JP6820479B2 - 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. 2016-120206

There are known gaming machines that develop different effects depending on the number of button images to be displayed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The effect using such a display object can diversify the mode of the pattern variation effect, but it is required to realize a more effective effect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine for realizing more effective production.

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 and a predetermined position in the game area, and the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery. The winning / failing judgment is executed based on the lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from the normal game to the special game which is in a state advantageous to the player, triggered by the start winning opening and the entry into the starting winning opening. The hit / fail determination means, the symbol display device for displaying the result of the hit / fail judgment in a variable manner, the symbol determination means for determining the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and the variation of the symbol. A variation pattern determination means that selects one of the multiple types of variation patterns for which the display process is defined according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and special when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to a special game. A special game control means for executing a game, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and an effect display device for determining the effect content determined by the effect determination means. It is provided with an effect display control means for displaying on the screen. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of special effect, which is an effect that can include a second effect period to be performed, are included, and special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The effect pattern is an effect pattern that suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher than the special variation effect pattern that does not develop from the first effect period to the second effect period, and the special variation effect pattern includes the first effect period. In, the first display object for displaying the production state in a production mode that is apparently disadvantageous to the player is displayed in a mode according to the degree of the apparent disadvantage, and is developed into the second production period. In this case, it is stipulated to display an effect of converting the first display object into a second display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is apparently advantageous to the player.

It should be noted that any combination of the above components, or 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, etc. , Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to realize a more effective effect.

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 functional 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 symbol determination table. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table schematically. It is a figure which shows typically the advance hit / fail judgment table referred to in the advance hit / miss judgment. 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 schematic the hardware composition of the main board and the sub board. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of an effect control device schematicly. 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 control 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 typically the combination of the production type of the 1st production period and the production type of the 2nd production period in the special variation production, and the schematic flow of the production. It is a figure which shows the screen example in the 1st effect period and the 2nd effect period. It is a figure of the screen example flow which shows the production process from the conversion production in the 1st production period to the 2nd production period. It is a figure which shows typically the kind of the plurality of kinds of notice production patterns which defined the relationship between the color of the three cut-in notices in a conversion effect, the presence or absence of unexploded ordnance, and the effect result. It is a figure which shows typically the screen example of the parallel effect. It is a figure which shows typically the kind of the reach effect pattern including the combination of the parallel effect. It is a figure which shows the screen example of the reversal effect. It is a figure which shows the screen transition from a parallel effect to a reverse effect. It is a figure of the table which shows the number of attack power marks, the change of a button display color, and the correspondence | correspondence of the display color of the appearing button.

(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 has a higher probability of becoming a big hit with a probability change, and the second game has a larger number of unit games constituting a special game when a big hit occurs (opening time of the big winning opening). A long open unit game and a short open unit game with a short open time are mixed in one special game, and even if the number of unit games is the same, the second game is a longer open unit game than the first game. The second game is designed to have a relatively higher profit than the first game, such as (including the case where the number of games is large). 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, 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 a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting a 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 of 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", 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, since the upper part of the opening of the second starting port 12 is normally covered with the first starting port 11 to prevent the inflow of the game ball, the second starting port 12 is not opened unless the expanding mechanism of 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 enters 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 the extent that it is possible to strike a target depending on the firing strength of the game ball. The first start port 11 and the second start 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 to 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. Be prepared. 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.

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 unit 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "ordinary symbol lottery". 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 by the driving force of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91, and the possibility of entering the second starting port 12 is increased. As a modification, the number of operating ports may be one, and the game area 81 may be provided at the left side position.

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 large 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 out port 34 is an outlet for discharging game balls that have not entered any of the winning openings, and includes an out detection device 39. The out detection device 39 is a sensor that detects a game ball that is discharged through the out port 34, and generates discharge information indicating the detection at the time of detection. The out opening 34 is provided at the lowermost center portion of the game area 81 so that all the game balls that have not entered any of the winning openings can be guided and passed through. A plurality of out detection devices 39 may be provided side by side while securing a game ball passage having a sufficient width to prevent the out port 34 from being clogged with balls.

A symbol display unit 120 is arranged below the outside of the game area 81 on the game board 80. The symbol display unit 120 includes a first special symbol display unit 41, a second special symbol display unit 42, a first special symbol hold display unit 71, a second special symbol hold display unit 72, a normal symbol display unit 45, and a normal symbol. Each display unit such as a hold display unit 75, a game status display unit 76, and an abnormality notification unit 77 is provided. Specifically, the first special symbol display unit 41 corresponding to the first game and the second special symbol display unit 42 corresponding to the second game are arranged side by side at the lower left position, and the first special symbol The variations of 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed.

The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery triggered by the entry of the game ball into the first starting port 11, and is a special game when stopped in a predetermined hit mode. A big hit will occur. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery triggered by the entry of the game ball into the second starting port 12, and is a special game when stopped in a predetermined hit mode. A big hit will occur. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42 are 8-segment LEDs composed of, for example, 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. .. These symbols are replaced one after another at high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42, or a predetermined display (for example, "-") and non-display (for example, all lights are turned off) are displayed. By displaying the symbol corresponding to the determination result after being repeated for a predetermined time, the symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 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.

Further, since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily have to have a directing role, in this embodiment, the first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol at the lower left of the game area 81 are required. The display unit 42 displays the image in an inconspicuous size. However, when adopting a method of expressing the special symbol without using a decorative symbol by giving it a directing role, the special symbol is displayed on another display device such as a liquid crystal display instead of the 8-segment LED. It may be configured to be made to.

A first special symbol holding display unit 71 is provided above the first special symbol display unit 41 as a holding lamp for special symbol fluctuation corresponding to the first game, and a second special symbol display unit 42 is provided above the second special symbol display unit 42. The second special symbol hold display unit 72 is provided as a hold lamp for the special symbol change corresponding to the game of. The first special figure hold display unit 71 is composed of two lamps, and the number of the winning / failing lottery values held in the first game is determined by the number of lighting or the number of blinking lamps (hereinafter, the number of the winning / losing lottery values held). (Simply also called "holding number") is displayed. The number of holds on the first special figure hold display unit 71 is the number (number) of acquisitions of lottery values based on winning a prize in the first start port 11 while the first special symbol 51 is changing or the special game is being executed. Indicates the number of winning balls that are present and the symbol change has not yet been executed. The second special figure hold display unit 72 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of holdes in the second game according to the number of lights or the number of blinks. The number of holds in the second special figure hold display unit 72 is the number of times (number) of lottery values obtained based on winning a prize in the second starting port 12 while the second special symbol 52 is changing or the special game is being executed. Indicates the number of winning balls that are present and the symbol change has not yet 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.

A normal symbol display unit 45 is provided on the right side of the symbol display unit 120. For convenience, the ordinary symbol display unit 45 is composed of two lamps, and the display state of the ordinary symbol is expressed by the lighting combination thereof. First, the fluctuation of the normal symbol is expressed by blinking the first lamp and the second lamp at the same time, and finally the stop symbol of the normal symbol is expressed by the combination of the lighting states of the first lamp and the second lamp. Is expressed. For example, turning on the first lamp and turning off the second lamp expresses the stop symbol of disconnection, turning off the first lamp and turning on the second lamp expresses the first hitting mode, and the first The second hit mode is expressed by lighting both the lamp and the second lamp.

Further, on the right side of the normal symbol display unit 45, a normal symbol hold display unit 75 is provided as a hold lamp for changing the normal symbol. The normal symbol hold display unit 75 is also composed of two lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations according to the number of lighting or the number of blinking. 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 is the number of ordinary symbol lottery for which the change of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Is shown.

The symbol display unit 120 is provided with a game status display unit 76 and an abnormality notification unit 77. The game state display unit 76 is a display unit that displays a display corresponding to a game state such as a specific game state described later, and is composed of, for example, one lamp and one 7-segment LED. For example, each game state is notified by turning on the lamp when the probability is fluctuating, blinking when the ball is easy to enter, and turning off when the ball is in the normal state, and the 7-segment LED during the execution of the special game. Displays the number of unit games (number of rounds) to be executed in the special game. The abnormality notification unit 77 is a display unit that notifies a part of the abnormality of the game machine. For example, the abnormality notification unit 77 is composed of a plurality of lamps and notifies the abnormality by a lighting pattern according to the type of abnormality. In addition, these display units may not be centrally arranged in the symbol display unit 120, and each display unit may be individually configured, or may be divided into a plurality of display devices which are appropriately arranged. Further, the notification of the gaming state such as the specific gaming state may be configured to be performed only for a predetermined period such as a certain time after returning from the power failure.

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 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.

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 sufficient for 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 (upper ball plate, right decorative lamp, etc.). 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 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 front frame 102. The effect button 109 is normally stored in the front frame 102, but a rod-shaped member is attached to the back side of the effect button 109, and the rod-shaped member and the effect button 109 are oriented substantially perpendicular to the board surface. It is provided so that it can be projected. The rod-shaped member and the effect button 109 function as a lever 112 in a state of projecting to the outside, and the player can hold the effect button 109 and pull the lever 112 downward. This also allows the player to input a predetermined instruction to the game machine. 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 game method and control flow performed in the game machine having the above configuration will be outlined. When the player manually rotates the launch handle 107, 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 hits a plurality of game nails, a windmill, a center decoration 64, and the like, and falls in a direction corresponding to the way of hitting. When a 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 ball that has fallen into each winning opening such as the general winning opening 33 is treated as a safe ball, and the game ball that has fallen into the out opening 34 is treated as an out ball. The specification may be such that the discharge of the safe sphere is excluded from the detection by the out detection device 39, or the safe sphere is also guided to the area where the out detection device 39 is provided and all the discharge is detected by the out detection device 39. May be. Alternatively, the specification may be such that the guidance of the safe sphere and the detection of the safe sphere by the out detection device 39 are not performed, and the total of the number of detected spheres of the safe sphere added to the number of detected spheres of the out sphere is used as the number of discharged spheres.

Further, when the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display unit 45, and is stopped and displayed after the lapse of the variable display time determined prior to the display. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode or the second hit mode, the normal electric accessory 90 is expanded based on the hit mode of the stopped and displayed symbol and the game state when the stop is displayed. .. That is, when the gaming state when the symbol is stopped is the normal gaming state and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode, a short opening of 0.1 seconds is executed as the opening of the normal electric accessory 90. Further, when the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode in the specific game state (for example, the easy ball entry state), the normal symbol is in the second hit mode in the normal state and the specific game state (for example, the easy ball entry state). When the stop display is displayed, a long opening for 6 seconds is executed as the opening of the normal electric accessory 90. Here, the winning probability of the normal symbol and the execution probability of the long opening are set so as to differ depending on the game state. Specifically, in the open lottery in the normal state, the normal symbol wins with a probability of 1/100, and the execution probability of the short opening in that case (the probability that the winning symbol of the first winning mode is selected) is 1 /. 3. The execution probability of long opening (probability of selecting the hit symbol of the second hit mode) is set to 2/3. Further, in the open lottery in the specific game state (for example, the ball entry easy state), the normal symbol is hit with a probability of 99/100, and the selection probability of the first hit mode and the second hit mode is the same as that in the normal game state. However, it is set so that the long opening is executed regardless of the winning mode. In this way, in the easy-to-enter state, the function of changing the hit probability of the normal symbol (probability change from 1/100 to 99/100) and the function of extending the opening time (the opening time when the stop is displayed in the first hit mode is 0). The ease of entering the second starting port 12 is improved by (extending from .1 second to 6.0 seconds). The function of extending the operating period of the ordinary electric accessory 90 (long opening) may be referred to as "opening extension".

In addition, as described above, by setting the probability of long opening to be higher than the probability of short opening in the normal state, the long opening is executed at a constant rate even in the normal state when the normal symbol is won. .. As a modification, on the contrary, in the normal state, the probability of short opening may be higher than the probability of long opening, the specification may have the same probability of both, or the specification may always be short opening. Good. Further, when the ball is in the easy-to-enter state, 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. The winning probability of the open lottery in the normal state may be set to zero (0/100), and the normal electric accessory 90 may be expanded only when the open lottery is performed in the easy-to-enter state. Further, when the normal electric accessory 90 expands, it may be notified in advance to that effect, the hold of the normal symbol change may be pre-read and notified before the start of the change of the normal symbol, or the normal symbol may be notified. It may be notified during the fluctuation.

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 increased 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. In addition, a plurality of combinations of opening time and opening number 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.

On the other hand, when the ball enters the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are displayed in the first special symbol display unit 41, the second special symbol display unit 42, and the effect display device 60. , And the decorative symbol 61 are 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. Hereinafter, the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 displayed according to the variation effect pattern will be illustrated, and the variation effect pattern will be briefly described. Details of the variation pattern and the method of determining the variation effect pattern will be described separately.

As an example of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, when the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three rows like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when the variation end timing is approached, the symbols are stopped one by one in the final stop mode. The symbol combination as is displayed. As an operation when the fluctuation of the decorative symbol 190 is stopped, it may be controlled to stop a plurality of rows at the same time instead of one row at a time so that the effect display other than the decorative symbol is noticed during the variable display, or the effect display other than the decorative symbol may be noticed in a shorter fluctuation time. It may be possible to display the symbol variation. In addition, as an operation at the start of fluctuation of the decorative symbol 190, control is performed so as to delay the start of fluctuation of a part of the columns according to the subsequent development (type of effect pattern, etc.) in the fluctuation to produce a feeling of expectation. It may be.

Next, the variable effect pattern will be briefly described. 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 fluctuates 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 start 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.

When the number of pending win / loss lottery reaches a predetermined number (for example, 3), the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened than usual in order to improve the game efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as "shortening variation"). 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"). ). 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 after the above-mentioned symbol variation, the gaming state is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. The game shifts to a special game, and the opening / closing operation of the large 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.

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 a case 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". Although the unit game is repeated 16 times, the unit game is substantially repeated a small number of times by opening the large winning opening 20 for a shorter time (for example, 1.6 seconds) than usual in some unit games. It is also possible to realize a normal special game similar to the one (sometimes referred to as "substantial nR jackpot").

On the other hand, in the shortened special game, the start demo time and the end demo time are short or almost nonexistent (0.1 seconds, etc.), and the large winning opening 20 is opened for 1.6 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". Although the number of unit games is the same as that of the normal special game, the shortened special game can be realized by opening the large winning opening 20 for a shorter time than usual in all the unit games.

Further, 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 after the above-mentioned symbol variation, the small hit game composed of one unit game The opening and closing operation of the grand prize opening 20 is executed. In one unit game constituting the small hit game, the big winning opening 20 is opened for about 1.6 seconds, and the operation mode is similar to the 2R big hit in appearance.

When a special game occurs and the hit stop symbol at that time is in a specific mode (for example, "777"), 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 an effect 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 addition, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it may be clearly shown to the effect display device 60 whether it is a probable change or a non-probable change.

In the normal game after the special game is completed, the ball entry easy 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 ball into the second starting port 12 is also increased, it is highly possible 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 time saving, until a big hit occurs as compared with the case of the normal state where the symbol changes 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 for the prize balls, a payout device 154 for paying out the prize balls, and the like. The payout device 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 device 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 board 158 supplies electric power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100. A performance display unit 159 is provided on the substrate of the main substrate 200. The performance display unit 159 is composed of four 7-segment LEDs that display, for example, a four-digit number for the ratio of the total number of prize balls to the total number of launch balls, which is the total of safe balls and out balls.

<Functional block>
FIG. 3 shows a functional block of the pachinko gaming machine 100. Hereinafter, the functions realized by using each configuration will be described, but in the present specification, in order to match the physical configuration and the functional configuration, for example, a physical configuration such as a main board 200, a payout control board 155, a launch control board 157, etc. For the part already explained as, the term may be used as it is for convenience.

The pachinko gaming machine 100 includes a power supply board 158 that generates a power source to be used in the gaming machine based on an AC power supply (AC24V or the like) supplied from the outside of the gaming machine, and a main control device that controls the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game. Main board 200, payout control board 155 as a frame control device for controlling prize ball payout, launch control board 157 for controlling launch of game balls to the game area, and directing operations and processing are controlled. It is configured in a form in which the functions are shared with the sub-board 300 as the sub-control device.

The main board 200 includes a first starting port 11, a second starting port 12, a large winning port 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning port group (first general winning port 33a, second general winning port). It is electrically connected to the port 33b), the out port 34, the symbol display unit 120, and the external information output terminal 160, and various control signals are transmitted and received between them. The payout control board 155 is electrically connected to the main board 200, the launch control board 157, and the payout device 154. The payout control board 155 transmits a launch permission signal to the launch control board 157 based on a prize ball payout transmitted from the main board 200, a signal indicating the control state of the main board 200, and the like to indirectly transmit the launch control board 157. And control the payout of prize balls by the payout device 154. The payout device 154 includes a payout motor 166 and a ball counting sensor 167. The launch control board 157 is electrically connected to the payout control board 155, the launch device 156, and the ball feed device 164, and the ball feed device 164 and the launch device 164 and the launch device are launched based on the launch permission signal transmitted from the payout control board 155. The device 156 is controlled to launch a game ball. The sub-board 300 includes an effect display device 60, a movable accessory 66 (drive motor 67, position detection sensor 68), a speaker 108, an effect input operation device 115 (effect button 109, cross key 110), a decorative lamp 111, and electrical. It is connected to and sends and receives various control signals to and from each.

Data transmission / reception between the main board 200 and the sub board 300 is unidirectional from the main board 200 to the sub board 300. Each configuration for realizing the entire operation by data transmission / reception in one direction is the main board 200. It is arranged on 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 sub-board 300 cannot refer to the information generated by the main board 200 unless the information is transmitted. Further, data is transmitted / received in both directions between the main board 200 and the payout control board 155, and between the payout control board 155 and the launch control board 157. However, as in the case between the main board 200 and the sub board 300, data can be transmitted and received from the main board 200 to the payout control board 155 in one direction, or from the payout control board 155 to the launch control board 157 in one direction. It may be configured to send and receive data.

Note that the functional blocks included in the main board 200, the payout control board 155, the launch control board 157, and the sub board 300 described below are merely examples, and as a modification, some functional blocks are mounted on other boards. It may be mounted. For example, the functional block included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the sub-board 300, or the functional block included in the launch control board 157 may be mounted on the payout control board 155. Good. Further, for example, a part of the functional block included in the main board 200 may be mounted on the main board 200, or the remaining part may be mounted on the payout control board 155. May be divided into a plurality of substrates to form one functional block as a whole.

<Main board 200>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the main board 200. The main board 200 includes a ball entry determination means 201, a performance display unit 159, a random number generation means 202, a first lottery means 211, a second lottery means 212, a preliminary judgment means 235, a general drawing lottery means 213, a hold control means 240, and a main board. Display control means 250, special game control means 260, small hit game control means 265, specific game control means 270, opening / closing control means 275, special figure adjustment means 276, main initial processing execution means 280, main power interruption processing execution means 282, The main error detecting means 284 and the command communication means 205 are provided.

<Ball entry determination means 201>
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. Upon receiving the discharge information, the ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has passed through the out port 34. The ball entry determination means 201 calculates the ratio of the total number of prize balls to the total number of launch balls, which is the total of the safe balls and the out balls, and displays them on the performance display unit 159.

<Random number generation means 202>
The random number generation means 202 generates random numbers to be used for various determinations in the first lottery means 211, the second lottery means 212, and the general drawing lottery means 213. Specifically, the random number generation means 202 has random numbers (also referred to as “win / fail lottery values”) used in the win / loss lottery by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 from “0” to “65535”. A random number in the range is generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 is "0" to "255" as random numbers (also referred to as "symbol determination lottery value") used in symbol determination (symbol lottery) by the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227. Random numbers in the range up to are generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 has "0" to "255" as random numbers (also referred to as "variation pattern determination lottery values") used in the determination of the variation pattern by the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232. Random numbers in the range up to "" are generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 generates a random number in the range of "0" to "99" as a random number used in the winning / losing lottery by the general drawing lottery means 213 by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 generates a random number in the range of "0" to "2" as a random number used when determining a normal symbol by a predetermined means. The "random numbers" here are not only physical random numbers generated by the random number generation circuit and genuine random numbers in the mathematical sense, but also pseudo-random numbers such as random numbers using a 16-bit counter and software random numbers using a random number generation algorithm. But it may be. Alternatively, it may be a random number generated by combining a hardware random number and a software random number. Further, as the random numbers acquired by the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212, the random numbers generated by the same generation means may be acquired, or the random numbers generated by another generation means may be acquired. ..

<Public map lottery means 213>
When the game ball passes through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32, the normal symbol lottery means 213 generates random numbers of a random number used for winning / failing lottery of the normal symbol and a random number used for determining the stop symbol of the normal symbol. Obtain from 202 and execute the lottery. The ordinary symbol lottery means 213 has a normal symbol winning / failing determination table (not shown) that is referred to for determining whether or not the normal symbol is correct, and a normal symbol determination that is referred to for determining the stop symbol of the ordinary symbol to be displayed on the ordinary symbol display unit 45. Hold the table. The normal symbol winning / failing judgment table defines the correspondence between the lottery value for winning / failing and the winning, and the normal symbol judgment table defines the correspondence between the lottery value for determining the stop symbol and the normal symbol. The hit / fail and stop symbols of the normal symbol are determined based on the hit probability and the symbol selection probability. When the lottery value for the winning / failing lottery of the ordinary symbol corresponds to the hit, the ordinary symbol lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the ordinary symbol by referring to the ordinary symbol determination table, and the lottery value for the winning / failing lottery of the ordinary symbol is set. When it corresponds to the deviation, the mode of the deviation symbol of 1 is always determined. When the result of the hit / fail determination of the normal symbol corresponds to a hit and the normal symbol stops at a predetermined symbol (first hit mode or second hit mode), the opening / closing control means 275, which will be described later, changes the mode of the stop symbol and the game state. The ordinary electric accessory 90 of the second starting port 12 is expanded accordingly. 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 described later. 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.

<First lottery means 211 and second lottery means 212>
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 / fail 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. Based on various lottery results by the first lottery means 211, the main display control means 250 makes a variable display of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display unit 41. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed 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 winning / failing determination means 222, a second symbol determining means 227, and a second variation pattern determining means 232, and corresponds to entering a ball into the second starting port 12. The second winning / failing lottery is executed as a winning / failing lottery. Based on various lottery results by the second lottery means 212, the main display control means 250 makes a variable display of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display unit 42. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, the decorative symbol 61 is variablely displayed in the display area of the effect display device 60.

<First lottery value acquisition means 216 and second lottery value acquisition means 217>
The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires random numbers for various lottery and determination by the first lottery means 211 from the random number generation means 202 when the ball enters the first start port 11. Specifically, the first winning / failing lottery value for winning / failing determination by the first winning / failing determination means 221, the first symbol lottery value for determining the stop mode of the first special symbol 51 by the first symbol determining means 226, and the first variation pattern. The first pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the first special symbol 51 by the determination means 231 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires random numbers for various lottery and determination by the second lottery means 212 from the random number generation means 202 when the ball enters the second starting port 12. Specifically, the second winning / failing lottery value for determining the winning / failing by the second winning / failing determination means 222, the second symbol lottery value for determining the stop mode of the second special symbol 52 by the second symbol determining means 227, and the second variation pattern. The second pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the second special symbol 52 by the determination means 232 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means.

The first winning / failing determination means 221 executes a winning / failing determination for determining whether or not to shift to the special game based on the first winning / failing lottery value. The second winning / failing determination means 222 executes a winning / failing determination for determining whether or not to shift to the special game based on the second winning / failing lottery value. In the hit / fail judgment, more specifically, "big hit" indicating that the game shifts to the special game, "small hit" indicating that the game shifts to the small hit game, and "small hit" indicating that the game does not shift to the special game and the small hit game. It is determined whether it corresponds to "off". The first hit / fail determination means 221 and the second hit / fail determination means 222 hold a 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 preliminary hit / fail judgment described later, 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". In addition, 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 table corresponding to each hit / fail determination as a hit / fail determination table to be referred to in the hit / fail determination. Specifically, a hit / fail judgment table for hit / fail judgment by the first hit / miss judgment means 221 (also referred to as “first hit / miss judgment table”) and a hit / fail judgment table for hit / fail judgment by the second hit / miss judgment means 222 (“second hit / miss judgment table”). A table to be referred to is selected according to the success / failure judgment to be executed by holding the "win / fail judgment table"). In the plurality of winning / failing determination tables, the determination results of big hit, small hit, and miss are associated with the winning / failing lottery value, and the winning / failing probability is determined according to the range setting of the associated big hit.

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 the big hit, it is originally all "off", but in the example of this figure, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it does not correspond to the small hit. Is particularly expressed as "off". That is, when "hit or not" is considered from the viewpoint of "whether or not it is a big hit", "small hit" may be included in "missing" in a broad sense in the sense of "not a big hit". In addition, when "hit or not" is considered from the viewpoint of "hit or not", "small hit" may be included in "hit" in a broad sense together with "big hit". 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. Further, the "small hit" may be provided only in one of the first game and the second game, or may not be provided in any of the games. In that case, the value corresponding to the small hit is not set in the corresponding hit / fail judgment table.

<1st symbol determining means 226 and 2nd symbol determining means 227>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 determine the stopped symbol at the start of the fluctuation of the symbol based on the symbol lottery value acquired from the random number generating means 202 and the result of the winning / failing determination. .. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables referred to for determining a stop symbol of a special symbol. Specifically, the first symbol determining means 226 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables according to the result of the hit / fail determination by the first hit / miss determination means 221 and the second symbol determining means 227 holds the hit / fail by the second hit / miss determination means 222. Holds a plurality of symbol judgment tables according to the judgment result. The first hit / miss determination means 221 holds a first symbol determination table at the time of a big hit, a first symbol determination table at the time of a small hit, and a first symbol determination table at the time of a miss, which is referred to at the time of a small hit. The second hit / miss determination means 222 holds a second symbol determination table at the time of a big hit, a second symbol determination table at the time of a small hit, and a second symbol determination table at the time of a miss, which is referred to at the time of a small hit. The first symbol determining means 226 and the second symbol determining means 227 select a symbol determination table to be referred to according to the result of the hit / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination executed at the start of the symbol variation from the preliminary symbol determination described later, it is also appropriately referred to as "symbol determination as the main determination".

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6A is a table to be referred to when the hit / fail judgment result is a big hit, FIG. 6B is a table to be referred to when the hit / miss judgment result is wrong, and FIG. 6C is a table to be referred to. 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 big hit, and "5" to "9" correspond to 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. 6A, the types of special symbols "0" to "4" are associated with the presence or absence of the jackpot and the probability fluctuation after the jackpot. Specifically, the type "0" indicates 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 4R jackpot (or "substantially 4R hit") with a probability variation as a specific jackpot, and is associated with "100 to 149" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and in the case of the second symbol lottery value. It is associated with "145-149". The type "2" indicates a 2R jackpot accompanied by a probability change, and the type "2" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "150 to 189". The type "3" indicates a 16R jackpot that is not accompanied by a probability change as a normal jackpot, and the type "3" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "150 to 189". The type "4" indicates a 4R jackpot that is not accompanied by a probability change as a normal jackpot, and the type "4" is associated with both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value "230 to 255". In this way, the selection probability for each jackpot type (that is, the content of the jackpot and the presence or absence of subsequent probability fluctuations) is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

In addition, it is possible to provide more types of special symbols, and in that case, by configuring so that one jackpot type is determined corresponding to a plurality of special symbol types, the jackpot can be increased while increasing the symbol types. You can set fewer types. Alternatively, it is possible to subdivide into more jackpot types in response to the increased number of symbol types. Further, it is possible to provide different symbol types at the time of the first lottery and at the time of the second lottery. In this case, one jackpot type is configured to correspond to each of the type of special symbol selected at the time of the first lottery and the type of special symbol selected at the time of the second lottery. However, it is desirable to set the ratio of probability fluctuations to be the same in the first lottery and the second lottery.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the type "10" is associated with the symbol lottery value in the entire range in the case where the winning / failing determination result is wrong. Therefore, it is determined that the same special symbol is always stopped and displayed in the case of deviation. It is also possible to provide a plurality of special symbols to be stopped and displayed in case of disconnection.

As shown in FIG. 6 (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 this embodiment, in order to save the storage area in the main board 200, the table of FIG. 6 is also referred to as the pre-symbol determination table in the pre-symbol determination. 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. It should be noted that, as the pre-design judgment table, one that can be further subdivided and complicated judgment can be performed, or one in which the judgment range of the jackpot symbol that executes the same special game is summarized and simplified may be used. .. In addition, when the symbol is uniformly determined at the time of disengagement as in this embodiment, a specific symbol can be selected without referring to the acquired symbol lottery value and without preparing a symbol determination table for disengagement. You may decide.

<First variation pattern determining means 231 and second variation pattern determining means 232>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determining means 231 acquires, from the random number generating means 202, a variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the effect display device 60 is defined. It is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns based on one pattern lottery value. The second variation pattern determining means 232 uses the variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display unit 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined as the second pattern lottery value obtained from the random number generation means 202. Based on this, it is determined from a plurality of fluctuation patterns. 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 fluctuation pattern determining means 231 and the second fluctuation pattern determining means 232, and the control means of the main board 200, refer to the fluctuation pattern table for determining the fluctuation pattern when the fluctuation start condition is satisfied, and the start port. The pre-pattern judgment table used for information generation for the execution judgment of the look-ahead process at the time of entering the ball is held or shared. 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 fluctuation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation is defined, the variation display time is substantially set for each pattern as the end condition of the symbol variation, and the special symbol is set when the variation display time elapses. Fluctuation is stopped. 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. Further, in order to contribute to the selection of the variation effect pattern of the decorative pattern described later, it may be defined as a different type of variation pattern with the same variation time.

FIG. 7 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. 7A, 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, the normal reach of the pattern range number "2" is selected "normal 1", and if 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, 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 "out of 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 holds, it is possible to realize control in which a fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time is easily selected when the number of holds 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 set. 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 embodiment shown in FIG. 7, it is illustrated that a table is provided for each of the winning / failing determination results in the preliminary pattern determination. However, regardless of the winning / failing lottery result, the random number value is approximately 1 using the prior pattern determination table. In addition to deriving only information regarding which range the sub-board is located in, the control means side of the sub-board 300 may be controlled to determine what kind of variation is executed together with the preliminary pass / fail determination result.

In the fluctuation pattern table of FIG. 7B referred to in the time saving state, the pattern lottery value is assigned to the fluctuation pattern for time saving. However, the correspondence relationship between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as that in FIG. “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. 7A. 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. The first variation pattern determining means 231 and the second variation pattern determining means 232 may refer to different variation pattern tables, or may refer to different variation pattern tables according to the gaming state. For example, in a gaming machine in which the second lottery is set to be more advantageous than the first lottery and the second lottery is processed with priority over the first lottery, the second lottery is the first in spite of the easy entry state due to the shortened time. The situation in which the hold of the second lottery is exhausted and the first lottery is continuously executed is not preferable for the player. Therefore, in the out-of-ball fluctuation in the first lottery in the easy-to-enter state, a fluctuation pattern table is referred to in which a fluctuation pattern for a long time (for example, 10 seconds) that does not shorten the fluctuation time is uniformly selected regardless of the number of holdings. It may be that.

<Hold control means 240>
Returning to FIG. 4, the hold control means 240 includes the special figure hold means 241 and the 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, up to four, the first winning / failing lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value are stored, and for the second special symbol, each of them has an upper limit of four. The second winning / failing lottery value, the second symbol lottery value, and the second pattern lottery value are stored. 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 display unit 71, the second special figure hold display unit 72, and the normal figure hold display unit 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 / loss 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.

<Main display control means 250>
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 unit 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 unit 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 are changed by the command communication means 205 described later at the timing of starting and the timing of stopping the change display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The start command and the fluctuation stop command are transmitted to the effect determining means 303 (sub-main). 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 determining means 303 together with the fluctuation start command. When the variable stop command is transmitted, the value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the variable stop command. Further, the effect determining means 303 (sub-main) transmits a variation start command, a variation stop command, and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variation display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub-sub). As a result, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub-sub) is synchronized, and the interlocking is maintained. The normal symbol control means 254 causes the normal symbol display unit 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 213 as a variable display of the normal symbol.

<Special figure adjustment means 276>
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 enters 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. Since which special symbol should be changed is simply alternated regardless of the ball entry order of the game ball, the player can easily grasp the order of change.

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 hitting 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.

<Preliminary determination means 235>
The pre-determination means 235 includes a first lottery pre-determination means 236 and a second lottery pre-determination means 237. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 is a random number acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means 216 before the execution of various determinations by the first winning / failing determination means 221, the first symbol determination means 226, and the first variation pattern determination means 231. Is used to determine in advance information about the change before the start of the change of the first special symbol by the first special figure control means 251. The second lottery pre-determination means 237 is a random number acquired by the second lottery value acquisition means 217 before the execution of various determinations by the second winning / failing determination means 222, the second symbol determination means 227, and the second variation pattern determination means 232. Is used to determine in advance information about the change before the start of the change of the second special symbol by the second special figure control means 252.

The first lottery pre-determination means 236 includes a first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table, a first pre-design lottery value determination table, and a first pre-variation pattern random value determination table as determination tables for pre-determination related to the first lottery means 211. Hold the table. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table to determine a random number group to which the first win / fail lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-symbol lottery value determination table to determine a random number group to which the first symbol lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 uses the first pre-variation pattern determination table to determine a random number group to which the first variation pattern lottery value stored in the special figure holding means 241 belongs. Then, these determination results are temporarily stored as the pre-determination results, and the information regarding the pre-determination results is transmitted to the sub-board 300 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary hit / fail determination table referred to in the preliminary hit / fail determination. The first lottery pre-determination means 236 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the first game) refers to the first pre-win / fail lottery value determination table of FIG. 8A when entering the first starting port 11, and the win / fail lottery value. When is "0 to 299", a value of "1" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary hit / fail judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 56499", the value of "3" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "56500 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. Next, the first symbol lottery value determination table (not shown) is referred to, and when the first symbol lottery value is "0 to 99", a value of "0" indicating that fact is set as the advance symbol determination result. .. When the first symbol lottery value is "100 to 149", a value of "1" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "150 to 189", a value of "2" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", a value of "3" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "230 to 255", a value of "4" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. Further, referring to the first pre-variation pattern random number value determination table (not shown), when the first pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. .. When the first pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. When the first pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. As described above, the pre-determination information set by the first lottery pre-determination means 236 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the first game) is the first start port 11 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information indicating the entry into the ball (indicating that it is the first winning / losing lottery), the information indicating the number of holds, and the like.

The second lottery pre-determination means 237 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the second game) refers to the second pre-win / fail lottery value determination table shown in FIG. 8B when the ball enters the second start port 12, and the win / fail lottery is performed. When the value is "0 to 299", the value of "1" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary hit / fail judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing judgment result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "3000 to 63999", the value of "3" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. When the winning / failing lottery value is "64,000 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary winning / failing determination result. Next, the second preliminary symbol lottery value determination table (not shown) is referred to, and when the second symbol lottery value is "0 to 144", a value of "0" indicating that fact is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. .. When the second symbol lottery value is "145-149", a value of "1" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "150 to 189", a value of "2" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", a value of "3" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "230 to 255", a value of "4" indicating that fact is set as a preliminary symbol determination result. Further, referring to the second pre-variation pattern random value determination table (not shown), if the second pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. .. When the second pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. When the second pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating that fact is set as the pre-pattern determination result. As described above, the pre-judgment information set by the second lottery pre-determination means 237 (pre-win / fail determination regarding the second game) is the second start port 12 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. The information is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information indicating the entry into the ball (indicating that it is the second winning / losing lottery), the information indicating the number of holds, and the like.

It should be noted that various information temporarily stored as the pre-determination result by the pre-determination means 235 is stored in a predetermined pre-determination result storage area up to 4 each, as in the case of the number of reserved storages. The preliminary determination result may be stored using the hold storage area stored by the hold control means 240. The information may be deleted based on the fact that the pre-determination result by the pre-determination means 235 is transmitted to the effect determination means 303 by the command communication means 205 (sub-control command transmission means 207) described later. In this way, efficient use of the storage area on the main board 200 can be expected by sharing the information with other areas or erasing the information based on the completion of transmission. Further, as the judgment table for the preliminary judgment, the judgment table for the main judgment may be used without providing the table dedicated to the preliminary judgment, and the preliminary judgment regarding the first game and the preliminary judgment regarding the second game machine may be used. In some or all of them may share a common pre-judgment table. In this way, by sharing with other determination tables, it is expected that the data capacity of the main board 200 will be reduced. It should be noted that the content to be transmitted as the determination result of the pre-determination means 235 can be appropriately selected, for example, only the determination result of whether or not the result is transmitted. Further, the value of the random number acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means 216 and the second lottery value acquisition means 217 is transmitted to the sub-board 300 by the command communication means 205 described above without being determined by the pre-determination means 235, and the sub-board It may be configured so that the content of the preliminary determination is determined by 300.

<Special game control means 260>
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 in succession, and is composed of a plurality of unit games. 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 1.6 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.

<Small hit game control means 265>
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 1.6 seconds per opening and closing, and then closes the large winning opening 20 to end the small hit game.

<Specific game control means 270>
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. When the special symbol is a specific jackpot symbol accompanied by a transition to the probability variation, the specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to the probability variation state, the time saving state, and the easy ball entry state after the end of the special game. 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.

<Open / close control means 275>
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 accessory solenoid 91 to open the ordinary 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 with a short opening or long opening opening time according to the result of the open lottery, and in the easy ball entry state, the long opening opening time is the first. 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.

<Main initial processing execution means 280, main power interruption processing execution means 282, main error detection means 284>
The main initial processing execution means 280 executes the control start processing of the main board 200 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on or when the power is turned off and restored. The main power cutoff processing executing means 282 executes an abnormality response process such as a power supply cutoff process on the main board 200 when a power supply abnormality such as a power supply cutoff occurs. The main error detecting means 284 executes an abnormality detection process on the main board 200. The control start processing, the abnormality response processing, and the abnormality detection processing of the main board 200 will be described later.

<Command transmission means>
The command communication means 205 transmits the payout control command communication means 206 for transmitting the control command necessary for executing the payout or the like to the payout control board 155, and the sub-control for transmitting the control command necessary for executing the effect control or the like to the sub-board 300. Includes command transmitting means 207. The payout control command communication means 206 transmits a payout command instructing the payout of the number of prize balls corresponding to each winning opening based on the determination of the winning ball to each winning opening by the winning ball determining means 201, and the main board 200. Send a command indicating the status of the error that occurred in. When the sub-control command transmission means 207 starts the symbol change, the sub-control command transmission means 207 transmits the determination result of the lottery corresponding to the symbol change to the effect determination means 303 together with the control command of the symbol change.

The sub-control command transmitting means 207 fluctuates at the timing when the first special symbol control means 251 and the second special symbol control means 252 start and stop the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The start command and the fluctuation stop command are transmitted to the effect determining means 303 (sub-main). 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 determining means 303 together with the fluctuation start command. When the variable stop command is transmitted, the value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the variable stop command. Further, the effect determining means 303 (sub-main) transmits a variation start command, a variation stop command, and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variation display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub-sub). As a result, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub-sub) is synchronized, and the interlocking is maintained. Further, the sub-control command transmitting means 207 transmits the pre-determination result by the pre-determining means 235 to the effect determining means 303. After the pre-judgment result is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, the winning openings (first start port 11, second start) corresponding to the pre-judgment result are started regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is started immediately. It is transmitted to the effect determining means 303 together with the type information of the mouth 12), the information on the number of reserved pieces, the game state, etc., and is erased from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. As a result, the so-called "look-ahead" process is realized in which the sub-board 300 can presumably recognize the hit / fail result before the order of starting the symbol variation comes around based on the received prior determination result. The processing based on the prior determination information performed by the sub-board 300 will be described later. The sub-control command transmission means 207 transmits information on the special game by the special game control means 260, information on the small hit game by the small hit game control means 265, and information on the lottery result by the ordinary symbol lottery means to the sub-board 300. Further, the sub-control command transmitting means 207 is transmitted to various controls on the main board 200 or to the main board 200, such as information on initial processing and information on errors by the main initial processing executing means 280 and the main error detecting means 284. Information about various signals and the like is appropriately transmitted to the sub-board 300.

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, an effect controlling means 304, a timekeeping means 307, an effect setting means 308, a sub initial process executing means 360, and a sub power cut processing executing means 362. It includes a sub-error detecting means 364, a command receiving means 370, and a sub-side pre-determining means 371.

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 notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the variable display before the stop of the variable display.

The command receiving means 370 receives various commands transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the sub-side pre-determining means 371 holds the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205. The effect determining means 303 includes a normal effect determining means 373 and a look-ahead effect determining means 374. The normal effect determining means 373 displays on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the information of the determination result of the first winning / failing lottery or the determination result of the second winning / failing lottery transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the speaker. The content of the effect to be output to the 108, the decorative lamp 111, etc. is determined. The look-ahead effect determining means 374 displays on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and determines the effect content to be output to the speaker 108, the decorative lamp 111, and the like. .. The normal effect determining means 373 is determined by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232, and is selected from a plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation patterns of the special symbol transmitted from the command communication means 205. One of them is selected and read from the pattern storage means 302. The normal effect determining means 373 sends the read information of the variable effect pattern to the effect control means 304. The normal effect determining means 373 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern. It should be noted that the fluctuation effect pattern may be determined by the normal effect determination means 373 with reference to the pre-determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and the variation is combined with the content of the look-ahead effect by the look-ahead effect determination means 374. The production pattern may be determined. The look-ahead effect determining means 374 more accurately identifies the result of the present determination based on the preliminary determination result from the command communication means 205, the past preliminary determination result held on the sub-board 300, the game state information, and the like, and identifies the result. Based on the result, it is determined whether or not to execute the look-ahead effect before the final determination, and the execution content. Specifically, the look-ahead effect determining means 374 determines whether the current game state is in the probability-variable game, and then shifts to the normal game state based on the pre-determination result before the pre-determination result received this time. Determine whether or not to do so. Based on the judgment result, the pass / fail result of the main judgment and the selected fluctuation pattern related to the pre-judgment result received this time are specified, and based on the specific result, whether or not the look-ahead effect can be executed and the execution content of the look-ahead effect are determined. .. Since there are many parts in the effect determining means 303 in which the normal effect determining means 373 and the look-ahead effect determining means 374 cooperate with each other, the effect determining means 303 will be described as a comprehensive effect determining means 303 except for a particularly necessary part.

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 and arrangement of the stop symbols of the decorative symbol 61 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 the stopped 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 out-of-order symbol, a pattern for displaying an out-of-order symbol through a reach state that would be a big hit if one more symbol is aligned, and a big hit symbol after the 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 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 it is suggested in advance that the symbol change is 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. In addition, 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 (notice after reach) 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 the decorative symbol 61. There is a pattern (pre-reach notice) that simultaneously announces that the effect is executed at the timing when it is not stopped and the reach state is 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 variably displays the effect image including the decorative symbol 61 on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variable effect pattern data. The effect control means 304 sets the reception of the variation start command of the decorative symbol 61 as a start condition for the variation display of the new decorative symbol. 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 includes an effect display control means 305, a voice control means 306, and a lamp control means 309. 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 lamp control means 309 controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decorative lamp 111.

During the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, it is necessary to display an image indicating that the symbol is changing on the effect display device 60. Normally, a normal size decorative symbol 61 having a certain size is variablely displayed, but in a manner that hinders the visibility of the variable display of the normal size decorative symbol 61, other than the variation of the decorative symbol 61 is the main production content. You may display a special effect to be performed. In this case, the player is presented with the fact that the symbol is changing by variablely displaying an alternative symbol which is a decorative symbol having a size smaller than the normal size decorative symbol. Hereinafter, when simply referred to as a decorative symbol, it means a normal size decorative symbol, but when distinguishing it from an alternative symbol, the normal size decorative symbol is also referred to as a "normal decorative symbol".

The alternative symbol is displayed while the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is impaired, for example, while the normal decorative symbol is hidden. The alternative symbol is a form of a decorative symbol for suggesting the result of a hit / fail judgment in a dramatic manner, has a simpler (in other words, simplified, simplified) display form than the normal decorative symbol, and is a normal decorative symbol. It is displayed in a simpler fluctuation process. The alternative symbol has an appearance display form corresponding to a portion indicating the symbol type of the ordinary decorative symbol, and has, for example, a display form representing a number, a character, or a symbol indicating the symbol type. Further, the alternative symbol is variablely displayed in a narrower area than the area where the decorative symbol is normally displayed in a variable manner, and is typically at a position where it is difficult to hinder the main effect by elements other than the symbol, for example, in the corner of the screen of the effect display device 60. It is displayed in a variable manner. The alternative symbol is usually displayed relatively smaller than the decorative symbol, but has a display form in which at least the symbol type can be visually identified. The alternative symbol may be a reduced version of the normal decorative symbol as it is, and may be the same as the normal decorative symbol except for the size.

The plurality of alternative symbols displayed in place of the plurality of normal decorative symbols suggests a high degree of expectation that the result of the winning / losing lottery will be in a state advantageous to the player depending on the combination of the stopping modes at the end of the fluctuation. For example, it is suggested that the plurality of alternative symbols have a high expectation of a big hit in the fluctuation by being in a reach state in which two symbol types out of the three alternative symbols are aligned. In addition, the left and right symbols that are in the reach state are specific types of symbols that suggest that the expectations are relatively high, such as "3" and "7", and the expectations such as "1" and "2" are high. A symbol of a type suggesting that it is relatively low may indicate a high or low degree of expectation of the reach state. It should be noted that the alternative symbol does not appear in a definite stop state in appearance, but in a temporary stop state in which minute shaking is maintained. After the temporary stop of the substitute symbol, the normal decorative symbol may be displayed instead of the substitute symbol, and the normal decorative symbol may be displayed in the fixed stop state. Further, the decorative symbol and the alternative symbol are not displayed exclusively, but the display periods may overlap. Furthermore, at the time of a predetermined effect in which the visibility of the normal decorative symbol is impaired, the variation display of the normal decorative symbol may be continued and the variation of the alternative symbol may be displayed.

The timekeeping means 307 is a timekeeping circuit that outputs time information used for the game. The timekeeping 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 having a built-in battery and capable of continuously measuring 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 may be used. 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 synchronized effect that starts at a predetermined timing triggered by the time information output by the time measuring means 307 indicating a predetermined time. The synchronized effect is an effect displayed on the effect display device 60 during the synchronized effect period, which is a period substantially asynchronous with the fluctuation period of the symbol variation 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 synchronized 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 synchronized effects 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 entrainment effect is executed regardless of whether it is during 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 the standby demo screen is displayed", which is the display of the standby demo screen instead of the variable display of the symbol. The 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 tuning effect is (1). It can be different from the time of. 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 input is received, the video and audio of the synchronized effect are output. It is suppressed, and priority is given to screen display such as production customization by the mobile cooperation system.

The tuning effect is, for example, an effect of reproducing a performance or video of a predetermined song at a predetermined time (referred to as “synchronization effect start time”). The time that triggers the reproduction of the synchronized effect may be the time that is reached with a predetermined time interval from the time when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, or the time of every hour or half hour based on the standard time. It may be. 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 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 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 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 production start time almost at the same time, and the synchronization production can be executed simultaneously at the same time. This is called a multiple-unit synchronous production. In that case, not only the video display is synchronized with multiple units, but also the sound effects and background music output are synchronized with multiple units, and the more units are synchronized, the more synergistic effect is 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 items that can be customized increase with the opportunity.

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.

The sub-initial processing execution means 360 executes the control start processing of the sub-board 300 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on or when the power is turned off and restored. The sub-power cutoff processing executing means 362 executes an abnormality response process such as a power supply cutoff process on the sub-board 300 when a power supply abnormality such as a power failure occurs. The sub-error detecting means 364 executes the abnormality detection process on the sub-board 300. When the sub-error detecting means 364 detects the power failure, the sub-power cut processing executing means 362 backs up the data in the RAM to the backup RAM as the power cut processing.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an outline of a mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player registers a user by setting an account and a password in the game history server 358 provided with a dedicated site in advance on the mobile terminal 354. 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 to be 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 productions 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 unit 41, and the second special symbol display unit 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, 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 variation 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, and an effect control device 313. 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 the effect pattern data, the display pattern data, and the voice 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 drives an external device such as an effect display device 60, a speaker 108, a decorative lamp 111, and a movable accessory 66 by an effect control device 313, various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data, and displays and outputs the display. , Voice output, lamp lighting, and control of the production by the movement of the accessory. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data and the voice pattern data to the effect control device 313. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub-board 300 includes the effect control device 313 will be described, but the sub-board 300 and the effect control device 313 do not need to be integrated as a substrate and are separated and connected to each other. It may be formed as a separate substrate.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect control device 313. The effect control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, a display control circuit 326, and a voice control circuit 314. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display and audio data used for audio output in a data-compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object showing the judgment result of the winning / failing lottery, for example, a sprite image of a decorative pattern used for changing a decorative pattern, 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. The voice data is voice data such as music, background sounds, sound effects, and character lines that are output during the production.

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 control RAM 322, and the effect display using the effect image data and motion data. Is executed by the control CPU 320. As a result, the control 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. Similarly, commands and voice data related to voice output are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the voice control circuit 314, and voice output control is performed by the voice control circuit 314.

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 control 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 as a work area when executing 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 control CPU 320 in order to generate a display image, and the generated display image is used as a frame of a moving image as a frame buffer. 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 control device 313 performs display control based on the "rough display pattern data" sent from the sub CPU 310, the effect control device 313 reads the "detailed display pattern data" required for the processing from the data ROM 324 and uses both display pattern data. And execute the display process. Therefore, it can be said that the effect 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 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". .. 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 control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. In the modification, the control CPU 320, the control 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 control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the control CPU 320 included in the effect 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 control RAM 322 included in the effect control device 313 may also function as the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the effect control device 313 may have a hardware configuration in which the display control circuit 326 is not included. In this case, the process to be executed by the display control circuit 326 is executed by the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. May be done.

Further, in this embodiment, the hardware configuration of the sub-board 300 includes a configuration in which the effect control device 313 is included in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 and the sub ROM 312. In the modified example, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, the ROM 312, and the effect 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 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 control CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may also have the function of the control 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 control device 313 is not included. In this case, the process to be executed by the effect control device 313 is executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. You may.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control start process of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. This control start processing is executed by the main initial processing execution means 280, and will be described below as being executed by the main CPU 290 that functions as the main initial processing execution means 280. 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 off / returning 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 board 158 is detected in a power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), the power supply disconnection storage 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. The above-mentioned processing when the power is turned off is executed by the main power cut processing execution means 282 realized by the main CPU 290.

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 change 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 data of the input port 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. , Data indicating the input state is created and stored in the main RAM 291. The data indicating this input state are level data (input port data at the time of this interruption) and rising data or falling data (input port data at the time of this interruption and data at the time of the previous interruption). Data indicating a switch in which switching was observed by comparing the data of the input port with an exclusive logical sum).

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 first operating port 31, the second operating port 32, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "normal electric accessory is in operation", 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 information output terminal 160 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), the passage of the first operation port 31 and the second operation port 32 of the game ball is monitored, and it is determined that the game ball has passed the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32. When this is done, if the number of holdings of the normal symbol fluctuation is less than the upper limit of 4, the number of holdings of the normal symbol is updated and the random number related to the normal symbol is stored in the main RAM 291.

In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol is being controlled, the process related to the normal symbol display unit 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 ordinary 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 prize is executed, but when the hold 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, four pieces of the pre-judgment information (pre-hit / fail judgment information, pre-symbol judgment information, pre-pattern judgment information) and the number of reserved balls are transmitted to the sub-board 300 as a set. In the above example, the main CPU 290 controls the transmission of the command for the pre-judgment process, but in another example, when there is a ball entering the start port, the command is uniformly transmitted and can be read ahead. The sub CPU 310 may perform various status determinations such as whether or not it is a period. Next, the value of the second starting port validity period flag is inspected, and if the value of the second starting port validity period flag is data indicating that the second starting port 12 is the valid period, the first starting port winning prize is awarded. As in the case, the monitoring process of the second start opening winning is executed. When the value of the second starting port valid period flag is data indicating that the second starting port 12 is in the invalid period, the monitoring process of the second starting 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 big 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, 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. Executes a command request and a command request for a 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 valid period setting process (S332), the result of the valid period determination of the large winning opening 20 is saved. 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 by selecting the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit ends, and the hit 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 main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detection means 284 inspects the magnetic detection signal, the short-circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the opening signal of the door / frame, and the error state changes. If there is, the error state is stored, and the sub-board 300 is requested to display the error state effect of the game machine. At this time, the light emitting mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control board may be controlled according to the error state. 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), the main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detection means 284 monitors the continuous on time of each switch level in order to detect the ball entry passage time abnormality, and continuously on time ( For example, if it is determined that the value of the counter that increments for each interrupt when the switch is on) is an abnormal value, the setting of the ball entry passage time error, the command transmission request, and the security output to the external information output terminal 160 Create output requests in order. At this time, the light emitting mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control board may be controlled according to the abnormality of the ball entry transit time. 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 if 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 handle status, the handle 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. Initialize the display to display the number of times the LED is activated, the operating status of the special electric accessory when the continuous operating device is not operating, the striking display, the error display, and the prize ball ratio display. , Acquire and output display data in order.

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 accessory solenoid 91 and the large winning opening solenoid 92, the output data of the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 91 is acquired, and the output data of the large winning opening solenoid 92 Acquire and 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 information output terminal 160 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 ordinary symbol and a random number per fluctuation pattern of the ordinary symbol as random numbers related to the ordinary symbol, and a random number per special symbol (hard random number) as a random number related to the special symbol. , There are soft random numbers per special symbol, 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 value update 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 the number of pending changes in the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt process that the game ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32. When is less than 4, which is the upper limit value, 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 reserved for normal symbol fluctuation when it is determined in the interrupt processing normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) that the game ball has passed through the first operating port 31 or the second operating port 32. When the number is less than the upper limit value of 4, 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 fluctuation pattern random number is used to determine the normal symbol fluctuation pattern when it is determined in the normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring process (S324) that the normal symbol fluctuation 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 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) 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 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 6), is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is set at a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. It is stored. 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 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). 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 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 7), 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 variation pattern random number is determined by 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). 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. This control start processing is executed by the sub-initial processing execution means 360, and will be described below as being executed by the sub CPU 310 that functions as the sub-initial processing execution means 360. 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, as an interrupt process of priority level 7 having a high execution priority, there is a command process received from the main board 200, and as an interrupt process of priority level 3 having the next highest priority, CPU runaway detection by the 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 control 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 counter of the decorative symbol so that the combination of the decorative symbols is a random combination (S540), and input the input port of 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. The sub CPU 310, which functions as the sub-error detecting means 364, monitors the error state, notifies the error when various errors are detected (S544), and executes a process according to the input state of the effect button 109 (S546). 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 control device 313 as soon as possible, the lottery process is not processed in one loop but a plurality of times. It is divided into loops, and 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 saved 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 control 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 control CPU 320 (S626). The command data is transmitted to the control CPU 320 up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives a command indicating that the command data has been normally received on the control CPU 320 side from the control 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 control CPU 320. This interrupt is also a priority level 2 interrupt. The command received by the sub CPU 310 from the control CPU 320 is mainly a command indicating that the command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 to the control CPU 320 has been normally received. When a command is received from the control 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 control 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 control 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 control 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 control CPU 320 is monitored (S652). By doing so, monitoring is realized in a cycle of 8 ms.

It should be noted that the control CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that is on / off inverted for each frame, and if this toggle signal does not change continuously at the same value for 1600 ms, it is determined that the control CPU 320 is out of control, and the sub CPU 310 Sends a reset signal to the control CPU 320, and the control CPU 320 that receives the reset signal executes the reset. Since the toggle signal is received from the control 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). If the precursor setting is not on (N in S756), or if 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 variation effect 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 ball entry state (S818). ).

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the process of the small hit game. In the small hit game, a unit game that is executed only once is started (S819), the large winning opening 20 is opened (S820), and the opening is continued until a predetermined opening time elapses (N of S822). When the time has passed (Y of S822), the large winning opening 20 is closed (S824), and if the opening and closing of the set number of times has not been completed (N of S826), 1 is added to the number of opening and closing to return to S820. (S828) If the opening and closing for the set number of times is completed (Y in S826), the small hit game is ended.

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. In another example, the first game may be designed to have a higher expected value for winning a prize ball than the second game, although it was designed to have a higher expected value for winning a prize ball in. However, it may be designed so that the expected value of winning the prize ball in the first game and the second game is substantially 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 a unit game is executed 10 times with a probability of 100% is executed, and in a second game, a special game in which a 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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<1. Conversion production (1)>
The ball game machine of a certain aspect of this embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a start winning opening where the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a start winning prize. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player when the ball enters the mouth, and a winning / failing determination. A symbol display device for displaying the result of the symbol in a variable manner, a symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and a plurality of symbols in which the variable display process of the symbol is defined. A variation pattern determination means for selecting one of the variation patterns of the species according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and a special game control for executing the special game when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to the special game. Means, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination 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. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of special effect, which is an effect that can include a second effect period to be performed, are included, and special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The production pattern is a production pattern that suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher than the special variation production pattern that does not develop from the first production period to the second production period, and in the first production period, the second production An effect that suggests the possibility of development to a period is displayed using a predetermined display object, and in the second effect period, the display object displayed in the first effect period is taken over and displayed, and the display is displayed. The object is used to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit.

Here, the "first production period displayed first" and the "second production period displayed later" may be a period corresponding to the first half and the second half of the variable production period, which are roughly divided into two. Another production period may be included between, before, and after the "first production period" and the "second production period". It may or may not develop into the "second production period" after the "first production period", suggesting that the development is higher than the case where it does not develop. May be good. The "predetermined display object" may be a display object displayed to suggest the possibility of development to the second effect period. The "display object" may be, for example, an image such as a digital meter showing a numerical value of a predetermined unit on a scale in order to represent a multi-step quantity. The "display object" may be an image of a predetermined character or motif that suggests the possibility of development depending on the presence / absence of display, the number of displays, and the number of accumulated objects. "Display by taking over the display object" may be a method of taking over and displaying the same display object in the same display mode from the "first effect period" to the "second effect period", or the display position. It may be a method of inheriting only the display mode such as or the number of displayed objects and changing a part or all of the appearance to another display object, or a part of the appearance and a part of the display mode. It may be a method of taking over and taking over to another display object.
According to this aspect, by using the display object, it is possible to arouse the player's expectation about the development possibility from the first production period to the second production period, and also during the second production period. Even after the development, it is possible to continue to fuel the player's expectations about the possibility of a big hit. In this way, even when a plurality of production periods are straddled, the flow of the production can be naturally maintained without dividing the continuity and relevance of the production due to the existence of the display object.

When it develops to the second production period, it may be changed from the suggestion of the possibility of development to the second production period to the suggestion of high expectation of big hit by reversing the direction of change of the display object. ..

Here, the "direction of change of the display object" may be, for example, an increase or decrease of the amount in the case of an object representing a multi-step amount, and "reversing the direction of change" decreases the amount from the increase. It may mean reversing to, or reversing from decrease to increase. It may also mean that the positive / negative value and the magnitude of the value represented by the "display object" are inverted.
According to this aspect, by reversing the display object, the production state can be greatly changed between the first production period and the second production period, and not only can the player's expectations be raised at once, but also such a production can be achieved. The flow of can be expressed naturally by using a display object.

<2. Conversion production (2)>
The ball game machine of a certain aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a start winning opening where the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a start winning prize. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player when the ball enters the mouth, and a winning / failing determination. A symbol display device for displaying the result of the symbol in a variable manner, a symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and a plurality of symbols in which the variable display process of the symbol is defined. A variation pattern determination means for selecting one of the variation patterns of the species according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and a special game control for executing the special game when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to the special game. Means, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination 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. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of the special effect, which is an effect that can include the second effect period to be performed, are included, and the special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The production pattern is a production pattern that suggests that the expectation of a big hit is higher than the special variation production pattern that does not develop from the first production period to the second production period. In the first production period, the second production By making the expected value appear to change over time by a predetermined display object that shows the apparent expected value to show the possibility of development to the period, it suggests the possibility of development to the second production period. In the second production period, the display object is used to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit.

Here, the "apparent expected value" is an apparent value indicating the degree to which the player is expected to develop from the first production period to the second production period, and is not necessarily the actual development expectation. It does not have to be a value indicating the degree. For example, the "apparent expected value" decreases with the passage of time, and as the end of the first production period approaches, the "apparent expected value" disappears, leading to the development to the second production period. It may appear to reduce the likelihood. On the contrary, for example, the "apparent expected value" may increase with the passage of time, and it may appear that the possibility of development increases as it approaches the end of the first production period. The apparent expected value may appear low even when it actually develops into the second production period, or the apparent expected value may appear even when it does not actually develop into the second production period. May look high. The "predetermined display object" referred to here may be an image on which a digital meter or the like showing a numerical value of a predetermined unit on a scale is drawn in order to represent a multi-step amount as an "apparent expected value". The "display object" may be an image of a predetermined character or motif that suggests the possibility of development depending on the presence / absence of display, the number of displays, and the number of accumulated objects. "Making the expected value appear to change over time" may be to make the expected value appear to increase or decrease over time over a range of constant velocity or predetermined acceleration.
According to this aspect, by changing the apparent expected value using the display object, it is possible to fuel the player's expectation about the development possibility from the first production period to the second production period. At the same time, it is possible to continue to fuel the player's expectations about the possibility of a big hit even after the development during the second production period. In this way, even when a plurality of production periods are straddled, the flow of the production can be naturally maintained without dividing the continuity and relevance of the production due to the existence of the display object.

When the second effect period is developed, the direction of change of the display object and the high / low degree of expectation may be reversed to change from the suggestion of the apparent expected value to the suggestion of the high degree of expectation of a big hit.

Here, "reversing the high and low of the degree of expectation" may mean, for example, reversing the positive / negative and the magnitude of the apparent expected value represented by the "display object".
According to this aspect, the apparent expected value is represented by a display object, and by reversing the expected value, the effect state can be more clearly changed between the first effect period and the second effect period, and the player can change the effect state more clearly. Not only can you raise your expectations at once, but you can also naturally express the flow of such an effect by using display objects. Further, for example, in the first production period, the display direction and the display direction of the display object change in the direction in which the degree of disadvantage to the player increases, and in the second production period, the jackpot expectation increases. The direction may be reversed. As a result, it is possible to align which direction is advantageous and which direction is disadvantageous on the screen in the first production period and the second production period, and the player can adjust the direction according to the progress of the production. It is possible to easily determine whether the changing display object changes in an advantageous direction or an unfavorable direction.

<3. Conversion production (3)>
The ball game machine of a certain aspect of this embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a start winning opening where the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a start winning prize. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player when the ball enters the mouth, and a winning / failing determination. A symbol display device for displaying the result of the symbol in a variable manner, a symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and a plurality of symbols in which the variable display process of the symbol is defined. A variation pattern determination means for selecting one of the variation patterns of the species according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and a special game control for executing the special game when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to the special game. Means, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination 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. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of special effect, which is an effect that can include a second effect period to be performed, are included, and special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The production pattern is a production pattern that suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher than the special variation production pattern that does not develop from the first production period to the second production period, and is a special variation production that develops into the second production period. The pattern suggests that the later the timing of notifying the development to the second production period in the first production period is, the higher the expectation of big hit is.

Here, the "late timing of the first production period" may be the later timing of a plurality of predetermined timings in the first production period, and the later timing of the plurality of timings , The apparent expected value for expressing the possibility of development to the second production period may be a specification that is low or a specification that is high. That is, the effect itself of which of the plurality of timings the timing of the development to the second effect period does not have to indicate the degree of expectation of a big hit. In addition, the apparent expected value of development potential may be expressed by displaying different types of advance notice effects for each of a plurality of timings. For example, the apparent expected value with different development potential differs depending on the production pattern that occurs at each timing (normal pattern with low expectation, chance-up pattern with high expectation, definite pattern with definite development, etc.). It is also possible to suggest, and the production patterns themselves and the rules of occurrence (until the development to the second production period is definite, productions that exceed the chance-up pattern occur at all timings), etc. It may be determined in relation to the jackpot expectation.
According to this aspect, the later the development timing from the first production period to the second production period, the more the player is impatient for the development to the second production period, and the expectation is that the development to the second production period will occur. Is reversed, so it is possible to realize playability that can be expected to turn around and increase the possibility of a big hit.

In the first production period, an effect suggesting the possibility of development to the second effect period is displayed by using a predetermined display object, and in the second effect period, it is displayed in the first effect period. The display object may be inherited and displayed, and the display object may be used to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit.
According to this aspect, the flow of the production can be naturally maintained without dividing the continuity and relevance of the production due to the existence of the display object even when the production spans a plurality of production periods.

In the first production period, the expected value is made to appear to change over time by a predetermined display object that indicates an apparent expected value for expressing the possibility of development into the second production period. In the second production period, a display object may be used to suggest a high degree of expectation of a big hit, suggesting the possibility of development into the production period.
According to this aspect, the flow of the production can be naturally maintained without dividing the continuity and relevance of the production due to the existence of the display object even when the production spans a plurality of production periods.

<4. Parallel production in development condition production>
The ball game machine of a certain aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a start winning opening where the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a start winning prize. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player when the ball enters the mouth, and a winning / failing determination. A symbol display device for displaying the result of the symbol in a variable manner, a symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and a plurality of symbols in which the variable display process of the symbol is defined. A variation pattern determination means for selecting one of the variation patterns of the species according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and a special game control for executing the special game when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to the special game. Means, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination 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. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of special effect, which is an effect that can include a second effect period to be performed, are included, and special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The effect pattern is an effect pattern that suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher than the special variation effect pattern that does not develop from the first effect period to the second effect period, and the effect display device includes the first display area and the second display area. Includes display area. The special variation effect pattern includes a plurality of types of development conditions as an effect that suggests the possibility of development to the second effect period and develops to the second effect period when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The effect is defined for the first effect period, and for the second effect period, one type of effect corresponding to the result of the pass / fail judgment is defined, and one of the first display area and the second display area or It is stipulated that individual development condition productions are displayed on both sides, and that the same production is developed in the second production period even if a predetermined condition is satisfied in any development condition production.

Here, the "first display area" and the "second display area" may refer to a plurality of display areas in which the screen is divided in one effect display device, or as separate and independent effect display devices. It may be realized. The plurality of display areas are not limited to two display areas, and may be divided into three or more display areas. The "directing that suggests the possibility of development in the second production period" may be a production that suggests not only the high or low possibility of actual development but also the apparent high or low possibility of development. , It may be a production that only suggests that there is a possibility of development regardless of its height. The "predetermined condition" is a production condition that is required to be satisfied in order to develop into the second production period, and is a condition indicating the production state to be realized by the predetermined element displayed as the production. You can. As for "one type of production corresponding to the result of the hit / fail judgment", one effect may be prepared for each case where the hit / fail judgment is a big hit and one is missed, and one type common to the big hit and the miss. It may be a kind of production. "Individual development condition effects are displayed in one or both of the first display area and the second display area" means that the conditions in one of the first display area and the second display area are satisfied. , There may be cases where the conditions for both development condition productions are satisfied, and cases where both conditions for development condition production are not satisfied. When the conditions in both development condition productions are satisfied, it may be suggested that the jackpot expectation is higher than when the conditions in one development condition production are satisfied. Even if one of the conditions for the development condition production is satisfied, the case where the condition for the development condition production is satisfied in the second display area is a big hit than the case where the condition for the development condition production is satisfied in the first display area. It may suggest that expectations are high.
According to this aspect, by displaying the development condition effect in a plurality of display areas, it is possible to show an effect that increases the possibility of developing into the second effect period, so to speak, a second chance effect. Expectations can be raised. In addition, even if the conditions for the development condition production are satisfied in any of the display areas, the same production can be realized, so that the route to the same goal becomes a plurality of routes and the chances are doubled.

In the special variation effect pattern, as a development condition effect, the content that requires the player to realize a predetermined effect state as a condition for shifting to a state advantageous to the player is presented to the player, and the effect state is realized. In this case, a plurality of types of mission effects, which are effects that develop into the second effect period, are defined, and individual mission effects are displayed in one or both of the first display area and the second display area, and any of the mission effects is displayed. Even if the effect state requested in the above is realized, it may be specified that the same effect is developed in the second effect period.

Here, the "individual mission effect" may be displayed separately in the first display area and the second display area, or may be presented to the player in the first display area and the second display area. The "condition" may be a different type of condition.
According to this aspect, a plurality of conditions are presented to the player, and if any one of them is realized, it can develop into the second production period, so that the chance of developing into the second production period has increased. It is possible to show the production and raise the expectations of the player.

In the special variation effect pattern, when individual mission effects are displayed in each of the first display area and the second display area, the timing of presenting the content required in each mission effect to the player may be different.

For example, the presentation timing may be shifted so that a plurality of requests are not started to be displayed at the same time, such as presenting the request in the mission effect in the first display area and then presenting the request in the mission effect in the second display area.
According to this aspect, when presenting a plurality of types of requests to the player, the readability and visibility of each can be ensured.

<5. Reversal production in development condition production ＞
The ball game machine of a certain aspect of the present embodiment is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a start winning opening where the entry of the game ball triggers a lottery, and a start winning prize. A winning / failing determination means for executing a winning / failing determination based on a lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from a normal game to a special game that is advantageous to the player when the ball enters the mouth, and a winning / failing determination. A symbol display device for displaying the result of the symbol in a variable manner, a symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail judgment, and a plurality of symbols in which the variable display process of the symbol is defined. A variation pattern determination means for selecting one of the variation patterns of the species according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery, and a special game control for executing the special game when the result is that the win / fail judgment should shift to the special game. Means, an effect display device for displaying the effect content, an effect determination 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. The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content, and the plurality of variable effect patterns are displayed after the first effect period displayed first. A plurality of types of special variation effect patterns that define the process of special effect, which is an effect that can include a second effect period to be performed, are included, and special variation that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period. The effect pattern is an effect pattern that suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher than the special variation effect pattern that does not develop from the first effect period to the second effect period, and the special variation effect pattern includes the first effect period. In, the first display object for displaying the production state in a production mode that is apparently disadvantageous to the player is displayed in a mode according to the degree of the apparent disadvantage, and is developed into the second production period. In this case, it is stipulated to display an effect of converting the first display object into a second display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is apparently advantageous to the player.

Here, the "first display object for displaying the production state in a production mode that is apparently disadvantageous to the player" is such that the player is apparently disadvantaged in the production, or. It may be a display object that suggests the degree of disadvantage by the difference in display elements such as the number, size, shape, and color, as if the disadvantageous situation of the player is progressing. The "second display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is apparently advantageous to the player" indicates the degree of advantage as if the player is progressing to an apparently advantageous state in the effect. It may be a display object that is suggested by the difference in display elements such as the number, size, shape, and color.
According to this aspect, by displaying the development condition effect in a plurality of display areas, it is possible to show an effect in which the chance of developing into the second effect period is increased, and the expectation of the player can be raised.

Even if the special variation effect pattern is defined to display an number of first display objects according to the degree of apparent disadvantage and to display an effect that is converted to that number of second display objects. Good.

Here, the "conversion" may be a specification in which the image of the "first display object" is replaced with the image of the "second display object", or the shape, size, color, etc. of the "first display object" are displayed. It may be a specification that changes the element to make it a "second display object". By the "conversion", the appearance may be changed from at least a production mode that is disadvantageous to the player to a production mode that is advantageous to the player, thereby expressing the reversal of the situation of the player.
According to this aspect, as the number of the first display objects, which is an unfavorable effect mode, increases, the number of the second display objects, which is an advantageous effect mode after conversion, also increases. Therefore, as the degree of disadvantage increases, the reversal occurs. Therefore, it is possible to realize advantageous playability.
In addition, when the result of the hit / fail judgment is a deviation, the lottery value in the selection lottery of the special variation production pattern corresponding to the deviation is lowered so that the larger the number of the first display objects is, the lower the expectation of development to the second production period is. The range may be set to decrease as the number of first display objects increases from "0". On the other hand, in the selection lottery of the special variation effect pattern corresponding to the case where the result of the hit / fail judgment is a big hit, the lottery value range is set to be larger as the number of the first display objects is larger than in the case of the first display object. The degree of disadvantage in the production period can be expressed by the first object.

In the special variation effect pattern, a third display object suggesting the jackpot expectation is displayed when the second effect period is developed, and the level of the jackpot expectation suggested by the third display object is set to the third. An effect that can be enhanced by a stage corresponding to the number of display objects of 2 may be defined.

Here, the "third display object" is a display object that suggests a jackpot expectation degree by display elements such as the shape, size, and color of the image, and is, for example, a push button or other player operating means (lever). , Touch panel, etc.), and the display elements such as the shape, size, and color of the "third display object" change only at the stage according to the number of "second display objects", and a big hit is expected. The configuration may be such that the degree can be increased. "Can be increased only by the stage according to the number of the second display objects" may increase the level of the jackpot expectation by the same number of stages as the number of the second display objects, or the second display. The specifications may not necessarily be upgraded to the same number of objects as the number of objects. The "third display object" is not only the image of the above buttons, but also the cut-in effect as a chance-up effect and the effect related to the big hit expectation such as the decorative pattern (type of pattern and number of reach lines). You may. For example, it may be an effect that is displayed for a long time in the second effect period, or various notice effects that are displayed momentarily (short time) in a specific period. The "second display object" may execute an effect that can increase the jackpot expectation in a plurality of "third display objects", or the jackpot in any one of the "third display objects". It may be an effect that can raise expectations. When a plurality of "third display objects" are targeted, there is a merit of diversifying the production and improving the interest, but there is a possibility that the lottery of the production becomes complicated. In addition, since there is a risk that the player's expectation may be reduced by executing the effect using the "second display object" for the effect with a relatively low expectation, in the effect example described later, Here is an example of executing only the button effect.
According to this aspect, as the number of the second display objects increases, it is possible to realize a game playability in which the jackpot expectation degree suggested by the "third display object" can be increased.

In the special variation effect pattern, a third display object suggesting the jackpot expectation is displayed when the second effect period is developed, and the level of the jackpot expectation suggested by the third display object is set to the third. An effect that can be increased as many times as the number of display objects of 2 may be defined.

Here, "can be increased by the number of times according to the number of the second display objects" may increase the level of the jackpot expectation by the same number of times as the number of the second display objects. Although the opportunity to raise the level of the jackpot expectation is provided by the same number of times as the number of display objects in 2, the specification may not be such that the level is raised at all times. In the case where the level is not raised at all times according to the number of the second display objects, a plurality of display patterns of the second display objects may be provided to indicate the degree of expectation of the level up. ..
According to this aspect, as the number of the second display objects increases, it is possible to realize a game playability in which the jackpot expectation degree suggested by the "third display object" can be increased.

<Special production>
The plurality of variable effect patterns that can be selected by the effect determining means 303 include a plurality of types of special variable effect patterns. The special fluctuation effect pattern is, for example, the fluctuation pattern of "Super 1", "Super 2", and "Super 3" which is the super reach shown in FIG. 7, and the fluctuation pattern of "Normal 1" and "Normal 2" selected in the case of deviation. It is a variable effect pattern that can be selected by the effect determining means 303 corresponding to. In the special variation effect pattern, the effect process of the special variation effect is defined. The special variation effect is an effect that can include a first effect period displayed first and a second effect period displayed later. There are multiple types of special variation production patterns that develop from the first production period to the second production period, and there is no development that does not develop from the first production period to the second production period. A special variation effect pattern is included. The special variation effect may have a predetermined transition period between the first effect period and the second effect period, or may switch from the first effect period to the second effect period without interposing the transition period. Good. Hereinafter, for convenience, the transition period from the first production period to the second production period will be described on the premise that it is included in a part of the second production period.

The special variation effect pattern without development may be a pattern (for example, "normal 1" or "normal 2") in which the variation effect period is shorter than the special variation effect pattern with development because the second effect period is not included. For example, there may be a difference in time, such as the special variation effect pattern with development being a 2-minute pattern and the special variation effect pattern without development being a 1-minute pattern. For example, when a variation pattern with a variation time of 1 minute is selected on the main substrate 200, the special variation effect pattern with development may not be selected on the sub substrate 300, or the selection probability may be extremely low. When a variation pattern with a variation time of 2 minutes or more is selected on the main substrate 200, a special variation effect pattern with development can be selected on the sub substrate 300. Further, the same development special variation effect pattern may have a plurality of types of development special variation effect patterns corresponding to a plurality of fluctuation times. Similarly, the non-development special variation effect pattern may also have a plurality of types of non-development special variation effect patterns corresponding to a plurality of fluctuation times.

If the result of the pass / fail determination is incorrect, the effect determining means 303 can select either a special variation effect pattern with development or a special variation effect pattern without development. When the result of the hit / fail determination is a big hit, the effect determining means 303 does not select the special variation effect pattern without development, but may select the special variation effect pattern with development. Therefore, it is suggested that the special variation effect pattern with development has a higher expectation of big hit than the special variation effect pattern without development.

FIG. 26 is a diagram schematically showing a combination of an effect type in the first effect period and an effect type in the second effect period and a schematic flow of the effect in the special variation effect. For example, there are "conversion production" and "parallel production" as the production of the first production period, and "cannon production" which has a higher expectation of big hit than "reversal production" and "reversal production" as the production of the second production period. There is. In this embodiment, for convenience, a production flow that can develop from both "conversion effect" and "parallel effect" to "reversal effect" and "cannon effect" is used, and those "reversal effect" and "cannon effect" are either. Positioned as a common production in the production flow. However, it may be prepared as an effect of a different aspect as described in FIGS. 28 and 33 described later. In addition, there is a "branch effect" as an intermediate transition period between the first effect period and the second effect period to encourage which effect is developed as the second effect period. However, this "branch effect" will be described as a part of the second effect period in the embodiment.

FIG. 26A is an example of a special variation effect pattern in which the conversion effect is executed as the first effect period, that is, a pattern that does not develop from the second half development branch timing td to the second effect period, and a pattern that does not develop from the second half development branch timing td to the second. There are three patterns, one is a pattern that develops into a reverse effect as the second effect period, and the other is a pattern that develops into a cannon effect as the second effect period from the second half development branch timing td. First, as the first production period, an production that encourages whether or not to develop into the second production period is executed in the conversion production (S1000), and in the case of the special variation production pattern without development, as a result of success or failure from the latter half development branch timing td. Display the effect of the deviation (S1001). In the case of the first pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing td to the second production period after the conversion effect, after executing the branch effect that branches into the first pattern and the second pattern (S1002), the reverse effect is performed. It develops (S1003) and displays a big hit or a miss as a result of success or failure (S1004). In the case of the second pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing td to the second production period after the conversion effect, after executing the branch effect that branches into the first pattern and the second pattern (S1002), the cannon effect It develops (S1005) and displays a jackpot or miss as a result of success or failure (S1006).

FIG. 26B is an example of a special variation effect pattern in which a parallel effect is executed as the first effect period, and similarly to (a), a pattern that does not develop from the latter half development branch timing td to the second effect period, There are three patterns: a pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing dt to a reverse production as a second production period, and a pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing dt to a cannon production as a second production period. First, as the first production period, a production that encourages whether or not to develop into the second production period is executed in the parallel production (S1010), and in the case of the special variation production pattern without development, the result is as a result of success or failure from the latter half development branch timing td. The off effect is displayed (S1011). In the case of the first pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing td to the second production period after the parallel production, after executing the branch production that branches into the first pattern and the second pattern (S1012), the reverse effect is performed. It develops (S1013) and displays a jackpot or miss as a result of success or failure (S1014). In the case of the second pattern that develops from the second half development branch timing td to the second production period after the parallel production, after executing the branch production that branches into the first pattern and the second pattern (S1012), the cannon production It develops (S1015) and displays a jackpot or miss as a result of success or failure (S1016).

In S1004, S1006, S1014, and S1016, which display the result of success or failure, when the effect of temporarily stopping in the disengaged mode, then restoring the variable display, and finally stopping in the jackpot mode is displayed (so-called resurrection). (Direction) may be present.

In the conversion effect displayed in the first effect period, an effect suggesting the possibility of development to the second effect period by using a predetermined display object is displayed. As the display object, for example, a display object having a digital meter as a motif may be used to indicate the presence or absence of development in the second production period or the degree of expectation of development in quantity. In that case, the possibility of development or the expected value of development indicated by the display object may be an actual calculated expected value, but in the embodiment, it does not necessarily match the calculated expected value. Shows the expected value of. That is, it suggests the possibility of development to the second production period by making it appear that the apparent expected value changes with time by the predetermined display object in the first production period.

The display object that suggests the possibility of development in the first effect period can be changed to the display object that suggests a high degree of expectation of big hit in the second effect period. That is, in the second production period, the display object displayed in the first production period is inherited and displayed, and the target suggested by the display object is changed from "development potential" to "big hit expectation". Can change. In that case, when developing to the second production period, the direction of change of the display object and the high and low expectations are reversed to change from the suggestion of the apparent expected value to the suggestion of the high hit expectations. You may. For example, a display object in which the scale of the digital meter decreases at a constant speed in the direction in which the apparent expected value regarding the possibility of developing into the second production period decreases over time in the first production period. It is displayed, and the display object itself is inverted with the development to the second production period, and the direction of the change is changed from "decrease in expectation" to "increase in expectation". In addition, by changing the color to a different color as the display object is inverted and changing it so as to suggest a high degree of expectation for a big hit, the effect is changed so that the degree of expectation increases. The rate of increase of the scale of the display object in the second effect period is not a constant rate and is not a change over time. For example, it increases according to the button operation by the player. However, the scale may be increased little by little over time while the amount of increase may be changed according to the button operation by the player, or the scale may be increased during button operation by a special operation mode of the button such as long pressing. It may be a mode in which the appearance is changed with time.

In the first production period, a plurality of timings for notifying the development to the second production period are set. In the conversion effect (S1000), three notification timings are fixedly defined in the order of t1, t2, and t3, and development is suggested at any of these timings, or not at any of the timings (or at any timing). It is suggested that it will not develop at any time). It is suggested that the later the notification timing is, the higher the expectation of big hit is. For example, the earlier the notification of the development to the second production period (for example, t1), the lower the initial value of the high degree of expectation of the jackpot suggested by the displayed object after the development. This is because the display object is inverted and the lighting area of the scale panel is also inverted. On the contrary, as time passes without being notified that it will develop into the second production period, the high possibility of development suggested by the display object decreases, but as a result, the second production period If it develops to, the later the notification is made (for example, t3), the higher the initial value of the high hit expectation suggested by the developed display object can be produced. As a result, it is possible to give the player a feeling of frustration that the possibility of development decreases and a feeling of exhilaration that the possibility of a big hit increases at the same time in one production. In addition, when the development is notified at the timing of t1 or t2, the specification may be such that the transition to the second production period is performed without waiting for the next notification timing.

As a modification, a specification that notifies the presence or absence of development to the second production period whenever there is an operation at any of the timings of t1, t2, and t3 when the player operates the production button, that is, the second The specification may be such that the player can select the timing of development to the production period of 2. In that case, if it is decided not to develop into the second production period, the production in the first production period ends at the timing when the player operates the production button, and develops into the second production period. If it is decided, the effect that develops into the second effect period is displayed at the timing when the player operates the effect button. In addition, the earlier the timing of operating the production button is, the easier it is to develop into the second production period, but the initial value of the attack power of the counterattack after the development becomes weaker, and the later the timing of operating the production button is, the second production period. Although it is difficult to develop into, the initial value of the attack power of the counterattack after the development becomes stronger. When the timing of operating the production button and the timing of development to the second production period are relatively early, the attack fails in the remaining time of the production time corresponding to the fluctuation time of the fluctuation pattern selected by the main board 200. It may be a specification to add a re-attack effect.

<Conversion production>
The conversion effect is an effect in which the content suggested by the display object is converted to another content in the first effect period, which is the first half, and the second effect period, which is the second half. In the first production period, the display object suggests the possibility of developing into the second production period, and when developing into the second production period, the display object is taken over by the next production and the jackpot expectation is high. It is an effect that changes the display mode of the display object so as to suggest the height of the display object.

FIG. 27 shows an example of a screen in the first effect period and the second effect period. FIG. 27 (a) is an example of a screen in the first effect period, and FIG. 27 (b) is an example of a screen in the second effect period. In FIG. 27 (a), after the reach is established, the two decorative symbols 505 constituting the reach are reduced to the corners of the screen to be temporarily stopped and displayed, and slightly below the center of the first display area 501 of the first effect display device 60a. A long first display object 500 is displayed in the horizontal direction. The first display object 500 is a display object with a digital meter as a motif, which expresses the apparent expected value of the development possibility by the number of lightings of the scale panel in order to suggest the development possibility to the second production period. .. The motif is a digital meter in which a plurality of panels serving as scales of the first display object 500 are arranged on one line, and the apparent high expected value is expressed by the number of lighting of the scale panels. This digital meter has an appearance that a part of it is curved in the depth direction to give a sense of perspective, and it is displayed in an asymmetrical shape on the outside, and the left and right shapes are reversed at the time of reversal described later. It has a clear appearance. The first display object 500 is curved in the depth direction toward the right, and has a slightly reduced shape to give a sense of perspective. The number of lights indicates the apparent expected value so that the scale panel on the front side (left end) in the depth direction is the minimum value and the scale panel on the back side (right end) is the maximum value, and the maximum that all panels are lit. The number of lights changes from the value state in the direction of decreasing at a constant speed over time. In this figure (a), the scale panel for about 50% is lit to represent the expected value of about 50%. In the modified example, the decreasing speed of the scale panel is not a constant speed, and may be decelerated or accelerated depending on, for example, a high possibility of development.

The first effect button 510 is displayed above the first display object 500 in the center of the screen. The first effect button 510 is an image of a push button on which the character string of "PUSH" is drawn, and the character string of "press!" Is displayed above, prompting the player to press the effect button 109. The first effect button 510 may be displayed at each of the notification timings t1, t2, and t3 in FIG. 26.

A movable accessory 520 is displayed below the first display object 500 at the bottom of the screen. The movable accessory 520 is configured such that a pair of door-shaped structures can slide in the horizontal direction, and the door-shaped structures slide in the left-right direction to open and close. Although not shown in this figure (a), a second effect display device 60b is arranged behind the movable accessory 520, and when the movable accessory 520 slides open, the second effect display device 60b is arranged. The second display area 503 of the above is exposed.

In FIG. 27B, a second display object 502 having a long shape in the horizontal direction is displayed slightly below the center of the first display area 501 of the first effect display device 60a. The second display object 502 has a shape obtained by reversing the first display object 500 in the horizontal direction, and the lighting mode of the panel is the opposite of that of the first display object 500. That is, in the second display object 502, the back side (left end) in the depth direction represents the minimum value, and the front side (right end) represents the maximum value. The first display object 500 changes in the direction in which the number of lights decreases from the maximum value, whereas the second display object 502 changes in the direction in which the number of lights increases toward the maximum value. Further, in the first display object 500 of this figure (a), for example, the scale panel is lit in blue, whereas in the second display object 502 of this figure (b), for example, the scale panel is lit in red. Is different. While the first display object 500 plays the role of a gauge or bar that represents the remaining amount of physical strength and endurance such as "life (life point)" and "HP (hit point, health point)" adopted in various games. , The second display object 502 can be said to play the role of a gauge or a bar representing energy or attack power. As a modification, the first display object 500 and the second display object 502 are displayed on the same screen at the same time, and the scale of the first display object 500 is reduced and the pattern of the advance notice effect generated during the first effect period is linked. The specification may be such that the scale of the second display object 502 is increased.

The first effect button 510 is displayed above the second display object 502 in the center of the screen. The first effect button 510 is a push button on which the character string of "PUSH" is drawn, the character string of "long press" is displayed above, and the player presses and holds the effect button 109 (pressed state for a predetermined time or longer). Operation to maintain) is prompted. In addition, it may be a mode in which "continuous hitting" is requested as an operation other than a long press, or a mode in which a continuous operation other than the button, for example, an operation such as continuously tilting the lever or continuously stroking the touch panel is requested. There may be.

Below the second display object 502 at the bottom of the screen, a movable accessory 520 that is slid open to the left and right is displayed, and a second display area 503 of the second effect display device 60b is displayed from behind the movable accessory 520 that is opened. Be exposed.

FIG. 28 is a screen example flow diagram showing an effect process from the conversion effect in the first effect period to the second effect period. In the first production period, on the first screen 550, when the reach of the decorative symbol 505 is started, the character string "Endure the enemy's attack !!" is displayed in the substantially center of the first display area 501 as the production content, and the first The process of decreasing the number of lighting of the scale panel of the display object 500 is displayed. On the second screen 552, an image of being hit by an enemy and a character string of "shot!" Are displayed as the production contents. At this point, the number of lighting of the scale panel of the first display object 500 is reduced to a smaller number than the number of lighting on the first screen 550.

On the third screen 554, at the first notification timing t1, one of a plurality of types of cut-in notice effects is displayed, and the first effect button 510 and the characters "press!" Are displayed to direct the player. Prompt to press button 109. The plurality of types of cut-in notice effects are effects that display a background image and a character using any of a plurality of colors as the basic color, and the difference in the color types suggests a high possibility of development. In this embodiment, blue is the color with the lowest development potential, and blue, green, red, and gold are set to have the highest development potential in this order. When the player presses the effect button 109, the decorative symbol 505 starts to expand and turn over as shown in the fourth screen 556, and "anti" and "attack" are displayed on the back surfaces of the two decorative symbols 505 that make up the reach. As the inverted symbol 506 on which the characters are drawn, an effect of inciting whether or not these symbols are completely turned inside out is displayed as the latter half development branch. However, even if the player presses the effect button 109, it may be regarded as "unexploded" and the two decorative symbols 505 may not start the fanning effect. A plurality of types and sizes of the flipping motion are prepared for the flipping effect of the decorative symbol 505, and the fanning motion is displayed in any of the modes by lottery by the effect determining means 303. As a result of the fanning effect, if the word "counterattack" is displayed by turning over completely, it will develop into the second production period, and if it is not completely turned over or if the fanning effect is not started, the original decorative pattern Return to 505 and return to the second screen 552. As a modification, instead of turning over the decorative symbol 505 to establish the word of the inverted symbol 506, an effect of inciting the development to the second effect period by another animation or video may be adopted. On the third screen 554, one of a plurality of types of cut-in notice effects is displayed again, and the first effect button 510 and the characters "press!" Are displayed to prompt the player to press the effect button 109. In the second cut-in notice production, the color may have changed from the first, which suggests that the development potential has increased.

Such a series of effect display of the second screen 552, the third screen 554, and the fourth screen 556 is repeatedly displayed a plurality of times, for example, a maximum of three times as in a so-called pseudo continuous variation effect. The pseudo continuous variation effect is an effect in which a plurality of symbols are displayed as if they are paused in one symbol variation to make it appear as if a plurality of symbol variations are executed in a pseudo manner. In the case of an effect that shows three pseudo continuous fluctuations, the first effect button 510 such as the third screen 554 and the character string and cut of "press!" Are cut at the maximum of three notification timings t1, t2, and t3. An in-notice effect is displayed to encourage the player to press the effect button 109, and an effect that encourages development is executed up to three times as in the fourth screen 556.

If "counterattack" is established as in screen 5 558 in any of the three times, the development to the second production period is confirmed, and if "counterattack" is not established in all three times, screen 6 560 The result of the deviation is displayed with the characters "Failure!", And the special fluctuation effect ends.

As a branching effect (S1002 in FIG. 26A) that branches into a reversing effect and a cannon effect, the seventh screen 562 takes over the display of the first display object 500 that was displayed up to the fifth screen 558. 1 The display object 500 flips horizontally and changes to the second display object 502. The effect from the 7th screen 562 to the 8th screen 564 or the 10th screen 568 is the branch effect (S1002) of FIG. 26 (a). If the remaining amount indicated by the scale of the first display object 500 is in the state of "25%" which is reduced by 75% from 100% up to the fifth screen 558, it is reduced until then after the conversion to the second display object 502. Minutes, that is, the "75%" scale panel, which was turned off in the scale panel of the first display object 500, changes to a lit state, leaving a 25% increase chance. On the seventh screen 562, the characters "long press" are further displayed together with the first effect button 510 to encourage the player to press and hold the effect button 109 (operation to maintain the pressed state). While the player presses and holds the effect button 109, the scale of the second display object 502 increases, and when the effect button 109 is not held down, the scale of the second display object 502 stops increasing. As long as the effect button 109 is held down for a long time, the numerical value increases from "75%" to "100%", and the number of graduated panels lit increases toward the right end. In this embodiment, the scale increases to 100% as long as the player keeps pressing and holding the effect button 109 regardless of whether the hit / fail determination result is a big hit. As a modification, if the result of the hit / fail judgment is wrong, the specification may be such that the scale increase is stopped before reaching 100%, or the first effect button 510 and the characters "long press" are not displayed, and the effect button 109 is displayed. The specifications may not accept long presses. After slightly opening the pair of door-shaped movable accessories 520 displayed below the second display object 502, the door-shaped movable accessory 520 is repeatedly slid back and forth to the left and right in small steps to open and close, and whether or not to open the door as it is is fueled. In the modified example, the decrease in the scale of the first display object 500 during the first effect period is displayed as it is as a supplementary number such as "-75%", and is converted to the second display object 502. After that, the specification may be such that the scale of the second display object 502 is displayed by a number such as "75%" only by deleting the minus sign. In this way, as the decrease in the scale of the first display object 500 becomes larger and the pinch becomes larger, the initial value of the scale of the second display object 502 when inverted becomes larger, which suggests that the jackpot expectation is higher. can do.

<1st reversal production, 1st cannon production>
When the scale of the second display object 502 reaches "100%" and the characters "maximum output" and "100%" are displayed as in the eighth screen 564, the pair of door-shaped movable accessories 520 opens. Proceed to "Counterattack Reach" on the ninth screen 566 (corresponding to S1003 "First reversal effect" in FIG. 26 (a)). On the other hand, when the scale of the second display object 502 reaches "100%" and is further exceeded 100%, the displayed number is increased or decreased between 100 and 119%, and finally "120%". The number and the characters of "breaking through the limit" are displayed, and the screen proceeds to the screen of "cannon reach" (corresponding to S1005 "first cannon production" of FIG. 26 (a)) on the 11th screen 570. "Counterattack reach" is an effect of displaying a video depicting a scene in which an attack is applied to an enemy with an attack power using 100% energy, and finally, a result of a big hit or a miss is displayed. "Cannon Reach" is a production that displays a video depicting a scene where an enemy is attacked with a larger attack power than "Counterattack Reach", and finally the result of hit or miss judgment is displayed. .. Even if the scale of the second display object 502 displays "100%" or "120%", the "100%" does not necessarily indicate the jackpot confirmation, and the next "counterattack reach" or "counterattack reach" or " It only suggests that the energy of the counterattack in the production such as "Cannon Reach" has reached 100% or more. However, the larger the number, the higher the expectation of big hit, so the expectation of big hit is higher for "Cannon Reach" corresponding to "120%" than for "Counterattack Reach" corresponding to "100%". ..

The number of lighting of the scale of the first display object 500 at the time of reversing on the fifth screen 558 is selected from, for example, six types of patterns by lottery by the effect determining means 303. In the first pattern, the damage during reversal is defined as -70% to -79% (excluding -77%), and in the second pattern, the damage during reversal is -80% to -89% (-88%). Excludes). -77% and -88% are excluded because they are doublet numbers and are easily regarded as numbers having a specific meaning. In the third pattern, the damage during reversal is defined as -90% to -94%, and in the fourth pattern, the damage during reversal is defined as -95% to -98%. Further, in the fifth pattern, the damage at the time of reversal is set to -99%, and in the sixth pattern, the damage at the time of reversal is set to -77%. Since the final damage numbers increase in the order of the first, second, third, and fourth patterns, the initial value that suggests the jackpot expectation is larger when it develops and reverses during the second production period. Become. Therefore, the jackpot expectation level may increase in the order of the first, second, third, and fourth patterns. The numbers "-99%" and "-77%" in the 5th and 6th patterns are used as special numbers suggesting that the development to the second production period and the jackpot have been confirmed. The number "-88%" is used as a special number to suggest that the development to cannon reach has been confirmed (not a big hit). Further, in the fourth and fifth patterns, the blackout display on the screen may be developed to the "cannon reach" without going through the "counterattack reach" (reversal effect).

FIG. 29 is a diagram schematically showing the types of a plurality of types of notice effect patterns in which the relationship between the color of the three cut-in notices in the conversion effect, the presence or absence of misfire, and the effect result is determined. As shown in this figure, 29 types of cut-in notice notice effect patterns to which 1 to 29 are assigned as pattern numbers are defined. In the "1st", "2nd", and "3rd" columns, the background image of the cut-in notice and the basic color type of the character displayed at each of the three timings of t1, t2, and t3, and the effect button 109. Indicates whether or not the pressing of is set to "unexploded". As the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd times progress, the color type of the cut-in notice is determined to change the color so that the development possibility is higher than the previous time or to display the same color as the previous time, and it develops from the previous time. It is defined so that it does not change to a color that is less likely. Overall, there are more opportunities to display cut-in notices for "blue" and "green" than for "red" and "gold", and two types of background images and characters are prepared for each of "blue" and "green". Either is displayed selectively.

The cut-in notices 1 to 11 are cut-in notices that suggest the possibility of development when it ends in "failure" without developing to the second production period, and the cut-in notices 12 to 29 are the first. It is a cut-in notice that suggests the possibility of development when it develops to the production period of 2 and becomes "success". For example, the first cut-in notice displays the "blue" cut-in notice, which is the least likely to develop for the first time, and even if the player presses the production button 109, the decorative pattern 505 is turned over as "unexploded". The production is not started, and the "blue" cut-in notice is displayed again for the second time. It is stipulated that the cut-in notice of "green" is displayed at the third time and the possibility of development is increased by one step, but the production is terminated as "failure" without developing in the second production period as it is. The patterns 1 to 3 are all common in that blue, blue, and green cut-in notices are displayed, but whether or not the pressing of the effect button 109 becomes "unexploded" and the timing thereof are different. Patterns 4 and 5 display blue, green, and green cut-in notices, but only number 4 is defined as "unexploded" when the effect button 109 is pressed. Patterns 6 to 8 are common in that blue, blue, and red cut-in notices are set, but the presence / absence and timing of pressing the effect button 109 is different. The 9th and 10th patterns are common in that the blue, green, and red cut-in notices are defined, but the presence / absence and timing of pressing the effect button 109 "unexploded" are different. In the 11th pattern, green, green, and red cut-in notices are set, and the "unexploded" pressing of the effect button 109 is not set.

In this way, in the patterns 1 to 11 that do not develop in the second production period and end with "failure", the cut-in notice of "gold" is not defined, and as the second cut-in notice. There is no pattern with a "red" cut-in notice. It should be noted that the third cut-in notice does not specify "unexploded" when the effect button 109 is pressed. On the other hand, the patterns 12 to 29 are patterns that develop into the second production period, and among them, the patterns 23 to 29 have "gold" as the third cut-in notice. Patterns 1 to 11 that do not develop into the second production period do not have a "gold" cut-in notice, so if the "gold" cut-in notice is displayed, it will always develop into the second production period. It is suggested to do. In addition, the 29th pattern has a second "red" cut-in notice, and the 1st to 11th patterns that do not develop into the second production period have a second "red" cut-in notice. The defined pattern is not included. As a result, whenever the "red" cut-in notice is displayed for the second time, the "gold" cut-in notice is also displayed for the third time, suggesting that it will surely develop into the second production period. In addition, even in the patterns 12 to 29, the pressing "unexploded" of the effect button 109 is not defined in the third cut-in notice. In the example of this figure, the pattern is determined until the third cut-in notice, and the success effect and the failure effect are always displayed at the timing of t3 (no success at t1 and t2). Thereby, it is possible to suggest the jackpot expectation to the player based on the combination of the three cut-in notices, and the number of fluctuation pattern types of the fluctuation time corresponding to the special fluctuation effect pattern is set on the main board 200 side. It can be reduced, and the number of reduction patterns of the first display object can also be reduced. However, in the modified example, a pattern in which a success effect or a failure effect is displayed in the first or second cut-in notice may also be selectable.

In the conversion effect, a conversion notice effect suggesting a transition to the conversion effect may be executed at a timing prior to the establishment of the reach on which the first screen 550 of FIG. 28 is displayed. In the conversion notice production, for example, the transition to the conversion production is suggested by using the lines in the conversation between a plurality of people appearing in the production. There are cases where it is suggested by the lines of the first person and cases where it is suggested by the lines of the second person, so that suggesting by the second person has a higher expectation of transition to conversion production than suggesting by the first person. In addition, whether or not to display the conversion notice effect is determined by a lottery by the effect determining means 303. In the conversion notice effect using dialogue, the enemy icon that symbolizes the enemy character displayed in the conversion effect is displayed together with the dialogue to suggest the transition to the conversion effect, and the decorative pattern 505 that is variablely displayed during the conversion notice effect is displayed. By replacing the special symbol (reach development symbol) with the enemy icon and displaying it, the transition to the conversion effect may be suggested. When replacing the decorative symbol 505 with a symbol using an enemy icon, the fluctuating symbol may be replaced in a situation where none of the symbols are stopped, or the symbol in the final stop symbol row may be temporarily stopped when the reach is established. (Reach symbol) or the symbol arranged before and after the change may be replaced with a special symbol. At this time, when the second person's dialogue is displayed, the reach or higher is confirmed, and only when the second person's dialogue is displayed, it is possible to execute in the effect mode using a special symbol in the reach mode. it can. In addition, when the player presses the effect button 109 when the enemy icon is displayed during the dialogue display, the effect of attacking and destroying the enemy icon is displayed and the destroyed enemy icon is converted to the conversion notice effect. An effect that changes to a number indicating the high possibility of transition may be displayed, an effect indicating that the transition to the conversion notice effect has been confirmed, or an effect indicating that the development to the second effect period has been confirmed. The effect may be displayed. The conversion notice effect is not limited to the one that accompanies the above line notice, but during the execution of other effects, a predetermined icon other than the enemy icon is displayed on the background image, and the predetermined icon is attacked and destroyed. When the player presses the effect button 109 to display the effect, the predetermined icon may be replaced with the enemy icon, or the effect indicating that the transition to the conversion notice effect has been confirmed or the second effect An effect indicating that the development to the effect period has been confirmed may be displayed.

<Parallel production>
The parallel effect is an effect that displays individual mission effects in a plurality of display areas so that the chances of achieving the conditions for developing one type of effect are more than doubled. The mission production in the first production period is a production that suggests the possibility of development to the second production period, and is a development condition production that develops into the second production period when a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is one. In the special variation effect pattern in which the development condition effect is defined, a plurality of types of development condition effects are set for the first effect period according to the effect mode when the change is started, while the second effect. One type of production (having both success / failure patterns depending on the result of the success / failure judgment) is defined for the period. That is, if at least one of the plurality of types of development condition productions is satisfied, the production will develop to the same production in the second production period. In this case, individual development condition effects are displayed in one or both of the first display area 501 and the second display area 503. In the mission production as the development condition production, it is stipulated that the player is presented with the content requiring that the predetermined production state be realized as a condition for shifting to the state advantageous to the player.

FIG. 30 schematically shows a screen example of the parallel effect. FIG. 30A is a screen example showing the display of the first mission effect, and FIG. 30B is a screen example to which the second mission effect is added. First, as shown in FIG. 30A, after the reach is established with the two decorative symbols 505, the development conditions in the first mission are presented by a character string such as "Specify the position of the enemy" as the first mission effect. Next, after a predetermined time has passed, for example, after a few seconds to a dozen seconds, the pair of door-shaped movable accessories 520 are opened as shown in FIG. 30B, and the second display area 503 of the second effect display device 60b is opened. In addition, as the second mission production, the development conditions in the second mission are presented by displaying a character string such as "Destroy the enemy base". As described above, when the individual mission effects are displayed in each of the first display area 501 and the second display area 503, the timing of presenting the requested contents in each mission effect to the player is different.

FIG. 31 schematically shows the types of reach effect patterns including combinations of parallel effects. The reach effect patterns 1 to 5 are patterns in which the type "A" is displayed in the first display area 501 as the first mission effect, and the reach effect patterns 6 to 10 are types as the first mission effect. This is a pattern for displaying "B". Of these, in the reach effect patterns of Nos. 3 to 5 and 8 to 10, the type "C" is further displayed in the second display area 503 as the second mission effect. The type "C" is an effect type dedicated to the second mission effect prepared for display in the second display area 503. In each of the types A, B, and C mission effects, a plurality of types of achievement conditions to be presented to the player are defined, and one of the achievement conditions is presented. For example, type A defines production achievement conditions such as "specify the position of the enemy", type B defines production achievement conditions such as "endure barrage", and type C defines "enemy". Achievement conditions for production such as "Destroy the base of" are set. Types A, B, and C are classifications of achievement conditions in production, and in types A and B, type B has a relatively higher degree of achievement expectation, that is, the possibility of development into the second production period. In addition, one of Nos. 1 to 10 is selected by the effect determining means 303 in a lottery based on the result of the winning / failing determination. Types A and B are fluctuation effect patterns selected corresponding to fluctuation patterns of the same fluctuation time. Further, according to the types of A, B, and C, the achievement conditions to be displayed are selected by lottery by the effect determining means 303. Further, the character color of the achievement condition to be displayed is selected from a plurality of colors by lottery by the effect determining means 303. One of the character colors is selected by lottery based on the result of the hit / fail judgment by the effect determining means 303 so that the degree of achievement expectation, that is, the possibility of developing into the second production period is relatively high depending on the type of character color of the achievement condition. Is selected. However, when the second mission effect is displayed in parallel in the second display area 503, the same color is selected as the character color of the first mission effect and the character color of the second mission effect. In the modified example, the type C is not provided, and one of the types A and B is selected, and when one of the types A and B is selected as the first mission effect, the second mission effect is You may choose from the other type. In that case, the other type to be displayed as the second mission effect is different from the case of displaying as the first mission effect due to the size of the display area and the effect period, for example, the arrangement, color, size, etc. of characters. May be transformed and displayed in the specifications for the second mission production.

In the reach effect patterns 1, 2, 6 and 7, only the first mission effect is displayed and the second mission effect is not displayed. In the reach production patterns of Nos. 1 and 6, the condition achievement fails in the first mission production, and the production ends as it is. In the 2nd and 7th reach production patterns, the conditions are successfully achieved in the first mission production, and the process develops into the second production period. In the 3rd and 8th reach production patterns, both the first mission production and the second mission production fail to achieve the conditions, and the production ends as it is. In the 4th and 9th reach production patterns, the condition is not achieved in the first mission production, but the condition is successfully achieved in the second mission production, and the process develops into the second production period. In the 5th and 10th reach production patterns, the conditions are successfully achieved in both the first mission production and the second mission production, and the process develops into the second production period. It should be noted that the pattern in which the condition achievement fails in the second mission production after the condition is successfully achieved in the first mission production is less useful in the production (that is, the development to the second production period is confirmed. However, it is not prepared because it may awaken the player by displaying the failure). However, as a modification, such a pattern (a pattern that succeeds in the first mission production and fails in the second mission production) may be prepared. In addition, the reach production patterns of Nos. 5 and 10 that succeed in achieving the conditions in both the first mission production and the second mission production are the reach productions of Nos. 2, 4, 7, and 9 that succeed in achieving the conditions only on one side. It is selected by lottery by the effect determining means 303 according to the winning / failing determination result so that the jackpot expectation is higher than the pattern. In addition, in the 5th and 10th reach production patterns that succeed in achieving the conditions in both the first mission production and the second mission production, the subsequent production is displayed in a mode different from the pattern in which only one of the conditions is successfully achieved. You may. For example, a mark suggesting that the jackpot expectation is higher than when the condition is successfully achieved on only one side may be displayed on a part of the screen.

As described above, at least (1) the type of the first mission effect, (2) the success or failure of the achievement condition of the first mission effect, and (3) the presence or absence of the second mission effect and the achievement condition. Factors such as success or failure and (4) character color of achievement conditions are determined by lottery by the effect determining means 303. The effect determining means 303 may further determine factors such as (5) whether or not to promote from the parallel effect to another effect such as cannon reach instead of the counterattack reach by lottery.

<2nd reversal production, 2nd cannon production>
In the second reversal effect, in the first effect period, the first display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is disadvantageous to the player is displayed in an mode according to the degree of the disadvantage. The "first display object" in the second reversal effect is a mark (for example, display of an attacked mark or effect) indicating that the object has been attacked and damaged, and the larger the number or amount of the display, the more disadvantageous. It is suggested that. Further, in the second reversal effect, when developing into the second effect period, the first display object is converted into a second display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is advantageous to the player. The "second display object" in the reversal effect is a mark (for example, an attack power mark) indicating the power and scale when attacking in a counterattack, and the larger the number or amount of display, the more advantageous. Is suggested. The attack power mark may be displayed after the development to the second production period, or may be displayed at the end of the first production period to suggest the development to the second production period. In the case of this embodiment, since the attacked mark is converted to the attack power mark without changing the position as it is, that is, it is replaced, the number of attack power marks is the same as the number of attacked marks.

FIG. 32 shows a screen example of the reverse effect. FIG. 32 (a) is a screen example showing an effect mode that is disadvantageous to the player, and FIGS. 32 (b) and 32 (c) are screen examples showing an effect mode that is advantageous to the player. In the first effect period, the image of the scene of being attacked by the enemy appearing in the effect display content is displayed, and the attack mark 516 is displayed at the three places hit by the enemy's attack (FIG. 32 (a)). However, the display number and display position of the attacked mark 516 are selected by the effect determining means 303 by a lottery according to the winning / failing determination result.

When developing from the first production period to the second production period, the three attacked marks 516 are replaced with the three attack power marks 518 without changing their positions (FIG. 32 (b)). In developing into the second effect period, a pair of door-shaped movable accessories 520 are opened, the screen of the second effect display device 60b is exposed from behind, and the second display area 503 is used as a third display object. The third effect button 513 is displayed. The attack power mark 518 is displayed in the accumulated state collected in the right corner of the screen, and the mode of the third effect button 513, for example, the color is changed, and the attack power is increased by the number of times or the steps according to the number of the attack power marks 518. Display the effect to represent. Since the attack power indicated by the color of the third effect button 513 indicates a high degree of expectation of a big hit, the number of display of the attack power mark may indirectly indicate a high degree of expectation of a big hit. It should be noted that the effect of whether or not the color of the third effect button 513 changes is executed as many times as the number of attack power marks 518, but it does not always change every time, and the upper limit of the number of changes is the attack power mark. The specifications may be just the same as the number. In this embodiment, the attack power mark is displayed on standby in the corner of the screen according to the number of attacked marks. In the modified example, the attack power mark may be displayed as a scale-type quantitative display in correspondence with the display amount of the effect indicating that the attack has been received and the damage has been inflicted.

FIG. 33 shows the screen transition from the parallel effect to the reverse effect. The reverse effect is executed, for example, as an effect following the parallel effect described above. The first screen 580 shows a state in which two mission effects of the parallel effect as shown in FIG. 30B are displayed in both the first display area 501 and the second display area 503. On the second screen 582, as the effect display content, the enemy receives damage from three attacks, and in order to indicate an unfavorable effect state, up to three attack marks 516 indicating the number of hits by the attack are displayed. The larger the number of attacked marks 516 displayed, the more disadvantageous the production state is, but if it develops into a "counterattack" production after that, the number of attack power marks 518 that suggests the degree of expectation of a big hit is also the same. It suggests that it will increase by a minute.

The third screen 584 displays the characters "success!" In the first display area 501 to indicate that the mission has been achieved by satisfying the conditions in the first mission production, and "success!" In the second display area 503. "Is displayed. Also, for example, if the second mission succeeds after failing in the first mission, the characters "Failed!" Are displayed in the first display area 501 to indicate that the mission has not been achieved. Then, in the second display area 503, the characters "success!" Are displayed to indicate that the mission has been completed. The attacked mark 516 on the third screen 584 is converted to the same number of attack power marks 518 as the attacked mark 516 and displayed on the fourth screen 586. On the fourth screen 586, the characters "counterattack" are displayed as the second production period, and the process develops into super reach. Here, the content of the reach effect in the second effect period is divided into "counterattack reach" indicating a reverse effect and "cannon reach" indicating a cannon effect. If it develops into "counterattack reach", it proceeds to the fifth screen 588, and if it develops into "cannon reach", it proceeds to the sixth screen 590. If no attack mark 516 is displayed on the third screen 584, the attack power mark 518 is not displayed on the fourth screen 586, and the characters "counterattack" and the fifth screen 588 and the seventh screen described later are displayed. The effect of screen 592 is also not displayed. The effect from the third screen 584 to the fifth screen 588 is the branch effect (S1012) in FIG. 26 (b). The cannon reach is a production that displays an attack that consumes all the attack power indicated by the attack power mark 518 at once.

On the fifth screen 588, a pair of door-shaped movable accessories 520 are opened to expose the second effect display device 60b, the third effect button 513 is displayed in the second display area 503, and the first display area 501 is displayed. The characters of the reach title 515 such as "counterattack reach" are displayed on the screen. The character color of the reach title 515 is displayed in white, red, or gold, and the character string displayed in the first display area 501 is also displayed in the same color while "counterattack reach" is performed as a reverse effect. Is done or changes to another color. The character color during the production suggests a high expectation of a big hit, and the expectation of a big hit increases in the order of white, red, and gold. In addition, when the character color during the production changes to another color, the color changes to a color with a higher expectation of a big hit. The character color of the reach title 515, the presence or absence of the change, and the changing color are determined by a lottery by the effect determining means 303. On the seventh screen 592, the images in which the attack power marks 518 are input to the third effect button 513 of the second display area 503 one by one are displayed across the first display area 501 and the second display area 503. The color of the third effect button 513 may change one step at a time or a plurality of steps each time one is input. Since the color of the third effect button 513 can be changed by the number of input of the attack power mark 518, the change can be made up to three times. Depending on the final color of the third effect button 513, it evolves into a push button first effect button 510 such as the eighth screen 594 and is emitted from the second display area 503, or as in the ninth screen 596. It is divided into whether it develops into the second effect button 512 of the lever button and is emitted from the second display area 503. When the player tilts the effect button 109 (lever 112) in accordance with the display timing of the first effect button 510 on the eighth screen 594, the result of the hit / miss determination is notified. Further, when the player operates the effect button 109 in accordance with the display timing of the second effect button 512 on the ninth screen 596, the result of the hit / fail determination is notified. The final color of the third effect button 513 and the color of the first effect button 510 or the second effect button 512 emitted from the second display area 503 may be different colors and forms, or may be the same. It may be in color and form. When the first effect button 510 or the second effect button 512 of a different color appears, the third effect button 513 is used so that the high degree of expectation of a big hit suggested by the color type is not lower than that of the third effect button 513. You may choose a color that is equal to or more promising than the color.

Which of the first effect button 510 of the push button and the second effect button 512 of the lever button is displayed, and the display color of the button indicate a high degree of expectation of a big hit. When the second effect button 512 is displayed, the expectation of a big hit is often higher than when the first effect button 510 is displayed. Further, the second effect button 512 is displayed in gold or rainbow color, and the first effect button 510 is displayed in white, red, or rainbow color. As for the display color of each button, the expectation of big hit is higher in the order of white, blue, red, gold, and rainbow color. The rainbow color suggests that the big hit has been confirmed, and when the rainbow-colored first effect button 510 and the second effect button 512 are displayed, the big hit is always obtained. That is, the rainbow-colored first effect button 510 can be selected only when the hit / fail determination result is a big hit. The cut-in notice effect is displayed immediately before the hit / fail judgment result is displayed. The background image of the cut-in notice effect uses any of white, red, gold, and rainbow colors as the basic colors, and the difference in the basic colors suggests a high degree of expectation for a big hit. As for the basic colors of the cut-in notice effect, the expectation of big hits increases in the order of white, red, gold, and rainbow colors, similar to the display color of the button. The basic color of the cut-in notice effect is determined according to the display color of each button, and is always selected so that the display color of the button and the jackpot expectation are equal to or higher than the basic color. For example, if the button display color is white or blue, all types of basic colors for the cut-in notice effect can be selected, but if the button display color is red, the basic color for the cut-in notice effect is expected to be red or higher. The type of degree can be selected. In addition, if the button display color is gold, the basic color of the cut-in notice effect is confirmed to be the type of jackpot expectation of gold or higher, and if the button display color is rainbow, the basic color of the cut-in notice effect is also It will be rainbow-colored and the jackpot will be confirmed.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between the number of attack power marks displayed, the change in button display color, and the display color of the appearing buttons. Patterns 1 to 34 are prepared as a combination pattern of these. Nos. 1 to 4 are combination patterns when the number of displayed attack power marks 518 is zero, numbers 5 to 12 are combination patterns when the number of displayed number of attack power marks 518 is 1, and numbers 13 to 24 are attacks. The number 25 to 34 is a combination pattern when the number of display of the force mark 518 is 2, and the number 25 to 34 is a combination pattern when the number of display of the attack power mark 518 is 3. The third effect button 513 is initially displayed in a white display color.

If the number of attack power marks 518 displayed is zero, the effect of inserting the attack power mark 518 into the third effect button 513 is not performed, so the color of the third effect button 513 is not changed and the display color remains white. However, the first effect button 510 or the second effect button 512 that appears from the second display area 503 appears as white only in the case of the first pattern. In the case of patterns 2 to 4, the effect buttons appearing from the second display area 503 are blue, red, and gold so as to suggest an expectation equal to or higher than the final color of the third effect button 513. Appears in a form that changes to one of the display colors.

When the number of the attack power marks 518 displayed is 1, the attack power mark 518 may be input to the third effect button 513 only once, and the color of the third effect button 513 may be changed only once. In the 5th and 8th patterns, the 3rd effect button 513 remains white, but in the 9th and 10th patterns, it changes to red, and in the 11th and 12th patterns, it changes to gold. Only in the case of the 5th pattern, the effect button that finally appears from the 2nd display area 503 appears as white, but in the 6th to 12th patterns, the effect button that appears from the 2nd display area 503 is the 3rd. It appears in a form changed to one of blue, red, gold, and rainbow colors to indicate an expectation level equal to or higher than the final color of the effect button 513.

When the number of the attack power marks 518 displayed is 2, the attack power mark 518 can be input to the third effect button 513 only twice, and the color of the third effect button 513 can be changed up to two times. In the patterns 13 to 16, the third effect button 513 remains white both times, but in the patterns 17 and 18, the first time is white and the second time is red. In the 19th and 20th patterns, the first time it changes to red, and the second time it remains red and does not change. In the 21st and 22nd patterns, the third effect button 513 changes to white for the first time and gold for the second time. In the 23rd and 24th patterns, the third effect button 513 changes to red the first time and changes to gold the second time. Only in the case of the 13th pattern, the effect button appearing from the second display area 503 appears as white, but in the 14th to 24th patterns, the effect button appearing from the second display area 503 is the third effect button 513. Appears in a variation of blue, red, gold, or iridescent display colors to suggest expectations equal to or greater than the final color of.

When the number of the attack power marks 518 displayed is 3, the attack power mark 518 can be input to the third effect button 513 three times, and the color of the third effect button 513 can be changed up to three times. From the 1st to the 3rd time, the numbers 25 and 26 change to "white, white, red", the numbers 27 and 28 change to "white, red, red", and the numbers 29 and 30 change to "red, red, red". It changes. Nos. 31 and 32 change to "white, white, gold", No. 33 changes to "white, red, gold", and No. 34 changes to "red, red, gold". In each pattern, the effect button appearing from the second display area 503 is one of blue, red, gold, and iridescent so as to suggest an expectation equal to or higher than the final color of the third effect button 513. Appears in a form that changes to the display color of.

The modes of parallel effect and reverse effect include (1) the type of reach effect pattern (FIG. 31), (2) the number of attacked marks 516 to attack power mark 518 displayed, and (3) the color of the third effect button 513. The mode of change and (4) the color and type of the effect button that appears are determined by at least a lottery by the effect determination means 303. These can be determined by another lottery based on the mutual lottery results. For example, (1) the reach effect pattern is determined based on the type of the variation pattern, and (2) the number of the attacked marks 516 to the attack power mark 518 displayed is determined based on the type of the reach effect pattern. Further, (3) the color and change mode of the third effect button 513, and (4) the color and type of the effect button that appears are determined based on the number of the attacked marks 516 to the attack power mark 518 displayed. However, in the modified example, the color and type of the effect button that appears first in the final effect mode (4) is determined based on the type of the variation pattern, and retroactively based on the color and type of the effect button. (3) The color and change mode of the third effect button 513, and (2) the number of attacked marks 516 to attack power marks 518 displayed may be determined. In another modification, the combination of these elements may be determined by a batch lottery based on the table in which the combinations of (1), (2), (3), and (4) are defined. As another modification, the mode of the third effect button 513 and the mode of the first effect button 510 and the second effect button 512 are determined by independent lottery (the third effect button 513 is an operation means mode at the time of a winning branch). (There is a downgrade), and the elements of (2), (3), and (4) may be determined according to the reach effect pattern. In this case, although there is a possibility that "downgrade" may occur depending on how the lottery value range is assigned to the reach production pattern, the lottery mode should be such that the attacked mark can be easily displayed in the first production period regardless of whether it is correct or not. Can be done.

In another modification, the attacked mark 516 and the attack power mark 518 are not displayed on the screen after the reach is established, but in the predetermined advance notice effect before the reach is established, or in the pre-judgment result in the symbol variation effect one or more before. As a pre-reading notice effect based on this, it may be a specification for accumulating and displaying. Further, in this embodiment, the accumulated number of attack power marks 518 corresponds to the number of color changes of the third effect button 513, but in the modified example, it is used for changes in other effect elements that increase the jackpot expectation. It may be used not only for one effect but also for multiple effects (for example, the color change of the third effect button 513 and the change of other effect elements), and the total number of changes is attacked. It may correspond to the accumulated number of force marks 518.

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.

In the above embodiment, the example in which the "third display object" (first effect button 510, second effect button 512) is used to suggest the jackpot expectation degree has been described. In the modified example, not only the "third display object" is used to suggest the big hit expectation, but also the result of the hit / fail judgment is left on the screen until the notification timing, and the hit is changed from the miss to the big hit. It may be used to notify the result. In another modification, the "third display object" may be used for the result notification of the hit type in the so-called promotion effect in which the normal hit (low profit hit) is changed to the probability variation hit (high profit hit). ..

60 effect display device, 80 game board, 81 game area, 220 hit / fail determination means, 225 symbol determination means, 230 variation pattern determination means, 260 special game control means, 303 effect determination means, 305 effect display control means.

Claims (1)

A game board with a game area formed,
A starting winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and that triggers a lottery when the game ball enters.
With the winning / failing determination means for executing the winning / failing determination based on the lottery value for determining whether or not to shift from the normal game to the special game which is in a state advantageous to the player when the ball enters the starting winning opening. ,
A symbol display device in which the symbol for showing the result of the hit / fail judgment is variablely displayed, and
A symbol determining means for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device according to the result of the hit / fail determination, and a symbol determining means.
A variation pattern determining means for selecting one of a plurality of types of variation patterns for which a symbol variation display process is defined according to the result of the hit / fail judgment by lottery.
A special game control means for executing the special game when the hit / fail determination results in the transition to the special game, and
A production display device that displays the content of the production, and
An effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and
The effect display control means for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determination means on the effect display device is provided.
The effect determining means selects one of a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the process of the symbol variation effect is defined as the effect content.
The plurality of variable effect patterns include a plurality of types of special variable effects in which a process of special effects, which is an effect that can include a first effect period displayed first and a second effect period displayed later, is defined. Contains patterns,
The special variation effect pattern that develops from the first effect period to the second effect period has a higher expectation of a big hit than the special variation effect pattern that does not develop from the first effect period to the second effect period. It is a production pattern that suggests that
In the special variation effect pattern, in the first effect period, the first display object for displaying the effect state in an effect mode that is apparently disadvantageous to the player is an aspect according to the degree of the apparent disadvantage. together is displayed on, to develop into the second effect period, the first display object, a second display object for displaying an effect state apparently advantageous effect is produced to the player It is stipulated to display an effect that is converted so that it is displayed in a manner according to the degree of apparent advantage .
The degree of advantage indicated by the aspect of the second display object displayed in the second effect period is the disadvantage indicated by the aspect of the first display object displayed in the first effect period. A ball game machine that correlates with the degree of .

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