JP6817525B2 - Bullet game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area in which a game ball is launched.

Conventionally, among various types of ball game machines, the so-called first-class pachinko game machine has a plurality of symbols changed in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided in the substantially center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as "design variation" or "variation display", etc.). This game machine shifts to a special game called a big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than in a normal game when the combination of symbols when the movement of symbols in a plurality of rows is stopped becomes a specific mode. Known as a thing. In the variable display of symbols in the display area, not only a plurality of symbols are variablely displayed, but also the variable display time is usually set in a state where one more symbol is aligned and a big hit is obtained, as in the so-called reach screen. The production is designed to raise the expectations of the player, such as making it longer than that. In addition, the player's expectation is raised by the effect of using characters in images such as patterns to give a story to the variable display and the advance notice effect that suggests the high degree of expectation for transition to special games. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-230714 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-18680 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-64904

There is known a technique for alerting a player to forget to remove a prepaid card at the end or after the end of a special game (see, for example, Patent Documents 2 and 3). When a warning is displayed at the end of a special game, the time for the end effect (so-called "end demo display") to be displayed at the end of the special game may be longer because the time for the display is secured. It was. In the end production, since the unit game has ended, there is no prize in the big winning opening, and since the special game has not ended yet, the digestion of the reserved ball due to the symbol change has not been resumed. Therefore, if the player continues to shoot the game ball during that time, it may be disadvantageous in terms of the game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine for improving the efficiency of the end effect at the end of a special game.

In order to solve the above problems, the ball game machine of a certain aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a main control device for controlling the progress of the game, and a predetermined position in the game area. In the normal state, it is more difficult to enter the ball from the first starting winning opening at a predetermined position different from the first starting winning opening in the game area where the entry of the game ball triggers the lottery. The lottery value is acquired by entering the second start winning opening and the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, which triggers the lottery when the game ball is entered. A winning / failing determination means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game including a plurality of unit games, which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, based on a lottery value, and for showing the result of the winning / failing determination. A symbol display device that displays the symbols in a variable manner, a large winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and is opened in the special game and the entry of the game ball triggers the awarding of the prize ball, and the winning / failing judgment to the special game A special game control means for executing a special game by opening the large winning opening when the result should be shifted, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, and an effect to be displayed on the effect display device. The effect determining means for determining the target content, the effect display control means for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device, and the second start when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied. The main control device is based on one of a plurality of types of special game opening patterns, comprising a specific game control means for shifting the ball entry ease to a winning opening to a higher ball entry ease state than the normal state. The special game is executed, and information indicating the control timing is transmitted to the effect determining means at a plurality of control timings defined in the special game opening pattern, and the effect determining means is one of a plurality of control timings in the special game. At the timing of, a group of commands including a specific command for displaying the content that calls attention to the player regarding forgetting to take out the value storage medium inserted and held in the game ball lending device by the player is produced on the effect display device. It can be transmitted to the display control means, and the effect display control means warns the player about forgetting to take out the value storage medium when the command group includes a specific command at any timing of a plurality of control timings in the special game. There line an indication as to arouse contents, effect display control means, instructions for rendering specific contents to be displayed on the effect display device from the performance determination means, the a dramaturgic contents being displayed in the effect display device If it is one command, the effect content being displayed on the effect display device is continuously displayed as it is .

It should be noted that any combination of the above components, and those in which the components and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between methods, devices, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, and the like are also used. , Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a game machine for improving the efficiency of the end effect at the end of a special game.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure on the back side of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a main board. It is a figure which shows typically the hit / fail judgment table. It is a figure which shows typically the advance hit / fail judgment table referred to in the advance hit / miss judgment. It is a figure which shows typically the symbol determination table. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table schematically. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub-board. It is a figure which shows the outline of the mobile cooperation system typically. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of a main board and a sub board schematicly. It is a block diagram which shows schematic the hardware composition of the effect display control device. It is a flowchart which shows the control start processing of the main board in a pachinko gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of an interrupt process. It is a flowchart which shows the control start processing of the sub-board in a pachinko gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the command is received from the main board. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when a sub CPU receives a command from a display CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interrupt process when the timer interrupt for various device control occurs. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the special symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the decorative pattern variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a figure which shows the board surface structure of this Example. It is a figure of the table which shows the correspondence relationship of a special symbol and a special game opening pattern. It is a figure which shows each structure of the 1st 7th special game effect pattern typically. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the display command of the effect transmitted from the effect determination means to the effect display control means in a special game. It is a time chart which shows typically the timing of the instruction transmitted from the main board to a sub-board, and the instruction transmitted from the effect determining means in the sub-board to the effect display control means. It is a figure which shows the correspondence relationship between the mode of a special game at the first hit and the presence / absence of execution of a warning display. It is a figure which shows the correspondence relationship between the mode of a special game in the 2nd and subsequent big hits, and the presence / absence of execution of a warning display. It is a figure which shows the screen example of the caution display.

<Prerequisite technology>
In the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not executed at the same time. Further, in order to achieve both of these playability, a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of hold lamps are provided. It is designed so that the number of big hits in the second game is generally larger than the number of big hits in the first game. For example, the second game is more likely to be a big hit with a probability change, and the second game has a larger number of units that make up a special game (a long opening unit with a long opening time of the big winning opening). A game and a short-open unit game with a short opening time are mixed in one special game, and even if the number of unit games is the same, the number of long-open unit games is larger in the second game than in the first game. The second game is designed to have a relatively higher profit than the first game, such as (including the case). On top of that, at first, aim for the first hit in the first game, and after the big hit in the first game gives a shorter time, aim for the second game repeatedly and get a lot of balls. Realize.

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

The transparent plate 103 is formed of glass or the like and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is attached to the front frame 102 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball plate 105 has a mechanism for storing the game ball, sending the game ball to the launch rail, extracting the game ball to the lower ball plate 106, and the like. The lower ball plate 106 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. Speakers 108 are provided on the left and right sides of the upper part of the door 104, and sound effects and music sounds according to the game state and the effect are output by means for controlling the effect. Most of the resin members constituting the appearance of the door 104 are translucent, and the decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decorative lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the game state and the effect by means for controlling the effect, and plays a role of the effect by blinking or the like.

The game board 80 has a first starting port 11, a second starting port 12, a large winning opening 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning port 33 on the game area 81 partitioned by the rail 82. , Out port 34, effect display device 60, center decoration 64. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided so as to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over the substantially central portion of the game area 81 and the upper portion and the right portion thereof, and is a flow path of the game ball and the effect display device. It has 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 on which the inflowing game ball rolls is formed at the lower part of the center decoration 64, and the falling direction from the stage 65 is the direction of entering the first starting port 11 and the first starting port 11 depending on the rolling method. It is distributed to the side direction that does not enter the ball. At the upper part of the center decoration 64, a movable accessory 66 that is driven according to the content of the effect and performs an effect is provided. In the game area 81, a plurality of mechanisms such as game nails and windmills (not shown) for forming a flow path of the game ball are installed. In this specification, "winning ball", "winning prize", and "falling in" may be synonymous with each other. In addition, each winning opening and each entry opening may be composed of a "passing opening" (also called a "gate" or "through chucker") of a type through which a game ball passes, and the "entry ball" may be formed. "Prize," "fall," and "pass" may also be synonymous with each other.

The first starting port 11 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the first game, and the second starting opening 12 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the second game. The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 are configured so that the ball can be aimed at one side depending on the launch strength of the game ball according to the player's intention. The first starting port 11 is provided at a substantially central lower portion in the game area 81, and the second starting port 12 is provided directly below the first starting port 11. Left-handed, that is, when the ball is hit relatively weakly aiming to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64, it is possible or easy to enter the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12, while right-handed. That is, when the ball is hit relatively strongly aiming to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64, the ball can enter the second starting port 12 or is easy to enter, but cannot enter the first starting port 11. Alternatively, a flow path is formed by arranging the game nails so as to make it difficult to enter the ball. However, normally, the upper part of the opening of the second starting port 12 is covered with the first starting port 11 to prevent the inflow of the game ball. Therefore, unless the expanding mechanism of the second starting port 12 is opened, the second starting port 12 is opened. It is impossible or difficult to enter the ball in 12. The winning / failing lottery is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player, and is executed every time a ball is entered into the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12. To.

The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 may be provided at positions separated from each other to such an extent that it is possible to strike a target depending on the firing strength of the game ball. The first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 may be installed separately on the left side and the right side of the game area 81, respectively, so that it is difficult for a game ball aiming at one to enter the other. For example, the first starting port 11 is provided at a position where it is possible or easy to enter the ball when it is left-handed, that is, when it is aimed to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and fired relatively weakly. The second starting port 12 is provided at a position where the ball can be entered or is easily entered when the ball is hit right-handed, that is, when the ball is launched relatively strongly aiming at flowing into the right passage of the center decoration 64.

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

When the ordinary electric accessory 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91, the ease of entering the ball into the second starting port 12 is enhanced. The one-time opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is as short as about 0.1 seconds at the time of short opening, while the one-time opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is about 6 seconds at the time of long opening. It is set longer than that at the time of short opening, and it becomes easier for the game ball to enter the second starting port 12. The long opening of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is also called "opening extension". As a modification, when the ordinary electric accessory 90 expands, it may be notified in advance to that effect, or the hold of the ordinary symbol change may be pre-read and notified before the start of the change of the ordinary symbol. , Ordinary symbols may be notified during fluctuations.

As a modification of the opening mode when the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12 is opened for a long time, the total opening time is lengthened to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds, which is longer than the short opening, three times. It may be an embodiment. Further, a plurality of combinations of the opening time and the number of opening times may be prepared and one of them may be selected. For example, when the 2-second opening is performed 3 times, the total opening time is the same as when the 6-second opening is performed once, but the former is longer than the latter when the interval period is included. Therefore, especially in the configuration of the modified example in which the second starting port 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the former player enters the ball assuming that the player who notices the opening adjusts the hitting direction to the second starting port 12 from that point. It can be said that the chance is long. Further, it may be configured so that there are a plurality of hit types of ordinary symbols, and the opening mode of the expansion mechanism may be different depending on the hit types. For example, when the normal symbol is the first hit, the 0.1 second opening is set once in the normal state, the 1 second opening is set three times in the easy-to-enter state, and the second hit is the normal state. Then, the 6-second opening may be performed once, and the 2-second opening may be performed twice in the easy-to-enter state.

Each of the three general winning openings 33 includes a general winning detection device 38 for detecting the entry of a game ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry.

The large winning opening 20 includes a large winning opening detection device 25 for detecting the entry of a game ball, and a large winning opening solenoid 92 for opening and closing the large winning opening 20. The grand prize detection device 25 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the grand prize opening 20, and generates the grand prize opening winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry. The big winning opening 20 is a horizontally rectangular winning opening that opens as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 stops in a predetermined mode. The big winning opening 20 is provided at a position on the upper right side of the out opening 34. As a modified example, another large winning opening may be provided in the lower center of the game area 81 or above or below the large winning opening 20, and a plurality of large winning openings may be provided.

The first special symbol display device 41 corresponding to the first game and the second special symbol display device 42 corresponding to the second game are arranged side by side on the left and right at the lower left position on the outside of the game area 81 on the game board 80. The variation of the 1 special symbol 51 and the 2nd special symbol 52 is displayed. In the substantially center of the game area 81, an effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center decoration 64, and the decorative symbol 61 linked to the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is provided. Display the fluctuation of the production image including. Hereinafter, such a display is referred to as "design variation" or "variation display".

The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery performed when the game ball enters the first starting port 11, and the variation display is stopped in a predetermined hit mode. At that time, a big hit as a special game occurs. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery performed when the game ball enters the second starting port 12, and the variation display is stopped in a predetermined hit mode. At that time, a big hit as a special game occurs. The first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 are, for example, an 8-segment LED composed of 7 segments forming a "figure 8" and 8 segments of 1 segment representing a "dot". It is a display device of. With an 8-segment LED, a numerical value equivalent to 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by the combination of segments do not necessarily form the body of letters or numbers, and may be generally meaningless symbols formed by the combination of each segment. .. By displaying these symbols on the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 one after another at high speed, the symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. To. Further, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 use LED dot arrays that are not 8-segment LEDs, and a plurality of types of first special symbol 51 and second are used depending on the combination of lighting patterns and lighting colors. The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

The effect display device 60 is a display device including a liquid crystal display that variablely displays the decorative symbol 61 in conjunction with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually producing the determination result display of the lottery shown by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. As the decorative symbol 61, the effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image in which a plurality of rows of symbols imitating a game of a slot machine are varied in a central region of the screen. In this embodiment, the symbols composed of the numbers "0" to "9" are displayed in three columns and varied, and the hit or miss is indicated by the combination of the three symbols that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, letters, or symbols decorated with colors and patterns, and these numbers, letters, and symbols are common to all symbols. It may be configured by adding a different pattern to each and integrating them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set in the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and may be, for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn. The decorative design 61 is switched between the case where the design including the design is integrally displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, letters, and symbols are displayed in a variable manner according to the development of the effect. It may be configured to be. In the background of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61, a moving image having a directing effect related to the theme of the decoration or effect set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the variation of the symbol.

Since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily have to play a directing role, in the present embodiment, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol at the lower left of the game area 81 are required. The display device 42 displays the image in an inconspicuous size. However, when a method of expressing the special symbol itself without using a decorative symbol by giving it a directing role is adopted, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 8-segment LED.

The effect display device 60 is composed of a liquid crystal display which is a high-definition dot matrix type display device, but the width of the display area may be about half the width of the game area, or a large size exceeding half. There may be. In the case of a large size, the game ball passage on the right side of the effect display device is formed with a passage width that allows one game ball to pass through, and if the player launches the so-called "right-handed" with the maximum strength, the right-hand passage will almost certainly occur. The game ball can be passed through, and it can be distinguished from the so-called "left-handed". The effect display device 60 may be composed not only of a single display device but also of a combination of a plurality of display devices. In the case of a plurality of displays, displays of different sizes such as a combination of a main liquid crystal and a sub liquid crystal may be combined, the sub liquid crystal may be arranged at a position adjacent to the main liquid crystal, or a position other than the game board, for example, a firing handle. It may be installed in the vicinity of. When installed in the vicinity of the launch handle, it may be configured in the form of a touch panel that can be operated and input by the player. The effect display device 60 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be configured by a display device such as an organic EL display, a mechanical display means such as a drum rotation type, or a display means such as an LED matrix type. ..

The first operating port 31 is provided at a position on the left side of the game area 81 and includes the first passage detection device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the first operating port 31, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The second operating port 32 is provided at a position on the right side of the game area 81 and includes the second passage detection device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the second operating port 32, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32 triggers an open lottery to determine whether or not to expand the ordinary electric accessory 90. When the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol, which is a symbol showing the determination result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "ordinary symbol lottery". The normal symbol display device 45 is provided on the lower right outside of the game area 81, and is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbol is expressed by which of the lamps is lit. For example, when the lighting of the first lamp indicates that the lamp is off and the second lamp indicates a hit, the variation display of the normal symbol is expressed by alternately turning on and off the lamp, and finally one of the lamps is turned on. By stopping in the state, the stop symbol of the normal symbol is expressed. After a predetermined time has passed from the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol stops. When the normal symbol stops at the hit symbol, the normal electric accessory 90 is expanded.

There are two types of opening time for the ordinary electric accessory 90: a short opening for 0.1 seconds and a long opening for 6 seconds. In the open lottery in the normal state, the normal symbol wins and the long opening is executed with a probability of 1/50, and the normal symbol wins and the short opening is executed with a probability of 1/100. In this way, in the normal state, the probability of long opening is higher than the probability of short opening, but in the modified example, the probability of short opening may be higher than the probability of long opening, or both probabilities. May be the same specifications. In the open lottery in the easy-to-enter state, the probability of hitting a normal symbol is increased to 99/100, and the opening time is limited to a long opening. In this way, in the easy-to-enter state, the ease of entering the second starting port 12 is enhanced by the function of changing the hit probability of the normal symbol and the function of extending the opening time. In the easy-to-enter state in the modified example, the ease of entering the second starting port 12 may be enhanced by using three functions including a function of shortening the fluctuation time of the normal symbol. In that case, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state and 2 seconds in the easy-to-enter state.

At the lower left position on the outside of the game area 81, a first special symbol holding lamp 71 corresponding to the first game is provided above the first special symbol display device 41, and a first special symbol display device 42 is provided above the second special symbol display device 42. A second special figure holding lamp 72 corresponding to the second game is provided. The first special figure holding lamp 71 is composed of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the winning / failing lottery value in the first game according to the number of lighting or the number of blinking. The number of winning / failing lottery values held in the first special symbol holding lamp 71 is the number of lottery values that have been won in the first starting port 11 while the first special symbol 51 is changing or the special game is being executed, and the symbol fluctuation is still in progress. Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been executed. The second special figure holding lamp 72 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the winning / failing lottery value in the second game according to the number of lighting or the number of blinking. The number of winning / failing lottery values held in the second special symbol holding lamp 72 is the number of lottery values that have been won in the second starting port 12 while the second special symbol 52 is changing or the special game is being executed, and the symbol fluctuation is still in progress. Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been executed. The number of hold of the winning / failing lottery value is also displayed at the lower part of the screen of the effect display device 60 in a form represented by the number of lighting of the hold lamp image.

When the number of winning / failing lottery pending is 3, the symbol fluctuation time in the case of a loss is shortened than usual in order to improve the game efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as "shortening fluctuation"). Similarly, when the number of winning / failing lottery pending is 4, the symbol fluctuation time in the case of losing is further shortened as compared with the case of the above 3 in order to further improve the game efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as "super shortened fluctuation"). ).

At the lower right position on the outside of the game area 81, a normal symbol holding lamp 75 is provided on the right side of the normal symbol display device 45. The normal symbol hold lamp 75 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations according to the number of lights or the number of blinks. The number of reserved normal symbol changes is the number of game balls that have passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32 during the changing of the normal symbol, and the number of normal symbol lottery for which the normal symbol change has not yet been executed. Is shown.

The effect button 109 is an operation input means that the player presses to input a predetermined instruction to the game machine according to the effect content, and the effect content and the like are changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball plate 105. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the game machine, and is provided on the outer wall surface on the left side of the upper ball plate 105.

The method of the game and the flow of control performed in the above configuration will be outlined. When the player rotates the launch handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball plate 105 are guided one by one to the rail 82 and launched into the game area 81 with the strength corresponding to the rotation angle. .. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 107 by hand, the firing of the game ball is repeated at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 81 falls in a direction corresponding to the hitting method while hitting a plurality of game nails or windmills. When the game ball falls into each of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, and the large winning opening 20, the winning ball according to the type of the winning opening is the upper ball plate 105 or the lower. It is paid out to the ball plate 106. The game balls that fall into each winning opening such as the general winning opening 33 are treated as safe balls, and the game balls that fall into the out opening 34 are treated as out balls.

When the ball enters the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the second special symbol 52 in the first special symbol display device 41, the second special symbol display device 42, and the effect display device 60. The decorative pattern 61 is displayed in a variable manner. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the variation display time determined prior to the display has elapsed. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed in a variable manner according to a variable pattern in which the variation mode from the start to the stop of the variation is defined. The decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed according to a variable effect pattern in which the variation mode from the start to the stop of the variation is defined. A plurality of types of fluctuation patterns and fluctuation production patterns are prepared, and each has various fluctuation times, long and short. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variablely displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, the variation display time is set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 occurs when the variation display time elapses. It will be stopped.

As the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, the symbols are varied in all three rows like the reel rotation of the slot machine at the start of the variation, and when the variation end timing is approached, the symbols are stopped one by one as the final stop mode. Display the symbol combination. When the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stopping are in the stop mode showing a big hit, the game shifts to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the game is large. The opening / closing operation of the winning opening 20 is started. The stop mode of the decorative symbol 61 showing the jackpot is, for example, a combination mode in which the types of the three symbols match.

The variable effect pattern includes a normal off effect pattern, a reach out effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal out-of-order effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination. The out-of-reach effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a combination of out-of-reach symbols through a reach state, which is a state in which one more symbol is aligned and a big hit is made. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying the symbol combination of the jackpot after the reach state. In particular, the pattern when going through the reach state includes a pattern having various fluctuation times, long and short, and a reach pattern with a relatively short fluctuation time is called "normal reach", and a reach pattern with a long fluctuation time is called "super reach". ". The normal out-of-reach effect pattern, the reach-out effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern are divided into a normal pattern displayed in a normal state and a time-saving pattern displayed in a time-saving state, respectively. However, even in the normal state, if the second symbol changes corresponding to the entry of the ball into the second starting port 12, the probability that the jackpot will be accompanied by a probability change or the number of unit games of the special game will increase is the first. Since it can be said that the chance state is higher than the first fluctuation corresponding to the entry of the ball into the 1 starting port 11, a pattern for chance effect indicating that the chance is a relatively advantageous jackpot may be used. In the embodiment, the time saving pattern is used in the time saving state, but since the time saving is accompanied in the probability changing state, the time saving pattern is also used in the probability changing state. However, in the modified example, the specification may be such that a pattern for probability variation different from that for time saving is used in the probability variation state. Alternatively, a specification that uses a common pattern for time saving and probability variation may be used, or a specification that uses a probability variation pattern in the probability variation state without particularly using the time reduction pattern may be used.

There are two types of special games, normal special games and shortened special games, and there is a big difference in the profits from the winning prize balls. Usually, the special game is started by displaying the production screen called the start demo time. After the screen display of the start demo time, the big winning opening 20 is opened, and the opening is continued for about 30 seconds, or is temporarily closed after 9 or more game balls have fallen. The process from opening to closing of the large winning opening 20 is basically called a unit game, but there may be cases where a plurality of short-time openings are repeated during one unit game. After the opening and closing of the large winning opening 20 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 4 or 16 times, the special game is usually ended by the display of the effect screen called the end demo time. In normal special games, you can expect enough balls to enter 9 or more balls per unit game, and you can get enough prize balls (also called "balls") by 16 unit games, which is a big profit. Is obtained. A special game in which 16 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as a "16R jackpot", and a special game in which four unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as a "4R jackpot".

On the other hand, in the shortened special game, there is no start demo time and end demo time, and the large winning opening 20 is opened for 0.2 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice to end the shortened special game. In the shortened special game, since the opening of the large winning opening 20 is only repeated twice for a very short time, it is almost impossible to enter the large winning opening 20, and the number of balls is substantially equal to zero. is there. A special game in which two unit games are repeated is also appropriately referred to as a "2R jackpot".

When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stopping are in the predetermined small hit mode, the game shifts to the small hit game composed of one unit game, and the large winning opening 20 The opening and closing operation is executed. In one unit game constituting the small hit game, since the big winning opening 20 repeats opening for about 0.2 seconds twice, the operation mode is the same as the 2R big hit in appearance.

When a special game occurs and the hit stop symbol at that time is in a specific mode, the probability change, which is one of the specific games, is further started after the end of the special game. During the probability change, a winning / losing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game may occur relatively early. It should be noted that the fact that the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery is a specific big hit, that is, a big hit accompanied by a probability change is not clearly shown from the appearance, and a latent probability change state that is not explicitly notified as a decorative pattern or production content may be used. In that case, the effect display device 60 does not clearly indicate whether the change is probable or non-probable even during the probable change.

In the normal game after the special game is completed, the easy entry state, which is one of the specific game states, is started. In the easy-to-enter state, the winning probability of the open lottery is increased more than usual, and the opening extension is executed so that the opening time of the normal electric accessory 90 is extended. Since the number of hits of the normal symbol per fixed time can be increased and the ease of entering the second starting port 12 is also increased, there is a high possibility that the number of balls entering the second starting port 12 will increase. Therefore, as a result of increasing the chances of obtaining a prize ball by entering the second starting port 12, it is possible to continue playing while hardly reducing the number of balls held or gradually increasing the number of balls held.

In the easy-to-enter state, as one of the specific game states, the so-called time reduction in which the fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shorter than in the normal state is further executed. The fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is returned to the original fluctuation time after a predetermined number of fluctuations, for example, 100 fluctuations are displayed, but reaches the fluctuation number. If a big hit occurs before, the time reduction will end once. Since the fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in the shortened time, until a big hit occurs as compared with the case where the symbol fluctuates with the normal fluctuation time. The time can be shortened, and the ease of obtaining a big hit can be relatively increased. In the modified example, the specification may be such that the special symbol is not shortened in the easy-to-enter state.

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

FIG. 3 shows a functional block of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The pachinko gaming machine 100 is divided into a main board 200 as a main control device for controlling the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game, and a sub board 300 as a sub-control device for controlling the directing operation and processing. It is composed of various forms. The main board 200 includes a first starting port 11, a second starting port 12, a large winning opening 20, a general winning opening 33, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, a first special symbol display device 41, and a second special. It is electrically connected to the symbol display device 42 and the normal symbol display device 45, and transmits and receives various control signals to and from each of them. The sub-board 300 is electrically connected to the effect display device 60, the effect button 109, the speaker 108, and the decorative lamp 111, and transmits and receives various control signals to and from each of them. Since data transmission / reception between the main board 200 and the sub board 300 is in one direction from the main board 200 to the sub board 300, each configuration is configured so that the entire operation is realized by data transmission / reception in such one direction. It is arranged on the main board 200 and the sub board 300. Since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 300 to the configuration included in the main board 200, and data transmission is performed. I can't even request it. Therefore, the information generated by the main board 200 cannot be referred to from the sub board 300 unless the main board 200 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 300.

It should be noted that any of the functional blocks included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the sub-board 300 instead of the main board 200, and any of the functional blocks included in the sub-board 300 may be mounted on the sub-board 300. It may be mounted on the main board 200.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main board 200. The main board 200 includes a ball entry determination means 201, a first lottery means 211, a second lottery means 212, a general drawing lottery means 213, a hold control means 240, a main display control means 250, a special game control means 260, and a small hit game control. The means 265, the specific game control means 270, the open / close control means 275, and the special figure adjusting means 276 are provided.

The ball entry determination means 201 determines the entry of a game ball into each winning opening. When the ball entry determination means 201 receives the first start winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the first start opening 11, and when it receives the second start winning information, the game ball has won the second start opening 12. to decide. When the winning ball determining means 201 receives the large winning opening winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the large winning opening 20, and when it receives the general winning information, it determines that the game ball has won the general winning opening 33. Upon receiving the passing information, the ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32.

The first lottery means 211 has a function of executing the first lottery related to the first game, such as a first lottery value acquisition means 216, a first hit / miss determination means 221 and a first symbol determination means 226, and a first variation pattern determination. The first winning / failing lottery is executed as a winning / failing lottery corresponding to the entry of the ball into the first starting port 11, including the means 231. The determination result of the first winning / failing lottery is shown in the form of the variable display of the first special symbol 51 in the first special symbol display device 41, and is shown in the form of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60. .. The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second hit / fail determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entry into the second starting port 12. The second winning / failing lottery is executed as a winning / failing lottery. The determination result of the second winning / failing lottery is shown in the form of the variable display of the second special symbol 52 in the second special symbol display device 42, and is shown in the form of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60. .. When the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 start the symbol change, the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 transmit the lottery determination result corresponding to the symbol change to the effect determination means 303 together with the symbol change control command.

In the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212, which lottery value range in the winning / failing judgment corresponds to as a preliminary judgment process even when the ball enters the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12. The advance hit / fail judgment is executed, and the judgment result is transmitted to the effect determining means 303. After the result of the pre-determination process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, it is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is started immediately, and is deleted from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. To. Therefore, for the sub-board 300 side, a so-called "look-ahead" process is realized, in which the winning / failing result can be presumably recognized in advance before the order of starting the symbol variation comes around.

The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires a random number value as the first win / fail lottery value for the first win / fail lottery when the ball enters the first start port 11. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires a random number value as the second winning / failing lottery value for the second winning / failing lottery when the ball enters the second starting port 12. For example, the values acquired as the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value for the winning / failing lottery are acquired from the value range of "0" to "65535". The values acquired as the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value are temporarily held by the hold control means 240. However, the winning / failing lottery value is held within the range not exceeding the predetermined upper limit of holding. The "random number" here does not have to be a physical random number generated by a random number generation circuit or a genuine random number in a mathematical sense, and is a hardware random number using a 16-bit counter or software using a random number generation algorithm. It may be a pseudo-random number such as a random number. Alternatively, a combination of a hardware random number and a software random number, for example, a plus random number method in which the initial value is changed each time the counter makes one round may be used.

The first winning / failing determination means 221 determines whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the first winning / failing lottery value, and the first winning / failing lottery value falls within the lottery value range in the winning / failing determination. Execute a preliminary hit / fail judgment as to whether it is applicable. The second winning / failing determination means 222 sets the winning / failing determination for determining whether or not to shift to the special game or the small hit game based on the second winning / failing lottery value, and the second winning / failing lottery value in the lottery value range in the winning / failing determination. Execute a preliminary hit / fail judgment as to whether it is applicable. The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 hold a hit / fail determination table and a preliminary hit / fail determination table referred to in the hit / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the hit / fail judgment executed when starting the symbol variation from the advance hit / fail judgment, it is also appropriately referred to as "hit / fail judgment as the main judgment". In the present specification, when the term "table" or "selection criterion" is used, the correspondence between the first parameter such as the lottery value and the second parameter such as the value indicating the option is strictly defined by the table structure. In addition to pointing to data, it is also broadly included to be realized by a program structure that derives the second parameter from the first parameter as such a correspondence. Including them, the concept is substantially synonymous with "table" and is appropriately referred to as "selection criteria". Further, when a table structure is used, the selection criteria that are substantially one type may be composed of a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables, but the term "multiple types of selection criteria" is subdivided. Shows the actual number of table types, not the number of tableized tables.

The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 hold a plurality of hit / fail determination tables referred to in the hit / fail determination. In the plurality of winning / failing determination tables, the winning / failing determination result and the winning / failing lottery value are associated with each other, and the winning / failing probability is determined according to the range setting of the associated jackpot. The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 refer to the hit / fail table for hit / fail judgment based on the normal hit probability in the normal probability state, and the hit / miss probability is higher than the normal probability in the probability fluctuation state. Browse the table. The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 refer to any one of the plurality of hit / miss tables and determine whether or not the win / fail lottery value is a win.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a hit / fail determination table. In the winning / failing judgment table of this figure, the judgment results of big hit, small hit, and miss are associated with the winning / failing lottery value, and the winning / failing probability of the big hit and the winning / failing probability of the small hit are associated with each associated range setting. Is decided. The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 refer to the pass / fail determination table of the present figure in the hit / fail determination as the present determination. In both the first winning / failing lottery by the first winning / failing determination means 221 and the second winning / failing lottery by the second winning / failing determination means 222, a big hit is normally obtained only when the winning / failing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299. At the time of probability change, the range of big hits is expanded, and the big hits are obtained not only when the winning / failing lottery value corresponds to the range of 0 to 299 but also when it corresponds to the range of 300 to 2999. In this way, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, a single hit / fail judgment table shows the jackpot range for both normal time and probability change, but the hit / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and probability change, and the first It may be prepared separately for one winning / failing lottery and for the second winning / failing lottery.

In this embodiment, even if the winning / failing lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, if it falls within the predetermined range, it becomes a small hit. In the example of this figure, when the winning / failing lottery value acquired by the first winning / failing determination means 221 corresponds to the range of 56500 to 65535, a small hit is obtained, and the winning / failing lottery value acquired by the second winning / failing determination means 222 is 64000 to 65535. If it falls within the range, it will be a small hit. That is, the first winning / failing lottery has a wider range of small hits than the second winning / failing lottery, and small hits are more likely to occur. In this way, if it does not correspond to a big hit, it is originally all "off", but in the example of this figure, if it does not correspond to a big hit, it does not correspond to a small hit. Is particularly expressed as "off". In this figure, an example is shown in which the judgment table for big hits and the judgment table for small hits are realized in the form of a single hit / fail judgment table, but even if each is realized as a separate table. Good.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary hit / fail determination table referred to in the preliminary hit / fail determination. The first winning / failing determination means 221 refers to the table of FIG. 6A, and when the winning / failing lottery value is "0 to 299", the value of "1" indicating that fact is set in the winning / failing range as the determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that fact is set in the winning / failing range as the judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 56499", the value of "3" indicating that is set in the winning / failing range as the judgment result, and when the winning / failing lottery value is "56500 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that fact is set. Set the value of "" to the pass / fail range as the judgment result. Each time the winning / failing range is set as described above, the first winning / failing determination means 221 transmits the value to the effect determining means 303 together with the value indicating that it is the first winning / failing lottery and the number of holds.

The second winning / failing determination means 222 refers to the table of FIG. 6B, and when the winning / failing lottery value is "0 to 299", the value of "1" indicating that fact is set in the winning / failing range as the determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that fact is set in the winning / failing range as the judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 63999", the value of "3" indicating that is set in the winning / failing range as the judgment result, and when the winning / failing lottery value is "64,000 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that fact is set. Set the value of "" to the pass / fail range as the judgment result. Each time the winning / failing range is set as described above, the second winning / failing determination means 222 transmits the value to the effect determining means 303 together with the value indicating that it is the second winning / failing lottery and the number of holds.

Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 determine the stop symbol at the start of the fluctuation of the symbol based on the separately acquired symbol lottery value and the result of the winning / failing determination, and the symbol lottery. Performs a preliminary symbol determination as to which symbol range the value corresponds to. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables and a preliminary symbol determination table to be referred to for determining the stop symbol of the special symbol. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 refer to different symbol determination tables depending on the result of the hit / miss determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination executed at the start of the symbol variation from the prior symbol determination, it is also appropriately referred to as "symbol determination as the main determination".

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 7 (a) is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is a big hit, FIG. 7 (b) is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is wrong, and FIG. 7 (c) is. This is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of the present figure in the symbol determination as the present determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the numbers "0" to "10" indicating the type of the special symbol and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are associated with the hit / miss judgment results of big hit, small hit, and miss, respectively. "0" to "4" correspond to the big hit, and "5" to "9" correspond to the small hit. "10" corresponds to the disconnection. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the types of special symbols "0" to "4" are associated with the jackpot. Among them, the type "0" indicates a 4R jackpot or a 16R jackpot with a probability change as a specific jackpot, is associated with "0 to 99" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is "0 to 99" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. 144 ”. The type "1" indicates a 2R jackpot with a probability change as a specific jackpot, and is associated with "100 to 149" in the case of the first symbol lottery value and "145-149" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. Be done. Types "2" to "4" indicate 4R jackpot or 16R jackpot without probability change as normal jackpots, and both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value are associated with "150 to 189" by type "2". The type "3" is associated with "190 to 229", and the type "4" is associated with "230 to 255". In this way, the selection probability for each jackpot type is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the type "10" is associated with the symbol lottery value in the entire range when the winning / failing determination result is wrong.

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

In the preliminary symbol determination, the table of FIG. 7 is also referred to as the preliminary symbol determination table. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 determine that the value of "0" to "10" indicating the type of the special symbol as a result of the preliminary symbol determination is the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the indicated value and the number of holds.

Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determining means 231 separately acquires the variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the effect display device 60 is determined, and the first pattern lottery value. It is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns based on. The second variation pattern determining means 232 obtains a plurality of variation patterns in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined, based on the second pattern lottery value separately acquired. Determine from the fluctuation pattern. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 respectively refer to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation to determine the variation pattern of the symbol variation. Further, the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 execute a preliminary pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 hold or share a variation pattern table and a pre-pattern determination table, which are referred to for determining the variation pattern, respectively. The fluctuation pattern defines the fluctuation time from the start to the stop of the fluctuation when the special symbol is displayed in a variable manner, and has various fluctuation times, long and short, depending on the type. That is, in each variation pattern, the variation display time is set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. It should be noted that the fluctuation pattern determination executed at the start of the symbol variation is also appropriately referred to as "variation pattern determination as the main determination" in order to distinguish it from the prior pattern determination.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a variation pattern table. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 refer to the table of the present figure (a) in the normal state and refer to the table of the present figure (b) in the time saving state.

As shown in FIG. 8A, when the winning / failing judgment result is incorrect in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, "Super 1", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "0", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, "Super 2", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "1", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, "normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "2" is selected, and when the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, the normal reach of the pattern range number "3" is "normal". 2 ”is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, "out of reach" of the pattern range number "4" is selected. As "out of reach", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of holds, a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of holds is 0 to 2, a fluctuation pattern of 7 seconds when the number of holds is 3, and a number of holds. When is 4, a 4-second fluctuation pattern is selected.

In this figure, an example of mainly classifying into five types according to the fluctuation time will be described, but a plurality of fluctuation effect patterns are prepared for each of the fluctuation patterns in the sub-board 300, and dozens of types of variation effect patterns are prepared in total. Is equivalent to being associated with the lottery value range of each category.

The range of the pattern lottery values assigned to "normal 1", "normal 2", and "out of reach" also differs depending on the number of reservations. When the number of holds is 0 or 1, it is as shown in this figure (a), but as the number of holds increases, the lottery value range of "normal 1" and "normal 2" becomes narrower, and the lottery value of "no reach" The range becomes wider. The smaller the number of holds, the wider the lottery value range of the fluctuation pattern with a relatively long fluctuation time, and the probability that the fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time will be selected increases. Therefore, the smaller the number of holds, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of holds, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using a fluctuation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the fluctuation pattern is different for each number of holdings, it is possible to realize control that makes it easy to select a fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time when the number of holdings is small.

In the normal state, when the winning / failing judgment result is 4R jackpot or 16R jackpot, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 123, "Super 1", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "5", is selected and the pattern lottery value is set. If it is 124 to 248, "Super 2", which is the super reach of the pattern range number "6", is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 249 to 252, the normal reach of the pattern range number "7" is selected "normal 1", and if the pattern lottery value is 253 to 255, the normal reach of the pattern range number "8" is "normal". 2 ”is selected.

If the winning / failing judgment result is a 2R big hit or a small hit in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 122, "Super 3" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "9" is selected, and the pattern lottery value is If it is 123 to 255, "normal 3", which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "10", is selected.

When the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 transmit the pre-determination result to the effect determining means 303 as a so-called look-ahead result, the value (0 to 10) of the pattern range number is set to the first correctness. It is transmitted together with a value indicating whether it is a lottery or a second winning / failing lottery and the number of holds.

In the fluctuation pattern table of FIG. 8B referred to in the time saving state, the pattern lottery value is assigned to the fluctuation pattern for time saving. However, the correspondence between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as that in FIG. 8 (a) except for "no reach and shortening of deviation" selected by deviation. “Reachless loss shortening” is a fluctuation pattern with a relatively short fluctuation time associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reachless loss” in FIG. 8A. For "shortening without reach", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of holdings, a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of holdings is 0, 1 and a fluctuation pattern of 1 second when the number of holdings is 2-4. Are selected respectively.

Returning to FIG. 4, the general drawing lottery means 213 executes the lottery by acquiring the lottery value when the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32. The determination result of the lottery by the ordinary symbol lottery means 213 is variablely displayed in the form of the ordinary symbol on the ordinary symbol display device 45. The ordinary symbol lottery means 213 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of the ordinary symbol to be displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 45. The symbol determination table defines the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol, and the normal symbol lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the variation display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 275 moves to the second starting port 12 The ordinary electric accessory 90 of the above is expanded. The expansion time is 0.1 seconds at the short opening and 6 seconds at the long opening. The lottery value of the ordinary symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 240. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined upper limit number of holds held by the hold control means 240 is not exceeded.

The hold control means 240 includes a special figure hold means 241 and a normal figure hold means 242. When the first winning / failing lottery value or the second winning / failing lottery value is newly acquired, the special figure holding means 241 changes the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery value or the second winning / failing lottery value acquired before that. When is displayed, the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the newly acquired first winning / failing lottery value or the second winning / failing lottery value is suspended, and the winning / failing lottery value is stored until the start of the variation display of the corresponding symbol. Here, for each of the first special symbols, the first winning / failing lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value are stored up to a maximum of four, and further, the first winning / failing range as a preliminary judgment result, the first The settings of the 1 symbol range and the 1st pattern range are memorized, and for the 2nd special symbol, the 2nd winning / failing lottery value, the 2nd symbol lottery value, and the 2nd pattern lottery value are memorized up to 4 pieces each, and further. The settings of the second hit / fail range, the second symbol range, and the second pattern range as the preliminary determination result are stored. Alternatively, the result of the preliminary determination may be stored in an area different from the winning / failing lottery value. The normal figure holding means 242 stores the normal figure lottery value acquired by the normal figure lottery means 213 as a holding ball. The number of these holds is represented by the number of lights or the number of blinks of the first special figure hold lamp 71, the second special figure hold lamp 72, and the normal figure hold lamp 75, respectively. The number of holds by the special figure holding means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

The lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery held by the special figure holding means 241 is preferentially digested over the lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, even if the jackpot lottery value is held as the first win / loss lottery, as long as the lottery value is held as the second win / fail lottery, the symbol variation corresponding to the jackpot lottery value of the first win / loss lottery is not displayed. Therefore, even if a big hit is held as the first winning or losing lottery, there is a possibility that a plurality of consecutive big hits can be obtained by continuing to hit until the big hit is held as the second winning or losing lottery.

The main display control means 250 includes a first special figure control means 251 and a second special figure control means 252, and a normal figure control means 254. The first special symbol control means 251 displays the variation of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display device 41 according to the variation pattern determined according to the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery by the first lottery means 211. Let me. The first special symbol control means 251 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery performed before that has been completed. The second special symbol control means 252 displays the variation of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display device 42 according to the variation pattern determined according to the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery by the second lottery means 212. Let me. The second special symbol control means 252 also has a new symbol variation start condition that the variation display of the symbol corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery performed before that has been completed.

When the special figure holding means 241 stores the winning / failing lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery, the first special figure controlling means 251 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery. On the other hand, the second special figure control means 252 starts the symbol variation display corresponding to the second winning / failing lottery regardless of whether or not the winning / failing lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery is stored by the special figure holding means 241. As a result, when the lottery value is held in both the first winning / failing lottery and the second winning / failing lottery, the lottery value held in the second winning / failing lottery is preferentially read out and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / failing lottery is not read and the symbol change does not start until the number of holdings in the second winning / failing lottery becomes 0.

The first special figure control means 251 and the second special figure control means 252 issue a fluctuation start command and a fluctuation stop command at the timing of starting and stopping the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. It is transmitted to the effect control means 304. When the fluctuation start command is transmitted, a value indicating each of the winning / failing judgment result, the stop symbol, and the fluctuation pattern determined or determined as the final judgment and a value indicating whether the first winning / failing lottery or the second winning / failing lottery is performed are set. It is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the fluctuation start command. When the fluctuation stop command is transmitted, the value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the fluctuation stop command. As a result, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 is synchronized, and the interlocking is maintained. The normal symbol control means 254 causes the normal symbol display device 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 213 as a variable display of the normal symbol.

The special symbol adjusting means 276 waits for the start of the variable display of the other while the variable display of one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is displayed. The special figure adjusting means 276 has a second special symbol based on the entry of the game ball into the second start opening 12, regardless of the order in which the game ball has entered the first start opening 11 or the second start opening 12. The variation display of 52 is prioritized over the variation display of the first special symbol 51 based on the entry of the ball into the first starting port 11. For example, when both the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value are reserved, the second winning / failing lottery value is always preferentially digested, and the second special symbol 52 is continuously changed and displayed.

The special symbol adjusting means 276 in the modified example displays the variation of the first special symbol 51 and the variation of the second special symbol 52 according to the order of entering the balls into the first starting port 11 and the second starting port 12. It may be selectively changed and displayed. For example, when the ball is entered in the order of the first starting port 11, the first starting port 11, and the second starting port 12, the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52 are displayed in a variable order. Will be done. In this case, the special figure adjusting means 276 monitors the hold control means 240 and stores the hold order of the winning / failing lottery value. Since which special symbol should be changed is determined according to the ball entry order of the game ball, that is, the hold order of the winning / failing lottery value in the hold control means 240, the player can easily visually grasp the change order.

In another modification, the special symbol adjusting means 276 may display the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digestion order regardless of the ball entry order. Good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52. For example, when both the first winning / failing lottery value and the second winning / failing lottery value are reserved, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed in a variable manner. It is easy for the player to intuitively grasp the order of change because which special symbol should be changed is simply alternately changed regardless of the order in which the game balls enter.

The special symbol adjusting means 276 also waits for the start of the variation display of the other when one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in the hit mode. In this case, since the variable display of the special symbol is not started while the special game is executed, the player can concentrate on the special game.

The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode when the first winning or losing lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a shift to the special game. It is determined that the conditions have been met, and the special game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20. Similarly, when the special game control means 260 results in the second winning / failing lottery by the second lottery means 212 indicating a shift to the special game, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode. It is determined that the special game operating condition is satisfied, and the special game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20.

The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the large winning opening 20 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is composed of a plurality of unit games in which one opening / closing is a unit. The special game includes a 16R jackpot that repeats a unit game 16 times, a 4R jackpot that repeats a unit game four times, and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game with a shorter opening time than the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot only twice. The 16R jackpot is the jackpot in the second win / loss lottery, and the 4R jackpot is the jackpot in the first win / loss lottery. In the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot, in principle, the jackpot 20 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the 2R jackpot, the jackpot 20 is opened for about 0.2 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the set number of rounds of the unit game is exhausted. Even in the case of a 2R jackpot, if the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the jackpot 20 may be opened in the same opening mode as the 16R jackpot and the 4R jackpot.

The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and the small hit game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the opening / closing control means 275. Similarly, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in a small hit. It is determined that the winning game operating condition is satisfied, and the small hit game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 to the opening / closing control means 275.

In the small hit game, the unit game is executed once, and the large winning opening 20 is opened and closed twice in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the large winning opening 20 for about 0.2 seconds per opening and closing, opens the small hit game as a whole for about 0.4 seconds, and then closes the large winning opening 20. And end the small hit game.

The specific game control means 270 controls a normal game in a probability variation state, a time saving state, and a ball entry easy state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the game state to the probabilistic state, the time saving state, and the easy ball entry state after the end of the special game when the special symbol is the symbol of the specific jackpot accompanied by the transition to the probabilistic change. The probabilistic state, the time saving state, and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the time saving state, the first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 select the variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. To do. However, in the normal state, the fluctuation pattern table according to the number of winning / failing lottery values held by the holding control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of holdings by the holding control means 240 decreases, a fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time tends to appear. In the easy-to-enter state, both the probability change of the normal symbol and the opening extension of the second starting port 12 or the opening extension of the second starting port 12 are carried out. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting port 12 to be in the open extension state when a specific big hit occurs, and further increases the winning probability of the open lottery only when the winning / failing lottery is the second winning / failing lottery. It shifts to a probability change state higher than the normal probability state. During the probability change state, the hit / fail determination result by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 is maintained at a high probability of becoming a big hit.

The opening / closing control means 275 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the large winning opening 20 of the second starting port 12. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific mode, the open / close control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the normal electric service solenoid 91 to open the normal electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12. In the normal state, the opening / closing control means 275 opens the second starting port 12 at the opening time of short opening or long opening according to the result of the open lottery, and in the easy entry state, the opening / closing control means 275 opens at the opening time of long opening. 2 The starting port 12 is opened. This is intended to improve the ease of entering the ball of the second starting port 12 so that the player can continue the game without reducing the number of balls held. In the special game, the open / close control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the large winning opening solenoid 92 to open the large winning opening 20.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-board. The sub-board 300 includes a symbol mode determining means 301, a pattern storage means 302, an effect determining means 303, and an effect controlling means 304.

The pattern storage means 302 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which the effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 and the display process thereof are defined when the decorative symbol 61 fluctuates. The effect pattern includes a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the start to the stop of the variation in the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decorative symbol is displayed separately and the degree of expectation for a big hit. It includes a plurality of advance notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the variable display before the stop of the variable display.

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

In each variation effect pattern, a variation time is set for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

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

The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols, for example, when the hit / fail determination result by the first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 indicates a shift to a special game of 4R jackpot or 16R jackpot. Is selected as a specific combination, for example, a combination in which three symbols such as "777" and "111" are aligned. When the hit / fail judgment result is a 2R big hit or a small hit, a specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as "357" is selected, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. If the hit / fail judgment result is neither a big hit nor a small hit, it is a combination in which the three symbols are not aligned, such as "312" and "946", and it is a specific combination selected for a 2R big hit or a small hit. The combination that does not apply is selected. If the hit / fail judgment result is not a 4R jackpot or a 16R jackpot, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination such as "191" or "727" in which only one symbol is not aligned. Select.

The variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol defines the variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, the effect process from the start of the variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of the variation. The variable effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal missed symbol, a pattern for displaying a missed symbol through a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more symbol is aligned, and a jackpot symbol after a reach state. The pattern when doing is included. In particular, the pattern when going through the reach state includes a pattern having various fluctuation times, long and short. In each variation effect pattern, a variation time is set for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol having the same variation time as the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

In the time saving state, when the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232 is a pattern for time saving, the effect determining means 303 is a variation in which the effect content for time saving is determined. Select a production pattern. The content of the effect for shortening the time is an effect of outputting a background image or sound that impresses the player in an advantageous state due to the shortened time or the probability change.

The advance notice effect pattern is an effect pattern that temporarily displays an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif on the screen, an effect pattern that operates an accessory, or an effect pattern that outputs a specific sound. The effect of the advance notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol change, and suggests that the symbol change is highly expected to stop in the jackpot mode. For example, there is a normal advance notice effect in which only one image of a character is displayed on the screen, and a group advance notice effect in which a group of a large number of characters is displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, a step-up notice effect is further included in which the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and the higher the number of stages, the higher the expectation for the big hit.

The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display mode of the decorative symbol 61 is in the reach state to announce the final stop mode of the symbol, and no decorative symbol 61 is stopped. There is a pattern that simultaneously announces that the production will be executed at the timing and the reach state will be reached.

The effect determining means 303 should determine whether or not to display the advance notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the winning / failing lottery or the advance determination result by a predetermined advance notice lottery, set the advance effect, and display the effect. Determine the notice production pattern. The effect determining means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to for determining whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery or the preliminary judgment result, and if the winning / failing lottery is successful, the advance notice effect is displayed with a higher probability than in the case of losing. Therefore, the correspondence between the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery and whether or not to display the notice effect is determined. As a result, it is possible to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit by displaying the notice effect itself.

The effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative symbol 61 according to the selected variable effect pattern data as the result of the winning / failing lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212. .. The effect control means 304 has received a command to start the variation of the decorative symbol 61, and has completed the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery and the second winning / failing lottery prior to that. It is a starting condition for fluctuations.
When it is determined by the effect determining means 303 that the advance notice effect is to be displayed, the effect control means 304 displays the advance notice effect according to the selected advance notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in a form of superimposing it on the effect of the symbol variation. Let me.

When the winning / failing lottery value of the second winning / failing lottery is stored, the effect control means 304 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first winning / failing lottery, and whether the winning / failing lottery value of the first winning / failing lottery is stored. Regardless of whether or not, the symbol variation display corresponding to the second winning / failing lottery is started. As a result, when the lottery value is reserved for both the first winning / failing lottery and the second winning / failing lottery, the lottery value held in the second winning / failing lottery is preferentially read and the variation of the decorative symbol is displayed. .. In such a case, the lottery value held in the first winning / failing lottery is not read and the change of the decorative symbol does not start until the number of holdings in the second winning / failing lottery becomes 0. In this way, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation effect including the variation display of the decorative symbol 61.

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

The clock means 307 is a timekeeping circuit that outputs time information used for the game. The clock means 307 is a timer circuit that measures the time from the time when the power is turned on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, a real-time clock circuit that has a built-in battery and can continue to measure the date and time by the battery even when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned off or a power failure may occur. In the case of a real-time clock circuit, there is a possibility that the time of each game console may differ slightly due to individual differences or time lag, whereas in the case of a timer circuit, the time difference between multiple game consoles as long as the power is turned on at the same time. Is unlikely to occur.

The effect determining means 303 executes a clock synchronization effect that starts at a predetermined timing triggered by the time information output by the clock means 307 indicating a predetermined time. The clock synchronization effect is an effect of displaying on the effect display device 60 during the synchronization effect period, which is a period substantially asynchronous with the fluctuation period of the symbol fluctuation and the game state. The synchronization effect period extends for several minutes, the length of which is longer than the symbol variation time for one time, and may include a plurality of symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the clock-tuned effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and the effect pattern defines the reproduction of a predetermined music and video. A plurality of types of effect patterns for clock synchronization effect are prepared, and different types of effect patterns can be selected depending on the date and time such as month, date, day of the week, and time.

The clock synchronization effect is executed regardless of whether the game is in a normal game or a special game. Here, "during a normal game" includes displaying a so-called standby demo screen. That is, in "normal game", (1) "normal game during variable display" in which the symbol is variablely displayed, and (2) "normal game during variable stop" in which neither the variable display of the symbol nor the standby demo screen is displayed. , (3) "Normal game while displaying the standby demo screen", which is displaying the standby demo screen instead of displaying the variable symbol. The clock tuning effect can be executed during any of the periods (1) to (3), but in the cases of (2) and (3), the output mode for controlling the volume reduction and the brightness reduction in the clock synchronization effect is (2) and (3). It may be different from the case of 1). In addition, while the standby demo screen is displayed, the player can input information about the mobile cooperation system described later by operating the effect button 109 or the cross key 110, and when the operation is input, the video and audio of the clock synchronization effect are output. Is suppressed, and screen display such as production customization by the mobile cooperation system is prioritized.

The clock synchronization effect is, for example, an effect of reproducing a performance or video of a predetermined song at a predetermined time (referred to as a “synchronization effect start time”). The time that triggers the reproduction of the clock-synchronized effect may be the time reached at a predetermined time interval from the time when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, or every hour or half hour based on the standard time. It may be the time. Alternatively, a time that may vary depending on the date or day of the week may be set, and the interval may be different, such as first one hour later, then three hours later, instead of a fixed interval such as "every hour". The interval may vary depending on the date and day of the week. It may be a variable setting in which the time can be specified by the game clerk for each game store. However, it is set in advance so that the same clock synchronization effect is executed at least at the same time among a plurality of the same models installed in the same game store. For example, in the case of a specification that is triggered by a time that arrives at a predetermined time interval from the time when the power is turned on, a game store turns on a plurality of units at the same time. As a result, the same clock synchronization effect is simultaneously executed on the plurality of game consoles when the predetermined time is reached. As a result, the production is displayed at the same time as if multiple units are synchronized, and the same music and video are played at the same time, creating a synergistic and realistic feeling as if a live performance or movie was being screened on the spot. A directing effect can be obtained.

The clock synchronization effect function is also built into another game console of the same model, and multiple game consoles on the same game island are turned on at the same time by a game clerk every day. Then, the plurality of game consoles that are turned on at the same time all reach the synchronization effect start time almost at the same time, and the clock synchronization effect can be executed simultaneously at the same time. This is called a multiple-unit synchronous production. In that case, not only the video display will be synchronized with multiple units, but also the sound effects and background music output will be synchronized with multiple units, and the more units are synchronized, the more synergistic effect will be obtained by executing the production all at once. Increase.

The effect setting means 308 stores the game history of the player. The game history includes a history of game results and a history of production results. The history of the game result is the result of the game that leads to the ball output that the player can obtain as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of prize balls, the number of big hits, the number of probability changes, and the number of time reductions. The history of the production result is different from the profit in the game, and is recorded in order to obtain the profit such as the right to change the content and type of the production and the right to make it easier for a specific type of production to appear. It is information such as the score of. For example, in order to score the number of appearances of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini game, and the like and give it to the player, coded information indicating the score and the game history, for example, a two-dimensional code is displayed on the screen. When the player reads the two-dimensional code with the camera of his / her mobile terminal and decodes it, the score and game history information obtained by the decoding are stored in the player's mobile terminal. The cooperation system between the game machine and the player's mobile terminal via the two-dimensional code will be described later. The score here is necessary to expand the range of production customization described later, and the score reaches a predetermined cumulative value (for example, reaching 1000 points, every 100 points, etc.). It is a specification that the number of customizable items will increase.

The effect setting means 308 stores the setting of which of a plurality of types of effect content options is selected as the effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and the game history. For example, as the effect patterns to be displayed during the special game, a plurality of types of effect patterns having different displayed motifs, characters, and songs are prepared in the pattern storage means 302, and the player is allowed to select which effect to display. I will do it. Alternatively, a plurality of types of motifs or character designs are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as the design of the design included in the decorative design that changes the design, and the player is allowed to select which of the designs is to be displayed. In such a case, when the player accepts the operation of the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 while the standby demo screen is displayed and the effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting means 308 selects the selected content. Remember. The effect determining means 303 selects the type of the effect pattern during the special game according to the settings stored by the effect setting means 308.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an outline of a mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player has a game history server 3 in which a dedicated site is provided in advance on the mobile terminal 354.
User registration is done by setting an account and password in 58. When the effect button 109 is pressed by the player at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 displays the two-dimensional code 350, which encodes the address of the dedicated site of the game history server 358, on the screen of the effect display device 60. The player is made to read it with the camera of the mobile terminal and access the dedicated site of the game history server 358. Character information (also called "password information") in which the player's identification information and the effect score history are encoded is transmitted from the dedicated site to the mobile terminal and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal. The effect display control means 305 displays the password information input screen on the effect display device 60, and causes the player to input the password information via a button operation such as a cross key 110. By decoding the input password information by the effect setting means 308 and registering it as the player's identification information and the effect score history, the player's previous game content and effect score state can be inherited. The input of the password information serves as an instruction to start recording the game history of the player and an instruction to start the effect customization for selecting various effect elements. After that, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, as the game or the production progresses, the points given by the effect setting means 308 to the player as a benefit for the effect are added as needed and accumulated as the effect score history, and the player. Can customize the effect at any time and select and set a favorite element as various effect elements. The score for the production is basically added for each symbol change, and the higher the production type with higher expectation for transition to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the higher the score is given even when the transition to the special game is performed.

As a production customization, the player uses a part of the accumulated points, and according to the number of points used, the color, background, shape, character, and the color, background, shape, character, which constitute the production content displayed on the production display device 60. You can change the production elements such as music to your favorite type. The effect setting means 308 receives an instruction to change the effect element via a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements according to the instruction. As for the effect elements that can be customized, a plurality of types of items are prepared for each element, and different values are set as the number of points required for each item. Therefore, when the accumulated score reaches a predetermined value, the number of customizable items increases, or a chance to increase the number of customizable items is given. When the player operates a button as an instruction to end the game or the effect customization, the effect setting means 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 that encodes information such as a privilege on the effect and the effect score history, and controls the effect display. The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his / her own mobile terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to acquire information and store it in the mobile terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 354 to the game history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, and is managed in association with its own account information. In this way, information such as production benefits and production score history is transmitted to the mobile terminal 354 via a transmission means of displaying and reading the two-dimensional code 350, and is managed by the game history server 358. The contents of the game and the production can be taken over in the next game. In addition, by continuing the game for a long time, the number of symbol fluctuations and the number of effects increase, and the score can be obtained.

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

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

Since the communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 is a specification in which 1 byte of data is transmitted for each data transmission, it is necessary to transmit 1 byte each twice in order to transmit 2 bytes of instruction data. .. In the first communication, the upper byte MODE data is transmitted, and in the second communication, the lower byte EVENT data is transmitted. Considering the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise or the like, the main board 200 continuously transmits the same data, and when the same data is read twice in succession by the sub board 300, the completion of transmission / reception of the data is confirmed. .. The main board 200 repeatedly transmits the same data until it is read two times in a row, and transmits the same data up to five times.

The sub-board 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, an effect display control device 313, and a voice control device 314. The sub ROM 312 is one of the data storage means for holding the sub control program including the effect pattern data in which the effect process is defined and the display pattern data in which the effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and audio pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 into the sub RAM 311, and the effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). Signals from an external device such as the effect button 109 are acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 is an external device such as an effect display control device 313, a voice control device 314, an effect display device 60, a speaker 108, a decorative lamp 111, and a movable accessory 66 by various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data. Is driven to control display output, voice output, lamp lighting, and production by the operation of the accessory. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data to the effect display control device 313, and transmits the voice pattern data to the voice control device 314. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub-board 300 includes the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 will be described, but the sub-board 300, the effect display control device 313, and the voice control device 314 are integrated as a board. It does not need to be, and may be formed as separate substrates that are separated and connected to each other.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313. The effect display control device 313 includes a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of the data storage means for holding the material data such as the effect image data and the motion data used for the effect display in a data-compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object indicating the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery, for example, a sprite image of a decorative pattern used for decorative pattern variation, a sprite image used for a notice effect, and various effects. It is a material image such as a moving image to be used. The motion data is data in which the motion is defined when the motion is added to the images used for various effects at a predetermined timing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the effect display control device 313 performs display control based on the "rough display pattern data" sent from the sub CPU 310, the effect display control device 313 reads the "detailed display pattern data" required for the processing from the data ROM 324, and reads both display pattern data. Use to perform display processing. Therefore, it can be said that the effect display control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display putter data including the "summary display pattern data" and the "detailed display pattern data". Therefore, in the present specification, unless explicitly mentioned, the "rough display pattern data" stored in the sub ROM 312 and the "detailed display pattern data" stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished, and simply "display pattern data". ". For example, when the effect control display means performs a specific process based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, the display pattern data includes "summary display pattern data" and "detailed display pattern data". It shall be muted. In the modified example, the display pattern data is not divided into "summary display pattern data" and "detailed display pattern data", and even if the display pattern data that serves as both is held in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. Good.

In this embodiment, the hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313 includes a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. In the modification, the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may be integrated instead of being configured as separate electronic components. Further, the process that is supposed to be executed by the display control circuit 326 may be executed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the display CPU 320 included in the effect display control device 313 may execute a process that is executed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the display RAM 322 included in the effect display control device 313 may also serve as the functions of the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the effect display control device 313 may have a hardware configuration that does not include the display control circuit 326. In this case, the processing that is executed by the display control circuit 326 is performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. It may be executed.

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

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

Subsequently, the power off / return process or the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed according to the operation state of the RAM clear switch, the value of the power off information flag, and the state of the data stored in the main RAM 291. Specifically, if the RAM clear switch is not turned on and both the value of the power off information flag and the data stored in the main RAM 291 are normal, the process at the time of power off / recovery is executed. To do. In other cases, that is, even when the RAM clear switch is turned on or the RAM clear switch is not turned on, either the power failure information flag or the data stored in the main RAM 291 is normal. If not, the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed.

The main CPU 290 confirms the operating state of the RAM clear switch, and when the RAM clear switch is turned on (Y in S106), initializes the main RAM 291 (S116). When the RAM clear switch is not turned on (N in S106), the main CPU 290 confirms the value of the power off information flag (S108). If the value of the power off information flag does not match the power off normal data (N in S108), the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the value of the power off information flag matches the power off normal data (Y in S108), the data stored in the main RAM 291 is inspected (S110). As will be described later, if the processing is normally completed when the power is turned off last time, the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is stored in the main RAM 291. Therefore, the main CPU 290 uses the checksum. Check the data in the main RAM 291. If the data stored in the main RAM 291 is not normal (N in S112), the data in the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the data stored in the main RAM is normal (Y in S112), the process for returning to the state before the power is turned off is executed (S114).

In the power-off recovery process (S114), the power-on normal data indicating that the power-on was normally turned on is stored in the power-off information flag, and the initial setting of various errors and the initial setting of communication with the payout control board 155 are executed. To do. Next, the untransmitted command request before the power is turned off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the game state is requested. Subsequently, an effect command corresponding to the number of pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second starting port 12 and the large winning opening 20 is returned to the state before the power was cut off. Subsequently, a process for notifying the operating state of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is executed.

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

When the power cutoff / recovery process (S114) or the RAM initialization process (S116) is completed, a count value is set to activate the interrupt process described later, and the operation of the interrupt timer is started (S118). As a result, after that, a timer interrupt is generated every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds), and the interrupt process described later is executed. Subsequently, the main CPU 290 executes the main process for managing the game machine (S120).

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

When a power failure is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212) and confirms the content of the power failure information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the power-on data has not been saved normally, and the power-off error data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S216), proceed to S222. If the content of the power-off information flag matches the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally saved, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag. (S218). Subsequently, the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 in order to inspect the backed up data in the main RAM 291 at the next power-on (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is prohibited (S222), and a loop is performed until the power is turned off.

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

In the input process (S304), the input of the switch mounted on the game board surface, the disconnection short-circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the door / frame opening signal, the magnetic detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the touch state signal is monitored, and the input state is input. Is created and stored in the main RAM 291.

In the various random number update processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is read from the main RAM 291 and stored by incrementing the value when the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, and 0 is stored when the value is equal to or more than the predetermined maximum value. Further, the fluctuation pattern random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the subtraction result is stored when the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, and the predetermined maximum value is stored when the result is less than 0. As a result, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated every time the timer interrupt occurs.

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

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

In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The values of the timers for various controls are read from the main RAM 291 according to the table, and when the timer values are other than 0, the values are sequentially decremented and stored. If the value of the timer is 0, the timer is not updated.

In the second starting port valid period setting process (S314), the valid period of the second starting port 12 is set. At the second starting port 12, the prize ball is paid out by entering the game ball and the lottery related to the second special symbol is executed, and the prize ball is paid out even if the game ball enters and the second special An invalid period is set in which the lottery related to the symbol is not executed. As will be described later, in the start port monitoring control process (S326), the monitoring process for winning the second start port is not executed during the invalid period of the second start port 12, so that the game ball enters the second start port 12. Even if the prize balls are paid out and the lottery related to the second special symbol is not executed. The same applies to the case where the valid period and the invalid period are set in the first starting port 11, the large winning opening 20, the operating opening 30, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "normal electric accessory is operating", the data indicating that the second start port 12 is in the valid period is stored in the second start port valid period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not "normal electric accessory is operating" and the value of the second start port effective extension timer is not 0, the second start port 12 is the valid period in the second start port valid period flag. If the value of the second start port valid extension timer is 0, the data indicating that the second start port is in the invalid period is stored in the second start port valid period flag.

In the prize monitoring process (S316), the passage of the game ball through the switch is inspected, and when the game ball passes through the switch, the switch has no invalid period or is currently in the valid period, and the prize ball is paid out. If so, update the winning counter. It also requests the creation of a security output request to be output to the external terminal and the transmission of commands.

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

In the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), when the passage of the operating port 30 of the game ball is monitored and it is determined that the game ball has passed through the operating port 30, the number of pending normal symbol fluctuations is less than 4, which is the upper limit. If is, the number of reserved symbols is updated, and the random numbers related to the ordinary symbols are stored in the main RAM 291.

In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol is being controlled, the process related to the normal symbol display device 45 or the normal electric accessory 90 is executed. When the state of the normal symbol is "normal symbol changing", the normal symbol changing processing is executed, and when "normal symbol stop symbol is being displayed", the normal symbol stop symbol display processing is executed and "normal electric" is executed. If "the accessory is in operation", the normal electric accessory operation end demo is executed, and if "the normal electric accessory operation end demo is in progress", the normal electric accessory operation end demo process is executed. In the normal symbol change processing, after the normal symbol is changed, the fluctuation time is monitored, and if it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is over, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is set and the state of the normal symbol is changed to "normal". Set to "Stop symbol display". In the process of displaying the normal symbol stop symbol, the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol has ended, the operation end setting of the normal symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal electric accessory is in operation", the operating state of the normal electric accessory opening extension function at the start of operation of the normal electric accessory is saved, and the operation of the normal electric accessory is started. The operation setting of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 corresponding to the operating state of the ordinary electric accessory opening extension function at the time is executed. In the case of off, the state of the normal symbol is set to "waiting for normal symbol change". When the winning number of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 of the game ball is monitored in the processing during operation of the ordinary electric accessory 90, and it is determined that the number of winnings of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has reached the maximum number of winnings. Executes the operation end setting of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the setting of the effective extension time of the second start port. If it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 has not reached the maximum number of winnings, the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory 90 is monitored, and the ordinary electric accessory 90 is used. If it is determined that the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening related to the above is completed and the opening of the entrance of the normal electric accessory 90 is completed, the operation end setting of the ordinary electric accessory 90 and the second starting port are valid. Execute the extension time setting. If it is determined that the opening / closing time of the winning opening of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is not over, the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is not set. In the process during the demonstration of the end of operation of the normal electric accessory, the operation end demonstration time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is monitored, and when it is determined that the operation end demonstration time of the ordinary electric accessory 90 is over, the state of the normal symbol is changed to "normal symbol". Set to "Waiting for fluctuation".

In the normal symbol change start monitoring process (S324), when the state of the normal symbol is monitored and "waiting for normal symbol change" and the value of the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation is other than 0, the change of the normal symbol To start. When it is determined to start the fluctuation of the normal symbol, the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation is decremented, and the hit judgment, the determination of the stop symbol, the setting of the fluctuation pattern number of the normal symbol, and the setting of the fluctuation time of the normal symbol are executed. .. After that, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal symbol changing", and the area of the main RAM 291 used for the state setting of the normal symbol, the hit determination, and the fluctuation pattern determination is cleared.

In the start port monitoring control process (S326), the first start port 11 winning and the second starting port 12 winning of the game ball are monitored. If the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of balls on hold for operation of the first special symbol is less than 4, the built-in random number is acquired, and the value obtained by adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired built-in random number is added. It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in the jackpot judgment. In addition, as random numbers related to special symbols, symbol random numbers and variable pattern random numbers are acquired and stored. When the hold of the second special symbol is prioritized over the hold of the first special symbol, only the update of the hold related to the winning is executed, but when the holding order of the special symbol is the winning order, the hold is executed. In addition to updating the hold related to the winning, the total number of holdings is updated and the winning order is stored. Next, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number memorized at the start opening winning, if the state of the game machine is confirmed and it is judged that the command transmission period is reached, a hit notice effect request, a hit symbol notice effect request, a pattern notice Execute the production requests in order. Here, when (1) waiting for a hit and the random number related to the first special symbol is stored while the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is not operating, (2) waiting for a hit and the normal symbol When the random number related to the second special symbol is stored while the probability fluctuation function is not operating, or (3) when the random number related to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit or the small hit. , Judge that it is the command transmission period. Next, a production command corresponding to the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol is requested. As a result, the sub-board 300 is notified that the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol has been updated. As described above, in the look-ahead, the hit, the hit symbol, the fluctuation pattern, and the number of reserved balls are transmitted to the sub-board 300 as a set. Next, the value of the second start port validity period flag is inspected, and if the value of the second start port validity period flag is data indicating that the second start port 12 is the validity period, the first start port winning prize As in the case, the monitoring process of the second start opening winning is executed. When the value of the second start port valid period flag is data indicating that the second start port 12 is in the invalid period, the monitoring process of the second start port winning is not executed. If the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of reserved balls is 0, the number of reserved balls is once changed from 0 to 1, and then the control process related to the start of fluctuation described later is executed. ..

In the special symbol control process (S328), the hit waiting state is inspected, and when the special electric accessory is in operation, that is, during a big hit or a small hit, the special symbol control process is terminated. When the special electric accessory is not operating, the state of the special symbol is inspected, and if it is "waiting for special symbol change", the special symbol control general-purpose processing is terminated, and if it is "start of change", the special symbol change. The start process is executed, and if "special symbol is changing", the special symbol changing process is executed, and if "special symbol stop symbol is being displayed", the special symbol stop symbol displaying process is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the sub-board 300 is started to display the effect. Request commands for additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information, set the state of the special symbol to "special symbol variation in progress", and clear the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern with 0. .. In the process during special symbol change, after changing the special symbol, the fluctuation time is monitored, and if it is determined that the fluctuation time of the special symbol has ended, the change stop setting of the special symbol is set and the state of the special symbol is changed to "special". Set to "Stop symbol display". In the process of displaying the special symbol stop symbol, the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the special symbol has ended, the operation end setting of the special symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for change of the special symbol", the number of times the special electric accessory is continuously operated is set, and the probability of the special symbol is set. Demonstration function, special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, normal symbol probability fluctuation function, normal symbol fluctuation time shortening function, and normal electric accessory opening extension function are disabled, and the state of the game machine is prepared to open the winning opening. Set in, set the hit start demo display time, execute the command request for the hit start demo effect, and the command request for the launch position specification effect. When the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, the operation end judgment of the fluctuation time shortening function of the special symbol and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the game state is performed, and the special symbol is performed. In order to end the operation of, set the state of the special symbol to "waiting for special symbol change", set the state of the game machine during the small hit start demo, set the hit start demo display time, and set the hit start demo effect. Execute the command request and the command request for the firing position designation effect. If the result of the hit judgment is incorrect, the operation end judgment of the fluctuation time shortening function of the special symbol and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the game state is performed, and the special symbol is displayed. In order to end the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol change", and the command request for the firing position designation effect is executed.

In the special electric accessory control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special electric accessory, the operating state of the condition device and the special electric accessory is inspected, and the condition device is operating or the special electric accessory is operating. If it is determined, the process related to the special electric accessory is executed. Depending on the operating state of the special electric accessory, the processing during preparation for opening the large winning opening, the processing during operation of the special electric accessory, the processing during closing of the large winning opening, the processing during the big hit end demonstration, the processing during the small hit start demonstration, the small hit special electric Execute processing during operation, processing during closing of the small hit big winning opening, and processing during demonstration of the end of small hit.

In the large winning opening validity period setting process (S332), the result of the validity period determination of the large winning opening 20 is saved. Therefore, if the value of the large winning opening valid time is 0, the large winning opening valid period flag is set to a large prize. The mouth invalid period data is stored, and if it is other than 0, the big prize opening validity period data is stored in the big winning opening validity period flag.

In the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored, and it is determined whether or not the special symbol is in a state where the variation can be started. When the digestion order of the reserved balls of the special symbol is the priority digestion of the second special symbol, (1) it is not in the big hit or the small hit, (2) the first special symbol is waiting for fluctuation, (3) ) When the second special symbol is waiting for change and (4) the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol is other than 0, the special symbol can start changing. Is determined. When the order of digestion of the reserved balls of the special symbol is the winning order, in addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of reserved balls of the special symbol is other than 0, (6) When all of the determinations, that is, the order of digestion, that is, the order of winning, are satisfied, it is determined that the special symbol can start to change.

When it is determined that the special symbol is in a state where it can start changing, the number of reserved balls for the special symbol is subtracted, and an effect command corresponding to the number of reserved balls for the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. As a result, the sub-board 300 is notified that the number of reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated.

Next, the hit determination of the special symbol is executed. In the hit determination, the random number per special symbol determines whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or a miss, and the determination result is stored in the special symbol determination flag. Next, the design is decided. In the determination of the symbol, if the hit judgment is a big hit, the big hit symbol is determined based on the special symbol hit symbol random number, if it is a small hit, the small hit symbol is determined, and if it is a miss, the miss symbol is lost. Is determined.

When the result of the hit determination is a big hit, the operation content of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is determined based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the hit symbol determined in the symbol determination process, and the special symbol Set the game state after the big hit, such as the operation content of the fluctuation time shortening function and the easy winning state of the normal symbol. Next, the settings during the big hit, such as the number of times the special electric accessory operates continuously and the contents of the opening time of the big winning opening, are executed. Subsequently, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting the variation pattern table to be referred to after the end of the big hit based on the result of the hit determination and the operating state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Next, the start demo time and the end demo time are set with reference to the table selected based on the value of the group determination number indicating the game state and the type of the winning symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, the content of the fluctuation pattern selection state is set, the start demo time and the end demo time are set, and the hit is made by selecting the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit ends. The area of the main RAM 291 used for the determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start". If the result of the hit determination is incorrect, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and the symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

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

In the ball entry passage time abnormality detection process (S338), in order to detect the ball entry passage time abnormality, the continuous on time of each switch level is monitored, and as a result, when it is determined that there is a change from the previous time, the ball entry passage passes. Set the time error, send the command, and create the security output request to be output to the external terminal in order. If it is determined that the continuous on-time is not abnormal, the security output request is not created.

In the game state display process (S340), the number of times the special electric accessory is continuously operated, the error state, the number of balls on hold for normal symbol operation, and the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol are requested to be displayed. Create data.

In the steering wheel status signal inspection process (S342), in order to monitor the touch status of the steering wheel, the steering wheel status is inspected, and when it is determined that the steering wheel status has changed as a result of the inspection, the steering wheel status monitoring timer is subtracted and the steering wheel status is changed. Update, set the steering wheel status monitoring timer, and execute the command transmission request for steering wheel status production. If it is determined as a result of the inspection that there is no change in the steering wheel status, the steering wheel status monitoring timer is set. If the result of decrementing the value of the handle status monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is being subtracted, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

In the LED output processing (S344), the display of the special symbol, the display of the normal symbol, the display of the number of balls on hold for operation of the special symbol, the display of the number of balls on hold for operation of the normal symbol, the display of the game state, and the special electric accessory are continuous. Initialization of display, acquisition of display data, and display of display of the number of times of operation, display of the operating state of the special electric accessory when the continuous operation device of the accessory is not operated, display of the division, and display of the error. Run the output in sequence.

In the launch control signal output process (S346), in order to output a signal for prohibiting / permitting the launch of the game ball, the setting of the prohibition / permit for launching corresponding to the communication status with the payout control board 155 and the disconnection short-circuit power supply abnormality, and After acquiring the firing prohibition / permission data, the firing prohibition / permission signal is output.

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

In the solenoid output processing (S350), in order to output the output data of the ordinary electric utility solenoid 91 and the large winning opening solenoid 92, the output data of the ordinary electric utility solenoid 91 is acquired, the output data of the large winning opening solenoid 92 is acquired, and Output the output data. The operation flag and operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and the output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer is acquired. Then, the solenoid operation timer is updated and the output data is output to the solenoid output port.

In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence or absence of a transmission request for the command to be transmitted to the sub-board 300 is inspected, and if it is determined that there is a transmission request, the requested command data is acquired and the command buffer used is set to 0. Clear, acquire MODE data corresponding to the acquired command data, output MODE data, retain MODE data, acquire EVENT data corresponding to the acquired command data, and output EVENT data in this order.

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

The random numbers used in the operation process of the main board 200 described above will be described in more detail. The random numbers used in the main board 200 mainly include a random number per normal symbol and a random number per normal symbol variation pattern as random numbers related to the normal symbol, and as random numbers related to the special symbol, a random number per special symbol and a random number per special symbol. There are soft random numbers, symbol random numbers per special symbol, and variable pattern random numbers. In addition, as random numbers for giving initial values of normal symbol per random number, special symbol per symbol random number, and special symbol per soft random number, which are initial update value type random numbers, normal symbol per initial value random number and special symbol per symbol initial value There are random numbers and soft initial value random numbers per special symbol.

The random number per normal symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored at a predetermined position in the main RAM 291. The random number per normal symbol is less than the upper limit of 4 when it is determined that the game ball has passed through the operating port 30 in the normal symbol operating gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process. In a certain case, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for hit determination and determination of the stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring process (S324) to start the fluctuation of the normal symbol.

The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes a value of 0 to 232, for example, is updated in various random number update processes (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol fluctuation pattern random number is less than 4, which is the upper limit of the number of reserved normal symbol fluctuations when it is determined that the game ball has passed through the operating port 30 in the normal symbol operating gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process. In the case of, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used to determine the normal symbol variation pattern when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the normal symbol variation is to be started.

The random number per special symbol is obtained when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326) of the interrupt process. , The values of the built-in random number and the soft random number per special symbol are acquired, and both are added to generate the value, which is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The random number per special symbol is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

The soft random number per special symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored at a predetermined position in the main RAM 291. The soft random number per special symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of balls on hold for operation of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). It is obtained from the predetermined position of, and is used to generate a random number per special symbol as described above.

The symbol random number per special symbol takes a value of 0 to 999, for example, is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation-holding balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). Is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The special symbol per symbol random number is used to determine the jackpot symbol when the hit determination is a jackpot in the special symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

The variation pattern random number takes a value of 0 to 49999, for example, is updated in various random number update processes (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored at a predetermined position in the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is determined by the main RAM 291 when the winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation-holding balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the start port monitoring control process (S326). Obtained from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine the special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

The initial value random number per normal symbol, the initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are the same range as the random number per normal symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol, respectively. It is updated in the initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process (S310) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The initial value random number per ordinary symbol, the initial value random number per special symbol, and the soft initial value random number per special symbol are the random number per ordinary symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the special random number per initial value update type random number update process (S308). It is used as the initial value of each random number when updating the soft random number per symbol.

Since the interrupt process is executed at regular time intervals by timer interrupt, various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update processes (S308) included in the interrupt process are also executed at regular time intervals. To. That is, the normal symbol per random number, the normal symbol variation pattern random number, the special symbol per random number, the special symbol per soft random number, the special symbol per symbol random number, and the variation pattern random number are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, in the main process (S120), the time from the end of the interrupt process to the occurrence of the next timer interrupt, that is, the time required for the interrupt process from the fixed time measured by the timer. Repeated for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt process differs depending on the game state and the like, the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120) includes various random number update processes (S306) and initial value update type random number update process (S308). ), It is not executed at regular intervals. As a result, the initial value random number acquired when the initial value is set in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random each time.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a control start process of the sub-board 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. When the control of the sub-board 300 is started, the sub CPU 310 sets a stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interrupts until various initial settings are completed (S502), and sets registers and initializes ports of the sub CPU 310. Perform the initial settings related to the hardware (S504). The control program is read from the sub ROM 312 and placed in the sub RAM 311. Of the various variables in the control program, the initial value is set for the variable having the initial value, and the zero clear data is set for the variable without the initial value. As a result, the sub-RAM 311 is initialized (S506). The interrupt process on the sub-board 300 includes a process when the power is turned on and a reset process when various abnormalities occur when the watchdog function is enabled, as interrupt processes that are executed with the highest priority. Next, there is a command process received from the main board 200 as an interrupt process of priority level 7 having a high execution priority, and as an interrupt process of priority level 3 having the next highest priority, CPU runaway detection by a watchdog timer There is a time reset process. The next priority interrupt process for priority level 2 includes processing related to commands sent and received to and from the display CPU 320, and the lowest priority level 1 interrupt process is communication processing with the real-time clock. There are various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts related to the above various processes occur at the same time, the interrupts set in advance for each interrupt type are executed with priority. The processes shown in this figure include the highest priority level interrupt, the process at power startup, the reset process when various abnormalities occur, and the priority level 3 interrupt, the reset process when CPU runaway is detected. Including.

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

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main process of S518 in FIG. In order to check in the main process of this figure whether the control program arranged in the sub RAM 311 is correctly arranged in S506 of FIG. 16, the start address for starting the check is acquired (S530), and in the subsequent processes. All interrupts are allowed (S532), and device initialization operations such as motors and solenoids are executed (S534).

If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, clear the watchdog timer (S536), update the decorative symbol counter so that the combination of the decorative symbols is a random combination (S540), and input the sub CPU 310. Is monitored (S542). Since S540 is a process in a method of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using a counter, in the case of a method of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using a lottery sheet incorporating all the symbol combinations that are the out-of-order symbols. Does not execute the processing of S540. The process of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating a stop symbol of the special symbol is received from the main board 200 as described later in S552. When the error state is monitored and various errors are detected, the error is notified (S544), processing according to the input state of the effect button 109 is executed (S546), and the advance notice lottery is executed (S548). In the advance notice lottery in S548, since the command of the advance notice effect to appear immediately after the start of the symbol change is transmitted to the effect display control device 313 as soon as possible, the lottery process is not processed in one loop but a plurality of times. The notice effect that appears immediately after the start of the symbol change is drawn in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real-time clock, lamp, motor, or solenoid, that operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552), and if immediately after the command analysis, the process proceeds to S536. Return (Y in S554), if not immediately after command analysis (N in S554), update the lottery software random number as a low-priority process that can be performed in free time (S556), and return to the process in S536. In S552, when the command to be analyzed shows the variation pattern of the special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is determined by the process of S552, and when the command to be analyzed indicates the stop symbol of the special symbol, the lottery sheet is displayed. If it is a method of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol by using it, the stop symbol of the decorative symbol is determined by the process of S552.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt command having the highest priority next to the reset interrupt and error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice in a row, the data is confirmed as a new command (Y in S600), and the confirmed command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is saved in the temporary storage area (S604). The hard random number is acquired for the subsequent processing (S606), and the original routine is returned. By acquiring the hard random number each time the main command is interrupted from the main board 200 in this way, the randomness of the value is enhanced without causing periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not match twice in a row (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the original routine is returned (N in S600).

In S602, if the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command (N in S602), and if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data). The command write pointer which is the read position in the ring buffer) is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are saved in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command light pointer is updated (S614), the first command saved in the temporary storage area is cleared (S616), and the original routine is returned. If the first command has not been received in S608, skip S610 and later (N in S608) and return to the original routine.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. This timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command related to the effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320, and is generated in a cycle of 500 μs. In this interrupt, the buffer is checked (S620), and if there is command data for transmission in the buffer (Y in S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the display CPU 320 (S626). The command data is transmitted to the display CPU 320 up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives the command indicating that the command data has been normally received on the display CPU 320 side from the display CPU 320. After transmission, the buffer read address setting is updated (S628), and the original routine is returned. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N in S622), S624 and subsequent steps are skipped and the original routine is returned.

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

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices occurs. This timer interrupt is for controlling a lamp such as a decorative lamp 111, controlling a solenoid or a motor for driving a movable accessory 66, and managing and controlling various timers, and is generated at a cycle of 1 ms. Since the interrupt is the lowest priority level 1, the interrupt of the priority level 2 or higher is permitted (S640), and the signal indicating the input from the effect button 109, the signal indicating the error detection, and the signal indicating the power failure , Processes the input / output of ports that input / output drive signals to controlled devices such as motors and solenoids (S642). At this time, if a signal indicating a power failure is input, the backup process is immediately started. A timer is used to update the data related to device control (S644), such as counting processing based on the control pattern of devices such as motors and solenoids, and on / off control of the buffer for writing data to the port in S642. Update (S646), update the timer for managing the input valid time of the effect button 109 (S648), and update the task control counter for lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 and runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320. To create a 16 ms cycle (S650).

The minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 is 16 ms. One frame of the image display control is 16 ms or 32 ms, and by setting an integral multiple thereof as the minimum unit of the lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111, it is possible to easily synchronize the lamp control and the image display control. Further, when counting a relatively long period such as an error notification for 30 seconds, if a count with a 10 interrupt (1 ms) cycle is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms. The count value can be shortened by using the count value of the cycle.

The task control includes 16 types of tasks from processes 0 to 15, one of which is the lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111, and two tasks are the runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320. The lighting switching control of the decorative lamp 111 is executed once every 16 interrupts according to the count value of the task control counter to realize switching in a cycle of 16 ms. The runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320 is assigned to, for example, processes 0 and 8, and when the count values of the task control counters are 0 and 8, that is, once every 80 interrupts, the toggle signal from the display CPU 320 is monitored (S652). By doing so, monitoring is realized in a cycle of 8 ms.

A toggle signal that is on / off inverted for each frame is output from the display CPU 320, and if this toggle signal does not change continuously for 1600 ms at the same value, it is determined that the display CPU 320 is out of control, and the sub CPU 310 Sends a reset signal to the display CPU 320, and the display CPU 320 that has received the reset signal executes a reset. Since the toggle signal is received from the display CPU 320 in a cycle of one frame (16 ms or 32 ms), it is monitored in a cycle of 8 ms shorter than that cycle. Finally, the timer that manages the relatively long error notification period such as the error notification for 30 seconds as described above is subtracted (S654), and the error notification ends at the time-out.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the process of displaying the special symbol variation. When the second winning / failing lottery value is held (Y in S700), the second winning / failing determination means 222 reads the second winning / failing lottery value and determines whether or not the second special symbol 52 is correct (S702), and the second winning / failing is determined. The determination means 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determining means 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and issues a variation start command together with the determined result. It is transmitted to the sub-board 300 to start the symbol variation of the second special symbol 52 (S716).

When the second winning / failing lottery value is not held (N in S700) and the first winning / failing lottery value is held (Y in S708), the first winning / failing determination means 221 is the first winning / losing lottery. The value is read out and the hit / fail of the first special symbol 51 is determined again (S710), the first hit / miss determination means 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determining means 231 is the first. 1 The variation pattern of the special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and the variation start command is transmitted to the sub-board 300 together with the determined result to start the symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 (S716). If the first winning / failing lottery value is not held, the processes from S710 to S722 are skipped (N in S708).

Processes the symbol variation display of the special symbol (S718), repeats S718 until the predetermined variation time elapses and reaches the symbol display stop timing (N of S720), and stops the symbol display after the predetermined variation time elapses. When the timing is reached (Y of S720), the fluctuation stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 300 to stop the symbol fluctuation being displayed at the predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the fluctuation display of the special symbol is finished. To do.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the process of displaying decorative symbol variation. The effect determining means 303 of the sub-board 300 receives a command indicating the variation start and the effect display content from the main substrate 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the received special symbol stop symbol, variation pattern, and hit / fail determination result. The mode is determined (S752), and the variation effect pattern corresponding to the variation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the precursor setting is turned on by the preliminary determination (Y in S756), the already determined variable effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should be avoided from being superimposed on the advance notice effect. If it is not (N of S758) and it is not a symbol change that is the trigger for turning on the precursor setting (N of S760), the setting for displaying the predetermined advance notice effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is set. If it is a symbol change that is an on-trigger (Y in S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). When the precursor setting is not on (N in S756) or when the variable effect pattern includes a specific effect content (Y in S758), the processes of S760 to S764 are skipped.

After that, the variation effect display of the decorative symbol is started (S766), the variation effect display process of the decorative symbol and (S768) are executed, the notice effect display process is executed (S770), and the variation stop command is received from the main board 200. When S768 and S770 are repeated (N in S772) and the fluctuation stop command is received (Y in S772), the symbol variation display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative symbol in the stop mode determined in S752 (S774). ), The variable production of the decorative pattern is completed (S776).

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

If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds to return to S802 (S812), and if the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), the effect display is displayed. The control means 305 ends the effect processing of the special game (S814), the special game control means 260 ends the special game (S816), and starts the execution of the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time saving, and the easy-to-enter state (S818). ).

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the process of the small hit game. First, the large winning opening 20 is opened (S820), the opening is continued until the predetermined opening time elapses (N of S822), and when the opening time elapses (Y of S822), the large winning opening 20 is closed. (S824), if the opening / closing for the set number of times has not been completed (N in S826), 1 is added to the number of opening / closing times to return to S820 (S828), and if the opening / closing for the set number of times has been completed (S824). Y), the small hit game is completed.

In the prerequisite technique, the number of big hits in the second game is generally larger than the number of big hits in the first game, that is, the second game has one big hit than the first game. It is designed to increase the expected value of winning the prize ball in. In another example, the first game may be designed so that the expected value of winning the prize ball is higher than that of the second game, or the expected value of winning the prize ball of the first game and the second game. May be designed to be approximately equal. In the latter case, it may be designed so that the average number of unit games included in the special game executed in the first game and the special game executed in the second game is equal. For example, in the first game, a special game in which the unit game is executed 10 times with a probability of 100% is executed, and in the second game, a special game in which the unit game is executed four times with a probability of 50% is executed. However, there may be a special game in which the unit game is executed 16 times with a probability of 50%. Further, in any case, when a specific area is provided in the large winning opening and the game ball that has entered the large winning opening enters the specific area or passes through the specific area, in the normal game after the special game is completed. It may be configured so that a specific game such as a probabilistic state is performed. In this case, the special game executed when the big hit is made in the second game is easier to enter the specific area than the special game which is executed when the big hit is made in the first game. It may be configured so that the probability that the normal game in the probabilistic state is executed is high after the end of the special game. For example, the first hit in which a special game in which it is relatively difficult to enter a specific area is executed, and the second hit in which a special game in which it is relatively easy to enter a specific area is executed. It may be provided so that the second game has a higher probability of being a second hit than the first game. Alternatively, the probability of a second hit in the first game may be less than 100%, but the probability of a second hit in the second game may be configured to be 100%.

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This embodiment differs from the above-mentioned prerequisite technique in that the end effect displayed at the end of the special game displays the content that alerts the player to forget to remove the prepaid card. In particular, not only the end demo time but also when a predetermined short unit game is executed, the end demo time is shortened by displaying a warning and an end effect during the unit game instead of the end demo time. Hereinafter, the differences from the prerequisite technology will be mainly described, and the description of the common points will be omitted. In this embodiment, the long opening unit game with a long opening time and the short opening unit game with a short opening time are mixed in one special game, and can be obtained in the second game and the first game. Even if the average value of the number of unit games of the jackpot is almost the same, the number of long-open unit games in the second game is larger than that in the first game, so that the number of balls that can be substantially obtained is the second game. The second game is designed to have a relatively higher profit than the first game, including the case where the game becomes larger.

The ball game machine of the first aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed and a predetermined position in the game area, and a first start winning prize is triggered by a lottery. A second start winning opening, which is provided at a predetermined position different from the first starting winning opening in the game area and where the winning of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a first starting winning opening or a second start. Based on the lottery value, the lottery value is acquired when the ball enters the winning opening, and whether or not to shift to a special game including multiple unit games, which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, is determined. A winning / failing determination means to be executed, a symbol display device for displaying the result of the winning / failing determination in a variable manner, and a prize ball that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and is opened in a special game to receive a prize ball. The special game control means that executes the special game by opening the big prize opening when the result of the winning / failing judgment should shift to the special game, and the dramatic contents The effect display device to be displayed, the effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, the effect display control means for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determination means on the effect display device, and the effect display control means. To be equipped. The hit / fail determination means and the special game control means are provided in the main control device that controls the basic operation of the game, and the effect determination means is used in the first sub control device that controls the effect based on the command received from the main control device. The effect display control means is provided in the second sub control device that controls the effect display based on the effect command received from the first sub control device, and the opening mode of the large winning opening in the unit game is set to. There are two types, one is an easy-to-enter mode in which the ball is opened in a relatively easy-to-enter mode, and the other is a difficult-to-enter mode in which the ball is opened in a relatively difficult-to-enter mode. And, while holding a plurality of types of special game opening patterns in which at least one of the difficult-to-enter modes to open the large winning opening is determined, a special game opening pattern is based on one of the plurality of types of special game opening patterns. A control that executes a game, transmits information indicating the control timing at a plurality of control timings defined in the special game opening pattern to the first sub control device, and receives from the main control device by the first sub control device. Based on the information indicating the timing, a plurality of display commands for the effect display included in the execution period of the special game are transmitted to the second sub-control device, and the second sub-control device receives from the first sub-control device. When a predetermined special information is added to the display command, the content that calls the player's attention regarding forgetting to take out the value storage medium inserted and held in the game ball lending device by the player is sent to the effect display device. When the special game is executed based on the normal special game opening pattern, the first sub-control device adds special information to the display command of the end effect to be displayed after the final unit game. When a special game is executed based on a specific special game opening pattern including a specific unit game that is transmitted to the sub-control device of 2 and opens the large winning opening in a difficult-to-enter mode, the specific unit game is played. Special information is added to the display command of the effect to be displayed in the predetermined period to be executed, and it is transmitted to the second sub-control device.

Here, the "main control device" may be a so-called main board, and the "first sub-control device" and the "second sub-control device" are a part of the so-called sub-board. You can. The "second sub-control device" may correspond to the effect display control device 313 of FIGS. 11 and 12 as hardware, and may correspond to the effect control means 304 of FIG. 9 as software. The "first sub-control device" may refer to a portion of the sub-board 300 excluding the effect display control device 313 or a portion excluding the effect control means 304. The "easy ball entry mode" is a mode in which the large winning opening is opened in a long opening time in which a plurality of balls can be sufficiently entered, and may be a "long opening unit game" in the prerequisite technique. The “difficult-to-enter mode” is a mode in which the large winning opening is opened in a short opening time to the extent that it is impossible or extremely difficult to enter the ball, and may be a “short opening unit game” in the prerequisite technique. The "game ball lending device" is a so-called "dish ball lending machine" or "sandwich" installed adjacent to the bullet game machine, and the player uses a prepaid card as a "value storage medium" for the "game ball". It may be a device that discharges the game ball to the upper ball plate of the ball game machine when the ball lending button is pressed while it is inserted into the “rental device”. The "value storage medium" may be a game card such as an ordinary prepaid card, a card medium that also serves as a membership card of a game store, or a coin-shaped medium. The "predetermined special information" may be added, for example, by setting a predetermined bit included in the display instruction to a predetermined value, or by adding the predetermined bit to the display instruction in the form of an independent instruction to form an instruction group. May be good. The "end effect" may be a so-called "end demo" effect displayed at the end of the special game, and the display may be started after the end of the last unit game, or in terms of time with the unit game. The display may be started from the timing when some of them overlap. The "specific unit game" may be a unit game at any timing among a plurality of unit games included in the special game. Normally, the time for the end effect may be longer due to the display of a warning in the end effect executed during the process during the big hit end demo after the final unit game, but according to this aspect, a specific unit By omitting or shortening the display of the alert in the end effect instead of displaying the alert in the game, it is possible to shorten the time of the end effect and improve the efficiency of the effect or the game.

The first sub-control device executes a special game based on a specific special game opening pattern that opens the large winning opening in a difficult-to-enter mode in one or a plurality of unit games including at least the final unit game. In this case, special information may be added to the display command of the effect to be displayed in the predetermined period in which the unit game is executed a plurality of times and transmitted to the second sub-control device. The "plurality of unit games including at least the final unit game" may be a plurality of unit games performed until immediately before the end effect. According to this aspect, instead of displaying the alert immediately before the end effect, the display of the alert in the end effect is omitted or shortened to shorten the time of the end effect and improve the efficiency of the effect or the game. be able to.

For the specific special game opening pattern, the final round of the normal special game opening pattern is set as the period of the jackpot end demo process from the control timing indicating the end of the unit game of the final round to the control timing indicating the end of the special game. A period shorter than the processing period during the jackpot end demonstration from the control timing indicating the end of the unit game to the control timing indicating the end of the special game may be set. The "period from the control timing indicating the end of the final unit game to the control timing indicating the end of the special game" may be mainly the period of the end effect, and the opening of the large winning opening and the new entry of balls It may correspond to the waiting time of the game, so to speak, that there is no symbol and the symbol change is not started. According to this aspect, instead of displaying the alert in the unit game, the display of the alert in the end effect is omitted or shortened, so that the time of the end effect is shortened and the end of the special game and the start of the normal game are started. By speeding up and improving the efficiency of the game, it is possible to reduce the disadvantageous time when the player cannot substantially play the game.

The ball game machine of the second aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed and a predetermined position in the game area, and a first start winning prize is triggered by a lottery. A second start winning opening, which is provided at a predetermined position different from the first starting winning opening in the game area and where the winning of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a first starting winning opening or a second starting Based on the lottery value, the lottery value is acquired when the ball enters the winning opening, and whether or not to shift to a special game including multiple unit games, which is in a state more advantageous to the player than the normal game, is determined. A winning / failing determination means to be executed, a symbol display device for displaying the result of the winning / failing determination in a variable manner, and a prize ball that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and is opened in a special game to receive a prize ball. The special game control means that executes the special game by opening the big prize opening when the result of the winning / failing judgment should shift to the special game, and the dramatic contents The effect display device to be displayed, the effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, the effect display control means for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determination means on the effect display device, and the effect display control means. To be equipped. The pass / fail determination means and the special game control means are provided in the main control device that controls the basic operation of the game, and the effect determination means is the first sub control device that controls the effect based on the command received from the main control device. The effect display control means is provided in the second sub control device that controls the effect display based on the effect command received from the first sub control device, and the main control device is the large winning opening in the special game. Information indicating the control timing is transmitted to the first sub control device at a plurality of control timings defined in the open pattern, and the first sub control device is based on the information indicating the control timing received from the main control device. A display command for displaying a plurality of effects included in the execution period of the special game is transmitted to the second sub-control device, and at least a part of the end effects displayed after the final unit game in the special game is a specific unit game. The display command of the effect display to be displayed as the effect in the above can be transmitted to the second sub-control device.

The "end effect" may be an effect of displaying the content of instructing the player about the end or result of the special game, or the content of instructing the player of the game state or effect state in the normal game following the end of the special game. The effect display time may differ depending on the content to be displayed. For example, a character string of "big hit end" indicating the end of the special game, a character string of "○○ ball acquisition" indicating the number of acquired game balls in the special game, and then "probability change rush" indicating the transition to the probability change state. A character string, a character string of "Entering XX mode" indicating the subsequent production state, a character string for calling attention to forgetting to remove the prepaid card, and the like may be displayed. According to this aspect, at least a part of the content normally displayed in the end effect after the final unit game is omitted or shortened in the end effect instead of being displayed in a specific unit game. It is possible to shorten the time of the game and improve the efficiency of the production or the game.

The opening mode of the large winning opening in the unit game includes an easy-to-enter mode in which the ball is relatively easy to enter and a difficult-to-enter mode in which the opening is relatively difficult. The control device holds a plurality of types of special game opening patterns in which at least one of the easy-to-enter and difficult-to-enter modes for opening the large winning opening is determined for each unit game, and a plurality of types of special games. The special game is executed based on one of the open patterns, and the first sub-control device is at least one of the end effects displayed after the final unit game in the special game based on the normal special game open pattern. Display of the effect display that displays the unit as an effect in a specific unit game when a special game is executed based on a specific special game opening pattern including a specific unit game that opens the large winning opening in a difficult-to-enter mode. The command may be transmitted to the second sub-control unit. According to this aspect, at least a part of the content normally displayed in the end effect after the final unit game is displayed by utilizing the period of a specific unit game in which the large winning opening is opened in a difficult-to-enter mode. By omitting or shortening the display in the end effect, it is possible to shorten the time of the end effect and improve the efficiency of the effect or the game.

The opening mode of the large winning opening in the unit game includes an easy-to-enter mode in which the ball is relatively easy to enter and a difficult-to-enter mode in which the opening is relatively difficult. The sub-control device 1 is used when a special game is executed based on a specific special game opening pattern that opens a large winning opening in a difficult-to-enter mode in a plurality of unit games including at least the final unit game. A predetermined period during which a plurality of unit games are executed in which at least a part of the end effect displayed after the final unit game in the special game based on the normal special game opening pattern is opened in a difficult-to-enter mode. It is possible to transmit the display command of the effect display to be utilized and displayed to the second sub-control device. According to this aspect, at least a part of the content normally displayed in the end effect after the final unit game is displayed by utilizing the period of a specific unit game in which the large winning opening is opened in a difficult-to-enter mode. By omitting or shortening the display in the end effect, it is possible to shorten the time of the end effect and improve the efficiency of the effect or the game.

The specific special game opening pattern indicates the end of the final unit game in the normal special game opening pattern as a period from the control timing indicating the end of the final unit game to the control timing indicating the end of the special game. A period shorter than the period from the control timing to the control timing indicating the end of the special game may be set. According to this aspect, the time of the end effect is shortened by omitting or shortening a part of the end effect instead of displaying at least a part of the end effect in the unit game, and the end of the special game and the start of the normal game are started. By improving the efficiency of the game, it is possible to reduce the disadvantageous time when the player cannot substantially play the game.

The ball game machine according to the third aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed and a predetermined position in the game area, and a first start winning prize is triggered by a lottery. It is provided at a predetermined position different from the first starting winning opening in the opening and the game area so that it is difficult to enter the ball from the first starting winning opening in a normal state, and the entering of the game ball triggers a lottery. A lottery value is obtained when a ball is entered into the second start winning opening and the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, and a multiple unit game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value as to whether or not to shift to a special game including the above, a symbol display device for displaying the result of the winning / failing determination in a variable manner, and a predetermined position in the game area. The large winning opening is opened in the special game and the entry of the game ball triggers the awarding of the prize ball, and the large winning opening is opened when the result is that the winning / failing judgment should shift to the special game. The special game control means for executing the special game, the effect display device for displaying the effect content, the effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and the effect determination means for determining the effect content. The result is that the effect display control means for displaying the produced effect content on the effect display device and, when the predetermined transition conditions are satisfied, the winning / failing judgment should shift to the special game after the end of the special game. If the result of the hit / fail judgment is a predetermined hit, which shifts to a high probability state where the probability is higher than the normal state, the ease of entering the second starting winning opening after the end of the special game is normal. It is provided with a specific game control means for shifting to a state in which it is easier to enter a ball than the state. The hit / fail determination means and the special game control means are provided in the main control device that controls the basic operation of the game, and the effect determination means is the first sub control device that controls the effect based on the command received from the main control device. The effect display control means is provided in the second sub control device that controls the effect display based on the effect command received from the first sub control device, and the opening mode of the large winning opening in the unit game is set to. There are an easy-to-enter mode in which the ball is opened in a relatively easy-to-enter mode and a difficult-to-enter mode in which the ball is opened in a relatively difficult-to-enter mode. And, while holding a plurality of types of special game opening patterns in which at least one of the difficult-to-enter modes to open the large winning opening is determined, a special game opening pattern is based on one of the plurality of types of special game opening patterns. The game is executed, information indicating the control timing is transmitted to the first sub-control device at a plurality of control timings defined in the special game opening pattern, and the plurality of types of special game opening patterns are arranged in an easy-to-enter mode. A high-profit special game opening pattern in which the number of unit games that open the large winning opening is relatively large, and a low-profit special game opening pattern in which the number of unit games that open the large winning opening is relatively small in an easy-to-enter mode. ,including. Low-profit special game triggered by entering the first starting winning opening The number of prize balls that can be obtained by special games based on the opening pattern is the low-profit special triggered by entering the second starting winning opening. More than the number of prize balls that can be obtained by the special game based on the game opening pattern, the first sub-control device has a plurality of effects included in the execution period of the special game based on the information indicating the control timing received from the main control device. A display command for display is transmitted to the second sub-control unit, and the second sub-control unit is used by the player when predetermined special information is added to the display command received from the first sub-control unit. The effect display device is displayed with a content that calls attention to the player regarding forgetting to take out the value storage medium inserted and held in the game ball lending device, and the first sub-control device has a low probability state. Occasionally, when the result is that the winning / failing judgment should shift to a special game when the ball enters the first start winning opening, special information is added to the display command of the effect to be displayed in the special game. When the special game is executed based on a specific special game opening pattern including a specific unit game that is transmitted to the sub-control device of 2 and opens the grand prize opening in a difficult-to-enter mode, the specific unit game Special information is added to the display command of the effect to be displayed in the predetermined period in which is executed, and is transmitted to the second sub-control device.

The "high-profit special game opening pattern" may be an opening pattern in which the number of prize balls won is relatively large based on the winning of the large winning opening, and the "low-profit special game opening pattern" may be a winning of the large winning opening. It may be an open pattern in which the number of prize balls acquired based on is relatively small. According to this aspect, instead of displaying the alert in a specific unit game, the display of the alert in the end effect is omitted or shortened to shorten the time of the end effect and improve the efficiency of the effect or the game. Can be done.

A specific area is provided inside the large winning opening, and the specific game control means satisfies the transition condition when the ball enters the specific area in the special game, and the symbol changes a predetermined number of times after the end of the special game. It shifts to the high probability state until it is executed, and the first sub-control device is special for the display command of the subsequent effect in the special game even if the ball does not enter the specific area in the special game. Information can be added and transmitted to the second sub-control unit. The "transition to a high-probability state up to a predetermined number of executions" may be a so-called "number-cut probability change" or "ST (SpecialTime)", which is a probability change having a limited duration. According to this aspect, it is possible to display a warning during a predetermined period in which a specific unit game is executed regardless of whether or not the ball enters a specific area and shifts to a high probability state.

The first sub-control device indicates that the winning / failing judgment should shift to the special game when the probability is in the low probability state and the ball entry is not easy, and the ball is entered into the second start winning opening. When the result is obtained, special information can be added to the display command of the subsequent effect in the special game and transmitted to the second sub-control device. According to this aspect, a warning can be displayed when a big hit, a so-called first hit, occurs. Since there is a high possibility that a special game with a relatively large number of prize balls will be executed at the time of the first hit, a warning can be displayed at the timing when a certain amount of profit could be obtained.

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FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a board surface configuration of this embodiment. The big winning opening in this embodiment is composed of a combination of the first big winning opening 21 and the second big winning opening 22. Both the first prize opening 21 and the second prize opening 22 have a mechanism that can be opened and closed. In the first prize opening 21, the sliding lid opens and closes in the lateral direction, whereas the second prize is won. The difference is that the door of the mouth 22 opens and closes in the front-rear direction. The first large winning opening 21 is provided on the right side of the game area, and has a box shape, and the shape of the front surface thereof is a parallelogram so that the right end portion is higher than the left end portion. When the game ball is placed on the upper surface of the grand prize opening 21, it rolls from right to left by gravity. A sliding lid is provided on the left side (ie, lower position) on the top surface, and when the lid slides to expose the opening, almost all game balls flowing from right to left fall into the opening, and the first It will be a ball to the big winning opening 21. On the contrary, while the opening is closed by the sliding lid, the game ball rolls and passes over the lid and heads toward the second starting opening 12 located to the left of the first winning opening 21. The game ball is guided. A plurality of game nails (not shown) are provided side by side from the first prize opening 21 to the second starting port 12 between the first prize opening 21 and the second starting port 12, and the intervals between the game nails. Is short enough that the game balls do not slip through the gaps, so that all the game balls that have flowed on the upper surface of the first large winning opening 21 are guided to the second starting port 12 without falling between the game balls and the second starting opening 12. Therefore, during a normal game in which the first winning opening 21 is closed, almost all of the balls will enter the second starting opening 12 while the second starting opening 12 is open. If the starting port 12 is not opened, the ball does not enter the second starting port 12 but falls from the side and flows to the out port 34.

The first winning opening 21 is provided at a position where a game ball that has passed through the second operating opening 32 can enter, that is, a position below the second operating opening 32, below the second operating opening 32, and on the left side. A plurality of game nails (not shown) are also provided on the right side of the first large winning opening 21, and not only the game ball that has passed through the second operating port 32 but also the game ball that is launched toward the right side of the game area, the so-called right. Almost all of the hit game balls do not pass to the right of the first prize opening 21 and go directly to the out opening 34. That is, the game ball that has flowed to the right of the first large winning opening 21 is designed so that it can be guided to the first large winning opening 21 by a plurality of game nails provided on the right side of the first large winning opening 21. There is.

The second large winning opening 22 is provided above the right end of the first large winning opening 21, that is, at a position where a game ball that has passed through the second operating opening 32 or a game ball that has been hit to the right can easily enter. The second large winning opening 22 includes a second large winning opening detection device 27 for detecting the entry of a game ball, and a second large winning opening solenoid 94 for opening and closing the second large winning opening 22. A specific area and a normal area (not shown) are formed inside the second large winning opening 22, and a distribution mechanism (not shown) for distributing the game ball to either the specific area or the normal area is provided. When a game ball enters the second major winning opening 22 and is detected by the second major winning detection device 27, the prize ball is not only given as a prize to the second major winning opening, but also entered into a specific area. When the ball is detected, it is decided to shift to the probability change after the end of the special game. Since the presence or absence of the probability change transition is determined by the presence or absence of the ball entering the specific area of the second large winning opening 22, it has a role as a so-called machine lottery. Regardless of whether the jackpot is triggered by entering the ball into the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, the second winning opening 22 is the fourth unit game out of a plurality of unit games ( It is opened only in (denoted as "4R"), and the first big winning opening 21 is opened in other unit games. In 4R where the second prize opening 22 is opened, the first prize opening 21 is not opened. However, in the modified example, the second large winning opening 22 may be opened in one or a plurality of unit games other than 4R.

In the special game by the big hit caused by winning the first starting port 11, the probability that the second big winning opening 22 is opened for a relatively long time in 4R is about 50%, so the probability variation transition probability is about 50. It becomes%. On the contrary, the second big winning opening 22 in this case is only opened for a moment with a probability of about 50%, and in the case of opening for a moment, the sorting mechanism controls not to enter the specific area, so that the ball is practically opened. Probability change does not shift. On the other hand, in the special game by the big hit caused by winning the second starting port 12, the second big winning opening 22 is opened for a relatively long time (for example, until there is a winning ball) in 4R, and the game ball is hit right. As long as it is possible, one or more balls can almost certainly be entered, and the distribution mechanism guides the ball to a specific region almost 100%, so that the ball entry probability and the probability variation transition probability are substantially 100%.

Since the second starting port 12 is hardly opened in the normal state, the probability of transition to the probability variation is about 50% in the big hit that occurs in the normal state because the ball enters the first starting port 11. On the other hand, in the probabilistic state or the time saving state, since the second starting port 12 is opened, the ball is aimed at entering the second starting port 12, so that the big hit that occurs in the probabilistic change state or the time saving state, for example, "ream chan" The probability of transition to probability variation is substantially 100%.

During the normal game, the sliding lid of the first prize opening 21 is closed, and the second prize opening 22 is not opened either. In particular, while the player hits the right in the time saving state or the probability change state, almost all the right-handed game balls roll on the upper surface of the first winning opening 21 and are guided to the second starting opening 12. In the normal state, even if the second starting port 12 is hit by an open lottery, it is opened only for a moment (for example, once for about 0.5 seconds), so it can hardly be expected to enter the ball, but in the time saving state or the probability change state, The second starting port 12 is opened once for a relatively long time (for example, about 6 seconds) each time it is hit in the open lottery, and about 10 balls can be expected to enter during that time. The opening time of the second starting port 12 in the time saving state and the probability change state is designed based on the experimental value for the time required for about 10 right-handed game balls to enter, and is about 6 seconds in this embodiment as well. By opening, 10 or more game balls will almost certainly enter.

The third starting port 13 is provided on the right side of the game area at a position slightly off the path from the second operating port 32 to the second starting port 12, and is not necessarily easy to enter the ball. Therefore, although the ball does not enter frequently, it can enter at a constant low frequency as long as it is hit right. As for the frequency, the third starting port 13 and the game nail so that about 1 to 2 balls can enter the 3rd starting port 13 when the right-handed hit is continued during the special game. Arrangement is designed. The third starting port 13 has a third starting winning detection device 18. The third start winning detection device 18 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the third starting opening 13, and generates second starting winning information indicating the entry at the time of entry. That is, it is regarded as entering the ball into the second starting port 12, and the third starting port 13 has the same role as the second starting port 12, and serves as an opportunity for the second lottery. Therefore, the "second start winning opening" is substantially equivalent to being composed of a combination of two starting winning openings. As a result, at the time of the first symbol change after the end of the special game, a state is formed in which about one lottery value of the second lottery is held with a high probability, and the lottery value of the second lottery is 1 from that point. The situation where no pieces are held is low. As a result, it becomes easy to avoid a situation in which the symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 is started from the beginning immediately after the first hit.

The prize balls given to the balls entering the first starting port 11 and the third starting port 13 are three, whereas the prize balls given to the balls entering the second starting port 12 are. It is one. That is, it is the minimum number of balls that can be considered as the number of prize balls, which means that the number of balls entering the second starting port 12 and the number of prize balls are the same. As a result, no matter how many balls are put into the second starting port 12, it is not possible to increase the number of balls held by the prize ball, but as in this embodiment, the game ball hit right in the time saving state or the probability change state is almost In a situation where all the balls can enter the second starting port 12, the number of balls held is hardly reduced. On the contrary, if you hit right to enter the second starting port 12 in the normal state, you rarely get a prize ball and even if a prize ball comes out, there is only one ball, so you have a lot of balls. Will be reduced. Even if the ball is hit to the right with the aim of entering the third starting port 13, the number of balls held will be significantly reduced because the ball rarely enters. Therefore, in the normal state, the actual profit of aiming at the second starting port 12 and the third starting port 13 is poor, and therefore the first starting port 11 is aimed at. Similarly, even if an attempt is made to enter the second starting port 12 by fraudulent activity, the number of balls held is hardly increased and the profit obtained is poor, which leads to deterrence of fraudulent activity.

The card processing device 450 is a game ball lending device having a display operation unit 452 and a card insertion slot 454. The display operation unit 452 is a liquid crystal display device and also serves as a touch panel type operation unit. The card insertion slot 454 is a portion for inserting a game card, which is a prepaid card. After inserting the game card into the card insertion slot 454, the player operates the button displayed on the display operation unit 452 to enter the amount to be inserted, and the card contains information indicating the number of game balls to be inserted according to the amount. It is transmitted from the processing device 450 to the pachinko gaming machine 100. The pachinko gaming machine 100 lends the game balls of the number of game balls to the upper ball plate 105 based on the received information indicating the number of game balls. The card processing device 450 is electrically connected to the pachinko gaming machine 100, and encrypted communication is used with the pachinko gaming machine 100.

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The functional configuration of the ball game machine in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 9. The special game control means 260 holds a plurality of types of special game opening patterns as opening patterns for special games. The opening mode of the large winning opening in the unit game includes an easy-to-enter mode in which the ball is relatively easy to enter and a difficult-to-enter mode in which the opening is relatively difficult. In the plurality of types of special game opening patterns, it is determined for each unit game whether at least one of the easy-to-enter mode and the difficult-to-enter mode to open the large winning opening. The special game control means 260 executes a special game based on one of a plurality of types of special game opening patterns, and provides information indicating the control timing at a plurality of control timings defined in the special game opening pattern. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 of the sub-board 300. The effect determining means 303 issues a plurality of effect display display commands included in the execution period of the special game based on the information indicating the control timing received from the special game control means 260 of the main board 200. Alternatively, it is transmitted to the effect display control means 305. The main board 200 detects whether or not the prepaid card is inserted into the card processing device 450 and is held, and transmits information indicating whether or not the prepaid card is held to the sub board 300.

The effect display control means 305 specifies at least a part of the end effects to be displayed after the final unit game in the special game when predetermined special information is added to the display command received from the effect determination means 303. It is displayed as an effect in the unit game of. For example, the content that alerts the player regarding forgetting to remove the prepaid card that is inserted and held in the game ball lending device by the player, which is usually displayed in the end effect (also called "attention display"), is specified. It is displayed on the effect display device 60 in the unit game of. For example, it is indicated that the warning display is executed by setting the predetermined bit included in the display command to "1". However, the effect determining means 303 executes the warning display only when it is determined that the prepaid card is held in the card processing device 450 based on the information received from the sub-board 300.

When the special game is executed based on the normal special game opening pattern, the effect determining means 303 adds special information to the display command of the end effect displayed after the final unit game and transmits it to the effect control means 304. To do. The end effect is displayed in the period from the control timing indicating the end of the final unit game to the control timing indicating the end of the special game. As a result, a warning display is usually executed in the end effect (for example, FIG. 28 (a) described later). The effect determining means 303 executes a specific unit game when the special game is executed based on a specific special game opening pattern including a specific unit game that opens the large winning opening in a difficult-to-enter mode. Special information is added to the display command of the effect to be displayed in the predetermined period and transmitted to the effect control means 304. The "specific unit game" as used herein refers to a plurality of unit games including at least the final unit game. The period of the end effect defined in the specific special game open pattern is set to be shorter than the period of the end effect defined in the normal special game open pattern (for example, FIG. 28 (b) described later). As described above, in the special game with the normal special game opening pattern, the warning display can be executed in the end effect, but in the special game with the specific special game opening pattern, the warning display can be executed in the specific unit game. As a result, in the special game in which the alert is displayed in the specific unit game, the time for displaying the alert in the end effect can be omitted or shortened instead of not displaying the alert in the end effect.

Here, a plurality of types of special game opening patterns are a high-profit special game opening pattern in which the number of unit games is relatively large, and a large winning opening is opened in an easy-to-enter mode. It can be divided into a low-profit special game opening pattern in which the number of unit games to be played is relatively small. The high-profit special game opening pattern is a pattern in which a player can obtain a certain amount of prize balls (also referred to as "balls"), and the low-profit special game opening pattern is a pattern in which a player is substantially almost. This is a pattern in which a prize ball or a ball cannot be obtained (although not explained in this embodiment, the special game opening pattern in a jackpot accompanied by a latent probability change described in the prerequisite technique is applicable). However, the number of prize balls that can be obtained by the special game based on the low-profit special game opening pattern triggered by the entry into the first starting port 11 is the low-profit special triggered by the entry into the second starting port 12. More than the number of prize balls that can be obtained by special games based on the game opening pattern. The special game control means 260 executes a warning display when the special game is based on the high-profit special game opening pattern. However, if you are in a series of chans and the alert has already been displayed in the series of special games, no new alert will be displayed. Therefore, especially when the winning probability of the winning / failing judgment is in a low probability state, a warning is displayed when the winning / failing judgment results in a shift to a special game triggered by the entry into the first starting port 11. It will be a configuration with high probability.

The specific game control means 270 satisfies the transition condition to the high probability state when the ball enters the specific area of the second large winning opening 22 in the special game, and the symbol change is executed a predetermined number of times after the end of the special game. It shifts to a high probability state until it is done. The number of times the high probability state continues is determined to be 10, 20, 30, or 40 times depending on the type of jackpot symbol. The effect determining means 303 is a subsequent unit included in the special game even if the ball does not enter the specific area even though the second large winning opening 22 is opened in the predetermined unit game included in the special game. Special information can be added to the display command of the effect in the game and transmitted to the effect control means 304. Further, in the effect determining means 303, when the winning probability of the winning / failing determination is in the low probability state and the ball entering is not easy, the winning / failing determination shifts to the special game when the ball enters the second starting port 12. Even if the result is to the effect, special information can be added to the display command of the subsequent effect in the special game and transmitted to the effect control means 304.

FIG. 27 is a diagram of a table showing the correspondence between the special symbol and the special game opening pattern. Instead of FIG. 7A of the prerequisite technology, when the hit / fail judgment result is a big hit, the table of this figure is referred to. (A) is a table referred to when a prize is won in the first starting port 11, and (b) is a table referred to when a prize is won in the second starting port 12. Depending on the correspondence of this figure, the special symbol and the special game opening pattern are determined based on the symbol lottery value. In (a), the special symbols of the symbol numbers "0", "1", "2", "3", and "4" have the symbol lottery values "0-12", "13-77", "78-150", and "151-", respectively. It is associated with "200" and "201-255". The 16R jackpot with 16 unit games corresponds to the special symbols with symbol numbers "0", "1" and "2", and the 8R with 8 unit games corresponds to the special symbols with symbol numbers "3" and "4". The jackpot corresponds. However, some of these unit games have an extremely short opening time, such as 0.04 seconds, for a moment, and the game ball almost enters the large winning opening at the time of the short opening. Do not ball. Therefore, the short-open unit game is virtually the same as not being open, and the symbol number "0" is the actual number of unit games excluding such formal unit games, that is, the number of long-open unit games. The high-profit special game opening pattern is "real 16R", and the symbol numbers "1", "2", "3", and "4" are all "real 7R" which is a low-profit special game opening pattern. In the figure, "○" indicates that it is opened by long opening, and "Δ" indicates that it is opened by short opening.

As shown in FIG. 27 (a), the first opening pattern of the "substantial 16R" corresponding to the symbol number "0" is long opening in all unit games as shown by "○" from 1R to 16R. Of these, the 4R unit game will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change because the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening. The second opening pattern of "substantially 7R" corresponding to the symbol number "1" is a long opening from 1R to 7R as indicated by "◯" and a short opening from 8R to 16R as indicated by "Δ". In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change. The third opening pattern of "substantial 7R" corresponding to the symbol number "2" is a long opening from 1R to 3R as indicated by "○", 4R is a short opening as indicated by "△", and 5R to 8R " As shown by "○", it is a long opening, and from 9R to 16R, it is a short opening as shown by "Δ". In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a short opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit without any probability change. The fourth opening pattern of "substantially 7R" corresponding to the symbol number "3" is a long opening from 1R to 7R as indicated by "○", and 8R is a short opening as indicated by "Δ". In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change. The fifth opening pattern of "substantial 7R" corresponding to the symbol number "4" is a long opening from 1R to 3R as indicated by "○", and 4R is a short opening as indicated by "△", and from 5R to 8R " As shown by "○", it will be open for a long time. In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a short opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit without any probability change.

As shown in FIG. 27 (b), the first opening pattern of "substantial 16R", which is the high-profit special game opening pattern corresponding to the symbol number "0", is the same as the first opening pattern of FIG. 27 (a). As indicated by "○" from 1R to 16R, all unit games are open for a long time. Of these, the 4R unit game will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change because the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening. The sixth opening pattern of "substantially 8R" corresponding to the symbol number "5" is a long opening from 1R to 8R as indicated by "◯" and a short opening from 9R to 16R as indicated by "Δ". In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change. The sixth opening pattern of "substantial 8R" may be classified into either a high-profit special game opening pattern or a low-profit opening pattern. The 7th opening pattern of "substantial 4R", which is a low-profit special game opening pattern corresponding to the symbol number "6", is a long opening from 1R to 4R as indicated by "○". In the 4R unit game, the second big winning opening 22 is opened with a long opening, so it will almost certainly be a big hit with a certain change.

FIG. 28 is a diagram schematically showing each configuration of the first to seventh special game effect patterns. 28 (a) to 28 (e) show the configuration of the 1st to 5th special game effect patterns corresponding to the 1st to 5th open patterns shown in FIG. 27 (a), and FIGS. 28 (f) to 28 (h) are shown. The configuration of the first, sixth and seventh special game effect patterns corresponding to the first, sixth and seventh open patterns shown in FIG. 27B is shown. During the special game, the effect display based on any of the first to seventh special game effect patterns is executed. In any of the special game effect patterns, it is determined that the start effect is executed at the start of the special game, the effect in each unit game is executed after the end of the start effect, and the end effect is executed after the end of the final unit game. .. Further, in any of the special game production patterns, it is stipulated that the inter-round effect (referred to as "R-interval effect" in the figure) is executed between the end of the 3R unit game and the start of the 4R unit game. Be done. The inter-round effect is an effect that is displayed prior to deciding whether or not to shift to the probabilistic change in 4R, and is an effect that suggests the process of deciding whether or not to shift to the probabilistic change, for example, between two characters. It may be a production that depicts a fighting situation and displays an image that suggests whether or not there is a transition of probability change depending on the victory or defeat. In this figure, an example in which the production times of the start effect, the unit game effect of 1R to 3R, and the inter-round effect are common among the plurality of special game effect patterns will be described, but in the modified example, each effect time is described. May be different from other special game production patterns.

The 4R unit game in the first, second, and fourth special game production patterns of (a), (b), and (d) and the first, sixth, and seventh special game production patterns of (f) to (h) are long-open patterns. The unit game of 4R in the 3rd and 5th special game production patterns of (c) and (e) is the unit game of the short opening pattern. In the figure, the unit game with the short opening pattern is shown in a light ink pattern. Regarding the unit games after 5R, the unit games of 8R to 16R in the second special game production pattern of (b), the unit games of 9R to 16R in the third special game production pattern of (c), and the fourth of (d). The unit game of 8R in the special game production pattern and the unit game of 9R to 16R in the sixth special game production pattern of (g) are unit games of the short opening pattern, respectively, and are shown in a light ink pattern.

When the special game satisfies a predetermined execution condition, in principle, a warning display is executed in the end effect. Whether or not to execute the alert display is determined according to the mode of the special game, and is mainly executed when a big hit with a substantial ball is first generated, but the detailed execution conditions are shown in the figure. 31 and 32 will be described later. Here, in the case of a special game production pattern in which a plurality of unit games including the final unit game are unit games based on the short opening pattern, the game is played while the short unit game based on the short opening pattern is repeated a plurality of times. It is not possible for a person to aim for a ball to enter the first grand prize opening 21, and it is not appropriate to produce a special game effect that encourages the player to earn profits. Therefore, it cannot be said that the period from the repetition of the unit game by the short opening pattern to the start of the end effect is a particularly significant period for the player. Therefore, it was decided that a part of the content to be displayed in the original end effect content including the alert display can be displayed in multiple unit games with a short opening pattern ahead of schedule without waiting for the end effect, and the end demo in that case. In time, a part of the original end effect content including the warning display will be omitted or shortened. As shown in the figure, 8R to 16R in (b), 9R to 16R in (c), and 9R to 16R in (g) correspond to a plurality of unit games including the final inning that is opened based on the short opening pattern. Then, at a predetermined timing in the meantime, a part of the original end effect content including the warning display is executed. On the other hand, the 8R in (d) is also a unit game based on the short opening pattern, but since the time is short rather than the short opening over multiple times, the 8R in (d) does not execute the end effect including the warning display. However, since the 8R of (d) is the final unit game, in the modified example, the end effect including the warning display may be started to be executed even in the 8R of (d) and executed over the end demo time. .. In the example of this figure, (b), (c), and (g) execute a part of the original end effect content including the warning display in the last plurality of unit games, and the other (a), (d). (E), (f), and (h) can execute an end effect including a warning display at the end demo time.

FIG. 29 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of an effect display command transmitted from the effect determination means 303 to the effect display control means 305 in a special game. This display command corresponds to a command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 in FIG. 12 to the display CPU 320 in terms of hardware, and the display CPU 320 that has received the command from the sub CPU 310 stores the command in the display RAM 322 that is a temporary storage device. Then, the display CPU 320 executes the command at a predetermined timing. (A) is an example of a command indicating the content of the effect to be displayed during the period of the start effect, and is transmitted at the execution timing of the start effect of the special game. (B) is an example of an instruction indicating the effect content to be displayed during the period in which the unit game is executed a plurality of times, and is transmitted at the execution timing for each unit game. The effect display control means 305 receives the command (b) for each unit game, but if the command is received in the previous unit game and the content is the same as the displayed effect, the previous command is displayed. The production of the unit game of is continued as it is until the next unit game, and only when the contents are different, the production is switched based on the newly received command and the display is started. However, as an exception, if the production of the previous unit game is not executed due to an exceptional situation such as the command could not be received due to a communication error, the production is started based on the newly received command. (C) is an example of an instruction indicating the content of the effect to be displayed during the period of the end effect, and is transmitted at the execution timing of the end effect. The instructions transmitted from the effect determining means 303 to the effect display control means 305 are the 12-bit first instruction data (instruction type data: MODE data) which is the instruction type data and the 12-bit second instruction data which is the instruction content data. It is composed of the instruction data (instruction content data: EVENT data) of. (A), (b), and (c) are examples of the second instruction data type.

The instruction type data of the start effect shown in the upper part of (a) is 12-bit data "101011010000" corresponding to "AD0 (big hit start demo display designation command)" in hexadecimal. In the command content data of the start effect shown in the lower part of (a), the lower 0 and 1 bits "XX" indicate the content of the start effect, and the uppermost 11th bit "Z" is the first start port 11. It indicates which of the second starting ports 12 is the big hit triggered by the winning. The 4th bit "Y" indicates whether or not to display a display instructing the player to "hit right". By this command, the content of the start effect is instructed to the effect display control means 305.

The command type data of the unit in-game effect shown in the upper part of (b) is 12-bit data "101011010001" corresponding to "AD1 (big hit end demo designation command)" in hexadecimal. In the instruction content data of the unit in-game production shown in the lower part of (b), the lower 0 to 5th bits "XXXXXX" indicate the content of the unit in-game effect, and the highest 11th bit "Z" is the first. It shows which of the starting port 11 and the second starting port 12 is a big hit triggered by a prize. The 8th bit "Y" is special information indicating whether or not to execute the alert display during the unit game, and indicates that the alert display is executed when "Y" is "1". By this command, the content of the effect during the unit game is instructed to the effect display control means 305.

The instruction type data of the end effect shown in the upper part of (c) is 12-bit data "101011010010" corresponding to "AD2 (big hit end demo designation command)" in hexadecimal. In the instruction content data of the end effect shown in the lower part of (c), the lower 0 and 1 bits "XX" indicate the content of the end effect, and the uppermost 11th bit "Z" is the first start port 11. It indicates which of the second starting ports 12 is the big hit triggered by the winning. The 8th bit "Y" is special information indicating whether or not to execute the warning display during the end effect, and indicates that the warning display is executed when "Y" is "1". By this command, the content of the end effect is instructed to the effect display control means 305.

Here, when the short opening is repeated over a plurality of unit games as in 8R to 16R in FIG. 28 (b) and 9R to 16R in FIG. 28 (c) (g), in addition to repeating the production for a very short period of time. The alert display will be executed over multiple unit games. Therefore, after starting the effect display based on the command of FIG. 29 (b) in the first unit game of the plurality of short-open unit games, the same effect is used as long as the command contents of the subsequent effect display are the same. Continue the display. As a modification, the command of FIG. 29 (b) may be transmitted only in the first short-open unit game, and the command may be omitted in the remaining short-open unit game. On the other hand, when the short opening is executed only in the unit game of 8R which is the final round as in 8R of FIG. 28D and the end effect is executed immediately after that, the command of FIG. 29B is transmitted in 8R. However, it is only overwritten by the instruction shown in FIG. 29 (c) immediately afterwards. Therefore, in the 8R in this case, the instruction of the end effect shown in FIG. 29C may be transmitted ahead of schedule.

FIG. 30 is a time chart schematically showing the timing of a command transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 and a command transmitted from the effect determining means 303 on the sub board 300 to the effect display control means 305. In this figure, the timing of commands will be described using the third special game effect pattern shown in FIG. 28 (c) as an example. In the time chart of this figure, the upper row shows the timing of the command transmitted from the main board 200 to the sub board 300, and the lower row shows the effect display control from the effect determination means 303 to the effect display control means 305 (as hardware, the effect display control from the sub CPU 310). (To device 313) Indicates the timing of the instruction to be transmitted.

At the start timing of the special game, the main board 200 transmits a start command for the start demo time (S900), and the effect determining means 303 that has received the start command transmits a display command for the start effect to the effect display control means 305 (S901). ). At the start timing of the first unit game (1R) after the start demo time has elapsed, the main board 200 transmits a start command for the unit game (S902), and the effect determining means 303 that has received the start command is the first unit. A display command for the effect (1R effect) in the game is transmitted to the effect display control means 305 (S903). In the unit game of 1R, the main board 200 transmits an end command of the unit game at the opening end timing at which the opening of the large winning opening of the long opening is completed (S904). The command transmission of S902 to S904 is repeated for each unit game. In the example of this figure, since the inter-round effect (inter-R effect) is executed between the 3Rs and the 4Rs, the effect determination means 303 is triggered by the end command (S910) transmitted by the main board 200 at the opening end timing of the 3Rs. Sends a display command for the R-to-R effect to the effect display control means 305 (S911).

In a unit game in which a short-opening large winning opening is opened as in 4R in this figure, the main board 200 transmits a 4R start command (S920), and the effect determining means 303 that receives the start command is a 4R effect. A display command is transmitted (S921), and the main board 200 transmits a 4R end command at a timing approximately 0.04 seconds after S920 (S922). The main board 200 transmits a 5R start command (S923), the effect determining means 303 that receives the start command transmits a 5R effect display command (S924), and the main board 200 sends a long-open opening end timing. A 5R end command is transmitted (S925). These command transmissions of S923 to S925 are repeated for each unit game of 5R to 8R.

9R to 16R repeat the opening of the large winning opening of the short opening. The main board 200 transmits a 9R start command (S930), and the effect determining means 303 that has received the start command transmits a 9R effect display command (S931). Special information is added to the display command of the 9R effect, and a part of the execution command of the original end effect content including the warning display is instructed to the effect display control means 305. The main board 200 transmits a 9R end command at a timing of about 0.04 seconds after S930 (S932). Since the closing time (1.5 seconds) of the big winning opening is set between the end of the round and the start of the next round, even if the opening time is so short that it is difficult to enter the ball, it will be repeated 8 times for 8R minutes. Closing time occurs. Therefore, a time of more than 12 seconds including the opening time elapses as a round with virtually no balls. The command transmission of S930 to S932 is repeated for each unit game of 9R to 16R, and special information indicating the execution of a part of the original end effect content including the warning display is added to the display command of each unit game effect. However, as long as the content is the same as the effect display command received immediately before, the effect display control means 305 continuously displays the same effect without switching the effect. However, as a modification, the effect display control means 305 may be configured to start the instructed effect each time the effect display command is received. Further, in this embodiment, an example in which special information is added to the effect display command from the first unit game included in the short-open unit game that is continuous a plurality of times has been described. Special information may be added to the effect display command in the second and subsequent unit games. After transmitting the end command of 16R (S933), the main board 200 transmits the start command of the end demo time (S935), and the effect determining means 303 receiving the end demo time command produces a display command of the end effect. It is transmitted to the display control means 305 (S934). No special information is added to the display command of the end effect in this case, and the simplified end effect is displayed in a period shorter than the normal end demo time.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the mode of the special game at the first hit and the presence / absence of execution of the warning display. The "first hit" is a big hit that occurs when the winning probability of the winning / losing lottery is in a low probability state. The first column 501 indicates whether it is a first game or a second game. The second column 502 indicates whether the number of balls to be played in the special game, that is, the total amount of prize balls that can be obtained is large, small, or almost nonexistent. The third column 503 indicates whether or not the alert has already been displayed. The fourth column 504 indicates whether or not the special game involves a shift to a shorter time (easy entry state). The fifth column 505 indicates whether or not the special game involves a transition to a high probability state. The sixth column 506 indicates whether or not to display the alert in the special game.

Whether or not to execute the alert display is a situation in which the player has gained a certain amount of profit, and there is a possibility that the game will end and leave the seat, or the game will be temporarily interrupted and the toilet, meal, etc. It is decided according to the mode and situation of the special game according to the criteria such as the possibility of leaving the seat due to the reason. Normally, in a low probability state, the first hit occurs in the first game aiming at the first starting port 11, but in rare cases, the first hit may occur when the ball enters the second starting port 12 and the ball enters. possible. In both cases where the first column 501 is the "first game" and the "second game", the big hit is the first hit, so the warning is not yet displayed. In addition, in any of the first hits, a warning display is executed when a big hit in which sufficient balls are output, that is, when the second column 502 is "many". However, even if the second column 502 is "small", it is constant when the fourth column 504 and the fifth column 505 are "○", that is, when both the easy entry state and the high probability state are entered. Since there is a high probability that you will be able to earn the profits of, perform a warning display. In the modified example, even if the second column 502 is "small" and the fourth column 504 and the fifth column 505 are "○", the alert display may not be executed. .. Alternatively, if the second column 502 is "small" and the fifth column 505 is "○", that is, if the state shifts to a high probability state, it is highly likely that a certain profit can be obtained, and a warning display is executed. May be. The correspondence between "many", "small", and "none" in the second column 502 and the open pattern is arbitrary. For example, "many" may be the first open pattern of FIGS. 27 (a) and 27 (b), and "small" may be the second to fifth open patterns of FIGS. 27 (a) and the sixth open pattern of (b). It may be. “None” may be the 7th open pattern shown in FIG. 27 (b), and although not described in this embodiment, the 2R jackpot with latent probability change and the 2R jackpot with V challenge described in the prerequisite technique (big prize). It may be a special game opening pattern in a jackpot with almost no balls, which is only for obtaining a high probability state depending on whether or not the ball enters a specific area of the mouth.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the mode of the special game and the presence / absence of execution of the alert display in the second and subsequent big hits. The "second and subsequent jackpots" are jackpots that occur when the winning probability of the winning / losing lottery is in a high probability state. The first column 501 indicates whether it is a first game or a second game. The second column 502 indicates whether the number of balls to be played in the special game, that is, the total amount of prize balls that can be obtained is large, small, or almost nonexistent. The third column 503 indicates whether or not the alert has already been displayed. The fourth column 504 indicates whether or not the special game involves a shift to a shorter time (easy entry state). The fifth column 505 indicates whether or not the special game involves a transition to a high probability state. The sixth column 506 indicates whether or not to display the alert in the special game. If it is the second and subsequent big hits and the alert has already been displayed (the third column 503 is "○"), there is little need to display the alert again, so the alert is not displayed again (No. 3). 6 columns 506 are blank). In addition, when a big hit occurs in which a sufficient number of balls are output, that is, when the second column 502 is "many" and the third column 503 is blank, a warning display is executed. However, even if the second column 502 is "small", it is constant when the fourth column 504 and the fifth column 505 are "○", that is, when both the easy entry state and the high probability state are entered. Since there is a high probability that you will be able to earn the profits of, perform a warning display. In the modified example, even if the second column 502 is "small" and the fourth column 504 and the fifth column 505 are "○", the alert display may not be executed. .. Alternatively, if the second column 502 is "small" and the fifth column 505 is "○", that is, if the state shifts to a high probability state, it is highly likely that a certain profit can be obtained, and a warning display is executed. May be.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a screen example of a warning display. (A) shows an example of a screen for displaying a warning in the end effect such as in the case of FIG. 28 (a), and (b) shows an example of a screen for displaying a warning in a specific unit game such as in the case of FIG. 28 (b). Shown. In (a), in each unit game, a normal unit game effect display command is transmitted at the start timing, and the effect is displayed together with the number of rounds such as "16R" as in the first screen example 600. End of all unit games At the start timing of the end demo time, a display command for the end effect with special information added is sent, and the total in the special game such as "2340 balls acquired!" As shown in the second screen example 601. The display of the number of acquired balls, the display showing the game state after the special game such as "Enter XX mode!", The display of the manufacturer name logo such as "XYZ", etc. are displayed as the end effect against the background of the predetermined image. By displaying a character string such as "Be careful not to forget to remove the prepaid card" on the screen of such an end effect, the player is alerted to forgetting to remove the prepaid card.

(B) displays a part of the original end effect content such as the second screen example 601 in (a) during a specific unit game. That is, special information is added to the effect display command transmitted at the start timing of 8R, and the total number of acquired balls in a special game such as "2340 balls acquired!" As shown in the third screen example 610 and "○○" are displayed. A display showing the game status after the special game such as "Enter mode!", A display of the manufacturer name logo such as "XYZ", etc. are displayed against the background of the video of the unit game production, and characters such as "Be careful not to forget to remove the prepaid card". By displaying a column, the player is alerted to forgetting to take the prepaid card. As described above, the content of the third screen example 610 displayed in the specific unit game in (b) is displayed as a background as compared with the content of the second screen example 601 displayed in the end effect in (a). The same content is displayed except that the images are different. At this time, although it is a production during the unit game, it is a short-open unit game with virtually no balls, and by displaying a part of the original end production content ahead of schedule, the unit game is already in progress. In order not to make it look like it is, unlike the first screen example 600, the number of rounds such as "16R" is not displayed. However, as a modification, the number of rounds may be displayed. Further, in another modification, each element such as the alert, the number of game balls acquired, the game state such as entering the XX mode, and the maker name displayed on the third screen example 610 are displayed in the original end effect. The display size may be changed (for example, reduced) from the above, or the display elements such as fonts and colors and the display mode may be partially changed for display. For example, the number of rounds or rounds can be changed by changing a part of the character string of "○○ mode rush!" Displayed in the end effect to "After this, XX mode rush!" In a specific unit game. It may be displayed together with the medium effect.

At the start timing of the end demo time, a display command for the end effect is transmitted, and a content in which a part of the original end effect content is omitted is displayed as in the fourth screen example 611. In the example of this figure, only the background image is displayed, and the display of each element such as the already displayed alert, the number of game balls acquired, the game state such as entering XX mode, and the manufacturer name is omitted, and the process ends. The demo time itself has been shortened.

The present invention has been described above based on examples. It is understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is merely an example, and that various modifications are possible for each of these components and combinations of each processing process, and that such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. is there.

11 1st start opening, 12 2nd start opening, 21 1st big winning opening, 22 2nd big winning opening, 60 production display device, 80 game board, 81 game area, 220 winning / failing judgment means, 260 special game control means, 303 effect determination means, 304 effect control means,
305 Directive display control means.

Claims (1)

A game board with a game area formed,
The main control device that controls the progress of the game,
A first starting winning opening, which is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and where the entry of a game ball triggers a lottery,
In the game area, a predetermined position different from the first start winning opening is provided so that it is difficult to enter the ball from the first starting winning opening in a normal state, and the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery. The second starting prize opening and
The lottery value is acquired when the ball is entered into the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, and the game shifts to a special game including a plurality of unit games, which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on the lottery value, and
A symbol display device in which the symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail judgment is variablely displayed, and
A large winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, opened in the special game, and the entry of a game ball triggers the awarding of a prize ball.
A special game control means for executing the special game by opening the large winning opening when the hit / fail determination results in the transition to the special game.
A production display device that displays the production content and
An effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and
An effect display control means for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determination means on the effect display device, and
When the predetermined transition condition is satisfied, a specific game control means for shifting the ball to the second start winning opening to a state in which the ball is easy to enter is higher than the normal state.
The main control device executes a special game based on any one of a plurality of types of special game opening patterns, and provides information indicating the control timing at a plurality of control timings defined in the special game opening pattern. Send to the production decision means,
The effect determining means alerts the player to forgetting to take out the value storage medium inserted and held in the game ball lending device by the player at any of the plurality of control timings in the special game. A group of commands including a specific command for displaying the contents on the effect display device can be transmitted to the effect display control means.
When the specific command is included in the command group at any of the plurality of control timings in the special game, the effect display control means calls attention to the player regarding forgetting to take out the value storage medium. There line an indication as to,
In the effect display control means, when the command regarding the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device by the effect determination means is the same command as the effect content being displayed on the effect display device, the effect a pinball game machine, wherein the child displays an effect contents of being displayed on the display device as it continues to be.

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