JP7139302B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

A game machine such as a pachinko machine uses image display means such as a liquid crystal display means, lamps (illuminants such as LEDs), speakers, movable bodies, etc. to notify the player of the possibility of awarding a privilege. A notice effect and other various effects can be executed. While various productions are basically developed with their own specifications for each manufacturer, there are also specifications that are practically common to each company. For example, the so-called rainbow effect (rainbow color effect, gradation effect), in which the display colors of images and the light emission mode of lamps become a rainbow color gradation, will appear only when it is confirmed that benefits will be granted to players. It's becoming
With respect to this rainbow effect, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method in which a button reception time meter image for notifying the elapsed time of an operation effective period during a button operation effect has a rainbow color gradation.

JP 2018-061715 A

In conventional game machines, as in the invention described in Patent Document 1, the improvement of the presentation effect has been attempted by devising the rainbow-colored gradation area for the image displayed on the image display means, but that alone is not always sufficient. It wasn't.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of more suitably performing a so-called rainbow effect (rainbow color effect).

The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of executing a rainbow color effect for notifying that a privilege has been granted, wherein the rainbow color effect includes a rainbow color image effect in which a rainbow image is displayed on an image display means, and the image display means. There is a rainbow light emission effect in which light emitters arranged at predetermined parts other than the above emit light in a rainbow light emission pattern. an image alone execution mode in which only the rainbow color image effect is performed; a light emission alone execution mode in which only the rainbow light emission effect out of the rainbow color image effect and the rainbow light emission effect is performed; and the rainbow color image There is a combined execution mode in which both the effect and the rainbow light emission effect are executed, and the rainbow effect includes a first rainbow effect performed before the win-lose branch effect of whether or not to give the privilege. , a second rainbow color effect that is performed after the winning branch effect, and a third rainbow color effect that is performed after the second rainbow color effect and before the awarding of the privilege is started, The rainbow color image effect includes a first rainbow color image effect and a second rainbow color image effect, the rainbow light emission effect includes a first rainbow color light emission effect and a second rainbow color light emission effect, The execution mode of the first rainbow color effect is the image single execution mode by the first rainbow color image effect, and the execution mode of the second rainbow color effect is the second rainbow color image effect and the first rainbow color effect. the combined execution mode with light emission effect, the execution mode of the third rainbow color effect is the light emission single execution mode with the second rainbow color light emission effect, and the display of the rainbow color image in the case of the image single execution mode. The area is smaller than the display area of the rainbow color image in the case of the combined execution mode, and the first rainbow color light emission effect and the second rainbow color light emission effect are performed in a common light emission mode, and the second rainbow color light emission effect is performed in a common light emission mode. In the image effect, the change direction of the display color is the circumferential direction or the radial direction around a predetermined point on the screen of the image display means. a first predetermined point concealment process that makes the predetermined point and its vicinity invisible by moving the movable body, and a second predetermined point concealment that makes the predetermined point and its vicinity invisible or difficult to recognize processing .

According to the present invention, a so-called rainbow effect (rainbow color effect) can be performed more preferably.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine. It is an exploded perspective view of the glass door of the pachinko machine. It is a principal part top view which shows the production|presentation button of the same pachinko machine, a cross operation means, a sound volume adjustment operation means, a light amount adjustment operation means, etc. FIG. It is a front view of the game board of the pachinko machine. It is a front view of the game information display means of the pachinko machine. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine. It is a block diagram of the control system of the pachinko machine. It is a diagram showing the connection relationship between the LED common port and the LED data port of the pachinko machine, game information display means, and performance information display means (setting display means, performance display means). It is a figure which shows the corresponding relationship of the transition branch determination pattern and transition branch destination by the door open signal, the RAM clear switch signal, and the setting key switch signal of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart (first half) of the power-on process of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart (second half) of the power-on process of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the setting change process of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the power supply abnormality check process of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the timer interrupt processing of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the jackpot determination process of the same pachinko machine. It is a diagram showing a jackpot determination table (setting 6 stages) of the same pachinko machine and the contents of the first to third information therein. It is a figure which shows distribution of the determination value which concerns on a jackpot determination of the same pachinko machine, (a) shows the case of setting 1, (b) shows the case of setting 6. FIG. It is a figure which shows the jackpot determination table (setting 1 stage) of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of LED management processing of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the LED common output selection table of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the process outside the use area of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of LED update processing outside the use area of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the structure of each variation pattern of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the variation pattern selection table of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the operation guidance image of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the full rainbow image production (a) and the partial rainbow image production (b) of the pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the example of the rainbow background image used by the full-surface rainbow image production|presentation of the pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the time change of the rainbow background image of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the arrangement|positioning of LED in the movable accessory lamp of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the lighting pattern of each LED in the movable accessory lamp of the pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the time change by the rainbow light emission pattern of the movable accessory lamp of the pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the time change by the rainbow light emission pattern of the frame lamp of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the time change by the rainbow light emission pattern of the board lamp of the same pachinko machine. It is a diagram showing a normal variation speech announcement selection table ((a) during normal game state, (b) during special game state) of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of win-lose branch button production|presentation NB1 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the rainbow production|presentation in win-lose branch button production|presentation NB1 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the rainbow production|presentation performed in the case of promotion success by the probability variable promotion production|presentation during the jackpot game of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the production|presentation after the 1st, 2nd success in win-lose divergence button production|presentation NB1 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the scenario structure in win-lose branch button production|presentation NB1 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of win-lose branch button production|presentation NB2 of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the specific example of speech announcement NS3 during normal fluctuation|variation of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation|variation operation|movement of the production|presentation design and a mini design in the case of the normal deviation fluctuation pattern of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation|variation operation|movement of the production|presentation design and the mini design in the case of the SP reach A jackpot fluctuation pattern of the same pachinko machine without a pseudo|simulation. It is a figure which shows the setting suggestion effect|action selection table of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display in the setting suggestion effect|action of the same pachinko machine. It is a figure which shows the dialogue announcement selection table during normal fluctuation|variation of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the information advance notice selection table of the pachinko machine which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example in which a rainbow background image in which colors change in the circumferential direction around a predetermined point is configured such that the color distribution makes two cycles at 360 degrees; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of increasing the proportion of a display area of warm colors in a rainbow image; (a) is a diagram showing an example in which a rainbow image is used as a star-shaped figure displayed during a ready-to-win effect, and (b) is a diagram showing an example in which a rainbow image is used as a ready-to-win title character.

Embodiments of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 44 illustrate a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. 1 and 2, a gaming machine body 1 includes an outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 arranged in front of the outer frame 2. As shown in FIG. The front frame 3 is pivotally attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and detachable via a vertical first hinge 4 arranged at one end in the left-right direction, for example, the left end. The outer frame 2 can be locked in the closed state by a locking means 5 provided on the opposite side, for example, the right end side.

The front frame (game machine frame) 3 includes a middle frame 6 and a glass door 7 arranged in front of the middle frame 6. - 特許庁The glass door 7 is pivotally attached to the middle frame 6 so as to be openable and detachable via a vertical second hinge 8 arranged at one end in the left-right direction, for example, the left end. can be locked in the closed state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the outer frame 2 is formed in a rectangular shape by a pair of left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b and a pair of upper and lower horizontal frame members 2c and 2d. A front cover member 9 made of, for example, synthetic resin is attached to the front lower portion of the outer frame 2 so as to connect the front lower portions of the left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b along the front edge of the lower horizontal frame member 2d. there is The front cover member 9 protrudes forward from the left and right vertical frame members 2a and 2b, and the middle frame 6 is arranged on the upper side thereof. In the outer frame 2, an outer frame upper hinge metal fitting 11 constituting the first hinge 4 is disposed, for example, at the upper left portion, and an outer frame lower hinge metal fitting 12 is disposed above the front cover member 9 at the lower left portion.

The middle frame 6 is made of synthetic resin, and has a rectangular frame portion 13 which can contact the front edge side of the outer frame 2 on the upper side of the front cover member 9, and a game board provided on the upper side in the frame portion 13. A mounting portion 14 and a lower mounting portion 15 provided on the lower side in the frame portion 13 are integrally provided, for example. A game board 16 is detachably attached to the game board mounting portion 14, for example, from the front side. In the middle frame 6, a main body frame upper hinge metal fitting 19 constituting the first hinge 4 and a main body frame upper hinge metal fitting 20 constituting the second hinge 8 are arranged, for example, at the upper left portion of the first and second hinges 4, 8. Main body frame lower hinge metal fittings 21 are arranged, for example, in the lower left part.

The glass door 7 has a resin door base 22 formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the front side of the middle frame 6 . A window hole 24a of a glass window (display window) 24 is formed in the door base 22 so as to correspond to the front side of the game area 23 formed on the game board 16. 4), various effects means such as an upper speaker 25, a first frame movable effect means 26, a second frame movable effect means 27, and an air blower means 28 are arranged.

On the upper front side of the door base 22, a side unit 29 is attached to at least a part of the outer circumference of the window hole 24a, for example, an inverted L-shaped part corresponding to the upper side and the right side of the window hole 24a. One or a plurality of LED substrates 112a on which a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 111a are dispersedly arranged and an upper decorative cover 113a covering the front side of the LED substrates 112a are attached to a portion, for example, the left side of the window hole 24a. there is The upper decorative cover 113a is made of a translucent synthetic resin, and is roughened on almost the entire surface thereof so that the light from the rear LED 111a is diffusely reflected to emit light. Moreover, the LED 111a is a so-called full-color LED, and is configured to be capable of emitting multicolor light.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, for example, with the front frame 3 opened, the side unit 29 can be installed by removing the fixing screw 29a, the fixing lever 29b, etc. on the back side of the front frame 3 without using special tools. It can be easily attached and detached by operating. Normally, the front frame 3 is commonly used for a plurality of models, and by mounting a different game board 16 for each model on the front frame 3, the playability and design unique to the model are realized. In the machine, a part of the front side of the front frame 3 is made into a side unit 29 which is more easily attachable and detachable than other parts, and the side unit 29 has a design with a sense of unity with the game board 16 and a unique function. By doing so, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in design and function for each model while standardizing most of the front frame 3 .

On the front side of the side unit 29, one or a plurality of LED boards 112b on which a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 111b are distributed, and a side unit decorative cover 113b covering the front side of the LED boards 112b are attached. , a frame first movable effect means 26 having a frame first movable body 26a, a frame second movable effect means 27 having a frame second movable body 27a, an air blowing means 28, and the like are mounted. The side unit decorative cover 113b is made of a translucent synthetic resin, and roughened on almost the entire surface thereof to diffusely reflect the light from the rear LED 111b to emit light. Moreover, the LED 111b is a so-called full-color LED, and is configured to be capable of emitting multicolor light.

The first frame movable body 26a of the first frame movable effect means 26 is formed in an arbitrary three-dimensional shape (here, a shape with a butterfly motif), and a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 111c are dispersed on the front side thereof. One or a plurality of arranged LED boards 112c and a frame first decorative cover 113c covering the front side of the LED boards 112c are mounted, and can be slid substantially in the front-rear direction by driving means (not shown). It has become. The first frame decorative cover 113c is made of a translucent synthetic resin, and is roughened on almost the entire surface thereof so that the light from the rear LED 111c is diffusely reflected to emit light. . Moreover, the LED 111c is a so-called full-color LED, and is configured to be capable of emitting multicolor light.

The frame second movable body 27a of the frame second movable effect means 27 includes one or more LED boards 112d on which a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 111d are dispersedly arranged in a grip part 27b on the front end side thereof, and the LED boards 112d. A frame second decorative cover 113d that covers the front side of 112d is attached, and is driven by a drive means (not shown) to slide in a substantially forward and backward direction, and vibrate by a vibration means (not shown) disposed in the grip portion 27b. In addition, the player can press the grip portion 27b. The second decorative frame cover 113d is made of translucent synthetic resin, and roughened on almost the entire surface thereof so as to diffusely reflect the light from the rear LED 111d to emit light. . Moreover, the LED 111d is a so-called full-color LED, and is configured to be capable of emitting multicolor light.

Further, the air blowing means 28 can blow air toward the player's hand at the timing when the player grips the grip portion 27b.

On the front side of the lower part of the door base 22 is an upper tray 32 which stores the game balls put out from the putting out means 31 arranged on the rear side of the middle frame 6 and supplies them to the shooting means 17, and the upper tray 32 is full. A lower tray 33 for storing surplus balls, etc., and a firing handle 34 operated to operate the firing means 17 are arranged, and a lower decorative cover 35 that substantially covers the upper tray 32, the lower tray 33, etc. from the front side is attached. It is The lower decorative cover 35 is formed, for example, in a bulging shape facing forward. For example, as shown in FIG. Various operation means such as means 38 and light amount adjustment operation means 39 are provided.

In this embodiment, LEDs are not arranged on the rear side of the lower decorative cover 35, but LEDs may be arranged corresponding to at least a part of the lower decorative cover 35, like the upper decorative cover 113a. . Further, as described above, a large number of LEDs 111a to 111d are dispersedly arranged on the front side of the front frame (game machine frame) 3 so as to substantially surround the glass window (display window) 24. A light-emitting means composed of the LEDs 111a to 111d on the front frame 3 and decorative covers 113a to 113d arranged in front thereof is called a frame lamp 114. As shown in FIG. By lighting the LEDs 111a to 111d in an arbitrary lighting pattern, the frame lamp 114 can emit light in an arbitrary light emission pattern including rainbow, which will be described later.

A glass unit 40 is detachably attached to the rear side of the door base 22 so as to substantially block the window hole 24a from the rear side, and is arranged along the edges of the first and second hinges 4 and 8. a vertical hinge end reinforcing sheet metal 41a arranged along the edge of the opening and closing end side; and a horizontal lower reinforcing sheet metal arranged below the window hole 24a. The metal plate 41c is detachably fixed by screws or the like. Further, on the door base 22, a glass door upper hinge metal fitting 42a and a glass door lower hinge metal fitting 42b constituting the second hinge 8 are disposed, for example, at the upper left portion and the lower left portion, respectively.

Further, for example, a ball feeding unit 43a, a lower plate guide unit 43b, etc. are attached to the rear side of the lower reinforcing sheet metal 41c. The ball feeding unit 43 a is for feeding the game balls in the upper tray 32 to the shooting means 17 one by one, and is arranged corresponding to the front side of the shooting means 17 . The lower tray guide unit 43b guides surplus balls when the upper tray 32 is full and foul balls that have returned without reaching the game area 23 despite being shot by the shooting means 17 to the lower tray 33. For example, it is arranged adjacent to the ball feeding unit 43a on the side of the first and second hinges 4 and 8 thereof.

Further, a door opening switch 44 capable of detecting whether or not the front frame 3 is opened with respect to the outer frame 2 is provided, for example, on the upper side of the middle frame 6 . The door opening switch 44 is, for example, configured to be ON when the front frame 3 is opened forward with respect to the outer frame 2 and to be OFF when the front frame 3 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the game board 16 includes a base plate 45 such as a plywood board, and a guide rail 46 for guiding the game balls shot from the shooting means 17 is annularly arranged on the front side of the base plate 45. In addition, in the game area 23 inside the guide rail 46, in addition to the unit parts such as the central display frame unit 47, the starting winning unit 48, the normal winning unit 49, etc., a large number of game nails (not shown) are arranged. A game information display means 50 is arranged outside the area 23, for example, on the lower side. Of course, the game information display means 50 may be arranged within the game area 23 .

As shown in FIG. 6, the game information display means 50 is provided with four LED groups each composed of eight LEDs 60. A total of 32 LEDs 60 are a normal symbol display means 51 and a normal reserved number display means 52. , 1st special symbol display means 53, 2nd special symbol display means 54, 1st special reserved number display means 55, 2nd special reserved number display means 56, fluctuation shortening notification means 57, right hitting notification means 58 and round number notification A predetermined number of them are assigned to the means 59 . That is, the eight LEDs 60 belonging to the first and second LED groups 50a and 50b constitute the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54, respectively, and the eight LEDs 60 belonging to the third LED group 50c are two. Eight LEDs 60 belonging to the fourth LED group 50d, which are divided into the first special reserved number display means 55, the second special reserved number display means 56, the normal reserved number display means 52, and the fluctuation shortening notification means 57, respectively. , two of them constitute normal symbol display means 51, the other two constitute right-handed informing means 58, and the remaining four constitute round number informing means 59, respectively.

On the plurality of unit parts 47 to 49 of the game board 16, normal symbol starting means 61, first special symbol starting means 62, second special symbol starting means 63, big winning means 64, a plurality of normal winning means 65, etc. is provided. Further, on the rear side of the base plate 45, in addition to the liquid crystal display means (image display means) 66, board movement effect means 67 having a movable accessory 67a that can move in front of the liquid crystal display means 66, etc. are arranged. .

The movable accessory 67a is formed in a horizontally long rectangular box shape, and both left and right sides thereof are supported on the outside of the side edges of the liquid crystal display means 66 so as to be vertically movable. It is vertically movable between an origin position on the upper side of the display means 66 and an operating position on the front side of the liquid crystal display means 66 . One or a plurality of LED substrates 122 in which a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 121 are dispersedly arranged is arranged in the movable accessory 67a. A light-transmitting decorative light-emitting portion 123 is formed on a portion of the base surface 68 so as to correspond to the front side of the LED 121 . The decorative light-emitting portion 123 is roughened on almost the entire surface thereof, so that the light emitted from the rear LED 121 is diffusely reflected to emit light. The decoration light-emitting part 123 can be formed in any shape such as a logo mark or title characters. ing. Moreover, the LED 121 is a so-called full-color LED, and is configured to emit multicolor light.

In the following description, the light-emitting means composed of the LED 121 on the movable accessory 67a and the decoration light-emitting portion 123 arranged on the front side thereof will be referred to as a movable accessory lamp 124. FIG. The movable accessory lamp 124 can emit light in an arbitrary light emission pattern including a rainbow, which will be described later, by lighting the LED 121 in an arbitrary lighting pattern.

The central display frame unit 47 constitutes the display frame of the liquid crystal display means 66, and is detachably mounted from the front side in a mounting hole (not shown) formed in the base plate 45 and penetrating in the front-rear direction. . This central display frame unit 47, as shown in FIG. A decorative frame 72 arranged in a substantially gate shape in front view from the left and right sides to the upper side on the front side of the , and protruding forward on the inner peripheral side of the front mounting plate 71, and the decorative frame 72 arranged between the left and right lower ends of the decorative frame 72. and a stage 73 to be performed. The game balls fired by the shooting means 17 and entering the upper part of the game area 23 are distributed to the left and right at the top of the decoration frame 72, and are distributed to the left and right flow paths 74a and 74b, respectively. or flow down. Also, the player can visually recognize the screen of the liquid crystal display means 66 on the inner rear side through the glass window (display window) 24 and the decoration frame 72 from the front side of the gaming machine main body 1 .

The central display frame unit 47 is provided with a warp entrance 75 through which game balls can flow in at least one of the left flow path 74a and the right flow path 74b, for example, the left flow path 74a. A game ball that flows into the warp entrance 75 while flowing down the left flow path 74a rolls freely in the left-right direction on the stage 73, and then moves to a central drop portion 76 provided corresponding to the center in the left-right direction of the game area 23. and the other portion to the front. In addition, on the upper side of the stage 73, an intrusion prevention means 77 is provided to prevent the game ball from entering the rear side due to rebounding or the like.

In addition, the central display frame unit 47 has one or a plurality of LEDs (light emitters) 131a to 131c dispersedly arranged corresponding to at least a part of the periphery of the liquid crystal display means 66, for example, the left and right sides and the upper side. LED boards 132a to 132c and decorative panels 133a to 133c covering the front sides of the LED boards 132a to 132c are provided. The decorative panels 133a to 133c are made of translucent synthetic resin, and are roughened on substantially the entire surfaces thereof so as to diffusely reflect the light from the LEDs 131a to 131c behind them to emit light. there is Also, the LEDs 131a to 131c are so-called full-color LEDs, and are configured to be capable of emitting multicolor light.

As described above, on the front side of the game board 16, a large number of LEDs 131a to 131c are distributed along the outer circumference of the liquid crystal display means 66. In the following description, the LEDs 131a to 131c (movable The light-emitting means composed of the LED 121 on the accessory 67a) and decorative panels 133a to 133c arranged in front thereof is called a board lamp 134. FIG. By lighting the LEDs 131a to 131c in an arbitrary lighting pattern, the board lamp 134 can emit light in an arbitrary light emission pattern including rainbow, which will be described later. In this embodiment, the board lamp 134 is arranged only on the central display frame unit 47, but other units on the game board 16, that is, the starting winning unit 48, the normal winning unit 49, etc. A part of the board lamp 134 may be arranged. Further, the board lamps 134 may be arranged in any shape.

The starting winning unit 48 is arranged below the central display frame unit 47 and is detachably attached to the base plate 45 from the front side. The normal winning unit 49 is arranged on the left side of the starting winning unit 48 under the central display frame unit 47 and is detachably attached to the base plate 45 from the front side.

The normal symbol starting means 61 is for starting the variable display of normal symbols by the normal symbol display means 51, and is composed of a passage gate or the like through which the game ball can pass, and is a passage detection means ( (illustration omitted). The normal symbol starting means 61 is provided, for example, on the front side of the front mounting plate 71 on the right side of the central display frame unit 47, and the game balls flowing down the right flowing path 74b can pass therethrough.

The normal symbol display means 51 is for variably displaying normal symbols, and is composed of, for example, two LEDs 60 in the game information display means 50 as shown in FIG. Based on the detection, after the two LEDs 60 constituting the normal symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during normal fluctuation, the hit determination randomness included in the normal random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the normal symbol starting means 61 If the numerical value matches a predetermined hit determination value, the variation is stopped in a win mode, and in other cases, the change is stopped in a losing mode. In addition, the two LEDs 60 that constitute the normal pattern can display one or more winning modes and one or more losing modes by combining their light emitting modes (for example, lighting / extinguishing), and during normal fluctuation The light emission pattern is such that, for example, a plurality of specific types (here, two types) of light emission modes are switched every predetermined time (for example, 128 ms).

In addition, when the normal symbol starting means 61 detects the game ball during the normal holding period including during the symbol fluctuation of the normal symbol display means 51 and during the normal profit state, the normal random number information acquired thereby is predetermined. The set upper limit reserved number, for example, 4, is reserved and stored, and each time the normal reserved period ends, one is consumed and the normal pattern is varied. The stored number of normal random number information (normal reserved number) is notified to the player by the normal reserved number display means 52 or the like. The normal reserved number display means 52 is composed of, for example, two LEDs 60 in the game information display means 50 as shown in FIG. Depending on the combination, it is possible to display 5 types of normal reserved numbers from 0 to 4.

The first special symbol starting means 62 is for starting the symbol variation by the first special symbol display means 53, and is composed of a non-opening/closing type winning means having no opening/closing means, and detects a winning game ball. A detection means (not shown) is provided. This first special symbol starting means 62 is provided, for example, in the starting prize winning unit 48, and is arranged in an upward opening shape on the lower side corresponding to the central drop portion 76 of the stage 73, and the warp on the left flow path 74a side. Since there is a winning route from the entrance 75 through the stage 73, etc., the game ball that has flowed down the left flow path 74a can win a prize at a higher probability than the game ball that has flowed down the right flow path 74b. there is In addition, when game balls win in the first special symbol starting means 62, a predetermined number of game balls per one win are paid out as prize balls.

The second special symbol starting means 63 is for starting the symbol variation by the second special symbol display means 54, and by operating the opening/closing part 78, the game ball can It is composed of opening and closing type winning means that can be changed to a closed state (which is difficult to win a prize), and has a game ball detection means (not shown) for detecting a winning game ball, and stops after the normal symbol display means 51 changes. When the symbol is in a winning mode, the opening/closing portion 78 is changed from the closed state to the open state for a predetermined time (normal profit state).

This second special symbol starting means 63 is arranged, for example, on the front mounting plate 71 in the right part of the central display frame unit 47 and on the downstream side of the normal symbol starting means 61, and the game flowing down the right flowing path 74b A ball can be won. The opening/closing part 78 can swing around a rotating shaft in the left-right direction provided on the lower side, for example. In the state, the front side of the front mounting plate 71 is tilted downward backward, and the game ball is made to win backward. When game balls win in the second special symbol starting means 63, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls per one win.

The first special symbol display means (symbol display means) 53 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs 60 in the game information display means 50 as shown in FIG. 6, and the first special symbol starting means 62 detects the game ball. On the condition that, after the eight LEDs 60 constituting the first special symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during special fluctuation, the first special random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the first special symbol starting means 62 is included in the When the big hit determination random number value coincides with a predetermined big hit determination value, the variation is stopped in the big hit mode, when it matches the small hit determination value, in the small win mode, and in the other cases, the variation is stopped in the losing mode. It is designed to A big win game is executed when the stopped symbol after the variation of the first special symbol display means 53 becomes a big win mode, and a small win game is executed when it becomes a small win mode.

The second special symbol display means (symbol display means) 54 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs 60 in the game information display means 50 as shown in FIG. 6, and the second special symbol starting means 63 detects the game ball. On the condition that, after those eight LEDs 60 constituting the second special symbol emit light in the light emission pattern during special fluctuation, the second special random number information acquired when the game ball is detected by the second special symbol starting means 63 is included in the When the big hit determination random number value coincides with a predetermined big hit determination value, the variation is stopped in the big hit mode, when it matches the small hit determination value, in the small win mode, and in the other cases, the variation is stopped in the losing mode. It is designed to A big win game is executed when the stopped symbol after the variation of the second special symbol display means 54 becomes a big win mode, and a small win game is executed when it becomes a small win mode.

The first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54 are provided with one or more jackpot modes, one or more small win modes, and one or more combinations of light emission modes (for example, lighting/extinguishing) of the eight LEDs 60. Also, the special fluctuating light emission pattern is such that, for example, a plurality of specific types (here, two types) of light emission modes are switched every predetermined time (for example, 128 ms).

Also, during the symbol variation of the first special symbol display means 53, during the symbol variation of the second special symbol display means 54, and during the special holding period including during the jackpot game, the first and second special symbol starting means 62, 63 are activated. When a sphere is detected, the first and second special random number information acquired thereby are retained and stored up to a predetermined upper limit retention number, for example, four each. Then, when the reserved memory on the side of the second special pattern is 1 or more at the time when the special reserved period ends, one reserved memory of the second special pattern is digested to change the second special pattern, and the first special pattern is changed. When only the reserved memory on the side of the special design is 1 or more, one reserved memory of the first special design is digested to change the first special design. As described above, in this embodiment, both the first special symbol and the second special symbol are not fluctuating, and when both the first special symbol side and the second special symbol side have reserved memory, is to preferentially change the second special symbol.

The stored numbers of the first and second special random number information (the first and second special reserved numbers) are notified to the player by the first and second special reserved number display means 55 and 56, the liquid crystal display means 66 and the like. be. Here, the first and second special reserved number display means 55 and 56 are each composed of two LEDs 60 in the game information display means 50 as shown in FIG. ), it is possible to display five kinds of first and second special reserved numbers from 0 to 4.

The big winning means 64 is an opening/closing type winning means provided with an opening/closing plate 79 capable of switching between an open state in which a game ball can win and a closed state in which a game ball cannot win. It is arranged on the downstream side of the special symbol starting means 63 and on the upstream side of the first special symbol starting means 62, and the game ball flowing down the right flowing path 74b is more likely than the game ball flowing down the left flowing path 74a. has a high probability of winning. When the first and second special symbols of the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54 are stopped in the big win mode after the variation, the big winning means 64 opens in a predetermined big win release pattern (big win game). Similarly, when it stops in the small winning mode, it is released in a predetermined small winning release pattern (small winning game). When a game ball wins the big winning means 64, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls per winning.

The jackpot opening pattern is configured to perform a predetermined number of rounds with a so-called payout ball. In rounds with balls, the number of winning prizes to the big winning means 64 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 9) after the opening of the big winning means 64, or when a predetermined time (for example, 28 seconds) elapses, the big winning means is activated. 64 is set to close. Therefore, in the jackpot game, if the player hits rightward aiming at the jackpot means 64 on the right-flow path 74b, the maximum number of game balls can be easily won and a large amount of prize balls can be obtained. On the other hand, the small winning opening pattern is configured such that the big winning means 64 opens the game for a very short time (eg 0.2 seconds) and performs a predetermined number of rounds (eg 2 times) with no balls. Therefore, during the small winning game, it is difficult for the game ball to win even if the player hits to the right aiming at the big winning means 64 on the right flow path 74b side.

In addition, the liquid crystal display means 66 can variably display the effect symbol 80 in parallel with the variable display of the first and second special symbols by the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54, for example. It is possible to display various images such as the first and second reserved images X1 to X4 and Y1 to Y4 indicating the second special reserved number, and the suspended image Z during fluctuation.

Here, the effect pattern 80 is for notifying the result of the winning lottery as to whether or not to execute a big hit game (specific game), and a plurality of pattern rows composed of a plurality of numbers and other patterns (here 5), and the symbols constituting each symbol row are, as shown in FIG. 80a is combined with a character or other decorative portion 80b. The display mode of the effect pattern 80 can be arbitrarily changed such as enlargement, reduction, deformation, etc. It is also possible to omit the decoration part 80b and display only the pattern main part 80a.

The production pattern 80, for example, starts to fluctuate by vertical scrolling or the like for each pattern row in accordance with a predetermined fluctuation pattern approximately at the same time as the first and second special patterns start to fluctuate, and a stop pattern on a predetermined effective line is in a predetermined mode. For example, the first and second special symbols are finally stopped almost at the same time as the fluctuation stop. In the production pattern 80, for example, when all the stop patterns on the effective line are the same, it is a big hit production mode, and other than that, it is a small hit production mode or a losing production mode, and the first and second special symbols are a big hit mode. In this case, the production pattern 80 becomes a big hit production mode, and when the first and second special patterns become a small win production mode, the production pattern 80 becomes a small hit production mode, and the first and second special patterns are a losing mode. In that case, the production pattern 80 is out of production mode.

In addition, regarding the first and second reserved images X1 to X4, Y1 to Y4, and the suspended image Z during fluctuation, the first and second special symbol starting means 62 and 63 detect the game ball. 2 When the number of special reserved images increases, one additional first and second reserved images X1-, Y1- are displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66, and the first and second special symbol display means 53, 54 When the first and second special reserved numbers decrease based on the start of the new fluctuation of the first and second special symbols, for example, the suspended image Z during fluctuation is erased, and the first and second reserved images X1 to , Y1~ toward the front side of the queue (for example, the right side of the screen) by one piece at a time, and move the first and second pending images X1 and Y1 pushed out to, for example, a predetermined position to create a new change. The image Z is changed to the middle reserved image Z.

On the back side of the game board 16, as shown in FIG. 7, a back case 81 for supporting the liquid crystal display means 66 on the back side of the game board 16 is attached. A main board case 82 housing a board 82a, a sub board case 83 housing a sub control board 83a, and the like are detachably mounted.

In addition, on the back side of the front frame 3, a back cover 85 is detachably attached to cover the back side of the game board 16 in an openable and closable manner. A pay-out means 31 and a pay-out passage 87 are installed respectively, and when a game ball enters a winning opening such as the big winning means 64 or receives a ball lending command from an automatic ball lending machine (not shown), the game is played. A game ball in a ball tank 86a is put out by a putting-out means 31 through a tank rail 86b, and the game ball is guided to an upper tray 32 through a putting-out passage 87.例文帳に追加The back cover 85 is arranged so as to cover substantially the entire sub-board case 83 and part of the upper side of the main board case 82 from the rear side.

A board mounting base 88 is detachably mounted on the lower back side of the front frame 3. On the back side of the board mounting base 88, a power board case 89 in which a power board 89a is stored, and a payout control board 90a. are detachably attached to the payout board case 90 in which is stored. For example, the power board 89a is provided with a power switch 98 that can be turned on/off from the outside of the power board case 89. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 8(a) is a schematic block diagram of the control system of this pachinko machine. In FIG. 8(a), a main control board (main control means) 82a comprehensively controls the game operation, and includes a game information display means 50 on the game board 16, a normal symbol starting means 61, a first special symbol starting means. Means 62, second special symbol starting means 63, big prize means 64, normal prize means 65, etc. are connected via, for example, a relay board (not shown), etc., and a control command from the main control board 82a is provided below them. A sub-control board (sub-control means) 83a that controls effects such as image display, sound output, lamp light emission, movable body driving, etc. based on, payout control board that controls payout means 31 based on control commands from the main control board 82a 90a is connected with a launch control board 91 for controlling the launching means 17 based on a launch control signal or the like from the payout control board 90a.

Operation means such as the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93, and display means such as the performance information display means 97 are connected to the main control board 82a. As shown in FIG. 7, both the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 are operable from the outside of the main board case 82, and the performance information display means 97 is visible from the outside of the main board case 82. are mounted on the main control board 82a in the state of being in a state. In this embodiment, the RAM clear switch 92, the setting key switch 93, and the performance information display means 97 are all arranged at positions not covered by the back cover 85. FIG.

The RAM clear switch 92 is operated when the RAM is cleared when the power is turned on, and can be pressed from the outside of the main board case 82, and is configured to be OFF when not operated and ON when pressed. ing. The setting key switch 93 is operated to change settings, and can be switched ON/OFF by inserting, for example, a dedicated setting key into a keyhole from the outside of the main circuit board case 82 and rotating it. It's becoming In the present embodiment, by operating the setting key switch 93 or the like, a plurality of setting values corresponding to the probability of a big win, that is, the probability that the first and second special symbols will be in a big win mode (probability of winning in a random number lottery) can be set. It can be changed in steps (here, 6 steps from setting 1 to 6). Details of this setting change and the like will be described later.

The performance information display means 97 constitutes the setting display means 94 and the performance display means 95. For example, the performance information display means 97 is provided with 4-digit 7-segment display portions 97a to 97d, and is visible through the transparent main board case 82. For example, it is attached to the main control board 82a in the main board case 82, functions as the setting display means 94 during the first period, and functions as the performance display means 95 during the second period different from the first period. It's becoming

The setting display means 94 displays setting information indicating a setting value (here, one of settings 1 to 6) in different display modes depending on whether the setting value is yet to be determined. Any one of "1" to "6" and "1." to "6." corresponding to the settings 1 to 6 can be displayed on at least a part of the performance information display means 97, and is fixed during the setting change period. The setting information corresponding to the previous setting value is, for example, "1" to "6" without dots, and the setting information corresponding to the fixed setting value is, for example, with dots during the predetermined period after the setting change period and during the setting confirmation period. can be displayed in "1." to "6.", respectively. Of course, whether or not the set value has not been finalized may be expressed by a difference in display mode (for example, lighting/blinking) other than the presence or absence of dots, or setting information corresponding to the set value before and after finalization may be displayed in the same manner. It may be displayed in any form.

In this embodiment, among the four-digit 7-segment display portions 97a to 97d of the performance information display means 97, the 7-segment display portion 97d on the left end side in the rear view, which is the closest from the front side when the front frame 3 is opened, is Although it is used as the setting display means 94, for example, a 7-segment display part 97a other than the 7-segment display part 97d may be used as the setting display means 94. A 7-segment display section with two or more digits such as , may be used as the setting display means 94 .

The performance display means 95 displays a so-called base value on at least a part of the performance information display means 97, for example, the 7-segment display sections 97a to 97d. The base value is an example of specific information obtained based on game performance, and is calculated, for example, by a formula of "(number of safes in low-probability state)/(number of outs in low-probability state) x 100". Note that the performance display means 95 of this embodiment can switch between and display a plurality of types of base values, for example, four types of real-time base value, first cumulative base value, second cumulative base value, and third cumulative base value. . The real-time base value is a base value in real time during a unit measurement period until the number of outs reaches a predetermined number (for example, 60000). The first to third cumulative base values are cumulative base values in the unit measurement periods one to three times before, respectively. Of course, only real-time base values may be displayed, or one type, two types, or four or more types of accumulated base values may be displayed.

As described above, the RAM clear switch 92, the setting key switch 93, and the performance information display means 97 (the setting display means 94 and the performance display means 95) are all arranged on the rear side of the gaming machine body 1. Since it is necessary to unlock and open the front frame 3 in order to access, the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 cannot be operated by anyone other than those involved in the hall, and the performance information display means 97 ( The display contents of the setting display means 94 and the performance display means 95) cannot be seen either.

In this embodiment, the game information display means 50 and the performance information display means 97 are driven and controlled mainly by a dynamic lighting method. As shown in FIG. 9, the LED common port of the main control board 82a can output 1-byte dynamic lighting common C0-C7 scanning signals, and among them, the dynamic lighting common C0-C3 lines are game information. The lines of the dynamic lighting commons C4 to C7 are connected to the LED groups 50a to 50d of the display means 50 and the 7-segment display portions 97a to 97d of the performance information display means 97, respectively.

In addition, 1-byte dynamic lighting data D10 to D17 and D20 to D27 can be output from the LED data ports 0 and 1 of the main control board 82a, respectively. The lines of the dynamic lighting data D20 to D27 of the LED data port 1 are connected to the LED groups 50a to 50d of the information display means 50 to the 7-segment display portions 97a to 97d of the performance information display means 97, respectively.

In addition, the sub-control board 83a has various effect means to be controlled, for example, the liquid crystal display means 66, the speakers 18 and 25, the first frame movable effect means 26, the second frame movable effect means 27, the blower means 28, the frame In addition to the lamp 114, the board lamp 134, the board movable effect means 67, etc., various operation means such as the effect button 36 that the player can operate, the cross operation means 37, the volume adjustment operation means 38, the light amount adjustment operation means 39, etc., the side unit Connection detection means 99 and the like are connected. The side unit connection detection means 99 detects the connection state of the side unit 29, and is turned ON when the side unit 29 is properly mounted and connected to the front frame 3, and turned OFF otherwise. is configured to

Next, power-on processing (FIGS. 11 and 12) executed in the main control board 82a when the power is turned on will be described. In this power-on process (FIGS. 11 and 12), interrupts such as timer interrupts are disabled (S1), the stack pointer within the area is set (S2), and the built-in WDT (Watchdog Timer) is activated. It starts up (S3) and clears the firing control signal output port (S4).

Next, the startup waiting process (S5 to S8) of the sub-control board 83a is executed. That is, a value corresponding to the sub-board activation waiting time (for example, 2 seconds) is set in a predetermined register (S5), and subtraction processing is performed until the value becomes 0, that is, until the sub-board activation waiting time elapses (S6). ) and the WDT clearing process (S7) are repeatedly executed.

When the sub-board start-up waiting time has passed (S8:=0), a power failure signal monitoring process (S9 to S11) is executed to wait until the power failure signal is turned off. That is, the power failure signal output from the power supply substrate 89a is read twice (S9), and it is determined whether or not the two power failure signal levels match (S10). If the levels do not match (S10: No), the process returns to S9. Even if the levels match (S10: Yes), if the power failure signal is ON (S11: Yes), the process returns to S9. (S11).

When the power failure signal is turned off (S11: No), the protection and prohibition areas of the RAM are invalidated (S12), and the work area is initialized (S13). Here, for example, the power supply abnormality confirmation counter is cleared, and the initial value of 01H is set to the system operation status. Also, a standby screen display command (BA08H) is transmitted to the sub-control board 83a (S14). When the sub-control board 83a receives the standby screen display command (BA08H), a message such as "Please Wait" is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66, for example. Then, the payout control board 90a starts up normally, and waits while clearing the WDT until the power-on signal from the payout control board 90a turns ON (S15, S16).

Then, the process proceeds to S17 to S44. The processing of S17 to S44 includes a "setting change" that executes a setting change process (S20) and a RAM clear process (S21 to S24), and a RAM clear process (S21 to S24) without executing the setting change process (S20). "RAM Clear" to execute "Setting Confirmation" to execute setting confirmation processing (S33 to S40) and backup restoration processing (S41), backup restoration processing (S41) without executing setting confirmation processing (S33 to S40) , and "RAM abnormality", which executes the power-on waiting process (S27 to S29).

Of these five types of processing modes, four types other than "RAM abnormality" are the ON/OFF state of the setting key switch 93, the ON/OFF state of the RAM clear switch 92, and the opening of the door (front frame 3). / is selected according to the closed state combination.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, when both the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 are ON, "setting change" is selected in principle, the RAM clear switch 92 is ON, and the setting key switch 93 is ON. is OFF, "RAM clear" is selected, but even if both the setting key switch 93 and the RAM clear switch 92 are ON, "RAM clear" is selected instead of "setting change" when the door is closed. is selected. Similarly, when the RAM clear switch 92 is OFF and the setting key switch 93 is ON, the "setting confirmation" is selected in principle, and when both the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 are OFF, the "backup However, even if the RAM clear switch 92 is OFF and the setting key switch 93 is ON, if the door is closed, instead of "setting confirmation", "backup recovery" is selected. there is

As described above, in the present embodiment, the situation in which the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 are ON even though the door (front frame 3) is not open is suspected of fraudulent activity. Regarding "setting change" and "setting confirmation", the door is opened as a condition, and if the door is closed, the setting change process (S20) is not executed "RAM clear", setting confirmation process (S33 to S40) are not executed "Backup restore" is to be selected. "RAM clear" and "backup restore", which are not related to the setting change function, are conditioned only on the ON/OFF state of the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93, not on the open/closed state of the door.

In S17 and S18, level data relating to each signal of the RAM clear switch 92 and setting key switch 93 are obtained and saved in the work area (S17), and each signal of the door opening switch 44, RAM clear switch 92 and setting key switch 93 are stored. (hereinafter referred to as door open signal, RAM clear switch signal, setting key switch signal) is acquired (S18).

Then, based on these three signals, it is determined whether or not to select "setting change" as the processing mode (S19). That is, if the door open signal, the RAM clear switch signal, and the setting key switch signal are all ON (S19: Yes), the process proceeds to the setting change process (S20) (see FIG. 10).

In the setting change process (S20), as shown in FIG. 13, first, a setting change start command (BA76H) indicating that the setting change period has started is transmitted (S51). When the sub-control board 83a receives the setting change start command (BA76H), for example, the liquid crystal display means 66 displays "setting change in progress" or the like.

Next, the backup flag is cleared (S52). This is so that if a power failure occurs during the setting change period, it will be determined that there is a backup abnormality in S26, which will be described later, when the power is turned on next time. Also, 02H is set in the system operation status (S53). Note that the initial value of the system operation status is 01H (see S13 in FIG. 11).

Subsequently, the set value data is read from the set value work area of the RAM and set as a set work value in, for example, the W register (S54). In this embodiment, any one of settings 1 to 6 can be selected as a setting value, and any one of 0 to 5 is stored in the setting value work area on the RAM according to the setting value (any of settings 1 to 6). setting value data is stored. Therefore, if the value of the set value work area is normal, the set work value of the W register will be any one of 0-5.

Next, the set working value of the W register is compared with the set maximum value (here, 5) (S55), and if the set work value is greater than the set maximum value (S56: Yes), the set work value of the W register is set to 0 (S57). As a result, when there is an abnormality in the set value data, 0 corresponding to the set 1 can be forcibly set as the set work value.

Subsequently, the security signal output from the external output terminal is set to ON (S58), and the output to the LED common port is cleared (S59). Then, the display pattern data corresponding to the set work value (value of the W register) at that time is output to the LED data port 1 (see FIG. 9) (S60), and the 7-segment display section 97d (setting display means 94) The corresponding LED common port is set to ON (S61). As a result, one of "1" to "6" is displayed on the 7-segment display section 97d according to the set work value (0 to 5) at that time.

Also, a 4 ms wait process (S62) is executed to provide a waiting time of 4 ms. This is because a waiting time of 4 ms is provided here to see whether or not there is a change in each signal in order to create edge data for the RAM clear switch signal and the setting key switch signal in S64, which will be described later.

Subsequently, a power supply abnormality check process (S63) is executed. In this power supply abnormality check process (S63), as shown in FIG. 14, first, the power supply abnormality signal transmitted from the power supply board 89a is read twice (S71). Then, it is determined whether or not the levels of the power failure signals read twice match (S72). If the levels do not match (S72: No), the process returns to S71. ), it is determined whether or not the power failure signal is ON (S73).

If the power failure signal is not ON (normal) (S73: No), the value of the power failure confirmation counter is cleared (S74), and the power failure check process ends.

On the other hand, if the power failure signal is ON (S73: Yes), the value of the power failure confirmation counter is incremented (S75), and whether the value of the power failure confirmation counter after the increment has reached, for example, 2 is determined. is determined (S76). If the value of the power supply abnormality confirmation counter is less than 2 (S76: No), the power supply abnormality check process is terminated.

When the value of the power supply abnormality confirmation counter has reached 2 in S76 (S76: Yes), it is determined that the power supply is abnormal, and a power supply shutdown command (BA33H, BA55H) is transmitted (S77), and the setting change process is not being performed. On this condition, the backup flag is set to ON (=AA55H) (S78, S79). As a result, the backup flag remains OFF (=0000H) when power failure occurs during the setting change process. It should be noted that whether or not the setting change process is in progress can be determined by the system operation status.

Then, the RAM protection is enabled and the prohibited area is disabled (S80). This prohibits data from being written to the RAM in subsequent processing. In addition, output ports such as external terminal ports, sub-ports, solenoid ports, LED common ports, and LED data ports are cleared (S81), timer interrupts are disabled (S82), and infinite loop processing is repeated while clearing WDT. It waits until the power supply voltage drops and the CPU becomes non-operating (S83).

Returning to the setting change process in FIG. 13, the description continues. Following the power supply abnormality check process (S63), the edge data of the RAM clear switch signal and the setting key switch signal are created (S64), and whether or not the setting change end condition is satisfied, that is, the OFF edge of the setting key switch signal is generated. is detected (S65), and if the OFF edge of the setting key switch signal is not detected (S65: No), it is determined whether or not a setting change operation has been performed, that is, the ON edge of the RAM clear switch signal. is detected (S66). As described above, in this embodiment, the RAM clear switch 92 is also used for the setting change operation, and in S66, when the ON edge of the RAM clear switch signal is detected, it is determined that the setting change operation has been performed. ing.

When the ON edge of the RAM clear switch signal is detected in S66 (S66: Yes), the setting work value of the W register is incremented (S67) and the process proceeds to S55. In S55 to S57, if the set work value after the increment is greater than the set maximum value of 5, the set work value is updated to zero. As described above, in this embodiment, every time a setting change operation (operation of the RAM clear switch 92) is performed during the setting change period, the setting work value change processing of S55 to S57 is executed, thereby The setting work value is cyclically changed in the range of 0-5.

Following the processing of S55 to S57, the processing from S58 onwards is performed. Further, when the ON edge of the RAM clear switch signal is not detected in S66 (S66: No), the processing after S58 is performed. Since the processing of S58 to S64 has already been explained, the explanation is omitted here, but by this processing, the display of the setting display means 94 also changes according to the change of the setting work value.

As described above, in the setting change process shown in FIG. 13, as long as the setting key switch 93 is ON, when the setting change operation is performed by the RAM clear switch 92, the processes of S55 to S64 are executed. If not, the processes of S58 to S64 are repeatedly executed. Then, when the setting key switch 93 is switched from ON to OFF and the setting change end condition is satisfied (S65: Yes), the setting change period ends, and the setting work value of the W register is stored in the setting value work area. (S68). As a result, the provisional setting work value changed by operating the RAM clear switch 92 during the setting change period is determined as the setting value data.

Subsequently, the 7-segment display section 97d (setting display means 94) performs a setting confirmation display indicating that the setting value has been confirmed (S69). In this setting confirmation display, one of "1." to "6." is displayed corresponding to the confirmed set value data (any of 0 to 5). That is, by adding ". (dot)" to "1" to "6" without dots that have been displayed until then, it is notified that the set value has been determined. The setting confirmation display on the 7-segment display section 97d (setting display means 94) is performed by turning on the LED common port corresponding to the 7-segment display section 97d, and also by turning on "1." 6.” is output to the LED data port 1 (see FIG. 9).

Also, a setting change end command indicating that the setting change period has ended is transmitted (S70), and the setting change process ends. This setting change end command reflects the determined set value data, and one of the setting change end commands BA70H to BA75H is transmitted according to the set value data.

Returning to the power-on process of FIGS. 11 and 12, the description continues. When the setting change process (S20) ends, the RAM clear process (S21 to S24) is performed. That is, first, a specific range of the work area (RAM within the area) is initialized (S21), and initial values (30 seconds) are set for the RAM clear notification timer and the security signal timer (S22, S23). Initial values are set in part of the RAM (S24).

When the above RAM clear processing (S21 to S24) is completed, the common processing (S42 to S44) that is commonly performed in the four types of processing mode except "RAM abnormality" is performed. In this common processing, various command transmission processing (S42), game state notification information update processing (S43), internal register initial setting processing (S44), and the like are performed. In the command transmission process of S42, first, an initialize command (BA01H) is transmitted, and in the case of "setting change" or "RAM clear", a RAM clear command (BA02H) or the like is transmitted, and "setting confirmation" or "backup restore" is transmitted. In the case of , 1st and 2nd special reserved number designation commands (B0xxH, B1xxH) based on the values of the 1st and 2nd special reserved numbers, set value command (F6xxH) based on set value data, state designation based on game state Send commands (FAxxH to FDxxH) and the like.

Also, in the internal register initial setting process (S44), for example, the system operation status is set to 00H, and the firing control signal is set to ON. As a result, the game ball can be shot using the shooting means 17 .

Returning to S19 in FIG. 11, the description continues. If at least one of the door open signal, RAM clear switch signal, and setting key switch signal is not ON in S19 (S19: No), the process proceeds to RAM abnormality determination processing (S25). In this RAM abnormality determination process (S25), setting value data is obtained from the setting value work area of the internal RAM, and the setting value data is compared with the maximum setting value (here, 5 corresponding to setting 6). If the set value data is larger than the set maximum value (S25: No), it is determined that the RAM is abnormal, and the process proceeds to the power re-on waiting process (S27 to S29).

If the RAM is not abnormal (S25: Yes), the process proceeds to backup abnormality determination processing (S26). In this backup abnormality determination process (S26), it is determined whether or not the backup flag is normal (ON). S29).

As described above, the backup flag is cleared (S52) in the setting change process (FIG. 13), and if a power supply abnormality is detected in the power supply abnormality check process (FIG. 14), the backup flag is set only when the setting change process is not in progress. is set to ON (=AA55H), if a power failure occurs during the setting change period, the backup abnormality determination process (S26) determines that there is a backup abnormality when the power is turned on next time. , power re-on waiting processing (S27 to S29) is executed.

In the power re-on waiting process (S27 to S29), first, a RAM error command (BA7FH) is transmitted (S27). When the sub-control board 83a receives the RAM error command (BA7FH), the liquid crystal display means 66 displays, for example, "RAM error, turn on the power again and set the setting to 1".

Then, an error display (S28) on the 7-segment display section 97d (setting display means 94) and power failure check processing (S29) are infinitely repeated to wait for the power to be turned on again. The error display in S28 is performed by turning ON the LED common port corresponding to the 7-segment display section 97d and outputting the display pattern data corresponding to "E" to the LED data port 1 (see FIG. 9). will be

As described above, in this embodiment, in the case of a RAM abnormality or a backup abnormality, the system is configured to forcibly turn on the power again by shifting to the power-on waiting state. In addition, when the power reactivation waiting process (S27 to S29) is executed due to a RAM abnormality, at least one of the door open signal, RAM clear switch signal and setting key switch signal is not ON in S19 when the power is reactivated next time. Then, it is determined that the RAM is abnormal or the backup is abnormal again, and the process of waiting for re-turning on the power (S27 to S29) is performed. Therefore, when the power is turned on again after waiting for the power to be turned on again, the door (front frame 3) is opened and both the RAM clear switch 92 and the setting key switch 93 are turned on to perform the setting change process (S20). ) is executed, and the setting value must be set to an arbitrary value from settings 1 to 6. Of course, in this case, even if the set value is not set to any value among the set values 1 to 6 by operating the RAM clear switch 92, if the set value is abnormal, the set work value is set to 1 in S55 to S57. Since the corresponding 0 is forcibly set, after executing the setting change process, the setting key switch 93 is switched from ON to OFF without setting the setting value to an arbitrary value among settings 1 to 6. Thus, the setting change end condition is satisfied (S65: Yes), the setting change period ends, and the setting work value of the W register is stored in the setting value work area, thereby recovering from the RAM abnormal state.

Returning to S25 and S26, the description continues. If it is determined in S25 and S26 that there is neither a RAM abnormality nor a backup abnormality, the process proceeds to RAM clear branch determination processing (S30). This RAM clear branch determination process (S30) determines whether or not to select the "RAM clear" processing mode. If the RAM clear switch signal is ON (S30: Yes), the "RAM clear" If the processing mode is selected and the RAM clear processing (S21 to S24) is performed (see FIG. 10), and the RAM clear switch signal is not ON (S30: No), the setting confirmation branch determination processing (S31, S32) is performed. do. The RAM clear processing (S21 to S24) has already been explained.

The setting confirmation branch determination process (S31, S32) is for determining which of the processing modes of "setting confirmation" and "backup restoration" is to be selected. ), if both of these signals are ON (S32: Yes), the processing mode of "setting confirmation" is selected and the setting confirmation processing (S33 to S40) is performed; otherwise (S32: No), When the "backup restore" processing mode is selected, the setting confirmation process (S33 to S40) is skipped, and the backup restore process (S41) is performed (see FIG. 10).

In the setting confirmation process (S33 to S40), first, a setting value command indicating that the setting confirmation period has started is transmitted (S33). The set value data is reflected in this set value command, and one of the set value commands BA60H to BA65H is transmitted according to the set value data. When the sub-control board 83a receives the set value command (BA6xH), the liquid crystal display means 66 displays, for example, "Confirming setting".

Also, the initial value (30 seconds) is set to the security signal timer (S34), and the security signal output from the external output terminal is set to ON (S35). Here, the subtraction of the security signal timer is executed in the timer management process (S93) of the 4ms timer interrupt process. That is, the security signal is always ON and output from the external output terminal during the setting confirmation process, and the security signal is output from the external output terminal for 30 seconds after the setting confirmation process ends. Then, a setting value display process (S36) for displaying the setting value on the 7-segment display section 97d (setting display means 94) is executed. This set value display process (S36) turns ON the LED common port corresponding to the 7-segment display section 97d, and displays display pattern data indicating any one of "1." to "6." according to the set value. This is done by outputting to the LED data port 1 (see FIG. 9).

Also, a 4 ms wait process (S37) for setting a waiting time of 4 ms is executed, and then a power supply abnormality check process (S38) is executed. The 4ms wait process (S37) and the power failure check process (S38) are the same as the 4ms wait process (S62) and the power failure check process (S63) of the setting change process (FIG. 13) already described.

Subsequently, edge data of the setting key switch signal is created (S39), and it is determined whether or not the setting confirmation end condition is satisfied, that is, whether or not the OFF edge of the setting key switch signal is detected (S40). The processing of S35 to S39 is repeated until the OFF edge of the setting key switch signal is detected in S40.

When the OFF edge of the setting key switch signal is detected in S40 (S40: Yes), the setting confirmation period is ended, and the backup restoration process (S41) is performed. In the backup restoration process (S41), a partial area of the internal RAM, such as a backup flag work area and an error-related work area, is initialized. After the backup restoration process (S41), the above-described common process (S42 to S44) is performed.

When the processing of S17 to S44 is completed, the main loop processing (S45 to S48) is performed. In this main loop process, interrupts are prohibited (S45), various random numbers are updated (S46), performance display monitor processing (S47) is executed, and then interrupts are permitted (S48). do. As a result, the timer interrupt process is called and executed at intervals of 4 ms, for example.

Here, the performance display monitor processing (S47) is for calculating the base value to be displayed on the performance display means 95. During the unit measurement period until the number of outs reaches a predetermined number (for example, 60000), the unit A real-time base value is calculated by counting the number of safes in low-probability states and the number of outs in low-probability states during the measurement period, and dividing the former by the latter. In addition, it is necessary to always count the "safe number in low probability state" and "out number in low probability state". You can do it accordingly. Further, when the unit measurement period ends, the real-time base value at that time becomes the new first accumulated base value, and the first and second accumulated base values up to that point become the new second and third accumulated base values, respectively. Become.

Next, the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 15) of the main control board 82a will be described. In this timer interrupt process (FIG. 15), first, a power failure check process (S91) is executed. This power supply abnormality check process (S91) is common to the power supply abnormality check process shown in FIG. 14 already described.

Following the power failure check process (S91), input management process (S92), timer management process (S93), timer interrupt random number management process (S94), error management process (S95), prize ball management process (S96) ).

The input management process (S92) manages information detected by various sensors such as game ball detection means and operation means provided in each winning means. do. Also, here, the winning means in which the game ball has won is grasped based on the input data relating to the winning detection information, and the value of the winning counter corresponding to each winning means is updated.

The timer management process (S93) manages timers used for game control, and decrements the values of various timers by one until they reach zero. It should be noted that the types of timers handled in this timer management process include, in addition to the already-mentioned RAM clear notification timer and security signal timer, a normal symbol timer, a normal electric accessory timer, a special symbol timer, and a special electric accessory timer. , magnetic error notification timer, radio wave error notification timer, winning port error notification timer, normal electric accessory winning timer, normal electric accessory operating timer for test signal, etc.

The timer interrupt random number management process (S94) manages the random numbers associated with each pattern variation, and includes update processing (adding 1) to each random number counter and processing to change the start value of the random number counter every cycle. and

Also, the error management process (S95) manages various errors, and monitors the occurrence of errors based on input data from various sensors and status signals from the payout control board 90a. , transmission of an error command to the sub-control board 83a, and other error processing.

The prize ball management process (S96) manages the prize balls, confirms the prize counter managed by the input management process (S92), and designates the number of prize balls if there is a prize. A payout control command is transmitted to the payout control board 90a. The payout control board 90a that has received the payout control command controls the payout means 31 based on the number of prize balls information included in the payout control command to execute the payout operation for the designated number of prize balls.

Following the prize ball management process (S96), a normal symbol management process (S97), a normal electric auditors management process (S98), a special symbol management process (S99), and a special electric auditors management process (S100) are executed. .

The normal design management process (S97) manages the fluctuation of the normal design by the normal design display means 51, and based on the detection of the game ball by the normal design starter means 61, the normal random number information such as the hit determination random value is displayed. is acquired, and the normal random number information is stored in a first-in first-out storage area with a predetermined upper limit pending number (for example, 4) as a limit, and the normal symbol display means 51 becomes a state in which variable display is possible and one or more On the condition that the normal random number information is stored (the number of normal reserved numbers is 1 or more), the top hit judgment random value is extracted from the queue of the normal random number information, and the hit judgment random value is determined in advance. Hit/lose judgment (hit judgment) is performed according to whether or not it matches the hit judgment value, and based on the hit judgment result, the stop pattern and the fluctuation time after the fluctuation of the normal pattern are selected, and the normal pattern is selected. The normal symbols are changed by the display means 51 .

In addition, the normal electric accessary product management process (S98) manages the normal profit state that opens the second special symbol starting means 63, and the normal symbol display means 51 When the stop pattern after the variation of the normal electric accessory to drive the opening and closing part 78 so as to change the opening and closing part 78 of the second special symbol starting means 63 to the open state according to the predetermined opening and closing pattern. Solenoid control data setting processing for the solenoid is performed.

The special symbol management process (S99) manages the variation of the first and second special symbols by the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54, and the first and second special symbol starting means 62 and 63 Based on the detection of the game ball, first and second special random number information consisting of a jackpot determination random number, a jackpot pattern random number, and other random numbers are obtained, and the first and second special random number information are predetermined. The upper limit pending number (for example, 4 each) is stored in the first-in first-out storage area as a limit, and when the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54 are in a state where variable display is possible, the second special If the reserved number is 1 or more, the head of the jackpot determination random number is taken out from the queue of the second special random number information, and if only the first special reserved number is 1 or more, the head of the jackpot judgment random number is taken out from the queue of the first special random number information, A big-hit determination process for judging big-hit/small-hit/lost (hit-lose lottery) is executed by a random number lottery using the big-hit judgment random value, and the first and second special symbols are stopped according to the big-hit judgment result. A pattern mode, a variation pattern of performance symbols, etc. are determined, and the first and second special symbols are varied by the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54.例文帳に追加

Also, in the special symbol management process, it is possible to execute a prefetch determination process. In this look-ahead determination process, the first and second special random number information obtained when the game ball wins the first and second special symbol starting means 62 and 63 are given predetermined values before being subjected to symbol variation. Timing, for example, at the time of acquisition of the first and second special random number information, pre-reading determination is performed for the big hit determination random number value etc. included in the first and second special random number information. The main control board 82a functions as a prefetch determination means by executing this prefetch determination process.

For example, when the first and second special reservation numbers increase, a reservation addition command corresponding to the result of prefetching determination is transmitted to the sub-control board 83a, and when starting the variation of the first and second special symbols , a pending subtraction command, a variation pattern command corresponding to the variation pattern, and a stop symbol command corresponding to the stop symbol are transmitted to the sub-control board 83a, and the variation time corresponding to the variation pattern from the start of variation of the first and second special symbols. When the variation of the first and second special symbols is stopped after the elapse, a variation stop command is transmitted to the sub-control board 83a. Also, when the variation of the first and second special symbols is completed and both the first and second special reserved numbers are 0 at that time, a waiting-for-customer command (BA04H) is transmitted to the sub-control board 83a.

Here, there are two types of jackpot probabilities, low probability and high probability, which are set to high probability during the variable probability state of the special game states to be described later, and to low probability otherwise. In addition, in this embodiment, the set value can be changed in six steps from setting 1 to 6, and the jackpot probability (low probability and high probability) changes in six steps according to the set value. The big hit probability is higher, for example, as the set value is larger.

In the special symbol management process, when the big hit determination result is a loss, one or a plurality of types of losses (here, two types of loss 1 and 2 shown in FIG. 25) are selected, and the big hit determination result is selected. In the case of a small hit, one or a plurality of types of small wins (here, one type shown in FIG. 25) is selected, and when the big hit determination result is a big hit, one or more types of big wins Here, one of two types of variable probability big hits and non-variable probability big hits shown in FIG. 25 is selected. Here, the probability variable big hit is a big hit that generates a probability variable state (first special game state) as a special game state after the end of the big hit game, and the non-variable probability big hit is a special game state after the end of the big win game, for example, a time saving state. The big hits that cause (second special game state) are distributed based on the big hit symbol random numbers and the like. The main control board 82a functions as special game state generating means for generating a special game state advantageous to the player after the end of the jackpot game (specific game).

During the time saving state, for example, the variation times of the first and second special symbol display means 53 and 54 are switched to a shortened variation time shorter than the normal variation time with respect to the first and second special symbols, and the probability of winning with respect to the normal symbols. is from normal probability to high probability, the fluctuation time is from normal fluctuation time to shortened fluctuation time, the opening and closing pattern of the second special symbol starting means 63 in the normal profit state is from the normal opening and closing pattern (for example, 0.2 seconds × 1 time open) It can be switched to a special opening/closing pattern (for example, opening 2 seconds x 3 times). The time saving state starts when the big win game ends, and ends when, for example, the first and second special symbols fluctuate a predetermined number of times (for example, 50 times) or when the next big win game occurs by then.

Also, during the variable probability state, for example, in addition to switching similar to the time saving state, the probability of a big hit is switched from a low probability to a high probability. Incidentally, the variable probability state starts when the big hit game ends, and ends when the next big hit game occurs, for example.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 24, the variation pattern of the production pattern 80 includes a normal losing variation pattern in which the ready-to-win state is not established and a losing performance mode, a losing performance mode or a big hit performance mode after the ready-to-win state. There is a big hit variation pattern. In addition, the reach failure/jackpot variation pattern includes types such as the normal reach failure/jackpot variation pattern in which the reach production after the reach is established ends with a normal reach production, and the SP reach failure/jackpot variation pattern in which the SP reach production shifts after the normal reach production. Further, for each reach variation pattern, types such as no pseudo, pseudo twice, etc. are provided according to whether or not to execute a pseudo continuous effect, which will be described later. 11 types of variation patterns to be selected in the special symbol management process (S99) of the present embodiment are shown in FIGS. 24, 25 and the like.

Selection of this variation pattern is performed by lottery based on a variation pattern random number and a variation pattern selection table as shown in FIG. In the variation pattern selection table shown in FIG. 25, the distribution rate of each variation pattern (that is, the variation pattern random number range) is set for each type of loss/minor win/big win (here, 5 types in total). In the example of FIG. 25, in the case of loss 2, all the loss variation patterns are selected, whereas in the case of loss 1, only the normal loss variation pattern and the pseudo-no normal reach loss variation pattern are selected. In the case of a small hit, only four types of SP reach loss variation patterns are selected, and the normal loss variation pattern and the normal reach loss variation pattern are excluded from the selection targets. In addition, in the case of the probability variable jackpot, all the jackpot variation patterns are subject to selection, whereas in the case of the non-probability variable jackpot, only four types of SP reach jackpot variation patterns are subject to selection, and the normal reach jackpot is selected. Fluctuation patterns are out of selection targets.

Next, a specific processing procedure of the big-hit determination process in the special symbol management process (S99) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 16 and the big-hit determination table shown in FIG. 17(a). In this big-hit determination process, when the acquired big-hit determination random number is within a predetermined range defined in the big-hit determination table, the winning is won. In addition, the main control board 82a functions as a lottery means for performing a win-lose lottery to determine whether or not to execute a big-hit game (specific game) advantageous to the player by executing this big-hit determination process.

In the big hit determination process (FIG. 16), first, a big hit determination random number is acquired (S111), and depending on whether the special symbol that starts to change is the first/second special symbol, the big hit corresponding to the special symbol is selected. The address of the determination table is acquired (S112). Here, since the big hit probability is the same for the first special pattern and the second special pattern, if there is no small hit or if the small hit probability is the same for the first special pattern and the second special pattern A common jackpot determination table may be used for the first special symbol and the second special symbol.

The jackpot determination table shown in FIG. 17(a) includes "lower limit of jackpot determination value" (lower limit information), "upper limit of low probability jackpot determination value" (upper limit information), "high probability jackpot determination value Upper limit of "(upper limit information), "lower limit of small hit judgment value" (lower limit information), "upper limit of small hit judgment value" (upper limit information), "upper limit of big hit judgment random number" 6 It consists of first to sixth information groups for defining the type of range defining information. In the case of a pachinko machine with no small hits, the fourth and fifth information groups relating to the small hit determination value may be omitted.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B, each information group includes first information indicating whether or not the determination value is different for each setting value (any of settings 1 to 6), and range It consists of the second information indicating the stipulated information, and the third information indicating the value of the big hit flag (low probability/high probability) and the value of the small hit flag.

In the first information, 01H is set when the determination value differs for each set value, and 00H is set otherwise. The value of the range defining information described above is set in the second information, but the number of the second information differs depending on, for example, the first information. There is one (range defining information), and if the first information is 01H, the second information is provided for the number of types of set values (here, six types). In the third information, either 00H/5AH is set for each of the low-probability jackpot flag, the high-probability jackpot flag, and the small hit flag.

In addition, the second information (lower limit information) in the first information group that defines the "lower limit of the big hit determination value" is not the value of the lower limit of the big hit determination value as it is, but a value obtained by subtracting 1 from that value is set. ing. Similarly, the second information (lower limit information) in the fourth information group that defines the "lower limit of the small hit judgment value" is not the value as it is, but the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the value is set.

FIG. 18 shows the distribution of judgment values in the jackpot judgment table shown in FIG. ing. The difference between setting 1 and setting 6 is only the upper limit of the jackpot at low probability and the upper limit of jackpot at high probability, both of which are larger in setting 6 than in setting 1. .

Following S112, the first information indicating whether or not the determination value differs for each set value is acquired from the big hit determination table (S113), and the address is set to the head address of the second information storing the next determination value. change (S114). Then, it is determined whether or not the obtained first information is 00H (S115), and if the first information is 00H (S115:=0), range definition information (second information) is obtained from the current address. However (S118), if the first information is not 00H (S115: ≠ 0), the set value data (one of 0 to 5) is acquired (S116), and the set value data is offset to change the address. After that (S117), range definition information (second information) is acquired from the address (S118).

In the case of the first information group of the big hit determination table shown in FIG. 17(a), the first information is 00H and the second information is only one common to all set values, so S116 and S117 are skipped. At S118, this one piece of second information (lower limit of jackpot determination value -1) is acquired. In the case of the second information group, the first information is 01H, and the second information (upper limit information) is provided in six types corresponding to settings 1 to 6 (specific range definition information). If the set value data (0 to 5) is offset, for example, if the setting is 1, the first second information is obtained with offset = 0, and if the setting is 6, the sixth second information is obtained with offset = 5. (S117, S118).

When the second information (range defining information) is acquired in S118, the value of the second information is compared with the big hit determination random number value acquired in S111 (S119, S120). Then, until it is determined in S120 that the big hit determination random number value is equal to or less than the value of the second information (S120: Yes), the above-described processing of S113 to S120 is sequentially executed for each information group in the big hit determination table. .

While repeating the processing of S113 to S120, when it is determined that the jackpot determination random number value is equal to or less than the value of the second information in S120 (S120: Yes), the third information in the information group, ie, the low-probability jackpot flag , each value of the high-probability big hit flag and the small hit flag is acquired (S121), and the big hit determination process ends.

When using the jackpot determination table shown in FIG. 17(a), for example, if the jackpot determination random value is 9000, the jackpot determination random value (9000) is the second information (10000 in this case) in S120 targeting the first information group. ) is determined to be less than or equal to That is, since the big hit determination random number value is smaller than the lower limit value of the big hit determination value, the big hit determination result is a failure (see FIGS. 18A and 18B). 00H is set to all of the big hit flag and the small hit flag.

Also, for example, if the jackpot determination random number value is 11700 and the setting value is 6 (setting 6), the jackpot determination random number value (11700) is the second information (here, setting 6) in S120 for the third information group corresponding 12000) or less. That is, since the big hit determination random number value is greater than the lower limit value of the big hit determination value and less than the high probability upper limit value, the big hit determination result is a high probability big hit (see FIG. 18(b)), and in S121 the high probability time. 5AH is set to the big hit flag, and 00H is set to the low probability big hit flag and the small hit flag.

Also, for example, if the big hit determination random number value is 19000, it is determined in S120 for the fourth information group that the big hit determination random number value (19000) is equal to or less than the second information (here, 20000). That is, since the big hit determination random number value is larger than the high probability upper limit value of the big hit determination value and smaller than the lower limit value of the small hit determination value, the result of the big hit determination is lost (Fig. 18 (a), (b) See), in S121, 00H is set to all of the low-probability big-hit flag, the high-probability big-hit flag and the small-hit flag.

As described above, in the jackpot determination table (FIG. 17(a)) of the present embodiment, the specific range definition information (the upper limit of the low-probability jackpot determination value, the high-probability jackpot determination value (upper limit) is provided in correspondence with the set value, and in the big hit determination process (Fig. 16), based on the offset according to the set value, specific range stipulation information is acquired from the big hit determination table It is configured.

By the way, although the pachinko machine in which the set value can be changed in six steps is exemplified in the present embodiment, the jackpot determination process shown in FIG. 16 can also correspond to a pachinko machine with only one set value. That is, in the present embodiment, a program for judging a big hit is used for a model in which the setting value can be changed in a plurality of steps (there are multiple steps in the setting value) and a model in which the setting value cannot be changed (the setting value is in only one step). can be made common.

When executing the big-hit determination process shown in FIG. 16 with a model having only one set value, the big-hit determination table is configured as shown in FIG. 19, for example. The big hit determination table (for setting 1 stage) shown in FIG. 19 differs from the big hit determination table (for setting 6 stages) shown in FIG. The only difference is that a dummy data group is provided after the (shaded portion in FIG. 19).

That is, in the second and third information groups of the big hit determination table (for setting 1 stage) shown in FIG. Only one piece of second information (specific range defining information) is set. In the big hit determination process (FIG. 16) of this embodiment, when the first information is 01H (S115: ≠ 0), the setting value data (any of 0 to 5) is obtained (S116), and the setting value data After changing the address as an offset (S117), the second information (specific range defining information) is acquired from that address (S118). Since 0 is set in the value data, in the repeated processing of S113 to S120 targeting the second and third information groups, the first (that is, the only) second information (specific range stipulated information) is acquired (S117, S118), it is possible to normally execute the jackpot determination process.

In addition, in the big hit determination table (for setting 1 stage) shown in FIG. 19, in order to make the data size the same as the big hit determination table (for setting 6 stages) shown in FIG. A dummy data group having a data amount (2 bytes.times.5.times.2) corresponding to the second information corresponding to settings 2 to 6 omitted in the second and third information groups is provided.

As for the big hit determination table shown in FIG. 19, even if the first information of the second and third information groups is changed to 00H, the big hit determination process (FIG. 16) is executed normally, and the determination result does not change. . However, in this case, there is a problem that S116 and S117 of the big hit determination process (FIG. 16) are not executed at all (there is an unused program). That is, in this case, even if it seems that a common jackpot determination processing program is used for a model that can change the setting value in multiple stages and a model that has only one stage of setting value, the setting value is only one stage. Since unused programs exist when used in different models, it cannot be said that the big hit judging processing programs used in both models are substantially the same.

In addition, in the above-described model having only one level of setting values, only one set value data such as 0 is stored in the setting value work area of the RAM. The display unit 97d) not only displays the setting information corresponding to the setting value data but also displays an error such as "E". In this way, since information other than setting information can be displayed on the setting display means 94, it is possible to confirm whether or not the setting display means 94 is operating normally.

The special electric role product management process (S100) manages the big winning game and the small winning game that open the big winning means 64. When the stop pattern after the change of the is a big win mode (specific mode), the big win release pattern is used, and the result of the big win determination is a small win, and after the change of the first and second special symbol display means 53, 54 So as to open the big winning means 64 in the small winning opening pattern when the stop pattern becomes a small winning mode, so as to perform the setting processing of the solenoid control data for the big winning opening solenoid for driving the opening/closing plate 79. It's becoming In addition, the main control board 82a functions as a specific game execution means for executing a jackpot game (specific game) advantageous to the player by executing this special electric role product management process (S100).

Following the special electric accessary product management process (S100), the right-handed information management process (S101) performs necessary processing for performing right-handed notification and the like. The right-handed notification is for notifying that it is a right-handed advantageous period (for example, during a jackpot game and during a special game state) in which so-called right-handed hitting is advantageous for the player. Of course, not only the notification of hitting to the right, but also the notification of hitting to the left, which notifies that it is a period in which hitting to the left is advantageous for the player, may be executed.

Next, LED management processing (S102) is performed. This LED management process (S102) is for managing light emission of LEDs constituting the game information display means 50, performance display means 95 (performance information display means 97), etc. As shown in FIG. and clear the LED data port (S131), and update (increment) the LED output counter (S132). Then, common data corresponding to the value of the LED output counter is selected from the LED common output selection table (FIG. 21) (S133), and the common data is output to the LED common port (S134).

In the LED common output selection table of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 9, the first common data that turns on the commons C0 and C4 and the second common data that turns on the commons C1 and C5 data, third common data that turns on common C2 and common C6, and fourth common data that turns on common C3 and common C7. The four common data are cyclically selected in that order as the LED output counter increments.

As a result, the lighting target of the game information display means 50 sequentially changes in the order of the LED group 50a→50b→50c→50d→50a→ . The lighting target of the performance information display means 97) sequentially changes in the order of the 7-segment display portion 97a→97b→97c→97d→97a→ . . . As described above, in this embodiment, common data is simultaneously output to the commons C0 to C3 for the game information display means 50 and the commons C4 to C7 for the performance display means 95. FIG. However, with respect to the performance display means 95, this LED management processing only outputs common data, and the output of LED data to the LED data port 1 connected to the performance display means 95 is performed later in the out-of-use area processing (S105). ).

Subsequently, LED data for the game information display means 50 corresponding to the selected LED common is created (S135). That is, LED data for one of the LED groups 50a to 50d of the game information display means 50 is created corresponding to one of the commons C0 to C3 (FIG. 21). Then, the LED data is output to the selected LED data port (here, the LED data port 0 connected to the game information display means 50) (S136), and the LED management process is terminated. As a result, the four LED groups 50a to 50d of the game information display means 50 can be turned on while being sequentially switched every 4 ms.

Following the above LED management processing (S102), external terminal management processing (S103) and solenoid management processing (S104) are performed. In the external terminal management process (S103), the operating state information of the pachinko machine is output to an external device such as a hall computer through an external output terminal provided on the back side of the front frame 3. In addition, in the solenoid management process (S104), based on the solenoid control data set in the normal electric auditors management process (S98) and the special electric auditors management process (S100), the normal electric auditors solenoid and the big winning opening solenoid Controls output of the excitation signal.

Subsequently, out-of-use area processing (S105) is performed. In the out-of-use-area processing (S105), as shown in FIG. 22, first, all registers are saved to the stack (S141), the stack pointer for normal processing is saved (S142), and the stack outside the use area is stored in the stack pointer. A pointer address is set (S143).

Then, the display content of the performance display means 95 is updated by the display content update process (S144), and the LED data corresponding to the four 7-segment display portions 97a to 97d constituting the performance display means 95 are created. In the performance display means 95, after an operation confirmation display that repeats all lighting and all extinguishing is performed for a predetermined operation confirmation time (for example, about 5 seconds), it is calculated in the performance display monitor process (S47 in FIG. 12). A plurality of types of base values (here, four types of real-time base values and first to third cumulative base values) are cyclically displayed every predetermined time (for example, 4.8 seconds).

The four 7-segment display units 97a to 97d (FIGS. 7 and 9) constituting the performance display means 95, for example, the upper two digits of the 7-segment display units 97d and 97c indicate the type of base value (real-time base value, first to 3rd accumulated base value), etc., and the lower two-digit 7-segment display portions 97b and 97a serve as numerical display portions for displaying the numerical value of the base value.

The base value is measured for each unit measurement period until the out count reaches a predetermined number (here, 60000). Instead of starting from , it starts after a predetermined pre-measurement period elapses (for example, when the out number reaches a predetermined number (here, 300)).

During the real-time base value display period, for example, the real-time base value is displayed on the identification display section as "bL." However, depending on whether or not the number of outs in the unit measurement period at that time has reached a predetermined threshold (for example, 6000), the display mode of "bL." It's like For example, the base value is rounded off to the first decimal place and displayed in the numeric display. If the value after rounding is three digits or more, "99." will be displayed in the numeric display to indicate overflow. do.

Further, during the display period of the first to third cumulative base values, the identification display section displays, for example, "b1." to "b3." The first to third cumulative base values at the time are displayed, but if the first to third cumulative base values have not yet been obtained, for example, "b1." to "b3." At the same time, "--" is displayed on the numerical display. For example, since none of the first to third cumulative base values are obtained until the first unit measurement period ends after the power is first turned on, the performance display means during the first to third cumulative base value display periods The display of 95 is "b1.--" to "b3.--".

During the pre-measurement period (the number of output items is less than 300) before the first unit measurement period starts, "bL.", "b1." to "b3." Then, for example, "--" is illuminated on the numerical display.

Following the display content update process (S144), the out-of-use area LED update process (S145) is performed. In this out-of-use area LED update process (S145), as shown in FIG. 23, first, the value of the LED output counter is obtained (S151). This LED output counter is used for common data selection in the LED management process of FIG. Then, based on the value of the LED output counter, from the LED data corresponding to the 7-segment display sections 97a to 97d created in the display content update process (S144), to the common selected in the LED management process (FIG. 20) The corresponding LED data is selected (S152).

For example, when the common C4 is turned on in the LED management process, the LED data corresponding to the 7-segment display section 97a is selected, and when the common C7 is turned on in the LED management process, the 7-segment display section The LED data corresponding to 97d is selected. In this way, since a common LED output counter is used for selecting the commons C4 to C7 in the LED management process and for selecting the LED data in the out-of-use area LED updating process, the LED data corresponding to the selected common can be easily and reliably selected, and the program capacity can be reduced.

Then, the LED data selected in S152 is output to the LED data port 1 connected to the performance display means 95 (S153), and the out-of-use area LED updating process ends.

Following the above out-of-use area LED update process (S145), out-of-area SW detection information storage process (S146) and test firing test signal update process (S147) are executed, and then the stack pointer during normal processing is restored ( S148), all registers are restored from the stack (S149), and the out-of-use area processing ends.

Returning to the timer interrupt processing in FIG. 15, the description continues. When the out-of-use area processing (S105) described above ends, the WDT is cleared (S106), and the timer interrupt processing ends.

Next, the control operation of the sub-control board (rendering control means) 83a will be described. The sub-control board 83a includes the liquid crystal display means 66, the speakers 18 and 25, the frame lamp 114, the board lamp 134, the first frame movable effect means 26, the second frame movable effect means 27, the blower means 28, the board movable effect means 67, and the like. As shown in FIG. 8B, special reservation number display control means 101, pre-reading notice effect control means 102, symbol fluctuation effect control means 103, normal notice effect control means 104 , jackpot effect control means 105 and the like.

The special reserved quantity display control means 101 controls the display of the first and second special reserved quantities on the liquid crystal display means 66. Corresponds to the first reserved images X1 to X4 for the number (maximum 4), the second reserved images Y1 to Y4 for the second special reserved number (maximum 4), and the first and second special symbols during fluctuation It is configured to display on the liquid crystal display means 66 a pending image Z during fluctuation.

In the present embodiment, since the reserved memory of the second special symbol is preferentially digested over the reserved memory of the first special symbol, the second special symbol side is prioritized with respect to the reserved display, and as shown in FIG. The second reserved images Y1 to Y4 are partially overlapped and displayed in front of the reserved images X1 to X4. When a pending addition command relating to the first and second special pending numbers is received from the main control board 82a, one additional display of the first and second pending images X1-, Y1- is displayed at the end of the queue. Also, when receiving a pending subtraction command related to the first and second special pending numbers from the main control board 82a, the first and second pending images X1 ~, Y1 ~ toward the front side of the queue one by one Along with shifting, the first and second retained images X1 and Y1 pushed out are moved to a predetermined position, for example, and changed to a suspended image Z during variation. In the present embodiment, the display color (display mode) of the first and second pending images X1 ~, Y1 ~, and the changing pending image Z is set to, for example, "white" by default, and when executing the pending change notice described later is changed in accordance with the scenario selected by the look-ahead announcement effect control means 102.

The pre-reading notice effect control means 102 controls the pre-reading notice effect. The look-ahead notice performance is based on the result of look-ahead determination by the main control board 82a, and whether or not the stop symbols after the change of the first and second special symbols become the first and second big win modes and a big win game occurs. Based on the result of the pre-reading determination, the pattern variation (target variation) corresponding to the special random number information that is the target of the pre-reading determination (in the pre-reading zone). There are "continuous notice" to execute the effect, "hold change notice" to change the display mode (see FIG. 5) of the first and second hold images X1-, Y1-(see FIG. 5) based on the result of pre-reading determination, etc. .

The symbol variation effect control means 103 controls the display of the effect symbol 80 and the accompanying sound output, lamp light emission, etc. When a variation pattern command is received from the main control board 82a, the specified variation pattern is performed. Based on various scenarios such as the corresponding variation pattern scenario and the normal notice effect scenario selected by the normal notice effect control means 104, the change of the effect pattern 80 and the accompanying sound output, lamp emission, etc. are started, and the change stop command is received. Then, the stop pattern selected on the basis of the stop pattern command and the fluctuation pattern command stops the variation of the performance pattern 80, and the accompanying voice output, lamp light emission, etc. are stopped.

The normal notice effect control means 104 controls the normal notice effect. The normal notice effect notifies the possibility that a predetermined event will occur (for example, the reliability of the big hit) during the pattern fluctuation based on the big hit determination result of the big hit determination process on the main control board 82a side. SU notice,” “timer notice,” “pseudo continuous effect,” “button effect,” “word notice,” “information notice,” “rainbow effect,” and the like.

"SU notice" is a predetermined effect step including display of effect pattern 80 on liquid crystal display means 66 during fluctuation of the first and second special symbols, depending on the reliability of the big hit etc. This is an effect that is executed up to a predetermined stage out of the five stages of SU5), and is set so that the reliability of the big hit or the like increases as the stage of the effect step progresses. The "timer notice" is, for example, an effect in which a timer image is displayed at a predetermined timing on the liquid crystal display means 66 to measure time (for example, countdown). It is

In addition, "pseudo-continuous effect" is an effect in which pseudo-symbol variations are executed a plurality of times by the effect symbol 80 while the first and second special symbols fluctuate once, and the effect symbol 80 temporarily stops at a predetermined pseudo-continuous symbol. (For example, a temporary stop at a pseudo-continuous pattern in which the middle symbol is a symbol of "@") When a pseudo-continuous continuation effect such as is executed, a new pseudo-symbol fluctuation is started, and a pseudo-symbol fluctuation It is set so that the larger the number of times (pseudo number of times), the higher the reliability of the big hit.

In addition, "button effect" (operation effect) is an effect that requires the player to operate the effect button (operation means) 36, and one or more conditions including the case where the effect button 36 is operated during the operation valid period. By executing a predetermined result effect based on the establishment of any one of them, the reliability of the big hit or the like is notified. During the effective operation period, an LED (not shown) provided on the effect button 36 emits light, and an operation guide image 141 for prompting the player to operate the effect button 36 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 . As shown in FIG. 26, the operation guidance image 141 is composed of a button image or the like indicating the effect button 36 to be operated.

As for this button effect (operating means), for example, depending on the difference in the operation mode required of the player, when the effect button 36 is operated once, a result effect is executed. When the effect execution condition is satisfied based on the fact that the effect execution condition is satisfied based on being pressed (operated), the result effect is executed. A long press button effect or the like for executing a result effect can be considered. In the case of repeated button effects, it is desirable that the operation guidance image 141 notifies the type of button effects, such as by forming the operation guidance image 141 with a button image and the characters "Continue Hit!"

Both the "serif notice" and the "information notice" are directed to display character information on the liquid crystal display means 66, and inform the reliability of the big hit according to the type of the character information. The text information displayed is the lines spoken by the character, etc., and is related to the reliability of the big hit ("Do your best", "Chance", etc.), whereas the text information displayed in the "information notice" Both are different in that the content is not limited to the content related to the reliability of the big hit, such as an explanatory text related to the game or the effect ("Press the button when the button appears", etc.).

In addition, "rainbow effect" (rainbow color effect, gradation effect) is intended to inform the confirmation of awarding of benefits to the player (for example, confirmation of winning (confirmation of jackpot) regarding the result of a winning lottery as to whether or not to execute a jackpot game). A rainbow image effect (rainbow image effect, gradation image effect) for displaying a rainbow image (rainbow color image) on the liquid crystal display means 66, a frame lamp 114, a board lamp 134, a movable accessory lamp 124, etc., and a front frame ( There is a rainbow light emission effect (rainbow color light emission effect, gradation light emission effect) in which light emitters arranged at a predetermined portion including the gaming machine frame 3 emit light in a rainbow light emission pattern (rainbow color light emission pattern). Of course, the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect can be executed in parallel with each other, and either one of them can be executed independently. In the following explanation, the execution mode in which both the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect are executed is the "combined execution mode", the execution mode in which only the rainbow image effect is executed is the "image single execution mode", and the rainbow light emission effect. An execution mode in the case of executing only light emission is referred to as a "light emission single execution mode".

The rainbow image effect includes a full rainbow image effect (FIG. 27(a)) in which a full image displayed on substantially the entire surface of the liquid crystal display means 66 is displayed in rainbow colors, and a full rainbow image effect (FIG. 27(a)) in which the image is displayed on a part of the screen of the liquid crystal display means 66. There is a partial rainbow image effect (FIG. 27(b)) in which a partial image made up of characters, figures, characters, etc. is displayed in rainbow colors. It's wide. Since color display is not possible in the patent drawings, the rainbow color gradation is simply expressed in black and white gradation in the drawings of the present application.

In the full rainbow image effect shown in FIG. 27(a), the background image (full image) is displayed in rainbow colors, and the characters and other partial images are superimposed and displayed in front of the rainbow background image. In addition to the background image, at least a part of the partial image in front of the background image may also be the rainbow image. Further, the rainbow background image shown in FIG. 27(a) has a rainbow color such that the colors change in the circumferential direction around a predetermined point (here, the center point of the screen) on the screen as shown in FIG. 28(a). are distributed. Here, the liquid crystal display means 66 of the present embodiment is configured to be capable of full-color display of about 16.77 million colors, and each pixel of the liquid crystal display means 66 is composed of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. ” as well as intermediate colors can be faithfully reproduced, so the rainbow colors of the rainbow background image are displayed with smooth gradation. Also, when the color is changed in the circumferential direction around a predetermined point as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 27A, a character image is displayed so as to overlap the predetermined point so that the vicinity of the predetermined point cannot be visually recognized. Also, the predetermined point does not have to be the center point of the screen.

Note that the rainbow background image in FIG. 28(a) was changed in color in the circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined point on the screen, but a predetermined point on the screen (for example, on the screen) is changed like the rainbow background image in FIG. 28(b). center point) as a center. As shown in FIG. 28(a), the full-surface rainbow image effect using a rainbow background image with color changes in the circumferential direction spreads radially. is suitable for displaying or stopping a movable body. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 28(b), the full-screen rainbow image effect using the rainbow background image in which the color changes in the radial direction is circular. Suitable for stopping.

In addition, the rainbow background images shown in FIGS. 28(a) and 28(b) continuously change the display color with respect to the position, and also continuously change the display color with respect to time. . That is, as shown in FIG. 29, all the pixels forming the rainbow background image may be controlled so that the display colors return to the original display colors in a predetermined period of time (for example, 3 seconds). This causes the rainbow colors to flow clockwise or counterclockwise in the case of FIG. 28(a), and the rainbow colors to flow radially outward or inward in the case of FIG. 28(b). Is displayed. In this way, by continuously changing the display color of the rainbow background image not only with respect to the position but also with respect to time, the portion of the rainbow background image that can be visually recognized by the player is narrow or biased. Even if there is a rainbow image, it is possible for the player to easily recognize that it is a rainbow image. Thus, the full rainbow image effect shown in FIG. 27(a) is an example of a second gradation image effect in which the display color is changed continuously with respect to at least time out of position and time.

In the partial rainbow image effect shown in FIG. 27(b), the character (partial image) of "Congratulations" displayed on the screen is a rainbow image, and the inside of the character is displayed in rainbow colors. Also, in the rainbow image of FIG. 27(b), the colors change in the left-right direction along the arrangement of the characters "Congratulations!". In the case of this partial rainbow image effect, unlike the full rainbow image effect shown in FIG. 27(a), the display color does not change with time. Thus, the partial rainbow image effect shown in FIG. 27(b) is an example of a first gradation image effect in which the display color is changed continuously or stepwise only with respect to position or time.

In contrast to the above rainbow image effect by the liquid crystal display means 66, the rainbow light emission effect by the frame lamp 114, the board lamp 134, the movable accessory lamp 124, etc. is achieved by the LEDs dispersedly arranged on the front frame 3 and the game board 16 emitting multicolor light. By doing so, the lens body, such as the decorative cover on the front side, emits rainbow colors. Light emission control in the rainbow light emission pattern in this rainbow light emission effect will be described by taking the movable accessory lamp 124 as an example. As shown in FIG. 30, the movable accessory lamp 124 of the present embodiment is behind the decoration light-emitting portion 123 composed of horizontal characters of "Kappa Densetsu" arranged on the front side of the movable accessory 67a (FIG. 5). Correspondingly, seven sets of LEDs 121a to 121g are arranged along the character arrangement direction, for example, from the left end side to the right end side of the character string at approximately equal intervals. The seven sets of LEDs 121a to 121g are arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction perpendicular to the character arrangement direction (vertical direction in this case).

The seven sets of LEDs 121a to 121g are lit according to a rainbow lighting pattern as shown in FIG. That is, the color of the LED 121a is sequentially cyclically changed at predetermined time intervals like red→orange→yellow→green→blue→indigo→purple→red→ . . . The color of the adjacent LED 121c is shifted from yellow to green by shifting by one step from the LED 121b. → blue → indigo → purple → red → orange → yellow → . The colors are changed in the order of orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple, red, and so on. As a result, the decorative light-emitting portions 123 on the front side of the LEDs 121a to 121g emit light in a light-emitting pattern in which the colors forming the rainbow flow from right to left (change in display color with respect to position and time), as shown in FIG. ).

In this way, in the rainbow light emission effect, by lighting the intermittently arranged LEDs in seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, a simple lighting data using a small amount of lighting data can be obtained. Lighting control enables the front lens body to emit light with rainbow color gradation. On the other hand, in this rainbow light emission effect, each LED lights up in one of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, and the middle part where there is no LED is the light of a plurality of LEDs existing in the vicinity. In contrast to the above-mentioned rainbow image production, all the pixels that make up the rainbow image are not only the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, but also the intermediate colors. It is designed to reproduce. Thus, the number of colors forming the rainbow light emission pattern in the rainbow light emission effect is smaller than the number of colors forming the rainbow image in the rainbow image effect. Also, in the rainbow light emission effect, the LEDs are often not uniformly arranged. Therefore, the rainbow image effect is superior to the rainbow light emission effect in terms of the smoothness of the rainbow color gradation and the color reproducibility.

33 shows the rainbow light emission pattern of the frame lamp 114, and FIG. 34 shows the rainbow light emission pattern of the board lamp 134, respectively. In the example of FIG. 33, the light emission pattern is such that the rainbow colors flow from bottom to top, but the direction of color change in the frame lamp 114 is arbitrary. In the example of FIG. 34, the rainbow colors flow clockwise along the outer circumference of the liquid crystal display means 66. However, the color change direction of the board lamp 134 is arbitrary. The color may change in the direction. 33 and 34, the entire frame lamp 114 and the entire board lamp 134 are integrally configured to emit light in one rainbow light emission pattern. Each of these regions may be made to emit light in a separate rainbow emission pattern.

Each of the various normal notice effects described above can be executed independently, or can be executed by combining a plurality of types of effects. In the present embodiment, during the normal fluctuation before the ready-to-win is established, it is possible to execute a "normal fluctuation dialogue announcement" that combines the dialogue announcement with the button effect and the rainbow effect. It is possible to execute the "hitting branch button effect" that combines the effect with the rainbow effect.

In the normal fluctuating speech announcement, when the performance button 36 is pressed during a predetermined operation valid period, a plurality of types of speech such as "do your best", "chance", "congratulations", etc. according to the reliability of the big win. is displayed on the screen, and among those lines, "Congratulations" can appear only in the case of a big hit variation pattern, and the text part is a rainbow color gradation It is designed to be displayed (rainbow image effect). It should be noted that the rainbow image effect in this normal fluctuating dialogue announcement is an example of the first rainbow color image effect and the first rainbow color effect performed before the win-lose branch effect of whether or not to give the privilege.

In addition, in the win/lose branch button presentation, when the presentation button 36 is pressed during a predetermined operation valid period, either a post-success presentation or a post-failure presentation is executed in accordance with the pattern variation result of big win/lost. In the case of a big hit, the rainbow performance (rainbow image performance and rainbow light emission performance) is executed during the period from the operation of the performance button 36 to the start of the post-success performance. It should be noted that the rainbow effect in this win-lose split button effect is an example of the second rainbow color effect that is performed after the win-lose split effect, and the rainbow image effect that constitutes the rainbow effect is the second rainbow effect that is performed after the win-lose split effect. This is an example of color image rendering.

When the normal notice effect control means 104 starts to change the effect pattern 80, that is, when receiving a variation pattern command or the like from the main control board 82a, the normal notice effect control means 104 determines whether or not to execute various normal notice effects as described above, and whether or not to execute them. A normal notice effect selection process for selecting the type etc. is executed.

FIG. 35 shows an example of a normal fluctuating speech announcement selection table used in the above-described normal fluctuation speech announcement selection process. In the present embodiment, in the selection process of the dialogue notice during this normal fluctuation, different selection tables are used during the special game state (probability variation / time saving state) and during the other normal game state. 35(a) shows the dialog announcement selection table during the normal game state, and FIG. 35(b) shows the dialog announcement selection table during the special game state.

As shown in FIG. 35, there are nine types of normal fluctuating speech announcements of this embodiment, NS0 to NS8 (where NS0 indicates no speech announcement non-execution), and in the normal fluctuation speech announcement selection table, The apportionment rate of these advance notices NS0 to NS8 is set for each variation pattern. It should be noted that the variation pattern shown in FIG. 35 does not include the pseudo-no normal reach jackpot variation pattern in the case of non-probability variation, but this is because in the variation pattern selection table shown in FIG. This is because the variation pattern is not selected.

Of the 8 types of dialogue notices NS1 to NS8 excluding NS0 (non-execution), NS1 to NS3 are the first of two pseudo pattern fluctuations (including normal fluctuations without pseudo). It is to be executed, and the lines of "Do your best", "Chance", and "Congratulations" are displayed. In addition, the dialogue notices NS4 to NS8 execute the dialogue notices in both of the two pseudo pattern variations, and the combinations of the two dialogues are "Do your best" / "Do your best", "Do your best" / "Chance", " Chance"/"Chance", "Go for it"/"Congratulations", and "Chance"/"Congratulations".

Since the second pseudo symbol variation is not carried out for the non-pseudo variation pattern including the normal deviation variation pattern, the dialogue notices NS4 to NS8 are excluded from the selection targets. In addition, since the speech notices NS3, NS7, and NS8 displaying the speech "Congratulations" are rainbow image effects, they are selected only in the case of the big hit variation pattern. Note that each line other than "congratulations" is displayed in a predetermined color other than rainbow, such as black for "do your best" and red for "chance".

In addition, in the example of FIG. 35(a), the speech notices NS3, NS7, and NS8, which are rainbow image productions, are subject to selection in the case of any of the definite variable/non-definite variable hits in the case of the no-pseudo variation pattern. On the other hand, in the case of the pseudo double variation pattern, only the probability variable jackpot is selected, and the non-probability variable jackpot is not selected. This is because when the number of pseudo-runs is large, the player's expectation for the big hit as well as the probability variation is high. This is so that when the rainbow effect appears, the probability variable jackpot is confirmed.

Also, in the example of FIG. 35, during the normal game state (FIG. 35(a)), the speech announcements NS3, NS7, and NS8, which are rainbow image effects, are a definite variable jackpot (first privilege) and a non-variable jackpot (second privilege). (However, in the case of a non-probability variation jackpot, only when there is no pseudo), while in the special normal game state (probability variation, time-saving state) (Fig. 35 (b)) , Dialog notices NS3, NS7, and NS8, which are rainbow image effects, are subject to selection only in the case of a variable probability jackpot (first score), and are not subject to selection in the case of a non-variability jackpot (second privilege). This is because during the special game state (especially during the variable probability state), the player's expectations for the variable probability big hit are higher than during the normal game state, so this is to be dealt with.

Next, the effect contents of the win-lose branch button effect and the announcement of the dialogue during normal fluctuation will be described more specifically. First, a specific example of the hit/drop branch button effects NB1 and NB2 executed in the SP reach A and B (see *1 in FIG. 24) of the big hit variation pattern will be described. Incidentally, the hit/fall branch button effects NB1 and NB2 are executed in both cases of the probability variable jackpot (first privilege) and the non-probability variable jackpot (second privilege).

In the win-lose branch button effect NB1 in the SP reach A, as shown in FIG. The button push performance is a production that arouses the player's expectation by notifying that the button operation will be possible soon, and a button push image 142 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66.例文帳に追加The button-flashing image 142 is composed of, for example, a character image 142a with a pretended face and a character image 142b such as "If you make the character laugh, you will win big!" At this time, the left and right performance symbols 80 already stopped in the ready-to-win state are reduced and displayed on the peripheral portion of the screen. While the effect pattern 80 is changing, the mini-symbol 140 corresponding to the effect pattern 80 is always displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66. Details of the mini-symbol 140 will be described later.

Following the button-flicking effect, an operation guide image 141 for prompting the player to operate the effect button 36 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66, and an operation effective period with a predetermined time as the upper limit is started. Note that the button effect is a one-shot button effect that executes a result effect when the effect button 36 is operated once. Therefore, the operation guidance image 141 is a one-hit operation guidance image 141a corresponding to the one-hit button effect. The one-hit operation guidance image 141a is composed only of a button image showing the effect button 36, for example. Then, when the player presses the production button 36 during the valid operation period, the valid operation period ends at that time, and the rainbow production, which means that the big win is confirmed, starts (FIG. 36(b1)). In this rainbow effect, a rainbow image effect and a rainbow light emission effect are executed in parallel (combined execution mode).

First, in the rainbow image effect, the background image of the liquid crystal display means 66 becomes a rainbow background image 143, and a smiling character image 144 or the like is displayed in front of the rainbow background image 143 (overall rainbow image effect). The rainbow background image 143 is displayed in rainbow colors whose colors change in the circumferential direction around a predetermined point on the screen (here, the center point of the screen), and the color distribution of the rainbow colors changes over time. It is designed to change around (second gradation image effect). The character image 144 is superimposed on the front side of the rainbow background image 143 so as to hide the central point (predetermined point) of the rainbow background image 143 .

Also, in the rainbow light emission effect, as shown in FIG. 37, the movable accessory lamp 124, the board lamp 134 and the frame lamp 114 each emit light in a rainbow light emission pattern. The rainbow light emission pattern of the movable accessory lamp 124 changes color along the arrangement of characters, for example, flowing from right to left, and the rainbow light emission pattern of the board lamp 134 rotates clockwise along the outer circumference of the liquid crystal display means 66. The colors change in a flowing manner, and the rainbow light emission pattern of the frame lamp 114 changes in a flowing manner from bottom to top.

Here, in the rainbow effect according to this composite execution mode, both the color distribution of the rainbow background image 143 in the rainbow image effect and the color distribution of the rainbow light emission pattern in the rainbow light emission effect change over time. They are controlled to change independently without synchronizing with each other. That is, the rainbow background image 143 on the liquid crystal display means 66 rotates clockwise around a predetermined point (center point), while the movable accessory lamp 124 rotates leftward in the horizontal direction. The lamps 114 are arranged such that the colors of the rainbow change upward in the vertical direction (different directions of change), and their changing speeds are also different. The rainbow background image 143 of the liquid crystal display means 66 and the board lamp 134 have a common changing direction of the rainbow color, which is clockwise with respect to the center point of the liquid crystal display means 66, but different speeds of change. there is In this way, the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect differ in at least one of the change speed and change direction of the rainbow color. Further, while the rainbow background image 143 has a rainbow color that makes a cycle of 360 degrees, the frame lamp 114 has a rainbow color that makes a cycle of the left, right, and upper lamps, respectively (color distribution non-correspondence). As described above, by not synchronizing the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect, it becomes easy to share each scenario of the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light effect with other effects, and the data capacity can be reduced. There is

In addition, the rainbow light emission effect by the frame lamp 114 and the rainbow light emission effect by the board lamp 134 are the same rainbow colors, but the change modes are different, and the frame lamp 114 flows upward in the vertical direction. While the color changes, the board lamp 134 changes color so as to flow clockwise around the liquid crystal display means 66 . In addition, the rainbow light emitting effect (first rainbow light emitting effect) by the board lamp 134 provided on the same game board 16 and the rainbow light emitting effect (second rainbow light emitting effect) by the movable accessory lamp 124 are also composed of the types of colors. are the same rainbow colors, but differ in the manner of change. While the board lamp 134 changes color as if it flows clockwise around the liquid crystal display means 66, the movable accessory lamp 124 flows leftward in the left-right direction. The color changes like this. In this case, the output LED data is serially output from the same output port.

Fig. 37-1 shows the case where the scenario (rainbow light emitting effect scenario) of the rainbow light emitting effect (Fig. 37) in the hit/drop branch button effect is also used in the rainbow effect performed when the promotion is successful in the probability variable promotion effect during the jackpot game. shows an example of In this way, even if a common rainbow light emission effect scenario is used for a plurality of rainbow effects with different execution/non-execution and contents of the rainbow image effect, there is no discomfort in the effect and the data volume can be reduced.

Returning to FIG. 36, the description continues. Following the above rainbow effect, the post-success effect is executed. The post-success effect of this embodiment is composed of a first post-success effect in the first half and a second post-success effect in the latter half. The first post-success performance is a symbol matching performance in which the performance symbols 80 are stopped in a jackpot performance mode such as "7.7.7". In the first post-success effect, neither the rainbow image effect nor the rainbow light emission effect is executed in order to draw the player's attention to the pattern matching effect. That is, the background image of the liquid crystal display means 66 is switched from the rainbow background image 143 to the normal background or the background image 145 along with the effect of the SP reach. displayed in the color of Also, the movable accessory lamp 124, the board lamp 134, and the frame lamp 114 emit light in a normal light emission pattern other than the rainbow light emission pattern corresponding to the image on the liquid crystal display means 66 as shown in FIG. 37-2(a).

The second post-success effect performed following the first post-success effect is a blessing effect for congratulating establishment of the big win effect mode. In this second post-success effect, only the rainbow light emission effect is executed out of the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect (light emission single execution mode). That is, on the liquid crystal display means 66, the blessing image 146 and the like are displayed in addition to the images such as the effect pattern 80 and the like during the first post-success effect. The congratulatory image 146 is composed of a character image and others such as "Congratulations!", which congratulates that the game has become a big win presentation mode, and is displayed in a normal color other than the rainbow color. On the other hand, the movable accessory lamp 124, the board lamp 134, and the frame lamp 114 emit light in the rainbow light emission pattern again as shown in FIG. 37-2(b). In this case, it is desirable to use a common rainbow light emitting effect scenario (rainbow light emitting effect scenario) that was executed in parallel with the previous rainbow image effect, but another rainbow light emitting effect scenario may be used. . Moreover, only a part of the movable accessory lamp 124, the board lamp 134, and the frame lamp 114 may be caused to emit light in a rainbow-colored light emission pattern. Incidentally, in this second post-success effect, both the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect may be executed (combined execution mode). In this case, a composite execution mode (second composite execution mode) in which the proportion of rainbow in the image effect is lower than that of the composite execution mode (first composite execution mode) shown in FIG. 37 may be employed. As an example of this second composite implementation mode, at least a portion of the congratulatory image 146, such as only the text "Congratulations!", may be rainbow.

In the win-lose branch button effect NB1 described above, the rainbow effect and the post-success effect are sequentially executed based on the operation of the effect button 36 by the player. The start timing of the effect after success (result effect) is unchanged (specific timing), and the change in the operation timing of the effect button 36 by the player is adjusted by changing the length of the effect time of the rainbow effect. It's becoming FIG. 36(b2) shows the case where the effect button 36 is operated substantially simultaneously with the start of the operation effective period, and FIG. 36(b3) shows the case where the effect button 36 is operated substantially simultaneously with the expiration of the operation effective period. showing. Comparing FIGS. 36(b1) to (b3), the start timing of the rainbow effect is different because the operation timing of the effect button 36 is different, but the timing when the rainbow effect ends and the effect starts after success. are all the same, and the rendering time of the rainbow rendering is the longest in the case of FIG. 36(b2) and the shortest in the case of FIG. 36(b3). In this embodiment, if the effective operation period expires without the effect button 36 being operated, the rainbow effect is started at the time of expiration. It may be configured not to execute the performance.

FIG. 38 is a time chart schematically showing the configuration and correspondence of various scenarios relating to the execution of the win-lose branch button effect NB1 shown in FIG. Scenarios related to the execution of this win-lose branch button effect NB1 include a post-success effect scenario shown in FIG. 38(a), a non-operated scenario shown in FIG. contains. The post-success production scenario (result production scenario) is for executing the post-success production (result production), and is set at the start of the win-lose branch button production NB1 (T1 in FIG. 38). , It is a dummy scenario for adjusting the time until the production starts after success.

Further, the no-operation scenario (no-operation rainbow effect scenario) is for executing the rainbow effect when the effect button 36 is not operated during the valid operation period, and is similar to the post-success effect scenario. It is set at the start of the branch button effect NB1 (T1 in FIG. 38). This non-operating scenario also includes execution items related to the button push effect and the effective period of operation. The operation effective time is set, the LED of the production button 36 is lit, and the operation guide image 141 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66.

When the operation valid period expires without the effect button 36 being operated (T4 in FIG. 38), the operation valid time is cleared, the LED of the effect button 36 is extinguished, and the liquid crystal display means is activated according to the non-operating scenario. 66, the image display etc. regarding the rainbow effect are performed. On the other hand, when the presentation button 36 is operated during the effective period of operation (T3 in FIG. 38), the non-operation scenario is stopped and the operation scenario is set. This scenario at the time of operation (rainbow effect scenario at the time of operation) is for executing the rainbow effect when the effect button 36 is operated during the valid period of operation. , image display related to the rainbow effect on the liquid crystal display means 66, and the like.

When the dummy scenario of the post-success production scenario ends (T5 in FIG. 38), the no-operation scenario or the operation-time scenario ends, thereby ending the looped rainbow production, and the first success is achieved by the post-success production scenario. A post effect and a second success effect are sequentially executed.

With the scenario configuration as described above, it is possible to adjust the amount of change in the operation timing of the effect button 36 by the player by adjusting the length of the effect time of the rainbow effect. Compared to such a case, it is possible to suppress the sense of delay in performance.

Also, FIG. 39 shows a win-lose branch button effect NB2 in the SP reach B. As shown in FIG. Comparing this win-lose branch button effect NB2 with the win-lose branch button effect NB1 (Fig. 36), the type of button effect, the content of the rainbow effect, and the content of the accompanying button push effect are different. are common. The difference will be mainly described below.

In the button effect of the win-lose branch button effect NB2 (Fig. 39), a button effect image 142 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 in the same way as the win-lose branch button effect NB1 (Fig. 36). It is composed of a character image 142c such as "If you drop the top logo, you will win!"

Further, the button effect of the win-lose branch button effect NB2 is a repeated button effect that requires the player to operate the button a plurality of times. The operation guidance image 141b is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66. FIG. This repeated hitting operation guidance image 141b is composed of, for example, a button image representing the effect button 36 and characters "Continuous hitting!".

In addition, during the operation effective period, a continuous hitting progress effect is performed according to the progress of the continuous hitting operation of the effect button 36 by the player. In this repeated-hit progress presentation, for example, the color of any lamp such as the board lamp 134 changes according to the progress of the repeated-hit operation. Although the color change of the lamp is arbitrary, it is desirable to adopt some colors that make up the rainbow, such as blue->yellow->green->red. Of course, the continuous hitting progress effect is not limited to changing the color of the lamp, and may be, for example, changing the meter displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 .

In the case of a big hit, as shown in FIG. 39, after the lamp changes, for example, from blue→yellow→green→red in a continuous hitting progress effect, the valid operation period ends and a rainbow effect is performed. In the case of a deviation, for example, the lamp reaches red, but the valid operation period expires without changing to rainbow. In the case of a big hit, the rainbow effect is similar to the win-lose branch button effect NB1 (FIG. 36), and in the rainbow image effect, the rainbow background image 143 is displayed as the background image of the liquid crystal display means 66 (overall rainbow image effect). The character image 142a is not displayed on the front side, and instead the movable accessory 67a descends to the front side of the liquid crystal display means 66 and stops. In this case, for the rainbow background image 143, image data common to the win-lose branch button effect NB1 is used. In this way, in the rainbow effect of the win-lose branch button effect NB1, the movable accessory 67a is moved in front of the predetermined point (center) with respect to the rainbow background image 143 whose color changes in the circumferential direction around the predetermined point. The vicinity of the predetermined point is made invisible.

Also, the rainbow light emitting effect executed in parallel with the rainbow image effect is common to the win-lose branch button effect NB1 (FIG. 37). That is, the rainbow light emission pattern of the movable accessory lamp 124 changes color along the arrangement of the characters, for example, flowing from right to left, and the rainbow light emission pattern of the board lamp 134 flows along the outer circumference of the liquid crystal display means 66. The colors change so as to flow around, and the rainbow light emission pattern of the frame lamp 114 changes so as to flow from bottom to top.

Here, in the rainbow effect according to this composite execution mode, both the color distribution of the rainbow background image 143 in the rainbow image effect and the color distribution of the rainbow light emission pattern in the rainbow light emission effect change over time. They are controlled to change independently without synchronizing with each other. That is, the rainbow background image 143 on the liquid crystal display means 66 rotates clockwise around a predetermined point (center point), while the movable accessory lamp 124 rotates leftward in the horizontal direction. The lamps 114 are arranged such that the colors of the rainbow change upward in the vertical direction (different directions of change), and their changing speeds are also different. The rainbow background image 143 of the liquid crystal display means 66 and the board lamp 134 have a common changing direction of the rainbow color, which is clockwise with respect to the center point of the liquid crystal display means 66, but different speeds of change. there is In this way, the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect differ in at least one of the change speed and change direction of the rainbow color. Further, while the rainbow background image 143 has a rainbow color that makes a cycle of 360 degrees, the frame lamp 114 has a rainbow color that makes a cycle of the left, right, and upper lamps, respectively (color distribution non-correspondence).

Subsequently, as a specific example of normal fluctuation speech notice, normal fluctuation speech notice NS3 (see FIG. 35) that is selected for the normal reach fluctuation pattern without pseudo and executed during normal fluctuation (see *2 in FIG. 24) will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 40, during the normal fluctuation speech notice NS3, during the normal fluctuation of the production pattern 80, an operation guidance image 141 for prompting the player to operate the production button 36 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66. An operation valid period with an upper limit of a predetermined time is started. Note that the button effect is a one-shot button effect that executes a result effect when the effect button 36 is operated once. Further, since the button effect is during the announcement of the dialog, the liquid crystal display means 66 displays, for example, a character image 151a with a straight face and a balloon image 152 showing the dialog, and the operation guidance image 141 is displayed in the balloon image 152. to be displayed.

When the player presses the performance button 36 during the valid operation period, the valid operation period ends at that point, and the speech selected by lottery is displayed in the balloon image 152 (speech display presentation). Here, since the line "congratulations" is selected, rainbow characters 153 of "congratulations" are displayed in the balloon image 152 (partial rainbow image effect). The rainbow color of the rainbow characters 153 of "Congratulations" changes in the horizontal direction along the arrangement of the characters, but the display color does not change with time (first gradation image rendering). . In addition, it is desirable to change the character image according to the content of the dialogue. In the example of FIG. 40, the character image 151a with a straight face is switched to the character image 151b with a smiling face in accordance with the line "Congratulations!".

During the display of the rainbow characters 153, that is, during the partial rainbow image effect, the rainbow light emission effect is not executed, and the frame lamp 114, the board lamp 134, the movable accessory lamp 124, etc. emit light in a normal light emission pattern other than the rainbow light emission pattern. (image-only execution mode).

It should be noted that the start timing of the dialogue display effect changes according to the player's operation timing, but the end timing does not change. may be adjusted by changing , and the effect time of the dialogue display effect may be made constant by changing the end timing according to the change in the start timing. Further, when the operation effective period expires without the effect button 36 being operated, the dialogue display effect may be started at the time of expiration, or the dialogue display effect may not be executed. You may make it display the words for exclusive use at the time of non-operation.

Next, the mini-symbol 140 variably displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 will be described. In addition to the mini symbols 140, the effect pattern 80 is also variably displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66, but the effect pattern 80 is not always displayed even during the variation of the first and second special symbols. While part or all of it may disappear from the screen depending on the contents of the production such as production, the mini pattern 140 is always displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 while the first and second special patterns are changing. It has become. It should be noted that the mini symbol 140 may disappear from the screen during a partial period during which the first and second special symbols are changing.

The mini symbols 140 have the same number of symbol rows (here, three) and the types of symbols that make up each symbol row (here, number patterns of 1 to 9) with the production symbols 80. For example, "1" to Only a number such as "9" is provided without a decorative portion, and is displayed in the vicinity of the peripheral portion of the screen in a size smaller than the production pattern 80.例文帳に追加

In addition, the display state of the mini symbol 140 is only "variation stop state" and "high speed variation state", and there is no speed change (deceleration, frame advance, etc.) during variation like the effect symbol 80, and it varies from the main control board 82a. When a pattern command or the like is received, it switches from the fluctuation stop state by the predetermined fluctuation start roll to the high-speed fluctuation state, and when the fluctuation stop command is received, it switches from the high-speed fluctuation state to the fluctuation stop state by the predetermined fluctuation stop roll. It is designed to switch. Also, the variation (high-speed variation) of the mini symbols 140 is not scroll variation, but is performed by switching symbols by repeatedly adding 1 to each symbol (returning to the minimum value when the maximum value is exceeded).

In addition, in the performance symbol 80, the variation stop dot is used as the variation start dot in the next variation, but in the mini symbol 140, a predetermined variation start dot is always used. After instantaneously switching from the fluctuation stop number of the previous fluctuation to the predetermined fluctuation start number, the high-speed fluctuation is started from the fluctuation start number. This is because, if the previous fluctuation is a reach-out fluctuation or a big hit fluctuation, if the fluctuation stop result is used as the fluctuation start result and the fluctuation of the mini symbols 140 is started, the left and right symbols or all the symbols are aligned and the high-speed fluctuation occurs. is performed, there is a possibility that the player may be misunderstood that the game will be a reach or a big hit again. Therefore, it is necessary to set the fluctuation start numbers of the mini symbols 140 to numbers such as "1, 2, 3" that are unrelated to reach and big hits. It should be noted that the fluctuation stop outcome of the mini symbol 140 is the same as the fluctuation stop outcome of the performance symbol 80 .

41 and 42 specifically show a series of fluctuation operations from the start of fluctuation of the production pattern 80 and the mini-pattern 140 to the stop of fluctuation by means of time charts and image display examples, and FIG. For example, FIG. 42 shows an example of SP reach A big hit variation pattern without pseudo.

In the example of the normal deviation fluctuation pattern shown in FIG. 41, the production pattern 80 and the mini pattern 140 are stopped at the same fluctuation stop roll "7, 6, 7" (FIG. 41 (a)). For example, the pattern 80 shifts to a high speed fluctuation state due to vertical scrolling, and the mini pattern 140 shifts to a high speed fluctuation state due to pattern switching (FIG. 41(b)). A more detailed look at the state change (FIG. 41(a)→(b)) at the start of the fluctuation results in FIGS. 41(a1) to (a4).

That is, regarding the production pattern 80, the fluctuation is started with the previous fluctuation stop roll "7, 6, 7" as the fluctuation start roll (FIG. 41(a)→(a1) to (a4)). On the other hand, for the mini symbols 140, after instantaneously switching from the previous fluctuation stop roll "7, 6, 7" to the predetermined fluctuation start roll "1, 2, 3" ( Fig. 41 (a) -> (a1)), high-speed fluctuation is performed by repeating 1 addition to each symbol constituting the fluctuation start dot (Fig. 41 (a1) to (a4)). Unlike the effect pattern 80, the mini pattern 140 does not fluctuate in scrolling and the pattern is switched at high speed, so that even if the pattern is switched to the variable start pattern different from the variation stop pattern and then the high-speed variation is performed, there is no visual discomfort. .

After the start of the high-speed fluctuation, the production pattern 80 is decelerated and stopped in the order of the left pattern, the right pattern, and the middle pattern (Fig. 41 (c) → (d), (e) → (f), (g) →(h)), during which the mini symbols 140 continue to fluctuate at high speed. Then, at the timing when the design of the effect pattern 80 is determined, the mini symbol 140 ends the high-speed variation, and instantly changes to "2, 5, 3", which is the same variation stop roll as the effect symbol 80, from the pattern at the end of the high-speed variation. (Fig. 41(i)).

In addition, in the example of the SP reach A jackpot variation pattern shown in FIG. 42, the operation at the start of variation (FIGS. 42(a) to (b)) is shown in FIG. This is the same as in the case of the normal shift variation pattern (FIGS. 41(a) and 41(b)). After the start of the high-speed fluctuation, the production pattern 80 is decelerated and stopped in the order of the left pattern and the right pattern, and the reach of "7 ↓ 7" is established (Fig. 42 (c) → (d), (e )→(f)). Then, when the N reach is started, the middle pattern of the production pattern 80 is erased from the screen (Fig. 42 (g)), then promoted to the SP reach A (Fig. 42 (h)), and the rainbow production in the winning branch production is executed (FIG. 42(i)), the left and right symbols of the effect symbol 80 are also erased from the screen, but the mini symbol 140 continues to fluctuate at high speed without being erased from the screen.

After that, the production pattern 80 becomes "7, 7, 7" in the pattern matching production (post-success production) after the rainbow production (Fig. 42(j)), but the mini pattern 140 fluctuates at high speed during the pattern matching production. Then, the high-speed fluctuation is terminated at the timing of determining the pattern of the performance pattern 80 after that, and the pattern at the end of the high-speed fluctuation is instantaneously switched to ``7, 7, 7'', which is the same fluctuation stop result as the performance pattern 80. - 特許庁(FIG. 42(k)).

Next, the big hit effect control means 105 will be described. The big-hit production control means 105 controls the production during the big-hit game performed during the big-hit game, for example, during the big-hit start interval, during the big-hit round (including the interval between rounds), and during the big-hit end interval, the production corresponding to them. An image is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66, and accompanying voice output, lamp light emission, movable body drive, etc. are executed.

In this embodiment, it is possible to execute a setting suggesting effect that suggests a set value (any of settings 1 to 6) relating to the probability of a big win during the interval for ending the big win. In this setting suggesting effect, the set value is suggested by the display color of a predetermined image (here, a character image of "probability change mode entry") displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 during the jackpot ending interval. Here, five colors of black, blue, yellow, red, and rainbow are prepared as the display colors of "probability change mode entry", and one of these five colors is selected by lottery based on the setting suggestion effect selection table shown in FIG. selected. Selection processing regarding whether or not to execute this setting suggestion effect and the type (character color) in the case of execution is performed at an arbitrary timing such as the start of the big win game, the start of the big win end interval, or the like. In addition, in this setting suggestion effect, it is necessary to display the characters "entering the probability mode", so it is only executed in the case of a probability fluctuation jackpot, but at the start of the jackpot end interval at the time of the non-probability fluctuation jackpot, "time saving A setting suggestion effect may be performed by displaying characters such as "enter mode".

In the setting suggestion effect selection table shown in FIG. 43, distribution ratios are set for the five colors of black, blue, yellow, red, and rainbow for each setting 1-6. As is clear from this setting suggestion effect selection table (Fig. 43), in the setting suggestion effect, black has all possibilities of settings 1 to 6, but settings 1 to 3 (low setting) are highly likely. , blue indicates not setting 1 (lowest setting), yellow indicates any setting 4-6 (not low setting), red indicates any setting 5 or 6 (high setting), and the rainbow color (rainbow effect) suggests setting 6 (highest setting).

In this way, the rainbow effect (rainbow color effect) in which the characters of this "probability change mode entry" are rainbow colors is to inform the player that the setting 6 is advantageous, and appears during the above-described pattern variation. Unlike the rainbow effect, it does not announce the confirmation of the big hit, but it is common in that it announces the confirmation of a state advantageous to the player.

When the setting suggestion effect is performed during the jackpot end interval, the operation effective period with the predetermined time as the upper limit is started in a state where the characters (for example, black) of "entering the variable probability mode" are displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66. (Fig. 44(a)). During the effective period of operation, an operation guide image 141 for prompting the player to operate the effect button 36 is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 so as not to overlap the characters "enter the variable probability mode", for example. Then, when the production button 36 is operated during the operation valid period, the operation valid period ends at that time, and the characters "entering the probability variable mode" displayed on the liquid crystal display means 66 are displayed according to the set value. Change to selected display color (no change if black is selected). In the case of FIG. 44, since the characters of "probability change mode entry" have changed from black to rainbow color (FIG. 44(b)), the player knows that the setting value at that time is the highest setting setting 6. be able to. In addition, if the operation effective period expires without the production button 36 being operated, the character color of "entering the probability change mode" may be changed at that time, or the color change regardless of the selected color type may not be performed, or when the operation valid period expires, the display of the characters "probability change mode entry" may be terminated.

As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, the direction of color change in the rainbow image (rainbow image) of the rainbow image effect (rainbow image effect) is the circumferential direction or radial direction around a predetermined point on the screen. When the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect (rainbow light emission effect) are executed in parallel, the color distribution of the rainbow image and the color distribution of the rainbow light emission pattern (rainbow light emission pattern) are synchronized with each other. are changed individually.

In addition, a rainbow light emitting effect scenario (rainbow light emitting effect scenario) for executing the rainbow light emitting effect is provided, and the rainbow light emitting effect is executed in parallel with the rainbow image effect, and the rainbow light emitting effect is performed without executing the rainbow image effect. A common rainbow light emission scenario is used when executing the production. In addition, it is possible to execute a common rainbow image effect with multiple types of variation patterns.

In addition, when executing a button effect (operation effect) as a winning branch effect related to pattern variation and executing a rainbow image effect and a rainbow light emitting effect before the success effect (result effect), the operation valid period for the post-success effect Execution is performed at a specific timing regardless of the operation timing of the production button (operation means) 36 during the operation period, and the rainbow image production and the rainbow light emission production are extended according to the operation timing of the production button 36 during the operation effective period. are different.

In addition, a post-success production scenario (result production scenario) for executing a post-success production and an operation scenario (operation-time rainbow color production scenario) for executing a rainbow production are provided. It is configured to start at the start of the production, and to execute the post-success production at the time when a specific timing is reached, and the operation scenario is started when the operation means is operated during the operation valid period, and the specific timing It is configured to execute the rainbow effect until reaching

In addition, a no-operation scenario (rainbow-color presentation scenario for no operation) is provided for executing the rainbow effect, and the no-operation scenario starts at the start of the operation presentation, and at a specific timing from the time when the operation effective period expires. , and is configured to end the non-operating scenario when the operating means is operated during the valid operation period.

In addition, the rainbow image effect includes a first rainbow color image effect that is performed before the win-lose branch effect of whether or not to give a privilege, and a second rainbow color image effect that is performed after the win-lose branch effect. The benefits are a variable probability big hit (first privilege) in which a big win game (specific game) is executed and a variable probability state (special game state) occurs after that, and a non-variable probability big win in which a big win game is executed and no variable probability state occurs after that. (Second privilege), the first rainbow color image effect is executed in both cases of the variable probability big win and the non-variable probability big win during the normal game state in which the special game state including the variable probability state does not occur, and the special game In the state, it is executed in the case of the probability variable jackpot, but is not executed in the case of the non-probability variable jackpot.

Further, the execution mode of the rainbow effect includes an image independent execution mode in which only the rainbow image effect out of the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect is executed, and a combined execution mode in which both the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect are executed. , and the display area of the rainbow image in the single image execution mode is smaller than the display area of the rainbow image in the combined execution mode. The rainbow image in the image-only mode includes a character image.

In addition, the rainbow effect includes a first rainbow color effect that is performed before the winning/losing branch effect of whether or not to give a privilege, and a second rainbow color effect that is performed after the winning/losing branch effect. The execution mode of the color rendering is the single image execution mode, and the execution mode of the second rainbow color rendering is the combined execution mode.

In addition, the number of colors forming the rainbow image in the rainbow image effect is greater than the number of colors forming the rainbow light emission pattern in the rainbow effect, and the speed and direction of change of the rainbow colors between the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect. at least one of the

Further, in a state where the movable accessory 67a is moved to the front side of the liquid crystal display means (image display means) 66, the liquid crystal display means 66 produces a rainbow image, and the movable accessory lamp 124 arranged on the movable accessory 67a emits rainbow light. Each effect can be executed, and the color distribution of the rainbow image and the color distribution of the rainbow light emission pattern at that time are individually changed without synchronizing with each other.

In addition, in the rainbow image effect (gradation image effect), the change direction of the display color is the circumferential direction or the radial direction around a predetermined point on the screen of the liquid crystal display means 66, and when executing the rainbow image effect, By displaying a predetermined image or moving the movable accessory 67a, a predetermined point and its vicinity are made invisible or difficult to be visually recognized.

In addition, the rainbow image effect (gradation image effect) includes a first gradation image effect in which the display color is continuously changed only with respect to the position of the position and the time, and at least at the time of the position and the time. On the other hand, there is a second gradation image effect in which the display color is continuously changed. The gradation image effect can be executed for the specific image, and the second gradation image effect can be executed for the background image.

FIG. 45 exemplifies a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the first embodiment is partially modified so that, in the process of selecting the normal fluctuating dialogue notice, the normal fluctuating dialogue shown in FIG. 4 shows an example using an advance notice selection table.

The normal fluctuating dialogue announcement selection table shown in FIG. 45 is common to the normal fluctuation dialogue announcement selection table (FIG. 35(b)) used during the special game state in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the presence or absence and type of normal fluctuation dialogue announcement is selected by lottery using the normal fluctuation dialogue announcement selection table shown in FIG. 45 during both the normal game state and the special game state.

In the normal fluctuating speech notice selection table shown in FIG. 45, the speech notices NS3, NS7, and NS8, which are rainbow image effects (first rainbow color image effects), are only for the probability variable jackpot (when the first privilege is awarded). It is a selection target, and is not a selection target in the case of a non-variable jackpot (when the second privilege is given). As a result, when the characters "Congratulations" are displayed in rainbow during the normal game state, the probability variable jackpot is confirmed.

On the other hand, the rainbow effect (second rainbow color image effect) in the win-lose branch button effect is executed not only in the case of the variable probability big win but also in the case of the non-variable probability big win, as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 46 exemplifies the third embodiment of the present invention, showing an example of an information notice, which is one of the normal notice effects described in the first embodiment. The information notice of this embodiment is an effect of displaying character information on the screen, and informs the reliability of the big hit according to the type and color of the character information. is to be executed at the timing of

FIG. 46 shows an example of an information announcement selection table used in the information announcement selection process. As shown in FIG. 46, seven types of information notices NI0 to NI6 are provided for the information notices of this embodiment (NI0 indicates non-execution of information notices). is set for each variation pattern.

Of the six types of information notices NI1 to NI6 excluding NI0 (non-execution), NI1 to NI3 are for displaying explanations about games and effects in black text color, for example, so that they are executed during normal fluctuations. It's becoming Specifically, in the information notice NI1, an explanatory text regarding the button effect is displayed, "Press the button when the button is displayed." is displayed, and in the information notice NI3, an explanation of "If the character color of the ending is rainbow...!?"

Note that the display contents of these three types of information notices NI1 to NI3 are descriptive texts relating to games and performances, and do not suggest the reliability of the big win, etc. However, the rate of appearance suggests the reliability of the big win, etc. It's becoming For example, the information notice NI3 displays an explanation about setting suggesting effects, but it only suggests the reliability of the big win, and its appearance rate is irrelevant to the set value of the probability of the big win.

The information notices NI4 to NI6 display words related to the reliability of the big win in a predetermined character color, and are executed during normal variation, for example. Specifically, the wording "Maybe a chance?" is displayed in blue in the information notice NI4, the wording "It's a chance!" is displayed in red in the information notice NI5, and the word "Congratulations" is displayed in the information notice NI6. is displayed in rainbow color. Further, since the information notices NI4 to NI6 are not selected in the case of the normal variation pattern, the reach is determined when these information notices NI4 to NI6 appear during the normal variation. Furthermore, the information notice NI6 is a rainbow effect (rainbow color effect) that is not selected in the case of the deviation variation pattern, and when this information notice NI6 appears, that is, when the words "congratulations" are displayed in rainbow color. It will be a big hit.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the rainbow background images shown in FIGS. 27(a), 28(a), and 29, etc., the rainbow color distribution makes a round of 360 degrees around a predetermined point (center), but as shown in FIG. Alternatively, a color distribution that has two or more rounds in 360 degrees around a predetermined point may be adopted. As a result, even if many partial images are displayed on the front side of the rainbow background image and the area of the rainbow color portion is narrowed, more colors can be shown within the limited area, and the rainbow image effect can be achieved. It is possible to strongly appeal to the player that there is something.

Also, in the color scheme of the rainbow image, the proportion of the display area of warm colors such as red, orange, and yellow may be increased, and the proportion of the display area of other cold colors may be decreased. 48(a1) and (b1) show the rainbow character image and the rainbow background image in a normal rainbow color scheme, respectively. a2) and (b2). In this way, by widening the display area of the warm colors in the rainbow image, there is an advantage that it is easier for the player to sensuously convey that the game is in a better state.

In the embodiment, as an example of the first rainbow color image effect performed before the win-lose branch effect of whether or not to give the privilege, the example of displaying the characters "Congratulations" in rainbow color was shown. The rainbow image in the rainbow image effect is not limited to this, and any partial image such as a character, a figure, or a character can be used as the rainbow image. FIG. 49(a) shows an example in which the star-shaped figure 161 displayed during the ready-to-win production is a rainbow image, and FIG. Examples are given respectively.

In the example of the rainbow color image production described above, the color of the entire image such as the rainbow background image is changed in the circumferential direction or the radial direction around a predetermined point on the screen, and the partial image such as the rainbow character image is changed on the screen. Although the color is changed in the direction from one end (upper end, left end, upper left end, etc.) to the other end (lower end, right end, lower right end, etc.), it is not limited to this, and the color in the whole image such as the rainbow background image The change direction may be the direction from one end (upper end, left end, upper left end, etc.) to the other end (lower end, right end, lower right end, etc.) on the screen. A circumferential direction or a radial direction centering on a predetermined point on the screen may be used.

In the first embodiment, the line notice selection table of FIG. 35(a) is used during the normal game state, and the line notice selection table of FIG. 35(b) is used during the special game state (probability variable/time saving state). However, the dialog announcement selection table in FIG. 35 (a) is set during low accuracy (normal game state and time saving state), and the dialog announcement selection table in FIG. may be used.

In the embodiment, an example of a rainbow image in which the display color of the rainbow changes continuously with respect to position and time is shown. may be adopted.

In the embodiment, the full rainbow image effect as shown in FIG. 27(a) is a second gradation image effect in which the display color is changed continuously with respect to at least the time of the position and the time. The image rendering may be a first gradation image rendering that changes the display color continuously or stepwise only with respect to position or time. That is, a rainbow background image whose color distribution does not change over time may be used. Further, in the embodiment, the partial rainbow image effect shown in FIG. The rainbow image effect may be a second gradation image effect that changes the display color continuously with respect to at least time out of position and time. That is, rainbow characters, rainbow figures, etc., whose color distribution changes with the passage of time, may be used.

As in the rainbow effect shown in FIG. 39, the rainbow image effect by the liquid crystal display means 66 and the rainbow emission effect by the movable accessory lamp 124 and the like are executed in a state where the movable accessory 67a is moved to the front side of the liquid crystal display means 66. In this case, after the movable accessory 67a returns to the origin position, the rainbow image effect by the liquid crystal display means 66 may be terminated and the rainbow light emission effect by the movable accessory lamp 124 and the like may be continued.

Also, when the rainbow effect is executed at the end of the big win variation pattern, it is desirable to end both the rainbow image effect and the rainbow light emission effect at least before the start of the big win game. This is because, if the rainbow effect is continued even after the start of the jackpot game, the player may misunderstand that even in the case of the non-probability variable jackpot, it is a probability variable jackpot.

The rainbow image production and rainbow light emission production described above display a rainbow color image covering the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, or cause the lamp to emit light in a rainbow color emission pattern. However, the rainbow image effect (rainbow color image effect) is a gradation image effect that displays a gradation image that includes non-rainbow colors, and the rainbow light emission effect (rainbow light emission effect) includes non-rainbow light emission patterns. A gradation light emission effect may be employed in which the lamp emits light in a gradation light emission pattern. For example, in the case of an image in which colors change in the circumferential direction around a predetermined point, even if it is a gradation image that is not a rainbow color, all the colors near the predetermined point (center) are combined to be black or a color close to it. Since the appearance is not good, it is desirable to make the predetermined point and its vicinity invisible or difficult to be visually recognized by displaying the predetermined image or moving the movable body.

It is desirable not to perform the rainbow effect in the look-ahead advance notice effect. This is because the player misunderstands that the change will be a big hit if the rainbow effect is performed with the change before the target change that is the object of the look-ahead determination. However, if the target of the rainbow effect is a clear pre-reading notice effect, the rainbow effect may be performed. For example, it is possible to execute a rainbow effect in which the pending image corresponding to the target change is a rainbow image in the pending change effect.

The operation means operated by the player in the operation performance may be anything that can be operated by the player, and may be a lever, a trackball, a touch pad, or the like.

Further, the present invention can be similarly implemented in various pinball game machines such as an arrange ball machine and a mammoth game machine, as well as game machines other than pinball game machines such as slot machines.

3 front frame (game machine frame)
24 glass window (display window)
66 liquid crystal display means (image display means)

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In a game machine capable of executing a rainbow-colored effect that notifies the confirmation of awarding of a privilege,
The rainbow effect includes a rainbow image effect in which a rainbow color image is displayed on the image display means, and a rainbow light emission effect in which a light emitter arranged at a predetermined portion other than the image display means emits light in a rainbow light emission pattern. and
The execution mode of the rainbow color effect includes an image independent execution mode in which only the rainbow color image effect out of the rainbow color image effect and the rainbow color light emission effect is executed, and the rainbow color image effect and the rainbow color light emission effect. There are a light emission single execution mode in which only the rainbow color light emission effect is executed and a combined execution mode in which both the rainbow color image effect and the rainbow color light emission effect are executed,
The rainbow color effect includes a first rainbow color effect performed before a win-lose branch effect of whether or not to give the privilege, a second rainbow color effect performed after the win-lose branch effect, and the second rainbow color effect performed after the win-lose branch effect. a third rainbow color effect that is performed after the rainbow color effect and before the awarding of the privilege is started;
The rainbow-colored image rendering includes a first rainbow-colored image rendering and a second rainbow-colored image rendering,
The rainbow light emitting effect includes a first rainbow light emitting effect and a second rainbow light emitting effect,
The execution mode of the first rainbow color effect is the image single execution mode by the first rainbow color image effect,
The execution mode of the second rainbow color effect is the combined execution mode of the second rainbow color image effect and the first rainbow color light emission effect,
The execution mode of the third rainbow color effect is the light emission single execution mode by the second rainbow color light emission effect,
the display area of the rainbow-colored image in the image-only execution mode is smaller than the display area of the rainbow-colored image in the combined execution mode,
executing the first rainbow light emission effect and the second rainbow light emission effect in a common light emission mode ;
In the second rainbow color image effect, the change direction of the display color is a circumferential direction or a radial direction centering on a predetermined point on the screen of the image display means,
When executing the second rainbow color image effect, a first predetermined point concealing process is performed to make the predetermined point and its vicinity invisible by displaying a predetermined image, and the predetermined point and the predetermined point and the vicinity thereof are hidden by moving the movable body. It is possible to execute either a second predetermined point concealment process that makes the vicinity invisible or difficult to see.
A gaming machine characterized by:

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