JP6707766B2 - Amusement machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and is particularly applicable to a pachinko gaming machine and the like.

Conventionally, a variable display of identification information (for example, a special symbol, a production symbol, etc.) is executed based on the establishment of a predetermined condition such as a game ball entering the starting opening, and the display result of the variable display becomes a specific display result. 2. Description of the Related Art There are widely known gaming machines capable of executing a special game advantageous to a player. In this type of gaming machine, for example, during variable display of identification information, reach effect indicating whether the display result of the variable display is the specific display result or the display result of the variable display can be the specific display result. Various effects such as a notice effect that suggests the property (reliability) are executed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP, 2009-95470, A

The production performed during the variable display of the identification information has different production contents (for example, motifs and characters that appear) depending on the model, but the production method (for example, production development and production pattern) does not change so much. Therefore, there is a problem that it is easy to be uniform and it is difficult to improve the enjoyment of the game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to realize a novel effect capable of attracting a player's interest and enhance the interest of the game.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the following configurations.

That is, the gaming machine of means 1,
A variation of the identification information is executed based on the establishment of a predetermined condition, and based on the display result of the variation display being a specific display result, a gaming machine capable of executing a special game advantageous to the player. ,
Variation effect execution means capable of executing a predetermined variation effect in accordance with the variation display,
At a predetermined time during the execution of the variable effect, a preliminary effect execution unit capable of executing a preliminary effect that displays a part of the effect that can be executed after the predetermined time ,
It is summarized that the pre-effect is an effect of displaying a partial effect scene included in a period after the predetermined time in the execution period of the variable effect on a predetermined display unit .

According to such a gaming machine, a predetermined fluctuating effect is configured to be able to be executed in accordance with the fluctuating display of the identification information, and at the predetermined time during the execution of the fluctuating effect, a part of the effect that can be executed after that is performed. The pre-display to be displayed is configured to be executable. Therefore, some of the effects that may be executed later can be visually confirmed in advance. As a result, while the variation display (variation effect) of the identification information progresses, it is possible to easily visualize the subsequent development of the variation effect by executing the preliminary effect, and to enhance the interest in the variable display.

The gaming machine of means 2 is the gaming machine of means 1 described above,
The pre- production is summarized as a mode in which a plurality of partial production scenes included in a period after the predetermined period in the execution period of the variable production are displayed one by one .

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to realize a new effect capable of attracting the player's interest and enhance the interest of the game.

It is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a back view of the game machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the game board of the Example of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the main display unit shown in FIG. 3, and is a view showing display units included in the same gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the same gaming machine. It is a table showing the correspondence between the type of winning and the opening pattern of the special winning opening. It is a table showing various random numbers acquired by the game control microcomputer. (A) is a hit determination table, (B) is a big hit type determination table, (C) is a normal symbol hit determination table, (D) is a normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a fluctuation pattern table. It is a flow chart of main control main processing. It is a flowchart of an interrupt process. It is a flowchart of a starting opening sensor detection process. It is a flow chart of processing at the time of starting entry. It is a flowchart of a universal figure operation process. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol standby process. It is a flow chart of a normal symbol hit/miss judgment processing. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol random number shift processing. It is a flowchart of processing during normal symbol variation. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol determination process. It is a flowchart of a normal electric auditors product processing. It is a flow chart of special figure operation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of a special figure 2 success/failure determination processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 random number shift processing. It is a flowchart of a special figure 1 hit/miss judgment processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 random number shift processing. It is a flow chart of the special symbol changing process. It is a flowchart of a special symbol determination process. It is a flowchart of special electric auditors product processing 1 (big hit game). It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. It is a flowchart of special electric auditors product processing 2 (small hit game). It is a flow chart of specific area sensor detection processing. It is a flowchart of the number of reserved balls. It is a flow chart of power failure monitoring processing. It is a flow chart of sub-control main processing. It is a flowchart of a reception interruption process. It is a flow chart of 2ms timer interruption processing. It is a flowchart of a 10 ms timer interrupt process. It is a flow chart of received command analysis processing. It is a flow chart of received command analysis processing. It is a flow chart of variation production start processing. It is a flowchart of a preliminary effect setting process. (A) is an explanatory view showing a non-operating state (standby position) of the second movable decorative member, and (b) is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state (operating position) of the second movable decorative member. (A) is a timing chart showing the flow from the start to the end of the variable effect, (b) is a timing chart showing the execution period of the preliminary effect A, (c) is a timing showing the execution period of the preliminary effect B It is a chart. It is an explanatory view showing a display example of pre-production A. It is an explanatory view showing a display example of pre-production B.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described using examples. In the following, the game medium used for the game is a game ball, and the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine (ball game machine) capable of advancing the game by firing the game ball toward the game board surface. An example will be described. Specifically, the variable display of the special symbol is performed based on the entry of the game ball into the starting opening, and when the jackpot symbol is stopped and displayed at the end of the variable display of the special symbol, a predetermined amount is given to the player. A so-called "one type" pachinko game machine that enables a big hit game (special game) to which a game profit (for example, a prize ball) can be executed will be described as an example.

In the following description, simply the front side (front side) is the front side (the side where the player is located during the game) when the gaming machine is viewed from the front, and the rear side (rear side) is simply the game. It is the rear side when the machine is viewed from the front. In addition, the upper side (upper side), the lower side (lower side), the left side (left side), and the right side (right side) refer to the upward, downward, left, and right directions when the gaming machine is viewed from the front. For example, it refers to the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side in FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pachinko gaming machine 1 (gaming machine) of the present embodiment includes a gaming machine frame 50 and a gaming board 2 mounted in the gaming machine frame 50. 2 is configured to be removable from the gaming machine frame 50. FIG. 3 shows the gaming board 2 removed from the gaming machine frame 50. The gaming machine frame 50 is configured to have a front frame 51 having a decorative surface, a main body frame 52 for mounting the gaming board 2 and the like, and an outer frame 53 for mounting the pachinko gaming machine 1 on an island facility of a hall. The front frame 51, the main body frame 52, and the outer frame 53 are pivotally supported at one end side and are configured to be openable and closable.

Further, in the front frame 51, a launch handle 60 for launching a game ball with a launch strength according to the operation amount (rotation angle) of the player, a game ball that stores and stores the game ball can be supplied to the launcher side. A ball hitting tray (upper plate) 61 and a surplus ball tray (lower plate) 62 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the ball hitting tray 61 are provided. Furthermore, on the front frame 51, a first effect button 63a and a second effect button 63b which can be operated by the player during execution of an effect (hereinafter, also referred to as "game effect") executed as the game progresses. (These two effect buttons are also collectively simply referred to as “effect button 63.”), a decorative frame lamp 66 that can emit various lights depending on the game situation, and depending on the game situation. A speaker 67 and the like capable of producing various sounds (sound effects) are also provided.

The effect button 63 functions as an input means that can be input by the player, and the effect button to be used can be selectively used according to the type of game effect. For example, if the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b is operated during the execution of the game effect, a predetermined operation corresponding effect is performed based on the operation. The configuration of the effect button 63 is not limited to the mode of the present embodiment, and it is sufficient if the player can make an input, for example, the input means (for inputting the player by directly touching the button portion to input). For example, it may be a retractable type, a touch sensor type, etc., or a non-contact type input means (photoelectric type, etc.) that detects when a part of the player's body approaches and inputs. Good. Further, the effect button may be one (movable effect operation means) that performs an effect operation such as protruding or vibrating upward or toward the front side.

On the game board 2, a game area 3 in which a game ball shot by operating the launch handle 60 flows down is formed surrounded by a rail member 4. In the game area 3, a plurality of game nails 16 that guide the game balls are provided in a protruding manner, and a ball return preventing piece 6 is provided at the tip of the rail member 4. The ball return prevention piece 6 is for preventing the game ball once guided to the game area from returning to the launcher side. The game board 2 is also provided with a decorative board surface lamp 5 (see FIG. 5) capable of emitting various lights depending on the game situation.

A first image display device 7 is provided near the center of the game area 3. The first image display device 7 is fixed to the back surface side of the game board 2 so that its display screen 7a faces an opening provided in the approximate center of the game board 2 (game area 3). The first image display device 7 is composed of a liquid crystal display device, and on the display screen 7a thereof, the effect symbol display area 7b (where effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R (also simply referred to as "effect symbol 8") are displayed). Also referred to as an "effect symbol display section") and a background display area 7c in which a background image forming the background of the display screen 7a is displayed. The effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R perform variable display in synchronization with the variable display of the first special symbol and the variable display of the second special symbol described later. As an example of the variable display, there is a mode in which scroll display is performed vertically, horizontally, diagonally, etc. In this embodiment, in principle, scroll display is performed from top to bottom. The effect symbol display area 7b is composed of, for example, three symbol display areas of "left", "middle", and "right", and a left effect symbol 8L (also referred to as "left symbol") is displayed in the left symbol display area. In the middle symbol display area, a medium effect symbol 8C (also referred to as "middle symbol") is displayed, and in the right symbol display area, a right effect symbol 8R (also referred to as "right symbol") is displayed. The positions of the left, middle, and right symbol display areas do not have to be separately provided, and the display areas of the left, middle, and right effect symbols may be the entire symbol display area (effect symbol display area 7b). .. Further, the effect symbol display area 7b may be substantially the entire display screen 7a, and in this case, the effect symbol display area 7b may include a background display area 7c and an effect hold display area described later.

The production symbols 8L, 8C, 8R of the present embodiment are each composed of a plurality of symbols (identification information) representing numbers from "1" to "9", and in principle "1"→"2"... " The variable display (scroll display) is performed in the order of 8"→"9" (ascending order). When "9" is reached, the display returns to "1" and the variable display is continued until the stop display. In this embodiment, the stop order of the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R that are displayed in a variable manner is, in principle, “left→right→middle”. From this, the left effect symbol 8L (left symbol) is also called "first stop symbol", the right effect symbol 8R (right symbol) is also called "second stop symbol", and medium effect symbol 8C (middle) The symbol) is also called a "third stop symbol" or a "final stop symbol". In addition, the first special symbol, the second special symbol, pointing to any of the production symbol, it is also simply referred to as "symbol" or "identification information". Furthermore, the normal design is "genuine figure", the special symbol is "special symbol", the first special symbol is "special symbol 1" or "first special symbol", and the second special symbol is "special symbol 2" or "special symbol". 2 Special drawing.

By the combination of the left, middle, and right effect symbols (stop display mode) that are stopped and displayed in the effect symbol display area 7b, a first special symbol display device 41a (also referred to as a "first special symbol display unit") described later is displayed. The display result of the variable display of the first special symbol that is displayed and the display result of the variable display of the second special symbol that is displayed on the second special symbol display device 41b (also referred to as "second special symbol display section"), That is, the result of the special symbol win/loss determination (also simply referred to as “win/win determination”) is displayed so that the player can easily recognize it. For example, when the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit, it is possible to stop and display the effect symbol with a three-digit same doublet (such as “hit effect symbol”) such as “777”. .. In the case of a small hit, the effect symbol can be stopped and displayed with a preset chance symbol such as "135" or a dedicated symbol such as "3★3" (also referred to as "small hit symbol effect symbol"). It is possible. Further, in the case of the disengagement, at least one of the three symbols such as "637" and "373" has a different symbol pattern (also referred to as "disengagement effect design"), and the effect design is stopped and displayed. Is possible. As a result, the player can easily understand the progress of the game by looking at the effect symbols that are stopped and displayed. That is, in general, the player does not directly grasp the result of the special symbol hit determination by looking at the special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display device 41a or the second special symbol display device 41b. The presentation symbol displayed in the symbol display area 7b is grasped by looking at it.

The positions of the left, middle, and right symbol display areas do not have to be separately provided, and the display areas of the left, middle, and right effect symbols may be the entire symbol display area (effect symbol display area 7b). .. In addition, examples of the manner in which the effect symbols are variably displayed include a mode in which scroll display is performed in the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions, and a mode in which rotation is displayed in the vertical and horizontal directions. Further, in the present embodiment, the left, middle, and right effect symbols 8 are displayed, but for example, nine effect symbols are displayed by providing a matrix-shaped symbol display area of 3 rows and 3 columns on the display screen. However, when each symbol is displayed in a variable display and stopped, one vertical column, one horizontal column, one diagonal column is arranged (symbol combination) to display the stop mode (stop symbol) of the effect symbol, or the symbol display area ( The effect symbol display area) is divided into a plurality of areas (for example, four areas), and variable display and stop display of three effect symbols are performed in each area. The number of effect symbols and the aspect of the symbol display area are not particularly limited. Absent.

Here, among the stop display modes of the effect symbols, the stop display mode corresponding to the case where the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit (in this embodiment, double eyes) is a "big hit mode" or "specific mode", " There is also a "specific display result" and the like, and the result of the special symbol hit determination is corresponding to the stop display mode (in the present embodiment, there is a break) "off mode" or "non-specific mode", "non "Specific display result" etc. Moreover, the stop display mode corresponding to the case where the result of the special symbol hit determination is a small hit may be referred to as a “small hit mode”, a “predetermined mode”, a “predetermined display result”, or the like.

On the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7, in addition to displaying the effect by the effect design 8 as described above, an effect executed in accordance with the winning game, a customer waiting demonstration effect, and the like are displayed. In addition, in these effects, various effect images such as a background image and a character image are displayed in addition to effect patterns such as numbers (a kind of effect images).

In addition, on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7, a first effect hold display area 9c (first effect hold display unit) that displays a first effect hold 9a according to the number of stored first special figure reservations described later. ), and a second effect hold display area 9d (second effect hold display section) that displays the second effect hold 9b according to the number of stored second special figure hold described later. Depending on the display mode (the number of displays) of the first effect hold and the second effect hold, the first special figure hold storage number and the second number displayed by a later-described first special figure hold indicator 43a (see FIG. 4). The number of stored second special figure reservations displayed on the special figure reservation indicator 43b can be easily shown to the player.

In the vicinity of the center of the game area 3 and in front of the first image display device 7, a center ornament 10 is provided so as to surround the effect symbol display area 7b. A stage portion 11 having a game ball rolling surface on which a game ball can roll is provided below the center ornament 10. A hollow warp portion 12 is provided on the left side of the center ornament 10. The warp section 12 is provided with a warp entrance and a warp exit, receives a game ball flowing down the game area 3 from the warp entrance, discharges the game ball from the warp exit, and guides it to the stage section 11. The game ball guided to the rolling surface of the stage unit 11 has a higher possibility than the game ball not guided to the stage unit 11 and can enter the first starting opening 20 described later.

A second image display device 71 is provided above the center ornament 10. The second image display device 71 is composed of a liquid crystal display device which is smaller than the first image display device 7, and the upper front side (front side) of the center ornament 10 with the display screen 71a thereof facing the front side. Is stuck to. Therefore, the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a) is located on the front side (front side) of the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a) provided on the back surface side of the game board 2.

In this embodiment, the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a) and the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a) are overlapped with each other so that the display screen 71a covers a part of the upper side of the display screen 7a. .. Therefore, both the display screen 7a and the display screen 71a are always visible from the front side (player side), and the player can easily understand (understand) the display contents of each screen at a glance. Has become. In the present embodiment, the display screen 71a is configured so as to cover a part of the display screen 7a, but the two may not be overlapped with each other so that the entire screen can be visually recognized.

On the display screen 71a (effect display unit) of the second image display device 71, various effect images can be displayed according to the situation of the game. In the present embodiment, the main effect display such as the variable display of the effect design 8 is executed on the first image display device 7, and depending on the type of effect display (effect pattern), it is related to the effect display on the first image display device 7. It is possible for the second image display device 71 to execute an additional or auxiliary effect display. The details of the display contents of the first image display device 7 and the second image display device 71 will be described later. The first image display device 7 having a relatively large screen size may be referred to as “main liquid crystal”, and the second image display device 71 having a relatively small screen size may be referred to as “sub liquid crystal”. is there. Further, the first image display device 7 and the second image display device 71 may be collectively simply referred to as “image display device”.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, a movable decorative member 14 that is operable during the execution of the game effect is provided on the rear side (back side) of the center decorative body 10. The movable decorative member 14 is normally hidden (when not in operation) by the frame (center frame) forming the center decorative body 10 and is in a state in which the entire body cannot be visually recognized. The movable decorative member 14 of the present embodiment is mainly composed of three plate-shaped (plate-shaped) movable bodies (movable members) 14a, 14b, 14c, and these three movable bodies 14a to 14c are usually ( In the non-operating state), the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7 is positioned so as not to cover the display screen 7a (see FIG. 47(a)). Specifically, the movable decorative member 14 (movable bodies 14a to 14c) is provided in a space formed between the game board 2 and the first image display device 7 arranged on the rear side (back side) thereof. Normally (when not in operation), as shown in FIG. 47A, the movable body 14a is located above the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a) and the right side of the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a). The movable body 14b is at the lower position, and the movable body 14c is at the lower left of the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a) (standby). In FIG. 47(a), the movable bodies 14a, 14b, and 14c (invisible) at the standby position are indicated by broken lines.

On the other hand, when the execution condition of the effect of moving the movable decorative member 14 (also referred to as "movable effect") is satisfied, the movable decorative member 14 starts operating and the three movable bodies 14a, 14b, 14c are Each moves from the standby position toward a predetermined operating position. In the present embodiment, by performing the movable effect, the movable bodies 14a, 14b, 14c all move in unison toward the center side of the display screen 7a, and all are in a state of being close to each other on the screen front side (operating position). ) Will be stopped. When the movable bodies 14a, 14b, 14c respectively move from the standby position to the operating position, as shown in FIG. 47(b), the movable bodies (movable decorative member 14) are united (unified) on the front side of the display screen 7a. ), and it will be in the state which covers most (substantially whole area) of the display screen 7a. Further, the surface (front side) of the movable decorative member 14 (movable bodies 14a to 14c) is subjected to a molding process for representing one motif (shape, pattern, etc., a predetermined character in this example), and the movable structure is movable. The body 14a, 14b, 14c appears on the front side of the display screen 7a, moves to the operation position, and becomes close to each other, thereby completing the motif (see FIG. 47(b)). reference). In the present embodiment, such a movable effect can be performed as a notice effect during the variable display of the effect symbol 8 or as a part of the reach effect. Therefore, the player can increase his/her expectation for the big hit by executing the movable effect. When the end condition of the movable effect is satisfied due to the passage of the execution time (effect time) of the movable effect, the movable decorative member 14 (movable bodies 14a to 14c) is in the original standby position (see FIG. 47(a)). Perform an action to move (return) to all at once.

Here, the first image display device 7 and the second image display device 71 capable of executing an effect for displaying an effect image (also referred to as “display effect”) are referred to as “first display effect means” and “first display effect means”, respectively. Also referred to as "2 display production means". Further, the movable decorative member 14 used for the movable effect is also referred to as “movable accessory” or “movable effecting means”. In addition to the movable decorative member 14, for example, when the effect button 63 moves up and down or vibrates as a part of the game effect, the effect button 63 can also be referred to as “movable effect means”. Further, the speaker 67 used for the production (also referred to as "sound production") that emits various sounds (sound effects) depending on the situation of the game is also called "sound production means", and various according to the situation of the game. The panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 (also referred to as "illumination member") used for the production of light (also referred to as "light production") are also referred to as "light production means". In addition to the board lamps 5 and the like, for example, the effect button 63 and the firing handle 60 include an electric decoration member such as an LED like the decoration member 13, and the built-in electric decoration member is a game effect. In the case of lighting or blinking as a part of the above, the effect button 63 and the firing handle 60 can also be said to be “light effecting means”.

In the present embodiment, the game effect can be executed using each of these effect means. Therefore, the game effect of the present embodiment, any one or a plurality of display effect (display performance means), movable effect (movable effect means), sound effect (sound effect means) and light effect (light effect means). Composed of a combination. Among them, the display effect is the center of the game effect, and basically, the sound effect, the light effect, and the movable effect that are associated with the display effect are executed based on the display effect. There are roughly two types of game effects, one that is executed along with the variable display of special symbols and the other that is executed along with special games such as small hit games and big hit games. The latter is also called "special game production". The symbol variation game means a game in which a game ball is inserted into the starting opening and the special symbol (and effect symbol) is variably displayed. Basically, the big hit symbol is stopped and displayed ( It is a game played for the purpose of (the result of the variable display becomes the specific display result). Further, among the display effects, movable effects, light effects and sound effects that constitute the game effect, the effects other than the sound effects are effects that are visible to the player and appeal to the player's vision, and the sound effects are the player's visual effects. Is a production that appeals to the unseen player's hearing.

Below the first image display device 7 in the game area 3 (below the stage portion 11), a fixed winning device 19 having a non-variable first starting opening 20 in which the ease of entering a game ball does not change is provided. Has been. Based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting opening 20, the random number for special symbol hit determination, etc. is acquired, and if the predetermined condition is set in advance, the hit determination relating to the first special symbol (the first special symbol hit determination) (Judgment) is executed and the first special symbol is variably displayed, and is stopped and displayed based on the result of the hit/miss judgment.

Below the first starting port 20, a variable winning device 22 (also referred to as a "variable starting port") having a variable second starting port 21 for changing the ease of entering a game ball is provided. There is. Based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting opening 21, random numbers for special symbol hit determination, etc. are acquired, and if the predetermined conditions are established in advance, the hit determination of the second special symbol (second special symbol hit determination) ) Is executed and the second special symbol is variably displayed, and is stopped and displayed based on the result of the judgment.

The variable winning device 22 includes a movable member 23, and opens and closes the second starting port 21 by the operation of the movable member 23. By this opening/closing operation, the second starting port 21 can be changed from the first mode (closed state) to the second mode (opened state) in which the possibility of entering a game ball is higher than that in the first mode. is there. That is, the movable member 23 changes the possibility of entering the game ball into the second starting opening 21 by performing a predetermined operation (opening/closing operation). The movable member 23 is driven by the second starting opening solenoid 24 (see FIG. 5). In this embodiment, the second starting opening 21 allows the game ball to enter only when the movable member 23 is in the open state, and the game ball cannot enter when the movable member 23 is in the closed state. .. The second starting port 21 is completely closed when the movable member 23 is in the closed state, as long as the game ball is more difficult to enter when the movable member 23 is in the closed state than when the movable member 23 is in the open state. It does not have to be the one that cannot be entered.

To the right of the first start opening 20 in the game area 3, a first big winning device 31 having a first big winning opening 30 (also referred to as a "first variable ball opening") is provided. The first big winning device 31 includes an opening/closing member 32, and operates the opening/closing member 32 to open/close the first big winning opening 30. The opening/closing member 32 is driven by the first special winning opening solenoid 33 (see FIG. 5). The first special winning opening 30 can enter the game ball only when the opening/closing member 32 is in the open state. That is, the first big winning device 31, by the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing member 32, the game ball cannot enter the ball cannot enter (closed state) and the game ball can enter the ball enterable state (open state). Can be changed to.

Further, above the first special winning opening 30 in the game area 3 and in the lower right part of the center ornament 10, a second special winning opening 35 (also referred to as “second variable winning opening”) is provided. Two big winning devices 36 are provided. The second special winning device 36 includes an opening/closing member (blade member) 37, and opens and closes the second special winning opening 35 by operating the opening/closing member 37. The opening/closing member 37 is driven by the second special winning opening solenoid 38 (see FIG. 5). The second special winning opening 35 can enter the game ball only when the opening/closing member 37 is in the open state. That is, the second big winning device 36, by the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing member 37, a non-enterable state in which the game ball cannot enter (closed state) and a enterable state in which the game ball can enter (open state). Can be changed to.

The second special winning device 36 is formed with a specific area 39 through which the game balls entered in the second special winning opening 35 can pass. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a high-probability state described later is generated on the basis that it is detected that at least one of the game balls entering the second special winning opening 35 has passed the specific area 39. .. That is, the specific area 39 is a probability variation operating port. Such a specific area 39 is not provided in the first big winning device 31. The second special winning opening 35 (second special winning device 36) including the specific area 39 (V area) as the probability variation operating opening is also referred to as a “V attacker”. The high-probability state is a type of game privilege that is given to the player separately from the special game.

A gate 28 (game ball passage opening) through which a game ball can pass is provided in the right side region of the center ornament 10 in the game region 3. On the basis of the passage of the game ball to the gate 28, the random number for determining the normal symbol etc. is acquired, and when the predetermined condition is established in advance, it is normally determined whether or not to open the second starting opening 21. The normal symbol is variably displayed together with the symbol hit determination, and is normally stopped and displayed based on the result of the symbol hit determination. When the normal design is hit and stopped, the second starting port 21 is opened. Furthermore, a plurality of general winning openings 27 are provided in the lower part of the game area 3. In this embodiment, four general winning openings 27 are provided, three of which are left general winning openings provided to the left of the first starting opening 20 and one is right of the first large winning opening 30. It is the right general winning opening on one side. The first starting opening 20, the second starting opening 21, the first big winning opening 30, the second big winning opening 35, and the general winning opening 27 are entrances that serve as triggers for paying out the prize balls. When a game ball enters the mouth, a predetermined number of game balls (prize balls) are paid out at each entrance. Specifically, the number of prize balls of the first starting opening 20 is “4”, the number of prize balls of the second starting opening 21 is “2”, the number of prize balls of the first big winning opening 20 and the second big winning opening 35. Is "15", and the number of prize balls of the general winning opening 27 is "10".

In this way, a game in which a plurality of ball entrances (first starting opening 20, second starting opening 21, first big winning opening 30, second big winning opening 35, general winning opening 27 and gate 28) are arranged. The region 3 can be divided into a left game region 3A (first region) on the left side and a right game region 3B (second region) on the right side from the center in the left-right direction. Shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 3A is called "left hitting", and shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 3B is called "right hitting". .. Here, the first starting opening 20 and the three left general winning openings 27 among the plurality of entrances are provided so that the game balls flowing down the left game area 3A of the game area 3 can enter. The second starting opening 21, the first big winning opening 30, the second big winning opening 35, the right general winning opening 27 and the gate 28 are game balls that flow down in the right playing area 3B of the playing area 3. It is provided as possible. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when the game is started, in principle, the player aims to enter the first starting opening 20 by left-handing. On the other hand, when the game state changes due to a hit/miss determination based on a ball entering the first starting opening 20, the gate 28, the second starting opening 21, the first big winning opening 30, and the The player will aim to enter the two major winning openings 35.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a main display 40 is arranged at the lower right part of the game board 2. In the main display 40, a first special symbol display 41a (first special symbol display section) that variably displays and stops the first special symbol, and a second special symbol that variably displays and stops the second special symbol. The display device 41b (second special symbol display portion) and the normal symbol display device 42 (normal symbol display portion) for displaying the variable symbol in a variable display and a stop display are included. Further, the main display device 40, the first special figure reservation display 43a that displays the number of stored hit determination information (first special figure hold) related to the first special symbol, and the hit determination information related to the second special symbol ( A second special figure hold indicator 43b for displaying the number of memories of the second special figure hold), and a general figure hold indicator 44 for displaying the number of memories of operation hold (general figure hold) of the normal symbol display 42, include. Further, the main display 40, the hit indicator 48 indicating that the result of the first special symbol hit determination or the second special symbol hit determination is a hit, and the first special symbol hit determination or the second special symbol hit determination Round display 45 showing the number of rounds of the winning game to be executed when the result is a hit, a game state display 46 showing that the probability varying function is activated, and the shooting direction of the game ball, that is, right hitting. And a firing direction indicator 47 for indicating whether to perform a left-handed stroke or a left-handed stroke. The various display devices included in the main display device 40 are display-controlled by a main control unit described later.

The variable display of the first special symbol is performed based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting opening 20. The variable display of the second special symbol is performed based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting opening 21. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as "special symbol". Further, the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b may be collectively referred to as "special symbol display portion 41". Further, the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b may be collectively referred to as "special figure reservation display section 43".

In the special symbol display section 41, the special symbol (identification information) is variably displayed for a predetermined time and then stopped and displayed, and the special symbol (stop symbol) stopped and displayed enters the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. Notify the result of the lottery (special symbol win/fail judgment, big hit lottery) based on. The special symbol that is stopped and displayed is a special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by the special symbol hit determination. If the stop symbol is a predetermined specific special symbol (specific identification information), that is, the mode of the stop display of the special symbol (display result of the variable display of the special symbol) is a hit mode such as a big hit symbol or a small hit symbol. In this case, a special game (big hit game, small hit game) in which the first big winning opening 30 or the second big winning opening 35 is opened in an opening pattern according to the type of the stopped symbols that are stopped and displayed is performed. The opening pattern of the special winning openings (first special winning opening 30 and second special winning opening 35) in the special game will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first special symbol display 41a is composed of eight LEDs indicated by "i-p", and displays the special symbol according to the result of the first special symbol hit determination. In the present embodiment, as a result of the first special symbol hit determination, four types of big hits of "15R first big hit", "15R second big hit", "5R third big hit" and "2R fourth big hit", and the first A small hit is provided (see FIGS. 6 and 8), and the LED of the first special symbol display 41a can adopt a display mode corresponding to each of the big hit and the small hit. For example, when the result of the first special symbol hit determination is the first big hit (15R big hit), the three LEDs of "ijn" are turned on and the rest are turned off (15R first big hit symbol). Further, when the second big hit (15R big hit), the three LEDs of "ijk" are turned on and the rest are turned off (15R second big hit symbol). Further, when the third big hit (15R big hit), the three LEDs of "ijl" are turned on and the rest are turned off (15R third big hit symbol). When the fourth big hit (2R big hit), the four LEDs of "jnop" are turned on and the rest are turned off (2R fourth big hit symbol). Further, when the first small hit is reached, the four LEDs of "mnop" are turned on and the rest are turned off (small hit pattern). In addition, when it comes off, the two LEDs of "lo" are turned on and the rest are turned off (off pattern).

On the other hand, the second special symbol display device 41b is composed of eight LEDs indicated by "a to h", and displays the special symbol according to the result of the second special symbol hit determination. In this embodiment, as a result of the second special symbol hit determination, two kinds of big hits of "15R fifth big hit" and "15R sixth big hit" and a second small hit are provided (see FIG. 8), The LEDs of the second special symbol display device 41b can adopt a display mode corresponding to each of the big hit and the small hit. For example, when the result of the second special symbol hit determination is the fifth big hit (15R big hit), the three LEDs "abd" are turned on and the rest are turned off (15R fifth big hit symbol). When the sixth big hit (15R big hit), the three LEDs "abc" are turned on and the rest are turned off (15R sixth big hit symbol). When the second small hit, the four LEDs of "cdeh" are turned on and the rest are turned off (second small hit pattern). In addition, when it comes off, the two LEDs of "eh" are turned on and the rest are turned off (off pattern).

Incidentally, the stop display mode of the special symbol (stop symbol) is not limited to these, and can be set arbitrarily. Further, before the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the variable display of the special symbol is performed for a predetermined variation time, but the mode of the variable display is, for example, light repeatedly flows from left to right in a predetermined order. As described above, the respective LEDs can be turned on.

In this pachinko gaming machine 1, when there is a game ball entering the first starting opening 20 or the second starting opening 21, various information such as a random number for special symbol win/fail determination based on the entering ball (“acquired information”). (Also referred to as "."), and the acquired various information is temporarily stored in a special figure reservation storage unit (not shown) formed in the RAM of the main control unit. Specifically, if the ball enters the first starting opening 20, it is stored in the first special drawing holding storage unit (not shown) as the first special drawing holding (first acquisition information), and then to the second starting opening 21. If the ball enters, the second special figure reservation (second acquisition information) is stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit (not shown). The number of special figure reservations (acquisition information) that can be stored in each special figure reservation storage unit is up to a predetermined number, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4". The first special figure reservation storage unit and the second special figure reservation storage unit are also referred to as “first acquisition information storage unit” and “second acquisition information storage unit”, respectively, and are also collectively referred to as “acquisition information storage unit”.

The special figure reservation stored in the special figure reservation storage unit is exhausted when the variable display of the special symbol based on the special figure reservation becomes possible. Digesting the special figure hold means to determine a random number for determining whether or not the special symbol corresponding to the special figure hold and execute a variable display of the special symbol to show the determination result. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the special symbol based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting opening 20 or the second starting opening 21 cannot be executed immediately upon entering the ball, that is, the variation of the special symbol. Even when the display is being executed or the special game is being executed, it is possible to reserve the right to determine whether or not the special symbol is valid for the entered ball, with the predetermined number being the upper limit.

The number of special figure reservations stored in the special figure reservation storage unit is displayed on the first special figure reservation indicator 43a and the second special figure reservation indicator 43b. Specifically, the first special figure reservation indicator 43a is composed of two "uv" LEDs, and the first special figure is controlled by controlling the display of the LEDs according to the number of the first special figure reservations. It is supposed to display the number of holds. For example, when the hold number is “0”, the display mode is such that both LEDs are turned off, such as “u□v□” (for example, □: extinguished, ●: red lit, ▲: green lit). Is "1", the display mode is such that the LED of "u" is turned off and the LED of "v" is turned on in red like "u□v●". When the number of holdings is "2", "u●" In the display mode in which the LED of “u” is lit in red and the LED of “v” is turned off, such as “v□”, both LEDs are displayed as “u●v●” when the number of holdings is “3”. When the number of holdings is “4 (upper limit number)”, both LEDs can be turned on in green such as “u▲v▲”.

In addition, the second special figure reservation indicator 43b is composed of two "wx" LEDs, and the number of second special figure reservations is controlled by controlling the display of the LEDs according to the number of second special figure reservations. Is displayed. For example, when the number of holdings is "0", the display mode is such that both LEDs are turned off, such as "w□□□" (for example, □: extinguished, ●: red lit, ▲: green lit). “1” to “4” are also set in the same manner as the first special view reservation display 43a.

The variable display of the normal symbol is performed upon the passage of the game ball to the gate 28. In the normal symbol display device 42, after the normal symbol is displayed for a predetermined period of time, it is stopped and displayed, and the normal symbol (stop symbol) that is stopped and displayed shows the result of the normal symbol hit/miss judgment based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28. Notify me. The normal symbol that is stopped and displayed is a normal symbol selected from a plurality of types of normal symbols by the normal symbol hit/miss judgment. If the normal symbol that is stopped and displayed is a specific normal symbol that has been determined in advance (per normal symbol), an auxiliary game that opens the second starting opening 21 in an opening pattern according to the current game state is performed. The opening pattern of the second starting port 21 will be described later.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the normal symbol display device 42 is composed of two LEDs of "st", and displays a normal symbol according to the result of the normal symbol hit/miss judgment by its lighting mode. Is. For example, when the determination result is a hit, both LEDs are turned on and the hit ordinary symbol is stopped and displayed as in "s.t. In addition, when the determination result is disengagement, the disengagement ordinary symbol is displayed in a mode in which only the LED of “t” is turned on, such as “s□t■”. In addition, the disengagement ordinary symbol is not a specific ordinary symbol. Before the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the variable display of the normal symbol is executed for a predetermined predetermined variation time, but the mode of the variable display is, for example, a mode in which both LEDs are alternately turned on and off repeatedly. is there.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a game ball passes through the gate 28, various information such as a random number for normal symbol success/failure determination (also referred to as “acquisition information”) is acquired based on the passage, and various acquired. The information is temporarily stored as a universal figure reservation in a universal figure reservation storage section (not shown) formed in the RAM of the main control section. The number of public figure reservations that can be stored in the general figure reservation storage unit is up to a predetermined number, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4". The universal figure reservation stored in the universal figure reservation storage unit is consumed when the variable display of the ordinary symbols based on the universal figure reservation becomes possible. The digestion of the universal figure hold means that a random number for determining whether or not the ordinary symbol corresponding to the universal figure hold is determined, and the variable display of the ordinary symbol for indicating the determination result is executed. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variation display of the normal symbol based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 cannot be executed immediately upon the passage, that is, when the variation display of the ordinary symbol is being executed or the auxiliary game is being executed. Even in this case, the right to determine whether or not a normal symbol is valid for the passage can be reserved with the predetermined number as the upper limit.

The number of public figure reservations stored in the general figure reservation storage unit is displayed on the general figure reservation display 44. Specifically, the universal figure holding indicator 44 is composed of two LEDs of "qr", and displays the number of general figure holdings by turning on the LEDs in accordance with the number of the ordinary figure holdings. is there. For example, when the number of holdings is “0”, a display mode in which both LEDs are turned off, such as “q□r□” (for example, □: extinguished, ●: red lighting, ▲: green lighting) When “1” is “1”, it is possible to adopt a display mode in which the “q” LED is turned off and the “r” LED is lit in red, such as “q□r●”. Further, the numbers of reservations “2” to “4” are also set in the same manner as the first special figure reservation display 43a.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5. The pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is a main control board 80 (“main control section” or “game control section” for performing control relating to game progress and game profit, such as special symbol hit determination, normal symbol hit determination, and game state transition. "), a sub-control board 90 (also referred to as "sub-control unit", "sub-control unit" or "production control unit") that controls the effect to be executed as the game progresses, and payout of game balls. Display of a payout control board 110 (also referred to as “payout control section”) for performing control relating to the image display device, the effect display device 102, the effect first special figure reservation display 103a, the effect second special figure reservation display 103b, and the like. An image control board 100 (also referred to as an “image control unit”) for controlling is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a main control board storage case for storing a main control board 80 is provided in a substantially central portion on the rear surface side (back surface side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and above the main control board case. Is provided with a storage case such as an image control board for accommodating the voice control board 106, the lamp control board 107 and the image control board 100, and a sub control board storage for accommodating the sub control board 90 on the storage case for the image control board etc. A case is provided. A payout control board case for housing the payout control board is provided on the lower left side of the main control board case, and a power supply board case for housing the power supply board 109 is provided on the right side thereof.

On the main control board 80, a game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter “game control microcomputer”) 81 for controlling the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM that stores a program for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM used as a work memory, and a CPU that executes the program stored in the ROM. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits/receives data (information) to/from another board or the like via the input/output circuit 87 (I/O port section). The input/output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81. The ROM may be externally attached. The RAM of the game control microcomputer 81 is provided with the special figure reservation storage section (first special figure reservation storage section and second special figure reservation storage section) and the general figure reservation storage section described above. In addition, at a predetermined address of the RAM (main control RAM) of the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81), a storage area used for various flags and various counting counters is secured.

Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88. Therefore, a signal is input from each sensor 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 gate sensor 28a, a first big winning opening sensor 30a, a second big winning opening sensor 35a, a specific area sensor 39a, and a non-specification. The area sensor 49a and the general winning opening sensor 27a are connected. These various sensors are also referred to as "game ball detecting means".

The first starting opening sensor 20a is provided in the first starting opening 20 and detects a game ball that has entered the first starting opening 20. The second starting opening sensor 21a is provided in the second starting opening 21 and detects a game ball that has entered the second starting opening 21. The gate sensor 28a is provided in the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28. The first special winning opening sensor 30a is provided in the first special winning opening 30 and detects a game ball that has entered the first special winning opening 30. The second special winning opening sensor 35a is provided in the second special winning opening 35 and detects a game ball that has entered the second special winning opening 35. The specific area sensor 39a is provided in the specific area 39 inside the second special winning opening 35, and detects a game ball that has passed through the specific area 39. The non-specific area sensor 49a is provided in a non-specific area (not shown) in the second special winning opening 35, and a game that has passed through the non-specific area of the game balls entering the second special winning opening 35. The ball (that is, the game ball that has not passed through the specific area 39) is detected. The general winning opening sensor 27a is provided in each of the general winning openings 27 and detects a game ball that has entered the general winning opening 27.

Further, as the solenoids (electric drive source), the second starting opening solenoid 24, the first special winning opening solenoid 33, and the second special winning opening solenoid 38 are connected. The second starting opening solenoid 24 is for driving the movable member 23 of the variable winning device 22. The first special winning opening solenoid 33 is for driving the opening/closing member 32 of the first special winning device 31. The second special winning opening solenoid 38 is for driving the opening/closing member 37 of the second special winning device 36.

Further on the main control board 80, the first special symbol display device 41a, the second special symbol display device 41b, the normal symbol display device 42, the first special symbol reservation display device 43a, the second special symbol reservation display device 43b, the general symbol The hold indicator 44, the round indicator 45, the game state indicator 46, the firing direction indicator 47 and the hit indicator 48 are connected. That is, the display control of these main displays 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 signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. On the payout control board 110, a payout device 120 for paying out prize balls or lent balls, and a card unit 135 (installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1 and stored in an inserted prepaid card (game value storage medium) or the like are stored. A device that enables lending of a ball based on the information stored therein is connected, and a launching device 112 is also connected via a launching control board 111 (also referred to as a “launching control unit”). The firing device 112 includes a firing handle 60 (see FIG. 1).

The payout control board 110 is mounted with a payout control one-chip microcomputer 116 (also referred to as “payout control microcomputer”) for controlling the payout of the game balls of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program. The payout control microcomputer 116 includes a ROM that stores a program for controlling the payout of gaming balls, a RAM that is used as a work memory, and a CPU that executes the program stored in the ROM. The payout control microcomputer 116 controls the payout motor 121 of the payout device 120 based on a signal from the game control microcomputer 81 and a signal from the card unit 135 connected to the pachinko gaming machine 1 via the input/output circuit 117. Drive to pay out prize balls or pay balls. The game balls to be paid out are detected by the payout sensors 122 and 123 for counting. When the player operates the handle 60 (see FIG. 1) of the launching device 112, the touch switch 114 detects contact of the player with the launching handle 60, and the launching volume 115 rotates the launching handle 60. Detect the amount. Then, the firing motor 113 is drive-controlled so that the game ball is fired with a strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the firing volume 115. In this embodiment, the number of game balls that the launching device 112 can continuously launch by driving the launching motor 113 is about 100 per minute.

Further, the main control board 80 transmits various commands to the sub control board 90. The connection between the main control board 80 and the sub control board 90 is a unidirectional communication connection in which only signals can be transmitted from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90. That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional circuit (for example, a circuit using a diode) (not shown) is interposed as a communication direction regulating means.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the sub-control board 90 is mounted with a production control one-chip microcomputer 91 (“production control microcomputer”) for controlling the production of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program. The effect control microcomputer 91 includes a ROM that stores a program for controlling effects as the game progresses, a RAM that is used as a work memory, and a CPU that executes the program stored in the ROM. .. The production control microcomputer 91 transmits/receives data to/from another board or the like via the input/output circuit 95. The input/output circuit 95 may be built in the effect control microcomputer 91. The ROM may be externally attached. In addition, at a predetermined address of the RAM (production control RAM) of the sub-control board 90 (production control microcomputer 91), a storage area used for various flags and various counting counters is secured.

An image control board 100, a sound control board 106, and a lamp control board 107 are connected to the sub control board 90. The sub-control board 90 (sub-control section), the image control board 100 (image control section), the sound control board 106 (sound control section), and the lamp control board 107 (lamp control section), display effect, movable effect, sound effect, When executing a game effect constituted by a lamp effect (light effect) and the like, effect control means (game) for controlling the operation of the corresponding effect device or member (game effect means) (that is, execution of the game effect). It functions as a performance executing means).

The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90 displays an image on the CPU of the image control one-chip microcomputer 101 (“image control microcomputer”) of the image control board 100 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Display control of the devices (first image display device 7, second image display device 71), effect display device 102, effect first special figure hold indicator 103a, and effect second hold indicator 103b is performed. The RAM of the image control board 100 is a memory for expanding image data. In the ROM of the image control board 100, still image data and moving image data displayed on the image display device, specifically, characters, items, figures, characters, numbers and symbols (including effect designs, hold designs, etc.) and Various image data such as background images are stored. The image control microcomputer 101 reads out image data from the ROM based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 91, and executes display control based on the read image data. The image control microcomputer 101 is also referred to as "display control means".

The effect display device 102 is composed of two LEDs, and performs a variable display and a stop display in synchronization with the variable display and the stop display of the special symbol, and turns on/off the two LEDs or a combination of the colors to determine whether or not the special symbol is valid. The display is stopped and displayed in the display mode showing the result of the determination (display result of the variable display of the identification information). Moreover, the effect 1st special figure reservation indicator 103a and the effect 2nd reservation indicator 103b consist of two LEDs similarly. Then, by turning on/off the two LEDs or by combining the colors, the effect first special figure reservation display device 103a displays the number of reservations displayed in the first effect reservation display area 9c and the first special figure reservation display device 43a. The display is controlled in a display mode that shows the same number of holdings as the number of holdings. Also, the effect second special figure hold indicator 103b is displayed in a display mode showing the same number of hold pieces as the number of hold pieces displayed in the second effect figure hold display area 9d and the number of hold pieces displayed by the second special figure hold indicator 43b. Controlled. For example, the reach effect (reach effect image) including the effect scene in which the character appears is displayed on almost the entire display screen 7a (effect display section), or the movable decorative member 14 (movable accessory) is operated. Part or all of various images displayed on the display screen 7a, such as the effect design 8, the first effect hold 9a, and the second effect hold 9b, by covering the display screen 7a (effect display unit) substantially entirely. Since such a display device may not be visible, such a display device is provided. A VDP (Video Display Processor) may be provided instead of or in addition to the image control one-chip microcomputer 101 of the image control board 100.

In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91 outputs a voice, a song, a sound effect, etc. from the speaker 67 via the voice control board 106 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 67 is stored in the ROM of the sub control board 90. A CPU may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and in that case, the CPU may be caused to execute voice control. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and the acoustic data may be stored in the ROM. Alternatively, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100 to cause the image control microcomputer 101 to execute voice control. Further, in this case, the acoustic data may be stored in the ROM of the image control board 100.

Furthermore, the production control microcomputer 91, based on the command received from the main control board 80, the light emission pattern data (lighting/extinguishing, light emission color, etc.) that determines the light emission mode of the lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5. (Also referred to as “lamp data”) from the data stored in the ROM, and controls the lighting of the lamps (LEDs) such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5 via the lamp control board 107. To do.

In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91 operates the movable decorative member 14 connected to the lamp control board 107 via the relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80. As described above, the movable decorative member 14 is a movable so-called gimmick provided on the center decorative body 10 (rearward of the stage portion 11). The production control microcomputer 91 stores operation pattern data (also referred to as “drive data”) for operating the movable decorative member 14 (movable bodies 14a to 14c) in a predetermined operation mode in the ROM of the sub-control board 90. The operation of the movable decorative member 14 (movable bodies 14a to 14c) is controlled based on the determined operation pattern data. The operation of the movable decorative member 14 is performed by a drive mechanism (not shown) including an electric drive source such as a stepping motor. Therefore, the above-mentioned operation pattern data (driving data) can be said to be a driving pattern for driving the electric driving source. A CPU may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and in this case, the CPU may be caused to execute lighting control of the lamp and operation control of the movable decorative member 14. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and the ROM may store data relating to the light emission pattern and the operation pattern.

The sub-control board 90 also includes a first effect button detection switch 63c and a first effect button detection switch 63c for detecting that the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b (see FIG. 1) has been operated (pushed, rotated, pulled, etc.). The two effect button detection switch 63d is connected. Therefore, when the player performs a predetermined input operation on the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b, a signal is output from the corresponding effect button detection switch to the sub control board 90. The first effect button detection switch 63c and the second effect button detection switch 63d are collectively referred to simply as "effect button detection switch".

Next, the control (judgment means) relating to the hit/miss judgment in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. As a result of the special symbol hit/miss judgment, there are “big hit”, “small hit”, and “miss”. When the result of the special symbol hit determination is "big hit", "big hit symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display portion 41, and when "small hit", "small hit symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display portion 41 , "Displacement", the "displacement symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display portion 41. When it is determined to be a big hit or a small hit, a "special game" of opening the first big winning opening 30 or the second big winning opening 35 is executed in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the special symbol stopped and displayed. .. A special game executed as a big hit is called a "big hit game", and a special game executed as a small hit is called a "small hit game".

There are several types of hits. As shown in FIG. 6, the types of big hits include "15R (round) first big hit", "15R second big hit", "15R third big hit", "2R fourth big hit", "15R fifth big hit" and There is "15R sixth big hit". "15R first big hit" and "15R fifth big hit", the number of times (the number of rounds) of the special winning opening (first big winning opening 30 or second big winning opening 35) is 15 times, and the first round In the second round, it is a big hit that opens the second special winning opening 35 in such a manner that the game ball can pass (V pass) to the specific area 39 (easy). The round aiming at the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39 is also referred to as "V round" or "chance round".

"15R 2nd big hit", "15R 3rd big hit" and "15R 6th big hit", the number of times of opening (round number) of the special winning opening (first big winning opening 30 or second big winning opening 35) is 15 times. However, the opening time of the first round and the second round, which are the above-mentioned V rounds, is extremely short (opening and closing momentarily), and it is difficult (may be impossible) to pass the game ball to the specific area 39. Is. That is, it can be said that these big hits are big hits that do not open the second big winning opening 35 in such a manner that the game balls can pass (easy) to the specific area 39.

The "2R 4th Big Win" is the first round and the second round, which are V rounds, in which the number of rounds (the number of rounds) of the special winning opening (the first big winning opening 30 or the second big winning opening 35) is two. It is a big hit that opens the second special winning opening 35 in a manner that allows the game balls to pass to the specific area 39. However, since the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 is 1.8 seconds even if the first round and the second round are combined, it is less likely that the game ball will pass to the specific area than the 15R first big hit. Is becoming

In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, based on the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39 during the big hit game, the game state after the end of the big hit game is shifted to a high probability state described later. Therefore, when the result of the special symbol hit determination is 15R first big hit or 15R fifth big hit, V of the first round and the second round in a mode in which the possibility of passing the game ball to the specific area 39 is extremely high. Since the round is executed, by passing the game ball to the specific area 39 during the execution of the big hit game, it is possible to shift the game state after the big hit game to a high probability state. In addition, when the result of the special symbol hit determination is the 2R fourth big hit, a round of the game ball may pass to the specific area 39, though not as much as the 15R first big hit or the 15R fifth big hit, in one round. Since the V round of the second round is executed, if the game ball can be passed to the specific area 39 during the execution of the big hit game, the game state after the big hit game can be shifted to the high probability state. ..

On the other hand, when the result of the special symbol hit determination is 15R second big hit, 15R third big hit or 15R sixth big hit, the opening time of the V round of the first round and the second round is 0. Since it is 1 second, it is very difficult to put the game ball into the second big winning opening, so the possibility of the game ball passing to the specific area 39 during the execution of the big hit game becomes extremely low ( The gaming state after the big hit game is very likely to be a normal state (low probability state) described later (which may be said to be a low probability state).

On the other hand, the small hit (first small hit, second small hit) is the one that apparently opens the special winning opening (second special winning opening 35) in the same opening pattern as the 2R fourth big hit. That is, in the small hit, the second special winning opening 35 is opened in such a manner that the game ball can pass through the specific area 39. However, even if the game ball passes through to the specific area 39 during the execution of the small hit game, the gaming state after the execution of the small hit game is the same as that before the execution of the small hit game. Therefore, if the gaming state before the execution of the small hit game is the normal state (low probability state), the gaming state after the execution of the small hit game will also be the normal state. From the player's point of view, the 2R fourth big hit and the small hit cannot be distinguished from each other by looking at the opening pattern of the big winning opening (second big winning opening 35). That is, it is difficult for the player to recognize whether the result of the special symbol hit determination is “2R fourth big hit” or “small hit”. Therefore, even if the game ball passes through the specific region 39 during the special game as the 2R fourth big hit (during the big hit game), it is possible to recognize whether or not the subsequent game state shifts to the high probability state. Have difficulty. In addition, even if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the special game as a small hit (during a small hit game), whether or not the subsequent game state remains the normal state or shifts to the high-probability state is sufficient. It is difficult to recognize. As a result, in the case of a small hit and in the case of the 2R fourth big hit, it is possible to proceed with the game while having the expectation that it may be in a high probability state, and it is possible to enhance the enjoyment of the game. .. In the case of a small hit, the number of times the special winning opening is opened is not called the number of rounds, but simply the number of times it is opened.

FIG. 6 shows an opening pattern of the special winning opening when each big hit and small hit in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. That is, if the 15R first big hit (if the 15R first big hit symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a) and if it is the 15R fifth big jackpot (15R on the second special symbol display 41b) When the fifth big hit symbol is stopped and displayed), the second special winning opening 35 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds in 1R to 2R, and the first special winning opening 30 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds in 3R to 15R. In this hit, since the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 in each of the 1R and 2R is 28 seconds, it is very likely that the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the round (V round). Has become.

Moreover, when it becomes 15R second big hit (when the 15R second big hit symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a) and when it becomes 15R third big hit (on the first special symbol display 41a). If the 15R third big hit symbol is stopped and displayed, and if it is the 15R sixth big hit (if the 15R sixth big jack symbol is stopped and displayed on the second special symbol display 41b), 1R to 2R The second special winning opening 35 is opened for a maximum of 0.1 seconds, and the first special winning opening 30 is opened for a maximum of 28 seconds in 3R to 15R. In this hit, the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 in each of the 1st and 2nd rounds is set to an extremely short time of 0.1 seconds each (opening and closing for a moment), so a game is played during that round (during the V round). It is almost impossible for the sphere to pass through the specific area 39.

As described above, in this embodiment, the 15R second, third, and sixth jackpot opening patterns and the 15R first and fifth jackpot opening patterns include the first round and the second round (V round). The opening mode is different. Then, in the 15R first and fifth big hits, the second special winning opening 35 is opened for 28 seconds in the first round and the second round, so in the V round, troubles related to launching a game ball, ball clogging, etc. occur. Unless otherwise, the game ball will enter the second special winning opening 35 and will pass through the specific area 39 with a high probability. On the other hand, in the 15R second, third, and sixth big hits, the second special winning opening 35 only opens for 0.1 seconds in the first round and the second round, so the game ball is placed in the second special winning opening 35. Is unlikely to enter (substantially impossible). Therefore, the possibility of the game ball passing through the specific area 39 during the jackpot game related to the 15R second, third, and sixth jackpots is considerably lower than that of the 15R first and fifth jackpots. It may be said that it is practically impossible to pass.

Incidentally, a big hit in which a V round is executed in a mode in which the possibility of passing a game ball to the specific area 39 (V passing possibility) is extremely high is also called a “V passing planned big hit”, and the V passing possibility is extremely low. The jackpot in which the V round is executed in the form is also referred to as "V non-passing jackpot".

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, in the case of the 2R fourth big hit (when the 2R fourth big hit symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a), the second big winning opening from 1R to 2R Open 35 for a maximum of 0.9 seconds. In this hit, the total opening time of the second big winning opening 35 of the first and second rounds is 1.8 seconds at maximum, so the game ball is put into the second big winning opening 35 during the round. It is possible to pass through the specific area 39. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, one gaming ball is shot in about 0.6 seconds, so if the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 is 1.8 seconds. , It is sufficiently possible to enter the game ball into the second special winning opening 35 and aim for the game ball to pass to the specific area 39. However, in the 2R fourth jackpot, the total opening time of the second jackpot is as short as 1.8 seconds, so it is not possible to expect as many prize balls (game profit) as other 15R jackpots. In other words, it is a big hit that hardly wins prize balls compared to other big hits.

Moreover, when it becomes the first small hit (when the first small hit symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a) and when it becomes the second small hit (on the second special symbol display 41b). When the second small hit symbol is stopped and displayed), the second special winning opening 35 is opened twice for a maximum of 0.9 seconds. That is, the special winning opening is opened in the same opening pattern as the 2R fourth big hit. Even in this small hit, since the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 is 1.8 seconds in total, it becomes possible to let the game ball enter the second special winning opening 35 and pass through the specific area 39. There is. However, as described above, even if there is a passage to the specific area 39 in the small hit game, there is no change in the gaming state before and after the small hit game. In addition, in the small hit game, the total opening time of the big winning opening is as short as 1.8 seconds, so that many prize balls cannot be expected like the 2R fourth big hit. That is, the small hit has almost no privilege for the player in terms of the transition of the game state and the prize ball (only the prize ball by entering the ball).

As described above, in the present embodiment, as the opening pattern of the second special winning opening 35, the first opening pattern that allows the game ball to pass through the specific area 39 (easy passage) (15th big hit, 15R fifth big hit) The second opening pattern in which the game ball is difficult to pass (impossible to pass) in the specific area 39 (15R second jackpot, 15R third jackpot, 15R sixth jackpot), the game ball is able to pass the specific area It has a third opening pattern (2R fourth big hit) which is less likely to pass than the first opening pattern. In addition, as the opening pattern for the small hit, it is possible to have a fourth opening pattern in which the game ball can pass through the specific area 39, but the bonus is not given even when the game ball passes (the high probability state is not generated). Is becoming

When the hit determination result of the first special symbol (special figure 1) is a big hit, the jackpot distribution ratio is 40% for the 15R first jackpot, 20% for the 15R second jackpot, 30% for the 15R third jackpot, and 2R The fourth big hit is 10% (see the big hit type determining random number column in FIG. 6). On the other hand, when the hit determination result of the second special symbol (special figure 2) is a big hit, the big hit distribution rate is 15%, the fifth big hit is 80%, and the 15R sixth big hit is 20% ( (See the column of random numbers for determining the jackpot type in FIG. 6).

It can be said that the big hit distribution ratio (distribution probability) represents the possibility that the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game, that is, the probability of being in a high probability state, and the opening extension function described later. It can be said that it represents the probability that a high base state will be activated. That is, with regard to the probability of becoming a high probability state, if the jackpot judgment based on the ball entering the first starting opening 20 (first special symbol hit determination) is a big hit, the probability is at least 40%, If the case where the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game related to the 2R fourth big hit is included, the probability is 50%. On the other hand, in the case of a big hit in the hit determination (second special symbol hit determination) based on the ball entering the second starting opening 21, the probability is 80%.

In addition, about the probability of becoming a high base state, if it is a big hit in the first special symbol hit determination in the game state (low base state) in which the opening extension function is not operating, the probability is 60%, Including the 2R fourth big hit when the first special symbol hit determination is a big hit in a high base state, the probability is 70%. On the other hand, if the second special symbol hit determination is a big hit, the probability is 100%. And, when it becomes a big hit in the second special symbol hit determination, there is no 2R big hit that may occur when it becomes a big hit in the first special symbol hit determination, and it always becomes a 15R big hit.

In this way, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, rather than a big hit in the first special symbol hit determination (big jackpot lottery of the first special symbol) performed by entering the game ball into the first starting opening 20 In the second special symbol win/loss determination (gambling lottery of the second special symbol) performed by the game ball entering the second starting opening 21, the one that becomes a big hit is a big hit in the first special symbol hit/miss determination. , The probability of becoming a high probability state, the probability of becoming a high base state, and the possibility of winning prize balls for 15R are increasing. That is, the case of a big hit in the second special symbol hit determination is set to be more likely to be advantageous to the player, as compared to the case of a big hit in the first special symbol hit determination, The variable display of the 2 special symbols is more likely to work for the player than the variable display of the first special symbol. Therefore, the player will play the game with the expectation that the ball will enter the second starting opening 21. This is particularly noticeable during the operation of the opening extension function (high base state) in which the frequency of entering the second starting opening 21 increases. The distribution probability described above is an example, and can be arbitrarily set in consideration of game characteristics, specifications, and the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the second special symbol is superior to the first special symbol, if the variable display of the first special symbol and the variable display of the second special symbol are both executable, that is, If both the first special figure hold and the second special figure hold are "1" or more, the variable display of the second special symbol (digestion of the second special symbol hold) is the variable display of the first special symbol (the first 1) The digestion of the special map reservation will be prioritized. As a result, the high base state in which the frequency of entering the second starting opening 21 increases, the execution frequency of the variable display of the second special symbol increases, so it can be said that the player can proceed with the game advantageously. Nevertheless, the variable display of the first special symbol is performed in the high base state, which means that the player is spoiled for playing the game in the advantageous state (high base state). Since the variable display of the 1 special symbol may work more disadvantageously than the variable display of the 2nd special symbol, it can be said that the variable display of the 1st special symbol in the high base state is not desirable for the player.

Here, as a mode of the stop display of the special symbol, the big hit symbol is also referred to as "specific mode" or "specific display result", and the small hit symbol is also referred to as "predetermined mode" or "predetermined display result". The design is also referred to as "non-specific mode" or "non-specific display result". In addition, a big hit symbol (15R third big hit symbol, 2R fourth big hit symbol in the low base state) that does not trigger the setting of the high base state is also referred to as a "first specific mode" or a "first specific display result". The jackpot design (15R 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th jackpot design, 2R 4th jackpot design in the high base state) that triggers the setting of the high base state is referred to as the "second specific mode" or the "2nd It is also called "specific display result". Also, as a game state when the special symbols are displayed in a variably manner, the game state in which the opening extension function does not operate (low base state) is also called the "first game state", and the game state in which the opening extension function operates (high base state) The state) is also called a "second game state".

In the present pachinko gaming machine 1, the determination of whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or a miss is made based on a "random number for special symbol win/loss judgment" (also referred to as "win/win judgment information"), and in the case of a big hit. The determination of the type of big hit is performed based on the "big hit type determining random number" (also referred to as "symbol determining random number" or "symbol determining information"). As shown in FIG. 7(A), the random number for special symbol validity determination takes a value in the range of "0 to 629", and the random number for jackpot type determination takes a value in the range of "0 to 99". In addition, the random number (acquired information) acquired based on the ball entering the first starting opening 20 or the second starting opening 21, in addition to the random number for determining the special symbol right and wrong and the random number for determining the jackpot type, "variable pattern random number" (Also referred to as “variation pattern information”). The fluctuation pattern random number is a random number for determining the fluctuation pattern including the fluctuation time, and takes a value in the range of “0 to 198”. In addition, the random numbers obtained based on the passage through the gate 28 include a random number for normal symbol success/failure determination shown in FIG. 7(B). The random number for determining whether or not the symbol is normal is a random number for determining whether or not to perform the auxiliary game for opening the second starting opening 21 (ordinary symbol lottery), and takes a value in the range of "0 to 240".

Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a plurality of gaming states by a combination of the probability variation function for special symbols, the probability variation function for ordinary symbols, the variation time shortening function, and the opening extension function being in the activated state or the inactivated state. ing. Special symbols (first special symbol and second special symbol) the state that the probability variation function is operating is called "high probability state", the state not operating is "normal state" (also called "low probability state") .) In the high-probability state, the probability of being judged as a big hit in the special symbol hit/miss determination is higher than in the normal state. That is, in the normal state, the hit determination table for the normal state is used to determine whether or not to win, and in the high-probability state, the value for the special symbol hit/miss determination random number that is determined to be a big hit is higher than that in the normal state. The determination table is used to make a determination (see FIG. 8A). In other words, when the probability variation function of the special symbol is activated, the display result of the variable display of the special symbol is a big hit (the stop symbol is a big hit symbol), as compared with when it is not activated, the probability is high.

In addition, a state in which the variable time reduction function is operating for special symbols is called "time saving state", and a state in which it is not operating is called "non-time saving state". In the time saving state, the average value of the variation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of the variation display to the confirmation display) is shorter than the average value of the variation time of the special symbol in the non-time saving state. That is, in the time saving state, the variation pattern is determined by using the variation pattern table that is determined such that the variation pattern having a short variation time is selected more frequently than the non-time saving state (see FIG. 9). . As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of digesting the special figure reservation becomes faster, and an effective ball entry into the starting opening (ball entry that can be stored as the special figure hold) is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit under the smooth progress of the game.

The probability variation function and the variation time reduction function for special symbols may operate at the same time, or only one of them may operate. Further, the probability variation function and variation time shortening function for the normal symbol are designed to operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function of the special symbol. That is, the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol operate in the special symbol time saving state, but do not operate in the non-time saving state. Therefore, in the time saving state, the winning probability in the normal symbol hit/miss determination is higher than in the non-time saving state. In other words, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) that is determined as a hit is greater than the normal symbol hit determination table that is used in the non-time saving state Perform (see FIG. 8C). That is, when the probability variation function for the normal symbol is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the normal symbol will be a hit (the stop symbol will be a normal hit symbol) is higher than when it is not activated.

In the time saving state, the variation time of the normal symbol is shorter than that in the non-time saving state. In this embodiment, the variation time of the normal symbol is 30 seconds in the non-time saving state, but is 1 second in the time saving state (see FIG. 8D). Further, in the time saving state, the opening time extension function of the variable winning device 22 (second starting port 21) is activated, and the opening time of the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game is longer than in the non-time saving state. In addition, in the time saving state, the opening number increasing function of the variable winning device 22 is activated, and the opening number of the second starting opening 21 in the auxiliary game is larger than in the non-time saving state. Specifically, when the result of the normal symbol award/judgment is a hit in the non-time saving state, the movable member 23 of the variable winning a prize device 22 (the second starting opening 21) performs the opening operation for 0.2 seconds once, and the time saving state. In the case where the result of the normal symbol hit/miss judgment is a hit, the movable member 23 of the variable winning a prize device 22 (second starting port 21) is to perform the opening operation for 2.0 seconds three times.

Probability variation function and variation time shortening function for ordinary symbols, and under the situation that the opening time extension function and the opening number increase function of the variable winning device 22 are operating, as compared with the case where these functions are not operating. As a result, the second starting opening 21 is frequently opened, and the frequency of game balls entering the second starting opening 21 increases. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of prize balls to the number of shot balls, becomes high. Therefore, a state in which these functions are operating is also called a "high base state", and a state in which these functions are not operating is also called a "low base state". In the high base state, it is possible to aim for a big hit without significantly reducing the number of game balls (held balls) on hand. A gaming state in which the game balls enter the second starting opening 21 more frequently (that is, a "high base state") is also referred to as a "high frequency state".

The high base state (high frequency state) does not need to operate all the above functions. That is, by the operation of at least one of the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function for the ordinary symbol, and the opening time extension function and the opening number increase function of the variable winning device 22 than when the function is not operating. Also, it is sufficient that the second starting port 21 is easily opened (the frequency of entering the ball is high). Further, the high base state may be independently controlled without being associated with the special symbol time saving state. The function of generating such a high base state can also be called a "high base generation function".

In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the game state after the big hit game in the case of the 15R first and fifth big hits is special if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game. It becomes a high probability state of the symbol and a time saving state and a high base state of the special symbol (see FIG. 6). This gaming state is referred to as the "highly accurate and high base state". The high-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbol is executed a predetermined number of times (100 times in this example) or the big hit is executed and the big hit game is executed.

In addition, the game state after the big hit game in the case of the 15R second and sixth big hits, it is extremely difficult for the game ball to pass through the specific area 39 during the big hit game, and thus the normal state of the special symbol. In addition to this, the special symbol is in a time saving state and a high base state (see FIG. 6). This gaming state is referred to as "low accurate high base state". Low certainty high base state, a predetermined number of times (100 times in this example) special symbol variation display is executed, or a predetermined number of times (100 times in this example) special symbol variation display is a big hit The game ends when a special game related to the big hit (big hit game) is executed. Although the possibility is infinitely low, if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game of the 15R second and sixth big hits, the game state after the big hit game is "highly accurate. High base state”. Also, the possibility is infinitely low, but if the game ball does not pass through the specific area 39 during the big hit game of the 15R first and fifth big hits, the game state after the big hit game is " It becomes "low accurate high base state".

In addition, the game state after the big hit game in the case of the 15R third big hit is extremely low in the possibility that the game ball will pass through the specific area 39 during the big hit game, so it becomes a normal state of a special symbol. In addition to the special symbol non-time saving state and low base state (see FIG. 6). This gaming state is referred to as "low accurate low base state". The low accurate low base state is a basic gaming state in the pachinko gaming machine 1, that is, an initial gaming state. Although the possibility is infinitely low, if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game related to the 15R third big hit, the game state after the end of the big hit game is “high-probability low base” to be described later. State".

Also, in the low accurate low base state, the game state after the big hit game in the case of the 2R fourth big hit is a high probability of a special symbol if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game. It becomes a state and a special symbol non-time saving state and a low base state (see FIG. 6). This gaming state is called a "high-accuracy low base state". The high-probability low-base state ends by a predetermined number (100 times in this example) of variable display of special symbols being executed or a big hit being executed and a big hit game being executed.

The high-probability low-base state is a state in which a high-probability state is latent, that is, a state in which it is difficult for a player to recognize a high-probability state. That is, the highly accurate low base state is a so-called “latency certainty change state” (also referred to as “probability non-notification state”). On the other hand, the above-mentioned highly accurate and high base state is a state in which it is clear to the player that it is a high probability state. That is, the high-probability-high base state is a so-called "probability variation game state".

Further, in the high base state, the game state after the big hit game in the case of the 2R fourth big hit is “highly accurate high base state” if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game. (See FIG. 6). That is, the time saving function and the base state of the special symbol are the same as the state before the execution of the big hit game.

In a high base state such as a high-probability-high base state or a low-probability-high base state, it is possible to favorably advance the game by making a right hit to enter the game ball into the right game area 3B. In the high base state, the second starting port 21 is more easily opened than in the low base state, and it is easier to enter the second starting port 21 than to enter the first starting port 20. Because it is. Therefore, in the high base state, while passing the game ball to the gate 28, which is a trigger for the normal symbol hit/absence judgment, by making a right hit to enter the game ball into the second starting opening 21, a left hit is performed. Also, it is possible to obtain a large number of starting balls (an opportunity to judge whether or not a special symbol is valid). In this state, the firing direction indicator 47 is lighted and controlled in a predetermined manner to notify that it should be launched into the right game area.

On the other hand, in a low base state such as a high-probability low base state or a low-probability low base state, it is possible to favorably advance the game by making a left hit to enter the game ball into the left game area 3A. .. In the low base state, the second starting port 21 is less likely to be opened than in the high base state, and it is easier to enter the first starting port 20 than to enter the second starting port 21. Because it is. Therefore, in the low base state, by making a left hit to enter the game ball into the first starting opening 20, a large number of starting entrances (an opportunity to determine whether a special symbol is valid or not) can be obtained, rather than making a right hit. You can In this state, the firing direction indicator 47 is lighting-controlled (display controlled) in a predetermined manner to notify that it should be fired to the left game area.

Specifically, the launch direction indicator 47 is composed of two LEDs of "yz", and indicates the launch direction by turning on the LED in accordance with the game state. For example, in the low base state, as a display mode in which both LEDs are turned off, such as "y□z□" (for example, □: extinguished, ■: lit), it is possible to inform that the left game area should be launched. it can. Further, in the high base state, it is possible to inform that the right game area should be shot as a display mode in which both LEDs are turned on, for example, "y z z" (for example, □: extinguished, ■: lit). it can.

As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the low accuracy low base state in which the small hit game or the big hit game is not performed is the reference, this low accuracy low base state is the “normal game state” or It can be regarded as a “normal state”, and a game in which a special symbol is variably displayed in the state can be regarded as a “normal game”.

On the other hand, the big hit game is a game that can be executed by displaying the special symbols in a variable display and the big hit symbols are stopped and displayed. For the player, a big winning opening (first big winning opening 32, second big winning) Since it is an advantageous game in which a large amount of prize balls can be obtained by entering the game balls into the mouth 35), the big hit game can be regarded as a "special game", and the big hit game is played. Can be regarded as a "special game state".

In addition, although the small hit game is not as big as the big hit game, it is possible to get the prize ball by entering the game ball into the big prize hole (the first prize hole 32, the second prize hole 35). Can be said to be a game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game. Therefore, the small hit game can also be regarded as a "special game", and the game state in which the small hit game is performed can also be regarded as a "special game state". In order to distinguish the special game as the big hit game and the special game as the small hit game, the special game as the small hit game can be regarded as a "small profit special game".

Also, since the high-accuracy high-base state and the low-accuracy high-base state are more advantageous for the player than the low-accuracy low-base state (normal game state), these high-accuracy high-base state and low-accuracy high-base state Can be regarded as a "special game state" or a "special state", and a game in which a special symbol is variably displayed in the state can also be regarded as a "special game".

In addition, the high-probability low base state is similar to the low-probability low base state in that both are in the low base state, but in the high-probability state, the probability variation function of the special symbol operates and the variation display of the special symbol is displayed. Since the probability that the result will be a big hit is higher than the low-probability state, the high-probability low base state can also be regarded as a "special game state" or "special state", and a game in which special symbols are variably displayed in that state Can be regarded as a "special game".

Further, the low base state such as the high-probability low base state or the low-probability low base state is a state where the game ball is advanced to the left game area 3A by left-handing to advance the game, as described above, and thus the low base state. Can be regarded as a "left-handed state". On the other hand, a high-base state such as a high-probability high-base state or a low-probability high-base state, and a winning game aiming to enter a game ball into the first big winning opening 30 and the second big winning opening 35 (big hit game, small hit game) Is performed (hit gaming state, as described above, the game ball is entered into the right gaming area 3B by right-handing to advance the game, so that the high base state or the hit gaming state (big hit gaming state, small hit state The hitting game state) can be regarded as a "right hitting state." In the high base state (right hitting state), the second starting opening 21 is more easily opened than in the low base state (left hitting state), and the first It is easier to enter the game ball in the second starting opening 21 than in the starting opening 20, and it is a big hit in the first special symbol based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting opening 20. Also, it is set so that it is more likely to be advantageous for the player to be a big hit in the hit determination of the second special symbol based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting opening 21. Therefore, the low base state (left-handed state) can also be regarded as the "normal game state" or the "normal state", and the game in which the special symbol is variably displayed in the state can also be regarded as the "normal game". The high base state (right-handed state) can also be regarded as a “special game state” or a “special state”, and a game in which special symbols are variably displayed in the state can also be regarded as a “special game”.

As described above, a game that can be regarded as a special game or a special game state, that is, a game that is advantageous to the player as compared to the normal game or the normal game state (a big hit game, a small hit game, a high probability state game) , A game in a high base state, etc.) can all be regarded as a gaming privilege granted to the player based on the establishment of a predetermined granting condition. In this case, the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit or a small hit, that the game ball passes through the specific area 39 during the big hit game, etc. can be grasped as a "giving condition" that is a prerequisite for the privilege grant. it can.

[Main control main processing]
Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 (control processing by the main controller) will be described with reference to FIGS. The counter, flags, status, buffer, etc. appearing in the operation description of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the RAM of the main control board 80. When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, the game control microcomputer 81 provided in the main control board 80 reads out and executes the main control main processing program shown in FIG. 10 from the ROM of the main control board 80. .. As shown in the figure, in the main control main processing, initial setting is first performed (S101). In the initial setting, for example, stack setting, constant setting, interrupt time setting, CPU setting of the main control board 80, SIO, PIO, CTC (interrupt time controller) setting, and various flags, status and counter reset And so on. The initial value of the flag is “0”, that is, “OFF”, the initial value of the status is “1”, and the initial value of the counter is “0”. The initial setting (S101) is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

Next to the initial setting (S101), interrupts are prohibited (S102), and normal symbol/special symbol main random number update processing (S103) is executed. In this normal symbol/special symbol main random number updating process (S103), the value of the various random number counters shown in FIG. 7 is updated by adding 1. When the value of each random number counter reaches the upper limit value, it returns to "0" and is added again. The initial value of each random number counter may be a value other than "0", or may be randomly changed. The updated random number counter value is sequentially stored in a predetermined update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM of the main control board 80.

When the normal symbol/special symbol main random number updating process (S103) ends, the interrupt is permitted (S104). The interrupt process (S105) can be executed while the interrupt is enabled. This interrupt processing (S105) is executed based on an interrupt pulse repeatedly input to the CPU of the main control board 80 at a cycle of 4 ms, for example. Then, after the interrupt process (S105) ends, until the next interrupt process (S105) is started, the update process of various counter values by the normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S103) is repeated. Executed. When an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU in the interrupt disabled state, the interrupt process (S105) is not started immediately, but is started after the interrupt is permitted (S104).

[Interrupt processing]
Next, the interrupt process (S105) will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, in the interrupt process (S105), first, the output process (S201) is executed. In the output process (S201), the command (control signal) set in the output buffer provided in the RAM of the main control board 80 in each process described below is output to the sub control board 90, the payout control board 110, or the like. To do. The commands and the like output here include the game state, the result of the determination of whether or not the special symbol is valid, the symbol as the jackpot type, the information regarding the variation pattern, and the like. The command is composed of, for example, 2-byte information. The upper 1 byte is information regarding the type of command, and the lower 1 byte is information regarding the content of the command.

In the input process (S202) performed after the output process (S201), various sensors (first starting opening sensor 20a, second starting opening sensor 21a, first big winning opening sensor) mainly attached to the pachinko gaming machine 1 The detection signals detected by 30a, the second special winning opening sensor 35a, the general winning opening sensor 27a, etc. (see FIG. 5) are read and stored in the output buffer of the RAM as prize ball information. When the first starting opening sensor 20a and the second starting opening sensor 21a detect a game ball, the starting entrance command corresponding to each starting opening is sent to the output buffer of the RAM by the starting entrance time process (S205) described later. Remember. Further, the detection signal from the lower plate full switch for detecting the fullness of the lower plate 62 is also fetched and stored in the output buffer of the RAM as the lower plate full data.

The normal symbol/special symbol main random number updating process (S203) performed next is the same as the normal symbol/special symbol main random number updating process (S103) performed in the main control main process of FIG. That is, the update process of the various random number counter values (including the normal symbol random number counter value) shown in FIG. It is performed both during the period until the next interrupt process (S105) is started.

Normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S203), then start mouth sensor detection process (S204), start ball entry process (S205), ordinary figure operation process (S206), special figure operation process (S207) , Specific area sensor detection processing (S208), reserved ball number processing (S209), and power interruption monitoring processing (S210). In addition, the "other processing" necessary for advancing the game is executed, and the interrupt processing (S105) is ended. Then, the processes of S102 to S104 of the main control main process are repeatedly executed until the interrupt pulse is input to the CPU of the main control board 80 (see FIG. 10), and when the interrupt pulse is input (after about 4 msec). ), the interrupt process (S105) is executed again. In the output process (S201) of the interrupt process (S105) executed again, the command set in the output buffer of the RAM in the previous interrupt process (S105) is output.

[Starting port sensor detection processing]
As shown in FIG. 12, in the starting opening sensor detection process (S204), first, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the gate 28, that is, whether or not the game ball is detected by the gate sensor 28a (S301). ). If the game ball has not passed through the gate 28 (NO in S301), the process proceeds to S305, and if the game ball has passed through the gate 28 (YES in S301), the number of normal symbol holding balls (general figure hold) Is less than 4 (specifically, the value of the counter for counting the number of universal figure reservations provided in the RAM) is less than 4 (S302).

If the number of ordinary symbol holding balls is not less than 4 (NO in S302), the process proceeds to S305. On the other hand, if the number of normal symbol holding balls is less than 4 (YES in S302), "1" is added to the number of normal symbol holding balls (S303), and the normal symbol random number obtaining process (S304) is performed. In the normal symbol random number acquisition process (S304), the value of the random number counter for normal symbol judgment (label-TRND-H, FIG. 7B) stored in the update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM is acquired. Then, the obtained random number value (acquisition information) is stored in the address space corresponding to the current number of ordinary symbol holding balls in the ordinary figure holding storage unit provided in the RAM of the main control board 80.

In S305, it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the second starting port 21, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the second starting port sensor 21a (S305). If the game ball has not entered the second starting port 21 (NO in S305), the process proceeds to S309, and if the game ball has entered the second starting port 21 (YES in S305). The number of special character 2 reserved balls (the number of second special character reservations, specifically, the value of a counter for counting the number of second special character reservations provided in the RAM of the main control unit 80) is less than 4 (the upper limit number). It is determined whether or not (S306). If the special map 2 number of reserved balls is not less than 4 (NO in S306), the process proceeds to S309, and if the special map 2 number of reserved balls is less than 4 (YES in S306), the special map 2 1 is added to the number of reserved balls (S307).

Subsequently, special figure 2 relation random number acquisition processing (S308) is performed. In the special figure 2 relation random number acquisition process (S308), the value of the random number counter for special symbol validity determination stored in the update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM (label-TRND-A), the big hit type determination random number The value of the counter (label-TRND-AS) and the value of the fluctuation pattern random number counter (label-TRND-T1) are acquired (that is, the value of the random number shown in FIG. 7A is acquired), and the acquired random value (acquisition) is acquired. (Information) is stored in the address space corresponding to the current number of reserved special figure 2 balls in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first starting opening 20, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the first starting opening sensor 20a (S309). If the game ball has not entered the first starting port 20 (NO in S309), the process ends, and if the game ball has entered the first starting port 20 (YES in S309), the special figure 1 Whether or not the number of reserved balls (the number of first special figure reservations, specifically, the value of the counter for counting the number of first special figure reservations provided in the RAM of the main control unit 80) is less than 4 (upper limit number) It is determined (S310). If the special map 1 number of reserved balls is not less than 4 (NO in S310), the process is terminated, and if the special map 1 number of reserved balls is less than 4 (YES in S310), the number of special map 1 reserved balls is "1" is added to (S311).

Subsequently, a special figure 1-related random number acquisition process (S312) is performed. In the special figure 1 relational random number acquisition process (S312), as in the special figure 2 relational random number acquisition process (S308), the value of the special symbol winning/discarding determination counter stored in the update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM (Label-TRND-A), the value of the jackpot type determining random number counter (Label-TRND-AS) and the value of the variation pattern random number counter (Label-TRND-T1) are acquired (that is, the random numbers shown in FIG. 7A). Numerical values are obtained) and the obtained random number values are stored in the address space corresponding to the current number of special spheres 1 reserved sphere in the first special figure reservation storage unit.

[Start-up processing]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a start entrance sensor detection process (S204) and then a start ball entry process (S205). As shown in FIG. 13, in the starting ball entry process (S205), first, it is determined whether or not the special figure 2 number of reserved balls has increased by "1" (S315). When it is determined that the number of reserved balls for special figure 2 has increased by "1" (YES in S315), the process proceeds to S316. This corresponds to the case where "1" is added to the special figure 2 reserved ball number in S307 in the starting port sensor detection process (S204) based on the fact that the game ball has entered the second starting port. On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of reserved balls for special figure 2 has not increased (NO in S315), the process proceeds to S319.

In S316, the latest acquisition random number value (acquisition information) acquired in the special figure 2 related random number acquisition processing (S308) in the immediately preceding starting opening sensor detection processing (S204) and stored in the second special figure pending storage unit is read ( S316). Next, the acquired random number value related to the read second special symbol is determined (S317). In S317, of the read random number values, the value of the random number counter for special symbol hit determination (random number value for special symbol hit determination) is a big hit depending on the current gaming state (low probability state or high probability state) It is determined whether or not, and if the result of the determination is a big hit, the type of big hit is further determined. The process of S317 corresponds to a pre-determination (so-called “holding prefetch”) performed prior to the success/failure determination (S1303, S1309) in the later-described special figure 2 success/failure determination process (S1202).

It should be noted that the pre-judgment of whether or not it is a big hit is a big hit judgment table (see FIG. 8(A)), that is, a big hit judgment table for a high probability state if it is a high probability state, or a normal state (low probability state). For example, it is possible to determine whether or not it matches the jackpot determination value based on the jackpot determination table for the normal state. Further, as another pre-determination mode, a variation pattern information determination table for a normal state (for a low probability state) and a high probability state (for a high probability state) are used as a variation pattern information determination table capable of determining variation pattern information. And the variation pattern information determination table. Then, in the pre-determination, based on the acquired random number value (such as the value of the random number counter for determining the special symbol) and the variation pattern information determination table according to the gaming state, the predetermined variation pattern information is selected. It is possible to Then, from the selected variation pattern information, it is possible to identify whether or not it is a big hit, a big hit type, whether or not a game effect having a high jackpot reliability is executed.

Next, in S318, game information related to the result of the preliminary determination in S317 (preliminary determination information), specifically, information indicating whether or not the special symbol randomness determination random number value matches the jackpot determination value (validity information) or , Command data including information indicating the value of the random number counter for determining jackpot type (random number value for determining jackpot type), information indicating the value of the variation pattern random number counter (variation pattern random number value), etc. Then, the command is set in the output buffer of the RAM (S318). As the special figure 2 start-up ball input command, a part or all of the value of the special figure 2 acquisition random number read out in S316 may be directly transmitted to the sub-control board 90, or the special figure 2 acquisition random number may be transmitted. The value may not be transmitted as it is, and the game information (for example, the variation pattern information described above) acquired based on the value of the special figure 2 acquisition random number may be transmitted.

In addition, by analyzing the special figure 2 starting ball entry command transmitted from the main control unit 80 by the sub-control unit 90, whether or not it is information related to a big hit, what kind of big hit type, and which fluctuation pattern is. The sub-control unit 90 can identify such things. In addition, in the present embodiment, in addition to this, by analyzing the special figure 2 start entering command, whether or not the obtained special figure 2 acquisition random number is a big hit when it is determined in a high probability state, and a low probability. It is possible to specify whether or not to be a big hit when judged by the state. As a result, the sub-control unit 90 stores the received special figure 2 start-up ball input command as a hold (effect holding information), predetermines the effect holding information at a specific timing, and determines whether or not the result is low probability. It is possible to determine whether or not the effect holding information determined to be a big hit is stored.

In addition, from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, the random number value for special symbol validity determination out of the acquired random number value read in S316 is not sent to the sub-control unit as it is, and the value of the other random number counter for determining jackpot type (big hit) Command data including information indicating the type determination random number value), information indicating the value of the fluctuation pattern random number counter (fluctuation pattern random value), and information indicating the result of the preliminary determination is generated as the special figure 2 start-up entrance command, and this It is possible to set.

Next, in S319, it is determined whether or not the number of special sphere 1 reserved balls has increased by “1” as in the case of the above-described special diagram 2 (S319). When it is determined that the number of special sphere 1 reserved balls has increased by “1” (YES in S319), the process proceeds to S320. This corresponds to the case where "1" is added to the special figure 1 reserved ball number in S311 in the starting opening sensor detection processing (S204) based on the fact that the game ball has entered the first starting opening. On the other hand, if it is determined in S319 that the number of reserved balls for special map 1 has not increased (NO in S319), the process ends.

In S320, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S320), and when it is determined that the time saving flag is ON, that is, in the high base state (YES in S320), the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined in S320 that the time saving flag is OFF, that is, in the low base state (NO in S320), the process proceeds to the preliminary determination process in S321 and subsequent steps.

The processes of S321 to S323 are the same as those of S316 to S318 described above with respect to Toku-zu 1. That is, the latest acquisition random number value (acquisition information) acquired in the special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing (S312) in the starting opening sensor detection processing (S204) and stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit is read (S321), Preliminary determination is performed on the read acquired random number value (S322). Then, the command data including the game information related to this preliminary determination is generated as the special figure 1 starting entrance command, and the command is set in the output buffer of the RAM (S323). The pre-determination (holding prefetching) in S322 is performed prior to the success/failure determination (S1603, S1609) in the special figure 1 success/failure determination processing (S1207) described later.

Here, in the high base state, the opening extension function that increases the frequency of balls entering the second starting port 21 is operating, and it is easy to determine whether or not the special figure 2 is true (see FIG. 8B). Is becoming Further, in this embodiment, as will be described later, the special figure 2 hold digestion (second special symbol variation display) is executed prior to the special figure 1 hold digestion (first special symbol variation display). There is. From this, in the present embodiment, the pre-determination related to the special figure 1 hold (special figure 1 pre-judgment) is performed in the low base state where the variable display of the first special symbol is mainly performed, and the special figure 2 hold The preliminary determination (preliminary figure 2 preliminary determination) related to (1) is performed regardless of whether it is in the low base state or the high base state. Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as will be described later, it is controlled to a low accuracy low base state during a big hit game, but a game ball enters the first starting opening 20 during a big hit game and is specially controlled. Even if the number of reserved balls in FIG. 1 increases by “1”, the processing of S321 to S323 (special figure 1 pre-determination processing) is not performed.

[Public motion processing]
The game control microcomputer 81 performs the normal figure operation process (S207) shown in FIG. 14 subsequent to the starting ball entering game process (S206). In the normal figure operation process (S207), the process relating to the normal symbol display 42 and the variable winning device 22 is divided into four stages, and the "universal figure action statuses 1, 2, 3, 4" are assigned to the respective stages. .. When the "universal figure operation status" is "1" (YES in S401), the normal symbol standby process (S402) is performed, and when the "universal figure operation status" is "2" (S401 NO in S, YES in S403), the normal symbol changing process (S404) is performed, and if the "general pattern operation status" is "3" (NO in S401 and S403, YES in S405), the normal symbol is confirmed If the "universal figure operation status" is "4" (S401, S403, S405 are all NO), the normal electric auditors product processing (S407) is performed. The normal operation status is "1" by default.

[Normal pattern waiting process]
As shown in FIG. 15, in the normal symbol waiting process (S402), first, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of the normal symbol is "0" (S501), and if it is "0" (YES in S501). ), and ends this process. On the other hand, if it is not "0" (NO in S501), a normal symbol hit/miss determination process described later is performed (S502), and then a normal symbol variation pattern selection process is performed (S503). In the normal symbol fluctuation pattern selection process, referring to the normal symbol fluctuation pattern selection table shown in FIG. 8D, if the gaming state is a time saving state, the normal symbol fluctuation time of 1 second is selected, and the normal symbol fluctuation pattern is selected. To do. On the other hand, if the game state is a non-time saving state, the normal symbol variation pattern of the normal symbol variation time of 30 seconds is selected. When the normal symbol variation pattern selection process (S503) is finished, a normal symbol random number shift process (S504) described later is performed, then the normal symbol variation start process (S505) is performed, and the process is finished. In the normal symbol fluctuation start process, while starting the variable display of the normal symbol based on the normal symbol fluctuation pattern selected in S503, the normal operation status is set to "2". Further, in the normal symbol variation start processing, in order to notify the sub-control board 90 of the variation start of the ordinary symbol, a normal symbol variation start command is set.

[Normal symbol judgment process]
As shown in FIG. 16, in the normal symbol appropriateness determination processing (S502), first, the value of the normal symbol appropriateness determination random number counter (label-TRND-H) stored in the universal symbol reservation storage unit is read (S601). .. Next, it is determined whether the time saving flag is ON (that is, whether the game state is a time saving state) (S602). In S602, when the time saving flag is ON, that is, when it is determined that it is in a time saving state (YES in S602), the table for the time saving state (the hit determination value is " It is determined whether or not it is a hit by the high-probability universal figure hit determination based on "0" to "239") (S604), and the process proceeds to S605. That is, it is determined whether or not the value (label-TRND-H) of the read random number counter for normal symbol validity determination matches any of the hit determination values. On the other hand, in S602, if the time saving flag is not ON, that is, if it is determined that it is in the non-time saving state (NO in S602), the table for non-time saving state in the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not there is a hit by the low-probability universal figure hit determination based on the determination values “0” and “1”) (S603), and the process proceeds to S605. Then, in S605, it is determined whether or not the result of the general/universal figure hit determination (S603, S604) is a hit (normal figure hit) (S605), and if it is determined to be out (NO in S605), the stop display is displayed. The normal pattern (outside normal pattern) to be removed is determined (S606), and the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined in S605 that the hit (general figure hit) (YES in S605), the hit ordinary symbol to be stopped and displayed (general figure hit symbol) is determined (S607), and the universal figure hit flag is turned on (S608 ), processing is completed.

[Normal pattern random number shift processing]
As shown in FIG. 17, in the normal symbol random number shift processing (S504), first, the normal symbol holding sphere number is decremented by 1 (S701). Next, the storage location of each universal figure reservation in the universal figure reservation storage section is shifted by one to the side where the current position is read (S702). Then, the address space, which is the storage location of the highest-order pending storage in the universal figure pending storage unit, is emptied (“0”), that is, the RAM area corresponding to the fourth of the universal figure pending storage is cleared to 0 (S703). ), processing is completed. In this way, the universal figure hold is digested in the hold order.

[Ordinary symbol fluctuation processing]
As shown in FIG. 18, in the normal symbol changing process (S404), first, it is determined whether or not the change time of the normal symbol has passed (S801), and if not (NO in S801), the process ends. .. On the other hand, if the time has passed (YES in S801), the normal symbol fluctuation stop command is set (S802), and the universal figure operation status is set to "3" (S803). Then, the variable display of the normal symbol is subjected to other processing such as stopping the display result according to the determination result of the random number for determining whether or not the symbol is normal (a hit ordinary symbol or a deviating ordinary symbol) (S804), and this processing is performed. Finish.

[Normal symbol determination process]
As shown in FIG. 19, in the normal symbol determination process (S406), first, it is determined whether or not the universal symbol hit flag is ON (S901). If the universal figure hit flag is not ON (NO in S901), the universal figure operation status is set to "1" (S905), and this processing ends. On the other hand, if the universal figure hit flag is ON (YES in S901), then it is determined whether the time saving flag is ON, that is, whether the time saving state is in progress (S902). Then, if it is in the time saving state (YES in S902), the opening pattern in the time saving state is set as the opening pattern of the variable winning device 22 (second starting port 21) (S903). As described above, the opening pattern during the time saving state is an opening pattern in which the opening for 2.0 seconds is repeated three times. Therefore, "3" is set to the second starting port opening counter that counts the number of times the second starting port 21 is opened.

On the other hand, if it is in the non-time saving state (NO in S902), the opening pattern in the non-time saving state is set as the opening pattern of the variable winning device 22 (the second starting port 21) (S906). The opening pattern in the non-time saving state is an opening pattern in which the opening for 0.2 seconds is performed once, as described above. Therefore, "1" is set to the second starting opening counter. Then, following the setting of the release pattern (S903, S906), the normal figure operation status is set to "4" (S904), and this processing ends.

[Normal electric accessory processing]
As shown in FIG. 20, in the normal electric accessory processing (S407), first, it is determined whether or not the universal figure end flag is ON (S1001). The universal figure hit end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the second starting opening 21 is ended in the auxiliary game executed as a hit.

If the end flag for universal figure is not ON (NO in S1001), it is determined whether or not the second starting port 21 is being opened (S1002). If it is not open (NO in S1002), it is determined whether or not the timing (timing) for opening the second starting port 21 has been reached (S1003), and if not (NO in S1003), the process is terminated and If so (YES in S1003), the second starting port 21 is opened (S1004), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the second starting port 21 is being opened (YES in S1002), it is determined whether or not the timing (timing) for closing the second starting port 21 has been reached (that is, the second starting port 21 is opened and predetermined). (S1005), and if not (NO in S1005), the process is finished, and if it has reached (YES in S1005), the second starting port 21 is closed (closed). ) (S1006).

Then, following the closing process of the second starting port 21 (S1006), the value of the second starting port opening counter is decremented by 1 (S1007), and it is determined whether the value of the second starting port opening counter is "0". Yes (S1008). If it is not "0" (NO in S1008), the process is ended as it is to open the second starting port 21 again. On the other hand, if it is "0" (YES in S1008), the universal figure ending process for ending the auxiliary game is performed (S1009), and the universal image ending flag is set (S1010) to end the process. The second opening opening counter becomes “0” when the opening of the second opening 21 (opening operation of the movable member 23) is performed three times in the time saving state, and in the non-time saving state. When the second starting port 21 is opened once, it becomes "0".

On the other hand, if the universal figure end flag is ON in S1001 (YES in S1001), the opening operation of the second starting opening 21 for the number of times set in S903 or S906 has been completed, so The hit end flag is turned off (S1011), the universal figure hit flag is turned off (S1012), the universal figure operation status is set to "1" (S1013), and the process ends. As a result, in the next interrupt process, the normal symbol standby process (S402) will be executed again as the normal pattern operation process (FIG. 13).
[Normal electric accessory processing]
As shown in FIG. 20, in the normal electric accessory processing (S407), first, it is determined whether or not the universal figure end flag is ON (S1001). The universal figure hit end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the second starting opening 21 is ended in the auxiliary game executed as a hit.

If the end flag for universal figure is not ON (NO in S1001), it is determined whether or not the second starting port 21 is being opened (S1002). If it is not open (NO in S1002), it is determined whether or not the timing (timing) for opening the second starting port 21 has been reached (S1003). If not (NO in S1003), the process is finished For example, the second starting port 21 is opened (S1004), and the process is completed. On the other hand, if the second starting port 21 is being opened (YES in S1002), it is determined whether or not the timing (timing) for closing the second starting port 21 has been reached (that is, the second starting port 21 is opened and predetermined). (S1005), and if not reached (NO at S1005), the process is ended, and if reached (YES at S1005), the second starting port 21 is closed (closed). (S1006).

Then, following the closing process of the second starting port 21 (S1006), the value of the second starting port opening counter is decremented by 1 (S1007), and it is determined whether the value of the second starting port opening counter is "0". Yes (S1008). If it is not "0" (NO in S1008), the process is ended as it is to open the second starting port 21 again. On the other hand, if it is "0" (YES in S1008), the universal figure ending process for ending the auxiliary game is performed (S1009), and the universal image ending flag is set (S1010) to end the process. The second opening opening counter becomes “0” when the opening of the second opening 21 (opening operation of the movable member 23) is performed three times in the time saving state, and in the non-time saving state. When the second starting port 21 is opened once, it becomes "0".

On the other hand, if the universal figure end flag is ON in S1001 (YES in S1001), the opening operation of the second starting port 21 for the number of times set in S903 or S906 has ended, so The end flag is turned off (S1011), the universal figure hit flag is turned off (S1012), the universal figure operation status is set to "1" (S1013), and the process is terminated. As a result, in the next interrupt process, the normal symbol standby process (S402) will be executed again as the normal pattern operation process (FIG. 13).

[Special figure operation processing]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure operation processing (S207) after the normal figure operation processing (S206). As shown in FIG. 21, in the special figure operation process (S207), the process relating to the special symbol display device 41 and the special winning device (the first big winning device 31 and the second big winning device 36) is divided into five stages. “Special figure operation status 1, 2, 3, 4, 5” is assigned to each stage. If the special figure operation status is "1" (YES in S1101), the special symbol standby process (S1102), if the special figure operation status is "2" (NO in S1101, YES in S1103) Special symbol fluctuation processing (S1104), if the special symbol operation status is "3" (NO in S1101, S1103, YES in S1105), the special symbol determination process (S1106), special symbol operation status is "4" If it is (NO in S1101, S1103, S1105, YES in S1107), special electric auditors product processing 1 (S1108) as a big hit game, if the special figure operation status is "5" (S1101, S1103, S1105) , All of S1107 is NO), special electric auditors product processing 2 (S1109) as a small hit game is performed, respectively. The special figure operation status is "1" by default.

[Special symbol waiting process]
As shown in FIG. 22, in the special symbol waiting process (S1102), first, it is determined whether or not the number of holding balls of the second starting port 21 (that is, the number of holding balls of special figure 2) is "0" (S1201). ). Special Figure 2 When the number of reserved balls is "0" (YES in S1201), that is, when the random number counter value acquired based on the ball entering the second starting opening 21 is not stored, the first starting is performed. It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of the mouth 20 (that is, the number of reserved balls of special figure 1) is "0" (S1206). If the special figure 1 number of reserved balls is also “0” (YES in S1206), that is, if the random number counter value acquired based on the ball entering the first starting opening 20 is not stored, It is determined whether or not the process of setting the display screen 7a of the single image display device 7 (and the display screen 71a of the second image display device 71) as a standby screen (during execution of the customer waiting demo screen) (S1211). ), if the process is in process (YES in S1211), the process is ended, and if not in process (NO in S1211), the standby screen setting process is executed to display the standby screen (S1212).

When the special figure 2 number of reserved balls is not “0” in S1201 (NO in S1201), that is, when there is one or more memory of the random number counter value acquired based on the ball entering the second starting opening 21. The special figure 2 validity determination process (S1202), the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1203), the special figure 2 random number shift process (S1204), and the special figure 2 variation start process (S1205), which will be described later, are performed in this order. Further, when the special map 2 number of reserved balls is “0” but the special figure 1 number of reserved balls is not “0” (YES in S1201, NO in S1206), that is, the random number counter value of the second starting opening 21 Although there is no memory, but when there is one or more memory of the random number counter value acquired based on the ball entering the first starting opening 20, the special figure 1 success/failure determination process (S1207), the special figure 1 fluctuation described later. Pattern selection processing (S1208), special figure 1 random number shift processing (S1209), and special figure 1 variation start processing (S1210) are performed in this order. In this way, in the present embodiment, the variable display of the first special symbol based on the first special symbol reservation is performed only when the special symbol 2 reserved sphere number is "0" (YES in S1201). That is, the digestion of the second special symbol reservation (variable display of the second special symbol) is executed prior to the digestion of the first special symbol suspension (variable display of the first special symbol). Then, in the present embodiment, the win/fail judgment based on the second special figure hold is more likely to be a big hit with a large profit for the player than the win/fail judgment based on the first special figure hold (FIG. 8(B See)).

[Special figure 2 Pass/Fail judgment process]
As shown in FIG. 23, in the special figure 2 hit/disapproval determination process (S1202), first, as the determination value, the lowest area of the special figure pending storage unit of the RAM (that is, the first special figure pending first area is dealt with. The value (label-TRND-A) of the random number counter for special symbol validity determination stored in the RAM area (of the oldest storage) is read (S1301). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not it is in the high probability state (S1302). If it is not in the high probability state (NO in S1302), that is, in the normal state, the hit determination table for the normal state (the big hit determination value is “3”) in the hit determination table (see FIG. 8A). , "397"), and whether or not it is true is determined (S1303). On the other hand, if it is in the high probability state (YES in S1302), the success/failure determination is performed based on the big hit determination table for the high probability state in the hit determination table (see FIG. 8A) (S1309). In the jackpot determination table for the high probability state, the jackpot determination values are “3”, “53”, “113”, “173”, “227”, “281”, “337”, “397”, “449”, It is said to be "503".

When it is determined that the result of the hit determination (S1303, S1309) is “big hit” (YES in S1304), the value of the big hit type determining random number counter (label-TRND-AS) is read out, and the result is shown in FIG. 8B. The jackpot type is determined based on the jackpot type determination table shown (S1310), the jackpot symbol is determined based on the value of the random number for determining the jackpot type (S1311), the jackpot flag is turned on (S1312), and the process is completed. .. In addition, in the case of the hit determination related to the first special symbol, the big hit type is determined using the big hit type determination table for the first special symbol, and in the case of the hit determination related to the second special symbol, the second special symbol is used. The jackpot type determination table is used to determine the jackpot type. And, when it is determined that the big hit in the hit determination of the first special symbol (special figure 1), it is one of 15R first big hit, 15R second big hit and 2R fourth big hit, and the second special symbol (special figure When it is determined that the jackpot is a big hit in 2), the 15R fifth jackpot or the 15R sixth jackpot is determined (see FIG. 8B).

In response to this, in the present embodiment, as the big hit flag, a long hit flag that is turned on when the type of big hit is 15R first big hit, 15R second big hit, 15R fifth big hit or 15R sixth big hit And a short hit flag that is turned on when the 2R fourth big hit occurs. Then, when the 2R fourth big hit and the short hit flag are turned on, the 2R lamp (see FIG. 4) of the round indicator 45 lights up at the timing when the 2R fourth big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed. To be done. Specifically, a display mode such as "2R ▲ 15R ∆" (for example, ▲: lit, ∆: unlit) is displayed. Also, when the long hit flag is turned on by any of the 15R first big hit, the 15R second big hit, the 15R fifth big hit, and the 15R fifth big hit, the 15R lamp is turned on at the timing at which the corresponding big hit symbol is definitely displayed. (See FIG. 4) is lit and displayed. Specifically, the display mode is “2RΔ15R▲”.

Here, the big hit judgment (special symbol hit judgment) and the big hit type determination judgment may be referred to as "judgment", respectively, and may be called "judgment" including the big hit judgment which is a big hit judgment. Good. Also, these results may be referred to as “judgment results”.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the result of the hit/no hit determination (S1303, S1309) is not a “big hit” (NO in S1304), it is determined whether or not it is a small hit (S1305). That is, it is determined whether or not the value (label-TRND-A) of the random number counter for special symbol hit determination is equal to any of the small hit determination values “101” to “105” (FIG. 8(A)). See). Then, when it is determined that it is not the "small hit" (NO in S1305), a deviation symbol is determined (S1308), and the process ends. In other words, if the result of the hit/miss determination (S1303, S1309) is neither "big hit" nor "small hit", the result is "miss". On the other hand, when the result of the small hit determination (S1305) is determined to be "small hit" (YES in S1305), the small hit symbol is determined (S1306), the small hit flag is turned on (S1307), and the process is executed. Finish. In addition, the random number for determining whether or not the small hit may be provided separately from the random number for determining the special symbol win/loss.

[Special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection processing]
In the special symbol standby process (FIG. 22 ), after the special figure 2 hit determination process (S1202), the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process is performed (S1203). As shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, in the special figure 2 variation pattern selection processing (S1203), first, it is determined whether or not the game state is a time saving state (whether the time saving flag is ON) (S1401). ). Then, if it is not the time saving state (NO in S1401), that is, if it is the non-time saving state, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is ON (S1402), and if it is ON (YES in S1402), the non-time saving state Referring to the table for medium and big hits (the part corresponding to the non-time saving state and big hit in the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9), the fluctuation pattern is selected based on the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) ( S1403). If the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined. Further, in the present embodiment, the table for non-time saving medium-sized big hits is also divided depending on whether the big hits are long hits (15R big hits) or short hits (2R big hits) (see FIG. 9). However, this process is a variation pattern selection process for special figure 2, and there is only the 15R fifth big hit (long win) in the big hits that are won in the lottery of special figure 2 (see FIG. 6 ). Therefore, the location referred to in this processing is always the location per length, and the variation pattern P1 or P2 is selected. In addition, the non-time saving state medium and big hit table may not be divided into long hit and short hit tables. This also applies to the table for medium and big hits, which will be described later.

On the other hand, if the big hit flag is not ON (NO in S1402), it is determined whether or not the small hit flag is ON (S1405). If the small hit flag is ON (YES in S1405), the fluctuation is made with reference to the table for non-time saving state medium/small hits (the portion of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to the non-time saving state and small hits). A variation pattern is selected based on the pattern random number counter value (S1409). Specifically, in this embodiment, the variation pattern P4 is always selected.

Also, if the small hit flag is not ON (NO in S1405), it means neither a big hit nor a small hit. In this case, whether the number of reserved second special symbols is "1" or "2". It is determined whether or not (S1406). The number of reservations here is the number of memories including the information that determines the variation pattern by this process, and therefore the number of reservations is set to any value from "1" to "4". If it is determined in S1406 that the number of holdings is “1” or “2” (YES in S1406), the first holding number deviation table in the non-time saving state (the non-time saving of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9). With reference to the state, the deviation and the number corresponding to the reserved sphere number “1,2”), the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1407). In this embodiment, any of the fluctuation patterns P5 to P8 is selected.

On the other hand, in S1406, when it is determined that the number of holdings is not “1” or “2”, that is, “3” or “4” (NO in S1406), the second holding number deviation table during non-time saving state (FIG. In the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9, the variation pattern is determined based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) by referring to the non-time saving state, the part that corresponds to the number of retained balls “3, 4”). Select (S1408). In this embodiment, any of the fluctuation patterns P9 to P12 is selected. Here, the first holding number deviation table in the non-time saving state is set to have a higher possibility of selecting a fluctuation pattern of a relatively long fluctuation time than the second holding number deviation table. Also, the shortest fluctuating time that can be selected (12000 ms) is set to be longer than that of the second holding number deviation table (4000 ms). That is, at the time of disengagement, the function of shortening variation according to the number of reserved balls is designed to work, and when the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is "3" or "4", the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is " A variation pattern having a shorter variation time than when it is "1" or "2" is selected.

Further, in S1401 described above, when it is determined that the game state is a time saving state (YES in S1401), it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1410 in FIG. 25). When it is determined that the big hit flag is ON (YES in S1410), the fluctuation pattern is referred to with reference to the table for small and medium-sized big hits (the portion of the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. A variation pattern is selected based on the random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1411). As described above, this process is a variation pattern selection process for the special figure 2, and there is only the 15R fifth big hit (long win) among the big hits that are won in the lottery of the special figure 2 (see FIG. 6). In S1411, the variation pattern P13 or P14 corresponding to the length is selected.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S1410 that the big hit flag is not ON (NO in S1410), it is determined whether the small hit flag is ON (S1412). If the small hit flag is ON (YES in S1412), the fluctuation pattern random number is referred to with reference to the table for short-time medium-small hits (the portion of the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 which corresponds to the short-time status and small hits). A variation pattern is selected based on the counter value (S1416). Specifically, in this embodiment, the variation pattern P16 is always selected.

Further, if it is determined that the small hit flag is not ON in S1412 (NO in S1412), that is, if it is out, it is determined whether the number of reserved second special symbols is "1" (S1413). The number of reservations here is also the same as that described above, and the number of reservations is set to any one of "1" to "4". When it is determined that the number of holdings is "1" (YES in S1413), the third holding number deviation table in the time saving state (the non-time saving state and the deviation and the number of holding balls in the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 are set). 1)) to select a fluctuation pattern based on the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1414). In this embodiment, any of the fluctuation patterns P17 to P20 is selected. On the other hand, in S1413, when it is determined that the number of holdings is not “1”, that is, the number of holdings is any of “2” to “4” (NO in S1413), the fourth holding number deviation table in the time saving state. Referring to (part of the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to the time-shortened state, the deviation and the number of reserved balls “2 to 4”), the fluctuation pattern based on the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) Is selected (S1415). In this embodiment, any of the fluctuation patterns P21 to P24 is selected.

As described above, in the fluctuation pattern table during the time saving state (the portion corresponding to the time saving state in the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9), the function of the shortening fluctuation according to the number of reserved balls at the time of disengagement is "2. "-"4" works. In addition, when the big hit is won, it is easier to select a fluctuation pattern having a shorter fluctuation time than in the non-time saving state. That is, the fluctuation pattern table in the time saving state is a table in which the average value of the fluctuation time of the special symbol is shorter than the fluctuation pattern table in the non-time saving state. As a result, in the time saving state, compared to the non-time saving state (normal state), the digestion speed of special figure reservation is accelerated (the game during the time saving progresses rapidly).

After the variation pattern has been selected as described above, other processing (S1404) shown in FIG. 24 is performed, and this processing ends. In other processing (S1404), a variation pattern designation command (variation pattern designation command corresponding to Toku-zu 2) corresponding to the selected variation pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM. The set fluctuation pattern designation command is included in the fluctuation start command described later and is sent to the sub control board 90 by the output process (S201).

[Special figure 2 random number shift processing]
As shown in FIG. 26, in the special figure 2 random number shift processing (S1204), first, the special figure 2 reserved sphere count is decremented by 1 (S1501). Next, the storage location of the various counter values in the second special figure reservation storage unit is set to one lower side (for example, when the second special figure reservation storage unit includes an address space corresponding to addresses “0000” to “0003”, Shift to the "0000" side) (S1502). Then, "0" is set in the uppermost address space of the second special figure reservation storage unit, that is, (when the upper limit number is stored), the RAM area corresponding to the fourth special figure reservation Is cleared to 0 (S1503), and this processing ends.

After executing the special figure 2 random number shift processing (S1204), the special figure 2 variation start processing (S1205) in the special symbol waiting processing (S1102) shown in FIG. 22 is executed. In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1205), the special figure operation status is set to "2", the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the RAM, and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol is started.

Further, in the special symbol standby process (S1102) of FIG. 22, when the special figure 2 reserved sphere number is "0" and the special figure 1 reserved sphere number is not "0" (YES in S1201, NO in S1206) To this end, the special figure 1 right/wrong determination processing (S1207), the special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing (S1208), the special figure 1 random number shift processing (S1209), and the special figure 1 variation start processing (S1210) are performed in this order.

[Special Figure 1 Pass/Fail judgment processing]
As shown in FIG. 27, in the special figure 1 hit/miss determination processing (S1207), processing (S1601 to S1612) is performed in the same flow as the special figure 2 hit/miss determination processing (S1202) shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of this process is omitted.

However, since this processing is processing relating to special figure 1, in S1601, it is stored in the lowest area of the first special figure reservation storage unit of the RAM (that is, the RAM area corresponding to the first special figure reservation first). The special symbol correctness determination random number counter value (label-TRND-A) that is being read is read. Further, in the type determination of the big hit in S1610, there is a possibility that all of the 15R first big hit, the 15R second big hit, the 15R third big hit, and the 2R fourth big hit are judged (FIG. 8(B)). As shown in the column of the first special symbol (special diagram 1) of FIG. 8(B), the distribution ratio of each big hit is 40% for the 15R first big hit, 20% for the 15R second big hit, and the 15R third big hit. Is 30% and 2R 4th jackpot is 10%. When it is determined that the 15R first big hit, the 15R second big hit or the 15R third big hit is determined in the big hit type determination, the long hit flag is turned on as a big hit flag in S1612. On the other hand, if it is determined that the 2R fourth big hit, the short hit flag is turned on as a big hit flag in S1612.

[Special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection processing]
As shown in FIGS. 28 and 29, in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1208), the same flow (S1701 to S1720) as the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1203) shown in FIGS. 24 and 25 is performed. )I do. Therefore, a detailed description of this process is omitted.

However, this process is a process related to Toku-zu 1, so if YES in S1702 (Fig. 28) (that is, if the jackpot flag is ON), the type of jackpot is 15R jackpot (15R first jackpot, 15R jackpot). It is determined whether or not it is a two-big hit or a 15R third big hit) (S1703). If it is the 15R big hit (long hit) (YES in S1703), refer to the table for the 15R big hit during the non-time saving state (the part corresponding to the non-time saving state and the long hit in the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9). Then, the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1704). Specifically, the variation pattern P1 or P2 is selected.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S1703 that it is not the 15R big hit (NO in S1703), that is, if it is the 2R fourth big hit (short hit), the table for 2R big hit in the non-time saving state (of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9). The portion corresponding to the non-time saving state and the short hit) is referred to and the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1706). Specifically, the variation pattern P3 is selected.

Further, in this special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing, even if YES in S1712 (FIG. 29) (that is, when the big hit flag is ON), the type of big hit is 15R big hit (15R first big hit, 15R second big hit) , 15R third jackpot) is determined (S1713). If it is a 15R big hit (long hit) (YES in S1713), refer to the table for 15R big hit during the time saving state (the portion corresponding to the time saving state and the long hit in the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9), A fluctuation pattern is selected based on the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (S1714). Specifically, the variation pattern P13 or P14 is selected.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S1713 that it is not the 15R big hit (NO in S1713), that is, if it is the 2R fourth big hit (short hit), the table for 2R big hit in the time saving state (the time saving of the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 is The state and the portion corresponding to the short hit) are referred to and the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1715). Specifically, the variation pattern P15 is selected.

In this special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing, after the variation pattern is selected, other processing (S1705, FIG. 29) is performed, and this processing ends. In other processing (S1705), a variation pattern designation command (variation pattern designation command corresponding to Toku-zu 1) corresponding to the selected variation pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM. The set fluctuation pattern designation command is included in the fluctuation start command described later and is sent to the sub control board 90 by the output process (S201).

[Special figure 1 random number shift processing]
As shown in FIG. 30, in the special figure 1 random number shift processing (S1209), first, the special figure 1 reserved sphere number is decremented by 1 (S1801). Next, the storage location of each counter value in the first special figure reservation storage unit is shifted to the lower side by one (S1802). Then, "0" is set to the highest address space of the first special figure reservation storage unit, that is, (when the upper limit number is stored), the RAM area corresponding to the fourth special figure reservation Is cleared to 0 (S1803), and this process ends.

After the special figure 1 random number shift processing (S1209) is executed, the special figure 1 variation start processing (S1210) of FIG. 22 is executed. In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1210), the special figure operation status is set to "2", and the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the RAM to start the variable display of the first special symbol.

[Special symbol changing process]
As shown in FIG. 31, in the special symbol variation process (S1104), first, the variation time of the special symbol (variation time determined according to the variation pattern selected in S1203 or S1208 of FIG. 22, see FIG. 9) It is determined whether or not the time has passed (S1901). If it is determined that the variation time has not elapsed (NO in S1901), the process ends. As a result, the variable display of special symbols is continued.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (YES in S1901), the variation stop command is set (S1902). Then, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON (S1903), and if it is ON (YES in S1903), the probability variation counter is decremented by 1 (S1904), and whether the value of the probability variation counter is "0" or not. It is determined (S1905). If it is determined in S1905 that the probability variation counter is "0", the probability variation flag is turned off, and the process proceeds to S1907. On the other hand, when it is determined that the probability variation flag is not ON (NO in S1903) or the probability variation counter is not “0” (NO in S1905), the process proceeds to S1907.

Then, in S1907, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S1907), and when it is determined that the time saving flag is ON (YES in S1907), the variable display number of special symbols executed during the time saving state is counted. 1 is subtracted from the value of the hour/hour counter (S1908), it is determined whether or not the value of the hour/hour counter is “0” (S1909), and if it is “0” (YES in S1909), the hour/hour flag is turned off. (S1910), the process proceeds to S1911. If it is determined that the time saving flag is not ON (NO in S1907) or if the value of the time saving counter is not “0” (NO in S1909), the process proceeds to S1911. In S1911, the special figure operation status is set to "3" (S1911). Then, the variable display of the special symbol is subjected to other processing such as stopping at a result according to the determination result of the special symbol right/wrong determination random number and the big hit type determining random number (S1912), and this processing is ended.

[Special symbol confirmation processing]
As shown in FIG. 32, in the special symbol determination process (S1106), first, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is ON (S2001). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S2001), whether or not the type of jackpot is 15R jackpot (any of 15R 1 jackpot, 15R 2 jackpot, 15 3 jackpot and 15R jackpot) Is determined (S2002). Then, if it is the 15R big hit (that is, if the long hit flag is ON), the round to be executed during the big hit game (in the mode of opening one round once, one round is from opening to closing of the special winning opening) The value of the round counter that counts the number of times is set to "15", and as the opening pattern of the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35) (see FIG. 6), the 15R first For big hits, open pattern for 15R first big hit, for 15R second big hit, open pattern for 15R second big hit, for 15R third big hit, open pattern for 15R third big hit, 15R fifth big hit If there is, the opening pattern for the 15R fifth jackpot is set, and if it is the 15R sixth jackpot, the opening pattern for the 15R sixth jackpot is set (S2003).

On the other hand, when it is determined in S2002 that the 15R big hit is not generated (that is, when the short hit flag is ON), the big hit type is the 2R fourth big hit, so the value of the round counter is set to "2" and As the opening pattern of the winning opening (first big winning opening 30 or second big winning opening 35), the opening pattern for the 2R fourth big hit (see FIG. 6) is set (S2004).

After finishing the processing of S2003 or S2004, in order to start the big hit game, set the big hit opening command (S2005), start the big hit game opening effect (S2006), and set the special figure operation status to "4". Yes (S2007).

When it is determined in S2001 that the big hit flag is not ON (NO in S2001), it is determined whether the small hit flag is ON (S2008). As a result, if the small hit flag is ON (YES in S2008), the value of the small hit open counter that counts the number of times the big winning opening (second big winning opening 35) is opened during the small hit game is "2". And the opening pattern for the small hit (see FIG. 6) is set as the opening pattern of the special winning opening (second special winning opening 35) (S2009). Then, in order to start the small hit game, the opening command for the small hit is set (S2010), the opening effect of the small hit game is started (S2011), and the special figure operation status is set to "5" (S2012). . If the small hit flag is not ON in S2008 (NO in S2008), neither the big hit game nor the small hit game is started, so the special figure operation status is set to "1", and the process ends.

[Special electric accessory processing 1 (big hit game)]
As shown in FIG. 33, in the special electric auditors product processing 1 (S1108), first, it is determined whether the probability variation flag is ON (S2101), and when it is determined to be ON (YES in S2101), the probability variation flag is turned OFF ( S2102). Further, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S2103), and when it is determined to be ON (YES in S2103), the time saving flag is turned OFF (S2104). In other words, during execution of the big hit game, it is controlled to a low probability state and a non-time saving state. In this embodiment, since the non-time saving state is always in the low base state, it is also controlled to the low accurate low base state during the execution of the big hit game.

Next, it is determined whether or not the big hit end flag is ON (S2105). The big hit end flag is a flag that indicates that the opening of the big winning openings (the first big winning opening 30 and the second big winning opening 35) has all ended (the big hit playing has ended). If the big hit end flag is not ON (NO in S2105), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening (first special winning opening 30 or second special winning opening 35) is open (S2106). If it is not open (NO in S2106), whether or not the time (timing) for opening the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35) has been reached, that is, the opening time of the big hit has passed. Then, it is determined whether or not it is time to start the first round, or it is time to start the next round (next opening) after the time interval between rounds has elapsed (S2107). This is determined based on the special winning opening opening pattern set for each type of big hit described above. For example, before the start of the first round, it is determined whether or not the opening period has ended and the first opening process of the first round is executed. If the first round has already started, it is determined whether or not the previous round has ended and the predetermined interval period has ended. The round is also simply called "R" or "round game".

If the decision result in S2107 is NO, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the decision result in S2107 is YES, it is decided whether or not the executed round corresponds to any one of the first round and the second round, that is, whether it is the V round (S2108). ). This may be determined for each jackpot type by using the value of the round counter, or may be determined by providing a round counter for counting the number of rounds to be separately executed. If the round to be executed is not the V round (NO in S2108), that is, if it is any of the 3 to 15 rounds, the process proceeds to S2110, and the first big according to the opening pattern (see FIG. 6) according to the type of big hit. To open the winning opening 30, the first big winning device 31 is operated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the round to be executed is the V round (the first round or the second round) (YES in S2108), the V valid period setting process (S2109) is performed, and then the process proceeds to S2110, and the type of the big hit. The second special winning device 36 is operated to open the second special winning opening 35 in accordance with the opening pattern (see FIG. 6) corresponding to. Further, when opening the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35), that is, when starting a round, a round start command for the corresponding round is set. For example, a round start command such as "1R start command" for starting the first round and "2R start command" for starting the second round is set so that the round to be started can be specified. The set round start command is transmitted to the sub control unit 90 by the output process of S201.

In the V valid period setting process (S2109), the opening of the second special winning opening 35 in the V round (one round or two rounds in the present embodiment) and a few seconds after the closing of the second special winning opening 35 are performed in the specific region. A period during which it is determined that the detection of the game ball by the sensor 39a is valid is set. In the present embodiment, the period other than this (including during small hits and when special games are not executed) is set as a period (invalid period) in which the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is determined to be invalid. ing. Here, the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is determined to be valid means that the V flag is turned on based on the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a (S2401 to S2403 of the specific area sensor detection processing described later). The fact that the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is determined to be invalid means that the V flag is not turned on even when the game ball is detected by the specific area sensor 39a.

Here, when the game ball is detected by the specific area sensor 39a and the V flag is turned on, the game state indicator 46 is set to a predetermined display mode, and the game state after the jackpot game is in a high probability state. To inform. Specifically, the game status indicator 46 is composed of three LEDs "a1a2a3". In this embodiment, in the normal state (low probability state), the display mode is "a1□a2□a3□" (for example, □: extinguished, ■: lit). Also, when the game ball is detected by the specific area sensor 39a during the big hit game, and the V flag is turned on, the display mode of "a1*a2*a3*" is displayed. Then, when the big hit game ends and the game state is set to the high probability state, the display mode of "a1□a2□a3□" is displayed. Further, the lighting control timing of the game status indicator 46 is not limited to such timing, and during the big hit game, the display mode of "a1□a2□a3□" remains as it is even if the game ball passes through the specific area. The display mode of "a1■a2■a3■" may be set at the timing of transitioning to the high-probability state after the jackpot game, and "a1□a2□a3□" may be set at the timing of transitioning from the high-probability state to the low-probability state. ..

That is, in a specific area sensor detection process (S208) described later, the V flag is turned ON only when the V passage (the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39) is detected during the V effective period, and the value is outside the V effective period (V invalid period). The V flag is not turned on at the time of detecting V passage of (middle). If the V flag is ON, the probability variation flag is turned ON, that is, the gaming state after the big hit game is set to a high probability state (see a gaming state setting process described later). By doing so, the V flag is not turned on based on the V passage due to the fraudulent act, that is, it is prevented from being illegally set to the high probability state.

Also, if there is V passage in the V round of the big hit game (1R or 2R), the gaming state after the big hit game is set to a high probability state, while there is V passage during the small hit game, If the gaming state before the small hit game is a normal state, the gaming state after the small hit game is also a normal state, and if the gaming state before the small hit game is a high probability state, after the small hit game is finished The game state is also a high probability state. That is, the winning/probability determination probability is not changed before and after the small hit game.

In the present embodiment, in the V valid period setting process (S2109), the period (valid period) in which the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is determined to be valid even when the 15R second and third big hits are set is set. However, as another aspect, in the case of the 15R second and third big hits, the valid period may not be set in the V round. That is, in the case of the 15R second and third big hits, the V round may be set to the invalid period. In the big hit game relating to the 15R second and third big hits, the opening time of the second big winning opening 35 is set to an extremely short time of 0.1 seconds, so that the game ball enters the second big winning opening 35. The possibility is infinitely low, but if it is set to an invalid period, the V flag will not be turned ON even if a ball is entered. As a result, it is possible to prevent the V flag from being illegally turned on and the V flag from being turned on due to a rare ball entry. In the present embodiment, the first round and the second round are V rounds, and the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is valid in the V rounds, but the location of the V rounds is not limited to this.

If the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35) is being opened in S2106 (YES in S2106), the maximum number of winnings in the special winning opening in the round is the specified maximum. It is determined whether or not (10 in one round in this embodiment) has been reached (S2111). If the prescribed number of balls has not been reached (NO in S2111), it is the time (timing) to close the special winning opening, that is, a predetermined opening time after opening the special winning opening (see FIG. 6). It is determined whether or not has passed (S2112). If the opening time of the special winning opening has not elapsed (NO in S2112), the process ends.

On the other hand, when the prescribed number of balls has been reached (YES in S2111) or when the opening time of the special winning opening has elapsed (YES in S2112), that is, one of the two round end conditions is met. If so, the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35) is closed (S2113). Then, the value of the round counter is decremented by 1 (S2114), and it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter is "0" (S2115). If it is determined that the value is not “0” (NO in S2115), the process is ended to start the next round. When closing the special winning opening (the first special winning opening 30 or the second special winning opening 35), that is, when ending the round, a round end command for the corresponding round is set. For example, a round end command that can specify the round to be ended is set, such as "1R end command" for the end of the first round and "2R end command" for the end of the second round. The set round end command is transmitted to the sub control unit 90 by the output process of S201. The round end command is transmitted at the end of rounds other than the final round of the big hit game, that is, when it is determined in S2115 that the value of the round counter is not "0". For example, if the number of rounds of the big hit game to be executed is the 15R big hit game, a round end command is transmitted until the end of 14R, but is not transmitted at the end of 15R. This is because the ending command to be set in the process of S2116, which will be described later, is transmitted at the end of the final round.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the value of the round counter is “0” (YES in S2115), as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game, a jackpot ending command is set (S2116) and the jackpot ending effect is started. Yes (S2117). Then, the jackpot end flag is set (S2118), and the process ends. In addition, the round counter becomes “0” when the big winning opening is executed 15 times in the case of long hit (15R big hit), and the big winning opening is opened twice in the case of short hit (2R big hit). When executed, it becomes "0".

If it is determined in S2105 that the jackpot end flag is ON (YES in S2105), it is determined whether or not the execution time (ending time) of the ending effect for the jackpot has passed because the final round has ended. (S2119), if the ending time has not elapsed (NO in S2119), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2119), the jackpot end flag is turned off (S2120), and then a game state setting process (S2121) described later is performed. Then, the jackpot flag is turned off (S2122), the special figure operation status is set to "1" (S2123), and the process is ended. As a result, in the next interrupt process, the special symbol standby process (S1102) will be executed again as the special symbol operation process (S207). It can be said that the game control microcomputer 81 that executes the special electric auditors product processing 1 (S1108) functions as "special game execution means".

[Game state setting process]
As shown in FIG. 34, in the game state setting process (S2121), first, it is determined whether or not the V flag is ON (S2201). The V flag is a flag that is turned on in a specific area sensor detection process (FIG. 36) described later. If the V flag is ON (YES in S2201), the probability variation flag is turned ON (S2202), "100" is set in the probability variation counter (S2203), the V flag is turned OFF (S2204), and S2205 is executed. Go to processing. On the other hand, if the V flag is OFF (NO in S2201), the process proceeds to S2205 without turning ON the probability variation flag. That is, in the present pachinko gaming machine 1, it is determined whether or not to set the gaming state after the jackpot game is finished to the high-probability state, based on whether or not the V flag is ON in this gaming state setting process. ..

In S2205, it is determined whether or not the finished big hit game (the big hit game executed this time) is the 15R big hit. Then, when it is determined that the 15R big hit (YES in S2205), it is determined whether or not the 15R big hit is the 15R third big hit (S2206), and if it is the 15R third big hit (YES in S2206), it is as it is. When the processing is completed and the 15R third big hit is not detected, that is, the 15R first, second, or fifth big hit (NO in S2206), the time saving flag is turned ON (S2207), and the time saving counter is set to "100". Is set (S2208), and the process ends. Here, if the big hit game of this time is related to the 15R first big hit or the 15R fifth big hit, the game ball passes the specific area 39 (V passing) during the big hit game and the V flag is turned ON. Since it is supposed to be (YES in S2201), the game state after the big hit game in this case becomes a highly accurate and high base state. If the big hit game of this time is related to the 15R second big hit, it means that V has not passed and the V flag has not been turned on during the big hit game (NO in S2201). After the big hit game in this case, The game state of becomes a low accurate high base state. Also, if the big hit game of this time is related to the 15R third big hit, it means that V has not passed and the V flag has not been turned on during the big hit game (NO in S2201). The game state of becomes a low accurate low base state.

On the other hand, in S2205, when it is determined that the finished big hit game (big hit game executed this time) is not the 15R big hit, that is, the 2R fourth big hit (NO in S2205), the game state before the start of this big hit game, that is, It is determined whether or not the game state when the 2R fourth big hit is a time saving state (S2209), and if it is determined not to be a time saving state (NO in S2209), the process is directly performed without turning on the time saving flag. To finish. As a result, when the V flag is not turned on in the big hit game this time (NO in S2201), the game state after the big hit game is a low-probability low base state, and the V flag is turned on in the big hit game this time. In the case (YES in S2201), the game state after the big hit game is the high-accuracy low base state.

On the other hand, in S2209, when it is determined that the game state when the 2R fourth big hit is the time saving state (YES in S2209), the time saving flag is turned ON (S2207), and the time saving counter is set to "100". (S2208), and the process ends. As a result, when the V flag is not turned on in the big hit game of this time (NO in S2201), the game state after the big hit game is a low certainty high base state, and the V flag is turned on in the big hit game of this time. In the case (YES in S2201), the gaming state after the jackpot game is over becomes the highly accurate and high base state.

In addition, the high-precision high base state, the low-precision high base state and the high-precision low base state are all 100 times that the special symbol is variably displayed, and the next big hit occurs. It ends by establishment.

In addition, the processing (S2209) for determining whether the gaming state before the big hit game related to the 2R fourth big hit is a time saving state is performed by changing the operating state of the time saving function and the high base function before and after the big hit game to a small hit. This is because it is the same as the state (condition) when the error occurs. If these operating states are different between the case of the 2R fourth big hit and the case of the small hit, even if it is difficult to recognize which of the hits is due to the opening pattern of the special winning opening, the subsequent gaming state (time saving function and This is because it is possible to easily discriminate which one is hit by the operating state of the high base function. This makes it difficult to distinguish between the 2R fourth big hit and the small hit depending on the opening pattern of the special winning opening, and also makes it difficult to distinguish based on the operating states of the time saving function and the high base generating function thereafter.

[Special electric accessory processing 2 (small hit game)]
As shown in FIG. 35, in the special electric auditors product processing 2 (S1109), first, it is determined whether or not the small hit end flag is ON (S2301). The small hit end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the second big winning opening 35 has all ended in the small hit game. If the small hit end flag is not ON (NO in S2301), it is determined whether or not the second special winning opening 35 is being opened (S2302). If it is not open (NO in S2302), whether or not the time (timing) for opening the special winning opening (first special winning opening 30 or second special winning opening 35) has been reached, that is, the opening time for a small hit It is determined whether or not the time has come to start the first opening after the elapse, or the time to start the next opening after the time of the interval between a plurality of times has elapsed (S2303). If the decision result in S2303 is NO, the process is ended as it is. On the other hand, if the determination result of S2303 is YES, after performing the V invalid period setting process (S2304), the process proceeds to S2305 to open the second big winning opening 35 in accordance with the small hit opening pattern (see FIG. 6). The second big winning device 36 is activated.

In the V invalid period setting process (S2304), the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is invalidated during the opening of the second special winning opening 35 and the closing of the second special winning opening 35 in the small hit game. Set the judgment period. Further, in the present embodiment, a period other than the period defined as the valid period in the above-mentioned V valid period setting process (S2109) is an invalid period. Therefore, in this V ineffective period setting process, it is confirmed whether or not the effective period is set, that is, whether or not the effective period is set. Specifically, check whether the V timer (provided in the RAM of the main control board 80) that counts down the elapse of the V effective period is set to "0" (that is, the state without the effective period). To do. If the V timer is not "0", the V timer is set to "0". The V timer may be set to "0", that is, to be set to a state without a valid period, without checking whether or not the V timer is "0". As a result, even if there is V passage during the small hit game, if the game state before the start of the small hit game is the normal state, the game state after the end of the small hit game does not shift to the high probability state. In the present embodiment, the period other than the period defined as the valid period in the V valid period setting process (S2109) described above is an invalid period, so the process of S2304 may be omitted.

If the second special winning opening 35 is being opened in S2302 (YES in S2302), the number of balls entered into the second special winning opening 35 during the second opening, that is, the game ball entered in the second opening. It is determined whether or not the number obtained by adding all of the numbers has reached the specified maximum number of entered balls (10 in this embodiment) (S2306). If the prescribed number of winning balls has not been reached (NO in S2306), whether or not it is time to close the second special winning opening 35, that is, a predetermined opening time after opening the second special winning opening 35 (see FIG. 6). (See) has passed (S2307). If the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 has not elapsed (NO in S2307), the process ends.

On the other hand, when the number of balls entered into the second special winning opening 35 has reached the specified number of winnings during the opening of the second time (YES in S2306), the second special winning opening 35 is closed (S2314). , S2311 shifts to the small hit end processing. On the other hand, when it is determined in S2307 that the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 has elapsed (YES in S2307), the second special winning opening 35 is closed (S2308). Then, the value of the small hit open counter is decremented by 1 (S2309), and it is determined whether or not the value of the small hit open counter is "0" (S2310). If it is determined in S2310 that it is not "0" (NO in S2310), the process is ended as it is to start the next opening.

On the other hand, if it is determined to be “0” in S2310 (YES in S2310), the process shifts to the small hit ending process of S2311. In S2311, as a small hit ending process for ending the small hit game, an ending command for the small hit is set (S2311), and an ending effect for the small hit is started (S2312). Then, the small hit end flag is set (S2313), and the process ends. The small hit opening counter becomes "0" when the second big winning opening 35 is opened twice.

If the small hit end flag is ON in S2301 (YES in S2301), it is judged that the ending time of the small hit has elapsed since the opening of the second time has ended (S2315), and the ending time. If has not elapsed (NO in S2315), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2315), the small hit end flag is turned off (S2316), the small hit flag is turned off (S2317), and the special figure operation status is set to "1". Set (S2318) and finish processing. As a result, in the next interrupt process, the special symbol standby process (S1102) will be executed again as the special symbol operation process (S207).

The probability variation flag and the time saving flag are not switched from ON to OFF when the small hit game is started. Further, at the end of the small hit game, the game state setting process (S2121, FIG. 36) is not performed. That is, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, the gaming state is not changed before and after the small hit game is executed. It can be said that the game control microcomputer 81 that executes the special electric auditors product processing 2 (S1109) functions as "small profit special game executing means".

[Specific area sensor detection processing]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a specific area sensor detection process (S208) after the special figure operation process (S207). As shown in FIG. 36, in the specific area sensor detection process (S208), first, it is determined whether or not the specific area sensor 39a detects a game ball (S2401), and when it is determined that there is no detection (NO in S2401). ), the processing ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the detection is performed in S2401 (YES in S2401), it is determined whether or not the V valid period is in progress (S2402). The V valid period is a period set in the V valid period setting process (S2109) in the special electric auditors product process 1 (S1108) described above. In this embodiment, the V effective period is set in the first and second rounds of the big hit game.

In addition, when it is determined that the V valid period is in S2402 (YES in S2402), the V flag is turned ON (S2403), and whether or not the jackpot game currently being executed is the 2R jackpot (2R fourth jackpot). It is determined (S2404). If it is determined that it is not the 2R jackpot (NO in S2404), that is, if it is the 15R jackpot, the first V pass command is set (S2405), and the process is ended. On the other hand, if it is determined that the 2R jackpot is hit (YES in S2404), the second V pass command is set (S2406), and the process ends. The CPU of the main control board 80 transmits this V passage command to the sub control board 90 at a predetermined timing, and the sub control board 90 produces a V passage effect such as a display effect or a sound effect depending on the type of the received V passage command. Run.

If it is determined in S2402 that the V valid period is not in progress (NO in S2402), the third V pass command is set without turning on the V flag (S2407), and the process ends. The first V passage command is a command for causing the sub-control board 90 to perform V passage notification control. On the other hand, the second V pass command and the third V pass command are commands for preventing the sub control board 90 from in principle performing the V pass notification control. Further, the game control microcomputer 81 executes the specific area sensor detection processing (S208) and the V effective period setting processing (S2109), thereby switching the effective/ineffective passage of the game ball to the specific area 39. It functions as (specific area state switching means).

[Reserved ball count processing]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a reserved area count process (S209) after the specific region sensor detection process (S208). As shown in FIG. 37, in the reserved sphere number process (S209), first, the special figure 1 reserved sphere number, the special figure 2 reserved sphere number and the normal symbol reserved sphere number stored in the RAM of the main control board 80 are read out. (S2501). Next, the data of the number of reserved balls (the command of the number of reserved balls for transmitting the information of the number of reserved balls to the sub-control board 90) is set in the output buffer of the RAM (S2502). The data related to the number of reserved balls (reserved number of balls command) is output by the output process (S201) in the next interrupt process (S105), and the data related to the number of reserved balls (reserved number of balls command) for each interrupt process. To the output buffer (S2502) and the output process (S201) are sequentially performed.

When the sub-control unit 90 that has received the command for the number of reserved balls has determined that the number of reserved balls for special map has increased or decreased based on the received command for the number of reserved balls, the sub-control unit 90 displays the first image display device 7 accordingly. The display contents of the effect hold display area (first effect hold display area 9c, second effect hold display area 9d) on the screen 7a are updated. Specifically, for example, when the special figure 1 holding ball number is increased from "3" to "4" by 1, the first effect holding 9a corresponding to the increased special figure 1 holding ball number "4" is generated. It is additionally displayed in the first effect hold display area 9c. In addition, when the special figure 1 reservation number of balls is decreased from "2" to "1" by 1 (that is, when the first special figure reservation is exhausted), the left end of the first effect reservation display area 9c (special figure 1 reservation) The first effect holding 9a displayed in the part corresponding to the number of balls “1” (see FIG. 3) is erased, or moved to and displayed in the fluctuation holding display area (not shown). , The first effect hold 9a displayed in the first effect hold display area 9c is moved (shifted) to the left by one. On the other hand, the display content of the second effect hold 9b (second special figure hold) can be updated in the same manner as the first effect hold 9a (first special figure hold).

For the data of the special figure reservation sphere number when the special figure reservation sphere number is added, that is, the data of the special figure reservation sphere number due to the occurrence of the start winning (start prize), please refer to the above-mentioned start entering command. It is also possible to include or to set a reserved ball number command indicating the special figure reserved ball number after addition (after starting ball entry) in the output buffer together with the starting ball entry command. In addition, the data of the number of reserved balls when the special figure reservation number of balls is subtracted, that is, the data of the special figure reserved number of balls accompanying the start of fluctuation of the special symbol (digestion of special figure reservation) It is also possible to include or to set a holding ball number command indicating the special figure holding ball number after subtraction (after the special figure holding is exhausted) in the output buffer together with the variation start command.

[Power interruption monitoring process]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a power-off monitoring process (S210) after the reserved ball number process (S209). As shown in FIG. 38, in the power-off monitoring process (S210), first, it is determined whether or not a power-off signal is input (S2601), and if there is no input (NO in S2601), the process ends. On the other hand, if there is a power-off signal input (YES in S2601), the current state of the gaming machine (whether it is a probability change, whether it is a winning game, the number of holding balls, the number of remaining fluctuations of probability change/time reduction are several) Data relating to the above) is stored in the RAM (S2602), the power-off flag is turned on (S2603), and thereafter the loop processing is performed without returning to the interrupt processing (FIG. 11).

[Sub-control main processing]
Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described with reference to FIGS. 39 to 45. The counter, flags, statuses, buffers, etc. appearing in the explanation of the operation of the production control microcomputer 91 are provided in the RAM of the sub control board 90 (sub control unit). When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, the effect control microcomputer 91 provided in the sub-control board 90 reads out and executes the sub-control main processing program shown in FIG. 39 from the ROM of the sub-control board 90. As shown in the figure, in the sub-control main processing, CPU initialization processing is first performed (S4001). In the CPU initialization process (S4001), stack settings, constant settings, CPU 92 settings, SIO, PIO, CTC (interrupt time controller) settings, and various flags, status and counter resets are performed.

Subsequently, in S4002, it is determined whether the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the RAM of the sub control board 90 are normal (S4002). If the determination result is NO (NO in S4002), the RAM of the sub control board 90 is initialized (S4003), and the process proceeds to S4004. On the other hand, if the determination result is YES (YES in S4002), the process proceeds to S4004 without initializing the RAM of the sub control board 90. That is, if the power-off signal is not ON, or if the content of the RAM is not normal even if the power-off signal is ON (NO in S4002), the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is initialized, but due to a power failure or the like. If the power-off signal is turned on but the contents of the RAM are kept normal (YES in S4002), the RAM is not initialized. When the RAM is initialized, various flags, statuses, and counter values are reset. The processing of S4001 to S4003 is executed only once (when the power is turned on) after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter. Further, in the present embodiment, the effect control microcomputer 91 also performs the same processing as the power-off monitoring processing (S210) by the game control microcomputer 81 shown in FIG. 11, and the power-off signal is turned on due to a power failure or the like. Then, the data relating to the effect control at that time is stored in the RAM of the sub control board 90. That is, the data related to the performance control when the power is cut off such as a power failure is backed up. Therefore, unless the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is initialized (S4003) when the power is turned on after the power is restored from a power failure such as a power failure (when the power is restored), the performance control by the performance control microcomputer 91 is performed. The state of returns to the state before the power failure.

In S4004, interrupts are disabled. Next, random number seed update processing is executed (S4005). In the random number seed update processing (S4005), the values of various effect determination random number counters are updated. The updated random number counter value is sequentially stored in a predetermined update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM of the sub control board 90. In addition, in the random number for effect determination, the random number for determining variable effect for determining the mode of the variable effect to be executed (fluctuation effect pattern), the random number for predicting effect determining the predictive effect, the effect pattern for determining the effect pattern to be stopped and displayed There are random numbers for decision, etc. The method of updating the random number can be the same method as the random number updating process performed by the main control board 80 described above. When updating, the random number values may be added not by one, but by two. The random number for effect determination is acquired at a predetermined timing. The timing is, for example, when a control signal (starting ball entry command) for notifying that there is a starting ball entry from the main control board 80 or a control signal (notifying start of variation from the main control board 80). When a variation start command) is transmitted, or when a variation effect pattern to be described later is determined, this can be done. The storage location of the obtained random numbers for effect determination is a predetermined random number counter value storage area (not shown) of the RAM of the sub-control board 90.

Here, the variation effect is the symbol variation game effect described above. The variable effect includes various effects (effects during variable display) that can be executed throughout from the start to the end of the variable display of the special symbol. For example, the variable display and reach display of the effect symbol 8 (reach effect) executed on the display screen of the image display device during the variable display of the special symbol, the notice display (announcement effect) related to the variable display of the effect symbol 8, etc. The display effect of corresponds to the fluctuation effect (symbol fluctuation game effect). Further, during the variable display of the effect design 8, the movable effect that the movable decorative member 14 operates as a part of the reach effect or the notice effect, the sound effect in which a predetermined sound effect is output, and the light emitted by the predetermined illumination member. When effects and the like are executed, respective effects such as these movable effects are also included in the variable effects (symbol variable game effects).

When the random number seed update processing (S4005) is completed, command transmission processing is executed (S4006). In the command transmission process, various commands (control signals) stored in the output buffer (also referred to as “sub output buffer”) in the RAM of the sub control board 90 are transmitted to the image control board 100, the sound control board 106, and It is transmitted to the lamp control board 107. Each control board (each control unit) that received the command uses various effect devices (image display devices 7, 71, speaker 67, board lamp 5, frame lamp 66, movable decorative member 14, etc.) according to the received command. Various game effects (symbol variation game effect, special game effect associated with big hit game and small hit game, etc.) are executed. The production control microcomputer 91 subsequently permits interruption (S4007). After that, S4004 to S4007 are looped. While interrupts are enabled, reception interrupt processing (S4008), 2ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), and 10ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) can be executed. By executing these control processes, display control (effect display control) of various effect images such as effect patterns on each display screen (effect display unit) of the first image display device 7 and the second image display device 71, It is possible to perform lighting control of various lamps, operation control of movable decoration members, audio output control from a speaker, and the like.

[Reception interrupt processing]
In the reception interrupt process (S4008), as shown in FIG. 40, whether or not the strobe signal (STB signal) is ON, that is, the strobe signal sent from the main control board 80 is the external INT input of the effect control microcomputer 91. It is determined whether or not it has been input to the copy (S4101). If it is determined in S4101 that the strobe signal is not ON (NO in S4101), the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in S4101 that the strobe signal is ON (YES in S4101), various commands transmitted from the main control board 80 are stored in the RAM of the sub control board 90 (S4102), and the processing is ended. .. The reception interrupt process (S4008) is a process executed prior to the other interrupt processes (S4009, S4010).

[2ms timer interrupt processing]
The 2 ms timer interrupt process (S4009) is a process executed every time an interrupt pulse of 2 msec cycle is input to the sub control board 90. As shown in FIG. 41, in the 2 ms timer interrupt process (S4009), first, an input process for creating switch data (edge data and level data) based on the detection signals from the effect button detection switches 63c and 63d is performed (S4201). .. Subsequently, a ramp data output process for outputting the ramp data created by the 10 ms timer interrupt process described later is performed (S4202). Next, drive data output processing for outputting drive data for driving the movable decorative member 14 (electric drive source) is performed (S4203). This drive data is also created by the 10 ms timer interrupt process described later. Then, a watchdog timer process for resetting the watchdog timer is performed (S4204).

[10ms timer interrupt processing]
The 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4010) is a process executed every time an interrupt pulse of 10 msec cycle is input to the sub control board 90. As shown in FIG. 42, in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4010), first, a received command analysis process (S4302) described later is performed. Next, a switch state acquisition process of storing the switch data created by the 2 ms timer interrupt process in the RAM of the sub control board 90 as the switch data for the 10 ms timer interrupt process is performed (S4303), and the switch stored by the switch state acquisition process is performed. A switch process for setting the display contents of the display screen 7a based on the data is performed (S4304). After that, lamp data (data for controlling lighting of the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66) is created, drive data (data for controlling the operation of the movable decorative member 14) is created, and random numbers for effect determination are updated. Other processing such as switching is performed (S4305).

[Reception command analysis processing]
As shown in FIG. 43, in the received command analysis processing (S4302), first, it is determined whether or not the start ball entry command is received from the main control board 80 (S4395), and it is determined that the start ball entry command is not received. If it is (NO in S4395), the process proceeds to S4401, and if it is determined that the start entry command is received (YES in S4395), the effect hold information storage process (S4400) is performed, and the process proceeds to S4401. .. The production hold information storage process (S4400) is performed by various information (preliminary determination result, jackpot type determination random number) included in the start-in ball command (special figure 1 start-in ball command or special figure 2 start-in ball command) received in S4395. Numerical value, game information such as fluctuation pattern random number value), according to the type of special symbol (first special symbol, second special symbol) and the start/end command transmission/reception (when command is generated) special symbol holding balls , Is stored in a predetermined effect holding information storage area of the RAM of the sub-control board 90 in a shift memory format. For example, when the received starting ball entering command is the special figure 1 starting ball entering command corresponding to the number of reserved balls “4” in the special figure 1, the pre-determination result and the hit type included in the special figure 1 starting ball entering command. Such information is stored as special figure 1 effect hold information in an area corresponding to the number of holds 4 in the special figure 1 effect hold information storage area. The effect holding information stored in this manner can be used for execution of various effects such as a symbol variation game effect, a notice effect, and an effect mode. The contents stored in the effect holding information storage area in the sub-control board 90 (effect holding information) is the special figure reservation storage section (first special figure reservation storage section, second special figure) in the main control board (main control section) 80 described above. This is the same as the stored content (acquired information) in the hold storage unit). From this, it can be said that the effect holding information storage area of the sub control board 90 is also an “acquired information storage means”.

Next, in S4401, it is determined whether or not a fluctuation start command is received from the main control board 80 (S4401), and when it is determined that the fluctuation start command is received (YES in S4401), a fluctuation effect start process described later ( S4402) is performed and the process proceeds to S4406. When it is determined that the variation start command is not received (NO in S4401), the process proceeds to S4406 without performing the variation effect start process. In S4406, it is determined whether or not the fluctuation stop command is received from the main control board 80 (S4406), and when it is determined that the fluctuation stop command is received (YES in S4406), the effect design 8 is stopped and displayed, and the fluctuation effect is produced. The variable effect end processing for ending the is performed (S4407). In the variation effect ending process (S4407), the effect symbol 8 is stopped and displayed, and a variation effect end command for ending the variation effect is set in the sub output buffer. When the variation effect end command that has been set is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 causes the effect pattern that has been variably displayed on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7. 8 is stopped and displayed, and the fluctuation effect (symbol fluctuation game effect) is ended. On the other hand, if it is determined in S4406 that the fluctuation stop command has not been received (NO in S4406), the flow shifts to S4408 without performing fluctuation effect end processing.

Succeedingly, in S4408, it is determined whether or not a big hit game related command is received from the main control board 80 (S4408). Here, the jackpot game-related command is a command transmitted from the main control board 80 in executing the jackpot game, and in the present embodiment, an opening command transmitted at the start of the jackpot game (occurrence of a jackpot), The round start command transmitted at the start of the round, the round end command transmitted at the end of the round, and the ending command transmitted at the end of the big hit game are applicable. In S4408, it is determined whether or not any of these jackpot game-related commands is received, and if it is received (YES in S4408), the jackpot game-related effect process (S4409) is performed, and the process proceeds to S4412. If it has not been received (NO in S4408), the process shifts to S4412 without performing the big hit game related effect process (S4409).

In the jackpot game-related effect process (S4409), for example, if the received command is an opening command, an opening effect command that specifies the opening effect according to the type of the jackpot specified based on the command is set in the sub output buffer. If it is a round start command, a round effect command that specifies a round effect corresponding to the round specified based on the command is set in the sub output buffer, and if it is an ending command, the jackpot specified based on the command is output. An ending effect command that specifies an ending effect according to the type is set in the sub output buffer. When the various effect commands related to the set jackpot are transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission processing (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 immediately recognizes the progress state of the jackpot game based on the received command. The effects related to the big hit game, such as the opening effect and the round effect, are executed on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 44, in S4412, it is determined whether or not the first V pass command is received from the main control board 80 (S4412), and when it is determined that the first V pass command is received (YES in S4412). ), the V pass notification command is set in the sub output buffer (4413), and the process proceeds to S4414. The first V pass command is a command from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90 that the specific area sensor 39a detects a game ball during the V effective period in the 15R first and fifth big hits. .. When the V passage notification command is transmitted to the image control board 100 (image control unit) in the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 reads out predetermined image information from the ROM of the image control board 100. , Such as "V pass!" is displayed on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7. As a result, the player is informed that the game ball has passed through the specific area 39 and the game state after the jackpot game is over becomes a high probability state. On the other hand, if it is determined in S4412 that the first V passage command has not been received (NO in S4412), the process proceeds to S4414 without setting the V passage notification command.

The display of the character "V passage!" is a kind of V passage notification mode, and other display contents (for example, an object image imitating the character "V" is displayed or the character "probable variation GET" is displayed. The V passage may be informed by a display or the like). As a result, it is possible to notify the player that the game state after the big hit game (special game) being executed becomes a high probability state. Alternatively, the V-passage notification may be performed by displaying characters such as "V-passage!" on the display screen 71a of the second image display device 71.

Subsequently, in S4414, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the second V passage command (set in S2406) is received from the main control board 80 (S4413), and it is determined that the second V passage command is not received. If so (NO in S4414), the process proceeds to S4415, and it is determined whether the third V pass command is received (S4415). In either case, it is determined that the second V pass command has been received in S4414 (YES in S4414) and that the third V pass command has been received in S4415 (YES in S4415). The command is set in the sub output buffer (S4416), and the process proceeds to S4417. On the other hand, if it is determined in S4415 that the third V passage command has not been received (NO in S4415), the process proceeds to S4417 without setting the V passage non-notification command.

Here, the second V pass command is a command from the main control board 80 to notify the sub control board 90 that the game ball was detected by the specific area sensor 39a during the V effective period in the 2R fourth big hit. The third V passage command is a command from the main control board 80 to notify the sub control board 90 that the game ball has been detected by the specific area sensor 39a during a V invalid period such as a small hit.

When the V-passage non-notification command is transmitted to the image control board 100 or the like in the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 causes the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7 to display "V-pass!" Display control is performed on a screen that does not display a character indicating that the V has been passed (that is, a screen on which there is no notification of V passage). In other words, the V-passage non-notification mode is set. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, even if the game ball passes through the specific area 39 in the 2R fourth big hit or the small hit, that fact is not notified to the player.

The command set in the specific area sensor detection process (FIG. 36) described above may be only the first V pass command and not the second V pass command or the third V pass command. In this case, in the received command analysis processing (S4302), the above S4414 to S4416 are not executed. Even with such a configuration, the pachinko gaming machine can be notified to the player only when there is V passage during the V effective period in the 15R first and fifth big hits. That is, the command (V non-notification command) does not have to be set if the effect for notifying the V passage is not provided. However, it is possible to increase the stability of image control by setting a command and controlling the image control board 100 based on the command as in the present embodiment.

Finally, the process of S4417 is performed, and the present process ends. In S4417, as other processing, processing based on other received commands (for example, a normal symbol variation start command or a normal symbol variation stop command) excluding the various commands described above is performed (S4417).

[Variable production start processing]
Next, the variation effect start process (S4402) executed in the received command analysis process (S4302) will be described. As shown in FIG. 45, in the fluctuating effect start process (S4402), first, in S4501, the effect control microcomputer 91 causes the fluctuating effect determining random number, the preliminary effect determining random number, the effect design determining random number, and other various effect determining random numbers. Random processing for effect determination (S4501) is performed. In the present embodiment, the process of S4501 is performed at the timing when the fluctuation start command is received from the main control unit 80, and a predetermined value (acquisition information) is acquired from each random number. Based on the acquired value, the mode of the variation effect to be executed (symbol variation game effect), the notice effect, the effect symbol to be stopped and displayed, etc. are determined.

Subsequently, in S4502, the effect control microcomputer 91 analyzes the variation start command (S4502). The variation start command includes a variation pattern designation command (information that designates a variation pattern) that designates the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern selection process of the first special symbol or the second special symbol. Then, in the information designating the variation pattern, the variation pattern information (P1 to P24) shown in FIG. 9, the game state information designating the current game state, the first special symbol winning/non-judging determination or the second special symbol winning/non-judging determination. The determination result, the symbol information designating the hit type, and the like are included (see FIG. 8). In addition, the variation pattern designation command includes one corresponding to the first special symbol and one corresponding to the second special symbol. Therefore, by analyzing the variation pattern designation command, the variation effect (production) which is started this time. It is possible to determine whether the variable display of the symbol) is related to the special figure 1 or the special figure 2. The variation pattern information, the game state information, the symbol information, and the like can also be used in processes other than the variation effect start process executed thereafter.

Subsequently, in S4503, the effect control microcomputer 91 refers to the current mode status (S4503). The mode status is for determining the effect mode to be executed. The mode status is any value from "1" to "5", and each value is assigned to the effect modes A to E. Here, the effect mode defines the mode (form, specification, etc.) of the variable effect (symbol variable game effect), and if the effect mode is different, some or all of the effect modes such as notice effect and reach effect. Are different. Specifically, the display effect that constitutes the variable effect by changing the effect image displayed on the image display device such as the characters and items appearing in the variable effect (symbol variable game effect), the background, and the effect pattern depending on the effect mode. However, it can be executed in a mode according to the effect mode. Similarly, for sound effects, movable effects, light effects, and the like that make up the variable effect, the type of sound effect, the operation mode of the movable decorative member 14, the light emission mode of the electric decoration member, and the like can be changed depending on the effect mode. It can be executed in a mode according to the effect mode.

In the present embodiment, the effect mode A (mode status 1) is executed when the low accurate low base state is controlled, and the effect mode B (mode status 2) is executed when the low accurate high base state is controlled. It is executed, and the effect mode C (mode status 3) is executed while being controlled to the highly accurate and high base state. Therefore, by confirming which of the production modes is A to C, the player can grasp the current game state. Further, the effect mode D (mode status 4) and the effect mode E (mode status 5) are executed when the high-accuracy low base state or the low-accuracy low base state is controlled. Therefore, when the effect mode is D or E, even if the player confirms the effect mode, the probability state of the special symbol hit/miss determination grasps whether it is in the high probability state or the low probability state (normal state). Is difficult to do. In that sense, the effect modes D and E can be said to be probability non-notification modes.

In the present embodiment, after the big hit game related to the 15R first big hit and the 15R fifth big hit, the production mode C is set, and after the big hit game related to the 15R second big jackpot and the 15R sixth big hit is made the production mode B. , 15R after the big hit game related to the third big hit is in the production mode A, after the big hit game related to the 2R fourth big hit is finished, and after the small hit game related to the first small hit and the second small hit is finished Mode D or E is set.

Subsequently, in S4504, the mode (variation production pattern) of the variation production (symbol variation game production) executed by using the image display devices 7 and 71 controlled by the production control microcomputer 91, the panel lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, and the like. A variable effect pattern determination table (not shown) for determining is set (S4504). Specifically, the variation effect pattern determination table to be used is set based on the mode status (current effect mode) referred to in S4503 and the variation pattern designation command received from the main control unit 80. For example, when the variation pattern information designated by the received variation pattern designation command is "P1 (variation pattern P1)" (see FIG. 9), the variation effect pattern determination table is a hit time corresponding to the current effect mode. The variation effect pattern determination table is set. In the present embodiment, since a plurality of variation effect pattern determination tables corresponding to the effect mode (mode status) are stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90 in advance, in S4504, from these variation effect pattern determination tables, The table corresponding to the mode status (current effect mode) referred to in S4503 is selected and set. The variation effect pattern determination table is mainly for determining the variation mode of the effect symbol (variation effect mode), and a plurality of variation effect pattern determination tables are stored in advance in the ROM of the sub-control board 90. In S4504, any one of the plurality of fluctuation effect pattern determination tables is set.

Subsequently, in S4505, based on the random effect determination random number acquired in S4501 and the variable effect pattern determination table set in S4504, a variable effect pattern that matches the specified variable pattern is selected and set (S4505). .. As the variation effect pattern, the variation mode (variation effect execution mode) of the effect symbol 8 displayed in the effect symbol display area 7b is set. As a result, in the variation effect (symbol variation game effect), the case where the reach effect is executed (the reach effect with the reach effect), the case where the reach effect is not executed (the reach effect without the reach effect), and the like are determined. In addition, the reach effect is, for example, as the display mode of the effect symbol 8 when the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit, all the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R are the same (doublet). When a mode (big hit mode, specific mode) is provided, two of the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R (for example, the stop order is the first and second symbols) constitute the big hit mode. In a state where the symbols are stopped (temporarily stopped) and the remaining one (for example, the last (third) symbol in the stop order) continues to be displayed in a variable manner, the remaining one effect symbol completes the big hit mode. Refers to an effect that indicates whether or not it is stopped and displayed. After the start of the variable display, among the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R, the left effect symbol 8L and the right effect symbol 8C, which have the first and second stop order, constitute the big hit mode (the present embodiment). In the example, stopping (temporary stop) with the same number of patterns) is also called "reach establishment".

Further, in S4505, based on the effect symbol determination random number acquired in S4501 and the stop symbol determination table (not shown), the effect symbol to be stopped and displayed (also referred to as "stop effect symbol") is determined and set. The effect symbol 8 that is stopped and displayed as a result of the variable effect is an odd-numbered symbol such as "777" when the result of the special symbol hit determination is the 15R first and fifth big hits (that is, the V pass big hit). In the case of the 15R second, third, and sixth big hits (that is, the V non-passing big hits), it is determined as an even pattern such as "666". In addition, when the reach is out, one of the three effect symbols such as "787" is different from the other effect, and when the reach is out, three effects such as "635" are produced. At least one effect symbol among the symbols is selected such that other effect symbols differ from each other. Further, in the case of the 2R fourth big hit or the small hit, a predetermined chance item such as "135" or a dedicated symbol such as "3☆3" may be stopped and displayed. That is, the same effect symbol is stopped and displayed at the time of the 2R fourth big hit and the small hit. Therefore, the player cannot determine whether the 2R fourth big hit or the small hit has been achieved by merely confirming the effect symbols that are stopped and displayed. Incidentally, the stop display mode (display result of the variable display) of the effect symbol 8 described above is an example, and what is stopped and displayed as the stop effect symbol according to the result of the special symbol hit/miss determination can be appropriately changed.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, among the variation modes (variation effect patterns) of the effect design 8, reach A, reach B, and reach C as the reach effect modes (reach pattern) included in the reach effect variation effect. , Super Reach A, Super Reach B, Super Reach C, etc. are set, and in S4505, which one of these reach effects is executed based on the variation effect pattern determination table (not shown), or these It is determined whether or not the reach effect of is executed. Hereinafter, the super reach may be referred to as “SP reach”. In addition, the variation effect that does not execute the reach effect is also referred to as "normal variation" or "normal variation effect". In addition, in this embodiment, as the reach effects, six types of reach A, reach B, reach C, SP reach A, SP reach B and SP reach C are provided, but more reach effects than this embodiment are provided. It is also possible to provide, or it is also possible to reduce (decrease) the type (number) of reach production as compared with the present embodiment.

When the reachable variation effect is executed, one of the reach effects is set based on the variation pattern designation command and the variation effect pattern determination table. Here, when the super reach effect (any of SP reach A to C) is executed as the variable effect, compared to the case where the normal reach effect (any of reach A to C) is executed, a big hit. It is set so that there is a high possibility that That is, it can be said that the super reach effect is a game effect having a higher jackpot reliability (a possibility of a big hit) than the normal reach effect. The super reach effect is also a development effect that is performed via the normal reach effect after the reach is established. The normal reach effect (reach A to C in this embodiment) is also referred to as "first variation effect", and the super reach effect (SP reach A to C in this embodiment) is also referred to as "second variation effect". Say.

In this embodiment, the reach effect is mainly set (executed) when a variation pattern designating command that designates a variation pattern having a variation time of 30,000 ms or more (see FIG. 9) is received, and the variation time is 450,000 ms. In the above case, SP reach is set (executed). Each of SP reach A to C is provided with a "short SP reach" corresponding to a variation time of 450,000 ms and a "long SP reach" corresponding to a variation time of 750000 ms. The SP reach is set so that the jackpot reliability is higher than that of the short SP reach. In this way, the presence/absence of the reach effect and the type of the reach effect when it is executed are determined based on the selection of the variation pattern (variation time) of the special symbol performed in the main controller 80 (game control microcomputer 81). Has become. Therefore, in the variation pattern of the special symbol, there are a "variation pattern with reach" and a "variation pattern without reach".

Here, the variable display of the effect design 8 is basically performed as follows. That is, after the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R start the variable display, the variation speed of all the effect symbols becomes high speed and becomes substantially constant, and then, at a timing when a predetermined time has elapsed, the first stop symbol (in the present example, The fluctuation speed of the left effect design 8L) decreases and the first stop design stops (temporary stop). Then, the second stop symbol (in this example, the right effect symbol 8R) changes at a lower speed, the second stop symbol stops (temporary stop), and finally the third stop symbol (in this example, medium effect symbol 8C). And the third stop symbol stops (temporary stop). After this, the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R are fixedly stopped, and the display result of the variable display is derived and displayed. With this, one variable display ends. Based on the flow from the start to the end of such variable display, normal variation effects (variation effects without reach), reach effects, etc. are performed.

Specifically, for example, when the variable time shortening function of the special symbol according to the special figure holding ball number or the game state is not operating (when the variable time shortening function is not activated), three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R When the variation display is started, the left effect design 8L (first stop symbol) is stopped (temporarily stopped) at the timing when a predetermined time (for example, 9 seconds) has elapsed from the variation start, and subsequently the right effect design 8R. (2nd stop design) stops (temporary stop). At this time, if the left and right effect symbols 8L and 8R are stopped at the same number of symbols and the reach is established, the reach effect develops, and if the reach is not achieved (that is, "normal variation"), the right effect symbol 8R (second stop symbol) is stopped (temporary stop), and subsequently the intermediate effect symbol 8C (third stop symbol) is stopped (temporary stop).

Further, in the present embodiment, when the variation time shortening function of the special symbol is not operating (low base state), in the normal variation, from the variation start of the effect symbol 8 to the third stop symbol (in this example, the medium effect symbol 8C). ) Takes 11 seconds to stop (temporarily stop). On the other hand, in the normal variation when the special symbol variation time shortening function is operating (that is, the high base state), the left effect symbol 8L (first stop symbol) stops (temporarily stops) from the start of the variation display. It takes less time than usual (when the variable time reduction function is not activated), and along with this, the right effect design 8R (second stop design) and the middle effect design 8C (third stop design) stop (tentative). It also takes less time to stop). Further, in the reach variation, after the reach is established, the time required for the intermediate production symbol 8C (third stop symbol) to end the variable display and the production symbol 8 to be fixedly stopped is the reach type such as the normal reach or SP reach described above. The SP reach is longer than the normal reach. The time from the establishment of such a reach to the fixed stop depends on the total variation time of the effect symbol 8, that is, the variation time specified by the variation pattern of the special symbol (see FIG. 9).

In each of the SP reach A to C (both short and long) of the present embodiment, a confrontation scene between an enemy character (also called “enemy character”) and an ally character (also called “ally character”) is made into a story. It is said to be a battle reach production with a narrative character drawn in, and it is a production specification that becomes a big hit when an ally character wins over an enemy character. In other words, the SP reach production pattern is set with a jackpot pattern in which the teammate character wins and a miss pattern in which the teammate character is defeated. In such battle reach effects by SP reach A to C, the ally characters are the same (one type), and the enemy characters are different depending on the type of SP reach. That is, in SP Reach A, an ally character M and an enemy character A appear, in SP Reach B, an ally character M and an enemy character B appear, and in SP Reach C, an ally character M and an enemy character C appear. There is. Then, among the enemy characters A to C, the character with which the ally character M is most likely to win is the enemy character A, and the possibility that the enemy character B and the enemy character C will become lower in the following order. It is set. In other words, among SP reach A in which the enemy character A appears as a confrontation opponent of the ally character M, SP reach B in which the enemy character B appears, and SP reach C in which the enemy character C appears, SP reach A has the highest jackpot reliability. The SP reach (battle reach production) is high, and hereinafter, the SP jack reach B and the SP reach C are set in order of decreasing jackpot reliability.

Next, in S4506, advance notice effect setting processing relating to advance notice effect setting is performed (S4506). In the present embodiment, various notice effects can be executed, such as notice effect based on the preliminary determination result (holding prefetch notice) and notice effect related to the current special figure variation display (variation effect) (variation notice). Therefore, in S4506, whether or not to execute (presence/absence of execution) is determined for each notice effect, and an execution pattern of the notice effect to be executed (also referred to as a “notice effect pattern”) is set. Specifically, the type (content) of the fluctuating effect pattern set in S4505, the random number for the preliminary effect determination acquired in S4501 and the preliminary notification using the preliminary effect determination table (not shown) stored in the ROM of the sub control board 90 Based on the result of the determination, the presence/absence of execution of the notice effect and the notice effect pattern to be executed are determined (set). When the notice production pattern is set in S4506, the notice production based on the notice production pattern is executed as one production that constitutes the variation production (symbol variation game production). In addition, the storage contents of the effect hold information stored in S4400 (memory contents of the effect hold information storage area) and the result of the special symbol hit determination determined by the analysis result of the variation start command in S4502 (this special figure variation The result of the judgment regarding the display), the change pattern information of the special symbol that is also specified by the analysis result of the change start command (the change pattern related to the special figure change display this time), the change effect pattern, etc., and a notice set in S4506 The effect pattern, that is, the type (preliminary notification type) and mode of the notice effect to be executed, the presence or absence of the notice effect, and the like are different.

In the present embodiment, as the noticeable effect that can be executed during the variable display of the effect symbol 8, the variable early warning (“the first notice effect that can be executed from the start of the variable display until the first stop symbol stops (temporary stop)) ).), a notice when the reach is established that can be executed when the reach is established (also called "second notice production"), and an SP advance notice that can be executed when the reach is developed ("the third notice"). (Also referred to as "production"), and an advance notice after SP development (also referred to as "fourth notice production") that can be executed after the development of the SP reach production until the variable display ends (the third stop symbol stops). Is provided. These notice effects are performed as an indication of the possibility that the result of the change display is a big hit (big hit reliability).

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as the early warning of variation, the notice image corresponding to each stage from the first stage to the predetermined stage (for example, the first stage to the fifth stage) is displayed stepwise on the display screen 7a. A step-up notice is provided, and as a notice when the reach is established, a large number of notice images (group images) are moved and displayed all at once from one side (for example, right side) of the display screen 7a to the other side (for example, left side). Is provided. In addition, as an SP advance notice, a title advance notice is provided in which the title (type) of the SP reach determined according to the opponent (enemy character) in the battle reach production is displayed on the display screen 7a. As a subsequent notice, a cut-in notice in which a predetermined cut-in image is displayed on the display screen 7a and a notice of a movable accessory in which the movable decorative member 14 operates are provided. Furthermore, a sound notice or effect pattern that a sound effect (big hit confirmation sound) is output at a predetermined time (for example, when the fluctuation starts, when the reach is established, when the SP develops, etc.) during the variable display of the effect pattern 8 is output. At a predetermined time (for example, when the fluctuation starts, when the reach is established, when the SP is developed, etc.) during the variable display of 8, the electric decoration members such as the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 have a predetermined color (for example, red, depending on the jackpot reliability). Green, blue, etc.) is also provided to notify the light emitted. In this way, the notice effect is realized by one or a combination of two or more of display effect, movable effect, sound effect, and light effect. In S4506, the presence/absence of execution of these notice effects and the notice effect pattern when executing them are set.

Here, among the above-mentioned notice effects, the group notice and the movable accessory notice are set so that the jackpot reliability is higher than other notices (excluding the notice that a big confirmation sound is output). There is. In addition, regarding the cut-in notice, a cut-in image is provided for each of the “enemy characters A to C” and the “ally character” that appear in the above-mentioned battle reach production, which is SP reach. When displayed (allied cut-in notice), the jackpot reliability is set to be higher than when the enemy character cut-in image is displayed (enemy cut-in notice). Further, regarding the light notice, it is assumed that the illumination member emits light in any one of red, green and blue, and the jackpot reliability is set to be higher in the order of blue, green and red. There is. In the present embodiment, when the notice production is executed, one notice production (one type of notice production) may be performed among the various notice productions such as the step-up notice, the group notice, the movable accessory notice, and the like. , Two or more notice productions (two or more notice productions) may be combined. That is, a plurality of types of advance notice effects can be executed at each execution timing during one change display (during change effect). The execution pattern of such a notice effect depends on the notice effect pattern set in S4506 described above.

It should be noted that the notice effect shown in the present embodiment is merely an example, and it is possible to execute a notice effect of a mode (type) different from that of the present embodiment or to provide more notice effects than that of the present embodiment. is there. In addition, it is possible to reduce (decrease) the type (number) of the notice effect as compared with the present embodiment.

Next, in S4507, pre-production setting processing relating to the setting of pre-production is performed (S4507). Here, the pre-production means a predetermined portion (a part) in the entire variation production executed along with the variation display of the special symbol, to the player at a timing before the execution timing of the production relating to that portion. It is an effect for showing (notifying), and an effect for notifying (notifying) later effect contents in advance. Specifically, the variation effect (symbol variation game effect) is executed based on the variation effect pattern set in S4505 described above, but the notice effect pattern is set in S4506 and the notice effect is also executed. In that case, the notice effect is also executed as part of the variable effect (symbol variable game effect). That is, the notice effect is also executed as the variable effect. Further, as described above, the game effect is based on the display effect (display performance means), and one of the sound effects (sound effect means), the light effect (light effect means), and the movable effect (movable effect means). Alternatively, a plurality of game effects are combined, and the configuration of such a game effect is the same for a variable effect (which may include a notice effect). The pre-production is a predetermined portion that may be executed later as an effect (display effect, movable effect, light effect, etc.) that can be visually recognized by the player in the entire variation effect while the variation effect is being executed. Partial) production (confrontation scene of battle reach production, occurrence of group notice, occurrence of notice of movable accessory, etc.) is displayed on the sub liquid crystal (second image display device 71) at a timing before the actual execution timing. It is displayed on the screen 71a. From this, it can be said that pre-production is a type of advance production. In addition, the predetermined part (part) in the entire variation effect can be a part or a plurality of parts in the entire variation effect. Details of the pre-production setting process (S4507) relating to the setting of the pre-production and the pre-production will be described later.

Following the processing of S4507, in S4508, based on the variation effect pattern set in S4505, the notice effect pattern set in S4506 when the notice effect is executed, and the pre-effect pattern set in S4507 when the pre-effect is performed. Then, the variable effect start command for starting the variable effect (variable display of effect symbol 8, reach effect, notice effect, pre-effect, etc.) is set in the sub output buffer (S4507), and the variable effect start processing is ended. When the variation effect start command set in S4507 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 causes the variation effect pattern (in S4505) specified based on the variation effect start command. Predetermined change effect image data corresponding to the set change effect pattern) and predetermined notice effect image corresponding to the notice effect pattern (preliminary effect pattern set in S4506) specified based on the change effect start command The data and the predetermined pre-production image data corresponding to the pre-production pattern (pre-production pattern set in S4507) specified based on the variation production start command are read from the ROM of the image control board 100 and read out. The effect display (variable effect, pre-effect, etc.) by the image data is executed on the display screen of the image display device. Moreover, the variable display (blinking display) by the two LEDs on the effect display device 102 is also executed. Further, in accordance with the execution of the variation effect, each effect such as sound effect, light effect, and movable effect is executed via the voice control board 106 and the lamp control board 107.

[Pre-production setting processing]
Next, the preliminary effect setting process (S4507) executed in the variable effect start process (S4402) will be described. As shown in FIG. 46, in the preliminary effect setting process (S4507), first, it is determined whether or not to execute the preliminary effect (S4601). In the present embodiment, there are two types of (1) that the effect pattern of the variation effect to be executed this time (the variation effect pattern set in S4505) is the SP reach effect, and (2) that the execution lottery of the preliminary effect is won. When the condition is satisfied, pre-production is executed. Therefore, in S4601, it is determined (determined) whether or not the pre-production is performed by determining whether or not the two conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied. The determination as to whether or not the current variation effect pattern is the SP reach effect is performed with reference to the variation effect pattern set in S4505 described above. In addition, the preliminary effect execution lottery is executed based on the preliminary effect determination random number acquired in S4501 and the preliminary effect determination table (not shown) stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90. In the present embodiment, when the variation effect pattern relating to the variation effect set this time set in S4505 is the variation effect pattern of the big hit (big hit variation), compared with the case of the variation effect pattern of out-of-range (outside variation), It is set so that the winning probability of the performance execution lottery is high. Therefore, when the pre-production is executed, the jackpot reliability is higher than when the pre-production is not executed. The condition (execution condition) under which the pre-production is executed is not limited to the above two conditions (1) and (2). For example, not only the SP reach production but also a specific normal reach production or reach production is performed. It is also possible to set other conditions such as being executable even in the case of the no-fluctuation effect.

As a result of the processing in S4601, if the pre-production is not to be executed (NO in S4602), this processing is ended without performing the processing in S4603 and S4604. On the other hand, when the pre-production is to be executed (YES in S4602), the execution contents of the pre-production (also referred to as “pre-production pattern”) are set by referring to the setting contents of S4505 and S4506 (S4603). Yes (S4604). In S4603, the SP reach production pattern of this time is specified with reference to the variation production pattern set in S4505 described above. As described above, the SP reach effect of the present embodiment is a battle reach effect (SP reach A to C) in which the ally character confronts any of the enemy characters A to C, so any of these battle reach effects is possible. Identify if there is. In addition, when the notice production pattern is set in S4506 (when there is notice production), the notice production pattern of this time is specified with reference to the set notice production pattern. In S4604, the content of the pre-production, the execution time, etc. are determined based on the specified variation production pattern and notice production pattern, and this is set as the pre-production pattern. The pre-production pattern will be described later.

The control signal (command) for designating the preliminary effect pattern set (determined) in S4604 is included in the variable effect start command set in S4507 described above, and the variable effect start command is the image effect control board 100. Is transmitted to the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a) based on the preliminary production pattern set in S4604.

[Pre-production pattern]
Next, the pre-production pattern of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following, the SP reach effect based on the variation effect pattern set in S4505 is "SP reach A", and the notice effect based on the notice effect pattern set in S4506 is "title notice", " A variation effect (hereinafter referred to as "variation effect") in the case of "ally cut-in notice" and "movable accessory notice" will be described as an example. FIG. 48A is a timing chart showing the flow from the start to the end of the variation effect.

In the variation effect, as shown in FIG. 48(a), the variation display of the effect symbol 8 is started on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7 at the timing of time s, and the variation is performed at the timing of time t1. Of the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R that are displayed, the left effect symbol 8L that is the first stop symbol is stopped (temporarily stopped) on the display screen 7a. After that, at the timing of time t2, the right effect design 8R that is the second stop design is stopped (temporarily stopped) on the display screen 7a, and the reach is established. In FIG. 48(a), the reach establishment is described as (R).

After the reach is established, the left effect design 8L and the right effect design 8R are stopped (temporarily stopped) at the same numerical design (also referred to as "reach design"), and the middle performance design 8C is variably displayed ("reach condition"). (Also referred to as)), at time t3, the SP reach production is developed. In FIG. 48A, the SP reach development is expressed as (SP). At the timing of time t3, the title announcement is executed as the SP development announcement. Since it is SP reach A here, the title notice corresponding to the battle reach effect in which the enemy character A appears is displayed on the display screen 7a. The title notice is executed during a period Y1 (for example, 3 seconds) from time t3 to time t4 in the execution period of the variable effect.

After the end of the title notice (SP advance notice), the battle reach production by the confrontation of the ally character and the enemy character A is started, and while the production progresses, at time t5 and time t6, at the timing of time t7. Then, a friend cut-in notice is executed as a notice after SP development. In the teammate cut-in notice, the team-in character cut-in image is displayed on the display screen 7a. The cut-in notice (friend cut-in notice, enemy cut-in notice) is executed during a period Y2 (for example, 2 seconds) from time t7 to time t8 in the execution period of the variable effect. The period R1 from the time t5 to the time t6 in the execution period of the variation effect is a part (one period) of the first half of the confrontation scene between the ally character and the enemy character A.

After the end of the ally's cut-in notice (announcement after SP development), while the battle reach production by the confrontation of the ally character and the enemy character A progresses, at time t9 and time t10, at time t11, the SP develops. As a later notice, a movable accessory notice is executed. In the advance notice of the movable accessory, the movable decorative member 14 operates and the three movable bodies 14a, 14b, 14c appear on the front side of the display screen 7a (see FIG. 47(b)). The movable accessory notice is executed during a period Y3 (for example, 4 seconds) from the time t11 to the time t12 in the execution period of the variation effect, and when the timing of the time t12 is reached, the three movable bodies 14a are displayed. , 14b, 14c are returned to the standby position all at once (see FIG. 47(a)). The period R2 from the time t9 to the time t10 in the execution period of the variation effect is a part (one period) of the latter half of the confrontation scene between the ally character and the enemy character A.

At the timing of time t13 after the end of the movable accessory notice (SP advance notice), the victory scene or defeat scene of the teammate character showing the result of the battle reach effect (SP reach effect) is displayed on the display screen 7a. After that, the medium effect design 8R that is the third stop design is stopped (temporarily stopped) on the display screen 7a. Then, at the timing of time E, the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R are stopped and displayed (confirmed display), and the variation effect (symbol variation game effect) ends.

Here, in the variation production based on the SP reach production pattern including the variation production, in the timing chart shown in FIG. 48(a), the period A from the start of variation display of the production design 8 to the first stop design stop (“ Also referred to as a "first period") and a period B (also referred to as a "second period") from when the reach is established to when the SP reach production is started (SP reach development) (the "pre-production is possible"). It is also called "period".) The pre-production (hereinafter also referred to as “pre-production A”) executed in the period A is obtained by partially extracting (extracting) some of the effects to be executed after the period A from the entire variation production, and performing the pre-production. Is an effect displayed on the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a). In addition, the pre-production (hereinafter, also referred to as “pre-production B”) executed in the period B partially extracts (extracts) some of the effects to be executed after the period B in the entire variable production. , Is an effect displayed on the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a) in advance. For example, in the case of FIG. 48A, (1) a title notice executed after the period B in the period Y1, (2) the first half of the confrontation scene executed in the period R1, and (3) executed in the period Y2. 5 (5 places) effects of ally cut-in notice, (4) latter half of the confrontation scene executed in period R2, and (5) notice of movable accessory executed in period Y3 are targeted for pre-production A. It can be done, and can also be the target of the pre-production B. On the other hand, for example, when the group notice (announcement when the reach is established) is executed at the timing of time t2 (when the reach is established) shown in FIG. 48A, the group notice is executed in the period B. , But can not be the target of the pre-production B.

The pre-production A and the pre-production B have different production modes. Specifically, in the pre-production A, the productions at a plurality of locations are partially extracted from the variation productions in the variation period after the period A, and the production contents at the extracted locations are connected (continuously) and sequentially displayed. The presentation image DG is displayed (reproduced) on the display screen 71a (see FIG. 49). That is, it is configured to display an effect image showing an outline of the effect executed after the period A. Such pre-production A is also referred to as "digest production", and the production images forming the pre-production A are also referred to as "digest production image". Pre-production A of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 48 (b), time t1-a before the stop of the first stop symbol (time t1) from the start of variable display of the effect symbol 8 (start of fluctuation production). Up to the period A1 (for example, 7.5 seconds).

On the other hand, the pre-production B displays a production image IG in which the productions at a plurality of locations are partially extracted from the variation productions in the variation period after the period B, and the production contents of the extracted locations are arranged one by one and displayed in a list. The screen is displayed on the screen 71a (see FIG. 50). That is, it is configured to display an effect image listing the effects executed after the period B. Such pre-production B is also referred to as "list production", and the production images forming the pre-production B are also referred to as "list production image". As shown in FIG. 48(c), the pre-production B of the present embodiment is a period B1 (e.g., 4 seconds) from the reach establishment (time t2) to the time t3-b before the SP reach production start (time t3). ). In this embodiment, the execution time of the pre-production A (period A1) is longer than the execution time of the pre-production B (period A2).

In the present embodiment, the pre-production possible period is the first period (period A) from the start of variable display of the production symbol 8 to the stop of the first stop symbol (period A), and from the reach establishment to the SP reach production start (SP reach development). However, it is possible to set only one of the first period and the second period as the pre-production possible period. Also, it is possible to set a period other than the first period and the second period as the pre-production possible period. For example, in addition to the first period and the second period described above, a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) from the start of the SP reach production is set as the pre-production possible period (third period), or the first production period is set as the first period described above. It is possible to set the second period and the third period without setting. When setting the third period, the aspect of the pre-production in the third period may be the same as the pre-production in the first period or the second period, or may be different from any pre-production. Good. When it is set as a mode different from any of the preliminary effects, for example, a mode in which only a part of the variable effects in the variable period after the third period is extracted and an effect image showing only the extracted part is displayed on the display screen 71a. can do.

When the change effect pattern (SP reach A) and the notice effect pattern (title notice, ally cut-in notice, movable accessory notice) relating to the change effect are specified in S4603 described above, in S4604 that follows, prior to execution. The type of effect (preliminary effect A or B) is determined. This determination can be performed by, for example, lottery (determination) of the pre-production mode by the production control microcomputer 91 using a random number for determining the mode of the pre-production to be executed. This determined pre-production (pre-production A or B) is set as the pre-production to be executed this time (S4604). Also, each effect executed in the aforementioned period Y1, period R1, period Y2, period R2, and period Y3, which constitutes the variation effect specified in S4603, is set as the target of the pre-effect (S4604). .. As a result, the content and execution time of the pre-production (form of pre-production), that is, the pre-production pattern is set (S4604). When the control signal designating the pre-production pattern set in this way (variation production start command in this example) is transmitted to the image control board 100, the image control microcomputer 101 identifies the pre-production pattern specified based on the received command. The effect image data for the preliminary effect is created based on, and the preliminary effect based on the effect image data is executed on the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a).

The effect image DG (digest effect image) of the preliminary effect A (digest effect) is an image showing the main effect scenes and effect operations (main parts) of each effect that is the target of the preliminary effect specified based on the preliminary effect pattern. Are created so as to be consecutive (arranged) so as to be within the execution period of the pre-production A. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 48A and 48B, the image DG1 corresponding to one scene of the title announcement executed in the period Y1 and the first half of the confrontation scene (battle reach effect) executed in the period R1. Image DG2 corresponding to one scene, image DG3 corresponding to one scene of a friend cut-in notice executed in period Y2, and one scene in the latter half of the confrontation scene (battle reach production) executed in period R2. By sequentially arranging the image DG4 and the image DG5 corresponding to one scene of the movable accessory notice executed in the period Y3 so as to be within the execution time of the pre-production A (within the period A1), the effect image DG (rendering image data for pre-rendering A) is created.

In the present embodiment, as the image data forming the effect image DG, the image data of the effect that can be the target of the preliminary effect A (for example, the images DG1 to DG5) is changed to the variable effect pattern or the notice effect pattern provided in the gaming machine 1. Accordingly, it is prepared in advance and stored in the ROM (image ROM) of the image control board 100. Further, regarding the image DG5 corresponding to one scene of the notice of the movable accessory, since the notice of the movable accessory is the movable effect and not the display effect, the effect operation by the notice of the movable accessory (the three movable bodies 14a, 14b, and 14c are Image data (also referred to as “movable accessory image data”) that faithfully represents the action appearing on the front side of the display screen 7a is stored in the ROM (image ROM) of the image control board 100. The image DG5 is based on the movable accessory image data. In addition, in the present embodiment, the images (also referred to as “constituent images”) of the images DG1 to DG5 that form the effect image DG of the pre-production A are made continuous in the execution order of each effect that is executed later ( However, they may be consecutive regardless of the order of execution.

FIG. 49 shows a display example of the preliminary effect A (digest effect) by the effect image DG. FIGS. 49(a) to 49(e) show the transition of the pre-production A that is executed over the period A1 (from time S to time t1-a) shown in FIG. 48(b). As shown in FIGS. 49(a) to (e), on the display screen 71a of the second image display device 71, the effect symbol 8 (8L, 8C) that is being variably displayed on the display screen 7a of the first image display device 7 is displayed. , 8R) is in a reach state, and a scene (contents) of effects (here, display effect and movable effect) that are sequentially executed after the SP reach effect is developed is displayed. In the present embodiment, the display (DG1 to DG5) of each scene on the display screen 71a shown in FIGS. 49(a) to (e) is the progress of the variable display (fluctuation effect) of the effect symbol 8 on the display screen 7a. Along with this, it is assumed that the switching is sequentially performed every predetermined time (for example, every 1.5 seconds). When the player starts changing display of the effect symbol 8 on the display screen 7a, the player sees the contents of the pre-effect A (effect image DG) displayed on the display screen 71a accordingly, and then executes. It is possible to predict the outline (development) of the fluctuating effect produced.

On the other hand, the production image IG (list production image) of the pre-production B (list production) shows the main production scenes and production operations (main parts) of each production that is the target of the pre-production specified based on the pre-production pattern. It is created as shown in the list. Specifically, in the case of the variable effect executed according to the timing chart shown in FIG. 48A, it is executed in five periods after the period B, that is, a period Y1, a period R1, a period Y2, a period R2, and a period Y3. For effects (preliminary notice, confrontation scene), effect images IG (effect image data for pre-effect B) are created in which the respective effect types (effect names) and main parts are associated with each other and are listed above and below. In the present embodiment, as the image data forming the effect image IG, the image data in which the type (effect name) of the effect that can be the target of the preliminary effect B and the main part are associated with each other are the variable effect patterns provided in the gaming machine 1. It is prepared in advance in accordance with the notice production pattern and is stored in the ROM (image ROM) of the image control board 100.

FIG. 50 shows a display example of the preliminary effect B (list effect) by such effect image IG. The preliminary effect B (list effect) is executed over a period B1 (from time t2 to time t3-b) shown in FIG. 48B, during which the effect image IG is displayed on the display screen 71a. .. In the pre-production B of the present embodiment, when two or more (several) effects of the same type are present in the effects targeted for pre-production, one of them is included in the effect image IG. For example, in the variation effect based on the timing chart shown in FIG. 48A, since the effect executed in the period R1 and the effect executed in the period R2 are both SP reach A confrontation scenes, the variation effect concerned. In the pre-production B according to the above, the production image IG includes the production executed in one of the two periods R1 and R2. In the example shown in FIG. 50, the effect executed in the period R2 (one scene in the latter half of the confrontation scene) is included in the effect image IG. The player predicts the outline (development) of the fluctuating effect executed thereafter by seeing the content of the pre-effect B (effect image IG) displayed on the display screen 71a in accordance with the reach establishment on the display screen 7a. can do.

[Operation and effect of the embodiment]
According to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, while the variation effect is executed along with the variation display of the special symbol (effect symbol), from the variation display start to the first stop symbol stop (first (Pre-production A, pre-production A, a part of the production that can be executed later is displayed on the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a) during the period) or from the establishment of the reach to the development of the SP reach (second period). B) is executable. Therefore, the player can know in advance the content of the effect that may be executed later by looking at the pre-effect displayed on the display screen 71a. As a result, while the variable display of the special symbol (effect symbol) progresses, it is possible to easily visualize the development of the subsequent variable effect by executing the preliminary effect and enhance the interest in the variable display.

In particular, in the pre-production (pre-production A) executed in the first period, the productions of a plurality of locations are partially extracted from the variation productions executed in the subsequent variation period, and the production contents of the extracted locations are connected. The digest effect is displayed sequentially (in a series), and an outline of effects that may be executed later is displayed (see FIGS. 48B and 49). According to this digest effect (preliminary effect A), the entire image of the variable effect can be transmitted to the player in an easy-to-understand manner, and the contents of the subsequent variable effect can be easily understood in a short period of time. Further, in the digest effect (preliminary effect A) of the present embodiment, since each effect that is the target of the preliminary effect is displayed in the actual execution order, it is possible to more easily visualize the later development of the variable effect.

In addition, the pre-production (pre-production B) executed in the second period, which is a period shorter than the first period, partially extracts the productions at a plurality of positions in the variation production executed in the subsequent variation period. It is a list effect in which some of the extracted contents of the effect (four in the present embodiment) are arranged and displayed in a list, and a mode in which effects that may be executed later are listed and displayed. (See FIG. 48(c) and FIG. 50). According to this list effect (preliminary effect B), effects that may be executed later can be collectively shown (list), and the contents of the variable effect can be understood at a glance. Becomes

As described above, in this embodiment, since the pre-production (pre-production A) executed in the first period and the pre-production (pre-production B) executed in the second period have different modes, the pre-production is performed. It is possible to increase the variation of, and as a result, it is possible to enhance the interest of pre-stage production.

Further, in the present embodiment, the pre-production can be executed when the variable production based on the SP reach production pattern is executed, that is, when the SP reach production is executed. Therefore, when the execution of the pre-production is started at the time of starting the fluctuation or when the reach is established, it is decided at that time point that the SP reach production will be executed later. Since the SP reach effect has a higher jackpot reliability than the normal reach effect and the reach-less variable effect, when the pre-effect is executed during the variable display, the large hit reliability of the variable display is high. Will also mean. As a result, it is possible to make the player pay attention to whether or not the pre-production is executed and enhance the interest in the variable display.

Further, in the present embodiment, the main effect display constituting the variable effect such as the variable display of the effect pattern 8 is executed on the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a), and the pre-effect is performed on the second image display device 71 (display). It is configured to be executed on the screen 71a). Therefore, even if the preliminary effect is executed during the execution of the variable effect, the preliminary effect does not hinder the effect display on the first image display device 7 (display screen 7a). As a result, it is possible to execute the effect display related to the preliminary effect while ensuring good visibility of the effect display related to the variable effect, and it is possible to simultaneously perform the variable effect and the preliminary effect (parallel execution).

Although the embodiment has been described above as an embodiment of the present invention, a configuration different from the above-described embodiments can be adopted. Hereinafter, other configuration examples 1 and 2 which are partially different in configuration from the above-described embodiment will be described focusing on portions different from the embodiment.

[Other configuration example 1]
In the above-described embodiment, the pre-production A (digest production) is illustrated as the pre-production that can be executed in the period A shown in FIGS. 48A and 48B, and the period Y1 and the period R1 shown in FIG. Each effect executed in the period Y2, the period R2, and the period Y3 is the target of the preliminary effect A, and the effect image DG (digest effect image) is configured by the images DG1 to DG5 corresponding to each effect. In addition to this preliminary effect A, it is possible to provide another digest effect whose execution period is shorter than that. For example, in the period A shown in FIG. 48B, a pre-production A2 (digest production A2) in which a period A2 (for example, 5 seconds) shorter than the period A1 (for example, 7.5 seconds) is an execution period, and a period A pre-production A3 (digest production A3) in which a period A3 (for example, 3 seconds) shorter than A2 is an execution period is provided. And, for example, among the respective effects executed in the period Y1, the period R1, the period Y2, the period R2, and the period Y3 shown in FIG. 48A, the pre-production A2 targets the production of four periods, and the pre-production A3. Then, it is configured such that the effects of the three periods are targeted, and when the pre-effect pattern is set (S4604), one pre-effect is selected from the pre-effect A, the pre-effect A2, and the pre-effect A3. To configure. By doing so, it is possible to further increase the variation of the pre-production (digest production), and it becomes possible to diversify the production.

[Other configuration example 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the effects (reach effect, announcement effect, etc.) based on the variation effect pattern and the announcement effect pattern specified in S4603 are set as the targets of the preliminary effect in S4604. On the other hand, an effect not based on the variation effect pattern or the notice effect pattern specified in S4603, that is, an effect that is not included in the variation effect pattern this time can be targeted for the preliminary effect. Specifically, for example, similar to the above-described embodiment, in S4603 described above, "SP reach A" is the SP reach effect related to the variation effect, "Title notice", "Friend cut-in notice" as the notice effect, and When the "movable accessory notice" is specified and the pre-effect pattern is set based on this, the "ally cut-in notice" among the specified effects is not targeted for pre-effect, but instead "enemy cut" In advance notice” can be set as a target for pre-production. That is, the effect that is not executed in the variable effect may be the target of the preliminary effect. In this way, the determination (determination) as to whether or not the effect that is not executed in the variable effect is the target of the preliminary effect can be performed, for example, by a random number lottery that can be executed under the control of the effect control microcomputer 91.

Then, when a pre-rendering pattern in which “enemy cut-in trailer” is targeted for pre-rendering is set instead of “ally cut-in trailer” (S4604), rendering image data for pre-rendering based on the pre-rendering pattern. Is created, and the preliminary effect based on the effect image data is executed on the second image display device 71 (display screen 71a). Here, as described above, the enemy cut-in notice is a notice effect in which the jackpot reliability is lower than that of the team cut-in notice. On the other hand, the notice of a movable accessory is a notice effect in which the jackpot reliability is made higher than the other notices, and the SP reach A is an SP reach effect in which the jackpot reliability is made higher than the other SP reach B and C. .. For this reason, it is not appropriate from the viewpoint of production effects that an enemy cut-in notice with a relatively low jackpot reliability is included in the content of the pre-drafting along with other announcement effects and reach effects with a relatively low jackpot reliability. .. Therefore, in this case, when creating the effect image data for the preliminary effect, for example, "the latter half of the battle scene of the battle reach effect" that is executed in the period R2 shown in FIG. 48A and the period Y3. The "movable accessory notice" is not included in the pre-production (excludes from the pre-production). This is because it is possible to prevent the balance of the jackpot reliability implied by the content of the pre-production from being disturbed.

When the pre-production is executed based on the production image data for the pre-production produced in this way, in the pre-production, the image corresponding to the “title notice” of the period Y1 and the “Battle reach production of the period R1” are executed. An image corresponding to "the first half of the confrontation scene" and an image corresponding to "enemy cut-in notice" replacing the friend cut-in notice of the period Y2 are displayed on the display screen 71a. For example, when the preliminary effect is a digest effect, (d) and (e) in FIGS. 49(a) to (e) are not executed, and instead of the cut-in image of the ally character shown in (c), the enemy is used. The cut-in image of character A is displayed. After the pre-production, the variation production progresses on the display screen 7a, but in the variation production, the "enemy cut-in notice" shown in the previous pre-production is not executed and the "ally cut-in notice" is displayed. Executed. That is, the variable effect is executed in a manner different from the content of the preliminary effect. In the configuration example 2 as described above, the variation effect after the pre-production is obtained in which the playability is not always executed according to the content of the pre-production. Thereby, it becomes possible to attract the player's interest to the pre-production and the variation production after the pre-production.

In particular, as in this configuration example 2, although the image corresponding to the “enemy cut-in notice” is displayed in the pre-production, in the variable production after the pre-production, the “ally cut” is not the “enemy cut-in notice”. When the "in-advance notice" is executed, the jackpot reliability of the fluctuating effect is higher than when the "enemy cut-in notice" is executed according to the content of the preliminary effect. That is, the apparent jackpot reliability associated with the variable effect differs depending on whether the effect displayed by the preliminary effect is executed after the preliminary effect or not. This means that, for example, even though the image corresponding to the "ally cut-in notice" is displayed in the pre-production, the "enemy cut-in notice" is executed in the variable production after the pre-production, This is also the case when the jackpot reliability of the variation effect becomes lower than when the "ally cut-in notice" is executed. In this way, depending on whether or not the effect displayed by the pre-effect is executed after the pre-effect, the apparent jackpot reliability may be different, so that when the pre-effect is executed, It is possible to increase the interest when the variation production is executed thereafter.

In addition, when an effect that is not included in the actual variable effect is targeted for the preliminary effect, the target is not limited to the cut-in notice as in the second configuration example, but a title notice or SP reach (battle reach effect). It may be another production such as a showdown scene. Further, by replacing two or more of the effects based on the variable effect pattern and the notice effect pattern specified in S4603 with another effect that is not executed in the actual variable effect, the other effect is used as the target of the pre-effect. It is also possible to display the content in advance. Furthermore, it is also possible to display the content not included in the variation effect pattern or the notice effect pattern specified in S4603 as the object of the preliminary effect and to display the content in the preliminary effect.

The examples and the other configuration examples 1 and 2 have been described above as the embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and each claim is not departing from the scope described in each claim. The description is not limited to those described above, and it is possible to appropriately add an improvement based on the knowledge that a person skilled in the art usually has, and to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily replace it.

For example, in the above-described embodiments and the like, the second image display device 71 (sub liquid crystal) having a relatively small screen size is provided above the first image display device 7 (main liquid crystal) having a relatively large screen size. However, the second image display device (sub liquid crystal) may be provided below, to the left, or to the right of the first image display device (main liquid crystal). In this case, it goes without saying that the main liquid crystal and the sub liquid crystal are provided in the same manner as in the above-described embodiments and the like, and one main liquid crystal and two or more (for example, two) sub liquid crystals are provided. Alternatively, a configuration (not shown) including two or more (for example, two) main liquid crystals and one sub liquid crystal may be used, or two or more (for example, two) main liquid crystals and two or more (for example, two) sub liquid crystals may be provided. It is also possible to adopt a configuration provided (not shown). The present invention can be applied to a configuration including these plural image display devices (display screens). In the case where two sub-liquid crystals are provided, for example, one of the sub-liquid crystals performs the pre-production A (digest production) and the other sub-liquid crystal executes the pre-production B (list production). In addition, the sub liquid crystal may be changed according to the type (mode) of the pre-production. By doing so, it becomes possible to make the execution form of the pre-production more diverse and improve the interest.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, the image display device (first image display device 7, second image display device 71) integrally provided with the game board 2 is provided, but the image display device on the game board side is provided. In addition to the above, for example, an image display device on the frame side provided on the front frame 51 may be provided. In this case, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the pre-production in the above-described embodiment or the like is executed by the image display device on the frame side. By doing so, it is possible to provide an unprecedented novel effect as an effect display executed by the image display device on the frame side.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, the configuration is such that the second image display device 71 (sub liquid crystal) executes the pre-production, but the first image display device 7 (main liquid crystal) is configured to execute the pre-production. You can also In this case, for example, at the time of starting the execution of the pre-production, the display size of the production symbol display area 7b on the display screen 7a is reduced, and the pre-production is displayed in the surplus area generated by this, or the display screen 7a is changed. The effect design 8 to be displayed is temporarily reduced in the corner of the screen (for example, the lower right of the screen), and the background image (background display) is temporarily hidden so that the pre-effect is displayed on the entire display screen 7a. By adopting the configuration described above, the pre-production can be executed during the execution of the variable production.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, there are two types of rounds of the big hit game, "2R" and "15R", but the number of rounds is not limited to this, and the number of rounds is three. There may be more than one type, or only one type. Further, the opening patterns of the first special winning opening 30 and the second special winning opening 35 (V attacker) are not limited to those in the above-described embodiment. For example, the opening time and the number of times of opening per round are various. It is possible to adopt the mode of.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, depending on the length of the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 (V attacker) in the V round, the possibility of passing V becomes high (easy) and low (substantially). It would be impossible). That is, when the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 in the V round is relatively long, it becomes easy for the game ball to enter the second special winning opening 35, and the second special winning opening 35 is inserted. It is assumed that at least one of the entered game balls almost certainly passes through the specific area 39, and on the other hand, when the opening time of the second special winning opening 35 in the V round is relatively short, the second big winning. It has become difficult (substantially impossible) to enter the game ball into the mouth 35, and thus the game ball does not pass through the specific area 39. Instead of this, a movable piece for opening and closing a specific area is provided, and the movable piece is operated based on the number of balls (count value by the number-of-balls counting means) entering the second special winning opening 35 in the V round. The V passing possibility may be different depending on the operation mode. For example, when the movable piece is operated based on the first predetermined number (for example, the first ball) entering the second special winning opening 35 in the V round, the operation mode of the movable piece may be V passable. Is set to be low (substantially impossible), and when the movable piece is operated based on the second predetermined number (for example, any of the second to prescribed number) of balls entered, The operation mode is a mode in which the possibility of passing V is high. Then, in the V round, the big piece that the movable piece operates only in a mode in which the possibility of passing the V is low, that is, the big piece that the movable piece operates only based on the first predetermined number of balls entering the second special winning opening 35. It is a “V non-passing big hit”, and there are cases where it operates in a mode having a low V passing possibility and cases that operate in a high V passing possibility, that is, the first predetermined to the second special winning opening 35. The big hit in which the movable piece operates based on the number of incoming balls and the second predetermined number of incoming balls may be referred to as a “V passing planned big hit”. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not the probability varying function is activated (whether or not a high probability state is generated) based on whether or not the game ball has passed through the specific area, as in the above-described embodiment and the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment and the like, the player is provided with a game privilege of generating a high probability state based on the fact that the game ball has passed the specific area 39 in the V round during the big hit game (during special game). However, the privilege in the present invention is not limited to the occurrence of the high probability state. For example, a high base state in which a game ball enters the starting opening at a high frequency, a variation time shortened state in which the variation time of identification information is shorter than usual (time saving state), and the like, which gives some benefit to the player. If it exists, the content (type) of the privilege does not matter. Further, one benefit may be given or a plurality of benefits may be given based on the game ball having passed through the specific area.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, the example in which the present invention is applied to the pachinko machine (so-called “V confirmation machine”) having the specific region 39 as the probability variation operation port is illustrated, but the invention is not limited to this, and it is specified in the special winning opening. Without having the area 39, a type of gaming machine (so-called "symbol probability changing machine") that determines whether or not to give a high-probability state based on the result of special symbol hit/miss determination (type of big hit symbol that is stopped and displayed) The present invention can also be applied to the above. Alternatively, the present invention can be applied to a type of gaming machine that does not have a probability varying function. In addition, a special area (V area) is provided in the special winning opening where the result of the special symbol hit determination is a small hit, and a special area (V area) is provided, and the game ball that entered the big winning opening during the small hit game is The present invention can also be applied to a type 1 or type 2 pachinko gaming machine in which a big hit occurs when a specific area is passed (V passage), and a big hit game is executed based on the V passage.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment and the like, a control process (so-called special figure) in which the second special figure hold (variable display of the second special symbol) is given priority over the first special figure hold (variable display of the first special symbol) However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a control process (so-called special figure 1 priority change) in which the first special figure hold is prioritized over the second special figure hold. Alternatively, without prioritizing the completion of the first special map reservation and the completion of the second special map reservation, the oldest stored one of the first special map reservation and the second special map reservation is sequentially deleted. It may be a control process (so-called variation in the order of entry (memory order)). Further, in place of the special figure 2 priority variation in the above-described embodiment, the variation display of the first special symbol and the variation display of the second special symbol (digestion of the first special symbol hold and digestion of the second special symbol hold) A control process (so-called special figure 1, simultaneous change) that is executed in parallel may be adopted.

Further, in the above-described embodiments and the like, the big hit probability can be set to the low probability (first probability) or the high probability (second probability) by deactivating/activating the probability varying function, but the kind of the big hit probability (number ) Is not limited to this, and three or more types of probabilities can be set, such as medium probability (third probability) higher than low probability (first probability) and lower than high probability (second probability). May be Furthermore, the first low probability and the first high probability (first probability condition), the second low probability and the second high probability (second probability condition), the third low probability and the third high probability (third probability condition), etc. , Providing a plurality of types of probability conditions that define the relationship between a low probability and a high probability, and any one of the plurality of types of probability conditions can be set (selectable) at power-on of a gaming machine, for example. Good.

[Other]
Hereinafter, inventions related to the embodiments (examples) disclosed in the present specification will be disclosed as reference inventions.

(Reference invention 1-1)
A variation of the identification information is executed based on the establishment of a predetermined condition, and based on the display result of the variation display being a specific display result, a gaming machine that can execute a special game advantageous to the player. ,
Variation effect execution means capable of executing a predetermined variation effect in accordance with the variation display,
At a predetermined time during the execution of the variable effect, a preliminary effect execution unit capable of executing a preliminary effect that displays a part of the effect that can be executed after the predetermined time,
A gaming machine comprising:

According to such a gaming machine, a predetermined fluctuating effect is configured to be able to be executed in accordance with the fluctuating display of the identification information, and at the predetermined time during the execution of the fluctuating effect, a part of the effect that can be executed after that is performed. The pre-display to be displayed is configured to be executable. Therefore, some of the effects that may be executed later can be visually confirmed in advance. As a result, while the variation display (variation effect) of the identification information progresses, it is possible to easily visualize the subsequent development of the variation effect by executing the preliminary effect, and to enhance the interest in the variable display.

(Reference invention 1-2)
In the gaming machine of Reference Invention 1-1 described above,
As the variation effect, there is a first variation effect and a second variation effect,
It is assumed that the display result of the variable display is more likely to be the specific display result when the second variation effect is executed than when the first variation effect is executed.
The gaming machine, wherein the preliminary effect executing means is capable of executing the preliminary effect when the second variable effect is executed in association with the variable display.

According to such a gaming machine, the possibility of deriving the specific display result is increased when the variation effect executed along with the variation display of the identification information is the second variation effect, and the second variation effect is executed. In the case of, the pre-production is configured to be executable. For this reason, the pre-production is executed in a situation in which the display result of the variable display of the identification information is highly likely to be the specific display result. As a result, it is possible to make the player pay attention to whether or not the pre-production is executed and enhance the interest in the variable display.

(Reference invention 1-3)
In the gaming machine of the above-mentioned Reference invention 1-1 or Reference invention 1-2,
From the start to the end of the variable effect, a plurality of times when the preliminary effect can be executed are provided,
A game machine characterized in that the form of pre-production differs depending on the time when the pre-production is executed.

According to such a gaming machine, a plurality of timings in which the pre-production can be executed are provided within the execution period of the variable production, and the modes of the pre-production differ depending on the times. Therefore, it is possible to increase the variation of pre-production. As a result, it becomes possible to enhance the interest of pre-production.

(Reference invention 1-4)
In any one of the above-mentioned reference invention 1-1 to reference invention 1-3,
The game machine characterized in that the preliminary effect executing means may display an effect which is not executed after the predetermined time period, by including it in the preliminary effect.

According to such a gaming machine, in the pre-production which is executed at a predetermined time during the execution of the variable production, a production which is not executed after the predetermined time may be displayed. For this reason, the variable effect after the preliminary effect can be provided as a playability that is not always executed according to the content of the preliminary effect. Thereby, it becomes possible to attract the player's interest to the pre-production and the variation production after the pre-production.

(Reference invention 1-5)
In any one of the above-mentioned reference invention 1-1 to reference invention 1-4,
When the execution period of the variable production is divided into a first period and a second period after the first period, the pre-production execution means can execute the pre-production in the first period. A gaming machine characterized by.

According to such a gaming machine, when the execution period of the fluctuating effect executed with the fluctuating display of the identification information is divided into the first period and the second period after the first period, in the first period. Pre-production can be executed. Therefore, when the pre-production is executed, the pre-production is executed at an earlier stage in the execution period of the variable production. As a result, it is possible to attract the player's interest in the pre-production at an early stage after the start of the execution of the variation effect and enhance the interest in the variation display.
(Reference invention 1-6)
In any one of the above-mentioned reference invention 1-1 to reference invention 1-5,
In the pre-production, a production image showing an outline of production that can be executed later is displayed.

According to such a gaming machine, when the preliminary effect is executed at a predetermined time during the execution of the variable effect, the effect image showing the outline of the effect that can be executed later is displayed in the preliminary effect. For this reason, it becomes possible to show the contents of the subsequent fluctuating effect so that they can be understood in a short period. As a result, it is possible to easily visualize the subsequent development of the variation effect.

(Reference invention 1-7)
In any one of the above-mentioned reference invention 1-1 to reference invention 1-5,
In the pre-production, an effect image that enumerates effects that can be executed later is displayed.

According to such a gaming machine, when the pre-production is executed at a predetermined time during the execution of the variable production, the pre-production displays an effect image listing the effects that can be executed later. Therefore, it is possible to collectively show effects that may be executed later. As a result, it is possible to easily visualize the subsequent development of the variation effect.

According to the above-mentioned reference invention, it is possible to realize a new effect capable of attracting the player's interest and enhance the interest of the game.

1 Pachinko gaming machine, 2 gaming board, 3 gaming area, 7 first image display device, 7a display screen, 7b, effect design display area, 7c background display area, 8 effect design, 9a first effect hold, 9b second effect Hold, 9c First effect hold display area (first effect hold display section), 9d Second effect hold display area (second effect hold display section), 20 First start opening, 21 Second start opening, 30 First large Winning mouth, 35 2nd big winning mouth, 41a 1st special symbol display device (1st special symbol display part), 41b 2nd special symbol display device (2nd special symbol display part), 71 2nd image display device, 71a Display screen, 80 main control board, 81 game control microcomputer (main control section), 90 sub control board (sub control section), 91 performance control microcomputer (sub control section), 100 image control board (image control section), 101 Image control microcomputer (image control unit).

Claims (2)

A variation of the identification information is executed based on the establishment of a predetermined condition, and based on the display result of the variation display being a specific display result, a gaming machine capable of executing a special game advantageous to the player. ,
Variation effect execution means capable of executing a predetermined variation effect in accordance with the variation display,
At a predetermined time during the execution of the variable effect, a preliminary effect execution unit capable of executing a preliminary effect that displays a part of the effect that can be executed after the predetermined time ,
The aforesaid pre-production is a production that displays a partial production scene included in a period after the predetermined period in the execution period of the variable production on a predetermined display unit . The pre- production is a mode in which a plurality of partial production scenes included in a period after the predetermined period of the execution period of the variable production are displayed one by one. Game machine.

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