JP6647533B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

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

  In a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a plurality of types of identification symbols (for example, numeral symbols of “0” to “9”) are prepared for production, and identification symbols are displayed in a plurality of symbol display areas, respectively. The jackpot lottery result is notified by the combination of displayed identification symbols. In a gaming machine that notifies a lottery result by a combination of identification symbols, a technology is known in which a role is assigned to each type of identification symbol to be displayed, such as a positively changing symbol, a normal symbol, and a chance symbol.

  As a document which discloses a technique for giving a role to the identification symbol as described above, for example, there is Patent Document 1. Patent Literature 1 discloses a configuration in which the degree of expectation of a jackpot determined in the content of the reach effect after the end of the button effect is different for each type of numeral symbol. Specifically, a configuration is disclosed in which a reach effect with a high jackpot expectation is performed when the number symbol is “1”, and a reach effect with a low expectation jackpot is performed when the number symbol is “2”. .

JP 2012-110572 A

  However, the conventional technique described above has the following problems. That is, in the conventional technology, the role of the identification symbol is fixed, and the player is easily bored. Since the effect of displaying the identification symbol is one of the most effective means for allowing the player to enjoy the fun of the game, there is room for improvement.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technology. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine for displaying an identification symbol, and to provide a technique for producing an identification symbol that does not cause the player to get bored easily.

The gaming machine of the present invention
Effect control means for controlling effects relating to the game,
And a production display means for displaying the production,
The effect control means,
A lottery result display process for displaying, on the effect display means, an identification symbol randomly selected from a plurality of types of identification symbols, followed by a variable display, followed by a stop display;
In the fluctuation display in the lottery result display processing, the effect display means causes the identification symbol to be temporarily stopped and displayed in at least one of the display locations, and then all the display locations of the identification symbol are displayed again in a simulated continuous variation. Display effect processing,
Among the plurality of types of identification symbols, there is an identification symbol to which a role is assigned for each type, and an identification symbol to which a role is assigned is identified by the lottery result display process based on a lottery result. Performing a role announcement effect process for temporarily displaying a temporary stop in the display area of the effect display means before the stop display and performing an announcement effect corresponding to the role assigned to the displayed identification symbol. And
In the role announcement effect processing, at least one of the plurality of types of identification symbols is changed from a role having no role to another role due to the re-variation display in the pseudo continuous variation display effect,
A gaming machine characterized in that:

  According to the present invention, it is a gaming machine that displays an identification symbol, and realizes a technique for producing an identification symbol that does not cause the player to get bored easily.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment. It is a front view of the game board of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment. It is a figure showing the detail of the 2nd big winning a prize device of the pachinko gaming machine concerning an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view showing indicators in a frame A of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2. It is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main control board and peripheral devices of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a sub-control board and peripheral equipment of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure showing a jackpot determination table. It is a figure which shows the determination table of a big hit type. It is a figure showing an opening mode table of a special winning opening. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a reach determination table. It is a figure showing the change pattern table in the lottery of the 1st special symbol. It is a figure showing the change pattern table in the lottery of the 2nd special symbol. It is a figure showing a judgment table of a normal hit. It is a figure showing a figure symbol role table. It is a figure which shows the stop order of the number symbol in an effect design fluctuation effect. It is a figure which shows the outline of the effect design fluctuation effect corresponding to a number symbol. It is a figure which shows another example of a state suggestion image. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a main-side activation process in the main control board. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a main-side timer interrupt process in the main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sensor detection processing in a main control board. It is a figure showing the 1st starting winning command determination table in the winning of the 1st starting opening. It is a figure showing the 2nd starting winning command determination table in winning of the 2nd starting opening. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the special operation processing in a main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the special symbol standby process in a main control board. It is a flow chart which shows the procedure of special design change processing in a main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the special symbol determination processing in a main control board. It is a flow chart which shows the procedure of the big hit game processing in the main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sub side starting process in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sub side 2ms timer interruption processing in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sub side 10ms timer interruption processing in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sub side received command analysis processing in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the pre-reading effect determination processing in a sub control board. It is a figure showing a continuous notice judgment table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the fluctuation effect start processing in a sub control board. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the fluctuation effect ending process in a sub control board. It is a figure which shows the outline of the effect design fluctuation effect in a modification. It is a figure showing the outline of the modification of a specific frame. It is a figure which shows the example of an application of the effect explaining the role of a numerical symbol.

  Hereinafter, a gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine. In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine is made to coincide with the left-right direction of the player facing the pachinko gaming machine. In addition, the front side of each part of the pachinko gaming machine is a side approaching a player facing the pachinko gaming machine, and the rear side of each part of the pachinko gaming machine is a side far from the player facing the pachinko gaming machine.

1. Structure of Pachinko Gaming Machine 1 As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a gaming machine frame 50 and a gaming board 2 mounted in the gaming machine frame 50. The gaming machine frame 50 includes a front frame 51, an inner frame 52, and an outer frame 53 in order from the front side. The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an upper decoration unit 200, a left decoration unit 210, a right decoration unit 220, and an operation unit 230 in a front frame 51 in front of the gaming machine frame 50.

  Further, the operation unit 230 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an effect button 63, a cross button 68, a handle 60, a hit ball supply tray 61, and a surplus ball tray 62. The cross button 68 and the effect button 63 are provided on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, specifically, on the upper front of the hit ball supply tray 61. Therefore, the player can easily operate the cross button 68 and the effect button 63 from near the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  The handle 60 is located below the center in the front frame 51, is operated by the player, and inputs the firing intensity of the game ball according to the rotation angle to the pachinko gaming machine 1. The hit ball supply tray 61 is located below the center of the front frame 51 and stores game balls. The surplus ball tray 62 is located below the hit ball supply tray 61 and stores game balls that cannot be accommodated in the hit ball supply tray 61.

  The right side decoration unit 220 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a sword member 222 that imitates a part of a sword and a handle. The sword member 222 can be pushed down by the player, and the pachinko gaming machine 1 can detect the pushing operation of the sword member 222. That is, the sword member 222 is one of the input devices. The sword member 222 is also provided on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and a player can easily operate the sword member 222 from near the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a glass plate 55, a frame lamp 66 for decoration, and a speaker 67 on the front frame 51. The glass plate 55 is attached to a substantially central portion of the front frame 51 so that the player can visually recognize the game board 2 from the front through the transparent glass plate 55.

  The frame lamp 66 is provided in the upper decoration unit 200, and is configured by four light-emitting units simulated in the form of alphabets of “L”, “O”, “G”, and “O”, respectively, for various effects. Each light emitting unit is individually or simultaneously lit as required.

  The speakers 67 are provided on the left and right sides of the front frame 51, respectively, and output various sounds such as voices, music, sound effects, notification sounds, and the like as necessary. For example, during the game control of the pachinko gaming machine 1, audio, music, sound effects, and the like are output according to the effect. Further, when an abnormality occurs in the pachinko gaming machine 1 during a game, for example, a siren sound is output to notify the abnormality. Note that the speaker 67 provided on the left side is disposed immediately below the upper decorative unit 200, like the speaker 67 provided on the right side, and is not shown in FIG.

  Next, the gaming board 2 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a gaming board 2 provided with a rail member 4 and a plurality of gaming nails (reference numerals are omitted). The game board 2 has a game area 3 partially surrounded by the rail member 4 and on which game balls can roll. The rail member 4 guides a game ball shot from below the game area 3 toward above the game area 3.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an image display device 7 having a liquid crystal display member near the center of the gaming area 3. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a fixed winning device 19 which is located below the image display device 7 in the gaming area 3 and has a first starting port 20 in which the ease of entering a gaming ball does not always change. The winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 is a trigger for the lottery of the first special symbol by the pachinko gaming machine 1. The lottery of the first special symbol is one of the jackpot lotteries, and the details will be described later.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a center decorative body 10 in front of the image display device 7, and further includes a stage 11 below the center decorative body 10 with the image display device 7 interposed therebetween. The stage unit 11 guides the game ball to the first starting port 20. Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 has a warp section 12 at the lower left of the center decorative body 10. The warp unit 12 guides the game ball to the stage unit 11.

  In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a board movable body 15 above the center decorative body 10. The board movable body 15 is a movable so-called gimmick. The panel movable body 15 is changed from the storage state where the panel movable body 15 is compactly folded and stored at the upper portion of the image display device 7 to the exposure state where the folding is released and the front portion including the central portion of the image display device 7 is exposed. It can be displaced. The board movable body 15 is displaced in accordance with the effect, for example, during the game control of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a normal variable winning device 22 below the first starting port 20 in the gaming area 3. Hereinafter, the ordinary variable prize device 22 is referred to as an “electric chu 22”. The electric tube 22 has a second starting port 21. The winning of the game ball to the second starting port 21 is a trigger for the lottery of the second special symbol by the pachinko gaming machine 1. The lottery of the second special symbol is also one of the jackpot lotteries, and the details will be described later. The electric tube 22 includes a movable member 23, and the second starting port 21 is opened and closed by the operation of the movable member 23.

  Only when the second starting port 21 is in the open state where the movable member 23 is in the open position, the game ball can enter. On the other hand, when the movable member 23 is in the closed state at the closed position, the game ball cannot enter the ball. In this case, the game ball that has reached the upper side of the second starting port 21 is hit in the left-right direction of the movable member 23. That is, the ease of entry of the game ball into the second starting port 21 differs depending on the position of the movable member 23. This point is different from the first starting port 20 in which the ease of entering the game ball does not always change. It should be noted that it is only necessary that the game ball is more difficult to enter the second starting port 21 when the movable member 23 is closed than when the movable member 23 is open. Good.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a first big prize device 31 having a first big prize port 30 in a game area 3 on the upper right side of the fixed prize device 19, that is, diagonally above and right of the gaming board 2. Further, the first special winning device 31 is provided with an opening and closing member 32, and the first large winning opening 30 is opened and closed by the operation of the opening and closing member 32. The first special winning opening 30 allows the game ball to enter only when the opening / closing member 32 is in the open position and the game ball when the opening / closing member 32 is in the closed position. Becomes impossible to enter the ball. The closed state of the opening / closing member 32 means that the game ball is more difficult to enter the first special winning opening 30 than the opened state, and the opening / closing member 32 does not have to be completely incapable of entering the ball. .

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a second large winning device 36 having a second large winning opening 35 in a gaming area 3 above and to the right of the first large winning opening 30, that is, diagonally above and right of the gaming board 2. I have. Further, the second special winning device 36 includes an opening / closing member 37, and opens and closes the second special winning opening 35 by the operation of the opening / closing member 37. The second large winning opening 35 allows a game ball to enter only when the opening / closing member 37 is in an open state where the opening / closing member 37 is open, and when the opening / closing member 37 is in a closed state where the opening / closing member 37 is in a closed position. Becomes impossible to enter the ball. The closed state of the opening / closing member 37 may be such that the game ball is more difficult to enter the second special winning opening 35 than the opened state, and the opening / closing member 37 does not have to be configured such that it cannot completely enter the ball. .

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a specific area 39 and a non-specific area 70, which are areas through which game balls passing through the second special winning opening 35 can pass, are provided inside the second special winning device 36. Is formed. Further, a signal for detecting the passage of the game ball is output to the inside of the second special winning device 36 upstream of the specific region 39 and the non-specific region 70 in the rolling direction of the game ball, that is, the game ball is output. Is provided with a second special winning opening sensor 35a that outputs a signal whose output value changes when the second special winning opening 35 passes through the second special winning opening 35. In the specific area 39, there is provided a specific area sensor 39a that outputs a signal for detecting the passage of the game ball, that is, outputs a signal whose output value changes when the game ball passes the specific area 39. In the non-specific area 70, a non-specific area sensor that outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball, that is, outputs a signal whose output value changes when the game ball passes through the non-specific area 70 70a is provided.

  In addition, the second special winning device 36 allocates the game ball that has passed through the second special winning opening 35 to either the specific area 39 or the non-specific area 70, and a distribution member that drives the distribution member 71. And a dividing member solenoid 73. The distribution member 71 is attached to the game board 2 so as to advance and retreat in the left-right direction, and switches between rolling of the game ball to the specific area 39 and rolling to the non-specific area 70.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), in a state where the distribution member 71 is retracted to a position where the game ball is allowed to roll to the specific area 39 (first state), the second big winning is achieved. The game ball that has won the opening 35 can pass through the specific area 39 after passing through the second big winning opening 35. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3B, in a state where the distribution member 71 blocks the entrance of the specific area 39 to restrict the rolling of the game ball to the specific area 39 (second state), the second state is established. The game ball that has won the special winning opening 35 passes through the second special winning opening 35, is guided by the sorting member 71, and passes through the non-specific area 70.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39 is an opportunity to change the game state. The gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the changed contents will be described later. On the other hand, the passage of the game ball to the non-specific area 70 does not trigger the change of the game state.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a first gate 28 through which a game ball can pass, at the lower left of the center decoration 10 in the game area 3. Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a second gate 29 through which gaming balls can pass, above the first starting port 20 in the gaming area 3 and above the first winning port 30. Passing of the game ball to the first gate 28 and the second gate 29 is a trigger for a lottery of a normal symbol that determines whether or not to open the electric chew 22. Details of the ordinary symbol lottery will also be described later. In the following description, the first gate 28 and the second gate 29 are collectively referred to as a gate.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 further has, in the gaming area 3, one or a plurality of normal winning ports 27 and an out port 16 for discharging gaming balls not winning any of the winning ports to the outside of the gaming area 3. are doing.

  The gaming area 3 in which various winning ports and the like are arranged includes a left gaming area 3A located on the left side from the center in the left-right direction and a right gaming area 3B located on the right side. A method of hitting a player who shoots a game ball so that the game ball rolls in the left game area 3A is referred to as “left hit”. On the other hand, a method of hitting a player who shoots a game ball so that the game ball rolls in the right game area 3B is referred to as “right hit”. The pachinko gaming machine 1 is configured so that it is easy to aim for a prize in the first starting port 20 in the case of left-handed driving. On the other hand, in the case of right-handed driving, it is configured such that it is easy to aim for a prize in the second starting port 21, the first big winning port 30, and the second big winning port 35.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with indicators 40 on the upper right of the gaming board 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the display devices 40 include a first special symbol indicator 41a for variably displaying the first special symbol, a second special symbol indicator 41b for variably displaying the second special symbol, and a normal symbol. And a normal symbol display 42 for variably displaying. In addition, on the display devices 40, a first special figure hold display 43a that displays the number of operation suspensions of the first special symbol display 41a and a storage number of operation suspension of the second special symbol display 41b are displayed. A second special figure holding display 43b to be operated and a general figure holding display 44 for displaying the number of stored operation holdings of the ordinary symbol display 42 are included. In addition, the indicators 40 may include, for example, an indicator that indicates whether the pachinko gaming machine 1 is in a specific gaming state.

  The display change of the first special symbol is performed when a game ball is awarded to the first starting port 20. The display change of the second special symbol is performed when a game ball is awarded to the second starting port 21. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol are collectively referred to as a special symbol. In addition, when the first special symbol display 41a and the second special symbol display 41b are collectively referred to as a special symbol display 41. In addition, the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b are collectively referred to as a special figure reservation display 43.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a jackpot lottery is performed when the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 is won. Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the special symbol on the special symbol display 41 variably, and then stops and displays the stop symbol, which is a special symbol corresponding to the lottery result. Report the results of The stop symbol is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols according to the result of the lottery. When the jackpot is won, the pachinko gaming machine 1 controls a jackpot game in which the first winning port 30 and the second winning port 35 are opened. The jackpot game is also called a special game. The opening pattern of the first special winning opening 30 and the second special winning opening 35 in the jackpot game will be described later.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the special symbol display 41 is composed of eight LEDs, and displays a special symbol according to the result of the jackpot lottery by the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to its lighting mode. The special symbol display 41 displays a special symbol corresponding to the winning of the jackpot according to a predetermined symbol such as, for example, "XXXXXXXX" (X: ON, OFF). , The first, second, fifth and sixth LEDs are turned on. In addition, the special symbol display 41 illuminates the eighth LED from the left according to a predetermined symbol such as "●●●●●●●●" as a display of a special symbol in the case of a loss. Let it. Further, before the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the special symbol is fluctuated and displayed for a predetermined fluctuating time. The mode of the variable display may be any mode other than the mode in which each LED is stopped and displayed, such as turning on each LED so that the lighting location flows from left to right.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 obtains a jackpot random number, which is a random number for a jackpot lottery, in response to the winning of a game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21, and outputs the random number for the jackpot. The information is temporarily stored in a specific storage area of its own memory. More specifically, if there is a prize in the first opening 20, the acquired jackpot random number is stored in a storage area for the first opening 20 (a first special figure holding storage unit 85 a shown in FIG. 5 described later), If there is a prize in the second opening 21, the acquired jackpot random number is stored in a storage area for the second opening 21 (a second special figure holding storage unit 85 b shown in FIG. 5 described later). There is an upper limit to the number of jackpot random numbers that can be stored in each storage area. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the upper limit number is set to 4 for both the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a and the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b.

  The stored jackpot random numbers are digested when a digestion condition that enables display of a special symbol based on the value is satisfied. The digestion of the jackpot random number means that the pachinko gaming machine 1 determines whether or not the value of the jackpot random number is a value corresponding to the jackpot, and displays a special symbol for indicating the determination result. Is completed by stopping the display. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, when the display of the special symbol based on the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, for example, the special symbol based on the previous lottery result is displayed. Even if a prize is awarded during the fluctuation display or during the execution of the jackpot game, the right to the jackpot lottery for the prize can be reserved up to the maximum number. The reservation of the right to the lottery is called special map reservation. Further, the special figure reservation for the winning in the first starting port 20 is referred to as a first special figure reservation, and the special figure reservation for the winning in the second starting port 21 is referred to as a second special figure holding.

  Note that the digestion conditions for the first special figure reservation stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a include the first special figure reservation stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a before the first special figure reservation. This includes that there is no drawing reservation, that is, all of the first special figure reservations stored earlier have been consumed. Further, the digestion conditions for the second special figure reservation stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b include the second special figure reservation stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b prior to the second special figure reservation. This includes the fact that there is no figure reservation, that is, all the previously stored second special figure reservations have been consumed. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the digestion of the second special figure reservation is prioritized over the digestion of the first special figure reservation. Therefore, the digestion condition for the first special figure reservation includes the absence of the second special figure reservation.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the number of special figure reservations described above on the special figure reservation display 43. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the special figure reservation display 43 includes a first special figure reservation display 43 a including four LEDs, and a second special figure reservation display 43 b. LED. The pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the number of special figure reservations by lighting LEDs on the special figure reservation display 43 as many as the number of special figure reservations.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a regular symbol lottery is performed when the game ball passes through the gate. Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine 1 notifies the result of the ordinary symbol lottery by the pachinko gaming machine 1 by changing the ordinary symbol on the ordinary symbol display 42 and then stopping and displaying the ordinary symbol corresponding to the lottery result. I do. The stop-displayed ordinary symbol is one ordinary symbol selected from a plurality of types of ordinary symbols according to the result of the lottery. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 1 controls the auxiliary game for opening the second starting port 21 according to the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery. The opening pattern of the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game will be described later.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the ordinary symbol display 42 is composed of two LEDs, and displays an ordinary symbol corresponding to the result of the ordinary symbol lottery by the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to its lighting mode. . The ordinary symbol display 42 displays a specific ordinary symbol corresponding to the winning at the ordinary winning of the ordinary symbol lottery. , Both LEDs are turned on. Further, the normal symbol display 42 lights the left LED according to a predetermined normal symbol, such as "●", as a display of a normal symbol in the case of a loss. Note that before the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the normal symbol is fluctuated for a predetermined fluctuation time. The mode of the variable display may be any mode other than the mode in which each LED is stopped and displayed, for example, by turning on both LEDs alternately.

  When the game ball passes through the gate, the pachinko gaming machine 1 obtains a value of a normal symbol random number, which is a random number for lottery of an ordinary symbol, and specifies the ordinary symbol random number in its memory. Is temporarily stored in a storage area (a general-purpose hold storage unit 86 shown in FIG. 5 described later). There is an upper limit to the number of ordinary symbol random numbers that can be stored in the storage area, and the pachinko gaming machine 1 sets the upper limit to four.

  The stored normal symbol random numbers are digested on condition that the display of the normal symbol based on the value becomes possible. The digestion of the value of the ordinary symbol random number means that the pachinko gaming machine 1 determines whether or not the value of the ordinary symbol random number is a value corresponding to an ordinary hit, and executes the display of the ordinary symbol for indicating the determination result. This is completed by stopping and displaying the ordinary symbol corresponding to the lottery result. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, when the display of the normal symbol based on the passage of the game ball to the gate cannot be performed immediately after the passage, for example, during the display of the variation of the normal symbol based on the previous lottery result or during the execution of the auxiliary game. Even when the game ball passes through the gate, the right to draw lots of ordinary symbols for the passage up to four can be reserved. This reservation of the right to the lottery is referred to as general drawing reservation.

  It should be noted that the digestion condition for the general-purpose hold stored in the general-purpose hold storage unit 86 is that there is no general-purpose hold stored in the general-purpose hold storage unit 86 before the general-purpose hold, that is, This includes the fact that all the general-purpose drawings stored in the graphic-holding storage unit 86 have been consumed.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the number of general-purpose reservations on the general-purpose display 44 as described above. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the general-purpose reservation indicator 44 is configured by four LEDs, and displays the number of general-purpose reservations by lighting the LEDs as many as the general-purpose reservations. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an image display device 7 near the center of the game area 3, and a display device 40 displays on a display screen 7 a of the image display device 7. An effect symbol display area for displaying effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R in synchronization with the change display of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is included. An effect displayed while changing the display contents of the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R is called an effect symbol change effect.

  The effect symbol display area includes, for example, three symbol display areas of “left”, “middle”, and “right”. A left effect symbol 8L is displayed in the left symbol display area, a middle effect symbol 8C is displayed in the middle symbol display area, and a right effect symbol 8R is displayed in the right symbol display area. You. Each of the effect symbols is composed of a plurality of effect symbols representing numbers from “1” to “9”, for example. In the present specification, the effect design representing a number is particularly referred to as a "number design". Numerical symbols are examples of identification symbols. In the effect symbol display area, an effect symbol representing an alphabet or an effect symbol in which a special character is drawn may be displayed in addition to the numeral symbol. These effect symbols are also examples of identification symbols. The image display device 7 displays the content of the variable display of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display 41, that is, the result of the jackpot lottery by the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the combination of the left, middle, and right numeral symbols. Is displayed clearly.

  For example, if the "big hit" has been won in the lottery of the big hit, the image display device 7 displays the numeral symbol with a double combination of the same numeral such as "777". Further, in the case of "losing", the numeral pattern is displayed in a random pattern in which at least one numeral is a combination different from other numerals. Thereby, the player can easily grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player can grasp the result of the jackpot lottery by the pachinko gaming machine 1 not only by the special symbol displayed on the display devices 40 but also by the combination of the numeric symbols displayed on the image display device 7. it can. The position of the symbol display area may be fixed or variable. Further, the image display device 7 may, for example, scroll the numeric symbol in the vertical direction or in the horizontal direction when the numeric symbol is changed and displayed.

  Note that the image display device 7 is, in addition to the effect design fluctuation effect using the numeric symbols as described above, for example, an image used for a notice effect for announcing a jackpot lottery result, an image used for executing a jackpot game or an auxiliary game. , A demonstration image for waiting for customers, and an image used for displaying various setting contents are displayed on the display screen 7a. In addition, in the effect design fluctuation effect, images other than the effect design such as a background image and a character image may be displayed in addition to the effect design such as a numeric design.

  The display screen 7a of the image display device 7 has a first effect holding display area 9A for displaying an effect holding image according to the number of first special figure holdings, and a second effect drawing holding area according to the second number of special figure holdings. A second effect suspension display area 9B for displaying the effect suspension image. The image display device 7 displays the storage number of the first special figure reservation and the storage number of the second special figure reservation, which are displayed on the display device 40, by displaying the effect suspension image in a manner that is easy for the player to understand. In other words, the player can grasp the number of special figure reservations by the special figure reservation display 43 of the display devices 40, and also the first effect suspension display area 9A and the second effect suspension display area 9B of the image display device 7. Can also be grasped by the number of effect suspension images displayed on the screen.

2. Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 80, a sub control board 90, an image control board 100, and a payout control board 110. The main control board 80 is attached to the game board 2 and mainly controls a game profit such as a lottery of a special symbol or a normal symbol and a transition of a game state. The sub-control board 90 is attached to the game board 2 and performs control related to effects performed mainly with the progress of the game, such as display on the image display device 7, lighting of various lamps, and sound output. The image control board 100 controls the image displayed on the image display device 7 and the sound output from the speaker 67. The payout control board 110 controls the payout of the game balls.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a power supply board 150. The power supply board 150 controls the supply of power to the main control board 80, the sub control board 90, the image control board 100, and the payout control board 110, and supplies necessary power to other devices via these boards. I do.

  The power supply board 150 is provided with a backup power supply circuit 151. The backup power supply circuit 151 is provided to the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 described later when power is not supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 from the outside, that is, when the main power supply is turned off or a power failure occurs. Supplies the power needed to retain information. Therefore, the information stored in the RAM 84 or the like of the main control board 80 is temporarily held while power can be supplied from the backup power supply circuit 151 even when power is not supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 from the outside. . A dedicated backup power supply circuit for each control board may be provided. A power switch 155 is connected to the power board 150. The operation of the power switch 155 switches the main power on and off.

  As shown in FIG. 5, on the main control board 80, a game control one-chip microcomputer 81 for controlling the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted. Hereinafter, the game control one-chip microcomputer 81 is referred to as a game control microcomputer 81. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM 83 storing a program for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM 84 used as a work memory, and a CPU 82 executing the program stored in the ROM 83. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits / receives data to / from another board or the like via an input / output circuit 87 constituted by an I / O port. The input / output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81. Further, the ROM 83 may be provided externally.

  The RAM 84 is provided with a special figure holding storage unit 85 that stores random numbers related to jackpot lottery and a general figure holding storage unit 86 that stores random numbers related to lottery of ordinary symbols. In addition, the special figure reservation storage unit 85 stores a first special figure reservation storage unit 85a that stores a random number acquired due to a game ball passing through the first starting port 20, and a second starting port 21. There is provided a second special figure holding storage unit 85b for storing a random number acquired due to the passage of the ball.

  More specifically, the first special-figure suspension storage unit 85a and the second special-figure suspension storage unit 85b are provided with storage areas corresponding to the upper limit number of suspensions, respectively. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, since the upper limit number of reservations is four, four storage areas are provided in each of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a and the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b. Further, each storage area is provided with a small area for storing the obtained random numbers. Specifically, the pachinko gaming machine 1 acquires four random numbers of a jackpot random number, a jackpot type random number, a reach random number, and a fluctuation pattern random number, because the gaming ball wins the starting port. Therefore, these four random numbers are stored in each small area. Details of each random number will be described later.

  Further, the general-purpose drawing storage unit 86 is also provided with a storage area corresponding to the upper limit number of holdings. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, since the upper limit of the number of reservations is four, the general-purpose reservation storage unit 86 is provided with four storage areas. Further, each area is provided with a storage area for storing the obtained random numbers. Specifically, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, a random number is obtained as a result of a game ball passing through a gate. Therefore, the above-mentioned storage area stores a random number per hit. The details of the ordinary random number will be described later.

  Various sensors and solenoids are electrically connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88. Therefore, a signal from each sensor is input to the main control board 80, and a signal is output from the main control board 80 to each solenoid. Specifically, the sensors include a first starting opening sensor 20a, a second starting opening sensor 21a, a first gate sensor 28a, a second gate sensor 29a, a first winning opening sensor 30a, a second winning opening sensor 35a, There is a specific area sensor 39a, a non-specific area sensor 70a, and a normal winning opening sensor 27a.

  The first starting port sensor 20a is provided immediately below the first starting port 20 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball. That is, when the game ball passes through the first starting port 20, the output value is changed. Output a changing signal. The second starting port sensor 21a is provided immediately below the second starting port 21 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball. That is, when the game ball passes through the second starting port 21, the output value is changed. Output a changing signal. The first gate sensor 28a is provided in a passage area immediately below the first gate 28, and outputs a signal for detecting passage of a game ball. The second gate sensor 29a is provided in a passage area immediately below the second gate 29, and outputs a signal for detecting passage of a game ball.

  The first special winning opening sensor 30a is provided directly below the first special winning opening 30 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball, that is, when a game ball passes through the first special winning opening 30. Outputs a signal whose output value changes. The second special winning opening sensor 35a is provided immediately below the second special winning opening 35 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball, that is, when a game ball passes through the second special winning opening 35. Outputs a signal whose output value changes.

  The specific area sensor 39a is located in the specific area 39 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of the game ball, that is, outputs a signal whose output value changes when the game ball passes through the specific area 39. The non-specific area sensor 70a is located in the non-specific area 70 and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of the game ball, that is, a signal whose output value changes when the game ball passes through the non-specific area 70. Output.

  The normal winning opening sensor 27a is provided immediately below each normal winning opening 27, and outputs a signal for detecting the passage of a game ball, that is, the output value changes when the game ball passes each normal winning opening 27. Output a signal.

  Further, as the solenoids, there are an electric chuck solenoid 24, a first winning port solenoid 33, a second winning port solenoid 38, and a distribution member solenoid 73. The electric tube solenoid 24 drives the movable member 23 of the electric tube 22. The first special winning opening solenoid 33 drives the opening and closing member 32 of the first special winning device 31. The second special winning opening solenoid 38 drives the opening and closing member 37 of the second special winning device 36. The distribution member solenoid 73 drives the distribution member 71 of the second winning device 36.

  The main control board 80 includes a first special symbol display 41a, a second special symbol display 41b, a normal symbol display 42, a first special figure reservation display 43a, a second special figure reservation display 43b, and The general-purpose hold indicator 44 is electrically connected. That is, the display control of these display devices 40 is performed by the game control microcomputer 81.

  Further, the main control board 80 transmits various commands to the payout control board 110 and receives various signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. Specifically, the payout control board 110 is electrically connected to a prize ball payout device 120, a ball loan payout device 130, and a card unit 135. The card unit 135 is a device that is installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1 and allows a ball to be lent based on information such as an inserted prepaid card. Further, a firing device 112 is electrically connected to the payout control board 110 via a firing control board 111.

  The payout control board 110 drives the prize ball motor 121 of the prize ball payout device 120 based on a signal from the game control microcomputer 81 and a signal from a card unit 135 electrically connected to the pachinko gaming machine 1. The payout ball payout device 120 pays out a prize ball, or drives the ball rental motor 131 of the ball rental ball payout device 130 to cause the ball rental ball payout device 130 to pay out a ball. The paid-out prize balls are controlled by a signal from the prize ball sensor 122 for counting. The payout balls to be paid out are controlled by a signal from the ball rental sensor 132 for counting.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the number of prize balls to be paid out to the first starting port 20 is three, and the number of prize balls to be paid out to the second starting port 21 is two. In addition, the number of prize balls to be paid out by prize in the first winning port 30 or the second prize port 35 is 13 balls, and the number of prize balls to be paid out by prize in the normal winning port 27 is 3 balls. These numbers of prize balls are merely examples, and may be appropriately selected.

  The firing device 112 includes a firing motor 113, a touch switch 114, a firing volume 115, and a firing stop switch 116. When the handle 60 is operated by the player, a signal indicating that the handle 60 has been touched from the touch switch 114 is output to the firing control board 111, and a signal corresponding to the amount of rotation of the handle 60 is output from the firing volume 115. Is output to the launch control board 111. The launch control board 111 drives the launch motor 113 and controls the launch device 112 based on various signals input from the launch device 112 so that the game ball is launched with an appropriate strength.

  Further, a RAM clear switch 161 is connected to the main control board 80. The RAM clear switch 161 is attached to the main control board 80 and is arranged on the rear surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1. That is, the RAM clear switch 161 is normally in a position where it cannot be visually recognized by a player on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and cannot be operated by the player. Therefore, the RAM clear switch 161 is normally operated by staff at the hall. When the pachinko gaming machine 1 is started in a state where the RAM clear switch 161 is pressed, the RAM 84 is initialized. As a result, the information stored in the RAM 84 is lost.

  Further, the main control board 80 transmits various commands to the sub-control board 90. Communication between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90 is one-way communication in which only transmission of a command from the main control board 80 to the sub-control board 90 is possible. That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional control circuit using a diode, for example, is interposed as communication direction restricting means.

  An external terminal board 190 is connected to the main control board 80. The external terminal board 190 outputs various signals based on the signal received from the game control microcomputer 81 to an external device disposed outside the pachinko gaming machine 1 such as the data display 910 and the hall computer 900. Specifically, the external terminal board 190 is provided with a plurality of channels (CN) for external output. Then, the connector corresponding to each channel (CN) and the connector on the data display 910 side are connected by a cable. Each connector outputs one signal to the outside. In the external terminal board 190, for example, a jackpot count signal indicating that a jackpot has been won, a signal indicating a gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1, a frame opening signal indicating that the gaming machine frame 50 is open, a predetermined number (for example, A signal indicating that a prize ball (10 balls) has been played and a security signal indicating that an unexpected prize has been won are output from different channels.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an effect control one-chip microcomputer 91 for controlling the effect of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in accordance with a program is mounted on the sub-control board 90. Hereinafter, the effect control one-chip microcomputer 91 is referred to as effect control microcomputer 91. The effect control microcomputer 91 includes a ROM 93 storing a program and the like for controlling the effect as the game progresses, a RAM 94 used as a work memory, and a CPU 92 executing the program stored in the ROM 93. The effect control microcomputer 91 transmits and receives data to and from another board or the like via an input / output circuit 97 formed by an I / O port. The input / output circuit 97 may be built in the effect control microcomputer 91. Further, the ROM 93 may be provided externally.

  The RAM 94 is provided with a special figure holding storage unit 95 for storing holding lottery information. The hold lottery information includes information based on each random number stored in the special figure hold storage unit 85 of the main control board 80. Specifically, the hold lottery information is output from the main control board 80 by one win at the starting port. Start winning command. The special figure reservation storage unit 95 further stores a first special figure reservation storage unit 95a for storing a first start winning command based on the first special figure reservation, and a second start recognition command for storing a second start winning command based on the second special figure reservation. And two special figure reservation storage units 95b. Further, the RAM 94 is provided with a continuous notice storage unit 98 for storing the selected continuous notice scenario, and a variable effect storage unit 96 for storing information on the effect contents in the effect design variable effect. Details of the continuous notice will be described later.

  More specifically, the first special-figure suspension storage unit 95a and the second special-figure suspension storage unit 95b are provided with storage areas corresponding to the upper limit number of suspensions, respectively. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, since the upper limit number of reservations is 4, each of the first special figure reservation storage unit 95a and the second special figure reservation storage unit 95b is provided with four storage areas. Further, each storage area is provided with two small areas. Specifically, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, a start winning command specified based on the winning of the starting opening and data indicating a display mode of the effect holding image are stored in each small area.

  The sub control board 90 includes an image control board 100, a board movable board relay board 108, a lamp relay board 107, a cross button detection switch 68x, an effect button detection switch 63x, a sword member detection switch 222x, and a vibration motor 223. Connected. Therefore, a signal based on each switch is input to the sub control board 90, and a signal is output from the sub control board 90 to each board and the vibration motor 223.

  On the image control board 100, an image control one-chip microcomputer 101 for controlling the output of the image display device 7 and the speaker 67 according to a program is mounted. Hereinafter, the image control one-chip microcomputer 101 is referred to as the image control microcomputer 101. The image control microcomputer 101 includes a program for controlling a display image as the effect progresses, a still image and a moving image displayed on the image display device 7, more specifically, characters, items, figures, characters, ROM 103 that stores image data such as numbers, symbols, background images, and the like, and audio data such as sound, music, sound effects, and the like output via the speaker 67; RAM 104 that is used as a work memory; And a CPU 102 for executing a program. The image control microcomputer 101 transmits and receives data to and from another substrate via an input / output circuit 105 constituted by an I / O port. The input / output circuit 105 may be built in the image control microcomputer 101. Further, the ROM 103 may be externally attached.

  Further, the image display device 7 and the speaker 67 are electrically connected to the image control board 100. Therefore, a signal is output from the image control board 100 to the image display device 7 and the speaker 67.

  The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 causes the image control microcomputer 101 of the image control board 100 to perform display control of the image display device 7 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The CPU 102 of the image control microcomputer 101 reads out image data and audio data from the ROM 103 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 91. Then, the read image data is displayed on the image display device 7, and a sound is output from the speaker 67 based on the read sound data.

  As a configuration for outputting sound, a sound control board electrically connected to the sub-control board 90 and the speaker 67 is provided, and the effect control microcomputer 91 receives the sound based on a command received from the main control board 80. A configuration may be adopted in which the speaker 67 outputs sound, music, sound effects, and the like via the control board. In this case, the audio data may be stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90.

  Further, the board movable body 15 is electrically connected to the sub-control board 90 via a board movable body relay board 108 attached to the game board 2. The effect control microcomputer 91 controls the operation of the board movable body 15 electrically connected via the board movable body relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Specifically, the effect control microcomputer 91 reads operation pattern data for determining the operation mode of the panel movable body 15 from the ROM 93, and based on the operation pattern data, controls the panel movable body 15 via the panel movable body relay board 108. Perform operation control.

  Further, the frame lamp 66 and the frame movable body 600 are electrically connected to the sub control board 90 via a lamp relay board 107 attached to the gaming machine frame 50. The effect control microcomputer 91 performs lighting control of the frame lamp 66 or operation control of the frame movable body 600 via the lamp relay board 107 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Specifically, the effect control microcomputer 91 reads out the light emission pattern data that determines the light emission mode of each lamp from the ROM 93, and controls the light emission of each lamp via the lamp relay board 107 based on the light emission pattern data. The effect control microcomputer 91 reads operation pattern data for determining the operation mode of the frame movable body 600 from the ROM 93, and controls the operation of the frame movable body 600 via the lamp relay board 107 based on the operation pattern data.

  The cross button detection switch 68x is a detection switch corresponding to the cross button 68. Therefore, when the cross button 68 is pressed, a signal relating to the direction in which the cross button 68 is pressed is output from the cross button detection switch 68x to the sub-control board 90. Based on the signal output from the cross button detection switch 68x, the sub-control board 90 can determine whether any one of the directional buttons 68 has been pressed. The effect button detection switch 63x is a detection switch corresponding to the effect button 63. Therefore, when the effect button 63 is pressed, a signal relating to the effect button 63 is output to the sub-control board 90 from the effect button detection switch 63x. Based on the signal output from the effect button detection switch 63x, the sub-control board 90 can determine whether or not the effect button 63 has been pressed. The sword member detection switch 222x is a detection switch corresponding to the sword member 222. Therefore, when the sword member 222 is pressed, a signal relating to the sword member 222 is output from the sword member detection switch 222x to the sub-control board 90. Based on the signal output from the sword member detection switch 222x, the sub-control board 90 can determine whether or not the sword member 222 has been pressed.

  The vibration motor 223 is a member that is housed in the effect button 63 and vibrates the exterior body of the effect button 63. The vibration motor 223 may vibrate only the structure accommodated in the effect button 63 without vibrating the exterior body of the effect button 63. The effect control microcomputer 91 creates operation pattern data that determines the operation mode of the vibration motor 223 using the data stored in the ROM 93, and controls the operation of the vibration motor 223 based on the operation pattern data.

3. The jackpot of the pachinko gaming machine 1 Next, the jackpot of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as described above, a jackpot lottery is performed when a game ball is awarded to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. In the case of a jackpot lottery performed when a game ball is awarded to the first starting port 20, the lottery result is displayed on the first special symbol display 41a, and is also referred to as a lottery of the first special symbol (special figure 1). In addition, in the jackpot lottery performed when the game ball is won to the second starting port 21, the lottery result is displayed on the second special symbol display 41b, and the lottery of the second special symbol (special figure 2) is performed. Say.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 acquires various random numbers such as a jackpot random number, a jackpot type random number, a reach random number, and a special figure variation pattern random number in accordance with the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. . The jackpot lottery is performed based on the acquired jackpot random numbers.

  The results of the jackpot lottery performed by the pachinko gaming machine 1 include “big hits” and “losing”. The jackpot random number is a value within the range of 0 to 65535. Then, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 7, in the normal probability state, for example, if the jackpot random number is a value in the range of 0 to 164, it is determined that the jackpot has been won. If there is, determine that it is missing. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, there are two gaming states having different jackpot winning probabilities, that is, a normal probability state and a high probability state. In the high probability state, for example, the jackpot random number is a value within a range of 0 to 649. If so, it is determined that the jackpot has been won. Details of the game state will be described later.

  In the case of the "big hit", the pachinko gaming machine 1 causes the special symbol display 41 to stop and display the "big hit symbol" which is a special symbol corresponding to the big hit. There are several types of jackpots, and the "jackpot symbol" according to the type is stopped and displayed. In the case of "losing", the pachinko gaming machine 1 causes the special symbol display 41 to stop and display the "losing symbol" which is a special symbol corresponding to the loss.

  Further, when the jackpot is won, the pachinko gaming machine 1 executes a “big hit game” which is a control for opening the first big winning port 30 and the second big winning port 35 in an opening pattern according to the type of the big hit. . In the following description, the first special winning opening 30 and the second special winning opening 35 are collectively referred to as a special winning opening.

  The jackpot game includes one or more round games, an opening before the first round game is started, and an ending after the last round game is completed. Each round game starts when the opening game ends or the previous round game ends, and ends when the next round game starts or the ending starts. The interval time, which is the closing time of the special winning opening between round games, is included in the open round game before the closing.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, there are "V long jackpot" and "V short jackpot" as types of jackpots. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a jackpot is won, a lottery of the jackpot type is also performed. The jackpot type lottery is performed based on the jackpot type random numbers. The jackpot type random number takes a value in a range from 0 to 9. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 8, in the lottery of the first special symbol (the lottery of the special figure 1), for example, if the big hit random number is a value in the range of 0 to 4, the V long It is determined that the jackpot has been won, and if the value is other than that, it is determined that the V-short jackpot has been won. On the other hand, in the lottery of the second special symbol (the lottery of the special figure 2), for example, it is determined that the jackpot type random number has won in the V long jackpot with a value in the range of 0 to 9, that is, all values.

  The “V-long jackpot” is a V-long opening pattern that allows a game ball to pass to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game, and includes an opening / closing member 32 of the first big winning device 31 and an opening / closing member of the second big winning device 36. It is a jackpot that activates 37. The “V-short jackpot” is a V-short open pattern in which it is practically impossible for game balls to pass to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game, and the opening / closing member 32 of the first big winning device 31 and the second big winning device. This is a jackpot for operating the 36 opening / closing members 37.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the “V-long jackpot” has a total round number of 16 rounds (R). In each round from the 1R to the 13R and in the 15R, the pachinko gaming machine 1 opens the first special winning opening 30 for a maximum of 25.0 seconds per 1R. In each of the 14R and 16R rounds, the pachinko gaming machine 1 opens the second special winning opening 35 for a maximum of 25.0 seconds per 1R. Note that the distribution member 71 fluctuates at a constant cycle from the start of the jackpot game or the start of the round game to the first state shown in FIG. 3A or the second state shown in FIG. 3B. ing. Therefore, in each of the 14R and 16R rounds, a game ball that has passed through the second special winning opening 35 can be passed through the second special winning opening 35 into the specific area 39.

  On the other hand, the “V short jackpot” has a total round number of 16R, but a substantial total round number of 13R. That is, in each round from the 1R to the 13R, the first special winning opening 30 is opened for a maximum of 25.0 seconds per 1R, but in the 15R, the first special winning opening 30 is opened only for 0.08 seconds. . In each of the 14R and 16R rounds, the second special winning opening 35 is opened for only 0.08 seconds. Accordingly, in the V-short jackpot, each round from the 14R to the 16R is a round in which the opening time of the special winning opening is extremely short and a prize ball cannot be expected. That is, the V-short jackpot is a substantial 13R jackpot.

  In each of the 14R and 16R rounds in the V-short jackpot, the pachinko gaming machine 1 cannot pass the game ball through the specific area 39 even if the game ball passes through the second big winning opening 35. At the timing, that is, at the timing when the distribution member 71 is in the second state (see FIG. 3), the opening / closing member 37 of the second big winning device 36 is opened. For this reason, in each round of the 14R and 16R in the V short jackpot, it is almost impossible for the game ball to pass through the specific area 39.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, based on the passing of the game ball to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game, the gaming state after the end of the jackpot game is shifted to the high probability state. That is, when the above-mentioned V long jackpot is won, the game state after the jackpot game can be shifted to the high probability state by the game ball passing through the specific area 39 during the execution of the jackpot game. On the other hand, when the V-short jackpot is won, the game state after the jackpot game is the normal probability state because the game ball can hardly pass through the specific area 39 during the execution of the jackpot game.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 8, the distribution rate of the jackpot in the lottery of the first special symbol (the lottery of the special figure 1) is 50% for the V long jackpot and 50% for the V short jackpot. ing. On the other hand, in the lottery of the second special symbol (the lottery of FIG. 2), the distribution rate of the big hit is 100% for the V long big hit. That is, if a jackpot is won by a jackpot lottery based on a prize in the second starting port 21 which can enter the ball by executing the electric support control described later, the V-long jackpot always results. As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, the lottery of the second special symbol is set to be more advantageous to the player than the lottery of the first special symbol.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as described above, in addition to the jackpot random number and the jackpot type random number, a reach is obtained as a random number acquired based on the winning of a game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. There are random numbers and fluctuation pattern random numbers.

  The reach random number is a random number that is used to determine whether or not to generate a reach in an effect design variation effect that indicates the result of a jackpot determination when the result is a loss. Reach is a state in which one of the multiple numerical symbols is displayed in a variable manner, and the jackpot wins depending on which symbol is displayed in a stopped state. , For example, a state such as “7 ↓ 7” (“↓” means fluctuating). It should be noted that the numeric symbols stopped and displayed in the reach state may be displayed in the display screen 7a as if they are slightly shaking. That is, the numerical symbols need not be completely stopped. The reach random number is a value within the range of 0 to 127.

  Then, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 10, in the non-time saving state, if the reach random number is a value in the range of 0 to 13, it is determined that there is reach, and if it is any other value, there is no reach. Judge. In the time saving state, if the reach random number is a value within the range of 0 to 5, it is determined that there is reach, and if it is any other value, it is determined that there is no reach. The details of the time reduction state and the non-time reduction state will be described later.

  The fluctuation pattern random number is a random number used to determine a fluctuation pattern including a fluctuation time of a special symbol. The variation pattern random number also takes a value within the range of 0 to 127. FIGS. 11 and 12 are tables showing the relationship between the variation pattern random number and the variation pattern. In this embodiment, depending on the fluctuation pattern, whether or not pseudo continuous fluctuation production (also referred to as pseudo continuous production) can be executed, the number of times of re-variation display performed when pseudo continuous production is performed, whether or not reach production can be performed, and reach production is performed The mode of the case is determined.

  Pseudo continuous production means that during the special symbol fluctuation display period of one jackpot lottery, the image display device 7 temporarily displays the numeric symbols on at least one display location, and then displays all the numeric symbol locations Is an effect of displaying again. The temporary stop display is a display mode in which the numeric symbols are not displayed variably at the display positions of the numeric symbols, but are not completely stopped but are slightly moving. In the case of performing a pseudo continuous production, the fluctuation pattern includes information on the number of times the re-display of the numeric symbols is performed. , Means a pseudo-sequence production that makes it appear as if a fluctuating display has been generated twice consecutively. “Pseudo-run × 3” means a pseudo-continuous production that makes it appear as if three consecutively fluctuating displays occurred during one fluctuating display period due to two re-fluctuating displays.

  In the pseudo continuous production, the fluctuation pattern random number is set so that the larger the number of re-variation displays, that is, the higher the expectation of winning a jackpot in "pseudo ream x 3" than in "pseudo ream x 2" Allocated. In addition, as for the pseudo continuous production, as the number of times of re-variation display increases, the type of jackpot that is advantageous to the player is won, that is, the degree of expectation that “V long jackpot” is won rather than “V short jackpot” The fluctuation pattern random numbers are allocated so that the number of the fluctuation patterns increases.

  Further, the reach effect included in the fluctuation pattern includes “normal reach” and “super reach (SP reach)” in which the fluctuation time is longer than the normal reach. As for the reach effect, the random number of the fluctuation pattern is assigned so that the “SP reach” has a higher expectation of winning the jackpot than the “normal reach”. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the fluctuation pattern is determined based on the type of the special symbol, the time saving state or the non-time saving state, the jackpot and the reach lottery result in addition to the fluctuation pattern random number.

  Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, there is an ordinary winning random number as a random number obtained based on the passage of the game ball to the gate. The normal winning random number is a random number used for a lottery to determine whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 22. The random number per normal is a value within the range of 0 to 255.

  Then, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 13, in the non-saving time state, if the random number in the normal hit is a value within the range of 0 to 2, it is determined that the normal hit is won, and other values are used. If there is, determine that it is missing. In addition, in the time saving state, if the random number in the normal hit is a value in the range of 0 to 254, it is determined that the normal win has been won. That is, the lottery for the normal winning is almost lost in the non-time saving state, and almost the normal winning in the time saving state. The details of the time reduction state and the non-time reduction state will be described later.

4. The gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a “probability change function” and a “change time reduction function” for the jackpot lottery (special symbol display 41) and the normal jackpot lottery (ordinary symbol display 42), respectively.

  The state in which the probability variation function is activated in a jackpot lottery is called a “high probability state”, and the state in which the probability variation function is not activated is called a “normal probability state”. In the high probability state, as shown in FIG. 7, the probability of winning a jackpot is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, when the probability varying function is activated, the probability that the result will be a jackpot in the jackpot lottery is higher than when the probability variation function is not activated.

  A state in which the fluctuation time reduction function in the jackpot lottery is activated is called a "time reduction state", and a state in which it is not activated is called a "non-time reduction state". In the time saving state, the special symbol display 41 changes the special symbol, that is, the time from the start of the variable display to the stop display of the display result tends to be shorter than in the non-time saving state. Specifically, in the case of the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a loss occurs in a jackpot lottery, as shown in FIG. 10, the value of the reach random number determined to be reach is smaller in the time reduction state than in the non-time reduction state. The reach is determined by using the following determination table. In other words, in the time-saving state, if a loss occurs in a jackpot lottery, the probability of reaching a long time until the special symbol is stopped and displayed decreases. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when loss occurs without reach, a fluctuation pattern with a shorter fluctuation time is more likely to be selected in the time reduction state than in the non-time reduction state. That is, when the fluctuation time reducing function is activated, the fluctuation time is likely to be shorter than when it is not activated. As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of the digestion of the special figure reservation is accelerated, and an effective prize to the starting port that can be stored as the special figure reservation is easily generated. Therefore, the player can aim for the jackpot under the smooth progress of the game.

  The probability variation function and the variation time reduction function in the jackpot lottery may operate simultaneously or only one of them may operate. The probability variation function and the variation time reduction function in the normal winning lottery are operated in synchronization with the variation time reduction function in the big hit lottery. That is, the probability variation function and the variation time reduction function in the ordinary winning lottery operate in the time reduction state and do not operate in the non-time reduction state. Therefore, in the time reduction state, the winning probability in the ordinary winning lottery is higher than in the non-time reduction state. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the pachinko gaming machine 1 uses a determination table in which the value of the normal hit random number determined to be a normal hit is greater in the time saving state than in the non-time saving state, and Perform a lottery. In other words, when the probability varying function is activated in the normal winning lottery, the probability that the result is a normal winning in the normal winning lottery is higher than when the probability changing function is not activated.

  Further, in the time reduction state, the fluctuation time of the ordinary symbol is shorter than in the non-time reduction state. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, for example, the fluctuation time in the non-time saving state is 30 seconds, and the fluctuation time in the time reduction state is 1 second. Further, in the time reduction state, the opening time of the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game is longer than in the non-time reduction state. That is, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22 is operating. On the other hand, the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened in the auxiliary game is the same in the time reduction state and the non-time reduction state. That is, in the time saving state, the function of increasing the number of times of opening the electric chew 22 is not operating. Note that, in the time-saving state, the function of increasing the number of times of opening the electric chew 22 may be operated.

  Thus, in the situation where the probability variation function and the variation time reduction function in the ordinary lottery and the open time extension function of the electric chew 22 are activated, the electric tuner is compared with the case where these functions are not activated. 22 is frequently opened, and the game ball frequently wins the second starting port 21. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of awarded balls to the number of launched balls of game balls, increases. Therefore, a state in which these functions are operating is referred to as a “high base state”, and a state in which these functions are not operating is referred to as a “low base state”. In the high base state, the player can aim for the jackpot without greatly reducing the number of game balls on hand. Note that the high base state can also be referred to as a state in which control for supporting winning in the second starting port 21 by the electric chew 22, that is, so-called electric support control is being executed.

  In the high base state, the plurality of functions described above may not all be activated. That is, by operating at least one of the probability variation function in the lottery at the normal winning, the variation time reducing function at the lottery at the normal winning, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22, and the function of increasing the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened. It is only necessary that the electric chew 22 is easily opened than when the function is not operated. Further, the high base state may be controlled independently without accompanying the time saving state.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the V long jackpot is a high probability state, a time reduction state, and a high base state if the game ball passes to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game. State. This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “highly accurate high base state”. The high-accuracy high-basis state is ended by executing a predetermined number (160 times in this embodiment) of a jackpot lottery without winning a jackpot or by winning a jackpot again and executing the jackpot game.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the gaming state of the jackpot game by winning the V-short jackpot is such that the game ball does not almost pass through the specific area 39 during the jackpot game. High base state. This game state is particularly referred to as a “low-probability high-base state”. The low-probability high base state ends when a predetermined number (100 times in the present embodiment) of a jackpot lottery is executed without winning the jackpot, or when the jackpot is won again and the jackpot game is executed.

  The gaming state after the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on is a normal probability state, a non-saving time state, and a low base state. This game state is particularly called a “low-probability low-base state”. In addition, a state in which the big hit game is being executed is referred to as a “big hit game state”. The jackpot game state is also referred to as a “special game state”.

  In the high base state such as the high certainty base state and the low certainty base state, it is advantageous for the player to advance the game by entering the game ball into the right game area 3B by right-handing. Since the electric support control is executed, the electric tube 22 is more easily opened than in the low base state, and it is easier to win the second starting port 21 than to win the first starting port 20. Because it is. Therefore, the player makes a right-handed shot so as to make a prize in the second starting port 21 while passing the game ball to the second gate 29 which is a trigger of the normal winning lottery. As a result, it is expected that a larger number of winnings in the starting opening can be obtained than in the case of left-handing.

  On the other hand, in the low base state, it is advantageous for the player to advance the game by entering the game ball into the left game area 3A by left-handing. Since the power support control is not executed, the power chute 22 is less likely to be opened than in the high base state, and winning in the first starting port 20 is easier than winning in the second starting port 21. Because it is. Accordingly, the player makes a left-handed hit to make the first starting port 20 win. As a result, it can be expected that a larger number of winnings in the starting opening will be obtained than in the case of right-handed.

5. Next, the role of the numeral symbol in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a role is assigned in advance to each of the numerical symbols "1" to "9" displayed during the effect design change effect. Then, the pachinko gaming machine 1 makes a preliminary stop display of the numeric symbol at a predetermined display location, thereby notifying the effect content performed during the effect symbol change effect. That is, the pachinko gaming machine 1 performs a notice effect of temporarily stopping and displaying a numeric symbol to which a role is assigned at a predetermined display location. For example, when a role of performing a pseudo continuous production is assigned to a certain numeric design, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the numeric design temporarily at a predetermined display position when performing the pseudo continuous production, so that the pseudo continuous production is performed. Foretell.

  Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, different roles are assigned to the respective numeric symbols depending on whether the role change condition is satisfied and when the role change condition is not satisfied. The role change conditions include, for example, that a pseudo continuous production has been performed and that continuous notice has been started. That is, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, two roles, that is, a case where the role change condition is satisfied and a case where the role change condition is not satisfied, are determined in advance for one numeric symbol.

  FIG. 14 shows a specific example of the role of each numeric symbol in the pachinko gaming machine 1. In FIG. 14, the first role indicates a role when the role change condition is not satisfied, and the second role indicates a role when the role change condition is satisfied. For example, in the numeral symbol “1”, the first role is “weak chance” and the second role is “strong chance”. "Strong chance" and "weak chance" mean that the expectation of winning a jackpot is higher than in normal times. Further, “strong chance” means that the degree of expectation of winning a jackpot is higher than “weak chance”.

  There are several types of roles that can be assigned to numerical symbols, in addition to “strong chance” and “weak chance”. In FIG. 14, "weak pseudo-ren" and "strong pseudo-ren" mean that they perform pseudo-rendition, respectively. "Strong pseudo-ren" means that they have won a jackpot compared to "weak pseudo-ren". It means that expectations are high.

  “Slip” means that the numeric symbol in the temporary stop display is not stop-displayed, but is again displayed in a variable manner. In the case of "slip", only the numerical symbols temporarily stopped and displayed at predetermined display locations are re-variably displayed. In this point, it is different from the pseudo continuous production in which all the display positions of the numeric symbols are re-variably displayed.

  "Pre-reading" means performing a pre-reading effect. The look-ahead effect is an effect in which it is determined whether or not a jackpot random number scheduled to win a jackpot is present in the held jackpot random numbers, and the determination result is output. For example, when the pachinko gaming machine 1 acquires the jackpot random number, the information based on the jackpot random number is stored in the RAM 94 in addition to the RAM 84. Then, when performing prefetching during the effect design fluctuation effect, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the information of the jackpot random number stored in the RAM 94 includes a jackpot random number scheduled to win a jackpot. . In the pre-reading effect, the pachinko gaming machine 1 changes, for example, the effect-holding image or outputs a special sound effect according to the determination result. Note that “none” in FIG. 14 means that no role is assigned to the target numeric symbol.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in each of the numeral symbols, a role having a higher degree of expectation of winning a jackpot than the first role is assigned to the second role. Therefore, by satisfying the role change condition, the expectation of the jackpot of the player can be increased. It should be noted that the role does not need to be different for all the numeral designs between the case where the role change condition is satisfied and the case where the role change condition is not satisfied. For example, the same as the numeral design “2” in FIG. There may be a number pattern to which a role is assigned. That is, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, one or two roles are assigned to each type of numeral symbol.

  When the pachinko gaming machine 1 starts the special symbol change display, that is, when the effect design change effect is started, the pachinko gaming machine 1 determines the scenario of the effect design change effect according to the information of the change pattern, and performs the effect design change effect according to the scenario. Select the combination of numeric symbols to be displayed in. It should be noted that the pachinko gaming machine 1 can determine whether or not the role change condition is satisfied by the completion of the effect symbol fluctuation effect, based on the content of the effect symbol fluctuation effect scenario. Therefore, the pachinko gaming machine 1 determines whether or not to change the role of the number symbol when starting the effect symbol variation effect.

  For example, in the effect design fluctuation production, when “pseudo ream × 3” is performed among the pseudo consecutive productions, since the fluctuation display is performed three times in a pseudo manner, a combination of three types of numeric symbols is selected. In addition, in the first variation display and the second variation display when performing the pseudo continuous production, a numeric design assigned to perform the pseudo continuous production is used as a numeric design that is temporarily stopped and displayed at a predetermined display location. It is selected from the group of numbers and symbols included. Specifically, in addition to the numeral symbol for performing the pseudo continuous production, a numeral symbol to which a chance is assigned and a numeral symbol to which a role is not assigned are selected. In addition, in the case of winning a jackpot, the numeral pattern assigned to perform the pseudo-sequence is easier to select than the other numeral patterns, and the numeral pattern to which "weak pseudo-ren" is assigned Numerical patterns to which "strong pseudo-reams" are assigned are easier to select. On the other hand, in the case of losing, it is more difficult to select a numeric symbol assigned to perform pseudo-sequence production than in a case where a jackpot has been won, and it is more difficult to select a numeric symbol assigned to “strong pseudo-ren”. Numerical designs to which "weak pseudo-ren" is assigned are easier to select.

  In addition, if the pseudo-sequence effect is not performed in the effect design fluctuation effect, the numeral design to which the pseudo-sequence effect is assigned is not included as an option for the number symbol displayed in the predetermined display portion, and other types are not included. It is selected from the number design. Alternatively, the probability that the numeral symbol assigned to perform the pseudo continuous production is selected is extremely low. In other words, the option of the numeral design is set so that it is unlikely that the pseudo continuous production is not performed even though the pseudo continuous production is announced.

  In addition, in the effect design fluctuation effect, for example, when performing an effect that develops to “SP reach”, a numeric symbol including a numeric symbol to which a chance is assigned as a numeric symbol temporarily stopped and displayed at a predetermined display location. Is selected from Specifically, in addition to the numeric symbols to which the chances are assigned, the selection is made from numeric symbols to which no role is assigned. When a jackpot has been won, a numeric symbol to which a chance is assigned is easier to select than other numeric symbols, and a “strong chance” is more than a numeric symbol to which a “weak chance” is assigned. The numeral design to which is assigned is easier to select. On the other hand, in the case of a loss, a numeric symbol to which a chance is assigned is more difficult to be selected as compared to a case where a jackpot has been won, and a “weak chance” is assigned more than a numeric symbol to which a “strong chance” is assigned. It is designed to be easier to select a given number pattern.

  Further, in the effect design fluctuation effect, for example, when performing a look-ahead effect, a numeric symbol to which "read ahead" is assigned is selected as a numeric symbol to be temporarily stopped and displayed at a predetermined display location. In addition, in the effect design fluctuation production, when performing the production of the sliding of the numerical design, the numerical design where “slip” is assigned is selected as the numerical design which is tentatively stopped and displayed at a predetermined display location. As described above, depending on the effect, there may be a case in which the execution of the effect is necessarily announced without excluding the numeral symbol other than the numeral symbol to which the effect is assigned to the option of the numeral symbol. On the other hand, there may be a case where execution of the effect is not necessarily announced, such as a pseudo-sequence effect, including a number design other than the numeral design to which the effect is assigned to options of the numeral design.

  Hereinafter, a specific example of the pachinko gaming machine 1 that displays a numeric symbol according to the role as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 15, the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a symbol display area for displaying effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 in order from the left side. Areas 8LA, 8CA, and 8RA are provided. Then, the pachinko gaming machine 1 first vertically scrolls the numeric symbols vertically in each symbol display area in the effect symbol variation effect. “↓” in each symbol display area in FIG. 15 means that the numeral symbol is being scrolled vertically.

  Thereafter, the pachinko gaming machine 1 temporarily stops and displays the numeric symbols in the order of the left symbol display area 8LA, the right symbol display area 8RA, and the central symbol display area 8CA. Thereafter, the pachinko gaming machine 1 performs a fixed display of the lottery result by stopping and displaying all the numeric symbols displayed in each symbol display area.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the effect of the second temporarily stopped and displayed numeric symbol, that is, the temporarily stopped and displayed numeric symbol in the right symbol display area 8RA is performed during the effect symbol variation effect. It becomes the number pattern to be announced. That is, the right symbol display area 8RA is a predetermined display location. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, if the numeral symbol temporarily stopped and displayed in the symbol display area 8RA on the right after the start of the effect symbol variation effect is “3”, a pseudo continuous effect may be performed. Will be announced. Therefore, after that, the pachinko gaming machine 1 causes the central symbol display area 8CA to be temporarily stopped and then displays the numeric symbols in all symbol display areas again. That is, since the first role of the numeral symbol "3" is "weak pseudo-ren" (see FIG. 14), the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the pseudo-ren The execution of the pseudo continuous production is announced by displaying the numeric symbol assigned to perform the production. Note that, in the pseudo continuous production, before the temporary stop display of the central symbol display area 8CA, the numeric symbols in all the symbol display areas may be re-variably displayed.

  Thereafter, the pachinko gaming machine 1 continues the effect symbol fluctuation effect. For example, when the numeral symbol temporarily stopped and displayed in the next symbol display area 8RA is "5", the expectation of the jackpot is high. Will be announced. In other words, when the pseudo continuous production is executed, the role change condition is satisfied, so that the role of the numeral symbol changes, and the second role of the numeral symbol “5” becomes “strong chance”. From this, the pachinko gaming machine 1 executes an effect (for example, SP reach) having a high expectation of winning a jackpot. Thereafter, the pachinko gaming machine 1 stops and displays all the numeric symbols displayed in each symbol display area. As described above, by changing the role of the numeral symbol while one lottery result is displayed, it is possible to expect the effect of displaying the numeral symbol to be more interesting than when the role is fixed.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the role change condition is also satisfied when continuous notice is started. The continuous announcement is one of the effects for informing the jackpot lottery result, and is an effect for notifying the jackpot random result of one jackpot random number continuously over a plurality of effect symbol change effects. Since the continuous announcement is performed over a plurality of effect design fluctuation effects, it must be started before the effect design fluctuation effect for the jackpot random number to be announced and the effect design fluctuation effect for the jackpot random number to be announced ends. Ends with

  Therefore, if the continuous notice has been started, the pachinko gaming machine 1 will change the role of the number symbols from the beginning, and after the start of the effect symbol change effect, the temporary stop display is first displayed in the right symbol display area 8RA. Even if the given number symbol is "3", it will be announced that the expectation of winning a jackpot is higher than in the case where the continuous announcement is not executed. That is, since the second role of the number symbol “3” is “strong pseudo-ren”, the degree of expectation of winning a jackpot is higher than that of “weak pseudo-ren”. As compared with the case where the continuous notice is not being executed, the expectation of winning the jackpot is increased even for the same numeral pattern, thereby increasing the expectation that the player has won the jackpot. I can do it.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, when the pachinko gaming machine 1 temporarily stops and displays a specific numeral symbol in the right symbol display area 8RA, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays an explanation image 7M explaining the role assigned to the numeral symbol. indicate. The explanation image 7M may be a direct message such as “simulated firing” or “chance”, or a role such as “NEXT”, “may continue”, “hot fever”, or “hit”. Alternatively, the message may include a character indicating the following. Even for the same character, the degree of expectation can be expressed by changing the character color and character size. Therefore, the difference between "strong chance" and "weak chance" and the difference between "strong pseudo-ren" and "weak pseudo-ren" can be expressed. As a result, even a player who does not recognize the role of the numeral pattern can be expected to enjoy the effect of the numeral pattern.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays a state suggestion image 7N indicating that the role assigned to the numeral pattern has changed when the role change condition is satisfied, such as starting continuous notice. indicate. As a result, even a player who does not recognize the role change condition can be expected to enjoy the effect of the numeral pattern. In addition to the image including the message such as the state suggestion image 7N, the image indicating that the role has changed may be an image having a background color different from that when the role change condition is not satisfied as illustrated in FIG. The state suggestion image 7N may be used. Further, the design of the numeral symbol may be changed, and the numeral symbol may also serve as the state suggestion image 7N.

  In the example described above, the pachinko gaming machine 1 uses the second temporarily stopped numeric symbol, that is, the temporarily stopped and displayed numeric symbol in the right symbol display area 8RA for the advance notice. The number is not limited to the numeric symbol displayed temporarily and may be the first symbol or the third symbol. When four or more numeric symbols are displayed, the numeric symbols may be temporarily stopped and displayed at the fourth and subsequent positions. That is, the predetermined display location is not limited to the right symbol display area 8RA, and may be the left symbol display area 8LA or the central symbol display area 8CA. Also, it may be different depending on the type of the numeral symbol. For example, the numeral symbol "2" for announcing "slip" and the numeral symbol "9" for announcing "look-ahead" are set as the left symbol display area 8LA that is temporarily stopped and displayed first, and the numeral for announcing "chance". Numerical symbols "3", "6", and "7" that precede symbols "1", "4", "5", and "pseudo reams" are left symbol display areas 8LA that are temporarily stopped second. Is also good.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 may make the symbol display area used for the announcement of the effect contents larger than other symbol display areas. Further, the symbol display area used for the notice of the effect contents may be lighted up. As described above, the design display area used for the announcement of the effect content may be set to a display mode different from that of the other symbol areas, so that the design display area used for the announcement of the effect content may be prominent.

6. Operation of the Game Control Microcomputer 81 Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 on the main control board 80 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. As a specific process executed by the game control microcomputer 81, there is a main-side activation process. Note that counters, timers, flags, statuses, buffers, and the like that appear in the description of the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the RAM 84.

[Main-side startup processing]
The main-side activation process executed by the game control microcomputer 81 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. When the main power supply of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on from off, that is, the power switch 155 is turned on, and the power supply from the outside via the power supply board 150 is started in the game control microcomputer 81. In response to this, the main-side startup processing program is read from the ROM 83 and executed.

  In the main-side activation process, the game control microcomputer 81 first performs an initial operation for initializing the CPU 82 and initializing the RAM 84 (S001). Specifically, in S001, the game control microcomputer 81 permits access to the RAM 84. When the RAM clear switch 161 is pressed or the main power is not normally turned off, the RAM 84 is initialized. As a result, various types of information stored in the RAM 84 are lost. Further, a RAM initialization command for initializing the RAM 94 and the like on the sub-control board 90 is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84. In addition, in S001, for example, setting of a stack, setting of a constant, setting of an interrupt time, setting of a CPU, setting of SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing an interrupt time) and the like are performed.

  After S001, the game control microcomputer 81 prohibits the interruption (S002). Next, the game control microcomputer 81 updates various random numbers (S003). Specifically, in S003, the game control microcomputer 81 updates the values of various random numbers such as the jackpot random number, the jackpot type random number, the reach random number, the variation pattern random number, and the normal random number. As a method of updating random numbers, for example, a predetermined number of values are added in one update. The predetermined number may be common to all random numbers, or may be different for each random number. The value of the random number returns to 0 when it reaches the upper limit. In addition, the initial value of the random number may be 0 or a value other than 0, and the initial value of the random number may be common to all random numbers or may be different for each random number. . In addition, each random number may be generated using a known random number generation circuit including a counter IC or the like.

  After S003, the game control microcomputer 81 permits an interrupt (S004). Thereafter, S002 to S004 are repeated. While the interrupt is permitted, the execution of the main timer interrupt process (S005) is enabled. The main-side timer interrupt processing is executed based on an interrupt pulse repeatedly input to the CPU 82 at a cycle of, for example, 4 ms. Then, when the main timer interrupt processing is executed, the processing of S002 to S004 is repeated from the end of the main timer interrupt processing to the start of the next main timer interrupt processing. . If an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82 in the interrupt disabled state, execution of the main timer interrupt processing does not start immediately, but starts after the interrupt is enabled.

[Main timer interrupt processing]
Next, the main-side timer interrupt processing in S005 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The main-side timer interrupt processing is executed by the game control microcomputer 81 each time an interrupt pulse having a period of 4 ms is input.

  In the main-side timer interrupt processing, the game control microcomputer 81 first transmits the command set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 to a device other than the main control board 80 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 such as the sub-control board 90 and the payout control board 110. (S101). Commands are appropriately set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 by various processes described later.

  After S101, the game control microcomputer 81 updates information related to payout (S102). Specifically, in S102, the game control microcomputer 81 includes the first starting port sensor 20a, the second starting port sensor 21a, the first big winning opening sensor 30a, the second big winning opening sensor 35a, the normal winning opening sensor 27a, and the like. Then, the presence or absence of a prize is determined based on signals output from various sensors, and a payout command instructing payout of a prize ball according to the type of the winning opening is set in an output buffer of the RAM 84.

  After S102, the game control microcomputer 81 updates the values of various random numbers (S103). The processing of S103 is the same as that of S003. That is, the game control microcomputer 81 updates the values of various random numbers both during the execution period of the main-side timer interrupt process and during the other periods. The update of the value of the random number may be performed in only one of the periods.

  After S103, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a sensor detection process for detecting a ball entering the starting port or the like based on signals output from various sensors (S111). Details of S111 will be described later.

  After S111, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a normal operation process which is an operation related to a normal symbol (S121). Specifically, in S121, when the lottery condition for the normal winning is satisfied, the microcomputer 81 for game control stores the normal random number stored in the general-purpose holding storage unit 86 and the normal hit determination table shown in FIG. It is used to determine whether or not the winning has been achieved. Then, the ordinary symbol stop symbol data according to the determination result and the variation pattern according to the game state are determined, and the ordinary symbol display 42 displays the ordinary symbol. Further, when the winning is made in a normal win, the opening pattern of the electric chew 22 according to the game state is determined, and the electric chew 22 is operated.

  After the normal operation process in S121, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a special operation process which is an operation related to a special symbol (S131). Note that S121 and S131 may be in the reverse order. Details of S131 will be described later.

  After S131, the game control microcomputer 81 displays the special figure reservation display 43 and the general figure reservation display based on the reservation numbers of the general figure reservation number, the first special figure reservation number, and the second special figure reservation number. 44 is updated (S161).

  After S161, the game control microcomputer 81 outputs various signals via the external terminal board 190 based on the command set in the external output buffer of the RAM 84 (S171). For example, when a jackpot is won by a jackpot lottery, the game control microcomputer 81 outputs a jackpot signal to an external device.

  After S171, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a power-off monitoring process for turning off the main power supply normally (S181). Specifically, in S181, for example, when detecting that the power switch 155 has been turned off, the game control microcomputer 81 stores information indicating that the main power has been normally turned off in the RAM 84. Then, access to the RAM 84 is restricted. After S181, the main-side timer interrupt processing ends.

  Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 repeats the processing of S002 to S004 of the main-side start-up processing until the next interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82. When the interrupt pulse is input, the microcomputer 81 again executes the main-side timer interrupt processing. Execute. In S101 of the main timer interrupt process executed again, the command set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 in the previous main timer interrupt process is output.

[Sensor detection processing]
Next, the sensor detection processing in S111 in FIG. 19 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In the sensor detection process, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the game ball has passed the gate based on the signals output from the first gate sensor 28a and the second gate sensor 29a (S201). When the game ball has passed through the gate (S201: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the number of ordinary drawing reservations is less than four (S202).

  If the number of ordinary drawing reservations is less than four (S202: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 adds one to the number of ordinary drawing reservations (S203), and further acquires a value of a random number per normal (S204). ). The game control microcomputer 81 stores the acquired value of the ordinary random number in the general-purpose hold storage unit 86. In other words, the pachinko gaming machine 1 adds one to the number of pending drawings, regardless of whether the gaming ball has passed the first gate 28 or the second gate 29, and Get the value of a random number.

  After S204, or when the number of ordinary drawing reservations is four or more (S202: NO), or when the game ball has not passed through the gate (S201: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the first starting port. Based on the signal output from the sensor 20a, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the first starting port 20 (S211). If the game ball has passed through the first starting port 20 (S211: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the number of first special figure reservations is less than four (S212).

  If the number of the first special figure reservation is less than four (S212: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 adds 1 to the first special figure reservation number (S213), and further, the big hit random number, the big hit type random number, The value of each random number related to the jackpot of the reach random number and the variation pattern random number is acquired (S214). The game control microcomputer 81 stores the obtained values of the respective random numbers in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a.

  After S214, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the first start prize command determination table in the prize of the first start port 20 shown in FIG. 21 and determines the first start prize based on the value of each random number acquired in S214. The command is specified, and the first start winning command is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S215). For example, in the non-saving time state, if the jackpot random number is “1”, the jackpot type random number is “1”, the reach random number is “1”, and the variation pattern random number is “1”, the first start winning command “C010” is specified. The distribution of each random number in the first start winning command determination table corresponds to the distribution of each table shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 10, and 11. Therefore, the first start winning command includes information on the success or failure of the jackpot, the type of the jackpot, the presence or absence of the reach, whether or not to perform the pseudo continuous production, and whether or not to perform the SP reach.

  The first start winning command set in the output buffer is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 in S101 of the main timer interrupt process (see FIG. 19). In other words, before the display of the change of the special symbol corresponding to the random number acquired in S214 is started, a command including information related to the special symbol is output to the sub-control board 90. The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 executes a process corresponding to the command in response to the command being input.

  After S215, or when the number of the first special figure reservation is four or more (S212: NO), or when the game ball does not pass through the first starting port 20 (S211: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 Determines whether the game ball has passed through the second starting port 21 based on the signal output from the second starting port sensor 21a (S221). If the game ball has passed through the second starting port 21 (S221: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the number of second special figure reservations is less than four (S222).

  If the number of second special figure reservations is less than four (S222: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 adds 1 to the second special figure reservation number (S223), and, like S214, relates to the jackpot. The value of each random number is obtained (S224). The game control microcomputer 81 stores the obtained values of the respective random numbers in the second special figure holding storage unit 85b.

  After S224, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the second start winning command determination table in the winning of the second starting port 21 shown in FIG. 22 and determines the second start winning based on the random numbers acquired in S224. The command is specified, and the second start winning command is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S225). The distribution of each random number in the second start winning command determination table corresponds to the distribution of each table shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 10, and 12. Therefore, similarly to S215, a command including information related to the special symbol is output to the sub-control board 90 before the change display of the special symbol corresponding to the random number acquired in S224 is started.

  After S225, or when the number of second special figure reservations is four or more (S222: NO), or when the game ball does not pass through the second starting port 21 (S221: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 Determines whether the game ball has passed the specific area 39 based on the signal output from the specific area sensor 39a (S251). When the game ball has passed the specific area 39 (S251: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the time is within the V validity period (S252). The V validity period is a period for preventing the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39 at an unexpected timing.

  If it is within the V validity period (S252: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the V flag (S253), and sets a V passage command in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S254). The V flag is used to determine whether a game ball has passed to the specific area 39. The V-pass command set in the output buffer is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 in S101 of the main-side timer interrupt processing (see FIG. 19). The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 executes a process corresponding to the command in response to the command being input.

  After S254, or when it is not within the V validity period (S252: NO), or when the game ball does not pass through the specific area 39 (S251: NO), the sensor detection processing is ended.

[Special operation processing]
Next, the special operation process in S131 of FIG. 19 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the special operation processing, the processing relating to the special symbol display 41, the first special winning device 31, and the second special winning device 36 is divided into four stages, and the special operation statuses 1, 2, 3, 4 Is assigned. Then, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the special operation status is 1 (S901), 2 (S911), or 3 (S921), and determines which status corresponds to the current status. Judge. The initial value of the special operation status is 1.

  If the special operation status is 1 (S901: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 executes a special symbol standby process (S902). If the special operation status is 2 (S911: YES), a special symbol changing process is executed (S912). If the special operation status is 3 (S921: YES), a special symbol determination process is executed (S922). On the other hand, if the special operation status is 4 (S921: NO), the big hit game process is executed (S932). Hereinafter, each process executed in the special operation process will be described.

[Special symbol standby processing]
FIG. 24 shows the procedure of the special symbol standby process in S902 of FIG. In the special symbol standby process, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the number of second special figure reservations is 0 (S1001). If the number of second special figure reservations is 0 (S1001: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the number of first special figure reservations is 0 (S1020). That is, the game control microcomputer 81 gives a higher priority to the processing relating to the second special figure reservation than the processing relating to the first special figure reservation.

  If the number of first special figure reservations is also 0 (S1020: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not a customer waiting effect has been started (S1031). The customer waiting effect is an effect of displaying a plurality of standby screens and demonstration images on the image display device 7 during the standby state. If the customer waiting effect has been started (S1031: YES), the special symbol waiting process ends.

  If the customer waiting effect has not been started (S1031: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 sets a customer waiting standby command for starting the customer waiting effect in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S1032). The customer waiting standby command set in the output buffer is output to the sub-control board 90, and the sub-control board 90 executes a process according to the command. After S1032, the special symbol standby process ends.

  On the other hand, if the number of second special figure reservations is not 0 (S1001: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not a jackpot has been won (S1011). Specifically, in S1011, the game control microcomputer 81 reads the value of each random number related to the jackpot stored at the head of the second special figure holding storage unit 85b, and reads it using the jackpot determination table shown in FIG. The jackpot and the loss are determined based on the jackpot random numbers. When the jackpot is won, the game control microcomputer 81 uses the jackpot type table shown in FIG. 8 to determine the jackpot type based on the read jackpot type random numbers.

  After S1011, the game control microcomputer 81 determines a fluctuation pattern based on the read fluctuation pattern random number and the reach random number (S1012). Specifically, in S1012, when the game control microcomputer 81 has won the jackpot in the second special symbol lottery (lottery of the special figure 2), the type of the big hit, the variation pattern random number, and Using the indicated fluctuation pattern table, a fluctuation pattern according to the game state is determined. Further, the game control microcomputer 81 determines a stop symbol according to the jackpot determination result (S1013).

  After determining the jackpot, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the number of the second special figure reservation by one. Then, the data of each special figure reservation in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b is shifted by one from the current storage area to the storage area with the higher read priority, and the storage area of the last shift source is shifted. Is initialized. As a result, the second special map reservation is digested in the order in which the second special figure reservation is retained.

  After S1013, the game control microcomputer 81 causes the second special symbol display 41b to start displaying the variation of the special symbol according to the variation pattern determined in S1012 (S1014). At this time, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the change start command in the output buffer of the RAM 84. The change start command includes information on stop symbol data and information on change patterns. The change start command is output to the sub-control board 90, and the sub-control board 90 performs an effect according to the change start command. After S1014, the game control microcomputer 81 changes the special operation status to 2 (S1017), and ends the special symbol standby process.

  On the other hand, if the number of second special figure reservations is 0 (S1001: YES) and the number of first special figure reservations is not 0 (S1020: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the second special figure reservation. As in the case, it is determined whether or not a jackpot has been won (S1021). Step S1021 is the same process as step S1011. However, each random number serving as a determination value is read from the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a.

  After S1021, the game control microcomputer 81 determines a variation pattern based on various random numbers such as a variation pattern random number and the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 11 (S1022). Further, the game control microcomputer 81 determines a stop symbol according to the jackpot determination result (S1023). S1022 and S1023 are the same processes as S1012 and S1013.

  After S1023, the game control microcomputer 81 causes the first special symbol display 41a to start displaying the variation of the special symbol according to the variation pattern determined in S1022 (S1024). At this time, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the change start command in the output buffer of the RAM 84, as in S1014. After S1024, the game control microcomputer 81 changes the special operation status to 2 (S1017), and ends the special symbol standby process.

[Special symbol change processing]
FIG. 25 shows the procedure of the special symbol change processing in S912 of FIG. In the special symbol change processing, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the change time of the special symbol has elapsed (S1501). The fluctuating time is determined by the fluctuating pattern determined in S1012 or S1022 of the special symbol standby processing described above. If the special symbol change time has not elapsed (S1501: NO), the special symbol change processing ends. That is, the variable display of the special symbol is continued.

  On the other hand, if the fluctuation time of the special symbol has elapsed (S1501: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the fluctuation stop command in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S1502). The fluctuation stop command is output to the sub-control board 90, and the sub-control board 90 performs an effect corresponding to the fluctuation stop command. After S1502, the game control microcomputer 81 changes the special operation status to 3 (S1503).

  After S1503, the game control microcomputer 81 causes the special symbol display 41 to stop displaying the change of the special symbol (S1504). Then, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a stop time for stopping and displaying the special symbol for a predetermined time (S1505), and ends the special symbol change processing.

[Special design confirmation process]
FIG. 26 shows the procedure of the special symbol determination process in S922 of FIG. In the special symbol determination processing, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the stop time set in S1505 of the special symbol change processing described above has elapsed (S1601). If the stop time has not elapsed (S1601: NO), the special symbol determination processing ends. If the stop time has elapsed (S1601: YES), the game state is managed (S1602).

  Specifically, in S1602, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the probability change counter by one in the high probability state. The probability change counter indicates the remaining number of times a jackpot lottery can be executed during the high probability state. Each time a jackpot lottery is performed, the probability change counter is decremented by one. Further, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the value of the probability change counter has become 0, and if the value of the probability change counter is 0, shifts the game state to the normal probability state.

  If the game control microcomputer 81 is in the time reduction state, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the time reduction counter by one. The time reduction counter indicates the remaining number of times a jackpot lottery can be executed during the time reduction state. Each time a jackpot lottery is performed, the time reduction counter is decremented by one. Further, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the value of the time reduction counter has become 0. If the value of the time reduction counter is 0, the game control microcomputer 81 shifts to the non-time reduction state.

  After S1602, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not a jackpot has been won (S1611). If the jackpot has been won (S1611: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 changes the special operation status to 4 (S1612). Then, the game control microcomputer 81 starts the big hit game (S1613). During the execution of the jackpot game, the game is controlled as the normal probability state and the non-time saving state. That is, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is in the low base state during the execution of the jackpot game. In S1613, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a jackpot opening command in the output buffer of the RAM 84 in order to start the jackpot game. The opening command set in the output buffer is output to the sub-control board 90, and the sub-control board 90 executes a process according to the command. Thereby, the jackpot game is started.

  On the other hand, if the jackpot has not been won (S1611: NO), the jackpot lottery result is a loss, and the jackpot game is not executed, so the game control microcomputer 81 changes the special operation status to 1 (S1631). . After S1631 or S1613, the special symbol determination processing ends.

[Big hit game processing]
FIG. 27 shows the procedure of the jackpot game process in S932 of FIG. In the jackpot game process, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the jackpot game has ended (S2001). If the big hit game has not ended (S2001: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 continues the big hit game started in S1613, and ends the big hit game process.

  On the other hand, if the jackpot game has ended (S2001: YES), the special operation status is changed to 1 (S2011). After S2011, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a game state (S2012).

  Specifically, in S2012, the game control microcomputer 81 shifts to the high probability state on condition that the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game, that is, on condition that the V flag is on. I do. After the transition to the high probability state, the V flag is turned off. Further, 160 is set in the probability change counter. This allows a maximum of 160 consecutive jackpots in the high probability state. Further, the game control microcomputer 81 shifts to the time saving state. Further, 160 is set in the time reduction counter. As a result, it is possible to carry out a maximum of 160 jackpot lotteries continuously in a time-saving state. That is, when the game ball has passed through the specific area 39 during the jackpot game, the game state becomes the high probability state and the time saving state.

  On the other hand, if the game ball has not passed through the specific area 39, that is, if the V flag is off, the game control microcomputer 81 shifts to the time saving state. Further, 100 is set in the time reduction counter. As a result, a maximum of 100 lottery lotteries can be continuously performed in a time-saving state. On the other hand, the game control microcomputer 81 does not set the game state to the high probability state. That is, when the gaming ball does not pass through the specific area 39 during the jackpot game, the gaming state is the normal probability state and the time saving state. Further, the maximum number of times that a jackpot lottery can be continuously performed in the time saving state is smaller than that in a case where the lottery has passed through the specific area 39. After S2012, the jackpot game process ends.

7. Operation of Effect Control Microcomputer 91 Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 on the sub-control board 90 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. As a specific process executed by the effect control microcomputer 91, there is a sub-side activation process. Note that counters, timers, flags, statuses, buffers, and the like that appear in the operation description of the effect control microcomputer 91 are provided in the RAM 94.

[Sub-side startup processing]
The sub-side activation process executed by the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The sub-side activation process is executed by the effect control microcomputer 91 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on.

  In the sub-side activation process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first initializes the CPU 92 (S4001). More specifically, in S4001, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs, for example, setting of a stack, setting of constants, setting of a CPU, setting of SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time), and the like. In S4001, if a RAM initialization command has been received from the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91 initializes the RAM 94. As a result, various types of information stored in the RAM 94 are lost. Step S4001 is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

  After S4001, the effect control microcomputer 91 prohibits the interruption (S4004). Next, the effect control microcomputer 91 updates various random number values (S4005). Specifically, in S4005, the effect control microcomputer 91 updates various random number values of the effect symbol random number, the fluctuation effect pattern random number, the notice effect random number, the notice effect type random number, the continuous notice random number, the continuous notice type random number. These random numbers are different from the random numbers used in the game control microcomputer 81 described above, and are used only in the effect control microcomputer 91. The method of updating the random numbers may be the same as that of the game control microcomputer 81 or may be different.

  After S4005, the effect control microcomputer 91 transmits various commands set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 to the image control board 100 and the like (S4006). For example, the image control board 100 that has received the command causes the image display device 7 to display various still images or moving images according to the command, and causes the speaker 67 to output various sounds. In other words, it performs an effect design fluctuation effect, a game effect accompanying a jackpot game, a customer waiting effect, and the like.

  Note that, with the execution of various effects by the image control board 100, the effect control microcomputer 91 turns on the frame lamp 66 or drives the frame movable body 600 via the lamp relay board 107. Since the main control board 80 does not receive the input from the sub-control board 90 as described above, the command transmitted from S4006 is not input to the game control microcomputer 81.

  After S4006, the effect control microcomputer 91 permits the interruption (S4007). Thereafter, S4004 to S4007 are repeated. While interrupts are permitted, various processes such as a sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt process (S4009) and a sub-side 10ms timer interrupt process (S4010) can be executed.

  The effect control microcomputer 91 also executes interrupt processing other than S4009 and S4010. For example, when the command sent from the main control board 80 is input to the input / output circuit 97 of the effect control microcomputer 91, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a main control command interrupt process for storing the command in the RAM 94. I do. The main control command interrupt processing is executed prior to other interrupt processing (S4009, S4010).

[Sub side 2ms timer interrupt processing]
Next, the sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt process is executed by the effect control microcomputer 91 every time an interrupt pulse having a period of 2 ms is input.

  In the sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 firstly sets the effect button 63, the cross button 68, and the cross button 68 based on output signals from the effect button detection switch 63x, the cross button detection switch 68x, and the sword member detection switch 222x. In addition, switch data indicating information on the presence or absence of an operation on the sword member 222 is created (S4201). If the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with an input member other than these, information on whether or not the input member has been input is also included in the switch data.

  After S4201, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs control for turning on or off the frame lamp 66 in accordance with the lamp data created by the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process described later (S4202). Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs control for displacing the frame movable body 600 and the panel movable body 15 in accordance with the movable body drive data similarly generated by the sub side 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4203).

  After S4203, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes other processing such as resetting the watchdog timer (S4299). After S4299, the sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt processing ends.

[Sub side 10ms timer interrupt processing]
Next, the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process is executed by the effect control microcomputer 91 every time an interrupt pulse having a period of 10 ms is input.

  In the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first executes a sub-side received command analysis process for analyzing a command received from the main control board 80 (S4301). Details of S4301 will be described later. After S4301, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs an effect related to the effect pending image according to the change in the number of special figure reservations (S4302).

  After S4302, the effect control microcomputer 91 acquires the switch data created in S4201 of the sub-side 2 ms timer interrupt processing (S4303). Then, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs switch control according to operations on various input members based on the switch data (S4304).

  After S4304, the effect control microcomputer 91 creates lamp data for performing lighting control of the frame lamp 66 according to various effects (S4305). Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 creates movable body drive data for controlling the operation of the board movable body 15 and the frame movable body 600 (S4306).

  After S4306, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs other processing such as updating various random numbers used in the effect control microcomputer 91 (S4399), and ends the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt processing.

[Sub-side received command analysis processing]
FIG. 31 shows the procedure of the sub-side received command analysis processing of S4301 in FIG. In the sub-reception command analysis processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not a start winning command (first start winning command or second start winning command) has been received from the main control board 80 (S4401). The first start winning command is output from the main control board 80 when the first start port 20 is won. The second start winning command is output from the main control board 80 at the time of winning in the second starting port 21.

  When the start winning command is received from the main control board 80 (S4401: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 stores the received starting winning command in the RAM 94 (S4402). Specifically, in step S4402, if the received start winning command is the first start winning command generated based on the winning in the first starting port 20, the command is stored in the first special figure holding storage unit 95a, and If it is the second start winning command generated based on the winning in the starting port 21, the command is stored in the second special figure holding storage unit 95b. The start winning command is stored in a storage area in which the start winning command is not stored among the four storage areas provided in each special figure holding storage unit.

  After S4402, the effect control microcomputer 91 adds 1 to a holding counter corresponding to the special figure holding storage unit that stores the start winning command in S4402 (S4403). There are two types of hold counters, a first special figure hold counter corresponding to the first special figure hold storage unit 95a and a second special figure hold counter corresponding to the second special figure hold storage unit 95b, and the start winning command is stored. Every time is received, one hold counter corresponding to the special figure hold storage unit storing the start winning command is added. That is, the hold counter is a counter that counts the number of start winning commands stored for each special figure hold storage unit.

  After S4403, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a prefetch effect determination process (S4404) related to the prefetch effect. Details of S4404 will be described later.

  After S4404, or when the start winning command has not been received from the main control board 80 (S4401: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the fluctuation start command has been received (S4411). The change start command is output from the main control board 80, for example, when starting the change display of the special symbol.

  When the fluctuation start command is received from the main control board 80 (S4411: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 shifts the storage area of each start winning command stored in the special figure holding storage unit 95 (S4412). Specifically, in S4412, the effect control microcomputer 91 is stored in the special figure reservation storage unit that has stored the highest priority start winning command among the respective start winning commands stored in the special figure reservation storage unit 95. Each of the start winning commands is shifted by one from the current storage area to the storage area with the higher read priority, and the last shifted source storage area is initialized.

  After 4412, the effect control microcomputer 91 subtracts 1 from the hold counter corresponding to the special figure hold storage unit that stores the start winning command shifted in S4412 (S4413). After S4413, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a variable effect start process of starting an effect such as an effect symbol change effect, using one of the start winning commands stored in the RAM 94 having the highest priority. (S4414). Details of S4414 will be described later.

  After S4414, or when the change start command has not been received from the main control board 80 (S4411: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether a change stop command has been received (S4421). The change stop command is output from the main control board 80, for example, when ending the change display of the special symbol.

  When the fluctuation stop command is received from the main control board 80 (S4421: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 executes the fluctuation effect ending process related to the end of the effect started in S4412 (S4422). The details of S4422 will be described later.

  After S4422, or when the fluctuation stop command is not received from the main control board 80 (S4421: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a process corresponding to a command other than the above-mentioned command (S4499). Commands other than the above-mentioned commands include, for example, a customer waiting standby command and a V-pass command. The customer waiting standby command is output from the main control board 80, for example, when the power is turned on or the number of special figure reservations becomes zero. When the customer waiting standby command is received, the effect control microcomputer 91 starts the customer waiting effect. The V-pass command is output from the main control board 80, for example, when the game ball passes through the specific area 39. When receiving the V passage command, the effect control microcomputer 91 causes the image display device 7 to notify the effect. In addition, as other commands than the above-mentioned commands, for example, various abnormality notification commands and a full notification command of the surplus ball tray 62 are applicable. After S4499, the received command analysis processing ends.

[Pre-reading effect determination processing]
Next, the pre-reading effect determination processing in S4404 in FIG. 31 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In the prefetch effect determination processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not the continuous notice flag is ON (S4601). The continuous announcement flag is a flag that is turned on when the continuous announcement is performed and is turned off when the continuous announcement is finished, and its initial value is off.

  The continuous announcement is not performed by superimposing multiple jackpot random numbers. If the continuous announcement is already executed for one jackpot random number, the continuous announcement for the other jackpot random numbers is executed. Not done. Therefore, when the continuous announcement flag is on (S4601: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a process related to a prefetch effect other than the continuous announcement (S4699), and ends the prefetch effect process. As the look-ahead effect other than the continuous announcement, for example, an effect that changes the effect suspension image corresponds.

  On the other hand, if the continuous announcement flag is not on (S4601: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 acquires the continuous announcement random number and determines whether or not to execute the continuous announcement using the continuous announcement determination table shown in FIG. Is determined (S4602). For example, if the information of "V long jackpot" is included in the start winning command and the value of the continuous notice random number is "1", the continuous notice is determined to be "present". In the continuous announcement determination table, the ratio of the continuous announcement random numbers is set such that the continuous announcement is more likely to be determined as “present” as the player is more advantageous. That is, the continuous notice is more likely to be determined as “Yes” for “V Long Jackpot” than for “V Long Jackpot”, and for “V Long Jackpot” and “V Short Jackpot” than for “Loss”. , The ratio of the continuous announcement random number is set. If the start winning command includes the information of "losing" and "SP reach" and the value of the random number of continuous notice is "5", the continuous notice is determined to be "present". On the other hand, if the start winning command includes the information of “losing” and does not include the information of “SP reach”, if the value of the random number of the continuous announcement is “5”, the continuous announcement is determined to be “absent”. . That is, in the determination table of the continuous announcement, the ratio of the random number of the continuous announcement is set so that the case where “SP reach” is included is more likely to be judged as “present” than the case where it is not included. I have.

  After S4602, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the continuous notice has been determined to be “present” (S4611). When the continuous announcement is not determined to be “Yes” (S4611: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a process related to a prefetch effect other than the continuous announcement (S4699), and ends the prefetch effect process.

  When the continuous announcement is determined to be “present” (S4611: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines a scenario of the continuous announcement (S4612). Specifically, in S4612, the effect control microcomputer 91 acquires the continuous announcement type random number, and determines the continuous announcement scenario using a table in which the types of the continuous announcement scenario are registered. Then, effect control microcomputer 91 stores the scenario data including the information of the determined scenario in continuous notice storage unit 98 (S4613).

  After S4613, the effect control microcomputer 91 turns on the continuous notice flag (S4614). Then, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes a process related to the prefetch effect other than the continuous announcement (S4699), and ends the prefetch effect process.

[Variation effect start processing]
Next, the variable effect start processing in S4414 in FIG. 31 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In the variable effect start processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the content of the variable start command and selects a variable effect pattern (S4701). The change start command includes information on the change pattern determined in S1012 or S1022 of FIG. In other words, similarly to the start winning command, the information includes information on the success or failure of the jackpot, the type of the jackpot, the presence or absence of the reach, whether or not to perform the pseudo continuous production, and whether or not to perform the SP reach. The selected variation effect pattern is stored in the variation effect storage unit 96.

  Specifically, in S4701, the effect control microcomputer 91 acquires the random effect pattern random number, and selects one table from a plurality of tables classified according to the type of the variable pattern based on the analysis result of the variable start command. Is selected, and the obtained random effect pattern random number is determined using the table, thereby selecting the variable effect pattern. Thus, the variation effect including details such as the type of the image displayed by the image display device 7 and its display timing, whether or not the frame lamp 66 is lit and its lighting timing, whether or not the board movable body 15 is operating and its operating timing are included. Is determined. In other words, once the fluctuating production pattern is determined, the fluctuating production such as the fluctuating production time, the fluctuating display mode of the production design, the presence / absence of the reach production, the content of the reach production, the presence / absence of button operation during the production, the development configuration of the production, the type of background, etc. , That is, the scenario of the effect during the change including the effect design change effect.

  After S4701, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the continuous notice flag is ON (S4711). When the continuous notice flag is on (S4711: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 causes the image display device 7 to display the notice image specified by the continuous notice scenario data stored in the continuous notice storage unit 98 on the image display device 7. The display command is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 (S4712). As a result, at the start of the effect design fluctuation effect, an image for continuous notice is displayed on the image display device 7.

  After S4712, the effect control microcomputer 91 selects a numeric symbol to be displayed during the effect symbol variation effect from the numeric symbol role table shown in FIG. 14 so that the effect content can be announced based on the second role. (S4713). That is, a numeral symbol is selected based on the role of the numeral symbol in a state where the role change condition is satisfied. For example, in the case of performing a pseudo continuous production, as a numerical design to be displayed in the symbol display area 8RA, a numeral design group including a numerical design assigned to perform the pseudo continuous production in the second role (in the present embodiment, “ 1 "," 3 "," 4 "," 5 "," 6 "," 7 "," 8 "). Numerical symbols (in this embodiment, “3”, “6”, “7”) assigned to perform the pseudo-consecutive directing are easier to select than other numeric symbols. For example, it depends on whether or not a jackpot has been won, that is, the degree of expectation of the role assigned to each of the figures to the jackpot has a different degree of ease of selection of each of the figure symbols. When performing a slide effect, a numeric symbol ("2" in this embodiment) in which "slip" is assigned to the second role is always selected as the numeric symbol displayed in the symbol display area 8RA. In S4713, the role of the numeral symbol is changed from the first role to the second role from the start of the effect symbol variation effect.

  On the other hand, when the continuous announcement flag is not turned on (S4711: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not there is pseudo continuous effect information in the fluctuation start command (S4721). If there is no pseudo continuous production information in the variation start command (S4721: NO), the production control microcomputer 91 displays the numeric symbols displayed during the production symbol variation production in the numeric symbol role table shown in FIG. A selection is made so that the effect contents can be announced in advance based on the role of S1 (S4722). That is, a numeral symbol is selected based on the role of the numeral symbol in a state where the role change condition is not satisfied. In this case, since the pseudo continuous production is not performed in the production during the fluctuation of the production design, the figure in which the role related to the pseudo continuous production is assigned to the first role as the numeral pattern displayed in the right symbol display area 8RA. Numerical symbols other than symbols ("3" and "7" in this embodiment) are selected. It should be noted that a numeric symbol to which a role related to the pseudo continuous production is assigned may be selected, but in that case, the selection probability is set to be extremely low.

  If the fluctuation start command includes information on the pseudo consecutive effects (S4721: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 displays the first numerical symbol from the start of the fluctuation among the numerical symbols displayed during the effect symbol fluctuation effect in FIG. A selection is made so that the effect contents can be announced based on the first role in the indicated numeric symbol role table (S4723). Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 reads the second and subsequent numeric symbols among the numeric symbols displayed during the effect symbol variation effect, that is, the numeric symbols after the activation of the pseudo continuous effect, in the numeric symbol role table shown in FIG. The selection is made so that the effect contents can be announced based on the role of the second (S4724). In other words, in the effect design fluctuation production in which the pseudo continuous production is performed, the role change condition is satisfied by the execution of the pseudo continuous production, so that the production content is announced by different roles before and after the pseudo continuous production is performed. To select the number design. That is, in S 4723 and S 4724, after the pseudo continuous production is activated, the role of the numeral symbol is changed from the first role to the second role.

  In S4713, S4722, or S4724, the combination of the numeric symbols that are temporarily stopped and displayed in the effect symbol variation display effect that matches the scenario of the variation pattern is determined. This makes it possible to realize an announcement effect in which the temporarily stopped and displayed numeric symbol gives an advance notice of an effect during the effect design Endo effect.

  After S4713, after S4722, or after S4724, the effect control microcomputer 91 selects an effect for explaining the role of the selected numeral symbol (S4714). For example, when the numeral symbol “1” is selected from the first role, an effect of displaying an explanatory image 7M that explains that it is “weak chance” on the image display device 7 is selected. Further, when the numeral symbol “1” is selected from the second role, an effect of displaying the explanation image 7M explaining that it is “strong chance” on the image display device 7 is selected. Note that whether to display the explanation image 7M may be selected by a random number.

  In addition, when there is a change from a state in which the role change condition is not satisfied to a state in which the role change condition is satisfied, the effect control microcomputer 91 selects an effect to indicate that the role of the numeric symbol has changed (S4715). . For example, when a pseudo continuous production is performed, a production that causes the image display device 7 to display a state suggestion image 7N that indicates that the role change condition is satisfied, that is, that the role of the numeral pattern has changed, is selected. Note that whether to display the state suggestion image 7N may be selected by a random number.

  After S4715, the effect control microcomputer 91 analyzes the content of the change start command, and selects a notice effect for the jackpot lottery result (S4731). Specifically, in S4731, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not to execute a notice effect during the effect design change effect, and when executing the notice effect, acquires a notice effect random number and a notice effect type random number. The announcement effect is selected by determining the random number. Thus, the contents of the so-called step-up notice effect are determined. The information of the selected announcement effect is stored in the variable effect storage unit 96.

  After S4731, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets a variable effect start command including the selected numeral symbol, the variable effect pattern, and the notice effect in the output buffer of the RAM 94 (S4741). The set variable production start command is transmitted to the image control board 100 or the like in S4006 of the sub-side activation processing. The CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads an effect image or the like corresponding to the command from the ROM 103 and causes the image display device 7 to display the image. Thereby, the effect design fluctuation effect is started. After S4741, the variable effect start processing ends.

[Variation effect end processing]
Next, the variable effect ending process in S4422 in FIG. 31 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In the variable effect start processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not the continuous notice flag is on (S4901). If the continuous announcement flag is not on (S4901: NO), the effect control microcomputer 91 sets the variable effect end command in the output buffer of the RAM 94 (S4902). The set variable production end command is transmitted to the image control board 100 or the like in S4006 of the sub-side activation processing. After S4902, the variable effect ending process ends.

  When the continuous announcement flag is on (S4901: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not to end the continuous announcement based on the scenario data of the continuous announcement stored in the continuous announcement storage unit 98 (S4901). S4911). When ending the continuous notice (S4911: YES), the effect control microcomputer 91 turns off the continuous notice flag (S4912). After S4912, or when the continuous announcement is not to be ended (S4911: NO), the variable effect end command is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 (S4902), and the variable effect end processing ends.

8. Effects of Embodiment In the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment, a role is assigned to the numeral symbol, and the numeral symbol is displayed in a predetermined manner before the combination of the numeral symbols based on the lottery result of the jackpot is stopped and displayed. A temporary stop is displayed at a location, and an effect corresponding to the role assigned to the displayed numeric symbol is performed, such as after the re-variation display in the pseudo continuous effect, or during the execution of continuous notice, etc. The role assigned to the numeral symbol changes from the first role to the second role during the game as viewed from the player depending on whether or not the role change condition is satisfied. As a result, compared to the case where the role assigned to the numeral symbol is fixed, it is expected that the effect of displaying the numeral symbol is improved, and the player is less likely to get bored.

9. Modification of Embodiment A pachinko gaming machine according to a modification performs a specific symbol area light emission effect of selecting one symbol display area from among symbol display areas using random numbers and lighting up the selected symbol display area. . In the pachinko gaming machine according to the modified example, the numeric symbol temporarily stopped and displayed in the lit-up symbol display area during the execution of the specific symbol area light emitting effect is used as a numeric symbol used for the announcement of the effect content. This is different from the embodiment in which the display location for displaying a numeric symbol for giving notice of the effect content is fixed to the symbol display area 8RA where the second temporary stop is displayed.

  Specifically, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the modified example, as shown in FIG. 36, symbols 8LF, 8CF, and 8RF are displayed in symbol display areas 8LA, 8CA, and 8RA for temporarily stopping the left, middle, and right numeric symbols. Is displayed. Then, during the effect symbol variation effect, a specific symbol region light emission effect for lighting up the frame of the specific symbol display region is performed. In FIG. 36, the lit-up symbol display area is represented by a bold frame and hatching in the frame.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to the modification selects whether or not to perform a specific symbol area light emission effect, and further selects which symbol display area is to be lighted up by a random number. That is, the appearance of the specific symbol display area and the location of the appearance are variable. The timing of starting the light-up in the frame may be at the start of the effect design fluctuation effect, or may be immediately before the temporary stop display of the number symbols.

  When the pachinko gaming machine according to the modified example performs the specific symbol area light-emitting effect, the inside of the frame corresponding to the selected symbol display area (the symbol display area 8RA in FIG. 36) is lit up, and then the specific symbol display is performed. A numeric symbol is temporarily stopped and displayed in the area. In the specific symbol display area, a numeric symbol for giving a notice of the effect content of the effect symbol change effect is temporarily displayed. In other words, the numeric symbol that is temporarily stopped in the symbol display area in which the frame is lit up is a valid numeric symbol that gives notice of the next effect, and is temporarily displayed in the symbol display area in which the frame is not illuminated. The numerical pattern that is stopped and displayed is not a valid numerical pattern that gives notice of the next performance. The role assigned to the numeral symbol may be the same as in the embodiment (see FIG. 14), and there are numeral symbols having different roles depending on whether or not the role change condition is satisfied. As described above, similarly to the embodiment, by changing the role of the numeral symbol during the game, it is expected that the effect of displaying the numeral symbol is improved.

  Further, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the modified example, the position of the symbol display area used for the notice changes, and the symbol display area is lit up, so that the player can easily pay attention to the numeric symbols. For this reason, compared to the embodiment in which the numeric symbols for the notice are temporarily stopped and displayed at the same position each time, it is possible to further expect the effect of displaying the numeric symbols to be more interesting. On the other hand, in the embodiment, compared to the modified example in which the specific symbol area light-emitting effect is performed, it is expected that the effect of displaying the numeral symbol by simple control is improved.

  Note that the symbol display area for temporarily stopping the display of the numeric symbols is not limited to the three rows of the left, middle, and right horizontal rows. For example, as shown in FIG. Areas 8LUA, 8CUA, 8RUA, 8LCA, 8CCA, 8RCA, 8LLA, 8CLA, 8RLA may be provided. In this case, each frame may be individually scroll-displayed, or frames belonging to columns or rows in the scroll direction may be collectively scroll-displayed. FIG. 37 shows a mode in which three symbol display areas in one vertical line, for example, the symbol display areas 8LUA, 8LCA, and 8LLA are collectively scroll-displayed.

10. Other Modifications of Embodiment The present embodiment is merely an example and does not limit the present invention in any way. Therefore, naturally, the present invention can be variously modified and modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the numerical values (the number of lotteries, the set values of various tables, the upper limit of the number of various types of holding, and the like) described in the present embodiment are examples, and may be appropriately selected.

  Further, in the embodiment, the effect design to which the role is assigned is limited to the number design, but the effect design is not limited to the numeral design (for example, the effect design of the alphabet or the effect design in which a special character is drawn). May be assigned.

  In the embodiment, the numeric symbols are temporarily stopped and displayed in the order of the left symbol display area 8LA, the right symbol display area 8RA, and the central symbol display area 8CA, but the order of the temporary symbol display is not limited to this. is not. Also, a plurality of symbol display areas may be temporarily stopped and displayed at the same time.

  Further, in the embodiment, as the roles assigned to the numerical symbols, a strong chance, a weak chance, a strong pseudo ream, a weak pseudo ream, look-ahead, and a slip are applied, but the present invention is not limited to these. For example, background change (mode change) and character change may be used.

  Further, in the embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 1 describes the role of the numeric symbol when the numeric symbol is temporarily stopped in a predetermined display area, but performs an effect explaining the role of the numeric symbol. The timing is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 38, the role may be described for an arbitrary numeric symbol even before the numeric symbol is temporarily stopped in a predetermined display area. In addition, the role of the numeral pattern may be explained by a demonstration image in the customer waiting effect. Further, in addition to the role of the numeral symbol, it may be explained that the role changes depending on whether or not the role change condition is satisfied.

  Further, in the embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the explanation image 7M on the image display device 7 for the role of the numeral symbol, but does not have to display it. As a means for recognizing the role of the numeral symbol, a sticker explaining the role of the numeral symbol may be attached to the pachinko gaming machine 1, or a manual explaining the role of the numeral symbol may be prepared. However, it is easier for the player to recognize the role of the number design by explaining with the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  Further, in the embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 1 displays the state suggestion image 7N on the image display device 7 as to whether or not the state that satisfies the role change condition is not required. However, displaying the state suggestion image 7N and suggesting whether or not the state satisfies the role change condition makes it easier for the player to enjoy the numerical design effect.

  In the embodiment, both the state after the re-variation display in the pseudo continuous production and the state where the continuous notice is being executed are set as the role change conditions, but only one of them may be used. The role change condition is not limited to these two conditions. For example, the role change condition may be that a specific mode or a specific zone is being executed, or a specific game state (high probability state or time saving state). . Also, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine capable of producing an effect of lighting up a predetermined symbol display area (an effect in which the symbol display area to be lit up is fixed), if the effect is executed, the role change condition is satisfied, and the effect is satisfied. If the is not executed, the role change condition may not be satisfied.

  In addition, in the embodiment, two roles, that is, a case where the role change condition is satisfied and a case where the role change condition is not satisfied, are assigned to one numeric symbol, but other conditions are added. Three or more roles may be assigned. For example, for one numeric symbol pattern, if the first role change condition is satisfied, “strong chance” is set. If the first role change condition is not satisfied and the second role change condition is satisfied, “low chance” is set. "Chance" may be used, and "slip" may be used if both role change conditions are not satisfied.

  Further, in the embodiment, the present invention is applied to the display mode of the effect symbols of the pachinko gaming machine 1, but the present invention may be applied to the display mode of the effect symbols of the pachislot game machine.

  The processing disclosed in the embodiment is mainly executed by the CPU 82 of the game control microcomputer 81 of the main control board 80, the CPU 92 of the effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90, and the CPU 102 of the image control microcomputer 101. However, for example, it may be executed by a single or a plurality of CPUs using a single control board. Further, the processing disclosed in the embodiment may be executed by a plurality of CPUs in at least one of the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91, and the image control microcomputer 101. Further, the processing disclosed in the embodiment may be executed in combination with other hardware in addition to the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91, or the image control microcomputer 101. Further, among the processes disclosed in the embodiments, a part of the processes of the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91, or the image control microcomputer 101 may be executed by another microcomputer. That is, the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91, the image control microcomputer 101, one microcomputer including these, combined with other hardware, are all examples of the game control means and the effect control means. Further, the processes disclosed in the embodiments can be realized in various forms such as a recording medium or a method recording a program for executing the processes.

  In the description of the means described below, corresponding configuration names and expressions in [Description of Embodiments], reference numerals used in drawings, and the like are added in parentheses for reference. However, the components of the present invention are not limited to this supplementary note.

  The gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 1) disclosed in this specification includes an effect display device (image display device 7) for displaying an effect, a game control means (a game control microcomputer 81), and an effect control means (effect control). Microcomputer 91), the game control means obtains lottery information based on the establishment of a predetermined lottery condition (S214), and performs a predetermined process on the lottery information obtained in the obtaining process. In response to satisfying the digestion condition, a lottery process (S1021) for performing a jackpot lottery based on the lottery information that satisfies the digestion condition is executed. A lottery result display process (S4414) for changing and displaying an identification symbol based on the lottery result in the lottery process from among the identification symbols having the types, and displaying the plurality of types of identification symbols. There is an identification symbol to which a role is assigned for each type, and the identification symbol to which the role is assigned is temporarily displayed before the identification symbol based on the lottery result is stopped and displayed in the lottery result display processing. Performing a role announcement effect process (S4414) for temporarily stopping display in the display area of the effect display device and performing an announcement effect corresponding to the role assigned to the displayed identification symbol (S4414); Wherein at least one role of the plurality of types of identification symbols is changed from the first role to the second role due to establishment of a predetermined role change condition (S4721 and S4711). I have.

  The gaming machine disclosed in this specification has an identification symbol to which a role is assigned, and displays the identification symbol to which the role is assigned before stopping and displaying the identification symbol based on the lottery result of the jackpot on the effect display device. A notice effect is performed by displaying a temporary stop, and the role assigned to the identification symbol changes during the game depending on whether or not a predetermined role change condition is satisfied. As a result, compared to the case where the role assigned to the identification symbol is fixed, the effect of displaying the identification symbol can be expected to be improved, and the player is less likely to get bored.

  Further, in the gaming machine disclosed in the present specification, at least one of the plurality of types of identification symbols has the second role compared to the first role in the lottery process. It is good to be assigned a role that has a high expectation of winning the jackpot. By developing the role so that the degree of expectation of the jackpot rises, it can be a new production that increases the expectation of the jackpot for the player.

  The effect control means may temporarily display an identification symbol on at least one display position in the effect display device in a variable display of the one lottery information acquired in the acquisition process in the lottery result display process. A pseudo continuous change display effect is performed in which stop display is performed, and then all display locations of the identification symbol are changed and displayed again, and the predetermined role change condition may be after the re-change display in the pseudo continuous change display effect. . In the pseudo continuous fluctuation display effect (pseudo continuous effect), since the role of the identification symbol changes, it is expected that the player's expectation is further enhanced.

  In addition, the game control unit outputs a command based on the lottery information acquired in the acquisition process to the effect control unit before satisfying the digestion condition for the lottery information. ), And the effect control means, based on the received command, which is the command output and received in the pre-command output processing, the lottery information to be digested before the lottery information corresponding to the received command. To the lottery information corresponding to the received command, and at the time of displaying the variation of the lottery result of each piece of lottery information, a continuous advance notice of the lottery result of the lottery information corresponding to the received command is executed. The role change condition may be that the continuous notice has been started. Since the role of the identification symbol changes during the continuous notice, the expectation of the player in the continuous notice can be further enhanced.

  Further, the game control means may cause the effect display device to perform an effect explaining the role assigned to the identification symbol (S4714). Further, the effect control means may cause the effect display device to perform an effect indicating whether or not the predetermined role change condition is satisfied (S4715). According to this configuration, even a player who has little knowledge of the effect of producing the identification symbol of the present application can easily enjoy the game.

  Further, in the present specification, the first role and the second role are assigned to a specific identification symbol among the plurality of types of identification symbols, and the effect control means controls the role announcement effect. In the processing, when the specific identification symbol is temporarily stopped, if the predetermined role change condition is not satisfied, a notice effect corresponding to the first role is performed, while the predetermined role change condition is not satisfied. A configuration is disclosed in which, if established, a notice effect corresponding to the second role is performed. Further, in the present specification, in the role announcement effect process, when starting the variation display of the identification symbol in the lottery result display process, the effect control means may perform a period until the variation display of the identification symbol is stopped. When the predetermined role change condition is satisfied, at least one of the plurality of types of identification symbols is changed from the first role to the second role after the predetermined role change condition is satisfied. An arrangement for deciding to do so is disclosed.

  Note that a control method for realizing the functions of the gaming machine, a computer program, and a computer-readable storage medium for storing the computer program are also new and useful.

1 Pachinko gaming machine 7 Image display device 7a Display area 7M Explanation image 7N Status suggestion image 8LA, 8CA, 8RA Symbol display area 80 Main control board 81 Game control microcomputer 90 Sub-control board 91 Effect control microcomputer

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Effect control means for controlling effects relating to the game,
And a production display means for displaying the production,
The effect control means,
The effect display unit, the identification symbols and lottery from among the identification symbols having a plurality of types, and the lottery result display process to be stopped and displayed after the variable display,
In the fluctuation display in the lottery result display processing, the pseudo-continuous fluctuation in which the effect display means causes the identification symbol to be temporarily stopped at at least one display position, and thereafter all the display positions of the identification symbol are displayed again in a variable manner. Display effect processing,
Among the plurality of types of identification symbols, there is an identification symbol to which a role is assigned for each type, and an identification symbol to which a role is assigned is identified by the lottery result display process based on the lottery result. which executes the role advance notification effect process for prediction effect the temporary stop is displayed, corresponding to the roles assigned to the identification symbols being the display on the display area temporarily the effect display means prior to stopping display And
In the role announcement effect processing, at least one of the plurality of types of identification symbols is changed from a role having no role to another role due to the re-variation display in the pseudo continuous variation display effect,
A gaming machine characterized by that:

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