set.

  The relationship between the plurality of jackpot results and the various gaming states, and the data configuration for identifying them will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A is an explanatory view showing a correspondence between a jackpot result and various gaming states, and FIG. 7B is an explanatory view for explaining a data configuration for specifying various gaming states. In FIG. 7A, flags corresponding to each mode are shown in parentheses.

  The most advantageous jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening / closing execution mode becomes the high frequency winning mode, and after the opening / closing execution mode ends, the pass / fail lottery mode becomes the high probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. The high probability mode and the high frequency support mode continue until the lottery result in the success or failure lottery is a big hit and it shifts to a big hit state.

  In the high winning low probability big hit result, the opening and closing execution mode becomes the high frequency winning mode, and after the opening and closing execution mode ends, the success or failure lottery mode becomes the low probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. is there. However, in the high-frequency support mode, the transition to the low-frequency support mode is performed when the number of games has reached the first end reference number of times (specifically, 100 times) after the transition.

  In the low winning low probability big hit result, the opening and closing execution mode becomes the low frequency winning mode, and after the opening and closing execution mode ends, the success or failure lottery mode becomes the low probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. is there. However, in the high-frequency support mode, the transition to the low-frequency support mode is performed when the number of games has reached the second end reference number of times (specifically, 50 times) different from the first end reference number after transition.

  The low winning high probability big hit result is a big hit result in which the opening / closing execution mode becomes the low frequency winning mode, and further, after the opening / closing execution mode ends, the pass / fail lottery mode becomes the high probability mode. The high probability mode continues until the lottery result in the success or failure lottery is a big hit and it shifts to a big hit state.

  Note that the normal gaming state is not the opening / closing execution mode, but the winning lottery mode is the low probability mode and the support mode is the low frequency support mode, in relation to the above gaming states.

  In the sorting table, among the values of the big hit type counter C2 of "0 to 29", "0 to 9" correspond to the high winning low probability big hitting result, and "10 to 11" is the low winning low probability big hitting result “12 to 14” corresponds to the low winning high probability jackpot result, and “15 to 29” corresponds to the most advantageous jackpot result.

  In addition, as one kind of high probability big hit result, opening and closing execution mode becomes low frequency winning mode, furthermore, after completion of opening and closing execution mode, success and failure lottery mode becomes high probability mode, support mode is maintained in the mode until then Inappropriate low winning high probability jackpot results (invisible high probability corresponding game results or results in the latent probability change state) may be included. In this case, the jackpot result is further diversified.

  Furthermore, as one kind of out result in the success or failure lottery, while transitioning to the opening / closing execution mode of the low frequency winning mode, the special out result that transition of the success or failure lottery mode and the support mode does not occur after the end may be included. . In a configuration in which both of the above-mentioned implicit low winning high probability jackpot result and special outlier result are set, the open / close execution mode is shifted to the low frequency win mode, and the support mode is the mode until then. It is common to be maintained. On the other hand, when the transition mode of the lottery mode is different, for example, when one of the implicit low winning high probability jackpot result or the special out result occurs in the normal gaming state, it corresponds to any result actually It is possible to make the player predict whether he is doing or not.

  Here, in order to specify on the CPU 102 side the jackpot result and the current gaming state (incidence lottery mode, support mode), as shown in FIG. 7B, the various flag storage area 104d of the ROM 103 A big hit flag storage area 121, a probability variation status flag storage area 122, and a time saving status flag storage area 123 are provided. Each of the storage areas 121 to 123 has a 1-byte (8-bit) data area, and "00H" is set as an initial value.

  Describing each flag in detail, the jackpot flag storage area 121 is provided with a storage area of 1 byte consisting of data areas D0 to D7, and the jackpot flag stored therein is configured by 1 byte. The jackpot flag is set in a plurality of types (four types) corresponding to the plurality of jackpot results described above. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, “F1H” is set as the big hit flag corresponding to the most advantageous big hit result, and “01H” is set as the big hit flag corresponding to the high winning low probability big hit result. It is set, "02H" is set as a big hit flag corresponding to the low winning low probability big hit result, "F2H" is set as a big hit flag corresponding to the low winning high probability big hit result. Thus, by grasping the data of the jackpot flag storage area 121, it is possible to specify the type of jackpot result.

  Here, the big hit flag storage area 121 is divided into an upper data area 121a composed of upper 4 bits of data areas D4 to D7 and a lower data area 121b composed of lower 4 bits of data areas D0 to D3. Ru. In this case, the data of the jackpot flag stored in the upper data area 121a differs depending on the lottery mode. That is, in the jackpot flag corresponding to the jackpot result when the success or failure lottery mode after the end of the open / close execution mode is the high probability mode, the data stored in the upper data area 121a is “F” (each data Regions “D4” to “D7” are set to “1”. On the other hand, in the big hit flag corresponding to the big hit result when the success or failure lottery mode after the end of the open / close execution mode is the low probability mode, the data stored in the upper data area 121a is "0" (each data “0” is set in the regions D4 to D7).

  According to this configuration, by checking the upper data area 121a of the big hit flag storage area 121, it is possible to grasp the lottery mode after completion of the open / close execution mode.

  Further, the data of the jackpot flag stored in the lower data area 121 b differs depending on the open / close control mode of the variable winning device 32. That is, in the big hit flag corresponding to the big hit result in high frequency winning mode, the data stored in the lower data area 121b is "1" ("1" is set in the data area D0, and other data In the regions D1 to D3, “0” is set). On the other hand, in the big hit flag corresponding to the big hit result that becomes the low frequency winning mode, the data stored in the lower data area 121b is “0” (“0” is set to each data area D0 to D3) Yes). Thus, by checking the lower data area 121b of the big hit flag storage area 121, it is possible to grasp the open / close control mode of the variable winning device 32.

  The definite variation state flag storage area 122 has a storage area of 1 byte consisting of data areas D10 to D17, and the definite variation state flag stored therein is constituted of 1 byte. A plurality of types (two types) of probability variation state flags are set corresponding to a plurality of types (two types) of success or failure lottery modes. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, “F0H” is set as the probability variation state flag corresponding to the high probability mode, and “00H” is set as the probability variation state flag corresponding to the low probability mode. ing. Thus, by checking the probability change state flag, it is possible to grasp the success or failure lottery mode.

  The time saving state flag storage area 123 has a storage area of 1 byte consisting of data areas D20 to D27, and the time saving state flag stored therein is made up of 1 byte. The time saving state flag is set to a plurality of types (4 types) in accordance with the setting of a plurality of types (4 types) of support modes. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, “01H” is set as the short time status flag corresponding to the high frequency support mode without limit, and the time short status corresponding to the 100 high frequency support mode "02H" is set as the flag, "03H" is set as the time saving state flag corresponding to the high frequency support mode of 50 times, and "no", ie, "time saving state flag corresponding to the low frequency support mode" "00H" is set. Thereby, the support mode can be grasped by confirming the time saving state flag.

  Here, as described above, a winning lottery mode and a support mode are set as the specific gaming state to shift after the open / close execution mode ends, and both can progress simultaneously. In this case, since the termination condition of each mode is also different, a situation may occur in which the other mode continues despite the termination of one mode. For this reason, each mode needs to be specified individually.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, since the probability change state flag for specifying the pass / fail lottery mode and the time saving state flag for specifying the support mode are separately provided, each mode can be grasped individually. it can. Thereby, it is possible to suitably cope with changes in the game situation.

  The CPU 102 identifies the jackpot result corresponding to the jackpot type counter C 2 by referring to the distribution table, and sets the jackpot flag corresponding to the identified jackpot result in the jackpot flag storage area 121. Then, based on the end of the open / close execution mode, the probability change state flag and the time saving state flag corresponding to the big hit flag are set. Thereby, the gaming state can be grasped.

  For example, the reach random number counter C3 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 238, and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The reach random number counter C3 is periodically updated, and is stored in the holding ball storage area 104b at the timing when the gaming ball is won in the upper actuation opening 33 or the lower actuation opening 34.

  Here, reach display is set in the present pachinko machine 10 as a type of display effect in the symbol display device 41. The reach display is provided with a symbol display device 41 capable of performing variable display (or variable display) of a symbol (pattern), and the variable display of the variable winning device 32 is a variable display in game times when the open / close execution mode is high frequency winning mode In the gaming machine in which the subsequent stop display result is a special display result, the variable display (or variable display) of the symbol (pattern) in the symbol display device 41 is started and then the stop display result is derived and displayed before the start. This is a display state to make the player think that the variable display state is likely to be the special display result.

  In the reach display, a combination of jackpot symbols corresponding to the occurrence of the high-frequency winning mode is made by stopping and displaying the symbols for a part of the plurality of symbol rows displayed on the display screen of the symbol display device 41. A combination of reach symbols that may be established is displayed, and in that state, a display state in which the variable display of symbols is performed in the remaining symbol rows is included. Further, while displaying combinations of reach symbols as described above, while performing variable display of symbols in the remaining symbol rows, and performing reach effects by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image in the background image, or Also, it is possible to perform reach effect by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on substantially the entire display screen after reducing or non-displaying a combination of reach symbols.

  The reach display is executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the gaming round to shift to the open / close execution mode which is the high-frequency winning mode. In addition, in game times which are not shifted to the opening / closing execution mode, the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing is referred to in response to the occurrence of reach display with reference to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 103 Will be executed if

  For example, the fluctuation type counter CS is sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 198, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The fluctuation type counter CS is updated in each of main processing and timer interrupt processing to be described later, and when determining the fluctuation pattern at the start of fluctuation display of the pattern on the main display unit 43 and at the start of fluctuation of the symbol by the symbol display device 41 The value of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired.

  The fluctuation pattern includes the fluctuation display time (display continuation period) of the pattern in the main display unit 43 and the fluctuation display time (display continuation period) of the symbol in the symbol display device 41. That is, it can be said that the fluctuation type counter CS is a counter used to determine each of the fluctuation display times.

  The random number counter C4 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 250, for example, and returned to zero after reaching the maximum value. The random number counter C4 is updated regularly, and stored in the electronic holding area 104c provided in the RAM 104 at the timing when the game ball wins the through gate 35. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not the motorized combination 34a is to be controlled to the open state based on the value of the stored electronic combination random number counter C4.

<About various processes executed by CPU 102>
Next, each process executed to advance the game in the CPU 102 will be described. The processes of the CPU 102 are roughly classified into main processes activated upon power-on and timer interrupt processes activated periodically.

<Main processing>
First, main processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The main process is started under the condition that the timer interrupt process is inhibited.

  First, in step S101, power on wait processing is performed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits until 1 sec elapses after the main process is started, without progressing to the next process. In the following step S102, access to the RAM 104 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the CPU 102 is set.

  Thereafter, in step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch provided in the power supply and emission control device 79 is manually operated, and in the subsequent step S105, whether or not "1" is set in the power failure flag of the RAM 104. Determine if In step S106, a checksum calculation process is performed to calculate a checksum. In the subsequent step S107, it is determined whether the checksum matches the checksum stored at the time of power shutdown, that is, the validity of stored data. judge.

  In the pachinko machine 10, when initializing the RAM data at the time of power on, for example, at the start of business operation of the game hall, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. In addition, when the occurrence information of the power-off is not set, or when the abnormality of the data stored and held is confirmed by the checksum, the process similarly shifts to the process of step S108. In step S108, the RAM 104 is cleared as initialization of the RAM 104. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S109.

  On the other hand, when the RAM erase switch is not pressed, the process in step S108 is not performed under the condition that the power failure flag is set to “1” and the checksum is normal. Go to In step S109, power on setting processing is performed. This will be described later.

  In the subsequent step S110, interrupt permission setting is performed to allow generation of timer interrupt processing.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to the remaining process of step S111 to step S113. That is, although the CPU 102 is configured to periodically execute the timer interrupt process, a remaining time is generated between one timer interrupt process and the next timer interrupt process. Although this remaining time fluctuates according to the processing completion time of each timer interrupt process, the remaining process of step S111 to step S113 is repeatedly executed using such irregular time. In this regard, it can be said that the remaining processing of step S111 to step S113 is nonperiodic processing that is performed nonperiodically.

  In the remaining process, first, in step S111, interrupt prohibition is set to inhibit the generation of the timer interrupt process. Thereafter, in step S112, the process of updating the variation type counter CS and the random number initial value counter CINI is executed.

  In the updating process, the numerical value information of the current fluctuation type counter CS is read out from the fluctuation type counter buffer of the RAM 104, and a process of adding 1 to the read out numerical information is executed, and then the overwriting process is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0".

  Similarly, after the numerical value information of the current random number initial value counter CINI is read out from the fluctuation type counter buffer of the RAM 104 and the process of adding one to the read out numerical information is executed, the overwriting process is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0".

  After that, in step S113, interrupt permission setting is performed to switch from the state where the generation of the timer interrupt processing is prohibited to the state where it is permitted. If the process of step S113 is performed, it will return to step S111 and will repeat the process of step S111-step S113.

<Power-on setting process>
Next, the power on setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the power-on setting process, in order to cause the voice emission control device 72 which is a sub control device to recognize the current gaming state, a game state command used to specify the current gaming state is transmitted to the voice emission control device 72 Execute the process to

  First, in step S201, the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag are grasped. In detail, the data stored in the time saving state flag storage area 123 and the probability variation state flag storage area 122 is grasped.

  Here, the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag are configured to be held when the power is shut off. As a result, when the power on setting process is executed without executing the clear process in step S108, that is, when the validity of the stored data is confirmed after recovery from the time of power shutdown, that is, each state The flag maintains the power off state. On the other hand, when the clear process of step S108 is performed, each state flag is an initial value, that is, "00H".

  Thereafter, in step S202, a process of calculating a game state determination value used to specify the game state is executed. Specifically, calculation data of 1 is derived using the numerical information of the short time state flag and the numerical information of the probability change state flag which are grasped in step S201. Thereafter, at step S203, the calculated gaming state determination value is stored in the gaming state determination value storage area 124 provided in the RAM 104.

  Calculation of the game state determination value will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the calculation of the game state determination value. In detail, FIG. 10 (a) is an explanatory view for explaining the data configuration of the probability variation state flag, FIG. 10 (b) is an explanatory view for explaining the data configuration of the short time state flag, FIG. 10 (c) is It is an explanatory view for explaining a game state judgment value. Note that decimal numerical information indicated by each bit pattern is shown in parentheses.

  Before describing the manner of calculating the gaming state determination value, the gaming state determination value will be described. The game state determination value storage area 124 has a 1-byte storage area consisting of data areas D30 to D37. The game state determination value is stored in the game state determination value storage area 124, and is numerical information consisting of one byte.

  In step S202, the gaming state determination value is calculated by adding the numerical information of the probability variation state flag and the numerical information of the time saving state flag. In this case, as described above, the probability variation state flag can have a data configuration of “00H” or “F0H” corresponding to the two types of lottery modes, as shown in FIG. 10 (a). In this case, “0” or “240” is taken when converted into decimal numeric information. Also, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the time saving status flag has a data configuration of one of "00H", "01H", "02H" and "03H" corresponding to four types of support modes. . In this case, when converted into decimal numeric information, one of “0”, “1”, “2” and “3” is taken. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10C, the gaming state determination value can take eight types of numerical information, which is the number of combinations of numerical information of the time saving state flag and numerical information of the probability changing state flag.

  Here, the probability variation status flag and the time saving status flag are configured such that different gaming status determination values are calculated according to the combination of the numerical value information of the probability variation status flag and the numerical value information of the time saving status flag.

  Specifically, the upper data of the probability change status flag, that is, the data stored in the upper data area 122a of the probability change status flag storage area 122 including the data regions D14 to D17 is configured to be different according to the pass / fail lottery mode ing. On the other hand, lower data of the probability variation status flag, that is, data stored in the probability data status D 122 D including the data regions D 10 to D 13 in the probability variation status flag storage area 122 is the same (“0”) regardless of the acceptance lottery mode. ing.

  The upper data of the time saving status flag, that is, the data stored in the upper data area 123a including the data areas D24 to D27 in the time saving status flag storage area 123 is the same ("0") regardless of the support mode. There is. On the other hand, lower data of the time saving status flag, that is, data stored in the lower data area 123b of the time saving status flag storage area 123 and made up of the data areas D20 to D23 differs depending on the support mode. Furthermore, when the maximum numerical value information ("3") of the data stored in the lower data area 123b and the numerical information ("0") of the lower data of the probability change status flag are added, the carry to the upper data is It is set not to occur.

  According to this configuration, when the numerical information of the probability variation state flag and the numerical information of the time saving state flag are added, data corresponding to the lottery mode of acceptance is set in the upper data area 124a of the gaming state determination value storage area 124. Data corresponding to the support mode is set in the data area 124 b. In this case, the upper data area 124a and the lower data area 124b do not interfere with each other. Thus, the game state determination value is uniquely derived according to the combination of the probability change state flag and the time reduction state flag. Therefore, based on the game state determination value, it is possible to uniquely identify the pass / fail lottery mode and the support mode.

  Returning to the description of the power-on setting process (FIG. 9), after the process of step S203 is performed, the light emission control process of the status notification LED 47 is performed in step S204. Specifically, the ROM 103 is provided with a light emission control table storage area 103c that stores a light emission control table in which different light emission modes are set for each game state determination value (see FIG. 5). In step S204, the game state determination value is determined, and the light emission mode corresponding to the game state determination value is determined by referring to the light emission control table. And the process which light-emits state alerting | reporting LED47 by the light emission aspect grasped | ascertained is performed. Thus, the administrator or the like can grasp the gaming state based on the light emission mode of the state notification LED 47.

  In this case, since the light emission mode of the state notification LED 47 is determined based on the game state determination value, it is not necessary to grasp both the time saving state flag and the probability change state flag. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the processing load relating to the grasp of the gaming state. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to set the light emission control table corresponding to both the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag, the light emission control table can be simplified, and the data amount of the light emission control table storage area 103c is reduced. be able to.

  In the subsequent step S205, a gaming state command for recognizing the current gaming state is set. Specifically, the game state command is set as the output target command. Then, the game state judgment value is grasped, the grasped game state judgment value is set in the predetermined data area of the gaming state command, and the game state command is transmitted to the voice emission control device 72.

  More specifically, the gaming state command is a command composed of 2 bytes, and in the upper byte, identification information for recognizing that the voice emission control device 72 is a gaming state command is set. In step S205, the gaming state command is set, and the grasped gaming state determination value is set in the lower byte of the gaming state command. Thus, the sound emission control device 72 can recognize that the game state command has been received and the current game state.

  In this case, by transmitting the gaming state determination value as the gaming state command, the command data of the gaming state command can be reduced by 1 byte as compared with the configuration in which both the time saving state flag and the probability change state flag are transmitted. it can. As a result, the processing load relating to the transmission of the game state command can be reduced.

  After the game state command is set in step S205, other processes are executed in step S206, and the power on setting process is ended. For other processing, a payout initialization command indicating that initialization of various data areas of the payout control device 78 should be performed is set as well as setting a predetermined area of the RAM 104 such as initialization of a power failure flag as an initial value The process of sending to the device 78 is included.

<Timer interrupt processing>
Next, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S301, a power failure information storage process is executed. In the power failure information storage process, it is monitored whether or not a power failure signal corresponding to the occurrence of the power supply interruption is received from the power failure monitoring board 108, and when the occurrence of the power failure is specified, the process at the time of the power failure is executed.

  In the subsequent step S302, a process of updating the lottery random numbers (the counters C1 to C4) is executed. More specifically, the present numerical value information is sequentially read out from the counter buffer corresponding to each of the counters C1 to C4, and the process of adding one each of the read out numerical value information is executed, and then the overwriting process is executed. In this case, for each of the counters C2 to C4, when the numerical value information reaches the maximum value, the numerical value information is cleared to "0" which is the minimum value. As for the jackpot random number counter C1, when the numerical value information reaches the maximum value, the numerical value information is set in the numerical value information of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time.

  In step S303, as in step S112, update processing of the variation type counter CS and the random number initial value counter CINI is executed.

  In the following step S304, port output processing is performed. In the port output process, when setting of output information is performed in the previous timer interrupt process, a process for performing an output corresponding to the output information to the various drive units 32a and 34b is executed. For example, when the information to switch the variable winning device 32 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the variable winning drive unit 32a is started, and the information to switch to the closed state is set. The output of the drive signal is stopped. Also, when the information to switch the motorized part 34a of the lower operation port 34 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the motorized part drive unit 34b is started, and the information to be switched to the closed state is set. If it is set, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

  In the following step S305, the reading process is executed. In the reading process, reading of signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal is executed, and the read information is stored for use in future processing.

  In the subsequent step S306, a winning detection process is executed. In the winning detection process, the signals received from each of the winning detection sensors 105a to 105d are read, and the winning on the general winning opening 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operation opening 33, the lower operation opening 34 and the through gate 35 is performed. Execute processing to identify presence or absence.

  In the subsequent step S307, a timer update process is performed to collectively update numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the RAM 104. In this case, the timer counter is stored in which the stored numerical information is subtracted and updated, but both the update of the subtraction type timer counter and the update of the addition type timer counter are collectively performed. It is good also as composition.

  In the following step S308, a launch control process is performed to control the launch of the game ball. In the situation where the firing operation is continued to the firing operation device 55, as described above, one gaming ball is fired in 0.6 seconds which is a predetermined firing cycle.

  In the subsequent step S309, special figure electric power control processing for executing execution control of the game times and execution control of the open / close execution mode is executed. The contents of the special figure special power control process will be described later.

  In the following step S310, a general-purpose power control process is executed. The contents of the common map common control process will be described later.

  In the following step S311, based on the processing results of the immediately preceding step S309 and step S310, setting of output information for reflecting the increase / decrease number of the hold information concerning the main display unit 43 on the first hold lamp unit 45 is performed. The output information for reflecting the increase / decrease number of the hold information related to the role-character display unit 44 on the second hold lamp unit 46 is set. Further, in step S311, based on the processing results of the immediately preceding step S309 and step S310, the output information for updating the display content of the main display unit 43 is set, and the display content of the bonus item display unit 44 is set. Set the output information for updating.

  In the following step S312, a demonstration display process is executed to set the display contents of the symbol display device 41 for standby display in a situation where neither the game play nor the open / close execution mode is executed, and in step S313 The contents of the command and signal received from the payout control device 78 are confirmed, and a payout state reception process for performing a process corresponding to the confirmation result is executed. In step S314, a payout output process for setting a winning ball command as an output target is executed.

  In the subsequent step S315, state notification LED control processing for performing light emission control of the state notification LED 47 is executed. Since the said process is the same as the process of step S204 of a power activation setting process (FIG. 9), description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Then, in step S316, an external information setting process is performed to control the start and end of the output of the external signal according to the process result of various processes executed in the timer interrupt process this time.

  In step S317, the setting of the interrupt end declaration is executed. In the CPU 102, when the timer interrupt process is activated once, setting of the interrupt end declaration is defined as one of the conditions for activating the next timer interrupt process. In step S317, the next timer is determined. In order to enable execution of interrupt processing, the interrupt end declaration is set. In step S318, interrupt permission is set. Once the timer interrupt process is activated, the CPU 102 is set to a state in which the interrupt is inhibited. Therefore, in step S318, interrupt permission is set to enable execution of the next timer interrupt process. Thereafter, this timer interrupt processing is ended.

<Pu-Pu Electric control processing>
For the convenience of description, first, the general-purpose power control process executed in step S310 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  In the common drawing common control process, when the winning of the through gate 35 occurs, processing for acquiring the holding information on the common drawing side is executed. Then, when the holding information on the general drawing side is stored, the support generation determination is performed for the holding information, and the processing for performing the drawing for the common drawing is executed using the support generation determination as a trigger. Further, based on the result of the support generation determination, processing of opening and closing the motorized accessory 34a of the lower operation port 34 is executed.

  Specifically, first, in step S401, the acquisition processing of reservation information on the general drawing side is executed. In the acquisition process, the numerical information of the electric random number counter C4 (that is, the hold information on the general drawing side) is set under the condition that the through flag is set in the through flag storage area provided in the various flag storage areas 104d of the RAM 104. ) Is stored in the electronic mail holding area 104c. However, the acquisition of the suspension information on the side of the map is performed within the range of the upper limit value of suspension. By the way, the through flag is set when the winning on the through gate 35 is specified in the winning detection process of step S406 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and the acquisition information of the general drawing side is obtained. Will be cleared if

  In the subsequent step S402, a process of reading out information of a general-purpose general-purpose counter provided in various counter areas 104e of the RAM 104 is executed. In the subsequent step S403, a process of reading out the common drawing general address table from the common drawing common address table storage area 103d of the ROM 103 is executed. Then, in step S404, processing for acquiring the start address corresponding to the information of the common drawing common counter from the common drawing common address table is executed.

  Here, the processing contents of step S402 to step S404 will be described.

  As described above, the common drawing common control process includes the processing related to the effect for the common drawing and the processing related to the opening and closing of the motorized symbol 34a. In this case, as processing relating to the rendering for common drawing, common drawing fluctuation start processing, processing during common drawing fluctuation, and processing during common drawing determination are set. Further, as processing related to the opening and closing of the motorized part 34a, processing during general power release and processing during general power closure are set.

  In such a processing configuration, the common drawing / general charge counter is a counter for the CPU 102 to grasp which of the plurality of types of processing should be performed. In the common drawing common address table, start addresses in a program for executing the plurality of types of processing are set in association with numerical information of the common drawing common counter.

  The general-purpose universal counter can set numerical information from "0" to "4", and the general-purpose universal address table is started in one-to-one correspondence with each numerical information of the general-purpose universal counter. Address information ("NSA0" to "NSA4") is set. In this case, the start address NSA0 is the start address of the program for executing the common drawing change start processing, and the start address NSA1 is the start address of the program for executing the common drawing change processing, and the start address NSA2 Is the start address of the program for executing the processing during the routine determination, the start address NSA3 is the start address of the program for executing the processing during the general release, and the start address NSA4 is during the general closure. It is the start address of the program to execute the process.

  When the processing corresponding to the numerical information currently stored is ended and the condition for updating the numerical information is satisfied, the general drawing common counter in the next processing cycle One addition, one subtraction, or "0" clear is made to correspond to the process executed in the power control process. Therefore, in the generalization and generalization control process in each processing cycle, it is sufficient to execute the process according to the numerical information set in the generalization and generality counter.

  According to the above configuration, it becomes possible for the CPU 102 to grasp which process is to be executed as the common control / general control without checking the presence or absence of various flags. Thus, the processing can be simplified.

  After the process of step S404 is performed, the process proceeds to step S405. In step S405, a process of jumping (transitioning) to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S404 is executed. Specifically, if the acquired start address is NSA0, the process jumps to the spread map change start process of step S406. If the acquired start address is NSA1, the process jumps to the spread map fluctuating process of step S407. If the acquired start address is NSA2, the process jumps to the processing during step S408 of determining the common drawing, and if the acquired start address is NSA3, the process jumps to the processing during the general power release of step S409 and the acquired start If the address is NSA4, the process jumps to the processing during the pressure closing of step S410. Then, after executing any one of the processes in steps S406 to S410, the present drawing control process ends. The processes in steps S406 to S410 will be individually described below.

  First, the common drawing change start process of step S406 will be described. In the common drawing fluctuation start process, it is determined whether or not the holding information of the common drawing side is held and stored in the electric stock holding area 104c, and when the held information of the common drawing side is stored, the support lottery is executed. Do. In detail, it is determined whether the electronic combination random number counter C4 stored in the electronic combination holding area 104c has a value corresponding to the support winning. Then, based on the lottery result of the support lottery, the common drawing fluctuation time which is the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol in the symbol display portion 44 is determined. Specifically, the time saving status flag is checked to grasp the current support mode. Then, the common drawing fluctuation time corresponding to the grasped support mode is grasped. In this case, the high frequency support mode is set to have a shorter spread time as compared to the low frequency support mode.

  Then, the variable display of the common drawing is started in the display unit 44 for the special item, the common drawing common counter is updated from “0” to “1”, and the common drawing change start processing is ended.

  In the general drawing variation processing of step S407, processing for updating the display on the symbol display unit 44 is executed. In this case, on the condition that the passage of the common drawing fluctuation time has been confirmed, the common drawing common charge counter is updated from "1" to "2".

  In the routine drawing fixed process of step S408, it is determined whether the lottery result of the support lottery is the support winning. If it is not a support winning, the numerical value information of the common drawing common power counter is cleared to “0”, and then the processing during this general drawing fixed decision is ended. On the other hand, in the case of the support winning, the motor-operated part 34a is opened and closed in a predetermined mode. Thereby, winning of the game ball to the lower operation opening 34 becomes possible. The opening / closing operation is continued until either the winning number of gaming balls to the lower operation opening 34 reaches a predetermined upper limit number or the opening time reaches a predetermined upper limit time.

  In this case, by grasping the time saving state flag, the support mode is grasped, and the open time corresponding to the grasped support mode is set. Specifically, in the low frequency support mode, a short opening with a relatively short opening time is executed once in the motorized part 34a, whereas in the high frequency support mode, the motor part 34a is relatively opened. Opening time is long, and long time opening is performed several times (three times).

  Then, the universal drawing universality counter is updated from “2” to “3”, and the general circulation diagram finalizing process is ended.

  In the process of releasing the normal power in step S409, the open state of the motorized accessory 34a is maintained until the closing timing or the support end condition is satisfied. When the winning number becomes the upper limit during the opening of the motorized part 34a and the support termination condition is satisfied, or when the closing timing (in the high frequency support mode, the closing timing according to the third opening is reached), The normal drawing normalizing counter is initialized to “0”, and the process during the general pressure open is ended.

  On the other hand, when it is the closing timing related to the first opening or the second opening in the high frequency support mode, the regular drawing normality counter is updated from "3" to "4", and the process during the general public opening is performed. finish.

  In the general electric power closing process in step S410, the closed state of the motorized accessory 34a is maintained, and when the closing time has elapsed, a process for reopening the motorized accessory 34a is executed. Specifically, the common map common power counter is updated from "4" to "3".

<Special figure special power control process>
Next, the special figure special power control process executed in step S309 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the special figure special power control process, the process for acquiring the hold information is executed when the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 has a winning, and the hold is performed when the hold information is stored. Whether the information is accepted or not is determined, and further, a process for producing effects for the game cycle is executed in response to the determined availability. Further, based on the result of the success or failure determination, the processing to shift to the opening / closing execution mode after the presentation for the game cycle is executed, and the processing in the opening / closing execution mode and at the end of the opening / closing execution mode is executed.

  Specifically, first, in step S501, acquisition processing of reservation information on the special view side is executed. In the holding information acquisition process, it is determined whether or not a winning on the upper operating opening 33 or the lower operating opening 34 is occurring, and if a winning is occurring, the number of holding areas storage area NA in the holding ball storage area 104b The number of reservations N stored in is read out, and it is determined whether the number of reservations N is less than the upper limit value ("4" in the present embodiment). If the number of holdings N is less than the upper limit, the number of holdings N is incremented by 1, and each numerical information of the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in the previous step S302, It stores in the first reserve area among the reserve areas RE1 to RE4 of the reserve area RE.

  When winning in the upper operation port 33 and the lower operation port 34 is occurring simultaneously, the process for acquiring the above-mentioned suspension information is performed multiple times within the range where the acquisition process of the suspension information is executed once. Run.

  After executing the acquisition process of pending information in step S501, the process proceeds to step S502. In step S502, processing is performed to read information of the special view special charge counter provided in the various counter areas 104e of the RAM 104. In the subsequent step S503, processing is performed to read out the special figure special power address table stored in the special figure special power address table storage area 103e provided in the ROM 103. Then, in step S504, processing is performed to acquire the start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special charge counter from the special figure special charge address table.

  Here, the processing contents of step S502 to step S504 will be described.

  As described above, the special view special power control process includes a process relating to an effect for game circulation and a process relating to the open / close execution mode. In this case, as a process relating to the effects for the game run, the special figure variation start process (step S506), which is a process for starting the effect for the game run, and a process for promoting the effect for the game run A special figure changing process (step S507) and a special figure determining process (step S508), which is a process for ending the effects for game circulation, are set.

  In addition, as a process related to the open / close execution mode, a special power start process (step S509) which is a process for controlling the opening of the open / close execution mode and a special electric power which is a process for controlling the open state of the variable winning device 32 Processing during opening (step S510), processing during special power closing (step S511) which is processing for controlling the closing state of the variable winning device 32, gaming state at the end of the opening / closing execution mode and the opening / closing execution mode And the special power termination process (step S512), which is a process for controlling the transition of the image.

  In such a processing configuration, the special figure special charge counter is a counter for the CPU 102 to grasp which of the plurality of types of processes should be executed, and the special figure special charge address table A start address of a program for executing the plurality of types of processing is set corresponding to the numerical information of the special charge counter.

  In this case, the start address SA0 is a start address of a program for executing the special figure change start process (step S506), and the start address SA1 is a program for performing the special figure change in process (step S507). The start address SA2 is a start address of a program for executing the special figure determination process (step S508). The start address SA3 is a program for performing a special power start process (step S509). The start address SA4 is a start address of a program for executing the special power release process (step S510). The start address SA5 is a program for executing the special power close process (step S511). Start address, start address SA6 A start address of a program for executing (step S512).

  The special figure special power counter performs special figure special power control in the next processing cycle when the condition for updating the numerical value information is satisfied when the process corresponding to the currently stored numerical information is finished. One is added, one is subtracted, or "0" is cleared (initialized) corresponding to the process executed in the process. Therefore, in the special figure special power control process in each processing cycle, the process according to the numerical information set in the special figure special power counter may be executed. In addition, "0" is set to the special figure special electric power counter as an initial value.

  According to the above configuration, it becomes possible for the CPU 102 to grasp which process is to be executed as the special figure special power control without checking the presence or absence of various flags. For example, although the effect for game circulation is started when the effect for other game circulation is not executed and it is not in the open / close execution mode, when trying to judge each state by the presence or absence of the flag, the game circulation Before starting the game circulation effect in the processing related to the production of the game, check whether the flag indicating that the game circulation effect is being executed is set or not, and the opening / closing execution mode is being executed There is a need to check whether the flag indicating that is is set or not. In addition, during execution of the game circulation effect, confirmation is made as to whether or not a flag indicating that the game circulation effect is being executed is set, and a flag indicating that the final display is in effect. There is a need to check whether the

  In addition, the opening and closing execution mode is started when the effects for the game are ended and the other opening and closing execution modes are not executed, but when trying to judge each state according to the presence or absence of the flag, it relates to the opening and closing execution mode In processing, before starting the opening and closing execution mode, it is confirmed whether or not the flag indicating that the effect for the game cycle is finished is set, and the flag indicating that the opening and closing execution mode is under execution is set It is necessary to confirm whether or not it has been done, and if it is in the process of opening, it is also necessary to confirm whether or not the flag indicating that it is in the process of opening is set. Also, after the opening, it is checked whether the flag indicating that the open / close execution mode is being executed is set or not, and the flag indicating that the variable winning device 32 is open is set or not It will be necessary to Furthermore, when in the process of ending, it is necessary to check whether a flag indicating that the process is in progress is set.

  On the other hand, if a special drawing special charge counter is used, it is not necessary to prepare various flags, and furthermore, the information at the time of confirming the execution timing of each process is also collected. Thus, the processing can be simplified.

  After the process of step S504 is performed, in step S505, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S504 is performed. Specifically, if the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special map change start process of step S506.

  The special view change start process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S601, it is determined whether the number of reservations N is 1 or more. If the number of reservations N is “0”, the special map variation start process is ended as it is. If the number of reservations N is 1 or more, data setting processing is executed in step S602.

  In the data setting process, first, the number of reservations N is decremented by 1, and the data (that is, the suspension information) stored in the first suspension area RE1 of the suspension area RE is moved to the execution area AE. Thereafter, processing is performed to shift the data (that is, the hold information) stored in the respective hold areas RE1 to RE4 of the hold area RE. This data shift process is a process of sequentially shifting data stored in the first reserve area RE1 to the fourth reserve area RE4 to the lower area side, and clears the data of the first reserve area RE1. Then, data in each area is shifted in such a manner as second reserve area RE2 → first reserve area RE1, third reserve area RE3 → second reserve area RE2, fourth reserve area RE4 → third reserve area RE3. At this time, a configuration may be adopted in which a shift command for causing the sound emission control device 72 to recognize that data in the hold area has been shifted is set as an output target and transmitted.

  In the subsequent step S603, the winning or not lottery mode is specified based on the game state determination value. Specifically, it is determined whether the game state determination value is "240" or more. In this case, if the game state determination value is "240" or more, a success / failure table for the high probability mode is selected. On the other hand, when the gaming state determination value is less than "240", the success or failure table for the low probability mode is selected.

  Thereafter, in step S604, a success or failure determination process is performed. In the success / failure determination process, the information for determination of success or failure among the information stored in the execution area AE, that is, the numerical information related to the large hit random number counter C1, is determined in advance with reference to the success / failure table selected in step S603. It is determined whether it matches the numerical information.

  In the following step S605, it is determined whether the result of the success or failure determination process in step S604 is a jackpot winning result. If it is the jackpot winning result, the distribution determination process is executed in step S606. In the distribution determination processing, among the information stored in the execution area AE, information for distribution determination, that is, numerical information related to the jackpot type counter C2 is grasped. Then, with reference to the distribution table, it is specified to which jackpot result the numerical information related to the jackpot type counter C2 that has been grasped corresponds.

  In the subsequent step S607, a stop result setting process for the jackpot result is executed. Specifically, information of a pattern aspect to be finally displayed on the main display 43 as a final stop in the game round related to the start of fluctuation is specified from the stop result table for the jackpot result stored in advance in the ROM 103, The specified information is stored in the RAM 104. In the stop result table for the jackpot result, information on the pattern aspect to be stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 is set to be different for each type of jackpot result (type of jackpot flag).

  In the subsequent step S608, a flag setting process corresponding to the distribution determination result is executed. Specifically, the jackpot flag storage area 121 is set with a jackpot flag corresponding to the jackpot result of winning this time.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S605 that the jackpot is not the winning result, in step S609, stop result setting processing for the outlier is executed. Specifically, the information on the pattern aspect to be finally displayed on the main display 43 in the game round related to the current fluctuation start is specified from the stop result table for outliers stored in advance in the ROM 103, The specified information is stored in the RAM 104. The information of the pattern aspect selected in this case is different from the information of the pattern aspect selected in the case of the jackpot result.

  After the process of step S608 or step S609 is performed, in step S610, a process of determining a variation pattern command used to determine the variation pattern of the symbol display device 41 in the current game run is executed. In this processing, the success / failure determination result, the gaming state determination value, the reach random number counter C3, and the variation type counter CS are grasped, and variation pattern commands corresponding to these are selected.

  Specifically, in a predetermined storage area of the ROM 103, a variation pattern command table is stored. In the fluctuation pattern command table, plural kinds of fluctuation pattern commands in which fluctuation patterns (effect contents and effect time) performed by the symbol display device 41 are different are set. Then, in the variation pattern command table, the success / failure determination result, the game state determination value, the reach random number counter C3 and the variation type counter CS are set in association with each variation pattern command. In step S610, by referring to the variation pattern command table, the variation pattern command corresponding to the combination of the determination result of the success or failure, the gaming state determination value, the reach random number counter C3 and the variation type counter CS is specified.

  Explaining the relationship between the gaming state determination value and the variation pattern command, if the gaming state determination value corresponds to the high frequency support mode, the variation pattern command of the presentation time which is relatively shorter than the low frequency support mode is It is easy to be selected. Further, when the game state determination value corresponds to the high probability mode, it is possible to easily select a variation pattern command corresponding to an effect with a high degree of expectation that is a big hit winning result. Thereby, it is possible to perform effects according to the gaming state.

  Here, in order to produce effects according to the gaming state, a configuration is also conceivable in which the fluctuation pattern command is determined using the time saving state flag and the probability changing state flag. However, in the case of the above configuration, the number of grasping targets for determining the fluctuation pattern command increases. Then, along with the increase in the number of grasped objects, there is a concern that the amount of data in the variation pattern command table increases and the processing load on the process related to the determination of the variation pattern command increases.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the variation pattern command is configured to be determined using the gaming state determination value in which the information for specifying the support mode and the lottery mode is set. We achieved to reduce the number of objects used to determine commands. Thereby, it is possible to perform effects according to the gaming state while reducing the processing load.

  After the fluctuation pattern command is determined in step S610, the fluctuation pattern command is set as an output target command in step S611.

  Thereafter, in step S612, the variable display of the pattern on the main display unit 43 is started. The variable display is performed over the same time as the rendering time corresponding to the set fluctuation pattern command. In other words, it can be said that the process of determining the variation pattern command is a process of determining the variation display time (display continuation time) of the pattern on the main display unit 43.

  In the following step S613, a process of adding one to the special figure special charge counter is executed. As a result, the numerical information of the special drawing special power counter is updated from one corresponding to the special drawing change start process to one corresponding to the special figure changing processing.

  Returning to the description of the special figure special power control process (FIG. 13), when the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to the special figure changing processing of step S507. In special processing during fluctuation processing, it is during continuation time of game times, executes the processing which decides whether it is timing before the definite display, that is timing before the lapse timing of the fluctuation display time, definite display before If it is, processing for regularly changing the display mode of the design on the main display unit 43 is executed.

  By the way, this special view change is not performed after waiting for the special display change processing until the final display timing is reached, and after the process for regularly changing the above-mentioned regular display is not performed. End the process. Therefore, after the special effects for the game run are started, the special figure variation in progress process is activated each time the special figure special power control process is activated until it is time to make a definite display (elapse timing of the variation indication time). .

  In addition, when it is time to make a finalized display, the main display unit 43 displays the result of stopping the game play. Then, the final stop command is set as the output target command. The voice light emission control device 72 transmits the final stop command to the display control device 110, and the display control device 110 performs display control so that a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the game result of the current game is stopped on the effective line. .

  Further, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special figure variation processing to the one corresponding to the special figure fixed processing.

  If the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the processing during special image determination in step S508. The process of determining the special figure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S701, it is determined whether it is the end timing of the finalized display. In detail, when the variation display of the pattern in the main display unit 43 and the variation display of the symbol in the symbol display device 41 are finished, the stop result of the game is displayed (the effective line in the symbol display device 41) In the state where a predetermined combination of symbols is on standby), the confirmation display (final stop display) is performed over the determination time (final stop time). In step S701, it is determined whether or not a determined time has elapsed from the end timing of each variable display.

  If it is not the end timing of the finalized display, the processing is ended while the present special figure is determined. On the other hand, if it is the end timing of the finalized display, step S702 follows and it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is stored in the big hit flag storage area 121 (whether or not it is "0").

  If the jackpot flag is stored, the process proceeds to step S703, and opening / closing control mode setting processing for setting the opening / closing control mode of the variable winning device 32 is executed. In detail, the jackpot flag is grasped and the prize mode corresponding to the jackpot flag is grasped. Then, a process relating to the setting of the opening time of the variable winning device 32 is executed so that the open / close control mode corresponding to the recognized winning mode is executed.

  In the subsequent step S704, the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter is incremented by 1, thereby updating the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter from one corresponding to the special figure determination process to one corresponding to the special electric charge start process.

  On the other hand, when the jackpot flag is not set, the negative determination is made in step S702, and the process proceeds to step S705. In step S 705, the special view special charge counter is reset (“0” clear).

  Thereafter, at step S706, the time saving status flag stored in the time saving status flag storage area 123 is confirmed. Then, in step S 707, it is determined whether the current support mode is the high-frequency support mode with a limit. Specifically, it is determined whether the numerical information of the time saving state flag is "2" or more.

  If the numerical information of the time saving status flag is not "2" or more, that is, if the numerical information of the time saving status flag is "0" or "1", the processing is ended while the special figure is determined. On the other hand, when the numerical information of the time saving status flag is "2" or more (in the case of the high frequency support mode with a limit), the process proceeds to step S708, and the high frequency game frequency provided in various counter areas 104e of the RAM 104. It is determined whether the numerical information of the counter is "0". The high frequency game frequency counter is a counter for counting the game times executed in the high frequency support mode situation. In the high frequency game frequency counter, when the high frequency support mode with a limit is started, the limit frequency (50 or 100) is set as an initial value.

  If the high frequency game frequency counter is not "0", the process proceeds to step S709, the high frequency game frequency counter is decremented by 1, and the special figure determination process is ended. That is, the high frequency game frequency counter is decremented by 1 every time a game is played in the high frequency support mode. Thus, by grasping the high frequency game frequency counter, it is possible to grasp the remaining frequency of games performed in the high frequency support mode.

  When the high frequency game frequency counter is “0”, it means that the game frequency has been digested by the limit frequency in the high frequency support mode situation. In this case, the process related to the end of the high frequency support mode is executed. Specifically, first, at step S710, the process of clearing the time saving state flag is executed. Specifically, “00H” is set in the time saving state flag storage area 123.

  Then, in step S711, the game state determination value is updated. In detail, it grasps the probability change state flag at present. Then, a process of adding the grasped numerical value information of the probability variation state flag and the numerical value information of the time saving state flag is executed, and the addition result is overwritten in the game state determination value storage area 124. As a result, the game state determination value corresponds to the current lottery mode and the low frequency support mode.

  In the following step S712, a gaming state command in which the gaming state determination value updated in step S711 is set to the lower byte is set as a command to be output, and the special figure determination processing is ended. By transmitting the game state command to the sound emission control device 72, it is possible to know that the game state has changed on the sound emission control device 72 side.

  Incidentally, although the details will be described later, the voice emission control device 72 stores the gaming state determination value set in the lower byte of the gaming state command in a predetermined storage area when the gaming state command is received. . Then, the background color or the like of the image displayed on the symbol display device 41 is selected based on the game state determination value. Thereby, the current gaming state can be grasped based on the image displayed on the symbol display device 41.

  Returning to the description of the special view special power control process (FIG. 13), if the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special power start process of step S509. In the special power start process, an opening command indicating that the open / close execution mode is started is transmitted to the sound emission control apparatus 72. Also, in the special power start process, it is determined whether or not the opening period of the open / close execution mode has elapsed. If the opening period has not elapsed, the special power start process is terminated instead of waiting in the special power start process. Therefore, after the opening effect in the open / close execution mode is started, the special power start process is activated every time the special electric power control process is activated until the opening period elapses. In addition, when the opening period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter is added by 1 to change the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter from the one corresponding to the special charge start process to the one corresponding to the special charge open process. Update.

  If the acquired start address is SA4, the processing jumps to the processing during the release of the special power in step S510. In the special power open process, one round game is started. In detail, the variable winning device 32 is opened until the end condition is satisfied. In this case, the upper limit opening time of the variable winning device 32 is set in step S409.

  Further, in step S510, it is determined whether or not the ending condition of the round game is established. If the termination condition is not satisfied, the processing for monitoring the establishment of the termination condition is not executed, but the processing for the termination of the special electric power termination is ended, instead of waiting in the processing for the termination of the special power generation. When the above termination condition is satisfied, the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter is added by 1 so that it corresponds to the special electric charge open process of the special information special charge counter's numerical information information. Update to things.

  If the acquired start address is SA5, the process jumps to the processing during the special power closing of step S511. In the special power closed process, a process to end one round game is executed. In addition, in an interval period between round games, it is determined whether an interval period has elapsed. If the interval period has not elapsed, the process is terminated instead of waiting in the process of closing the special power supply, but ending the process of closing the special electric charge. Therefore, when the interval period is started, the special electric power closing process is activated every time the special electric power control process is activated until the interval period elapses. In addition, when the interval period has elapsed, the numeric information of the special figure special charge counter is decremented by 1, and the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter corresponds to the special charge closing process, to the special charge open process. Update to

  On the other hand, in the special electric power closing process for the last round game, after executing the processing to end the first round game, the numerical information of the special electric special electric power counter is adding special numerical information of the special electric special electric power counter. Update from those corresponding to the processing to those corresponding to the special power termination processing. Then, an ending command indicating that the open / close execution mode is ended is set as a command to be output, and the present special electric power control process ends. The voice emission control device 72 executes an ending effect for a predetermined ending time based on receiving the ending command.

  If the acquired start address is SA6, the process jumps to the special power termination process of step S512. The special power termination processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S801, it is determined whether the ending time has elapsed since the ending effect was started (after the ending command is set). If the ending time has not elapsed, this special electric power ending process is ended as it is. On the other hand, when the ending time has elapsed, processing for setting the gaming state (lottery mode and support mode) after the open / close execution mode is executed.

  Specifically, first, at step S802, the short time status flag and the probability change status flag are updated. Specifically, the jackpot flag stored in the jackpot flag storage area 121 is confirmed. Then, the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag corresponding to the big hit flag are grasped, and the grasped state flags are set in the corresponding flag storage areas 122 and 123. In addition, in grasping the time saving status flag and the probability variation status flag corresponding to the big hit flag, a table in which the time saving status flag and the probability variation status flag are set in association with the big hit flag is provided and grasped by referring to the table It is good also as composition, and it is good also as composition which derives each state flag by operation from a big hit flag. In this case, it is necessary to configure the jackpot flag so that the support mode can be identified. In detail, the upper data area 121a of the jackpot flag storage area 121 may be divided into an area where different data is stored according to the lottery mode and an area where different data is stored according to the support mode.

  In the subsequent step S803, processing for updating the high frequency game frequency counter is executed. Specifically, when the time saving state flag is "02H", "100" is set in the high frequency game frequency counter. On the other hand, if the time saving state flag is "03H", "50" is set in the high frequency game frequency counter. If the time saving state flag is any other value, "0" is cleared.

  Thereafter, in step S804, processing for updating the gaming state determination value is executed. Specifically, a process of adding the numerical information of the short time state flag and the numerical information of the probability change state flag updated in step S802 is executed, and the addition result is overwritten in the game state determination value storage area 124.

  Then, in step S805, the big hit flag stored in the big hit flag storage area 121 is erased, and in step S806, the numerical information of the special view special charge counter is reset to "0". Then, in step S807, the gaming state command in which the gaming state determination value updated in step S804 is set is set as a command to be output, and the special electric power termination process is ended.

  Next, the game state command corresponding process executed by the sound emission control device 72 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  The voice emission control device 72 executes a timer interrupt process at a predetermined cycle, and determines whether or not a game state command has been received in the timer interrupt process. Then, when the game state command is received, the game state command corresponding process is executed.

  First, in step S901, the gaming state determination value stored in the lower byte of the gaming state command is grasped. Thereafter, in step S902, the determined gaming state determination value is set in the sub game state determination value storage area provided in the sub RAM of the sound emission control device 72.

  In the subsequent step S903, the winning or not lottery mode is specified based on the game state determination value. Specifically, it is determined whether the game state determination value is "240" or more.

  If the gaming state determination value is "240" or more, the process proceeds to step S904, the probability variation state corresponding to the high probability mode in the sub-side probability variation state flag storage area provided in the sub-side RAM of the sound emission control device 72 Set the flag "F0H". Then, at step S905, "240" is subtracted from the gaming state determination value, and the subtraction result is stored in a predetermined buffer. The subtraction result corresponds to the time saving state flag, and more specifically, the time saving state flag is converted into numerical information.

  Thereafter, in step S906, the time saving status flag corresponding to the numerical information is set in the sub time saving status flag storage area provided in the sub RAM of the audio light emission control device 72. In this case, numerical value information is set as it is in the sub-time saving state flag storage area.

  On the other hand, if the game state determination value is less than "240", the process proceeds to step S907, and "00H" which is a probability change status flag corresponding to the low probability mode is set in the sub probability change status flag storage area. Then, in step S 908, the time saving state flag corresponding to the game state determination value is set in the time saving state flag storage area on the sub side in the sound emission control device 72. In detail, the numerical information of the gaming state determination value is set as it is in the time saving state flag storage area on the sub side. In this case, the subtraction result in the subtraction process of step S905 and the gaming state determination value when the negative determination is made in step S903 indicate the same support mode.

  Then, after executing the processing of step S906 or step S908, other processing is executed in step S909, and the gaming state command corresponding processing is ended.

  According to this process, each state flag is derived (converted) based on the gaming state determination value transmitted by the gaming state command, and each derived state flag is stored in each state flag storage area of the sound emission control device 72 side. Set to As a result, each game state can be grasped on the audio light emission control device 72 side using the game state determination value or each state flag.

  According to the embodiment described above, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

  In a configuration in which a plurality of types of success or failure lottery modes and a plurality of types of support modes are set as a gaming state, a probability change state flag for identifying the success or failure lottery mode, and a time saving state flag for identifying the support mode Are regarded as numerical value information and added, and the addition result is stored in the game state determination value storage area 124 of the RAM 104 as a game state determination value. And it was set as composition which grasps the game state in the present time using a game state judgment value. As a result, since it is not necessary to grasp both the probability change state flag and the time saving state flag in order to grasp the gaming state, it is possible to reduce the processing load for grasping the gaming state.

  In particular, in the progress of the game, the success or failure lottery mode and the support mode are modes which exist independently of each other, and the trigger for ending the mode is also different. For this reason, in order to enable each mode to be individually grasped, it is necessary to respectively provide a probability change state flag and a time saving state flag. However, when the game state command is output or when the light emission control of the state notification LED 47 is performed, it may be desired to grasp the entire game state including both the lottery mode and the support mode. In this case, if the configuration is made such that the probability change state flag and the short time state flag are grasped, there is a concern that the processing load may increase. However, if a table in which different data is set is stored according to the combination of the pass / fail lottery mode and the support mode, the storage capacity of the ROM 103 may be increased.

  Further, due to the program of the CPU 102, it is necessary to secure one byte as a data area for storing the flag. For this reason, it is difficult to further reduce the amount of data of the probability variation state flag and the short time state flag.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the game state determination value is derived by calculation using the probability change state flag and the time reduction state flag, and using it, the entire game state including both the lottery mode and the support mode It was configured to grasp the As a result, it is possible to reduce the data to be grasped while suppressing the increase in storage capacity, and it is possible to reduce the processing load.

  Further, the data configuration of each state flag is set such that different game state determination values are derived according to the combination of the numerical information of the time saving state flag and the numerical information of the definite variation state flag. Specifically, the state flag storage areas 122 and 123 are divided into upper data areas 122a and 123a and lower data areas 122b and 123b, and data set in one data area is fixed data regardless of each mode. The data set in the other data area is set to be different according to each mode.

  More specifically, in the time saving state flag, while the data set in the lower data area 123b is differentiated according to the support mode, the data set in the upper data area 123a is fixed data. Then, in the probability variation state flag, while the data set in the upper data area 122a is made different according to the acceptance lottery mode, the data set in the lower data area 122b is fixed data. Furthermore, regardless of the numerical information of the lower data of the time saving status flag, the carry is not generated when the numerical information of the lower data of the time saving status flag and the numerical information of the lower data of the probability change status flag are added. Thereby, the upper data and the lower data of the game state determination value do not interfere with each other. Therefore, each gaming state can be grasped individually based on the upper data and the lower data.

  Furthermore, the time saving state flag, the probability variation state flag, and the game state determination value are each configured by 1 byte. That is, the data to be added and the data amount (data width) of the addition result are the same. As a result, since it is not necessary to adjust the data width or the like in the calculation for deriving the game state determination value, it is possible to reduce the processing load related to the calculation.

  The variation pattern command is determined based on the gaming state determination value. Specifically, a variation pattern command table in which a game state determination value is associated with the variation pattern command is provided, and the variation pattern command is selected by referring to the variation pattern command table. As a result, it is possible to execute the game play with the variation pattern corresponding to the game state. Further, the data amount of the variation pattern command table can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the variation pattern command table associated with each state flag is prepared.

  A game state command for specifying a game state is output to the voice light emission control device 72. Thus, the sound emission control device 72 can grasp the gaming state. Therefore, on the audio light emission control device 72 side, effects or displays corresponding to the gaming state can be performed. In this case, by adopting a configuration in which the gaming state determination value is set in the gaming state command, the amount of data of command data can be reduced compared to the configuration in which both the time saving state flag and the probability change state flag are set in the gaming state command. Can be

  A state notification LED 47 is provided which has different light emission modes according to the game state. Thus, the gaming state can be easily grasped. In this case, the light emission control of the state notification LED 47 is performed based on the game state determination value. As a result, when light emission control of the status notification LED 47 is performed, it is possible to reduce the processing load related to the grasp as much as it is not necessary to grasp both the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag.

  The gaming state (incompliance lottery mode) indicated by the data of the upper data area 124a of the gaming state determination value storage area 124 is configured to be grasped using the gaming state determination value. In this case, since the numerical information in the upper data area 124a is larger than the numerical information in the lower data area 124b, the game state is specified by the numerical comparison without considering the fluctuation of the numerical information in the lower data area 124b. be able to. As a result, it is possible to determine the gaming state based on the gaming state determination value with a relatively small processing load.

  On the other hand, since the gaming state determination value is largely different according to the numerical information in the upper data area 124a, the processing load required to specify the gaming state (support mode) indicated by the data in the lower data area 124b tends to be large. Specifically, if it is determined that the high frequency support mode or the low frequency support mode is temporarily set by the gaming state determination value, first, whether the gaming state determination value is "240" or more indicating that the high probability mode is set. judge. And when it is "240" or more, "240" is subtracted from the game state determination value. After that, a plurality of processes are required to determine whether the subtraction result is less than "1".

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, for the gaming state (support mode) indicated by the data in the lower data area 124b of the gaming state determination value storage area 124, a flag (time reduction state flag) is used instead of the gaming state determination value. It was configured to use and grasp. Thus, the processing load can be reduced while suitably using both the game state determination value and each state flag.

Second Embodiment
In the present embodiment, the data configuration of the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag is different from that of the first embodiment. The difference will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration of each state flag.

  As described in the first embodiment, the time saving state flag takes one of four types of data configurations of “00H”, “01H”, “02H”, and “03H”. In this case, when each data configuration is converted into decimal numeric information, "0," "1," "2," and "3" are obtained.

  The probability change state flag has a data configuration such that "0" is an initial value and numerical information is a multiple of the number of types of time reduction state flags ("4"). That is, the probability variation state flag has a data configuration of "00H" in the low probability mode and "04H" in the high probability mode. As a result, the game state determination value obtained by adding the numerical information of the time saving state flag and the numerical information of the probability variation state flag is uniquely determined according to the combination of the respective state flags.

  In the above data configuration, the case of specifying each gaming state using the gaming state determination value will be described.

  First, in the case of grasping the success or failure lottery mode, it is determined whether or not the gaming state determination value is equal to or greater than “4” which is numerical information of the probability variation state flag corresponding to the high probability mode. If it is "4" or more, it is judged as the high probability mode, and if it is less than "4", it is judged as the low probability mode.

  In addition, when grasping the support mode, it is determined whether or not it is "1" or more. Here, “1” adds “0” of the numerical information of the time saving state flag in the low probability mode and “1” of the minimum numerical information of the time saving state flag corresponding to the high frequency support mode. Was derived from the If it is "1" or more, it is determined that the high frequency support mode is in progress on condition that the gaming state determination value is not "4". On the other hand, if it is less than “1”, it is determined that the low frequency support mode is in progress. “4” is the sum of the numerical information (“4”) of the probability variation state flag corresponding to the high probability mode and the numerical information (“0”) of the short time state flag corresponding to the low frequency support mode.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, by setting numerical information of a multiple of the number of types of time saving status flags as a probability variation status flag, one game status determination value is uniquely determined according to the combination of each status flag. It can be derived. In this case, since the gaming state determination value can be a continuous integer, the numerical range of the gaming state determination value can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the upper data area 124a and the lower data area 124b are divided. This makes it possible to improve the extensibility, such as setting other information in a partial area of the gaming state determination value storage area 124 or incorporating other information in the gaming state determination value. In addition, as other information, the information etc. which show pending | holding number N are considered, for example.

  In the present embodiment, when each status flag is derived from the gaming status determination value, for example, the gaming status determination value may be divided by 4 to set the quotient as the probability variation status flag and the remainder as the time saving status flag.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19, there is provided a gaming state grasping table TD1 in which a combination of a winning lottery mode and a support mode is set, and each gaming state (each state flag) is displayed by referring to the gaming state grasping table TD1. It is good also as composition to grasp. In this case, the game state determination value may be associated with the order of data in which the combination of the lottery mode and the support mode is set. Specifically, assuming that the gaming state determination value is n (n: 0 to 7), a combination of the lottery mode and the support mode corresponding to n is set in the nth area of the gaming state grasping table TD1. Then, in the case of grasping the gaming state, the gaming state judgment value is grasped, and the combination set in the area of the same number as the gaming state judgment value is grasped. As a result, the gaming state determination value functions as a reference number for the gaming state determination table TD1, and the storage amount of the gaming state determination table TD1 does not need to be stored in the gaming state determination table TD1. It is possible to reduce.

  In the present embodiment, the probability variation status flag has a data configuration in which “0” is an initial value and numerical information is a multiple of the number of types of time saving status flags (“4”), but is limited thereto No, it may be a multiple of a number larger than the number of types of time saving status flags. However, in view of making the above-mentioned gaming state determination value function as a reference number of the gaming state grasping table TD1, the probability change state flag is a multiple of the number of time saving state flags (“4”) with “0” as the initial value. It is preferable to set the data configuration to be the numerical information of

Third Embodiment
In the present embodiment, the processing system executed by the pachinko machine 10 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the processing necessary for advancing the game is dispersedly set in each of the normal processing in which the processing is periodically executed and the timer interrupt processing in which the processing is periodically executed as well. There is.

  Specifically, the normal process is executed instead of the process of step S111 to step S113 after the process of step S110 in the main process (FIG. 8) is executed.

  In the normal process, as shown in FIG. 20, the processes of steps S1001 to S1011 are performed. These processes are basically the same as the corresponding processes described in the first embodiment. However, in the special figure special power control process of step S1004, the acquisition process of the suspension information on the special figure side is omitted, and in the generalization and general power control process of step S1005, the acquisition process of the suspension information on the general drawing side is It is omitted.

  After execution of the process of step S1011, it is determined in step S1012 whether a power failure flag is set. The power failure flag is set in the power failure flag storage area provided in the various flag storage area 104d when the occurrence of power failure is identified in the power failure information storage processing of step S1102 in the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 21) Be done.

  If the power failure flag is not set, it is determined in step S1013 whether it is time to execute the next normal process, that is, a predetermined time (specifically, 4 msec) has elapsed since the start of the previous normal process. Determine if Then, the remaining processes of steps S1014 to S1016 are repeatedly executed until the start time of the normal process is reached. The processing content of step S <b> 1014 to step S <b> 1016 is the same as that of step S <b> 111 to step S <b> 113 described above.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1012 that the power failure flag is set, the power failure process after step S1017 is executed. That is, in step S1017, the occurrence of timer interrupt processing is inhibited, and thereafter, in step S1018, the RAM determination value is calculated and stored. In this case, the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag are stored. Then, after the access to the RAM 104 is prohibited in step S1019, the infinite loop is continued until the power is completely shut off and the process can not be performed.

  The timer interrupt process in the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S1101, a lottery random number updating process for updating a lottery random number is executed.

  Thereafter, the processing of step S1102 to step S1105 is executed. Since these processes are the same as the corresponding processes in the timer interrupt process of the first embodiment, the description will be omitted.

  Then, in step S1106, the acquisition processing of the suspension information on the special drawing side is executed, and in step S1107, the acquisition processing of the suspension information on the general drawing side is executed, and this processing is ended. Since these processes are the same as the processes of steps S401 and S301 in the first embodiment, the description will be omitted.

  According to the embodiment described above, in the configuration in which the processing for controlling the progress of the game is distributed and set in each of the normal processing and the timer interrupt processing, grasping of each gaming state is suitably performed. be able to.

<Other Embodiments>
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, A various deformation | transformation improvement is possible within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, it may be changed as follows. Incidentally, the configuration of the other embodiment described below may be applied individually to the configuration of the above embodiment, or may be applied in combination.

  (1) In the above embodiments, the time saving state flag and the probability changing state flag are adopted as the information used for deriving the game state judgment value, but in addition to these, for example, information showing the number N of holdings etc. is adopted. May be In this case, it is possible to easily determine the fluctuation pattern according to the number N of reservations. However, in view of the increase in processing load caused by the need to update the gaming state determination value each time the number of reservations N fluctuates, it is preferable to use only each state flag. In the case of the above configuration, each storage area 122, 123, 124 may be divided into three areas: an area corresponding to the acceptance lottery mode, an area corresponding to the support mode, and an area corresponding to the number N of reservations.

  (2) Furthermore, a plurality of storage areas may be provided, and storage information relating to winning of the upper operation port 33 and storage information relating to winning of the lower operation port 34 may be distinguished and stored. In this case, the game state determination value may be set so as to distinguish between the number of reservations based on winning in the upper operation opening 33 and the number of reservations based on winning in the lower operation opening 34.

  In the above configuration, a configuration may be applied in which the suspension information relating to the winning to the lower operation opening 34 is preferentially digested, and conversely, the suspension information relating to the winning to the upper operation opening 33 has priority Configuration to be digested may be applied. Also, the configuration may be such that the probability of winning the non-branching correspondence result is different between the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the upper actuation opening 33 and the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the lower actuation opening 34.

  Further, in the above configuration, the plurality of operating ports are not vertically arranged side by side, but the first operating port corresponding to the upper operating port 33 and the second operating port corresponding to the lower operating port 34 are on the left and right It is good also as a structure arranged in parallel, and it is good also as a structure which these both operation ports were arranged in parallel diagonally. Furthermore, depending on the operation mode of the launch operation device 55, both operation ports may be arranged apart from one another so as to aim for winning only to the first operation port or only to winning to the second operation port.

  Further, in the above configuration, the main display section 43 is obtained based on the first display area displaying the result of the pass / fail judgment of the hold information acquired based on the winning of the upper operation opening 33 and the winning of the lower operation opening 34. A second display area may be provided to display the result of the pass / fail judgment of the held information.

  (3) In each of the above embodiments, although it is configured to perform the determination of the success or failure in the change start process, it is not limited thereto, for example, based on the game ball entering the operation opening 33, 34 The destination identification process may be executed to make a pass / fail determination at a timing prior to the timing at which the change start process is performed. In this case, a numerical value corresponding to the identification result by the destination identification process may be added to the gaming state determination value. Then, a variation pattern corresponding to the game state determination value may be selected. As a result, it is possible to easily realize the effect of the fluctuation pattern corresponding to the identification result of the destination identification process.

  (4) In the first embodiment, the upper data areas 122a, 123a, 124a and the lower data areas 122b, 123b, 124b of the storage areas 122, 123, 124 have the same storage capacity (4 bits). The present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured differently. In this case, it is preferable that a larger number of storage capacities be allocated to the larger number of types by comparing the number of types of the lottery mode and the number of types of the support mode. The point is that a data area capable of taking a numerical range larger than the number of types in the lottery mode and a data area capable of taking a numerical range larger than the number of types in the support mode may be prepared.

  (5) In the above embodiments, each state flag and the game state determination value are set to the same data amount (1 byte), but the present invention is not limited to this, and different data amounts may be set. However, if attention is paid to an increase in processing load caused by performing the adjustment process of the number of bits when performing the addition process, it is preferable that the configuration is set to the same data amount.

  (6) In each of the above-described embodiments, the addition process is employed to derive the game state determination value. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other arithmetic operations may be performed. However, in the case of performing subtraction processing, addition processing is preferable in view of the fact that the game state determination value can take a negative value and that multiplication and division have a relatively high processing load.

  (7) In the first embodiment, the gaming state determination value is derived by adding the numerical information based on all the data of the time saving state flag and the numerical information based on all the data of the probability changing state flag, but it is not limited thereto. For example, the game state determination value may be calculated using part of data of each state flag. For example, lower data of the time saving state flag may be set in the lower data area 124b of the gaming state determination value storage area 124, and lower data of the probability change state flag may be set in the upper data area 124a of the gaming state determination value storage area 124. Good. The point is that the game state determination value may be derived by performing predetermined operations including arithmetic operations and bit operations using the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag. However, in this case, since it is necessary to execute mask processing, there is a concern that the processing load may increase. Focusing on this point, addition of numerical information based on all data is better.

  (8) It may be configured to confirm whether or not the gaming state determination value is normal at a predetermined confirmation timing. In detail, every time the predetermined confirmation timing is reached, the game state determination value is derived using the time reduction state flag and the probability change state flag, and the derived game state determination value is stored in the game state determination value storage area 124 It is judged whether it agrees with the numerical value. If it is determined that they match, it is assumed that they are normal, and various processings are executed as they are, while if they are not matched, it is determined that they are abnormal and processing for stopping the progress of the game is executed. Thereby, it is possible to suppress that the game is performed in an abnormal state.

  The predetermined confirmation timing may be, for example, a timing at which a predetermined specific cycle has elapsed. Specifically, it is preferable to execute the above confirmation process in the timer interrupt process. Further, in the configuration in which the game state determination value is held when the power is shut off, the above-described judgment process may be executed in the power on process.

  Further, stopping the progress of the game may be, for example, a configuration for stopping an interrupt due to timer interrupt processing or a configuration for stopping a configuration relating to the payout of the game ball.

  (9) In the above embodiment, although the time saving status flag and the probability variation status flag are stored in the status flag storage areas 122 and 123 of the RAM 104, the present invention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, only the game state determination value may be stored in the RAM 104. As a result, it is possible to reduce the amount of data stored in the RAM 104 for each of the state flag storage areas 122 and 123. In this case, at power-off, the game state determination value is stored, and in the power on setting process, the game state determination value is read.

  Furthermore, in the game state determination value update process, a process of adding or subtracting a numerical value corresponding to the event that triggered the update is executed. That is, for example, in the special power termination process, numerical value information corresponding to the big hit flag is stored in the game state determination value storage area 124 as a game state determination value. Then, the current gaming state is grasped based on the gaming state determination value.

  After that, when the low probability mode is changed to the high probability mode along with the progress of the game, the game state determination value is added with a predetermined specific value (for example, "240"), and the high probability mode is changed to the low probability mode. If it does not, the above specific value is subtracted. Further, when transitioning from the high frequency support mode to the low frequency support mode, the game state determination value is set to “0” or “240”.

  (10) With regard to the specific data configuration of the time saving state flag and the probability variation state flag in each of the above-described embodiments, different gaming state determination values may be derived for each combination. For example, numerical information such as "10" may be set instead of "0" in the lower data area 122b of the probability variation state flag storage area 122. The point is that the upper data area 124a and the lower data area 124b may be set so that no carry occurs.

  (11) Other types of pachinko machines and the like different from the above embodiments, for example, pachinko machines in which a motorized role opens a predetermined number of times when gaming balls enter a specific area of a special device The present invention can be applied to gaming machines such as pachinko machines, pachinko machines equipped with other features, arrange ball machines, ball balls, etc., in which a right is generated and a jackpot is generated.

  A non-ball-ball type game machine, for example, a plurality of reels having a plurality of kinds of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts the rotation of the reels by inserting medals and operating the start lever, and the stop switch is operated. Alternatively, after the reel is stopped after the predetermined period has elapsed, the player is given a privilege such as the payout of medals if a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on an effective line visible through the display window. The present invention is also applicable to slot machines.

  In this case, the random number counter may be acquired based on the operation of the start lever, and the lottery may be performed using the random number counter, and the present invention may be applied to the acquisition of the random number counter and the lottery.

  A pachinko machine and slot machine including a loading device and starting rotation of the reel by operating the start lever after a predetermined number of gaming balls stored in the storage unit are loaded by the loading device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which is integrated.

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Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for ease of understanding, the corresponding configuration in the above embodiment is appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configuration illustrated in the parentheses or the like.

Feature 1 Lottery means (a function of executing a process of determining whether or not the CPU 102 performs a lottery) whether or not to award a benefit when a predetermined lottery trigger occurs;
If the lottery result of the lottery means is a result corresponding to granting a bonus, the bonus granting means for awarding the bonus to the player (transition to open / close execution mode in CPU 102, high probability mode and high frequency support mode Function),
In the gaming machine provided with
As the gaming state, there are a first specific gaming state (incompliance lottery mode) and a second specific gaming state (support mode) in which the awarding modes of the benefits are different and can progress simultaneously.
Each specific gaming state is set in a plurality of types with different degrees of player's advantage,
In order to identify which of the first specific information (probable change state flag) for identifying which of the plurality of types of first specific gaming states is and which of the plurality of types of second specific gaming states By performing predetermined arithmetic processing using the second specific information (time saving state flag) of the second specific information, calculation data composed of a smaller data amount than the total data amount of the respective specific information Operation means for deriving (function of executing the game state determination value calculation process of the CPU 102);
A unit for storing the operation data in a predetermined storage unit (a function of executing a game state determination value storage process of the CPU 102);
Equipped with
A game machine characterized in that the operation data stored in the storage means can identify which one of the specific gaming states is.

  According to the feature 1, by providing the first specific gaming state and the second specific gaming state in which the awarding modes of the benefits are different, and further setting the plural specific gaming states, it is possible to achieve diversification of the game. Thereby, the interest of the game can be improved.

  Here, since each specific gaming state can progress simultaneously, it is necessary to grasp each specific information. For this reason, when a situation occurs where it is desired to simultaneously grasp each specific gaming state, it is necessary to execute a process of individually grasping each of the particular information, which may increase the processing load of the above-described grasping process. However, if predetermined information is stored in advance for each combination of each specific gaming state, and each specific gaming state is grasped by grasping the predetermined information, the data amount of the same number as the number of combinations is It is necessary to store in advance, and there is a concern that the storage capacity may increase.

  On the other hand, according to this feature, calculation data is derived by performing calculation processing using each specific information, and it is possible to grasp each specific gaming state based on the calculation data. Thereby, in order to grasp each specific gaming state, it is sufficient to grasp only the operation data, and therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of data to be grasped as compared with the configuration in which each particular information is grasped. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the processing load related to the processing for grasping each specific gaming state. Further, since it is not necessary to store and hold operation data in advance, it is possible to suppress an increase in storage capacity.

  From the above, it is possible to preferably grasp the gaming state.

Feature 2 First control means (main control device 71) having an output means capable of outputting a predetermined signal concerning the game while the lottery means is mounted;
Second control means (voice light emission control device 72) for controlling a gaming apparatus used for playing a game based on the predetermined signal output from the output means;
Equipped with
The output means outputs a signal including the operation data as the predetermined signal,
The gaming machine according to Feature 1, wherein the second control means controls the gaming apparatus in a mode corresponding to the signal when the signal including the operation data is received.

  According to the feature 2, by outputting the signal related to the operation data as the predetermined signal, it is possible to reduce the data amount of the signal as compared with the configuration in which the signal including each specific information is output. As a result, the processing load relating to the output of the predetermined signal can be reduced. Further, by outputting a signal including operation data, it is not necessary to store a predetermined signal in the storage means in advance. Thereby, the storage capacity of the storage means can be increased.

  Feature 3 The gaming machine according to Feature 1 or Feature 2, wherein each of the specific information and the operation data is configured by the same number of bits.

  According to the feature 3, since the same amount of data is obtained, it is not necessary to adjust the number of bits when performing the calculation. Thereby, the processing load of the arithmetic processing can be reduced. In this case, by using one operation data, it is possible to grasp each specific gaming state with a half data amount as compared with the configuration using two pieces of specific information.

  In addition, when 1 byte is set as the minimum data size that can be handled by the control means for controlling the game, the data amount of each of the specific information and the operation data may be 1 byte. .

Feature 4 The first identification information is composed of a plurality of bits and is different first bit pattern data according to the type of each first identification gaming state,
The second identification information is composed of the plurality of bits, and is different second bit pattern data according to the type of each second identification gaming state,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features 1 to 3, wherein the computing means performs computation using each bit pattern data as numerical information.

  According to the fourth feature, calculation data can be derived without performing bit mask processing or the like by performing calculation using each piece of specific information as numerical value information. Thereby, operation data can be derived by relatively simple operation.

  Feature 5 The feature 4 is characterized in that bit pattern data of each identification information is set such that different operation data are derived according to a combination of the first identification information and the second identification information. Of gaming machines.

  According to the feature 5, different calculation data is derived according to the combination of each specific information, so that it is possible to avoid a situation where confusion occurs when specifying each specific gaming state based on the calculation data, calculation data Each specific gaming state can be uniquely identified based on. This makes it possible to avoid grasping a gaming state different from the actual gaming state when grasping the gaming state based on the operation data.

Feature 6 Each of the specific information and the operation data is
First data (data stored in upper data areas 122a, 123a, 124a) capable of taking a first numerical value range larger than the number of types of the first specific gaming state;
Second data (data stored in lower data areas 122b, 123b, 124b) capable of taking a second numerical value range larger than the number of types of the second specific gaming state;
Divided into
The first data of the first specific information is different first correspondence data according to the first specific gaming state,
The second data of the first specific information is the same first prescribed data regardless of the first specific gaming state,
The second data of the second identification information is second correspondence data which differs according to the second identification game states,
The first data of the second identification information is the same second definition data regardless of each of the second identification game states,
The calculation means derives the calculation data by adding or subtracting numerical value information related to the first specific information and numerical value information related to the second specific information,
Each of the corresponding data and the respective prescribed data is such that when the addition or subtraction is performed by the operation means, no carry or carry occurs between the first data and the second data in the operation data. The gaming machine according to feature 5, wherein the gaming machine is set.

  According to the feature 6, when the numerical information related to the first identification information and the numerical information related to the second identification information are added or subtracted, the first data of the operation data is an operation of the first corresponding data and the first prescribed data. As a result, the second data of the operation data is the operation result of the second specified data and the second corresponding data. In this case, since each prescribed data is fixed data, the first data of the operation data differs according to the first corresponding data, and the second data of the operation data differs according to the second corresponding data. Since no carry or the like occurs between the first data and the second data, the two do not interfere with each other. Thereby, different operation data can be derived according to the combination of each specific information.

  Each set of data may be "0". In this case, regardless of the corresponding data, there is no occurrence of carry or drop at the time of addition or subtraction, so that the degree of freedom of each corresponding data can be secured.

Feature 7 The second specific information can take a specific number of numerical information equal to or greater than the number of types of the second specific gaming state,
The first specific information is set to numerical information of a multiple of the specific number,
The gaming machine according to Feature 5, wherein the calculation means adds numerical value information related to the first specific information and numerical value information related to the second specific information.

  According to the feature 7, different operation data is derived according to the combination of each specific gaming state. In this case, the quotient obtained by dividing the numerical information related to the operation data by the specific number is the numerical information related to the first specific information, and the remainder is the numerical information related to the second specific information. Thereby, when each specific information is required, each specific information can be easily derived from the operation data.

Feature 8 A game board in which a game area in which game balls flow down is formed;
Variable ball entry means ( lower operation opening 34 and electric motor) provided in the game area and capable of switching between the first state in which the game ball easily enters the ball and the second state in which the game ball does not easily enter or can not enter the ball Character 34a ),
A unit for controlling the payout means so that a predetermined number of game balls are paid out when the game ball enters the variable ball entry means (a function for the payout control device 78 to pay out based on the award ball command);
Equipped with
The plurality of types of first specific gaming states are different in the probability of being given the corresponding result in the lottery by the lottery means,
The game according to any one of the features 1 to 7, wherein the plurality of types of second specific gaming states are different in the degree of expectation that the game ball enters the ball in the variable ball entry means Machine.

  According to the feature 8, the plurality of first specific gaming states in which the probability of the lottery by the lottery means is different, and the plurality of second specific gaming states in which the degree of expectation for the game ball to enter the variable entering means is different The game state can be diversified by providing the. In this case, both may proceed independently and simultaneously at the same time.

  In such a configuration, according to the configuration of the feature 1 described above, it is possible to preferably grasp each specific gaming state that can progress simultaneously.

Feature 9 Prior to the lottery by the lottery means being performed, or based on the lottery being performed by the lottery means, the operation for the game cycle is started, and the notification result corresponding to the lottery result of the lottery means is set as the notification result The game times control means (CPU 102 controls the predetermined notification means so that the game times operation of each game time is performed according to the lottery result of the lottery means, assuming that the operation is finished once. Function to execute the game times control process of
The game number control means includes operation mode determination means (function for executing a process of determining a variation pattern command of the CPU 102) for determining an operation mode of the game operation based on the calculation data of the calculation means. The gaming machine according to any one of the features 1 to 8, characterized in that when the respective game times are performed, the game circulation operation is performed in the operation mode determined by the operation mode determining means.

  According to the feature 9, by determining the operation mode of the gaming cycle operation based on the operation data, it is possible to perform the gaming cycle operation according to the gaming state at that time, and the gaming state and the gaming cycle operation Can be closely related. In this case, as compared with the configuration in which each specific information is grasped, the amount of data to be grasped can be reduced, so that the processing load relating to the determination of the operation mode of the game operation can be reduced.

Feature 10 The control means for controlling the game is provided with a means (function to execute the main process of the CPU 102) for executing a predetermined start-up process based on the fact that the operation power is supplied to itself.
The gaming machine according to any one of the features 1 to 9, wherein the calculation means calculates the calculation data in the start-up process.

  According to the feature 10, each game state can be grasped before the game is started by calculating the operation data in the start-up process. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the game from being started in a state where each gaming state is not grasped.

Feature 11. State notification means (state notification LED 47) for changing the notification mode according to each of the specific game states;
A unit that controls the notification mode of the condition notification unit based on the operation data (a function of executing a condition notification LED control process of the CPU 102);
A game machine according to any one of the features 1 to 10, characterized in that it comprises:

  According to the feature 11, each specific gaming state can be grasped by confirming the notification mode of the state notification means. Thereby, the player and the manager can easily grasp the current gaming state.

  In this case, the notification mode of the state notification means is controlled based on the operation data to reduce the processing load related to the control of the notification mode of the state notification means as compared with the configuration in which control is performed based on each specific information. Can be

Feature 12. A unit for storing the specific information and the operation data in the storage unit;
The arithmetic data is derived by executing the arithmetic processing using each piece of specific information stored in the storage means when a predetermined specific trigger occurs, and the derived arithmetic data, Comparison means for comparing the operation data stored in the storage means;
A game machine according to any one of the features 1 to 11, characterized in that it comprises:

  According to the feature 12, by performing the comparison by the comparison means, it is possible to determine whether the operation data and each specific information stored in the storage means are normal. Thus, by changing various information stored in the storage means, it is possible to suppress an act of putting the user in an advantageous state against fraud.

  In addition, as a specific opportunity, the time of a power failure etc. can be considered, for example. In this case, the storage means may be configured to maintain the stored information even at the time of a power failure.

  The basic configuration of a gaming machine other than a pachinko machine to which the above features can be applied will be shown below.

  Throttle type gaming machines such as slot machines: A pattern display device for variably displaying a plurality of patterns, variable display of the plurality of patterns is started due to the operation of the start operation means, and the cause is due to the operation of the stop operation means And / or a variable display of the plurality of symbols is stopped when a predetermined time elapses, and a game machine which provides a bonus to the player according to the symbols after the stop.

  Ball-use belt-type gaming machine: A variable display means is provided for variably displaying a symbol row consisting of a plurality of symbols and then displaying the symbol row at the final stop, and the variation of symbols is started and stopped due to the operation of the starting operation means The variation of the symbol is stopped due to the operation of the operating means for the game or by the elapse of a predetermined time, the special gaming state (bonus advantageous to the player as a necessary condition that the final stop symbol at the time of the stop is a specific symbol A throwing device for generating a game, etc., and further providing a ball saucer to take in game balls from the ball saucer, and a payout device for paying out gaming balls to the ball saucer; A game machine configured such that the operation of the starting operation means becomes effective when a game ball is inserted.

  10: Pachinko machine, 32: variable winning device, 41: symbol display device, 47: status notification LED, 71: main control device, 72: sound emission control device, 101: main control board, 102: CPU, 121: big hit flag Storage area 122: probability variation state flag storage area 123: short time status flag storage area 124: gaming state determination value storage area.

Claims (1)

First control means having lottery means for performing lottery for determining whether or not to award a benefit when a predetermined lottery trigger occurs, and first control means having an output means capable of outputting a predetermined signal concerning a game;
Privilege giving means for giving a player a privilege when the lottery result of the lottery means is a result corresponding to giving a privilege.
Second control means for controlling an effect means used for a game effect based on the predetermined signal outputted from the output means;
In the gaming machine provided with
As the gaming state, there are a first specific gaming state and a second specific gaming state that are different in the awarding mode of the benefit and can progress simultaneously.
Each of the specific gaming states is set in a plurality of types with different degrees of player's advantage,
Wherein the first information for identifying which one of the plurality of types of first specific game state is information for identifying which one of the second specific game state of the plurality of types said second information constituted the same in number of bits and the first information, by combining, a derivation process of deriving the first information and the second information and the specific information consists of the same number of bits Deriving means to be executed ;
A means for said first information, storing said second information and said identification information in a predetermined storage means,
Equipped with
The specific information stored in the storage means can identify which one of the specific gaming states is,
The output means outputs a signal including the specific information as the predetermined signal,
When the second control means receives a signal including the specific information , the second control means controls the effect means in a mode corresponding to the signal.
The gaming machine, when a particular trigger a predetermined occurs, by executing the calculation process by using the first information and the second information stored in the storage means, the specific information It derives the gaming machine characterized that you store specific information that derives.

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