JP7201902B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a lighting effect of a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many light emitting effects using light guide plates have been applied to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-100904 discloses that a variable decoration display body is provided on the rear surface of a transparent game panel. A pachinko machine is disclosed which is provided with a laminated light guide body in which a plurality of light guide plates are laminated in the front-rear direction.

JP 2012-100904 A

Although the aforementioned conventional game machines can achieve light emitting effects using light guide plates, they require a plurality of light guide plates, and a predetermined exclusive area for the light guide plates has to be secured. . However, for example, a prize winning unit provided with a prize winning port, which is arranged between the game panel and the glass frame, is equipped with various parts such as a flow path for game balls, a sensor, and a movable piece. There was no room to add , and the light guide plate effect could not be realized. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of enhancing interest in a game related to a prize winning port unit by applying a light guide plate effect to the prize winning port unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a gaming machine comprising a prize winning unit mounted on the front surface of a game panel so as to protrude with respect to a glass frame, the winning unit comprising a base a front ornament fixed to the glass frame side of the base and molded from a translucent resin having light-guiding properties; a winning slot device fixed to the game panel side of the base and having a winning slot; a light-emitting substrate having a light source for illuminating an end portion of the front decoration, wherein at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the front decoration is formed with a concave portion and/or a convex portion; The light incident from the end of the front decoration is reflected in the front decoration, and is reflected from the concave or convex part to the player side from the front surface of the front decoration, so that a predetermined light emission effect is performed. the end of the front decoration is arranged in a recessed area curved from the front surface to the back side of the front decoration, the light emitting substrate is arranged to intersect the front surface of the front decoration, and the In this gaming machine, the light source is opposed to the end of the front decoration arranged in the recessed area .

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the sense of interest in a game related to a prize winning port unit by applying a light guide plate effect to the prize winning port unit.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a right side view of a pachinko machine. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine from the front. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko machine in which the glass frame is released from the front frame and the front frame is released from the outer frame; FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view from the front of a pachinko machine disassembled into a glass frame, a game board, a front frame, and an outer frame; FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a pachinko machine disassembled into a glass frame, a game board, a front frame, and an outer frame, viewed from the rear; FIG. It is a front view of a game board. It is a rear view of a game board. It is a rear view (part 1) of a pachinko machine. It is a rear view (2) of a pachinko machine. It is a rear view (part 3) of a pachinko machine. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine in the state of FIG. 11; 1 is a front view of a game board having a board configuration suitable for this embodiment; FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a game board having a board surface configuration suitable for this embodiment; FIG. FIG. 10 is a front view of the shutter accessory unit with the shutter accessory in the “initial position”; FIG. 10 is a front view of the shutter accessory unit in a state where the shutter accessory is in the "movable position"; FIG. 10 is a front view of the game board with the shutter accessory in the “movable position”; It is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state in which the large flower lifting accessory is in the "initial position". It is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state in which the large flower lifting accessory is in the "movable position". It is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state where the large flower accessory is in the "movable position". It is a front view of the game board in a state where both the Ohana rotating accessory and the shutter accessory are in the "movable position". 21. It is an AA sectional view of the game board shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the spectroscopy on the game board; FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the periphery of the guide member attached to the shutter accessory unit; It is a perspective view which shows a guide member. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mode in which a cable harness is passed through a guide member; It is a six-sided view showing a guide member. It is a figure which shows the aspect which assembles|attaches the back unit containing a shutter accessory unit to a liquid crystal base. It is the whole attacker unit perspective view drawn so that the front of an attacker unit might be looked down from the upper right diagonal. It is the whole attacker unit perspective view drawn so that the back surface of an attacker unit might be looked down from the upper left. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the attacker unit disassembled into main constituent parts, drawn so as to look down on the front of the attacker unit from the upper right corner. It is the perspective view which looked at the front of the front decoration from the diagonal upper right. It is the perspective view which looked at the back surface of the front decoration from the diagonal lower right. It is a figure which shows the aspect that light is reflected by the edge of a concave pattern, and is emitted to the player side. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a pattern in which the sticker pattern attached to the front decoration and the luminous pattern emitted from the front decoration are superimposed; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view (in the thickness direction of the front decoration) of the area near the lower end of the planar portion of the front decoration. 4 is an enlarged view of a three-dimensional pattern formed on the back surface of the plane portion of the front decoration; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a mode in which light propagating while being reflected in the planar portion of the front decoration is reflected by the edge of the three-dimensional pattern and emitted to the player side. FIG. 4 is a front view of a light-emitting effect pattern formed by convex portions on the rear surface of the front decoration (surface member); It is the perspective view which looked down on the production|presentation apparatus from the upper right which decomposed|disassembled the production|presentation apparatus into main component parts. It is a control block diagram showing an electrical configuration example of the gaming machine. 42 is a block diagram showing an example of functions of the main control board shown in FIG. 41; FIG. 42 is a block diagram showing an example of functions of the effect control board shown in FIG. 41; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a special design success or failure lottery table. It is a figure which shows an example of the design table per special design. It is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol variation pattern table for winning. It is a figure which shows an example of the special design variation pattern table for loss. It is a figure which shows an example of a fluctuation pattern look-ahead determination table. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of main processing on the main control side; FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing an example of a main control-side main process following FIG. 49; FIG. FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing an example of a main control-side main process following FIG. 50; FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting change processing; 9 is a flowchart showing an example of setting confirmation processing; 8 is a flowchart showing an example of main control side timer interrupt processing; FIG. 55 is a flow chart showing an example of main control side timer interrupt processing continuing from FIG. 54 ; FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of reset start processing; It is a flow chart which shows an example of production control side main processing. 58 is a flowchart showing an example of command analysis processing shown in FIG. 57; It is a flow chart which shows an example of production control side timer interruption processing. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of image control command transmission interrupt processing; It is a front view of a large flower accessory in an advanced state. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the operation|movement specification of a large flower raising/lowering accessory. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the rotational position sensor unit; FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a rotating member and a sensor member of the rotational position sensor unit; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining an example of operation specifications during the rotation operation of the Ohana rotating accessory. FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining an example of operation specifications during the rotation operation of the Ohana rotating accessory. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure of the initial position return operation|movement of the pachinko machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure of the normal operation confirmation operation|movement of the pachinko machine which concerns on this embodiment.

A pachinko machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Pachinko machine structure>
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. 2 and subsequent drawings show the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the other direction and disassembled. FIG. 2 is a right side view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine viewed from the front, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine disassembled into the glass frame, the game board, the front frame, and the outer frame as seen from the front, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine disassembled into a glass frame, a game board, a front frame, and an outer frame, viewed from the rear.

A pachinko machine 1 includes a frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed on an island facility of a game hall, a glass frame (door frame) 3 for opening and closing the front surface of the outer frame 2, and supporting the glass frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. A game board having a front frame 4 attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be opened and closed, and a game area 5a attached detachably to the front frame 4 from the front, viewed through the glass frame 3, and into which game balls are hit. 5 and .

The outer frame 2 has a rectangular shape combining frames 2a and 2b extending vertically and horizontally and frames 2c and 2d extending vertically on the left and right. The hinge member supports the front frame 4 and the glass frame 3 so that they can be horizontally opened, opened, and detached.

A glass frame 3 is attached to the front side of the front frame 4 so as to be laterally openable and detachable by means of hinge mechanisms 3a and 3b on the left edge as viewed from the front. The glass pane 3 is held closed by a glass plate covering its front side using a locking device 3c. A game board 5 is detachably attached from the front side of the front frame 4 to the upper half of the front frame 4 located behind the glass frame 3, and the multiple glass frames 3 closed and held as described above. A game area 5a in front of the game board 5 is visible through the layered glass.

The glass frame 3 includes a rectangular base unit 3e having a through hole 3d penetrating back and forth, a plate unit 3f for storing game balls below the front surface of the base unit 3e, and a game board 5 for storing game balls stored in the plate unit 3f. and an area 3g for accommodating a handle 4a that can be operated by the player for striking into the playing area. A frame lamp (LED lamp) 3h that emits light according to the progress of the game and a speaker 3i that outputs sound according to the progress of the game are provided on the front side of the glass frame 3. At the front center of the dish unit 3f, a performance button 3j to be pressed by the player is provided. The base of the effect button 3j has a lever structure that can be tilted forward (toward the player) up to a predetermined angle, and functions as a second effect button 3k that is operated by the player. In addition, the second effect button 3k may have a structure that allows the pulling operation to be performed at all times. It is preferable that the lock is released to enable the pulling operation (ON operation).

The front frame 4 can be inserted into the frame of the outer frame 2, and includes a frame 4b that supports the outer periphery of the game board 5; hinges 4c and 4d rotatably attached to the hinges, a ball launching device 4e attached to the front lower portion of the frame 4b for hitting game balls into the game area 5a of the game board 5, and the frame A locking unit 4f that is attached to the right side of the frame 4b in front view and locks between the outer frame 2, the front frame 4, and the glass frame 3, and a substrate unit 4g that is attached to the lower rear surface of the frame 4b. and a rear cover 4h covering the rear side of the game board 5 attached to the frame 4b on the rear side of the frame 4b. The board unit 4g accommodates a speaker unit, a power supply board, an interface control board, and a payout control board for controlling the payout of game balls.

In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, when a player rotates the game ball shooting device 4a, the game ball is driven into the game area 5a of the game board 5 with a force corresponding to the angle. When the game balls hit into the game area 5a are received in the winning openings (ball receiving openings), a predetermined number of game balls are paid out according to the received winning openings. The player's interest can be heightened by the payout of the game balls.

<Game board>
Next, the game board 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. FIG. 5 and 6 are exploded perspective views of the main units of the game board, FIG. 7 is a front view of the game board, and FIG. 8 is a rear view of the game board.

The game board 5 has a game area 5a into which game balls are hit. The game board 5 is configured by combining a front unit 100m, a rear unit 200m, a liquid crystal base 300m, and a liquid crystal display device (effect display device) 70. FIG. The front unit 100m includes a front member 100a that defines the outer periphery of the game area 5a and has a substantially rectangular outer shape when viewed from the front, and a plate-like plate that is attached to the rear side of the front member 100a and defines the rear end of the game area 5a. A game panel 100b is provided, and a plurality of obstacle nails are planted in a predetermined arrangement on the front surface of the game panel 100b within the game area 5a.

The front member 100a has a function display unit 100c in the lower right corner that allows the player to visually recognize the game situation based on a control signal from the main control unit 5b (main control board 100 that controls the entire game). The liquid crystal display device 70 is arranged in the center of the game area 5a and displays a predetermined effect image. A peripheral control unit 5c (an effect control board 200 that controls the overall effect) is attached to the rear surface of the liquid crystal display device 70 . The liquid crystal base 300m is open on the rear unit 200m side and accommodates the rear unit 200m.

The game panel 100b has substantially the same outer shape as the front member 100a, is composed of a transparent flat panel plate, is attached to the rear side of the front member 100a, and further has a holder to which the rear unit 200m is attached on the rear surface. The front member 100a has a plurality of general prize winning openings 66 which are always open to accept the game balls hit into the game area 5a, and the game balls can be received at positions different from the general winning openings in the game area 5a. A first starting port 61 that is always open, a gate 63 (integrally formed in an attacker unit 500 described later) that is attached to a predetermined position in the game area 5a and detects the passage of a game ball, and a game ball passes through the gate. A second starting port 62 (integrally formed in the attacker unit 500 described later) that enables the acceptance of game balls according to the normal symbol lottery result drawn by passing through, and the acceptance of the game balls to the first starting port 61. A large winning opening 64 (to be described later integrally formed in the attacker unit 500). Note that the gate 63, the second starting port 62 and the big prize winning port 64 are located in the attacker unit 500, so they are not shown here.

The second starting port is provided with a normal electric accessory constituted by a movable piece and a normal electric accessory solenoid for opening and closing the normal electric accessory. Depending on the energized state of the solenoid of the ordinary electric accessory, the ordinary electric accessory is divided into a closed state in which the game ball is difficult to enter the second starting port and an open state in which the game ball is easier to enter than in the closed state. are alternately variable. The second starting port has a configuration in which a game ball is difficult to enter unless the normal electric accessory is in an open state, while a game ball is easy to enter when the normal electric accessory is in an open state. The front member 100a has a first out port 29 directly below the first starting port 61 in the center in the left-right direction. The attacker unit 500 is located on the lower right side of the front member 100a. The attacker unit 500 is a unit that mainly includes a movable piece as a special electric accessory 642 that opens and closes the big prize opening 64, and is integrated with a plurality of parts.

In addition, the front unit 100m has an opening 100h for visually recognizing the rear liquid crystal display screen. The rear surface of the front unit 100m is provided with a sensor for detecting game balls received in the general winning hole 66, the first starting hole 61, etc., and a passage for discharging the game balls.

The back unit 200m is configured by unitizing a movable accessory (movable effect device), which is a structure that performs a dramatic action behind the game board and in front of the liquid crystal display screen, and the effect lamp 25 .

The front member 100a has a substantially square outer shape when viewed from the front, and an inner shape that penetrates in the front-rear direction in a substantially circular shape. The front member 100a has an outer rail 100f extending in an arc from the lower end of the center in the left-right direction in a front view along the circumferential direction clockwise along the circumferential direction, passing through the upper end in the center in the left-right direction in a front view and extending obliquely upward to the right. 100f, the inner rail 100d is arranged inside the front member 100a and extends in an arc from the lower center in the horizontal direction when viewed from the front to the diagonally upper left when viewed from the front; and an out guideway 100e that is formed at the lowest position and slopes downward toward the rear.

The game panel 100b includes a center decoration 22 projecting toward the front member 100a around an opening having the same shape as the opening of the front member 100a. When the game panel 100b is fixed to the front member 100a, the center decoration 22 fits into the opening of the front member 100a so as to match the shape of the opening, and decorates the opening 100h of the front unit 100m. The player can recognize the effect screen and the behavior of the effect device through the opening 100h. The center decoration 22 is a kind of decoration, and exhibits a decoration function of assisting the screen of the effect display device 70 at the center of the game board 5.例文帳に追加The center decoration 22 may be provided with a movable accessory (movable production device) that executes a production operation according to the progress of the game. A movable accessory is operated by a driving source such as a stepping motor or a solenoid. The center decoration 22 may be provided with a lamp that emits light according to the progress of the game.

The main control unit 5b (see FIG. 6) is mounted behind the liquid crystal display device 70 and below the peripheral control unit 5c. The main control unit 5b includes a main control board 100 for controlling game contents, payout of game balls, etc., and a main control board case 100n for housing the main control board 100 (see FIG. 10). The main control unit 5b controls game contents, prize balls, and the like.

The function display unit 100c controls blinking of a state indicator consisting of one LED for displaying a game state, and two LEDs based on the result of a normal symbol lottery drawn by passing a game ball through a gate 63. After variably displaying these two LEDs in a lighting mode according to the normal symbol lottery result, and a normal symbol variable display related to the passage of the game ball to the gate 63, the condition for starting the variable display still A normal holding display consisting of two LEDs that displays the number of holdings, which is the number of variable displays that are not established, and the first lottery drawn by accepting the game ball into the first starting port 61 (occurrence of starting winning) a first special symbol display device for controlling blinking of eight LEDs based on the result of the special lottery to variably display the first special symbol and then displaying these eight LEDs in a lighting mode according to the result of the first special lottery; The second consisting of two LEDs that display the number of holdings, which is the number of variable displays for which the condition for starting the variable display is not satisfied yet, among the variable displays of the first special symbol related to the acceptance of the game ball to the first start port 61 The second special symbol is displayed by blinking eight LEDs based on the result of the second special lottery drawn by receiving the game ball into the second start port (occurrence of start winning prize) and the special holding number indicator. A second special symbol display device that displays these eight LEDs in a lighting mode according to the second special lottery result after the variable display, and a variable display of the second special symbol related to the acceptance of the game ball into the second starting port. A second special holding number indicator consisting of two LEDs that displays the holding number, which is the number of variable displays for which the condition for starting the variable display has not yet been satisfied, and the first special lottery result or the second special lottery result is " A round indicator consisting of four LEDs for displaying the number of repetitions (the number of rounds) of the opening/closing pattern of the big prize opening is provided at the time of a "jackpot" or the like. The function display unit 100c can display the pending number, patterns, etc. by lighting, extinguishing, blinking, etc., the LED as appropriate.

The peripheral control unit 5c is attached to the rear surface of the liquid crystal display device 70, and controls effects (luminous effects, sound effects, movable effects, etc.) presented to the player based on control signals from the main control board 100. It has a board 200 and an image control board 300 for controlling image display and sound output according to game development (see FIG. 41). The liquid crystal display device 70 is located in the center of the game area 5a, and is detachably attached to the rear surface of the liquid crystal base 300m, which accommodates the back unit 200m, substantially in the center. The liquid crystal display device 70 can be visually recognized from the front surface through the frame of the frame-like center decoration 22 in a state where the game board 5 is assembled. The liquid crystal display device 70 is a full-color display device using a white LED as a backlight, and displays still images and moving images. In this embodiment, the effect control board 200 and the image control board 300 are described as being configured by dividing them into two boards, but the functional configuration of the CPU of each board is not limited to that described above, It may be changed as appropriate (for example, sound control may be performed by the CPU on the production control board), or all the production may be controlled by the CPU on one board.

The liquid crystal display device 70 mainly displays decorative patterns that change and stop in conjunction with the first special pattern or the second special pattern, and effects images including advance notice effects. Hold display. Specifically, on the screen of the effect display device 70, a decorative pattern display unit in which variable display of decorative patterns, advance notice effect display, etc. are executed, and the first special pattern is reserved in synchronization with the first special pattern reservation lamp. There are provided a first special figure reservation display section in which display is performed and a second special figure reservation display section in which reservation display of the second special symbol is performed in synchronization with the second special figure reservation lamp.

In the decorative pattern display portion of the liquid crystal display screen, three columns of display regions (left display region, middle display region, right display region) are provided as variable display regions of decorative patterns on a predetermined effective line, The left pattern of the decorative pattern corresponding to the left display region, the middle pattern of the decorative pattern corresponding to the middle display region, and the right pattern of the decorative pattern corresponding to the right display region are stopped and displayed. In the special figure reservation display part, in the normal display mode, when the operation reservation ball of the special pattern occurs, the reservation image of the white circle mark is displayed, and when the operation reservation ball is digested, the corresponding reservation image disappears. be. This reserved image is displayed in a predetermined order, such as the type and order of occurrence (order of entry) of the operation reserved ball of the special symbol, and it is possible to display up to 4 each in each special figure reserved display part. be.

<Change settings>
It is assumed that the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment can have a setting change function that changes the degree of advantage for the player in the game by setting values in multiple stages. Here, the set value is a value for specifying the degree of advantage for the player in the game, and is managed by the main control board 100 (see FIG. 41). In this example, it is assumed that six levels of setting values are prepared, namely, "Setting 1", "Setting 2", . In order to make the degree of advantage for the player of the game different depending on each setting value, for example, it is conceivable to provide a difference in the big hit probability of the special symbol lottery and the probability fluctuation performance for each setting value. The main control board 100 controls the progress of the game based on the setting value, and when the setting value is changed by a setting change operation described later, the main control board 100 controls the progress of the game based on the changed setting value.

Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment when equipped with a setting change function will be described below. In the following description, changing/setting a setting value is referred to as "setting change", and a series of operations related to setting change is referred to as "setting change operation".

In the setting change operation in the pachinko machine 1, first, an operation is performed to shift the internal state controlled by the main control board 100 (main control CPU 101) to a "setting change state" in which the setting value can be changed, and then , by performing an operation of selecting and setting a desired set value (a known operation method in a conventional game machine can be used, and detailed description thereof will be omitted) while being controlled in the setting change state. , the setting value can be changed.

The operation for shifting to the setting change state includes a first procedure of opening the front frame 4 (frame open) and a second procedure of turning on the setting key switch (setting key switch on). , a third procedure (RAM clear switch ON) for performing an initialization operation on the initialization switch, and a fourth procedure (power switch ON) for performing a power ON operation on the power switch. However, the third and fourth procedures must be operated in parallel.

Here, the first procedure is achieved by setting the door opening detection member 3p provided on the rear surface of the front frame 4 to a state in which the door opening sensor 2p provided on the lower right lower portion of the outer frame does not detect the door opening. (See FIG. 12), and the second procedure is achieved by inserting a predetermined setting key into the setting key switch 100q provided on the back of the main control board 100 and rotating it (see FIG. 11).

Then, the third procedure is achieved by pressing the RAM clear switch 400q provided on the back of the payout control board 400 (payout control unit) (continue pressing until the fourth procedure described later is achieved). , the fourth procedure is achieved by operating the power switch 600q provided on the back of the power supply board 600 (power supply unit) (see FIG. 11).

In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, among the first to fourth procedures for shifting to the setting change state, the first procedure (frame opening) and the second procedure (setting key switch ON) is omitted, it becomes an initialization operation, and when the third procedure (RAM clear switch ON) is omitted and executed, the current game setting (set value) is confirmed. Move to confirmation state.

In the following explanation, when distinguishing between elements of the same type, branch numbers are used as in "xxx10a" to "xxx10n", "xxx11A1" to "xxx11An", and "xxx12-1" to "xxx12-n". Use the added reference signs. When describing elements of the same kind without distinguishing between them, only the common part of the reference numerals is used, such as "xxx10", "xxx11A", and "xxx12".

<Board composition>
A board configuration suitable for this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. FIG. FIG. 13 is a front view of a game board having a board configuration suitable for this embodiment. FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of a game board having a board structure suitable for this embodiment.

A game board 5A shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 is an example of a game board forming a suitable board configuration for this embodiment. Therefore, in the following embodiment, the game board 5 (see FIG. 7, etc.), which has been used as the game board of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, is replaced with the game board 5A shown in FIGS. continue. It should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the components common to the game board 5, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to FIG. 13, the game board 5A has a title light guide plate 6 for displaying information above the center decoration 22. As shown in FIG. In addition, the game board 5A has a production device 79 on the right side of the center decoration 22. - 特許庁Also, the game board 5A has an attacker unit 500A below the effect device 79. As shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the game board 5A includes a large flower accessory unit 800, a shutter accessory unit 850, and a rear unit 200m′, which are arranged between the front unit 100m and the liquid crystal base 300m. A lower effect device 80 is provided.

<Shutter accessory unit>
The shutter accessory unit 850 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16. FIG. FIG. 15 is a front view of the shutter accessory unit with the shutter accessory in the "initial position". FIG. 16 is a front view of the shutter accessory unit with the shutter accessory in the "movable position".

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the shutter accessory unit 850 is constructed by attaching a shutter accessory 870 to a shutter accessory attachment base 860 . In this embodiment, according to control by the production control means (production control CPU 201 of the production control board 200, etc.), production using the shutter accessory 870, which is one type of the movable accessory 24 (shutter accessory production). can be done. The structure of the shutter accessory unit 850 and the shutter accessory effect will be described below.

The shutter accessory 870 is supported by a shutter accessory mounting base 860, which is a frame member that surrounds the opening 100h. It includes six shutter assemblies 870a-870f that are movable between 860's central "movable positions".

The shutter components 870a to 870f are driven by drive motors 871a to 871b via a drive mechanism (not shown), and these six shutter components 870a to 870f are interlocked to move from the "initial position" to the "movable position." ” (“shutter advancing operation”) and an operation of retracting from the “movable position” to the “initial position” (referred to as “shutter retracting operation”). The shutter components 870a to 870c are driven by a drive motor 871a, and the shutter components 870d to 870f are driven by a drive motor 871b.

As for the shutter accessories 870a to 870f, the position when they are normally stored as shown in FIG. 15 is the "initial position", and at this time, as shown in FIG. It is only exposed so that it can be viewed by the player, and is mostly hidden. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16, when the shutter accessory effect is executed, the position when the shutter accessory 870a to 870f advances toward the center of the inner periphery of the shutter accessory mounting base 860 is the “movable position”. At this time, as shown in FIG. 17, substantially all of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f are exposed so that they can be visually recognized by the player. FIG. 17 is a front view of the game board with the shutter accessory in the "movable position".

Each of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f is provided with a plurality of LEDs 8721 as a light source. When the shutter performance is executed, the plurality of LEDs 8721 of the shutter performances 870a to 870f in the “movable position” emit light under the control of the performance control CPU 201 of the performance control board 200 and the lamp connection board 91. This light is emitted from the light emitting surface on the front side of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f, and the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823 positioned at the "movable position" described later are moved from the back side. Illuminate (referred to as a “shutter illumination operation”).

In addition, on the light-emitting surfaces of the shutter components 870a to 870f, lens cut portions 872a to 872f having geometric shapes such as star shapes are formed, and partially (black areas in the shutter components 870a to 870f in the figure). is knurled. By emitting the light from the LEDs 8721 of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f from the lens cut parts 872a to 872f and the knurled surface, the type of diffusion structure is different, so that the light source can be partially strong. The intensity of the light (directivity, degree of diffusion) is given strength, and the light with this strength is spectrally separated by the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e of the Ohana rotating role 823, which will be described later. By providing the spot and the weak spot, it is possible to emphasize the light color (for example, rainbow color) due to the spectrum.

In addition, the "shutter irradiation operation" of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f is performed not only by fixing the shutter accessories at the "movable position" but also by performing a swinging operation near the "movable position". The petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the 823 may be operated so that the light dispersed by each of them is not uniform.

<Ohana Yakumono Unit>
The large flower accessory unit 800 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 18 to 20. FIG. FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state where the large flower lifting accessory is in the "initial position". FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state where the large flower lifting accessory is in the "movable position". FIG. 20 is a perspective view of the large flower accessory unit in a state where the large flower rotating accessory is in the "movable position".

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the large flower accessory unit 800 is constructed by attaching a large flower accessory 820 to a large flower accessory mounting base 810, which is a frame member surrounding an opening 100h. be. In this embodiment, a series of effects (large flower role rotation effect ) can be executed. The structure of the Large Flower Accessory Unit 800 and the rotation effect of the Large Flower Accessory will be described below.

The large flower accessory 820 is supported by the large flower accessory mounting base 810 at the upper end side, and supported by the large flower ascending and descending accessory 821 that can be moved up and down, and the lower end side of the large flower ascending and descending accessory 821, imitating a petal. A large flower rotating accessory 823 capable of rotating petal movable pieces 8231 (8231a to 8231e), which are five movable pieces, is provided. Incidentally, as shown in FIGS. 19 to 20, the large flower rotating accessory 823 is also supported by supporting members 822a to 822b.

The large flower lifting accessory 821 is driven by the drive motor 8211 to move downward from the upper "initial position" to the lower "movable position" (referred to as "lowering operation"), and from the "movable position" It is a movable accessory that performs an action to rise to the "initial position" (referred to as "rising action"). The large flower rotating role object 823 is normally placed in the "initial position", and at this time, as shown in FIG. A part of the large flower rotating accessory 823 attached to the lower end of the object 821 is exposed below the title light guide plate 6 . Since the title light guide plate 6 is made of a transparent (translucent) resin material, even when the large flower ascending/descending role 821 is at the "initial position", the player can see the large flower rotating role 823. It is possible.

On the other hand, when the large flower role rotation performance is executed, the large flower lifting role object 821 advances to the “movable position”, and at this time, a part of the large flower lifting role object 821 and the petals of the large flower rotating role object 823 A movable piece 8231 is exposed in front of the player.

The large flower rotating accessory 823 is driven by a drive motor (not shown), so that the three petal movable pieces 8231a (8231c work together), 8231d, and 8231e (8231b work together) are interlocked and deployed. (referred to as "unfolding operation") or an operation of stacking the three petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e in the front-rear direction (referred to as a "storage operation") and an operation to rotate all five petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e. (referred to as "rotational movement"). Regarding the three specific petal movable pieces 8231a, 8231d, and 8231e, the position when they are normally retracted is called the "initial position", and the position when they are unfolded is called the "movable position".

In this large flower rotating accessory 823, each of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e is composed of petal decoration members 8232a to 8232e, spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e, and mounting members 8234a to 8234e. Furthermore, a central decorative member 8235 is provided on the forefront of the large flower rotating accessory 823 .

The petal decoration members 8232a to 8232e are made of translucent resin, and a part of the light-emitting surface on the front side thereof is covered with a sticker or coating to form a non-transmitting region (low transmittance). If it is an area, it may transmit some light). The spectroscopic sheets 8233a to 8233e disperse the light emitted from the LED 8721 of the shutter accessory 870 and emit it to the petal decoration members 8232a to 8232e. The mounting members 8234a to 8234e are transparent or translucent resin members, and move along the outer periphery of the large flower rotating accessory 823 as the large flower rotating accessory 823 rotates.

Each of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e is configured by stacking the petal decoration members 8232a to 8232e and the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e and attaching them to the attachment members 8234a to 8234e. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 20, the petal movable piece 8231c is configured by stacking a petal decoration member 8232c and a spectral sheet 8233c and attaching them to an attachment member 8234c.

Between the petal decorative member 8232a and the spectral sheet 8233a, between the petal decorative member 8232b and the spectral sheet 8233b, between the petal decorative member 8232c and the spectral sheet 8233c, between the petal decorative member 8232d and the spectral sheet 8233d, A diffusion sheet may be provided between the petal decoration member 8232e and the spectral sheet 8233e. By further diffusing the light dispersed by each of the spectral sheets 8233 with the diffusion sheet, the light emitted from the light emitting surface of the petal decorative member 8232 shines in the form of a point light source when executing the large flower role rotation production. Light emission unevenness can be reduced.

The large flower rotating accessory 823 has five petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e, and has a three-layered structure. A drive motor (not shown) of the large flower rotating accessory 823 provides a rotation driving force switchable in clockwise/counterclockwise directions to the petal movable piece 8231d of the third layer.

In the large flower rotating accessory 823, the first layer is connected to the third layer by a gear that reverses the direction of rotation, so that when the petal movable piece 8231d of the third layer rotates, the petals of the first layer can move. The pieces 8231a and 8231c perform reverse rotation at the same rotation angle to perform "deployment operation". Furthermore, the first layer maintains the unfolded state by the torque limiter at the stage when the third layer exceeds the movable position, and after that, the first layer rotates with the third layer and performs "rotational movement" in the same direction. . In addition, the second layer petal movable pieces 8231b and 8231e remain at the initial position until the third layer petal movable piece 8231d is expanded by a certain amount, and after the third layer petal movable piece 8231d is expanded by a certain amount, , rotates to the third layer and performs a "rotational motion" in the same direction.

When the large flower rotary accessory 823 is in the "storage operation" and the "rotational operation" is completed, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are driven by the drive motor (not shown) as shown in FIGS. After that, the movement opposite to the above-mentioned "deployment movement" is performed.

With such a configuration, in the state shown in FIG. 19, the petal movable piece 8231d is driven by the drive motor (not shown) of the large flower rotating accessory 823 controlled by the performance control CPU 201 of the performance control board 200 and the motor driver 92. rotates clockwise around the large flower rotating accessory 823, and at the same time, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231c rotate counterclockwise around the large flower rotating accessory 823 while maintaining their relative positional relationship. Then, as shown in FIG. 20, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e can expand to form a corolla. Further, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e can rotate clockwise around the large flower rotation accessory 823 while maintaining the state of forming the corolla.

<Rotating large flower roles>
The large flower role rotation production by the large flower role 820 will be described below. It is assumed that the large flower accessory rotation production of the present embodiment includes an interlocking shutter accessory production.

Prior to the description of the large flower role rotation effect, the state of the large flower role 820 will be described as follows: the position of the large flower elevating role 821, the position or operation of the large flower rotating role 823, and the shutter roles 870a to 870f. It is defined as follows depending on the combination with the position.

(State 1: Standby state) When the large flower lifting accessory 821, the large flower rotating accessory 823, and the shutter accessory 870 are all positioned at the "initial position", the large flower accessory 820 is in the "standby state". do.

(State 2: advanced state) When the large flower lifting accessory 821 is located at the "movable position", the large flower rotating accessory 823 is located at the "initial position", and the shutter accessory 870 is located at the "initial position" , the large flower accessory 820 is in the "advance state".

(State 3: Unfolded state) When the large flower lifting accessory 821, the large flower rotating accessory 823, and the shutter accessory 870 are all in the "movable position", the large flower accessory 820 is in the "unfolded state". do.

(State 4: Rotating state) When the large flower lifting accessory 821 is positioned at the "movable position", the large flower rotating accessory 823 performs the "rotating action", and the shutter accessory 870 is positioned at the "movable position", It is assumed that the large flower accessory 820 is in a "rotating state".

For the Ohana Yakumono rotation production, the following (A) production first operation, (B) production second operation, (C) production third operation, (D) production fourth operation, (E) production fifth operation is included. Hereinafter, (A) the first effect motion to (E) the fifth effect motion will be described while citing the states defined above.

(A) The first effect operation is an operation in which the state of the large flower accessory 820 changes from "state 1: standby state" to "state 2: advance state".

(B) The second effect operation is an operation in which the state of the large flower accessory 820 changes from "state 2: advanced state" to "state 3: expanded state". In the second effect operation, the shutter accessories 870a to 870f perform the "shutter advancing operation" from the "initial position" to the "movable position". The game board 5A after the end of the effect second action is as shown in FIG.

(C) The third effect operation is an operation in which the state of the large flower accessory 820 changes from "state 3: expanded state" to "state 4: rotated state". In the third effect operation, the shutter accessories 870a to 870f perform the "shutter irradiation operation" at the "movable position". On the game board 5A immediately after the start of the third effect operation, the state of the large flower role 820 is "state 3: unfolded state", so the effect 3 As shown in FIG. 21, which is the same as the end of two operations.

(D) The fourth effect operation is an operation in which the state of the large flower accessory 820 changes from "state 3: expanded state" to "state 2: advanced state". In the fourth effect operation, the shutter accessories 870a to 870f perform the "shutter storage operation" from the "movable position" to the "initial position".

(E) The fifth effect operation is an operation in which the state of the large flower accessory 820 transitions from "state 2: advance state" to "state 1: standby state".

Note that the large flower role rotation production may be executed in a staged production mode according to the suggested degree of expectation. For example, the case where ``the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are deployed but do not rotate and do not emit light'' is defined as ``low expectation'', and the case where ``the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e rotate but do not emit light'' is defined as `` High expectation", and the case of "petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e rotate and emit light" is set to "super high expectation or hit confirmed", and a large flower role rotation production in a production mode according to the expectation may be performed.

Also, the large flower accessory rotation effect in the case of "the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e rotate and emit light" may be a effect executed in the "hit confirmed" situation. For example, it may be executed immediately after the patterns are aligned on the liquid crystal, or immediately before the patterns are aligned.

<Luminous mode of Ohana rotating role>
Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 21 to FIG. 23, the light emitting mode of the large flower accessory 823 in the above-described effect third action of the large flower accessory rotating effect will be described. FIG. 21 is a front view of the game board in which both the Ohana rotating accessory and the shutter accessory are in the "movable position". FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of the game board shown in FIG. 21 taken along the line AA. FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining the spectroscopy on the game board. Incidentally, FIG. 22(b) is an enlarged view of the circled portion of the AA section of the game board 5A of FIG. 22(a). Also, in FIG. 21, the title light guide plate 6 is not displayed.

21 to 23 showing the game board 5A in which the large flower role 820 is in the "state 3: unfolded state" in the third production operation. will be used to explain. However, even when the state of the large flower role 820 transitions to "state 4: rotating state" in the third production action, the positional relationship between the shutter roles 870a to 870f and the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e is the large flower rotating role. The only difference is that it changes as the object 823 rotates. The light emitted from the plurality of LEDs 8721 of the shutter accessories 870a to 870f is diffused and split and emitted from the light emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e in the same manner.

In addition, when the state of the large flower accessory 820 transitions to "state 4: rotating state" in the third effect operation, and the large flower rotating accessory 823 rotates, the shutter accessories 870a to 870f and the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e The positional relationship with changes continuously. That is, the light source of the light emitted from the same area of the light emitting surface of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e becomes different LEDs 8721 as they rotate. Therefore, the light emitted from the light emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e becomes rainbow-colored over the entire rotation range of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e.

As shown in FIG. 21, when the shutter accessories 870a to 870f and the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823 in the unfolded state partially overlap in the front-rear direction of the game board 5A, as shown in FIG. , a certain distance is secured between the LEDs 8721 provided in the shutter accessories 870a to 870f and the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e on the rear side of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e. FIG. 22 shows a state in which the shutter accessory 870c and the petal movable piece 8231c partially overlap in the front-rear direction of the game board 5A.

As described above, in the "initial position", the large flower rotating accessory 823 has the petal movable pieces 8231a, 8231e, and 8231d superimposed in the front-rear direction of the game board 5A, and the petal movable pieces 8231c and 8231b superimposed and stored. In this configuration, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are expanded at the "movable position". Therefore, since the overlapping petal movable piece 8231 is thick, there is no space for providing an LED at a position that secures a distance from the petal movable piece 8231 behind the petal movable piece 8231 on the game board 5A.

Further, as can be seen from FIG. 22(b), since each of the petal movable pieces 8231 has no thickness, if LEDs are provided in the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e themselves, sufficient distances from the LEDs to the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e can be secured. I can't.

It is conceivable that the irradiation light of the LED is incident from the lateral direction of the petal movable piece 8231, but it is difficult to secure a sufficient distance to the spectral sheet, and it is considered that the large flower rotating accessory 823 rotates. Then, it becomes necessary to provide a plurality of LEDs in the horizontal direction, which increases the manufacturing cost.

In this way, if there is a restriction on the light source arrangement in the large flower rotating accessory 823, the light from the LED, which is the light source, should be sufficiently distanced from the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e, and the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e will receive the light from the LED. The light cannot be sufficiently diffused to reach the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e.

Even if the light that is not sufficiently diffused is split by the light-splitting sheets 8233a to 8233e and emitted from the light-emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e, it does not become colorful light (light spectrum such as rainbow colors), and individual There is a problem that light emission unevenness occurs such that the point light sources of each color are illuminated, and the effect of the light emission performance of the large flower rotating accessory 823 that makes the light emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e shine is poor.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the shutter accessories 870a to 870f located on the back side of the large flower rotating accessory 823 are provided as light sources for illuminating the light emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823. A plurality of LEDs 8721 are used. Therefore, the distance from the plurality of LEDs 8721 provided on the shutter accessories 870a to 870f to the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e possessed by the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e is ensured to the extent that the light can be sufficiently diffused, and the distance from the plurality of LEDs 8721 The light can be sufficiently diffused before reaching the light-splitting sheets 8233a-8233e, then split and emitted from the light-emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a-8231e. In this way, the light-emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e can be illuminated with various lights (light spectrum such as rainbow colors) without giving the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e a thickness for providing LEDs.

Referring to FIG. 23, in the state of game board 5A of FIG. Sufficiently diffused to reach the respective spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e of 8231a to 8231e, separated by the respective spectral sheets, and emitted from the light emitting surfaces of the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823. explain. In FIG. 23, the shutter accessory 870c and the petal movable piece 8231c will be described as an example. The same applies to 8231d, the shutter accessory 870e and the petal movable piece 8231e. Moreover, although FIG. 23 demonstrates diffusion and spectrum of light about one LED8721, it is the same also about other LED8721. Also, FIG. 23 merely schematically shows an example of the light splitting by the light splitting sheet 8233 .

Shutter component 870c includes a plurality of LEDs 8721, similar to shutter components 870a-870b and 870d-870e. Each of the plurality of LEDs 8721 included in the shutter function 870c emits white light. As exemplified in FIG. 23, the light emitted from the LED 8721 provided in the shutter accessory 870c reaches the spectral sheet 8233c on the back side of the petal movable piece 8231c, as indicated by arrows A11 and A12 in FIG. Spread. The light from the LED 8721 incident on the light-splitting sheet 8233c is split into spectra at each incident point. The light of each color separated by the light-splitting sheet 8233c passes through the movable petal piece 8231c and is emitted from the light-emitting surface as indicated by arrows B11, B12, and B13 in FIG. , the light emitting surface of the petal movable piece 8231c of the large flower rotation accessory 823 can be illuminated in various ways.

It should be noted that the light emission color of the LED 8721 of the shutter function 870c is optimal to use white light in order to evenly split into rainbow colors, but in order to adjust the color, it is controlled to a light color other than white light. may be For example, the light emission colors of the LED 8721 are purple, blue, green, yellowish green, yellow, orange, and red, and each of the shutter functions 870a to 870f is caused to emit light, or in sequence, and the separated light is emitted in each of the rainbow colors. It is also possible to adopt a method of sequentially emitting light with colors that are close to each other. Even in this case, the light-emitting surface of the petal movable piece 8231c of the large flower rotating accessory 823 can be illuminated with a plurality of light colors instead of a single color.

According to the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 arranges the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231f in the front-rear direction at the initial position, and deploys the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231f at the production movable position to perform the production operation. It has a large flower accessory unit 800 and a shutter accessory unit 850 that advances to the back side of the large flower accessory unit 800 in the performance movable position and performs the performance operation. The shutter accessory unit 850 has an LED 8721 as a light source capable of emitting light toward the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231 of the large flower accessory unit 800, and the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231f are the large flower accessory unit. It consists of spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e that split the light emitted from the LED 8721 and petal decoration members 8232a to 8232e that transmit the light split by the spectral sheets 8233a to 8233e when the 800 performs a performance operation. .

In such a configuration of the pachinko machine 1, the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs 8721 included in the shutter accessory 870 of the shutter accessory unit 850 is emitted from the spectral sheet on the back side of the petal movable piece 8231 of the large flower rotary accessory 823. After being sufficiently diffused to reach the light 8233, each light incident on the spectral sheet 8233 and dispersed is emitted from the light emitting surface of the petal movable piece 8231 and diffused. The light-emitting surface of the petal movable piece 8231 can be illuminated with various lights to enhance the effect of light-emitting presentation.

<Guide member>
24 to 28, a guide member 880 provided in the shutter accessory unit 850 and guiding the cable harness routed (distributed) along the shutter accessory mounting base 860 will be described below. do.

FIG. 24 is an enlarged perspective view showing the periphery of the guide member attached to the shutter accessory unit. As shown in FIG. 24, the shutter accessory mounting base 860 supports shutter accessories 870a to 870f and drive motors 871a to 871b. In addition, a socket 861 is provided on the right columnar portion of the shutter accessory mounting base 860 .

The socket 861 is connected to a cable harness connector that electrically connects the shutter accessories 870a to 870f and the drive motors 871a to 871b with the effect control board 200 and the relay board (not shown).

A guide member 880 provided in the shutter accessory unit 850 is a substantially U-shaped member that is attached to the shutter accessory attachment base 860 from the front side around the socket 861, and a cable routed along the shutter accessory attachment base 860. It is an integrally molded member for positioning and guiding the harness at the target position.

The guide member 880 straddles the socket 861 like a bridge when attached to the shutter accessory attachment base 860 and forms a space 880S for connecting a connector to the socket 861 . In addition, the guide member 880 may be attached at a position not straddling the socket 861 in the shutter accessory attachment base 860 .

Details of the guide member 880 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 25 to 27. FIG. FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a guide member. FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing how the cable harness is passed through the guide member. FIG. 25(a) is a perspective view of the guide member 880 viewed from the upper right front, and FIG. 25(b) is a perspective view of the guide member 880 viewed from the lower rear left.

FIG. 27 is a six-sided view showing the guide member. FIG. 27(a) is a view of the guide member 880 viewed from the front in FIG. FIG. 27(b) is a view of the guide member 880 viewed from the right side of FIG. FIG. 27(c) is a view of the guide member 880 viewed from the left in FIG. FIG. 27(d) is a view of the guide member 880 viewed from the rear in FIG. FIG. 27(e) is a view of the guide member 880 viewed from above in FIG. FIG. 27(f) is a diagram of the guide member 880 viewed from below in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 25-27, the guide member 880 includes a curved portion 881 and fixed portions 882a-882b. The fixed portions 882 a to 882 b are provided at the upper and lower ends of the curved portion 881 and have mounting surfaces for the shutter accessory mounting base 860 . The guide member 880 is attached to the shutter accessory attachment base 860 by fixing the fixing portions 882a to 882b to the shutter accessory attachment base 860 with screws or the like.

The curved portion 881 is curved in a substantially U shape, and includes a groove-shaped guide groove 8811 for passing the cable harness routed along the shutter accessory mounting base 860, the guide groove 8811, and the fixing portion 882a. and legs 8816a-8816b connecting to 882b. Although the curved portion 881 is expressed as “curved” for the sake of convenience, it is not limited to an arcuate shape. As shown in FIG. It includes a shape with a bulging position. That is, the shape of the curved portion 881 can include various shapes configured by appropriately combining linear portions and/or curved portions that can form the space portion 880S.

The guide groove 8811 is composed of a guide groove bottom portion 8812, side wall portions 8814 (8814a to 8814b), and pressing members 8815 (8815a to 8815c).

The guide groove bottom 8812 forms the bottom surface of the guide groove 8811 and is provided with bottom openings 8813a to 8813c. The side wall portions 8814a to 8814b are provided on the left and right sides of the guide groove bottom portion 8812 substantially perpendicular to the guide groove bottom portion 8812, form both side walls as ribs of the guide groove 8811, and form the inner side of the guide groove 8811 together with the guide groove bottom portion 8812. do.

The pressing members 8815a to 8815c are provided so as to protrude substantially parallel to the guide groove bottom 8812 from the sides of the side walls 8814a to 8814b farthest from the guide groove bottom 8812. As shown in FIG. The pressing members 8815a to 8815c press the cable harness, which is passed through the inside of the guide groove 8811, toward the guide groove bottom 8812, as indicated by the dashed lines in FIG. The pressing members 8815a to 8815c protect the cable harness passed through the inside of the guide groove 8811 and prevent the cable harness from slipping out of the guide groove 8811.

As can be seen from FIG. 25A, the pressing members 8815a to 8815c are arranged so that the pressing member 8815a protrudes from the side wall portion 8814a, the pressing member 8815b protrudes from the side wall portion 8814b, and the pressing member 8815c protrudes from the side wall portion 8814a. In addition, pressing members 8815a to 8815c are provided so as to protrude alternately from side wall portions 8814a to 8814b. The pressing members 8815a to 8815c provided to protrude alternately prevent the cable harness passing through the inside of the guide groove 8811 from the guide groove 8811 on the basis of catching during assembly operation, vibration during game operation, and the like. It is possible to further enhance the effect of preventing it from coming off.

A pressing member 8821a formed on the fixing portion 882a and a pressing member 8821b formed on the fixing portion 882b serve as pressing members for the cable harness, which are arranged on the path for handling the cable harness. In particular, the holding members 8821a and 8821b hold down the cable harness at the curved portion 881 where the cable harness tends to protrude from the routing area due to bending, so that the cable harness can be routed normally without protruding from the routing area.

As can be seen from FIGS. 25(a) and 27(a), the three bottom openings 8813a to 8813c provided in the guide groove bottom 8812 and the three pressing members 8815a to 8815c respectively overlap in the front-rear direction. formed in position. For example, in order to connect the cable harness passing through the guide groove 8811 to the socket 861, the cable harness can be routed to the space 880S via the bottom openings 8813a to 8813c.

The cable harness passing through the guide groove 8811 is routed along the outer surface of the leg portion 8816a in the direction of the fixing portion 882a, is pressed toward the fixing portion 882a by the pressing member, and is fixed along the outer surface of the leg portion 8816b. It is routed in the direction of the portion 882b and is pressed toward the fixed portion 882b by the pressing member.

The number of elements constituting the guide member 880, such as the bottom openings 8813a to 8813c and the pressing members 8815a to 8815c, is not limited to the number described above, and the purpose of the guide member 880 can be achieved. The design can be changed as appropriate within the range.

<Assembly mode of the back unit>
FIG. 28 is a diagram showing how the back unit including the shutter function unit is assembled to the liquid crystal base. The shutter accessory unit 850 is attached with two drive motors 871a to 871b, and as shown in FIG. 28, a back unit in which the large flower accessory unit 800 and the lower effect device 80 are assembled and integrated. 200m' integrally constructed. The back unit 200m' in which the shutter function unit 850, the large flower function unit 800, and the lower side effect device 80 are integrally configured is heavy and difficult to assemble to the liquid crystal base 300m, for example.

However, as shown in FIG. 28, for example, in the back unit 200m' configured as in this embodiment, one side of the back unit 200m' is aligned with one side of the liquid crystal base 300m. It can be assembled to the liquid crystal base 300m by moving in the direction of the arrow shown therein. At this time, for example, during the assembly work, the operator inserts fingers other than the thumb into the space 880S and presses the pressing member 8815 with the thumb to grip the guide member 880, thereby holding the rear unit 200'. do. The space 880S has a sufficient capacity to hold the rear unit 200' by inserting a finger into the space 880S.

In this way, the operator inserts the back unit 200m' into the space 880S formed in the guide member 880 provided in the shutter accessory unit 850 and assembles the back unit 200m' to the liquid crystal base 300m, thereby using the guide member 880 as a handle. By using the guide groove 8811, the assembly work can be performed efficiently without touching the cable harness passing through the inside of the guide groove 8811. By assembling the back unit 200m' to the liquid crystal base 300m without touching the cable harness, it is possible to prevent the cable harness from being unintentionally caught on a finger and pulled out from the socket 861. - 特許庁In addition, by providing the shutter accessory unit 850 with a portion that can be held securely, it is possible to prevent an accident in which the back unit 200m' is accidentally dropped and the parts are destroyed during the assembly work.

Also, during the assembly work, the operator inserts fingers other than the thumb into the space 880S, presses the guide member 880 with the thumb from the side of the pressing member 8815, and grips the guide member 880 so that the guide groove 8811 is aligned. The back unit 200m' can be held without touching the cable harness passed through the inside.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 28, the mounting position of the guide member 880 shown in FIG. 24 is preferably a position that faces the position where the back unit 200' is fitted into the back unit 200m' from the viewpoint of the efficiency of the assembly work. However, the guide member 880 is not limited to the position shown in FIG. Also, the guide member 880 is not limited to being attached to the front side of the shutter accessory attachment base 860 as shown in FIG. may be Also, the number of guide members 880 attached to the shutter accessory unit 850 may be two or more.

Further, the guide member 880 of the present embodiment is applicable not only to the shutter accessory unit 850 but also to guide members of various units provided inside the housing of the gaming machine.

According to this embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 includes the shutter accessories 870a to 870f that perform a predetermined effect operation, the shutter accessories mounting base 860 that supports the shutter accessories 870a to 870f, and the shutter accessories 870a to 870f. An effect control board 200 for controlling the operation, and a guide member 880 for routing a cable electrically connecting the shutter accessories 870a to 870f and the effect control board 200 along the shutter accessory mounting base 860. . The guide member 880 includes fixed portions 882a to 882b fixed to the shutter accessory mounting base 860, and curved from the fixed portions 882a to 882b so as to be separated from the shutter accessory mounting base 860. and a curved portion 881 forming a predetermined amount of space 880S therebetween.

In such a configuration of the pachinko machine 1, when assembling the back unit 200m', the worker puts his/her finger on the space 880S of the guide member 880 so that it is routed along the shutter function unit 850. It is possible to hold the shutter function unit 850 at a position where the assembly work is easy while preventing the cable harness from being pulled out from the socket 861 by the fingers getting entangled in the cable harness. Improve work efficiency.

<Attacker unit>
Next, the attacker unit 500A suitable for this embodiment will be further described. The attacker unit 500A exists in a limited narrow space between the game panel 100b and the glass frame 3, and the attacker unit 500A has a plurality of parts such as a slider for opening and closing the big prize opening. Even if a light guide plate is attached to the attacker unit 500A, there is no room for it in the front-rear direction of the attacker unit. Therefore, in the conventional attacker unit, there was no choice but to stick to a very simple effect of sticking a design seal.

The attacker unit 500A to be described below integrates the parts constituting the attacker unit 500A with the light emitting function of the light guide plate, even if the thickness of the attacker unit 500A in the front-rear direction is restricted.

The attacker unit 500A is fixed to the game panel 100b so as to project toward the glass frame 3 from the surface of the game panel 100b. FIG. 29 is an overall perspective view of the attacker unit 500A in which the front of the attacker unit 500A is drawn looking down from the upper right oblique, and FIG. 30 is a rear view of the attacker unit 500A drawn looking down from the upper left oblique. FIG. 31 is an overall perspective view of the attacker unit 500A, and FIG. 31 is a perspective view of the attacker unit 500A disassembled into main constituent parts, drawn so as to look down on the front of the attacker unit 500A from the upper right oblique direction.

The attacker unit 500A has a base 7012 that constitutes the main frame of the attacker unit. A front ornament 7004 is attached to the front face of the base 7012 facing the player. Further, an attacker subunit (a prize-winning device) 7020 is assembled to fit into the base 7012 from the back to the front.

The attacker subunit 7020 includes an upper subunit 7021 having a movable piece 7018 that moves forward and backward in order to open and close the attacker (big prize winning port) 64, and a game ball that has passed through the big winning prize port 64 to flow down to the game panel. and a lower subunit 7015 that forms a channel leading out to the back of 100b. Reference numeral 7011 denotes a general winning opening, reference numeral 7014 denotes a sensor for a game ball as a game medium passing through the big winning opening 64, and reference numeral 7022 denotes a solenoid for moving the movable piece 7018 back and forth.

FIG. 32 is a perspective view of the front of the front decoration 7004 as seen obliquely from the upper right. FIG. 33 is a perspective view of the rear surface of the front decoration 7004 as viewed obliquely from the lower right. The front decoration 7004 is molded from a translucent resin (acrylic, polycarbonate, etc.) having a transparent light-guiding property. The translucent resin may be transparent or translucent. A sticker 7002 printed with a predetermined pattern is attached to the front of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration 7004 (FIGS. 29 and 31). A plurality of substantially petal-shaped recessed patterns 7050 recessed in the back direction are formed on the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration 7004 . The light incident from the lower end of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration is repeatedly reflected in the front decoration 7004, and as shown in FIG. The light is reflected (or diffused) at 51 and emitted to the player side. If no sticker is attached to the planar portion 7052 of the front decoration 7004, the substantially petal-shaped pattern (light reflecting portion) may be formed in a convex shape as an example.

The pattern of light emitted to the front side of the front decoration 7004 (range, amount of light, sharpness, etc.) can be adjusted by the depth of the recessed pattern 7050 in the front-rear direction, the angle of the edge, and the like. A concave pattern 7050 may be provided at a position corresponding to the pattern of the seal 7002 . For example, a luminous effect pattern 7102 emitted from the recessed pattern 7050 can be formed to be light so as to surround the petal pattern 7100 (petal) of the sticker 7002 . FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a pattern in which the sticker pattern attached to the front decoration and the luminous pattern emitted from the front decoration are superimposed.

A light-emitting substrate 7006 is fixed to a base 7012 along the front-rear direction of the front decoration 7004 at the lower end of the planar portion of the front decoration 7004 (FIGS. 31 and 32). The light emitting substrate 7006 includes a plurality of light sources (light emitting elements: LEDs) 7030 . A plurality of light sources 7030 are arranged in a row near the lower end of the planar portion 7052 of the front decoration 7004 and face the lower end.

If a plurality of light sources 7030 are arranged in accordance with the position of the front face of the front decoration 7004, the tip of the light emitting substrate 7006 cannot help but protrude from the front face of the front decoration 7004, which is visually recognized by the player. , and there is a risk of spoiling the interest of the player. Since the front decoration 7004 is located close to the glass frame 3 in the first place, it is also difficult to prevent the light emitting substrate 7006 from touching the glass frame 3 .

Therefore, a region 7104 (FIG. 36) near the end (lower end) of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration is directed toward the position of the light source 7030 of the light emitting substrate 7006, and is curved and retracted toward the rear side of the front decoration. FIG. 36 is a cross-sectional view (in the thickness direction of the front decoration) of the area near the lower end of the planar portion of the front decoration. A lower end 7004A of the flat portion 7052 of the front ornament is formed flat so as to face the form of the LED 7030 light source formed flat on the light emitting substrate 7006 .

By doing so, even if the front surface of the front decoration 7004 is close to the glass frame 3, the light can be incident on the plane portion of the front decoration while preventing the light emitting substrate 7006 from touching the glass frame. The light incident from the lower end 7004A of the plane portion 7052 of the front decoration is propagated upward from the plane portion 7052 while being reflected within the region 7104 .

The vicinity of the lower end 7004A of the flat portion 7052 is curved toward the back side of the front decoration, thereby forming a recessed area 7031 (FIGS. 32 and 36) where there is no flat portion from the front surface to the rear surface of the front decoration. Although there is a risk that the light-emitting substrate 7006 can be visually recognized by the player through this recessed region 7031, the recessed region 7031 can be hidden from the player by attaching the seal 7002 so as to completely cover the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration. It can be hidden (Fig. 36).

As shown in FIG. 33, the rear surface of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration is also formed with a three-dimensional pattern 7200 that reflects light and emits it to the player side, similarly to the front surface. FIG. 37 is an enlarged view of the three-dimensional pattern formed on the back surface of the plane portion of the front decoration. This three-dimensional pattern 7200 may be, for example, a convex petal-like pattern that protrudes from the back surface of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration toward the base 7012 . As shown in FIG. 38, which is a cross-sectional view of the plane portion of the front decoration, the light propagating while being reflected in the plane portion 7052 of the front decoration is reflected by the edge of the three-dimensional pattern 7200 and emitted to the player side. be.

By changing the parameters such as the angle of the edge of the three-dimensional pattern 7200 and the amount of protrusion, the characteristics such as the amount of light and the degree of definition of the light emitting effect pattern 7202 emitted to the player side can be changed. For example, by increasing the amount of projection of the convex pattern to be larger than the recess size of the concave pattern 7050 (FIG. 32) on the front surface of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration, the amount of light is greater than that of the light emitting effect pattern based on the concave pattern 7050. A clear effect pattern can be formed on the front of the front decoration. FIG. 39 is a front view of a light-emitting effect pattern formed by convex portions on the rear surface of the front decoration 7004 (surface member). By forming a clear light-emitting effect pattern 7204 based on the recessed pattern 7050 at a position not to correspond to the petal pattern 7100 (FIG. 35) of the seal, for example, so as not to overlap the petal pattern 7100 of the seal, the seal The petal pattern 7100 can give the player an impression as if it had grown. It should be noted that the light reflecting portion on the back surface of the front ornament 7004 may be formed in a concave shape that is recessed toward the front side, or may be formed by combining a concave portion and a convex portion.

With the petal pattern 7100 of the seal, the light emitting effect pattern 7102 based on the concave pattern 7050 on the front of the front decoration 7004, and the light emitting effect pattern 7204 based on the three-dimensional pattern 7200 on the back of the front decoration 7004 (FIGS. 35 and 39), Since an effect with a difference in the distance of the light image in the depth direction can be realized for the player, the player can experience displays, patterns, images, etc. with a three-dimensional effect. The effect control board 200 turns on the light source 7030 of the light emitting board 7006 in a specific game state, for example, a jackpot game state in which the slider opens the big winning holes for a plurality of rounds, so that the player can enjoy a three-dimensional display. You can enjoy a special game state through

A concave portion 7004B (Fig. 36) is formed on the back of the flat portion 7052 of the front ornament, and reflective sheets 7008 and 7010 (Fig. 36) are attached to the back of the flat portion 7052 on which the concave portion 7004B is formed, The light that is reflected and propagated within the planar portion 7052 of the front decoration may also be reflected toward the back of the front decoration 7004 by the concave portion 7004B. The light reflected in the rearward direction is reflected again by the reflective sheets 7008 and 7010 and emitted to the front of the front decoration. Since the pattern formed by the light reflected by the reflective sheet can also be visually recognized by the player, the light emitted to the player side by the three-dimensional pattern 7200 and the light reflected to the player side by the reflective sheets 7008 and 7010 via the concave portion 7004B. It is possible to form a three-dimensional light effect image with a difference in the depth direction.

Although the attacker unit having the large winning opening has been described as the winning opening unit, the winning opening unit may be a general winning opening unit having a general winning opening or a starting opening unit having a starting opening. Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to a structure in front of the game panel, which is close to the glass frame and does not have enough thickness to insert the light guide plate, for example, a center frame.

The winning entrance unit described above uses the thickness direction of the front decoration (constituent parts) to create an integrated lighting effect while giving a sense of distance to the multiple lighting effects patterns without adding a light guide plate. We provide the means to realize it. Furthermore, since the winning port unit does not newly use the light guide plate, it is possible to avoid an increase in the number of parts.

In the above-described embodiment, the light is made incident from the lower end of the flat portion 7052 of the front decoration 7004, but the light may be made to be made incident from the side end. The unevenness on the front and back surfaces of the front decoration 7004 can change the mode of light emitting effect according to the incident direction of light in the vertical (first) direction or the horizontal (second) direction. For example, regarding the unevenness of the front decoration of the winning entrance, the titles of "ABCD", "EFGH", "IJKL", and "MNOP" are arranged vertically in parallel with the incidence of light from the first direction (side end). light is emitted from the second direction (lower end), the "AFKP", which can be read obliquely, can be emphasized and emitted. If "AFKP" is, for example, "chance", it is possible to realize a lighting effect that makes the player expect a predetermined advantageous game.

<Production device>
Next, a modified example of the effect device using the light guide plate as in the light emission effect based on the attacker unit 500A described above will be described. Since this modification is applied to the effect device 79 already described, the structure of the effect device will be described below. Unlike the attacker unit 500A, the effect device 79 does not include a plurality of parts such as a game ball passage component and a movable piece inside, so a light guide plate may be incorporated separately from the front decoration.

FIG. 40 is a perspective view of the rendering device 79, which is disassembled into main constituent parts, viewed from the upper right. The effect device 79 is composed of, from the front side, a front decoration 7900 made of a translucent resin molded body, a light guide plate 7902, a translucent sheet 7904 printed with a predetermined pattern, and a base 7906. It is a structure that is

The front decoration 7900 is configured by assembling a second part 7900B to a first part 7900A. Reference numeral 7912 is a sticker with a pattern attached to the first part 7900A. A light emitting substrate 7910 faces a side end portion 7916 of the light guide plate 7902 on the back of the front ornament 7900 , and light from the LED of the light emitting substrate 7910 is emitted from the side end portion 7916 into the light guide plate 7902 . Reference numeral 7914 is a circular opening in the second part 7900B, and the player can directly see the light guide plate in the circular opening.

As described above, the translucent sheet 7904 is arranged between the light guide plate 7902 and the base 7906, and a plurality of light sources (LEDs) 7908 are provided on the inner surface of the base 7906 on the side of the translucent sheet 7904. , are arranged so that the entire surface of the translucent sheet 7904 can be illuminated.

The effect control board turns on the light source of the light emitting board 7910 to light almost the entire light guide plate 7902 in the normal game state so that the player cannot visually recognize the pattern of the translucent sheet 7904. there is The effect control board turns off the light source of the light emitting board 7910 in a predetermined game state, and the light emitting effect by the pattern of the translucent sheet 7904 based on the light emission of the LED of the base 7906 is generated by the light guide plate 7902 and the front decoration. 7900, it is made visible to the player. Since the light guide plate 7902 suddenly becomes transparent and the background light emission effect pattern is provided to the player, the player can have a special sense of interest. Note that the effect control board can gradually increase the brightness of the background light-emitting effect pattern by gradually decreasing the intensity of the light source.

The light guide plate 7902 employs an inkjet light guide plate, and may be of a type in which a pattern for reflecting light is printed on the surface by a printer (eg, an inkjet printer). For example, in a configuration in which a half-evaporated sheet material is attached to the light guide plate as a reflective pattern, it is troublesome to attach or sandwich the half-evaporated sheet material to the light guide plate so that it does not wrinkle, but this type According to the light guide plate of No. 1, since a sheet material for half vapor deposition is not required, such labor can be saved. In the case of a light guide plate in which a reflection pattern is formed by a printer, the reflection pattern can be formed on the light guide plate simply by changing the printing mode, unlike molding using a laser or a mold. It is also possible to easily cope with changes in the light emission mode.

<Control configuration of game machine>
FIG. 41 is a control block diagram showing an example of the control configuration of the gaming machine according to this embodiment.

<Main control board>
As shown in FIG. 41, the main control board 100 includes a main control CPU 101, a main control ROM 102, a main control RAM 103, an I/O port circuit 104, and the like. The main control CPU 101 controls the operation of the main control program and executes various arithmetic processing related to games. The main control ROM 102 nonvolatilely stores the main control program and various data. The main control RAM 103 functions as a work area used as a temporary storage area (temporary area) and as a buffer memory. The I/O port circuit 104 inputs and outputs signals between peripheral boards such as the effect control board 200 and the payout control board 400 and each device under the control of the main control CPU 101 .

The main control CPU 101 reads the main control program from the main control ROM 102 and executes each command on the main control RAM 103, thereby controlling game operations according to each command of the main control program.

In addition, although not shown, the main control board 100 includes a clock circuit, a WDT circuit, a CTC circuit, a random number generation circuit, and the like.

The clock circuit divides the clock signal from the crystal oscillator to generate an internal system clock. When the main control CPU 101 malfunctions or runs out of control, the WDT circuit is reset to return to a normal state. The CTC circuit generates real-time interrupts and measures time. The random number generation circuit operates as a separate system from the program processing (software random number) by the main control CPU 101 to generate a predetermined random number (internal random number). These are electrically connected to each other via an internal bus (not shown).

The main control CPU 101 reads the main control program stored in the main control ROM 102 based on the detection information from each switch 161, etc., and executes arithmetic processing, thereby executing various processes related to the main control of the game.

Furthermore, the main control CPU 101, in addition to the production command output port for outputting the production control command for executing the production operation accompanying the main control of the game to the production control board 200, also executes the game ball payout operation. and a strobe signal output port for outputting a strobe signal for determining the timing at which the target board receives each of the transmission commands. . The main control CPU 101 has various other output ports, and the strobe signal output port 101B actually exists as a port for outputting a plurality of data together with other output data.

The main control RAM 103 is a volatile storage means at least a part of which is backed up by backup power generated in the power supply board 600 . The backup area of the main control RAM 103 is an area in which data such as the stack pointer and each register held at the time of power interruption should be retained in the event of a power interruption (hereinafter referred to as "power interruption"). When the power is turned on (when the power is turned off), the state of the gaming machine is restored to the state before the power was turned off based on the information in the backup area.

The main control board 100 includes a setting key switch 100q for changing set values, a first starter switch 161 provided at the first starter port 61, a second starter switch 162 provided at the second starter port 62, It is electrically connected to various switches such as an operation gate switch 163 provided in the gate 63, a large winning opening switch 164 provided in the large winning opening 64, and a general winning opening switch 166 provided in the general winning opening 66. ing. In the main control board 100 , detection signals from these various switches are input to the main control CPU 101 via the I/O port circuit 104 .

Furthermore, the main control board 100 includes a first special symbol display device 171, a second special symbol display device 172, a first special symbol retention lamp 173, a second special symbol retention lamp 174, a normal symbol display device 175, and a general symbol retention lamp. It is electrically connected to various display means such as 176 . The main control board 100 is electrically connected to various solenoids such as a normal electric accessory solenoid 123 that operates the normal electric accessory 622 and a special electric accessory solenoid 124 that operates the special electric accessory 642. , a control signal from the main control CPU 101 is transmitted to these various display means and various solenoids through the I/O port circuit 104 .

Between the main control board 100 and the effect control board 200, for example, it is connected by eight parallel signal lines and one strobe signal line, and a single direction from the main control board 100 to the effect control board 200 Communication is possible only with That is, while it is allowed to transmit various effect control commands from the main control board 100 to the effect control board 200, it is not permitted to transmit commands and data from the effect control board 200 to the main control board 100. .

The I/O port circuit 104 is provided between the main control CPU 101 and the effect control board connector 109 on the main control board 100 . The main control CPU 101 and the effect control board connector 109 are connected by a strobe signal bus 112 composed of strobe signal lines in addition to the data bus 111 composed of eight data lines. Command data transmitted from the I/O port circuit 104 is received by the effect control board 200 via the effect control board connector 109 under the control of the main control CPU 101 as will be described later.

<Production control board>
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 41, the performance control board 200 stores a performance control CPU 201 that executes various arithmetic processing related to game performance based on the performance control command from the main control board 100, a performance control program, various data, and the like. Effect control ROM 202, effect control RAM 203 that functions as a work area and buffer memory as a temporary work area (temporary area), peripheral boards such as the main control board 100 and the image control board 300, and between each device and an I/O port circuit 204 for inputting and outputting signals.

The effect control CPU 201 reads the effect control program stored in the effect control ROM 202 and executes it on the effect control RAM 203, thereby controlling the effect operation accompanying the progress of the game according to the effect control program. In addition, although not shown, the production control board 200 includes a clock circuit that divides the clock signal from the crystal oscillator to generate an internal system clock, and a reset when the production control CPU 201 malfunctions or runs out of control. A WDT circuit that returns to a normal state using the system clock, a TPU circuit that outputs various signals based on the system clock, an interrupt controller that generates various interrupts such as timer interrupts based on register settings and signals from the CTC circuit, and inputs and outputs serial data. A real-time clock circuit (hereinafter referred to as an "RTC circuit") having a timekeeping function and a serial communication circuit are mounted, and these are connected to each other via an internal bus.

The production control board 200 generates an image control command for instructing the image and sound output to the image control board 300 in the production control processing according to the production control command from the main control board 100, and in addition, the lamp connection It generates a lamp control signal (lamp data) for controlling the substrate 91, a drive control signal (driving data) for controlling the motor driver 92, and the like. The effect control board 200 is connected to the image control board 300 so as to be capable of two-way communication. An image control command relating to images and sounds is transmitted from the effect control board 200 to the image control board 300, and as a response, a response command (so-called ACK command) indicating that the image control command has been successfully received. is transmitted from the image control board 300 to the effect control board 200 .

The performance control board 200 is connected to the speaker 11 for outputting sound, and the performance control CPU 201 controls the sound data generated by the image control board 300 to be output to the speaker 11 .

The effect control board 200 is electrically connected to a lamp connection board 91 equipped with a plurality of LED drivers, and transmits a lamp control signal (lamp data) for controlling the lamp connection board 91 via a serial communication circuit. Send. In the present embodiment, the effect control board 200 and the lamp connection board 91 employ clock synchronous serial communication, and are transmitted via a signal line (clock line) separate from the data line for transmitting the lamp data. The lamp control signal is transmitted bit by bit through the data line in synchronization with the clock signal.

The lamp connection board 91 incorporates an LED driver that functions upon receiving a lamp control signal for LED driving transmitted from the effect control board 200 . The lamp connection board 91 supplies or cuts off the driving current to the production lamps 10, 25 by switching on/off the switches in the circuit based on the lamp control signal, thereby turning on or off the production lamps 10, 25. control to allow

Furthermore, the effect control board 200 is electrically connected to a plurality of motor drivers 92, and transmits a drive control signal (driving data) for driving the character to the motor driver 92 via the I/O port circuit 204. Output. The motor driver 92 supplies a drive current to the stepping motor of each movable role by switching on/off the switch in the circuit based on the drive control signal for driving the role that is transmitted from the production control board 200. Turn on or off, and operate each movable accessory. Data transmission to the motor driver 92 employs a parallel communication method. It should be noted that, not limited to this embodiment, as long as the drive source for the role is a drive source other than a stepping motor, instead of the motor driver 92, a driver IC corresponding to the drive source is provided with a control signal or Control data is sent.

The image control board 300 has an image control CPU 301 , a ROM 304 , a RAM 305 and an I/O port circuit 306 . The image control CPU 301 executes various kinds of arithmetic processing related to image effects based on image control commands from the effect control board 200 . A ROM 304 stores an image control program, various data, and the like. The RAM 305 functions as a work area as a temporary storage area and as a buffer memory. The I/O port circuit 306 inputs and outputs signals to and from peripheral boards and devices.

The image control CPU 301 reads out an image control program from the ROM 304, loads it into the RAM 305, and executes it, thereby controlling image display operations related to effects according to the image control program. The ROM 304 corresponds to the ROM on the effect control ROM board.

Furthermore, the image control board 300 has a VDP 302 that generates image data according to the content of the presentation based on the control signal obtained from the image control CPU 301, and a sound data that follows the content of the presentation based on the control signal obtained from the image control CPU 301. A sound source IC 303 for generating is mounted. The VDP 302 is a so-called graphic processor, which reads image data stored in an image ROM (not shown) according to an instruction from the image control CPU 301 , performs image processing on the image data, and outputs a generated video signal to the effect display device 70 . Output for The VDP 302 is connected to a high-speed VRAM (not shown) used for developing and processing image data read out from the image ROM. The sound source IC 303 reads sound data stored in a sound ROM (not shown) in response to an instruction from the image control CPU 301 and synthesizes the read data to generate sound data. The generated sound data is output to the speaker 11 via the effect control board 200 and the amplifier.

<Dispensing control board>
The payout control board 400 includes a payout control CPU 401 , a payout control ROM 402 and a payout control RAM 403 . The payout control board 400 drives the prize ball payout unit 34 based on the payout control command from the main control board 100 to control the game ball payout operation (prize ball operation). The ball feeding mechanism 13 and the shooting mechanism 14 are synchronously driven to control the shooting operation of the game balls.

<Power board>
The power supply board 600 includes a normal power supply circuit, a backup power supply circuit, and a power interruption monitoring circuit. The normal power supply circuit generates a normal power supply used by each control board based on the primary power supply supplied from the power supply equipment of the gaming machine island. A backup power circuit generates a backup power supply. The power-off monitoring circuit has a function of monitoring power-off due to voltage drop.

The power supply board 600 generates and supplies a power supply voltage necessary for electronic/electric parts such as each control board and game equipment. A power switch 600q is connected to the power board 600 for activating the power circuit. Predetermined power is supplied from a normal power supply circuit to each control board and the like.

The power board 600 has a function of detecting that the power supply from the power supply device of the gaming machine island has been cut off (hereinafter also referred to as "power cutoff"), and when the power cutoff is detected, a power cutoff signal notifies that effect. (NMI signal) is transmitted to the main control board 100 , the effect control board 200 and the payout control board 400 . The backup power supply circuit is configured to be charged while power is supplied to the game machine from the power supply device of the game machine island. A RAM clear switch 400q and a door open sensor 2q are connected to the power supply board 600 . The RAM clear switch 400q is a switch for temporarily erasing the stored contents of the main control RAM 103 of the main control board 100 and setting an initial value when the game machine is powered on. The door open sensor 2q is a sensor that detects the open/closed state of the front frame 4 with respect to the outer frame 2. As shown in FIG. Note that the RAM clear switch 400q and the door open sensor 2q may be connected to other boards such as the main control board 100 instead of the power supply board 600, for example.

<Example of basic operation of game machine>
In the gaming machine constructed as described above, a game is started in a state in which game balls are stored in the upper ball tray 8 . First, when the shooting handle 12 is rotated, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 8 are delivered one by one to the shooting mechanism 14 by the ball feeding mechanism 13 provided on the back side of the glass frame 3. , is fired to the game area 5a by the firing mechanism 14 at a firing intensity corresponding to the amount of operation of the firing handle 12. As shown in FIG.

When a game ball rolling down the game area 5a enters any one of the general winning opening 66, the first starting opening 61, the second starting opening 62 and the big winning opening 64, this detection signal is input to the main control board 100. be done. In the main control board 100, the main control CPU 101 transmits to the payout control board 400 a payout control command that instructs the prize ball operation corresponding to the type of the winning hole, and the payout control board 400 receives the payout control board 400. A game ball in a tank 31 is put out to an upper ball tray 8 or a lower ball tray 9 by a prize ball putting out unit 34. - 特許庁

On the other hand, when the game ball enters the first starting port 61 or the second starting port 62, this detection signal is input to the main control board 100. FIG. In the main control board 100, the main control CPU 101 acquires a lottery random number value of a special symbol when detecting a ball entering the first starting port 61 or the second starting port 62, and increases the random number value up to a predetermined upper limit number. It is temporarily stored as a reserved ball with a special pattern. When a predetermined variation start condition is established, the main control CPU 101 then executes the determination of whether a special symbol is appropriate and the symbol determination for the lottery random number value related to the ball with the earliest stored timing, and selects a variation pattern. Then, the special symbols are variably displayed using the first special symbol display device 171 or the second special symbol display device 172 in accordance with the determination result. Along with this, the main control CPU 101 causes the image control board 300 to cause the effect display device 70 to execute the variable display of decorative symbols and the display of the variable effect by transmitting an effect control command to the effect control board 200 . The variable display of the special design and the decorative design is synchronously stopped and displayed after the lapse of the variation time corresponding to the selected variation pattern. Here, various lottery random numbers are acquired when a ball is entered into the first start port 61 or the second start port 62, and further, the acquired random numbers are reserved and the fluctuation start condition is satisfied. In this case, regarding the execution of the special symbol game by the special symbol display device, the processing that results in the execution of the special symbol game is referred to as "starting condition (established)".

When the first special symbol or the second special symbol is confirmed and displayed in the stop mode indicating the big hit in the first special symbol display device 171 or the second special symbol display device 172, the game state is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. The game shifts to a special game, and the opening and closing operation of the big winning opening 64 is started according to the operation of the special electric accessory 642 . On the other hand, the mode of stopping the decorative symbols indicating a big hit in the effect display device 70 is, for example, a mode in which the types of the three symbols are the same. In this embodiment, as special games, the 10R special game in which the round game is set to 10 times (10 rounds), the 5R special game in which the round game is set to 5 times (5 rounds), and the round game twice A 2R special game set to (2 rounds) is prepared.

In this embodiment, even if it is shifted to any of the 10R special game, the 5R special game and the 2R special game, the number of fluctuations of the special symbols after the end of the special game reaches a predetermined final number (also referred to as "ST number"). The probability variation function of special symbols (also referred to as "probability variation") operates over the period until reaching (also referred to as "ST period"). That is, in this embodiment, the special symbol probability variation function is limited until the number of times of ST is reached, rather than continuing until the occurrence of the next big hit. When the special symbol probability variation function is activated in this way, the special symbol lottery jackpot probability shifts from a low probability state to a high probability state, so that the probability of reaching a new jackpot relatively early becomes high.

On the other hand, after the special game ends, the main control CPU 101 may operate a special symbol variation time reduction function (hereinafter also referred to as "time reduction") in conjunction with or separately from the special symbol probability variation function. When the special pattern fluctuation time reduction function is activated, the average fluctuation time of the special pattern (and decorative pattern) tends to be shorter than usual, the number of special pattern lotteries per unit time is improved, and the last big hit ends. It becomes easier to win the next big hit in a shorter period of time.

Furthermore, the main control CPU 101 operates a so-called electric chew support function (normal electric accessories support function) together with the operation of the special symbol fluctuation time reduction function. In the electric chew support function, any function or a combination of the normal symbol probability variation function, the normal symbol variation time shortening function, and the normal electric accessory 622 open extension function operates. When the normal symbol probability variation function operates, the winning probability of the normal symbol becomes higher than the normal state. When the normal symbol variation time shortening function is activated, the normal symbol variation time is shortened, and the opening mode of the normal electric accessory 622 is changed from that during the normal game state (when the electric chew support function is not activated). (For example, the opening time of the normal electric accessory 622 is extended more than usual), a state in which the game ball can easily enter the second start port 62 (also referred to as “easy ball entry state”). When the opening time extension function of the normal electric accessory 622 is activated, the opening time of the normal electric accessory 622 is extended from the normal state. In this easy-to-enter state, the normal symbol variation time shortening function is activated, increasing the possibility that the number of normal symbol variations per fixed time period will increase more than in the normal state, and the opening time of the normal electric accessory 622 is opened. Since the activation of the time extension function also improves the ease of entering the second starting hole 62, the number of balls entering the second starting hole 62 is more likely to increase. Therefore, due to the operation of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the electric chew support function, the chances of winning a prize ball by entering the second start hole 62 during the period are increased, and as a result, the player can The game can be continued in a state in which it is difficult to reduce the number of balls as compared with the normal game state.

<Example of main functional configuration of game machine>
The outline of the game operation of the gaming machine according to this embodiment is as described above. Next, the main functions of the gaming machine according to this embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 42 is a block diagram showing an example of functions of the main control board 100 installed in the game machine according to this embodiment.

The main control board 100 includes entering ball determination means 110, game lottery random number generation means 120, reservation control means 130, advance determination means 135, special symbol lottery processing means 140, normal symbol lottery processing means 145, special game control means 150, and symbols. Display control means 155 , electric accessory control means 160 , game state control means 169 , error monitoring control means 170 , main information storage means 180 and command transmission/reception means 190 are included. The above-described means in the main control board 100 include the main control CPU 101 provided on the main control board 100, the main control ROM 102, the main control RAM 103, hardware such as electronic circuits, and the main control ROM 102. Although it is composed of software such as a control program, it is represented here as a functional block.

The entering ball determination means 110 detects each detection signal from the first starting opening switch 161, the second starting opening switch 162, the operation gate switch 163, the big winning opening switch 164, the general winning opening switch 166, the out ball detection switch 167, and the like. Based on this, it is determined whether a game ball enters each winning hole or the like.

The game lottery random number generating means 120 takes in the built-in random number generated by the random number generation circuit described above, and adds a special symbol per soft random number to it to generate a special per symbol random number used for a special symbol win/fail lottery. to generate The game lottery random number generating means 120 includes a random number counter for generating various software random numbers by program processing of the main control CPU 101 . These random number counters function as random number generating means for generating random numbers by software.

As the software random numbers, there are special symbol per soft random numbers that are added to the above built-in random numbers to form special symbol per random numbers, special per symbol soft initial value random numbers for determining the initial value and end value of the special per symbol soft random numbers. , Special symbol random number per special symbol used to determine the winning symbol (combination of symbols that will activate the condition device, combination of lost symbols, etc.) as a stop symbol of the special symbol, initial value and end value of symbol random number per special symbol Design initial value random number per special design for determining, special design variation pattern random number for use in selecting the variation pattern of special design, random number per normal design for use in winning or not lottery of normal design, random number per normal design An initial value random number per normal design for determining the initial value and end value of, and a normal design variation pattern random number for use in selecting a normal design variation pattern. In addition, the above-mentioned hit pattern means a winning pattern.

These software random numbers are updated once each time a timer interrupt process occurs, and the initial value random numbers use the remaining time of the interrupt cycle even while the timer interrupt process is not being executed (during loop processing). to update.

Reservation control means 130 includes special symbol reservation control means 131 and normal symbol reservation control means 132 . The special symbol retention control means 131 is triggered by the entry of the game ball into the first start port 61 or the second start port 62, and the special symbol per random number, which is the lottery random number related to the special symbol game. A symbol random number value and a special symbol variation pattern random number value are acquired, and the random number value is managed as the operation reservation ball information of the first special symbol or the second special symbol. The special symbol reservation control means 131 stores the main information so as to combine the operation reservation ball information of the first special symbol or the second special symbol up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 4 pieces) with the ball entry order of the reservation ball. It is temporarily stored in the first special symbol reserve storage area or the second special symbol reserve storage area of the means 180 .

In the first special symbol reservation storage area and the second special symbol reservation storage area, the reservation 1 storage area (first reservation storage area), the reservation 2 storage area (2 reserved storage area), a reserved 3 storage area (third reserved storage area), and a reserved 4 storage area (fourth reserved storage area). Each reservation storage area can store a set of random numbers per special symbol, random numbers per special symbol, and special symbol variation pattern random numbers as operation retention ball information. The operation pending ball information is stored in the order of the pending 1 storage area, the pending 2 storage area, the pending 3 storage area, and the pending 4 storage area, while the pending 1 storage area, the pending 2 storage area, the pending 3 storage area, and the pending 4 storage area. Regions are digested in order according to the so-called first-in first-out principle. When the hold ball information in the hold 1 storage area is digested, the hold ball information stored in the hold 2 storage area, the hold 3 storage area, and the hold 4 storage area is shifted to storage areas with lower numbers, and the hold 4 storage area. Clear the contents of the memory area to zero.

The special symbol retention control means 131 includes a first special symbol retention ball number counter for counting the number of operation retention balls of the first special symbol, and a second special symbol retention ball number for counting the number of operation retention balls of the second special symbol. It has a ball number counter. The special symbol reservation control means 131 adds 1 to the corresponding counter every time one operation reservation ball of the special symbol is acquired as an update processing of the number of operation reservation balls of the special symbol, and one operation reservation ball is digested. Each time the corresponding counter is decremented by 1.

The special symbol reservation control means 131 updates (adds or subtracts) the number of operation reservation balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol, the effect control command including the update information of the number of reservation balls ("symbol memory number command ”) and temporarily stored in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180 . This one command includes information on both the number of activated balls with the first special symbol and the number of activated balls with the second special symbol. In principle, the operation reserve balls of each special symbol are digested in the order of entry, but in this embodiment, the variation display of the second special symbol is preferentially executed rather than the first special symbol. , In order to adopt the so-called priority digestion, while the operation reservation ball related to the second special symbol game exists, regardless of the existence of the operation reservation ball related to the first special symbol game, the operation reservation related to the second special symbol game Configured to preferentially digest spheres. In addition, under this priority digestion, if there is an operation pending ball of the second special symbol, even if an operation pending ball of the first special symbol exists, the operation pending ball of the first special symbol is digested. will be put on hold.

The normal symbol holding control means 132 is triggered by the fact that the game ball rolling and flowing down the game area 5a has passed through the gate 63, and is a lottery random number value related to the normal symbol game. A random number value and a normal pattern variation pattern random number value are acquired, and the random number value is managed as normal symbol operation retention ball information. The normal symbol reservation control means 132 controls the normal symbol reservation storage area of the main information storage means 180 so that up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 4 pieces) of normal symbol operation reservation ball information is combined with the ball entry order of the reservation ball. temporarily stored in The normal design reservation control means 132 has a normal design reservation ball number counter for counting the number of normal design operation reservation balls. The normal symbol reservation control means 132 adds 1 to the corresponding counter each time one operation reservation ball of the normal symbol is obtained as update processing of the number of operation normal symbol reservation balls, and one operation reservation ball is digested. Each time the corresponding counter is decremented by 1.

The pre-determination means 135 executes pre-determination for pre-reading notice targeting the operation-reserving ball with a special symbol at a predetermined pre-determination timing. As an example of the pre-determining timing, (1) while waiting for a hit, and when the electric chew support function is not in operation, when the operation holding ball of the first special symbol is acquired, (2) while waiting for a hit, and when the electric chew If the second special symbol operation reserve ball is obtained while the support function is operating, or (3) if the second special symbol operation reserve ball is obtained during the big win or small win, either of the conditions It's time to be satisfied. In the main control board 100, regardless of the timing when the operation reservation ball is acquired, the preliminary determination is executed and the information is transmitted to the effect control board 200, and the effect control board 200 is responsible for all whether or not the pre-reading notice can be executed. It is also possible to decide

Specifically, the pre-determination means 135 reads out the random number value corresponding to the operation reservation ball acquired this time from the first special symbol reservation storage area or the second special symbol reservation storage area of the main information storage means 180, and the winning lottery. Pre-determination (advance/deny pre-determination), pre-determination of symbol lottery (pre-determination of symbol), pre-determination of variation pattern lottery (pre-determination of variation pattern) are sequentially executed. The pre-determination table used in each pre-determination is not shown, but it corresponds to the total number of random numbers in the same way as the lottery table (special symbol success or failure lottery table, special symbol per symbol table, fluctuation pattern table) described later. The area is partitioned into a plurality of areas, and a lottery ID is assigned to each area (determination value number). In addition, if the preliminary determination by the preliminary determination means 135 corresponds to the random number value used for the lottery when the variation is actually started, the first special symbol reservation storage area or the second special symbol reservation storage area Data temporarily held in a RAM or a register of a CPU may be pre-determined instead of the data stored in the memory.

As this lottery ID, a number indicating the result of preliminary determination (also referred to as “pre-determination number”) is set. The pre-determination means 135 sequentially generates effect control commands (referred to as "pre-determination commands") including information on pre-determination results (pre-determination numbers), and stores them in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180. . It should be noted that, as in the present embodiment, not only when transmitting the information (lottery ID) to which random value range the pre-determination result belongs to, but also using a success or failure lottery table or the like used when actually starting the fluctuation It is also possible to transmit the result of a lottery drawn in advance.

The special symbol lottery processing means 140 includes special symbol suitability determination means 141 , special symbol stop symbol determination means 142 and special symbol variation pattern determination means 143 . The special symbol lottery processing means 140, when the special symbol variation start condition is established, selects a special symbol per random value stored in the first storage area (holding 1 storage area) of the special symbol holding storage area in the main information storage means 180. , the special symbol per symbol random value and the special symbol variation pattern random value are read out and stored in the special symbol validity determination area, the special symbol determination area and the special symbol variation pattern determination area of the main information storage means 180, respectively. Here, "the special symbol fluctuation start condition is established" means, for example, in the case of adopting the priority control of the second special symbol as in the present embodiment, (1) it is not a big hit or a small hit, (2) Both the first special symbol and the second special symbol are on standby, (3) At least one of the first special symbol and the second special symbol has an operation pending ball. It means to satisfy If all these conditions are satisfied, it is determined that the special symbols are ready to start varying.

The special symbol success/failure determination means 141 reads out the special symbol hit random number value from the special symbol success/failure determination area of the main information storage means 180, executes the success/failure determination, and determines whether the determination result corresponds to a big hit, a small hit, or a loss. to decide. The result of this success/failure determination is temporarily stored in the special symbol determination flag of the main information storage means 180 (for example, big hit data (for example "55H"), small hit data (for example "33H"), and loss data (for example "00H"), after being used in subsequent processes, it is cleared when the fluctuation of the special symbol stops.The special symbol validity determination means 141 refers to the special symbol success/fail lottery table during this success/failure determination.In addition, The "H" shown after each data above is an acronym for "Hexadecimal" and means that the data is expressed in hexadecimal.For example, if "55H" is 1 It indicates that the byte data is “01010101B (“B” is a binary number).” Especially when notation in decimal notation, the symbol is not added or “D” is added for explanation.

FIG. 44(A) is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol success/fail lottery table referred to in a normal state as a so-called low probability state, and FIG. 44(B) is referred to in a variable state as a so-called high probability state. It is a diagram showing an example of a special symbol success or failure lottery table.

In this special symbol hit/fail lottery table, the special symbol hit random number value is associated with the determination result of the big hit, the small hit and the loss. Winning probabilities of big wins and small wins are determined according to the range of random numbers associated in this way. As can be seen from these FIGS. 44(A) and 44(B), in the lottery of the special symbol game, in the normal state (low probability state), only when the random number falls within the range of "0 to 219", the big hit. becomes. On the other hand, in the probability state (high probability state), the range of the jackpot is expanded, and not only when the random number falls within the range of "0 to 219", but also when it falls within the range of "220 to 2184" It will be a big hit. That is, when the special symbol probability variation function is activated, the lottery probability of the big win varies from a low probability state (approximately 1/300) to a high probability state (approximately 1/30).

Thus, although the range corresponding to the big win changes according to the game state, the winning probability of the big win is the same between the lottery for the first special symbol and the lottery for the second special symbol. Here, even if the special symbol per random number value does not fall within the range of the big win, it will be a small win if it falls within the predetermined range. In the present embodiment, only the winning lottery for the first special symbol has a small winning, but for example, a small winning is also prepared for the winning lottery for the second special symbol. The lottery may be structured so as to give a small win at a higher probability than the lottery for the first special symbol, or a small win may be prepared only for the lottery for the second special symbol.

In addition, as described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment can be provided with a setting change function for changing the degree of advantage for the player in the game by setting values in multiple stages. When the settings are changed in such a pachinko machine 1, the random value range for the big hits is changed according to the settings (set values). Therefore, a special symbol success/failure lottery table with different jackpot ranges is prepared according to the set value. However, in the pachinko machine 1, the ratio between the big win lottery probability in the low probability state and the big win lottery probability in the high probability state is constant regardless of the set value. Specifically, for example, regarding the jackpot lottery probability when the set value is "1", if the low probability state is 1/300 and the high probability state is 1/30 (10 times the low probability state), The jackpot lottery probability when the set value is "6" is 1/25 in the high probability state (10 times the low probability state) when the low probability state is 1/250.

The special symbol stop symbol determination means 142 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol or the second special symbol and the symbol group to which the stop symbol belongs based on the result of the lottery of the first special symbol or the second special symbol. do. The special symbol stop symbol determination means 142 is a first special symbol winning symbol table referred to when determining the stop symbol and symbol group of the first special symbol and the second special symbol when the result of the winning lottery is a big hit. And it has a symbol table per second special symbol.

In the first special symbol per symbol table, as shown in FIG. 45 (A), for the special symbol per symbol random number, stop symbol, symbol group, big hit content (special symbol probability variation function and variation time reduction The number of times the function is operated and the operation pattern of the big winning opening 64) are associated with each other. In addition, the numerical value "100" in parentheses means the number of times of operation of the probability variation function and the variation time reduction function of the special symbol, ie, the number of times of ST. In this table, the stop symbols "1" to "8" of the first special symbols are classified into two types of symbol groups A and B according to the type of jackpot. In the present embodiment, the winning symbol table is not shown when the winning lottery is lost and the small winning is a single action. If you want to change the variation pattern or change the control mode of the special electric accessory by giving the type of the loss or the small hit to the winning pattern or the small winning pattern. Also in the case of a miss or a small hit, the winning pattern table may be used to determine the pattern.

Specifically, the patterns "1", "2", "3", and "4" are the pattern group A (10R specific time saving pattern), and the patterns "5" and "6" are the pattern group B (5R specific time saving pattern) is associated with the patterns "7" and "8", respectively, with the pattern group C (2R specific time saving pattern). It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the "specific pattern" is a pattern that will activate the probability variation function after the end of the special game, while the "normal design" means that the probability variation function will be activated after the end of the special game. It is a design that does not allow the player to play (the same applies to the second special design described later).

The symbol groups A and B are specific symbols indicating a so-called "probability variation hit" that shifts the game state after the end of the special game to a probability variation state (high probability state), and the number of variations of the special symbol is a big hit within the ST number. , or until the next big hit occurs within the number of STs, the probability variation function of special symbols, the variation time reduction function, and the electric chew support function are given. be. As for the symbol group A, the prescribed number of rounds of the special game is 10 rounds, and the maximum opening time of the big winning opening 64 in one round game is about 30 seconds. On the other hand, for the symbol group B, the prescribed number of rounds of the special game is 5 rounds, and the maximum opening time of the big winning opening 64 in one round game is about 30 seconds.

The symbol group C shifts the game state after the end of the special game to the variable probability state (high probability state) of the special symbols, although the number of times and the opening time of the large winning opening 64 are different from those of the above-mentioned "variable probability win". , It is a specific symbol that indicates a so-called "sudden probability change hit", until the number of variations of the special symbol ends without causing a big hit within the ST number, or until the next big hit occurs within the ST number Limited to between, the special symbol probability variation function and variation time reduction function, and the electric chew support function will be given. The specified number of rounds of the special game is two rounds, and the maximum opening time of the big winning opening 64 in one round game is about 1.8 seconds.

On the other hand, when the result of the win/fail lottery is a small hit, the symbol determination by the special symbol per random number is omitted, and the symbol "9" is uniquely assigned as the stop symbol. The symbol "9" is associated with the symbol group F (special electric operation symbol 1). In addition, in the case of a small hit, the game state (probability fluctuation function, fluctuation time reduction function, electric chew support function) and the change pattern selection state are not triggered, and the game state is maintained before and after the lottery. be done. If the result of the lottery is a loss, the symbol "0" is uniquely assigned as the stop symbol.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 45(B), in the above-described second special symbol per symbol table, with respect to the special symbol per symbol random number, the contents of the stop symbol, symbol group, and big win (probability fluctuation function of special symbol) and the number of times of operation of the variable time reduction function, and the operation pattern of the special electric accessory 642. In this second special symbol per symbol table, the stop symbols "11" to "18" of the second special symbols are associated with each other. , according to the type of jackpot, are classified into two types of symbol groups D and E. Specifically, symbols "11", "12", "13" and "14" include symbol group D 10R specific time-saving pattern) is associated with patterns "15", "16", "17", and "18" with pattern group E (5R specific time-saving pattern).

The symbol groups D and E are specific symbols indicating a so-called "probability variation hit" that shifts the game state after the end of the special game to a probability variation state (high probability state), and the number of variations of the special symbols is a big hit within the ST number. , or until the next big hit occurs within the number of STs, the probability variation function of special symbols, the variation time reduction function, and the electric chew support function are given. sell. As for the pattern group D, the prescribed number of rounds of the special game is 10 rounds, and the maximum opening time of the big winning opening 64 in one round game is about 30 seconds. As for the symbol group E, the prescribed number of rounds of the special game is 5 rounds, and the maximum opening time of the big winning opening 64 in one round game is about 30 seconds.

On the other hand, when the result of the win/fail lottery is a small hit, the symbol determination by the special symbol per random number is omitted, and the symbol "19" is uniquely assigned as the stop symbol. The symbol "19" is associated with a symbol group G (special electric operation symbol 2). In addition, in the case of a small hit, it does not trigger a change in the game state (probability variation function, variation time reduction function, electric chew support function) and variation pattern selection state, and the winning result may be different before and after the lottery. It is determined whether or not the end condition of the game state such as the probability variation function is satisfied in the same way as in the other case, and when the end condition is not satisfied, the game state when it is determined as a small win is maintained. If the result of the lottery is a loss, the symbol "0" is uniquely assigned as the stop symbol.

As described above, in this embodiment, as the jackpot type, three types of 10R jackpot (10R specific time reduction pattern), 5R jackpot (5R specific time reduction pattern) and 2R jackpot (2R specific time reduction pattern) are prepared. . The expected value of winning a prize ball (expected value of winning a prize ball) in the special game is in the order of 10R big win>5R big win>2R big win. Therefore, hereinafter, the 10R jackpot is also referred to as the "high-profit jackpot" with the highest expected value for winning prize balls, and the 2R jackpot is also referred to as the "low-profit jackpot" with the lowest expected value for winning prize balls. It should be noted that even if the number of execution rounds is the same, when the long open round game (30 seconds) and the short open round game (1.8 seconds) are mixed, the big hit with many long open round games is "high". Profit jackpot.”

Specifically, the special game may include a special game that has a common number of rounds to be executed, such as unifying the number of rounds to be executed to 10 rounds, but changes so that the mode of the round game changes in a predetermined round, In that case, a special game of a type consisting only of short opening round games in which the opening time of the big winning opening 64 is relatively short, and a long game in which the opening time of the big winning opening 64 is relatively long after the predetermined number of execution rounds. A special game of the kind that switches to an open round game may also be included, the latter constituting a "high profit jackpot". Even with the same number of executed rounds, the actual profit, that is, the expected value of winning the prize ball may be different depending on the difference in the pattern of opening the big prize hole.

Here, as can be seen from the above description, if the first special symbol lottery results in a big hit, the 10R jackpot is selected with a probability of 50%, whereas the second special symbol is a success or failure. When the lottery results in a big win, the 10R big win is selected with a probability of 75%. This is advantageous for the player in that it is more likely that more balls can be obtained by entering the second starting hole 62 than by entering the first starting hole 61 with the game ball. It should be noted that the count number (prescribed count number) is the maximum possible number of game balls entering the big winning opening 64 in the round game.

The special symbol variation pattern determining means 143 shown in FIG. 42 determines a special symbol variation pattern based on the special symbol variation pattern random number value. Here, the special symbol variation pattern determining means 143 has a plurality of variation pattern tables to be referred to when selecting a special symbol variation pattern, as illustrated in FIGS. 46 and 47 to be described later. The special symbol variation pattern determination means 143 selects one of these variation pattern tables based on the current variation pattern selection state and the result of the lottery. The relationship between the variation pattern selection state and the variation pattern table will be described later. Each variation pattern table defines a plurality of variation patterns. In addition, in each figure, in order to make the explanation easier to understand, the "selection rate" is indicated, but in fact the judgment value (random value range) is set, and the variation pattern is determined based on which determination value the variation pattern random number belongs to. Various fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time determined for each of the fluctuation patterns as a termination condition of the pattern fluctuation, and it is assumed that the pattern fluctuation by the decorative pattern composed of a plurality of patterns is also executed during the fluctuation time. defined as In addition, in this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, only a plurality of types of variation patterns will be described as an example, but in reality there are many more variation patterns.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example of a variation pattern table for big wins and small wins. The upper (A1) is a normal variation pattern table, the middle (A2) is a probability variation pattern table, and the lower (A3) is a special variation pattern table. In this embodiment, the variation pattern to be selected is set to be different depending on the variation pattern selection state or depending on the jackpot type even in the same variation pattern selection state.

In the normal variation pattern table (A1), when the jackpot type is the 10R jackpot, the variation pattern PX2 (normal reach A) or the variation pattern PX3 (super reach A) is selected, and when the 5R jackpot is selected, the variation pattern PY2 (normal reach A) or variation pattern PY3 (super reach A) is selected. On the other hand, in the case of a 2R big hit or a small hit, the variation pattern PZ2 (normal reach A) or the variation pattern PZ4 (super reach D) is selected. In this normal variation pattern table for big wins and small wins, no non-reach mode variation pattern is selected, and only the reach mode variation pattern is selected when a big win or a small win occurs in the normal state. obtain.

In the probability variation pattern table (A2), only variation pattern PX7 (super reach B) is selected when the jackpot type is 10R jackpot or 5R jackpot. On the other hand, in the case of a 2R big hit or a small hit, either the variation pattern PZ6 (normal reach B) or the variation pattern PZ8 (super reach D) is selected. In this probability variation pattern table for big hits and small hits, non-reach mode variation patterns are not selected, and only reach mode variation patterns are used when a big hit or a small hit occurs in the probability variation state of special symbols. can be selected.

In the special variation pattern table (A3), when the jackpot type is the 10R jackpot, only the variation pattern PX9 (non-reach C) is selected, and when the 5R jackpot, only the variation pattern PY10 (super reach C) is selected. is selected. On the other hand, in the case of a 2R big hit or a small hit, only the variation pattern PZ10 (super reach C) is selected. Here, the variation pattern PX9 of the non-reach C mode is configured as a super-short variation time (2 seconds), while the variation patterns PY10 and PZ10 of the super reach C mode are configured as a relatively long variation time (120 seconds). be done.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of a deviation pattern table. The upper (B1) is a normal variation pattern table, the middle (B2) is a probability variation pattern table, and the lower (B3) is a special variation pattern table. In this embodiment, the variation pattern to be selected is set to be different according to the variation pattern selection state and the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol.

The normal variation pattern table (B1) assumes that the variation pattern of the first special symbol is selected (because the variation of the first special symbol is the main subject in the normal game state). In the normal fluctuation pattern table (B1), fluctuation patterns PH1-1, PH1-2, PH1-3 corresponding to non-reach A, fluctuation patterns PH1-4, PH1-5 corresponding to non-reach B, normal reach A (N reach Either PH2 corresponding to A), PH3 corresponding to super reach A (SP reach A), or PH4 corresponding to super reach D (SP reach D) is selected. In the normal fluctuation pattern table (B1), fluctuations of non-reach A are excluded from prefetching, and fluctuations other than non-reach A are prefetched.

In addition, in the normal fluctuation pattern table (B1), the fluctuation patterns PH1-4 and PH1-5 corresponding to the non-reach B may change the selection rate depending on the number of reservations. In addition, the variation pattern corresponding to the reach area (N reach A, SP reach A, SP reach D) basically does not change the selectivity according to the number of reservations. However, like N reach A, in the case of low expected reach type, the selection rate may be changed according to the number of reservations. For example, when the number of holds is small, by lowering the selection rate of non-reach A and non-reach B and increasing the selection rate of N reach A, the fluctuation time becomes longer, so the situation where fluctuation display is not performed is avoided. An effect can be obtained, and a decline in interest can be suppressed.

The probability variation pattern table (B2) assumes that the variation pattern of the second special symbol is selected (in the probability variation state, the second special symbol is mainly varied). In the probability variation pattern table (B2), variation patterns PH5-1 and PH5-2 corresponding to non-reach B, PH6 corresponding to normal reach B (N reach B), PH7 corresponding to super reach B (SP reach B), Or PH8 corresponding to super reach D (SP reach D) is selected. In the probability variation pattern table (B2), the variation of non-reach B is excluded from prefetching, and the variation other than non-reach B is prefetched.

In the special variation pattern table (B3), only the variation pattern PH9 corresponding to non-reach C is selected. Here, the variation pattern PH9 of the non-reach C mode is configured as a super-shortened variation time (2 seconds). In the special fluctuation pattern table (B3), all are excluded from prefetching.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 47, when the result of the winning lottery is lost, it is set so that a different variation pattern table is selected according to the number (0 to 4) of the operation suspension balls of the special symbol. can be done. In other words, by using a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of special symbols, the larger the number of operation pending balls, the higher the proportion of relatively short fluctuation time selected, and on the contrary, the smaller the number of operation pending. , the rate at which a relatively long variation time is selected can be increased. Moreover, it is also possible to divide according to the kind of a special design as a fluctuation pattern table. For example, in a state where the electric chewing support function is operating, such as a probability fluctuation state, it is a state in which it is easy to display the fluctuation of the second special symbol, and as shown in FIG. is advantageous, by setting the fluctuation time of the first special symbol to a long time, it is possible to create time for accumulating the holding of the second special symbol, which is to be preferentially controlled in fluctuation. can.

For example, in the case of FIG. 47, in the probability variation pattern table (B2) that is supposed to select the variation pattern of the second special symbol, the selection rate of the entire non-reach B (variation patterns PH5-1, PH5-2) is a constant 750/1000 regardless of the number of reservations. However, looking at the distribution of the fluctuation patterns PH5-1 and PH5-2 according to the number of holds, the situation where the holds are accumulated (“number of holds 2 → 1”, “number of holds 3 → 2”, “number of holds 4 → 3 ”), the fluctuation pattern PH5-1 (5 seconds) with a short fluctuation time is likely to be selected, whereas in a situation where the hold is not accumulated (“hold number 1 → 0”), the fluctuation pattern PH5- with a long fluctuation time 2 (10 seconds) is likely to be selected. According to the distribution in this way, when the holding of the second special symbol is reduced in the variable state in which the second special symbol is preferentially digested, the longer fluctuation time is likely to be selected, so the second special symbol It becomes easy to expect the addition of a hold, and it is possible to suppress a disadvantageous situation in which all the reserves of the second special symbols are digested and the reserve digestion of the first special symbols is started.

After selecting the special symbol variation pattern, the special symbol variation pattern determination means 143 issues an effect control command including special symbol variation pattern information ("variation pattern designation command"), special design (design group) and production control command including game state information (referred to as "design designation command"), production command including information on the number of reservations after the start of fluctuation ("design memory number command”) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “variation start command”), and stores this in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180.

The normal symbol lottery processing means 145 has normal symbol suitability determination means 146 , normal symbol stop symbol determination means 147 , and normal symbol variation pattern determination means 148 . The normal symbol lottery processing means 145 reads out the normal symbol random number and the normal symbol variation pattern random number stored in the first storage area in the normal symbol reserve storage area when the normal symbol fluctuation start condition is satisfied. They are stored in the normal symbol suitability determination area and the normal symbol variation pattern determination area of the main information storage means 180, respectively.

The normal symbol suitability determination means 146 reads the normal symbol hit random number value from the normal symbol suitability determination area of the main information storage means 180, executes the suitability determination, and determines whether the determination result corresponds to hit or lose. do. The result of this lottery is temporarily stored as a normal symbol determination flag in the main information storage means 180, and after being used in subsequent processing, is cleared when the normal symbol fluctuation stops. The normal symbol success/failure determination means 146 holds a normal symbol success/failure lottery table referred to during this success/failure lottery. In the normal state (low probability state), the normal symbol success/failure determination means 146 refers to the normal symbol success/failure lottery table, which is a hit with a probability of, for example, "160/283", while the probability variation state of the normal symbol (high probability state) ), for example, by referring to a normal symbol success/failure lottery table with a probability of "282/283", a normal symbol success/failure lottery is executed.

In this embodiment, the normal symbol stop symbol determination means 147 refers to the symbol lottery table, and selects a predetermined winning symbol when the result of the winning lottery is a win, while selecting a predetermined winning symbol when the result is a loss. Select a missing pattern. In addition, when it is desired to have a plurality of control patterns for the normal electric accessories, it is sufficient to design so as to have a plurality of lottery results of the symbol lottery table of normal symbols. Also, even if the winning normal symbols are the same, the control pattern of the normal electric accessory can be varied depending on whether or not the game state is in operation of the opening extension function of the normal electric accessory.

The normal symbol variation pattern determination means 148 reads the normal symbol variation pattern random number value from the normal symbol variation pattern determination area of the main information storage means 180, and refers to the normal symbol variation pattern table to display the normal symbol variation in the normal state. , a relatively long variation time is selected (for example, seven types of "4 seconds, 5 seconds, 6 seconds, 7 seconds, 8 seconds, 9 seconds, and 10 seconds" are uniformly selected). On the other hand, a relatively short variation time (for example, "0.5 seconds") is selected in the time-saving state of normal symbols (entering easy state).

The special game control means 150, when the result of the win/fail lottery is a jackpot, relates to the start demonstration effect and the end demo effect displayed on the effect display device 70 or the like during the special game, according to the type of the determined jackpot. Determine the duration of the demonstration. Special game control means 150, to the effect control board 200 side, the effect control command to instruct the execution of the start demonstration effect (referred to as "jackpot start demo command"), and the effect control command to instruct the execution of the end demonstration effect. (referred to as a "jackpot end demo command") is generated and stored in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180. FIG. The jackpot start demonstration command also serves as a trigger for determining the contents of a series of jackpot productions (start demonstration production, round production, end demonstration production) developed during the special game on the production control board 200 side. In addition to the present embodiment, the demonstration performance time determined by the special game control means 150 can be determined based on the game state when the big win is made, in addition to the big win type.

When the special game control means 150 generates an effect control command (referred to as a "round effect specifying command") for instructing the start of the round effect corresponding to each round game in each round game during the special game, it generates the command. Stored in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180 . The round effect designation command includes a round start command including information on the current number of rounds to be transmitted at the start of the round, and a large prize effect for executing the winning effect based on the detection of the big winning opening switch 164 during the round game. A winning mouth enable winning command is included.

A special game control means 150 determines a demonstration performance time relating to a small winning start demonstration performance and a small winning end demonstration performance displayed on a performance display device 70 or the like during a small winning game when the result of the winning lottery is a small winning. . The special game control means 150 includes an effect control command (“small hit start demo command”) for instructing execution of a small hit start demonstration effect, and an effect control command (“small hit end demo command”) and stores it in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180. FIG.

The symbol display control means 155 includes special symbol display control means 156 and normal symbol display control means 157 . The special symbol display control means 156 causes the first special symbol display device 171 to variably display the first special symbol according to the variation pattern (variation time) of the first special symbol, and after the variability display ends, the first special symbol. is displayed. The special symbol display control means 156 variably displays the second special symbol on the second special symbol display device 172 according to the variation pattern (variation time) of the second special symbol, and confirms and displays the second special symbol after the variation display. Let The special symbol display control means 156 has a special symbol game timer for managing the time (fluctuation time, fixed display time) relating to the display of the first special symbol and the second special symbol. The operating states of the first special symbol display device 171 and the second special symbol display device 172 are monitored based on the special symbol game status of the main information storage means 180 . Special symbol display control means 156, when the special symbol fluctuation stop (that is, when the special symbol game timer is managing the fluctuation time, at the timing when the value becomes "0"), production control An effect control command (referred to as a "fluctuation stop command") for requesting the board 200 to display the decorative pattern is generated.

On the other hand, the normal symbol display control means 157 causes the normal symbol display device 175 to variably display the normal symbol according to the variation pattern (variation time) of the normal symbol, and after the variation display, the normal symbol is definitely displayed. The normal symbol display control means 157 has a normal symbol game timer for managing the time (fluctuation time, fixed display time) relating to the display of normal symbols. The operating state of the normal symbol display device 175 is monitored based on the normal symbol game status of the main information storage means 180 .

When the result of the lottery for the special symbols is a big hit, the electric role product control means 160 outputs a control signal to the special electric role product solenoid 124 as special game processing after the special symbols are confirmed and displayed, and a special electric role is performed. Object 642 is opened according to a predetermined actuation pattern. In the special game, one opening and closing operation of the special electric accessory 642 is one round game, and the round game is continuously executed for a specified number of rounds (10R, 5R, 2R in this embodiment). The electric accessory control means 160 holds a big winning opening counter for storing the number of times the special electric accessory 642 has been operated (that is, the number of rounds being executed). Here, when the jackpot type is a so-called 10R jackpot (symbol groups A and D) or a 5R jackpot (symbol groups B and E), the big prize opening 64 is opened for a maximum of about 30 seconds in one round game. . On the other hand, when the jackpot type is a so-called 2R jackpot (symbol group C), the jackpot 64 is opened for a maximum of about 1.8 seconds in one round game. Here, the condition for closing the big winning opening 64 in the special game (end condition for the round game) is the winning of a prescribed count number of game balls or the elapse of a prescribed number of seconds of an openable period.

When the result of the lottery for the special symbol is a small hit, the electric auditors control means 160 outputs a control signal to the special electric auditors solenoid 124 as a small winning game process after the special symbol is confirmed and displayed. The electric accessory 642 is opened only for a short period of time. A small winning game is a special game composed of one round game, and is distinguished from a big winning game of a special game composed of a plurality of round games. In particular, both the small winning game and the big winning game are special games in which it is easy to acquire balls based on the operation of the special electric accessory 642. It can be separated by whether or not the accessory continuous operating device is operating.

The electric accessory control means 160 outputs a control signal to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 123 to open the ordinary electric accessory 622 for a predetermined opening time when winning the lottery for the normal symbol. Here, the electric accessory control means 160 opens the normal electric accessory 622 for a very short time (for example, 0.2 seconds) in the normal state, while in the easy-to-enter state (electric chew support state), the normal electric accessory 622 is opened. The accessory 622 is opened for a relatively long time (for example, 4 seconds) compared to the normal state.

The game state control means 169 determines the game state after the end of the special game based on the type of the symbol group related to the big win when the result of the lottery of special symbols is a big hit, and after the end of the special game. Switch the game state of. Below, among the various functions related to the special symbols and normal symbols described above, 1) the game state in which the special symbol probability variation function, the special symbol variation time reduction function, and the electric chew support function operate is referred to as "variable state", 2) The game state in which only the variable time reduction function of special symbols and the electric chew support function operate is called "time saving state", and 3) The game state in which only the probability change function of special symbols operates is called "latent probability variable state". 4) The state in which all functions are not activated is referred to as "normal state". In addition, it can be said that the "probability variable state", the "time saving state", and the "latency probability variable state" are all advantageous game states for the player compared to the "normal state".

Below, each game state is combined with the operating state of the special symbol game (high probability / low probability) and the operating state of the normal symbol game (with electric chew support function operation / without electric chew support function operation), (1 ) “High probability / high base” for the probability state, (2) “Low probability / high base” for the time saving state, (3) “High probability / low base” for the latent probability state, (4) “Low probability” for the normal state / Low base" ("Base" refers to the number of prize balls per number of balls fired, and during the electric chew support function, the possibility of winning prize balls due to the operation of normal electric accessories is referred to as "high base"). In this embodiment, as an example, the game state after the end of the special game, the number of times of fluctuation of the special symbol is counted from the end of the special game until it reaches a predetermined final number (that is, the above-mentioned ST number) (However, if the next big hit occurs within the ST number, the variable probability state ends with the change, and at the end of the big hit game, the corresponding game state). It should be noted that when a small hit occurs during the ST period, the ST number is not reset to 0, and the ST number is continuously counted before and after the occurrence of the small hit. In this embodiment, the number of times of ST is set to 100 times as an example, but it may be set to another number of times. In addition, when it shifts to the definite variable state, the special symbol probability variation function, the special symbol variation time reduction function and the electric chew support function operate at the same time, and each function continues as long as the definite variable state continues.

When the result of the lottery for special symbols is a big hit, regardless of whether the game state before the big win is a normal state or a variable probability state, the normal state is maintained during the special game and the number of STs is increased after the special game. As a limit, it will be in a constant variable state. On the other hand, when the result of the lottery for special symbols is a small win, if the game state before the small win is normal, the game state during and after the small win is also normal. When the game state before the small winning is the probability variable state of the special symbol, the game state during the small winning game and after the small winning game is also the variable probability state of the special symbol.

The game state control means 169 determines the variation pattern selection state after the special game based on the type of the jackpot (the type of the symbol groups A to E) when the result of the win/fail lottery is a big win, and after the special game Toggle the variation pattern selection state of . The variation pattern selection state is one of the conditions referred to when selecting the aforementioned variation pattern table. The switching timing of the variation pattern selection state is when the special game ends or when the number of termination times of the variation pattern selection state is completed. In this embodiment, as the variation pattern selection state, there are three types such as "low probability normal variation state α", "high probability shortened variation state β", and "high probability special variation state γ". Here, the low probability normal fluctuation state α refers to the normal fluctuation pattern table (A1 in FIG. 46 and B1 in FIG. 47) that is selected when the game state is the normal state (low probability state). This is the state that determines the fluctuation pattern. The high probability shortened variation state β refers to the probability variation pattern table (A2 in FIG. 46 and B2 in FIG. 47) that is selected when the gaming state is a probability variation state of special symbols (excluding a limited period described later) It is in the state of determining the variation pattern of the special symbol. The high-probability special variation state γ means that the game state is a special symbol probability variation state, and the number of symbol variations corresponding to the maximum number (4) of the second special symbol operation pending balls for a certain period immediately after the end of the special game Period over (4 times) fluctuation display: Refer to the special fluctuation pattern table (A3 in FIG. 46 and B3 in FIG. 47) that allows only selection (referred to as "limited period") to determine the fluctuation pattern of the special symbol is in a state to In this embodiment, even if any of the symbol groups A to D is selected, the variation pattern selection state is: (1) Immediately after the special game is finished, the high probability special variation state γ only for a limited period of 4 symbol variations. (2) After the limited period ends, and when the number of executions is within the number of STs (100 times), stay in the high-probability shortened fluctuation state β, (3) After the number of STs ends, that is, After the 101st execution, it stays in the low-probability normal fluctuation state α. Of course, the low-probability normal fluctuation state α remains until the first hit occurs. In addition, the game state control means 169 generates an effect control command (referred to as a "game state designation command") including the current game state information and the variation pattern selection state information, and stores this command in the main information storage means 180. Store in the area. In addition, not limited to this embodiment, it may be possible to have a plurality of special fluctuation states γ and make it possible to refer to different special fluctuation states at different timings during the period of one fluctuation time reduction game state ( For example, stay in the special variation state γ1 four times after the end of the big hit, further stay in the shortened variation state β 95 times, and then provide a special variation state γ2 in which one special symbol game is played).

The error monitoring control means 170 monitors the input information of the I/O port circuit 104, and inspects the magnetic detection signal by the magnetic sensor, disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality signal, radio wave detection signal by the radio wave sensor, door/frame opening signal, etc. , determines whether the gaming machine is in an error state. If it is in an error state, in order to instruct the effect control board 200 to perform an error state effect, a effect control command ("error effect designation command") including the error information is requested. Although not shown in FIG. 41, the door open switch is detecting means for detecting whether or not the glass frame 3 is open. The back set release switch is a detection means for detecting whether or not the back set board is open. A magnetic sensor and a radio wave sensor are detection means for discovering fraudulent behavior (so-called fraudulent behavior).

The main information storage means 180 stores the random number information acquired in the special symbol game and the normal symbol game, the operation reservation ball information of the special symbol and the normal symbol, the game state related to the special symbol game and the normal symbol game (probability variable state, time saving state, easy ball entry state), information on the selection state of the variation pattern, information on the result of the winning lottery (big win, small win, loss), information on the stop symbols and variation patterns related to special and normal symbols, information on the special game (round number, opening time, opening mode (opening times per round game), etc.), status information indicating the operating state of the special symbol display devices 171 and 172, status information indicating the operating state of the special electric accessory 642, production control command It is configured to temporarily store information necessary for controlling the progress of the game, such as data information, and has a predetermined storage area for storing each piece of information.

The command transmission/reception means 190 is configured to transmit various performance control command data stored in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180 to the performance control board 200 by a parallel transmission method when there is a command transmission request. It is Each effect control command has a 2-byte structure including 1-byte MODE data and 1-byte EVENT data. "1", and the 7th bit of the EVENT data is "0". A strobe signal is output for each of the MODE data and the EVENT data when the information is transmitted as valid.

The production control board 200 can receive the MODE data and the EVENT data, respectively, upon receiving the strobe signal output in this way. Effect control commands generated in each process are, in principle, sent as MODE data and EVENT data one command at each interrupt cycle in accordance with the order set in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180 .

The setting change means 195 executes a "setting change process" for changing game settings. When the front frame 4 is in the open state (the door open sensor 2p detects door opening) and the setting key switch 100q is in the ON state, the setting change means 195 turns on the power switch 600q while pressing the RAM clear switch 400q. If so, the state is shifted to the setting change state described above.

The setting change unit 195 causes the setting display unit 197 to display the setting values stored in the setting memory (for example, part of the RAM storage area provided by the main control RAM 103) when the setting change state is entered. The setting display unit 197 displays the setting values using, for example, a 7-segment display provided on the main control board 100 . At this time, the setting change unit 195 changes the setting values displayed on the setting display unit 197 from "1"→"2"→"3"→"4"→"5" in response to pressing of a predetermined setting change button. →“6”→“1”→ . In this example, the RAM clear switch 400q is used as the setting change button, but other buttons may be used, or a dedicated button may be provided. When the setting key switch 100q is turned off, the setting change means 195 terminates the setting change state and turns off the setting display section 197. FIG.

The setting confirmation means 196 executes a "setting confirmation process" for confirming game settings. The setting confirmation means 196 turns on the power switch 600q without pressing the RAM clear switch 400q when the front frame 4 is in the open state (door open sensor 2p detects door opening) and the setting key switch 100q is in the on state. If so, the setting confirmation state described above is entered.

The setting confirmation means 196 causes the setting display section 197 to display the setting values stored in the setting memory when the state is shifted to the setting confirmation state. However, unlike the setting change unit 195 described above, the setting confirmation unit 196 does not change the setting value displayed on the setting display unit 197 even if the setting change button (for example, the RAM clear switch 400q) is pressed. Also, the setting values stored in the setting memory are not changed. When the setting key switch 100q is turned off, the setting confirmation means 196 terminates the setting confirmation state and turns off the setting display section 197. FIG.

The setting value data managed by the setting memory may be numbers "0" to "5" instead of numbers "1" to "6". In this case, setting value "0" corresponds to setting 1, setting value "1" corresponds to setting 2, setting value "2" corresponds to setting 3, and setting value "3" corresponds to setting 4. , the setting value “4” may correspond to setting 5, and the setting value “5” may correspond to setting 6. By using "0" as the normal value of the set value data, when the RAM is cleared when the RAM is abnormal and the set value data is set to the initial value "0", it will not be determined to be abnormal. can be simplified. In addition, when executing a lottery using the set value data, for example, when selecting different tables or data for each set value in the prefetch process, there is an advantage that the offset processing for the selection can be simplified. . For example, when "1" to "6" are used as set value data, additional processing such as decrementing the start address by -1 is required when using these values as they are as offset data for table or data selection. On the other hand, when "0" to "5" are used as the set value data, the numerical value of the set value data can be used as the offset data. When numerical values of "0" to "5" are used as the set value data, the setting change means 195 and the setting confirmation means 196 may cause the setting display section 197 to display the numerical values of the set value data as they are. A numerical value obtained by adding +1 to the numerical value of the value data may be displayed on the setting display section 197 . In the latter case, the numeric data of "0" to "5" are converted into the numeric values of setting 1 to setting 6 in the game setting and displayed, so that the display can be easily understood by the manager of the gaming machine.

FIG. 43 is a functional block diagram showing an example of functions of the effect control board 200 in the gaming machine according to this embodiment. The effect control board 200 includes effect lottery random number generation means 210, effect control means 220, lamp effect control means 230, character object effect control means 240, error effect control means 250, effect control information storage means 260, and command transmission/reception means 270. . It should be noted that each of the above means in the effect control board 200, effect control CPU201 arranged on the effect control board 200, effect control ROM202, effect control RAM203, hardware such as an electronic circuit, and a control program stored in the effect control ROM202 It is a functional representation of what is configured by software such as

The effect lottery random number generating means 210 includes a random number counter for generating various software random numbers (effect lottery random numbers) by program processing of the effect control CPU 201 . These random number counters play a role as random number generating means for generating random numbers by software. The software random numbers include the pre-reading notice lottery random number used to determine whether or not the pre-reading notice effect can be executed, the pre-reading notice pattern random number used to select the pre-reading notice pattern, the decorative pattern random number used to select the decorative pattern stop pattern, decoration Fluctuation effect pattern random number used to select the variable effect pattern of the pattern, notice effect pattern random number used to select the notice effect pattern, jackpot effect pattern random number used to select the jackpot effect pattern, whether or not to execute the pending internal rendezvous effect The lottery drawing random numbers used for the lottery, the Renso production pattern random numbers used for selecting the Renso production pattern for the reservation internal production, and the like are included. These random numbers are updated using the remaining time when command analysis is not performed in the later-described effect control side main process. Although the random numbers used for each lottery are given names for convenience, random numbers that are commonly used may be used.

The effect control means 220 includes effect mode control means 221, reserved information display control means 222, pre-reading notice control means 223, decorative pattern determination means 224, fluctuation effect determination means 225, notice effect determination means 226 and jackpot effect determination means 227. .

The holding information display control means 222 has a first holding ball number counter for counting the number of operation holding balls of the first special symbol and a second holding ball number counter for counting the number of operation holding balls of the second special symbol. have. Retention information display control means 222, when receiving the symbol memory number command from the main control board 100, based on the information of the operation retention ball number included in this symbol memory number command, the first retention ball number counter and the second retention ball Update the value of the number counter. Then, when the pachinko machine 1 uses the game board 5 shown in FIG. Control is performed to display the number of reserved images corresponding to the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol and the number of reserved images corresponding to the number of operation reserved balls of the second special symbol on the reservation display part of the display device 70. . In the normal display mode, when a special symbol operation pending ball occurs, a white display pending image is displayed. The image can take any one of "white" as a normal display mode (display color) and "blue", "green", "red" and "rainbow color" as a special display mode (display color). The above four types of special display modes are related to the reliability of the lottery result being a big hit (referred to as "jackpot reliability"). It is set so that the reliability of the big hit increases one step at a time. In the present embodiment, when the pending image changes to "rainbow color", the big hit is definite in the operation pending ball to be read ahead. Note that in the pending change look-ahead preview effect, the change in the display mode of the pending image may be represented by a shape, pattern, or the like instead of the display color.

Triggered by the reception of the advance determination command from the main control board 100, the pre-reading notice control means 223 decides by lottery whether or not to execute the pre-reading notice. The pre-reading notice control means 223 distinguishes between the information of the preliminary determination result of the first special symbol and the information of the preliminary determination result of the second special symbol, and each enters a predetermined upper limit number (4 pieces) of the operation reservation ball. It is temporarily stored in the look-ahead information storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 so as to be linked with the order. This look-ahead information storage area has the same configuration as the reservation storage area of the main control board 100, and the reservation 1 storage area (first reservation storage area), A reserved 2 storage area (second reserved storage area), a reserved 3 storage area (third reserved storage area), and a reserved 4 storage area (fourth reserved storage area) are provided. Each reserved storage area can store information on the result of propriety pre-determination, information on the pre-determination result of pattern, and information on the pre-determination result of variation pattern as a set.

When judging whether or not the pre-reading notice can be executed, the pre-reading notice control means 223 makes a pre-reading judgment (“pre-reading judgment”) for the ball that is subject to the pre-reading notice based on the result of the advance judgment by the main control board 100. ) is executed. In the present embodiment, in addition to the above-mentioned pending change forewarning forewarning, the foreseeing forewarning includes a so-called continuous forewarning effect that foreshadows the possibility of a jackpot winning or a ready-to-win effect occurring over a plurality of continuous variable displays of decorative patterns. have If it is determined that the pre-reading notice effect (continuous notice effect) can be executed, the information of the pre-determination command from the main control board 100 (result of pre-determination) and the information of the symbol memory number command (the number of balls that are currently being held in operation) Through analysis, a pre-reading forewarning performance pattern over a plurality of continuous variable displays is determined by lottery targeting the operation suspension ball (called "trigger suspension") that triggers the generation of the current foreseeing foreground performance. Note that there are various variations of the prefetching notice, such as a pending change prefetching notice effect, a chance eye prefetching notice effect, and a background change prefetching notice effect. As another kind of look-ahead, there is a reservation inside rendezvous performance for suggesting or notifying the possibility that there is an operation reserved ball that will become a big hit during a big win game or when a variation for winning a big win is being executed.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an example of a fluctuation pattern prefetch determination table. The variation pattern prefetch determination table exemplified in FIG. 48 is a determination table used in the prefetch determination by the prefetch announcement control means 223, and the variation of each variation determined using the special symbol variation pattern table shown in FIG. 47 etc. A look-ahead type (A to D) is selected based on the pattern.

According to FIG. 48, prefetching type A (non-prefetching) is a variation pattern that is not subject to prefetching (according to FIG. 47, variation patterns PH1-1, PH1-2, PH1-3, PH5-1, PH5-2) is selected from When the look-ahead type A is selected, the look-ahead effect for the change is not executed.

Here, the selection rate of non-reach A, which is excluded from the prefetch target in the normal fluctuation pattern table (B1) of FIG. 750/1000, which matches the selection rate of the prefetch type A in FIG. That is, in this example, when the variation pattern of non-reach A is determined in the normal time (first special symbol), the look-ahead effect for the variation is not always executed, and all the look-ahead determination results are ID=0. In addition, in the normal variation pattern table (B1) of FIG. 47, only non-reach A is set so that the selection rate of the variation pattern varies depending on the number of reservations. From this, in this example, it can be said that all the prefetch determination results are ID=0 in the range of the random number value in which the variation pattern whose selection rate depends on the number of reservations is selected.

Prefetching type B (weak prefetching) is selected from non-reach (variation patterns PH1-4, PH1-5) for prefetching at normal time, or N reach (variation pattern PH6) at the time of probability variation. be. When the look-ahead type B is selected, a predetermined (or arbitrary) look-ahead effect with a low degree of expectation is executed targeting the change.

Prefetching type C (middle prefetching) is selected from the variation pattern determined as N reach (variation pattern PH2) at normal time, or N reach B or SP reach B (variation pattern PH6, PH7) at probability variation. When the look-ahead type C is selected, a predetermined (or arbitrary) look-ahead effect having a medium degree of expectation is executed targeting the change.

Look-ahead type D (strong look-ahead) is selected from a variation pattern determined to be more than normal SP reach (variation patterns PH3, PH4) or SP reach D (variation pattern PH8) at probability variation. When the look-ahead type D is selected, a predetermined (or arbitrary) look-ahead effect having a high degree of expectation is executed for the change. It should be noted that the execution of the look-ahead effects with different expectations depending on the look-ahead types B, C, and D means that the lottery tables for the look-ahead effects are made different according to the ID of the look-ahead determination result in the main control board 100. Alternatively, it can be executed by changing the prefetch effect to a higher prefetch effect than the prefetch effect that is won with respect to the result of using the same table.

In the above example, the variation pattern prefetch determination table of FIG. 48 was shown as a common table for normal time and probability variable time, but this embodiment is not limited to this, and for normal time and probability variable time , different tables may be prepared, and different tables may be prepared for the first special design and for the second special design.

The performance mode control means 221 controls the transition of the performance mode based on the game state designation command from the main control board 100 so as to match the game state and the variation pattern selection state managed by the main control board 100 side. Run. In this embodiment, the three types of production modes include a normal production mode α, a variable probability production mode β, and a special production mode γ, and the variation pattern of the special symbols instructed from the main control board 100 is the same. Also, the variation production patterns (details will be described later) that specify the specific contents of the symbol variation production are set to be different for each production mode. The effect display device 70 displays an effect mode notification image corresponding to the effect mode currently being stayed (in this embodiment, a background image serving as a back display of a decorative pattern), and this background image is displayed for each effect mode. Since they are set to be different from each other, the player can recognize which presentation mode he is currently staying in from the type of background image.

Each production mode will be outlined. First, the normal effect mode α is set when the low-probability normal variation state α is selected as the variation pattern selection state on the main control board 100 side, and the “normal background” is displayed as the background image. . The variable probability effect mode β is set when the high probability shortened variable state β is selected as the variation pattern selection state on the main control board 100 side, and the “variable probability background” is displayed as the background image. The special effect mode γ is set when the high probability special variation state γ is selected as the variation pattern selection state on the main control board 100 side. This special production mode stays for a period of four times (limited period) immediately after the end of the special game, and when this limited period is exceeded, it transitions to the variable probability production mode β. When the suspension inner renzou effect occurs during the special game, a "special background" is displayed as the background image. On the other hand, when the suspension internal rendezvous performance does not occur during the special game, that is, when the continuous variable performance is not executed, the ``probability variation background'' common to the probability variation performance mode is displayed as the background image.

The decorative design determination means 224 determines the final combination of decorative design stop designs (left design, middle design, Right pattern) will be determined by lottery. In the present embodiment, three symbol rows including multiple types of decorative symbols are configured. This decorative pattern is formed by, for example, identification elements consisting of numbers or letters. In this embodiment, a total of 10 types, such as numbers "1" to "9" and the letter "S", are set as identification elements. Each decorative pattern is arranged in the order of "1" → "2" → "3" → ... → "8" → "9" → "S" according to the arrangement of the pattern row, in the left display area, the middle display area and the right display area. Each is cyclically displayed in the display area.

The decorative symbol determination means 224 holds a plurality of types of stop symbol pattern tables that are referred to when determining a combination of decorative symbol stop symbols (also referred to as "stop symbol patterns") by lottery. The plurality of types of tables include a stop symbol pattern table for big wins, a stop symbol pattern table for small wins, a stop symbol pattern table for ready-to-win losses, and a stop symbol pattern table for non-reach to lose. A stop pattern of the decorative pattern is formed as a combination of three patterns, and includes a ``stop pattern indicating a big win (big hit pattern)'' and a ``stop pattern indicating a loss (lost pattern)''. A jackpot pattern indicating a specific jackpot (probability variable jackpot) is a combination of stop modes (for example, "7, 7, 7") in which three identical odd-numbered patterns are aligned. A jackpot pattern indicating a normal jackpot (non-probable variable jackpot) is a combination of stop modes (for example, "2, 2, 2") in which three patterns of the same even number are aligned. A winning pattern is a combination of stop patterns (for example, "1, 3, 8") in which at least one of the three patterns is a pattern with a number different from the other numbers. Here, out of the winning symbols, the reach-losing symbols are a combination of stop modes (for example, "3.1.3") in which only the middle symbols are shifted back and forth by several frames while the left and right symbols match. Become. In addition, in the case of a "stop symbol indicating a small win (small winning symbol)" or a 2R big winning symbol even if it is a big winning symbol, it becomes a combination of a predetermined stopping mode such as "3, 5, 7", for example. Sometimes. In this embodiment, "S.S.S" is provided as a special jackpot symbol for deterministically informing of the reservation. When it is decided to execute the reservation internal rendezvous production, the decorative pattern determination means 224 selects the rendezvous production pattern PA2, the normal jackpot pattern (such as "3.3.3"). is replaced with a special jackpot pattern (“S.S.S”).

The variation performance determination means 225 determines a variation process (performance process) from the start to stop of variation in the variable display of decorative symbols based on information (variation pattern information) included in the variation start command from the main control board 100. Determine the performance pattern. In this embodiment, as the pattern variation effect (ready-to-win effect) that is performed after the ready-to-win display, a ready-to-win effect (normal reach effect) with simple effect content and a reach effect (super reach effect) in which the effect content develops in the middle are included. . The variable effect determination means 225 holds a plurality of types of variable effect pattern tables that are referred to when selecting a variable effect pattern. ) is selected. In the fluctuation production pattern table, the fluctuation production pattern random number value and the fluctuation production pattern are associated with each other according to the result of the fluctuation pattern lottery of the special symbols (that is, the reach type). Here, on the side of the main control board 100, the basic pattern of pattern variation (for example, "Normal Reach A", "Super Reach A", etc.) is determined as the variation pattern, while on the side of the effect control board 200, the variation effect pattern is determined. Based on the basic patterns, detailed pattern variation patterns (for example, "Normal Reach A1, A2, A3...", "Super Reach A1, A2, A3...", etc.) are determined, which define in detail the scenario of the effect display process. In this way, in the decorative pattern fluctuation effect pattern, the variable display mode of the decorative pattern, that is, the scenario of the series of effect display process from the start of the fluctuation of the decorative pattern to the end of the fluctuation is defined. The timing for generating the advance notice effect in each stage is also stipulated as a time schedule. The stop order for stopping the decorative symbols is predetermined for each variable effect pattern, and in this embodiment, the decorative symbols are stopped in the order of left symbol→right symbol→middle symbol as a rule. However, if it is a variable production pattern with a short fluctuation time, the left design, middle design, and right design are stopped almost simultaneously, and if it is a specific fluctuation production pattern, left design → middle design → right design in order. It can also be stopped. At this time, if it is not the order of stopping according to the above principle (left symbol→right symbol→middle symbol), the degree of expectation for a big hit tends to be relatively high.

The notice effect determination means 226 decides a notice effect pattern that defines the content of the notice effect to be executed at each stage of the variation process of the decorative symbols according to the scenario of the variable effect pattern described above. The notice performance pattern includes a performance pattern for temporarily or stepwise image display of a specific character image, animation, etc., a performance pattern for outputting a specific sound, a performance pattern for operating a movable accessory, and the like. The advance notice effect is executed in parallel with the variable display of the decorative pattern, and suggests in advance that the degree of reliability of the big win that the pattern fluctuation is stopped in the big win mode is high. The advance notice effect includes the advance notice effect executed before the ready-to-win state occurs (including when the ready-to-win state occurs) and the advance notice effect to be executed after the ready-to-win state occurs in the variation process of the decorative pattern. Each notice effect has a different hit reliability, and basically, the notice effect that is displayed after the occurrence of the reach is relatively more reliable than the notice effect that is displayed before the occurrence of the reach. getting higher. The notice effect determination means 226 holds a notice effect pattern table for each type of notice effect to be referred to when selecting the notice effect pattern, and the table corresponds to the kind of the notice effect that occurs according to the scenario of the variable effect pattern. Select a notice production pattern table. The notice effect determination means 226 refers to the notice effect pattern table selected above, and based on the notice effect pattern random number value acquired from the effect lottery random number generation means 210, selects a plurality of types of notice effect patterns from among a plurality of types of notice effect patterns by lottery. Choose one. The types of specific notice effect patterns include comment notice effect pattern, background notice effect pattern, SU (step-up) notice effect pattern, group notice effect pattern, cut-in notice effect pattern, character movable notice effect pattern, etc. are available. This advance notice effect is basically carried out by executing one or a plurality of advance notice effects in accordance with the variable display of decorative symbols on the effect display device 70. - 特許庁Therefore, even if the variable display of decorative symbols is performed by the same variable performance pattern, it is possible to generate various performance modes by combining with one or a plurality of advance notice performances.

The big-hit performance determining means 227 determines the contents of the big-hit performance (big-hit performance pattern) for notifying that the special game is in progress. The jackpot effect includes a start demonstration effect for informing the start of the special game, a round effect for informing that the round game is in progress, and an end demonstration effect for informing the end of the special game. When a jackpot start demonstration command is received from the main control board 100, the jackpot production determination means 227 determines a jackpot production pattern (start demonstration production pattern, round production pattern, etc.) based on information such as the jackpot type stored in the production control information storage means 260. pattern, end demonstration effect pattern). In this big win performance pattern, a big win start demonstration performance time, a round performance time (a performance time corresponding to the opening pattern of the big prize winning port 64) and a big win end demonstration performance time are set according to the big win type, and the A series of production contents are set along the time axis. A big win performance determining means 227 executes a start demonstration performance in response to receiving a big win start demonstration command from a main control board 100 according to a big win performance pattern, and executes each round performance in response to receiving a round performance designating command. Execution, and execution of the ending demonstration performance with the reception of the jackpot ending demonstration command as a trigger.

Here, in the normal jackpot start demonstration effect, for example, the characters "jackpot start" are displayed on the screen to announce the start of the special game. In the normal round effect, for example, the number of rounds currently being executed and the number of prize balls won are displayed on the screen, and various images (animation images, etc.) that liven up the special game are displayed. In the ordinary jackpot end demonstration effect, for example, the characters "jackpot end" are displayed on the screen to announce the end of the special game.

As described above, the effect control means 220 provides image control commands related to images and sounds based on the determined effect contents (prefetch effect pattern, Renso effect pattern, variable effect pattern, advance notice effect pattern, stop symbol pattern, jackpot effect pattern, etc.). is generated and stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260.

The lamp effect control means 230 controls the lighting of the effect lamps, the color of light emitted, etc. according to the content of the effect set by the effect generalizing means 220 . The lamp effect control means 230 holds a plurality of types of lamp data (lamp pattern data) for controlling the lighting of the effect lamps 10 and 25 (the frame lamp 10 and the board lamp 25). Then, the lamp control signal (lamp data) is sent to the lamp connection board 91 .

The role performance control means 240 controls the driving of each movable role according to the content of the performance set by the performance generalizing means 220 . The role product effect control means 240 holds a plurality of types of drive data for driving and controlling the movable role product, and transmits a drive control signal (driving data) corresponding to the determined effect pattern to the motor driver 92. .

The error effect control means 250 is configured to determine an error effect pattern when an error effect designation command is received from the main control board 100, and to notify that an error state has occurred in the game machine according to the error effect pattern. there is

The performance control information storage means 260 is configured to temporarily store information on decorative symbols, information on variable performance patterns, information on advance notice performance patterns, information on control commands, and the like. It has a predetermined storage area. For example, the command storage area includes an effect control command buffer for storing effect control commands from the main control board 100, an image control command buffer for storing image control commands for the image control board 300, and an image control board 300. includes an ACK command buffer for storing ACK commands from. Each command buffer is composed of a ring buffer and can store a predetermined number of effect control commands, image control commands and ACK commands.

The command transmitting/receiving means 270 is configured to receive the effect control command transmitted from the main control board 100 with the reception of the strobe signal output together, and store the effect control command in the effect control command buffer. ing. Specifically, the command transmitting/receiving means 270 executes the reception interrupt processing of the effect control command in response to the interrupt generated by the input of the strobe signal from the main control board 100, and various Acquire the production control command of The details of the reception interrupt processing of this effect control command will be described later. When receiving the strobe signal, the command transmitting/receiving means 270 preferentially executes the reception interrupt processing of the effect control command over other interrupt processing.

The command transmission/reception means 270 is stored in the production control information storage means 260 in order to instruct the execution of the production contents (variable production pattern information, advance notice production pattern information, decorative pattern information, etc.) set by the production generalizing means 220. An image control command is transmitted to the image control board 300 using a serial communication method as an example. In principle, the image control commands are transmitted at predetermined intervals (500 μs in this embodiment) according to the order set in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 .

Thereby, the image control board 300 analyzes various image control commands transmitted from the effect control board 200, and causes the effect display device 70 to variably display the effect image including the decorative pattern according to the scenario of the variable effect pattern. , the notice performance is displayed by being superimposed on the design variation performance at each stage of the variable display process. Furthermore, the command transmitting/receiving means 270 receives the ACK command transmitted from the image control board 300 and stores this ACK command in the ACK command buffer.

<Processing on the main control board side>
49 to 55 are flow charts showing an example of the procedure of operation processing in the main control board 100. FIG. Operation processing on the main control board 100 side mainly includes main control side main processing and main control side timer interrupt processing.

<Main control side main processing>
49, 50 and 51 are flow charts respectively showing an example of the main control side main processing executed in the main control board 100. FIG. In this main control side main process, the main control program is started after the security check of the main control CPU 101 is performed by resetting when the power is turned on, and the process is executed by this main control program. In addition, in the following description, the subject of each process may be omitted as appropriate.

First, as an initial setting required when power is turned on, the top address is set in the stack pointer as the initial value of the stack area (step S1), and access to the main control RAM 103 is permitted (step S2). Next, a vector table storing the start address of the main control program to be processed when a timer interrupt occurs is set (step S3), and an initial value is set in the built-in register of the main control CPU 101 (step S4).

Next, the main control CPU 101 confirms the operating state of the setting key switch 100q (step S5), and if the setting key switch 100q is ON (YES in step S5), confirms the operating state of the RAM clear switch 400q. (Step S6). If the RAM clear switch 400q is turned on in step S6 (YES in step S6), setting change processing is executed (step S7). Details of the setting change process will be described later with reference to FIG. 52, but after the setting change process ends, the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if the RAM clear switch 400q is turned off in step S6 (NO in step S6), setting confirmation processing is executed (step S8). Details of the setting confirmation process will be described later with reference to FIG. 53, but after the setting confirmation process ends, the process proceeds to step S10.

If the setting key switch 100q is off in step S5 (NO in step S5), the main control CPU 101 confirms the operating state of the RAM clear switch 400q (step S9). If the RAM clear switch 400q is turned on in step S9 (YES in step S9), the process proceeds to step S13 to perform normal RAM clear processing without changing settings. On the other hand, if the RAM clear switch 400q is turned off in step S9 (NO in step S6), the process proceeds to step S10 without performing any special processing.

In step S10, the main control CPU 101 reads the value of the power-off information flag and determines whether or not the power-off normal information is saved (step S10).

Here, if the power-off normal information is stored, a checksum is calculated for a predetermined area of the main control RAM 103 (step S11). It is determined whether or not this checksum is 0, that is, whether or not the checksum is normal (step S12). The power-on checksum calculated here includes the complement of the checksum calculated in the power-off processing described later. Sum becomes "0". In this manner, it is determined at power-on whether the information stored in the main control RAM 103 before power-off is correctly backed up.

If the checksum is normal in step S12 (YES in step S12), the process proceeds to step S16, which will be described later, in order to restore the state before the power was turned off. On the other hand, if the checksum is abnormal in step S12 (NO in step S12), or after the setting change process in step S7 is completed, the entire area of the main control RAM 103 to be initialized is cleared to zero ( step S13). Note that in the initialization process of step S13, a specific RAM storage area is not cleared to zero. For example, the setting values stored in the setting memory are not cleared, and the setting values set in the setting change process of step S7 are held as they are.

Next, the initialization data at power-on is set in the main control RAM 103 (step S14). Next, in order to initialize the effect display device 70 and to initialize the effect lamps 10 and 25, etc., an effect control command ("effect initial command") to the effect control board 200 is requested (step S15).

Next, in the power-off recovery setting process, the power-on normal information setting, the initial setting of various errors, and the communication initial setting with the payout control board 400 are executed in order in the main control RAM 103 (step S16). Here, as the setting of the power-on normal information, in order to save that the power was turned on correctly, the power-on normal data is stored in the power-off information flag, and the power-off occurrence information is initialized. Turn off the power off confirmation flag. Next, the data transfer source address, the data transfer destination address and the number of transfer bytes are set, and the data corresponding to the number of transfer bytes are transferred (step S17). The value of the special symbol game status at the time of power failure is read, and the power failure recovery process relating to the special symbol game is executed (step S18).

Next, the main control board 100 and the effect control board 200 are requested to transmit an effect control command ("power-off return command") at the time of power-off recovery (step S19). This power-off recovery command includes information on inspection of the communication line, operating state of special symbols, probability variation count, time saving count, ball easy state count, variation pattern selection state, and error state. Note that command requests that have not been sent before the power is turned off are cleared. Next, in the pattern storage number command request process, the information on the number of operation pending balls of the first special pattern and the second special pattern at the time of power failure is read, and the effect control command including the information on the number of operation pending balls is requested ( step S20).

Next, a return setting is performed to return the normal electric accessory 622 to the state before the power was turned off (for example, the second start port 62 is opened) (step S21). Further, a return setting is performed to return the special electric accessory 642 to the state before power-off (for example, the state in which the big winning opening 64 is open) (step S22). Next, the value of the special symbol mode flag is read, and the operation state of the special symbol probability variation function at the time of power failure is set (step S23). In addition, the special symbol mode flag is a flag for setting the operating probability (high probability or low probability) of the special symbol game. Next, in order to activate the timer interrupt, a predetermined count value is set as the initial setting of the CTC circuit, and the timer interrupt is generated every 4 ms (step S24). Next, interrupt prohibition is set to prohibit the occurrence of timer interrupt processing (step S25). In preparation for restarting the watchdog timer, clear word 1 ("55H") is set (step S26).

Next, in order to determine whether a power failure has occurred, the value of the power failure confirmation flag is read to determine whether or not a power failure has occurred (step S27). If power failure has not occurred, an initial value random number update process is executed (step S28). In this initial value random number update process, the initial value random number per normal symbol, the soft initial value random number per special symbol, and the symbol initial value random number per special symbol are updated. Specifically, the numerical value of each counter is incremented by 1, and when the numerical value exceeds the maximum value determined for each random number, it is returned to the minimum value of "0".

Next, interrupt permission is set to permit the occurrence of timer interrupt processing (step S29), the above-described interrupt prohibition processing (step S25) is returned to, and the loop processing from steps S25 to S29 is repeatedly executed. Here, the timer interrupt processing is periodically executed at predetermined intervals. The processing up to S29 is repeated. If there is an interrupt request in the interrupt disabled state, timer interrupt processing will be started when the interrupt is enabled in step S29. On the other hand, if the power-off confirmation flag is ON in step S27, that is, if power-off has occurred, the process proceeds to step S30 to execute the power-off processing described below.

Next, as power-off processing (steps S30 to S36), clear word 2 (“AAH”) is first set to restart the watchdog timer (step S30). Next, it is determined whether or not the content of the power-off information flag is power-on normal data (step S31). If it is power-on normal information, power-off normal data is set in the power-off information flag (step S32). On the other hand, if it is not power-on normal information, power-off abnormal data is set in the power-off information flag (step S33), and the process proceeds to step S36.

Next, a checksum is calculated for a predetermined area (excluding the checksum area) of the main control RAM 103 (step S34). A complement to the checksum data is calculated, and the resultant value of the complement is set in the checksum area of the main control RAM 103 (step S35). Next, the access prohibition setting of the main control RAM 103 is performed (step S36), and the process is repeatedly executed until the power is cut off.

<Setting change processing>
FIG. 52 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting change processing. A series of processes illustrated in FIG. 52 show details of the setting change process of step S7 in FIG. 49, and are executed by the main control CPU 101 (main control program).

According to FIG. 52, first, the main control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the value of the setting memory in which the setting value of the game setting should be stored is normal (step S101). If the setting memory value is not normal in step S101 (NO in S101), the setting value is initialized to the initial value (S102). Specifically, for example, when "1" to "6" are used as setting value data, "1" is set as the initial value, and when "0" to "5" are used as setting value data, " 0”. After the process of step S102, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if the setting memory value is normal in step S101 (YES in S101), the process of step S102 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S103.

In step S103, the setting change state is entered. Then, the setting values stored in the setting memory are displayed on the setting display section 197 (step S104).

Next, it is confirmed whether or not there is a change operation by a setting change button (for example, RAM clear switch 400q) (step S105). If there is a change operation using the setting change button (YES in step S105), the setting values displayed on the setting display section 197 are updated, and the setting values stored in the setting memory are updated (step S106). If there is no change operation using the setting change button (NO in step S105), the process of step S106 is skipped.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not the setting key switch 100q is in the OFF state (step S107). If the setting key switch 100q remains in the ON state after the determination of NO in step S5 of FIG. 49 (NO in step S107), the process returns to step S104 to repeat the process. On the other hand, when the setting key is returned and the setting key switch 100q is turned off (YES in step S107), the setting display section 197 is extinguished so that the setting value cannot be visually recognized (hidden) (step S107). S108), return. As described above, after returning, the process of step S13 in FIG. 49 is performed.

<Setting confirmation process>
FIG. 53 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting confirmation processing. A series of processes illustrated in FIG. 53 show details of the setting confirmation process of step S8 in FIG. 49, and are executed by the main control CPU 101 (main control program).

According to FIG. 53, first, the main control CPU 101 causes the setting display section 197 to display the setting values stored in the setting memory (step S111).

After that, the main control CPU 101 confirms whether or not the operation state of the setting key switch 100q is OFF (step S112). If the setting key switch 100q remains on after the determination of NO in step S5 of FIG. 49 (NO in step S112), the process returns to step S111, repeats the process, and continues to display the set values. On the other hand, when the setting key is returned and the setting key switch 100q is turned off (YES in step S112), the setting display section 197 is extinguished so that the setting value cannot be visually recognized (hidden) (step S112). S113), return. As described above, after returning, the process of step S10 in FIG. 49 is performed.

Note that the gaming machine of the present embodiment has the frame opening, which is the first procedure, as a condition for transitioning to the above-described setting change processing and setting confirmation processing in order to enhance security. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 49, when it is determined that the setting key switch 100q is in the ON state (YES in step S5) in step S5, the state of the frame opening switch (door opening sensor 2p) is determined. are also checked, and only when the frame is in the open state (door open), the process proceeds to step S6. Even if the setting key switch 100q is in the ON state at the time of determination in step S5, if the frame is not in the open state (the door is closed), there is a suspicion of illegality or abnormality, so the setting change process (step S7) or the setting confirmation process (step S8) does not proceed to step S6, but waits until the setting key switch 100q is turned off, and when it is turned off, proceeds to step S9.

<Main control side timer interrupt processing>
Next, the relationship of each figure for explaining the main control timer interrupt processing will be explained. First, FIGS. 54 and 55 are flow charts showing an example of timer interrupt processing executed in the main control board 100, respectively.

First, the timer interrupt processing shown in FIG. 54 is executed by interrupting the main processing on the main control side when a timer interrupt occurs in response to the clock pulse from the CTC circuit at regular intervals (for example, 4 ms). be. It should be noted that the terms "conditioning device" and "feature continuous operating device" used hereinafter refer to conceptual control devices. The 'condition device' is activated when a big hit occurs in a special symbol game, and the 'accessory continuous actuating device' can operate the 'special electric accessary' multiple times in succession.

First, when this timer interrupt occurs, the contents of the register in the main control CPU 101 (data used during the processing of the main control side main processing) are saved in the stack area of the main control RAM 103, and then the interrupt operation conditions are set. Set (step S51). Next, an interrupt operating condition set value is set in the interrupt control register (step S52). Next, clear word 2 is set (step S53).

Next, clear word 2 ("AAH") is set to restart the watchdog timer (step S54). At this time, the watchdog timer is cleared and restarted by sequentially writing clear word 1 and clear word 2 to the WDT clear register of the main control CPU 101 within a preset timeout period. That is, when the main control CPU 101 is executing the main control program normally, the clear words 1 and 2 are set periodically so that the watchdog timer is cleared and restarted before timeout. Become. On the other hand, if the watchdog timer times out, a user reset will occur.

Next, input processing is executed (step S55). In this input process, as various switches connected to the main control board 100, information on switches other than the RAM clear switch is read. That is, the first starting port switch 161, the second starting port switch 162, the operation gate switch 163, the big prize winning port switch 164, the out ball detection switch 167, and the door opening switch, the frame opening switch, and the back set opening switch (not shown) , the magnetic sensor, the radio wave sensor, and the like, and after determining their states, store the detected information.

Next, various random number update processes are executed (step S56). In this random number update process, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the special symbol variation pattern random number that do not use the initial value random number are updated. As for the normal symbol variation pattern random number, 1 is added to the numerical value of the random number counter, and when the numerical value exceeds the maximum value, the minimum value is returned to "0". On the other hand, for the special symbol variation pattern random number, a predetermined value (for example, 3511) is subtracted from the previous random number. If the subtraction result is less than 0, a predetermined value (eg, 50000) is added to the subtraction result.

Next, an initial value update type random number update process is executed (step S57). In this initial value update type random number update process, the random number per normal symbol, the soft random number per special symbol and the random number per special symbol are updated. Specifically, 1 is added to the numerical value of each random number counter, and when the numerical value exceeds the maximum value, the minimum value is returned to "0". When the value of the counter has reached the value set as the initial value, set the initial value corresponding to the random value at which the value of the counter has reached the value set as the initial value at that timing as the new initial value. do.

Next, an initial value random number update process is executed (step S58). In this initial value random number update process, the initial value random number per normal symbol, the soft initial value random number per special symbol, and the symbol initial value random number per special symbol are updated. Specifically, the numerical value of each random number counter is incremented by 1, and when the numerical value exceeds the predetermined maximum value for each random number, it is returned to the minimum value of "0".

Next, timer subtraction processing is executed (step S59). In this timer subtraction processing, the values of various timers used for game operation control of the game machine are subtracted and updated. In addition, the various timers include a special symbol game timer for managing the time (variation time, fixed display time) related to the special symbol display devices 171 and 172, a timer for controlling the operation pattern of the special electric accessory 642, and , Normal patterns, normal electric accessories, etc. Includes timers used for various controls.

Next, a second start port effective period setting process is executed (step S60). In this second starting opening valid period setting process, the winning valid period and the winning invalid period of the second starting opening 62 are determined, and the valid period data or the invalid period data of the second starting opening 62 is set as the determination result.

Next, a winning monitoring process is executed (step S61). In this winning monitoring process, the first starting opening switch 161, the second starting opening switch 162, the operation gate switch 163, the big winning opening switch 164, the general winning opening switch 166, and the out ball in the above-described input process (step S55) Based on the detection information of the detection switch 167, the game ball is subjected to switch passage inspection, and as a result, when it is determined that the game ball has passed each switch, production control including information indicating that the game ball has passed each switch Requests transmission of commands, etc.

Next, a prize ball control process is executed (step S62). In this prize ball control process, it is determined whether the prize is valid or invalid, and a payout control command is transmitted to the payout control board 400 to instruct the number of prize balls corresponding to the type of the prize, and payout control is performed. Received data from the board 400 is monitored to check communication with the payout control board 400 .

Next, a normal symbol operation gate monitoring process is executed (step S63). In this normal symbol operation gate monitoring process, the passage of the game ball to the gate 63 is monitored, and when it is determined that the game ball has passed through the gate 63, a random number related to the normal symbol lottery is acquired as the operation reservation ball information, and the maximum Updating the number of operation pending balls with a limit of 4 and memorizing the random numbers relating to the normal symbol lottery.

Next, normal design control processing is executed (step S64). In this normal design control process, a series of processes related to the normal design display device 175 or the normal electric accessory 622 is executed. Processing, processing during normal electric accessary product operation, normal electric accessary product operation end demonstration processing, etc. are executed. In addition, in the process during normal design fluctuation, the display pattern number data of the normal design is created (updated) in order to display the normal design in a variable display or a fixed display.

Next, normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring processing is executed (step S65). In this normal symbol variation start monitoring process, the operation state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the condition for starting the variation of the normal symbol is satisfied, the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls is digested by one, and the normal symbol is processed. Judgment of suitability, judgment of pattern, judgment of variation pattern, setting of variation time, etc. are performed in order.

Next, a start port monitoring control process is executed (step S66). In this starting port monitoring control process, the entry of the game ball into the first starting port 61 and the second starting port 62 is monitored, and when it is detected that the game ball has entered, for example, the number of held balls Command requests for commands including information necessary for the performance control board 200 such as update, random number storage related to special symbol lottery, advance determination for pre-reading notice, number of stored symbols, etc. are made in order.

Next, a special symbol control process is executed (step S67). In this special symbol control process, as a series of processes related to the special symbol display devices 171 and 172, according to the value of the special symbol game status, for example, special symbol variation start processing, special symbol variation process and special symbol stop symbol display By executing the intermediate processing, the lottery processing and the variable display of the special symbols are controlled.

Next, a special electric accessory control process is executed (step S68). In this process, when the lottery result of the special symbol is "big hit" or "small hit", as the operation process related to the special electric role product 642, the operation start and end of the special electric role product 642 are set, the large The opening time and opening times of the winning opening 64 are updated, the operation start setting of the probability variation function, the operation start setting of the variation time reduction function, the variation pattern selection state setting, etc. are executed in order.

Next, a special winning opening effective period setting process is executed (step S69). In this big winning opening valid period setting process, the winning valid period and the winning invalid period of the big winning opening 64 are determined, and the valid period data or the invalid period data of the big winning opening 64 are set as a result of this determination.

Next, a special symbol variation start monitoring control process is executed (step S70). In this special symbol variation start monitoring control process, when there is a first special symbol or a second special symbol operation reserved ball, the number of reserved balls is digested by one, a command request for the number of symbols to be stored, and a judgment of whether the special symbol is appropriate or not. , determination of special symbols, determination of probability variation function, determination of time reduction function, setting of operation pattern of special electric role, setting of demonstration production time, etc. are performed in order.

Next, an abnormality detection process is executed (step S71). In this abnormality detection process, based on the input information in the above-described input process (step S55), the magnetic detection signal from the magnetic sensor, the disconnection short circuit power supply abnormality signal, the radio wave detection signal from the radio wave sensor, the door/frame opening signal, etc. are inspected in order. Then, it is determined whether or not the gaming machine is in an error state. If it is in an error state, an effect control command ("error effect specifying command") including the error information is generated in order to request the effect control board 200 to display an error.

Next, an entering ball passing time abnormality detection process is executed (step S72). In this ball passing time abnormality detection process, when the ON signal of the winning detection switch is continuously detected for a predetermined time or longer, the ball passing time abnormality is set, and a production control command ("error Effect designation command"), and a security signal output request for output to an external terminal.

Next, a game state display process is executed (step S73). In this game state display process, display data such as the number of times the special electric accessory 642 operates continuously (regular number of rounds), the number of operation suspension balls of normal symbols and special symbols, etc. is created. Display data for displaying the error state information detected in the above-described abnormality detection process on the state indicator lamp of the main control board 100 is created.

Next, a steering wheel state signal inspection process is executed (step S74). In this steering wheel state signal inspection process, the steering wheel state signal is inspected.

Next, LED output processing is executed (step S75). In this LED output process, in order to display special symbols and normal symbols, display the number of pending balls, the number of times the special electric accessory operates continuously, display an error, etc., the above-described special symbol control processing (step S85) , The display data created by the abnormality detection process (step S89), the game state display process (step S73), etc. are displayed on the special symbol display devices 171 and 172, the normal symbol display device 175, the special symbol reservation lamps 173 and 174, While outputting to the normal map holding lamp 176, the status indicator lamp of the main control board 100, etc., the display of these various display devices is initialized.

Next, a firing control signal output process is executed (step S76). In this firing control signal output process, when a communication abnormality or disconnection short-circuit power supply abnormality with the payout control board 400 is not detected, a launch permission signal is output to the payout control board 400 to shoot the game ball. On the other hand, when a communication abnormality with the payout control board 400 or a disconnection short-circuit power supply abnormality is detected, a signal for prohibiting shooting is output to the payout control board 400 to prohibit shooting of the game ball.

Next, test signal output processing is executed (step S77). In this test signal output processing, error check processing is performed after creating various test data, and as a result, when an error is detected, various test data are output to each test signal output port.

Next, solenoid output processing is executed (step S78). In this solenoid output process, in order to operate the normal electric accessory 622 and the special electric accessory 642, each An excitation signal is output to the electric accessory solenoids 123 and 124 .

Next, an effect control command transmission process is executed (step S79). In this effect control command transmission process, as described above, the effect control command stored in the ring buffer designated by the pointer is selected from the effect control commands stored in the command storage area of the main information storage means 180 as MODE data and Each EVENT data is read out and transmitted to the effect control board 200 as will be described later.

Next, external information output processing is executed (step S80). In this external information output process, the operating state information of the gaming machine is output as external information to an external device such as a hall computer or a data counter via the external terminal board.

Next, the contents of the saved register are restored, and the main control CPU 101 is set to an interrupt enabled state (step S81). As a result, the main-control-side timer interrupt processing is terminated, the main-control-side main processing is resumed, and the main-control-side main processing is executed until the next timer interrupt occurs.

When the main control board 100 detects a power failure (a supply voltage drop based on a predetermined threshold value) during main control side main processing or interrupt processing, it generates a non-maskable interrupt and turns on a power failure confirmation flag. do. After returning to the original process, the aforementioned power-off process (steps S27 to S33) is executed.

<Processing on the production control board side>
Next, with reference to FIGS. 56 to 60, the procedure of processing on the effect control board 200 side will be described. In addition, below, although the production|presentation control program is mainly a subject, the subject is abbreviate|omitted suitably and is described. The processing on the production control board 200 side includes reset start processing (including production control side main processing) that is executed when the production control CPU 201 is reset such as after turning on the power, and production control side timer interrupt that is started at regular intervals. Processing, production control command reception interrupt processing that is executed upon receipt of a strobe signal from the main control board 100, and startup triggered by the arrival of a predetermined generation time specified in the time schedule of the variable production pattern and a transmission interrupt process for an image control command that is activated at regular intervals.

Each interrupt process (exception process) is set with a priority level indicating the priority when a plurality of interrupt processes occur simultaneously. In this embodiment, "reset start processing by power reset (Fig. 56): top priority", "reset start processing by various abnormalities (Fig. 56): top priority" → "effect control command reception interrupt processing (Figure 60) : Level 7"→"Reset start processing by WDT (when runaway is detected) (Fig. 56): Level 3"→"Image control command transmission interrupt processing (Fig. 57): Level 2"→"Production control side timer interrupt processing ( Fig. 59): The priority levels are ranked in the order of "level 1" and so on. In addition, "reset start processing due to various abnormalities" is, for example, when the production control CPU 201 executes an illegal command, when the production control CPU 201 attempts to access an illegal area or an illegal method, DMA (Direct Memory Access) Starts when an error occurs during transfer. In the present embodiment, the multiple types of interrupt processing described above are exemplified, but actually there are other types of interrupt processing.

In the effect control side main process, basically, the process proceeds after setting to either state of prohibition of all interrupts or prohibition of interrupts other than the effect control command reception interrupt. On top of that, when the effect control side main process is in an interrupt permission state, each interrupt process is executed by interrupting the main process. In each interrupt process, when there is a request for another interrupt process (multiple interrupts occur) while the interrupt process is being executed, in principle, if the interrupt process has a higher priority level than the interrupt process being executed, While the interrupt request is permitted, the interrupt request is prohibited if the interrupt process has a lower priority level than the interrupt process being executed or has the same priority level. That is, each interrupt process proceeds while other interrupts with the same priority level or with a lower priority level are prohibited. From each interrupt process to the effect control side main process, it returns in a state where all interrupts are permitted. The order of priority (priority level) of such interrupt factors is defined by the register settings of the interrupt controller described above.

<Reset start processing>
FIG. 56 is a flow chart showing an example of reset start processing of the effect control board 200. FIG. In this reset start process, reset when power is turned on, reset caused by various abnormalities, reset caused by WDT (runaway detection) After the security check of the effect control CPU 201 is performed , the program starts, and the processing from step S801 onwards is started.

First, as an initial setting required when power is turned on, the top address is set in the stack pointer as the initial value of the stack area (step S801). All interrupt processing is prohibited until various initial settings are completed (step S802).

Next, as a basic setting regarding hardware, an initial value is set to a built-in register provided in the effect control CPU 201, and the I/O port circuit 204 is initialized (step S803). Furthermore, the memory area in the effect control RAM 203 is initialized (step S804). Here, variables with initial values are set to initial values, and variables without initial values are initialized by 0 clearing. The effect control CPU 201 appropriately develops the control program stored in the effect control ROM 202 in the effect control RAM 203 .

Next, interrupts other than reception interrupt processing of the effect control command are prohibited (step S805). Next, among various errors set in advance common to each model, a process of setting an error type to be valid for the model is executed (step S806). Further, a light-off request is made to turn all the effect lamps 10 and 25 (frame lamp 10 and board lamp 25) off (step S807). A watch dog timer is started in order to monitor runaway of production control CPU201 (step S808).

Next, the production control side main processing is executed (step S809). The details of this effect control side main process will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that when the transition to the effect control side main processing in the above-mentioned step S809, it is usually impossible to return to the reset start processing, but by any chance due to the occurrence of a program bug, etc., it has returned to this reset start processing. In this case, a transition is made to a low power consumption mode (sleep mode) in which power consumption is reduced compared to normal operation.

<Production control side main processing>
FIG. 57 is a flow chart showing details of the effect control side main process (step S809) shown in FIG.

First, an address for starting to check whether or not the effect control program is correctly developed in the effect control RAM 203 in the effect control side main process (the leading address where the effect control program is developed) is acquired (step S811). ). Next, all interrupts are permitted, that is, activation of various interrupt processes is permitted (step S812).

Next, a device initialization operation is executed (step S813). This initialization operation is an operation mode that is executed only once when the game machine is turned on (when resetting is started), and is necessary for controlling the operation of movable accessories by devices such as motors and solenoids. It is executed for the purpose of confirming the location information that becomes available. At the end of the initialization operation, the movable accessory returns to a preset initial position (reference position).

Next, to restart the watchdog timer, the watchdog timer is cleared (step S814). At this time, when the effect control CPU 201 is normally executing the effect program, a predetermined clear word is written in the WDT clear register of the effect control CPU 201 within a preset time-out period. is cleared and restarted. On the other hand, if the watchdog timer times out, a user reset will occur.

Next, input port check processing is executed (step S815). In this input port check process, every time an interrupt occurs, the I/O port circuit 204 (input port) is read in the port input/output process (step S1112) in the later-described effect control side timer interrupt process (see FIG. 59). As a result of monitoring a plurality of times (for example, four times), if all the states of the input ports are "1", the signal level is changed to "1 (H level)" and the states of all the input ports are changed to "0". , the signal level is changed to "0 (L level)"; otherwise, the signal level is not changed (thereby determining the input signal).

Next, an error effect management process is executed (step S816). In this error effect management process, error effects by various devices are started based on the error effect pattern set in the subsequent command analysis process (step S820). Furthermore, in the error effect management process, an initial value (error effect time) is set in the error management timer to manage the progress of the error effect. This error management timer is subtracted and updated at a cycle of 16 ms in the error management timer update process (step S1120) of the effect control side timer interrupt process. When the error management timer times out, the error presentation is terminated.

Next, effect button monitoring control processing is executed (step S817). In this production button monitoring control process, when a button advance notice production is incorporated during symbol variation, the input state of the production button 15 within the operation valid time is monitored, and a plurality of preset buttons are set in advance according to the button advance notice production. The contents of the performance corresponding to the input state of the performance button 15 are determined from the contents of the performance. Note that the button input operation itself by the player is monitored in the port input process (step S1112) in the effect control side timer interrupt process described later, and in the effect button monitoring control process, a flag that is regarded as a button valid operation, effect switching, etc. It is determined whether or not the flag for is established, and the execution control of the performance based on the pressing of the button is performed.

Next, a notice lottery management process is executed (step S818). In this advance notice lottery management process, a notice effect pattern that defines the details of the notice effect that occurs at each stage of the variation process of the decorative symbols along the scenario of the change effect pattern selected in the subsequent command analysis process (step S820). (Advance production number) is determined by lottery. The notice effect number determined here is temporarily stored in the notice effect number storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 . An image control command for specifying this notice effect number to the image control board 300 side is generated and set in the image control command buffer of the effect control information storage means 260 . At this time, when the character object announcement effect pattern (character object announcement effect number) is selected as the announcement effect pattern, a character object request is generated, and in the subsequent device management process (step S819), the movable accessory drive pattern is specified. In addition, in the present embodiment, all of the plurality of types of advance notice effects (prediction effect patterns) that occur within one variation of the decorative pattern are not drawn in one main loop process, but the main loop processing efficiency is improved. In order to improve the performance, a lottery is performed over a plurality of main loop processes by dividing each period of occurrence of the notice performance (for example, the fluctuation start stage, the ready-to-win stage, the fluctuation stop stage, and the effective operation of the production button 15). It's becoming At that time, for the notice effect that occurs at the start stage of the decorative pattern fluctuation, it is necessary to synchronize with the start of the decorative pattern fluctuation (immediately transmit the image control command). Run.

Next, device management processing is executed (step S819). In this device management process, when there is an operation request (lamp request, accessory request) for various devices in the command analysis process (step S820) described later, multiple types of pattern data (lamp pattern data) stored in the effect control ROM 202 , drive pattern), the pattern data corresponding to the effect number (lamp effect number, role announcement effect number) is specified, and the control of the target device is started. The lamp pattern data of the effect lamps 10 and 25 store lamp data associated with each frame time (16 ms required to update an image frame once) as schedule data. In the present embodiment, one frame time corresponds to the time required for one frame drawing process when the effect display device 70 draws at approximately 60 frames per second (=approximately 60 fps). Similarly, in the driving pattern data of the movable accessory, driving data associated with each interrupt cycle (1 ms) is stored as schedule data. As a result, each control data (lamp data, drive data, etc.) is output to the target device at regular intervals in the effect control side timer interrupt processing described later, and the operation of the target device is started. Become. On the other hand, in the effect control side timer interrupt processing described later, when the output of a series of control data (lamp data, drive data) is all completed, the effect lamps 10 and 25 are extinguished, or the operation of the movable accessory is stopped. to end control of the target device.

Next, command analysis processing (step S820) is executed. In this command analysis process, it is monitored whether or not the effect control command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260, and if the effect control command is stored, the effect control command is read out. A performance control process corresponding to the type of the performance control command is executed. Details of this command analysis processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

During the loop processing of the production main processing of this cycle, it is determined whether or not analysis (hereinafter referred to as "command analysis") has been executed with respect to the production control command (step S821). If command analysis is being executed, the process returns to step S814 and repeats steps S814 to S821. On the other hand, if command analysis is not executed, effect lottery random number update processing is executed (step S822). In this effect lottery random number update process, the effect lottery random numbers such as the look-ahead notice lottery random number, decoration pattern random number, fluctuation effect pattern random number, and notice effect pattern random number are updated. Specifically, 1 is added to the numerical value of each random number counter, and when the numerical value exceeds the maximum value, it is returned to the minimum value.

<Command analysis processing>
FIG. 58 is a flow chart showing the details of the command analysis process (step S820) shown in FIG. In this command analysis process, it is monitored whether or not the effect control command held in the output port in the main control board 100 is taken into the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 as shown below, and the effect control command is captured and stored, an effect control process corresponding to the type of the effect control command is executed.

First, it is determined whether or not a game state designation command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S831). When the game state designation command is stored, it shifts to production state transition processing (step S832). In this production state transition processing, the processing of changing the production mode is executed based on the variation pattern selection state information included in the game state designation command.

Next, it is determined whether or not a pending related command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S833). Here, the hold-related commands include a pattern storage number command and a pre-determination command. If this hold-related command is stored, the process proceeds to hold information management processing (step S834). In this pending information management process, the pattern memory number command or the preliminary determination command is read from the effect control information storage means 260, and the pre-reading determination is executed based on the information of the preliminary determination result, and the pending display unit of the effect display device 70 (Fig. (not shown) to update the number of displayed pending images and the display mode (display color, etc.).

Next, it is determined whether or not a symbol variation related command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S835). Here, the symbol variation related commands include a variation start command and a variation stop command. When the symbol variation-related command is stored, the process proceeds to the variation effect content determination process (step S836). In this variation performance content determination process, when the received symbol variation related command is a variation start command, the processing for starting the symbol variation performance is executed, and when the received symbol variation related command is a variation stop command. executes processing for ending the symbol variation effect being executed.

Next, it is determined whether or not a command related to the big hit effect is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S837). Here, the jackpot effect-related commands include a jackpot start demonstration effect command, a round effect designation command, and a jackpot end demonstration effect command. When the big hit effect related command is stored, the process proceeds to the big hit effect content determination process (step S838). In this jackpot effect content determination process, processes for executing a start demonstration effect, a round effect, and an end demonstration effect are executed.

Next, it is determined whether or not a small hit effect related command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S839). Here, the small-hit production related commands include a small-hit start demonstration production command and a small-hit end demonstration production command. When the small hit production related command is stored, it moves to small hit production contents decision processing (step S840). In this small-hit performance content determination processing, processing for executing a small-hit start demonstration performance and a small-hit end demonstration performance is executed.

Next, it is determined whether or not an error effect designation command is stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 (step S841). If this error effect designation command is stored, the process proceeds to error effect content determination processing (step S842). In this error effect content determination process, an error effect designation command is read out from the effect control information storage means 260, and an error effect for notifying an error state by means of image display of the effect display device 70, light emission mode of the effect lamps 10, 25, or the like. determine the pattern.

Incidentally, when the effect control command is not stored in the command storage area of the effect control information storage means 260 in steps S831, S833, S835, S837, S839, and S841, the command analysis process is terminated. In addition, the loop processing (step S814 to step S822) of the effect control side main processing is synchronized with the image display cycle (1 frame = 16 ms) of the image control CPU 301, so the command analysis processing of step S821 and the effect lottery of step S822 The random number update process is repeatedly executed, and if 16 ms is exceeded, the process returns to step S814.

<Production control side timer interrupt processing>
FIG. 59 is a flow chart showing an example of effect control side timer interrupt processing. This timer interrupt process is activated by a clock pulse at regular time intervals, and is executed so as to interrupt the effect control side main process described above.

When a timer interrupt occurs, the contents of the register in the effect control CPU 201 are saved in the stack area of the effect control RAM 203, and then the processes after step S1111 are sequentially executed. In this timer interrupt process, interrupts of priority level 2 or higher, such as effect control command reception interrupts from the main control board 100 and watchdog timer interrupts, are permitted (step S1111).

Next, port input/output processing is executed (step S1112). In this port input/output processing, the I/O port circuit 204 is used to execute input data input processing and output data output processing. In the input processing, various signals input to the I/O port circuit 204 are read and stored as input information. On the other hand, in the output process, various control signals (motor control signals) temporarily stored in the effect control information storage means 260 are read out and output from the I/O port circuit 204 .

Next, device control data output processing is executed (step S1113). In this device control data output process, drive data for a predetermined period of time is read out from the drive pattern data specified in the device management process (step S819) and set in the drive data storage area of the effect control information storage means 260. The drive data set in this process is data indicating control for 1 ms corresponding to the interrupt cycle. When the drive data is set by this process, the drive data is output from the I/O port circuit 204 to the motor driver 92 in the next timer interrupt process. Therefore, in this device control data output process, the drive data is switched at each interrupt cycle (1 ms) according to the drive pattern data.

Next, a production timer update process is executed (step S1114). In this production timer update process, the values of various production timers used for production operation control are subtracted and updated by an interrupt cycle (for example, 1 ms). The production timer includes a timer for managing the fluctuation time of the decorative pattern, a timer for managing the generation timing of the advance notice production, and the like. The time schedule in the variable performance pattern is managed by this performance timer, and time management such as the driving timing of the movable accessories and the lighting timing of the performance lamps 10 and 25 is performed on the time axis. In addition, the effect timer is also used in the device control data output process (step S1113) and the lamp data update process (step S1118) in the effect control timer interrupt process.

Next, button control timer update processing is executed (step S1115). The value of the effective time management timer for managing the operation effective time of the production button 15 is updated by subtracting the interrupt period (1 ms in this embodiment). It should be noted that the valid operation time is the time during which the operation input of the production button 15 is valid.

Next, task control counter update processing is executed (step S1117). In this task control counter update process, the task counter value (“0” to “15”) is updated for each timer interrupt. Specifically, if the task counter value is "0" to "14", 1 is added, and if the task counter value is "15", it is returned to "0". That is, this task counter can have a cycle period of 16 ms. Various tasks (task processing) are assigned according to the value of the task counter updated this time. (Image CPU runaway monitoring process in step S1119), error management task (error management timer update process in step S1120), and other processes are executed. In this embodiment, one of the task counter values (“0” to “15”) is assigned to the lamp control task, and the other two values (values spaced 8 ms apart from each other) are used to monitor runaway. task, and another value is assigned to the error management task (description of the other tasks is omitted). As described above, the reason why the cycle cycle of the task counter is set to 16 ms is to match the minimum unit of switching control of the effect lamps 10 and 25 of 16 ms. The minimum unit of switching control of the effect lamps 10 and 25 corresponds to one frame time of an image frame, realizing synchronization between the image effect and the lamp effect.

Next, lamp data update processing is executed (step S1118). In this lamp data update process, lamp data for a predetermined time period is read from the lamp pattern data specified in the device management process (step S819) described above and set. The lamp data set in this process is data indicating lighting control for 16 ms, which is the minimum unit of switching control of the effect lamps 10 and 25 . When the lamp data is set, the lamp data is automatically output from the output port (serial port) to the lamp connection board 91 by serial transfer. This lamp data output processing is configured as serial communication interrupt processing, and is realized by sequentially writing the lamp data to the transmission buffer of the serial communication circuit. The serial communication circuit serially converts the lamp data in the transmission buffer in 1-byte units, and outputs the data to the lamp connection board 91 bit by bit in synchronization with the serial clock. This process is repeated until the transmission buffer becomes empty, whereby all lamp data (all bytes) stored in the transmission buffer are output. Therefore, in this lamp data update process, the lamp data is switched every one frame time (16 ms) according to the lamp pattern, and this lamp data is output to the lamp connection board 91 by serial transfer. Note that this lamp data update process is a process executed when the value of the task counter reaches a predetermined value (a value indicating the lamp control task) in the task control counter update process (step S1117) described above (that is, at 16 ms intervals). process to be executed).

Next, image CPU runaway monitoring processing is executed (step S1119). In this image CPU runaway monitoring process, the toggle signal input from the image control board 300 is monitored, and if the toggle signal does not change continuously for 800 to 1600 ms (about 50 to 100 frames), the image control It determines with image control CPU301 of the board|substrate 300 running out of control, and transmits a reset signal with respect to the image control board 300 from the production|presentation control board 200. FIG. As a result, the image control board 300 executes a predetermined reset process when the image control CPU 301 is reset. Note that the toggle signal is a signal having a waveform in which H level/L level are alternately repeated every frame time. This image CPU runaway monitoring process is executed when the value of the task counter reaches a predetermined value (a value indicating the image monitoring task) in the task control counter update process (step S1117). .

Next, error management timer processing is executed (step S1120). In this error management timer process, the value of the error effect timer for managing the error effect time set in the above-described error effect management process (step S817) is subtracted and updated. This error management timer process is executed when the value of the task counter reaches a predetermined value (value indicating the error management task) in the task control counter update process (step S1117). After setting all interrupts to a permitted state and restoring the contents of the saved register, the performance control side timer interrupt processing is terminated, and the original processing before the occurrence of the interrupt is returned.

<Transmission interrupt processing for image control commands>
FIG. 60 is a flowchart showing an example of image control command transmission interrupt processing. This image control command transmission interrupt process occurs at predetermined intervals (500 μs).

In this image control command transmission interruption process, first, the image control command buffer of the effect control information storage means 260 is checked (step S1131). Next, a read pointer is acquired in the image control command buffer (step S1132), and it is determined whether or not an image control command is stored in the image control command buffer (step S1133). Whether or not an image control command is stored can be confirmed by, for example, a read pointer and a write pointer. If the read pointer and write pointer match, it means that no image control command is stored. If the image control command is stored (step S1133), the image control command is read from the area indicated by the read pointer (step S1134). The read image control command is set in the output buffer of the serial communication circuit (not shown) designated as the output destination (step S1135). As a result, the image control command is serially transmitted to the image control board 300 from the serial port. Next, the command data (command data stored in step S1135 described above) is cleared (step S1136). Next, the read pointer is updated by adding 1 (step S1137). The transmission interrupt processing for the image command is ended, and the original processing before the interruption is returned to.

<Initialization of Ohana Yakumono>
As described above, the large flower role 820 according to the present embodiment performs the first action in which the large flower lifting role 821 advances from the initial position to the movable position in the large flower role rotation production, and the large flower role rotating role. 823's petal movable piece 8231 (more specifically, petal movable piece 8231a, 8231c, 8231d) develops from the initial position to the movable position, and all the petal movable pieces 8231a of the large flower rotation accessory 823 8231e are rotated sequentially, it is possible to realize an effect mode in which the petal movable piece 8231, which is normally arranged at a position invisible to the player, is deployed and rotated. In addition, after the execution period of the above-mentioned production mode is over, the fourth production operation in which the petal movable piece 8231 that has been deployed and rotated in the second production operation and the third production operation is stored in the initial position, and the large flower lifting accessory By sequentially executing the fifth effect operation in which 821 returns from the movable position to the initial position, the large flower accessory 820 can be returned to the normal position (initial position). Each of these actions in the large flower role 820 is controlled by the effect control board 200 .

By the way, in the pachinko machine 1, when the power is turned on, or when the movable role is restored after power failure or an error occurs during operation of the movable role, the initialization operation of the movable role is performed according to the control by the effect control board 200. executed. The initialization operation includes an initial position return operation that returns the movable accessory to a predetermined initial position, and a normal operation that confirms that normal operation is possible by moving the movable accessory that has returned to the initial position within a predetermined operation range. In particular, in the initialization operation of the movable accessory, the first priority is to ensure the visibility of the liquid crystal display device 70, and the movable object operating in the direction of the movable position. An initial position return operation for returning the accessory 24 to its initial position is always executed. However, in the initial position return operation, it is necessary to accurately recognize the state (state) of the movable accessory at the start so that the movable accessory does not collide due to erroneous operation control and is not broken or damaged. important.

Below, the initialization operation of the large flower role 820 in this embodiment will be described. The detection specifications and the operation specifications of each role item will be described with specific examples. After that, the processing of the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820 will be described.

FIG. 61 is a front view of the large flower accessory in the advanced state. As shown in FIG. 61, in this embodiment, as the position sensors of the large flower accessories 820, a lifting initial position sensor 8212 and a lifting movable position sensor 8213 for detecting the position of the large flower lifting accessories 821 (hereinafter referred to as When both sensors are collectively referred to as a lifting position sensor), a rotation initial position sensor 8236 and a rotation return position sensor for detecting the position of the large flower rotating accessory 823 (more strictly, a specific petal movable piece 8231d) 8237 (hereafter referred to as a rotational position sensor when both sensors are collectively referred to). For the sake of simplicity, the elevation initial position sensor 8212 is referred to as the "initial position sensor" and the elevation movable position sensor 8213 is referred to as the "movable position sensor" in the table of FIG. 62, which will be described later. Similarly, in the tables of FIGS. 65 and 66 to be described later, the rotation initial position sensor 8236 is described as "initial position sensor" and the rotation return position sensor 8237 is described as "return position sensor".

<Operational specifications of Ohana lifting accessories>
First, before describing the operation specifications of the large flower lifting role object 821, the lifting position sensor (lifting initial position sensor 8212, lifting movable position sensor 8213) of the large flower lifting role object 821 shown in FIG. 61 will be described in detail.

The lifting initial position sensor 8212 shown in FIG. 61 is a position sensor for detecting that the large flower lifting accessory 821 is at the initial position. It is a position sensor for detecting that the These lifting position sensors detect a member that reciprocates in conjunction with the lifting operation of the large flower lifting accessory 821 (specifically, the support member 822b attached to the large flower accessory mounting base 810 side). , the sensor is in the OFF state when the sensor receives light, and the sensor is in the ON state when the sensor receives light.

More specifically, the detection target member is connected to a guide that reciprocates in a predetermined section (initial position to movable position) along with the lifting operation of the large flower lifting accessory 821, and the detection target member is connected to both ends of the section. A mechanical stopper (not shown) is provided to restrain movement. Then, a lifting initial position sensor 8212 is arranged at a position (corresponding to the “initial position” in FIG. 62) that is blocked by the detection target member when the large flower lifting accessory 821 is in the initial position. An up-and-down movable position sensor 8213 is arranged at a position (corresponding to the “movable position” in FIG. 62) which is blocked by the member to be detected when the accessory 821 is in the movable position.

An example of detailed detection specifications by the above-described elevation position sensor is supplemented. First, sensor detection is performed at edges. And, when the detected value is the same data during the two continuous effect control side timer interrupts (2 ms), the input port data is determined. Chattering detection is performed three times. More specifically, the port data is scanned up to three times, and the data is determined when they match two times in succession.

Next, operation specifications of the large flower lifting accessory 821 will be described in detail.

FIG. 62 is a diagram for explaining an example of operation specifications of the large flower lifting accessory. The lifting operation of the large flower lifting role 821 (large flower lifting action) is performed by the performance control board 200 to the motor driver 92 to operate the drive motor 8211 (stepping motor) of the large flower lifting role 821. It is realized by sending an electric signal (driving pulse or the like) based on a request that defines the action pattern of the inner part, and the motor driver 92 controlling the driving motor 8211 according to the electric signal. The request includes control direction (CW/CCW), motion speed, and motion amount, and each request may be IDed and managed. In addition, in addition to the specific number of steps, various conditions such as "until a predetermined position is reached" can be specified for the requested amount of motion.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 62, the control direction for lowering the large flower lifting accessory 821 is set to "CW", and at this time, a forward rotation (CW: ClockWise) pulse electrical signal is sent. In addition, the control direction for lifting the large flower lifting accessory 821 is set to "CCW", and at this time, an electrical signal of reverse (CCW: Counter-ClockWise) pulse is sent. Further, details will be explained later in the initialization operation process, but in the present embodiment, among the operation control information (request information) for the movable accessory, at least the last executed request information is stored in the effect control RAM 203 as the normal RAM clear. is stored in a non-erasable area that is not erased in

In the table of FIG. 62, the contents of the operation pattern table for the drive motor 8211 of the large flower lifting accessory 821 are divided into sections 1 to 6 (operation speed is omitted). The operation pattern table is represented by "section N (N: integer from 1 to 6)". Although this table describes the number of steps as a design value, the number of steps indicated in the actual operation pattern table is not limited to the design value, and the predetermined number of steps is greater than the number of steps of the design value. It is also possible to give as many instructions as possible. Specifically, for example, when the mechanical stopper (self-locking mechanism) at the initial position of the large flower lifting accessory 821 is configured to hang at a position moved 60 steps from the light shielding start point of the initial position sensor 8212 in the CCW direction, In the operation after the movable position sensor 8213 is shielded (section 3), in order to reliably move the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the self-locking mechanism of the movable position, it is instructed to move 5 steps more than the design value of 60 steps. Similarly, in the operation (section 6) after the initial position sensor 8212 is shielded, in order to reliably move the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the self-locking mechanism in the initial position, move 5 steps more than the design value of 60 steps. instruct. In addition, in the request of this example, either the number of steps (the number of drive pulse outputs) or the operation range (until detection by a position detection sensor such as an initial position sensor or a movable position sensor) is satisfied. Can be specified as a condition.

In addition, as another modification regarding the drive control of the large flower lifting role object 821, considering the step-out of the drive motor 8211 based on the weight of the large flower lifting role object 821, the descending operation (CW) and the ascending operation (CCW) Therefore, even if the same distance is driven, the number of driving steps for the ascending operation is increased, or the pulse output interval for each step is increased in order to increase the torque of the driving motor 8211. be done. It should be noted that the pulse output interval for each step (the operating speed described above) is expressed as "PPS (Pulse Per Seconds)", and may be expressed as the value of the number of pulse outputs per second.

Based on the operation specifications shown in FIG. 62, specific operation control of the large flower lifting accessory 821 at normal time will be described.

When the large flower lifting role 821 is normally advanced from the initial position to the movable position (that is, the first performance operation of the large flower role rotating performance), the performance control board 200 outputs the first performance to the motor driver 92. Make an action request for an action. When the request for the first effect operation is executed, first, when the large flower lifting accessory 821 is at the initial position, it is moved in the "CW" direction "until the initial position sensor 8212 starts receiving light" or "60 Driving in the operation pattern table of section 1 instructing the movement of "until the step is reached" is executed. Next, driving is performed in the operation pattern table of section 2 instructing movement in the “CW” direction “until light shielding of the movable position sensor 8213 starts” or “until reaching step 171”. Finally, driving is executed in the operation pattern of Section 3, which instructs movement in the “CW” direction “until the movable position is detected” or “until the 60th step is reached”. In the following description, when driving in a plurality of operation patterns is sequentially executed with one operation request as described above, they are indicated by connecting with a symbol "+" in the order of execution in the operation pattern table. Specifically, in the case of the action request for the first effect action described above, it can be expressed as "execute the request for section 1+section 2+section 3".

In addition, when returning the large flower lifting role object 821 from the movable position to the initial position at the normal time (that is, the fifth action of the large flower role rotation effect), the action request for the fifth action (specific action pattern , the request for section 4+section 5+section 6) is executed.

Further, as a supplement to the operation specifications of the large flower lifting accessory 821 described above during normal operation, it is preferable to always perform acceleration/deceleration/holding control processing as control of the operation speed of each operation (each request). Acceleration processing is the initial stage of the operation request, and since it is driven with high torque against the weight and inertia of the movable part, the PPS value (number of pulse outputs per second) is gradually increased from a low drive pattern table. This is the process of moving to the drive pattern table of the PPS value and operating it. The deceleration process is the opposite of the acceleration process. is. In the holding control process, the drive motor is excited in the same excitation phase for a certain period of time in order to prevent the return from the target stop position due to the backlash of the drive transmission system such as the gear in the movable accessory. is continuously fixed.

In addition, although a specific description is omitted in this example, when performing a "playing action" that repeatedly raises and lowers the large flower lifting accessory 821 in a short period, it is performed within a predetermined number of steps (for example, 85 steps) from the initial position. within). Furthermore, when performing the above-mentioned "backlash motion", it is preferable to interpose holding excitation (holding control processing) for stopping the drive of the stepping motor for a predetermined time or longer (for example, at least 50 ms or longer) when switching between CW and CCW. By performing such holding excitation, it is possible to prevent position deviation from occurring due to repeated switching of the control direction.

In addition, based on the characteristics of the large flower lifting role object 821, after receiving the initial position sensor 8212, in order to reliably move the large flower lifting role object 821 to the self-locking mechanism (mechanical stopper), a predetermined number of steps (main 5 steps in the example) is preferably controlled to move more. In addition, it is preferable to not allow the large flower lifting accessory 821 to stop at a position other than the initial position or the movable position, and to determine an error if it stops at a position other than the initial position or the movable position.

Here, an example of a method for detecting stoppage at a position other than the movable position will be described. The effect control board 200 is configured to output a drive pulse to the drive motor in the effect control side timer interrupt process described above. Before updating the position information on the software and detecting that the movable accessory has physically moved to the initial position or movable position by the initial position sensor or the movable position sensor, the value of the updated position information is determined as an error. is determined to be stopped at a position other than the initial position or the movable position (step over error to be described later). As described above, the motion request for the movable accessory may be set in the motion pattern table under the condition that the sensor detects it. A number of steps is set as a provisional threshold for .

In addition, regarding the operation of the large flower lifting role 821 other than the normal time (specifically, the initialization operation at the time of power up, the recovery operation at the time of error occurrence, etc.), the initialization operation of the large flower role described later Details will be given in the description of the control.

<Operational specifications of the Ohana rotating accessories>
First, before describing the operation specifications of the large flower rotating accessory 823, the rotation position sensors (rotation initial position sensor 8236, rotation return position sensor 8237) of the large flower rotating accessory 823 shown in FIG. 61 will be described in detail.

The rotation initial position sensor 8236 shown in FIG. 61 is a position sensor for detecting that the petal movable piece 8231d of the large flower rotating role 823 is in the initial position, and the rotation return position sensor 8237 detects the large flower rotating role. A position sensor for detecting that the petal movable piece 8231d of the object 823 is in the return position. The rotation initial position sensor 8236 and the rotation return position sensor 8237 (generally called the rotation position sensor) are members (specifically Specifically, the rotating member 8241) shown in FIG. 63 and the like is used as a detection target, and the sensor is in the OFF state when the sensor is shielded from light, and the sensor is in the ON state when the sensor receives light.

Here, the reason why the rotation position sensor detects the position of the petal movable piece 8231d in order to detect the mode (state) of the large flower rotating accessory 823 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the five petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823 are formed in a three-layered structure. More specifically, the petal movable pieces 8231a and 8231c are formed on the first layer (front side) with the relative positional relationship fixed by the same member, and the petal movable pieces 8231b and 8231e are formed on the second layer (middle side). The petal movable piece 8231d is formed in the third layer (rear side). In addition, the driving motor (not shown) of the large flower rotating accessory 823 provides a rotational driving force switchable between the forward (CW) and reverse (CCW) directions to the third layer petal movable piece 8231d. .

The first layer is connected to the third layer by a gear that reverses the direction of rotation, so that when the petal movable piece 8231d of the third layer is deployed from the initial position to the movable position, the petals of the first layer are movable. The pieces 8231a and 8231c deploy by rotating in the opposite direction at the same angle of rotation. Furthermore, the first layer maintains the unfolded state by the torque limiter at the stage when the third layer has passed the movable position, and thereafter rotates in the same direction as the third layer. Further, the second layer is provided with a groove (not shown) for deploying the movable petal piece 8231d of the third layer by a certain amount. The petal movable pieces 8231b and 8231e of the second layer remain at their initial positions until reaching the end of the groove. Then, after the petal movable piece 8231d of the third layer reaches the end of the groove, it rotates along with the third layer and rotates in the same direction.

With such a structure, the large flower rotating accessory 823 moves the third layer petal movable piece 8231d from the state in which the five petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are housed in two locations (see FIG. 19) to the CW position. direction, the movable petal pieces 8231a and 8231c of the first layer are also deployed in the CCW direction at the same time. 20) can be revealed. Furthermore, after that, the five petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e can be rotated while maintaining the state in which the corolla is formed. That is, the large flower rotating accessory 823 operates only the petal movable piece 8231d of the third layer by one drive motor, and the other petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231c, 8231e of the first layer and the second layer are also interlocked. The petal movable piece 8231 can be expanded, retracted, and rotated.

In consideration of the above, in the present embodiment, the predetermined positions (initial position and Two rotational position sensors (rotary initial position sensor 8236 and rotational return position sensor 8237) are provided for detecting the return position). It should be noted that the return position is a reference point for regulating a change in operation in the reverse rotation (CCW) direction during operation in the forward rotation (CW) direction, and is set prior to the movable position in the CW direction. The specific content of the regulation will be described later with reference to FIGS. 65 and 66. FIG.

FIG. 63 is an exploded perspective view of the rotational position sensor unit. As shown in FIG. 63, the rotational position sensor unit 8240 is a unit having a rotational position sensor of the large flower rotating accessory 823. It is composed of a sensor member 8242 provided with an initial position sensor 8236 and a rotation return position sensor 8237 and a support member 8243 supporting the rotation member 8241 and the sensor member 8242 .

FIG. 64 is an enlarged view of the rotating member and sensor member of the rotational position sensor unit. As shown in FIG. 64, a notch portion 8244 is formed in the side surface of the rotating member 8241 and is movably fitted into a groove portion 8245 provided in the sensor member 8242 . With this structure, as the notch 8244 moves in the groove 8245 as the rotating member 8241 rotates, the light reception/light shielding state of each of the rotation initial position sensor 8236 and the rotation return position sensor 8237 changes. Specifically, when the notch 8244 is at the detection position of the rotation initial position sensor 8236, the rotation initial position sensor 8236 receives the light and is turned on. The rotation return position sensor 8237 receives the light and is turned on. A ratchet-type mechanical stopper 8246 is provided at the central position of the rotation initial position sensor 8236 to allow rotation in one direction.

An example of detailed detection specifications by the rotational position sensor described above is supplemented. First, sensor detection is performed at edges. Then, when the detected value is the same data for consecutive 2 ms, the input port data is determined. Chattering detection is performed three times. More specifically, the port data is scanned up to three times, and the data is determined when they match two times in succession.

Next, operation specifications of the large flower rotating accessory 823 will be described in detail.

FIGS. 65 and 66 are diagrams (parts 1 and 2) for explaining an example of operation specifications during the rotation motion of the Ohana rotating accessory. FIG. 65 shows an example of the motion specifications of the large flower rotating accessory 823 in the motion of deploying or rotating the petal movable piece 8231 (large flower rotating motion), and all motion pattern tables in the large flower rotating motion are The CW direction is indicated, and at this time the petal movable piece 8231d rotates clockwise. On the other hand, FIG. 66 shows an example of operation specifications of the large flower rotation accessory 823 in the operation of storing the petal movable piece 8231 (large flower storage operation). All motion pattern tables in motion are directed in the CCW direction, at which time the petal movable piece 8231d rotates counterclockwise.

Strictly speaking, however, the motion pattern table in the CCW direction shown in FIG. Depending on the situation, an operation using a part of the operation pattern table in the CW direction shown in FIG. 65 is also appropriately executed. These details will be clarified in specific examples described later.

In addition, in this embodiment, as a constraint on the request for performing the operation in the CCW direction shown in FIG. 66, it is prohibited to operate in the CCW direction from a position other than section 6 or section 7 shown in FIG. 65 during the operation in the CW direction. Suppose it is.

The large flower rotation operation and the large flower storage operation by the large flower rotating accessory 823 are an electric signal from the production control board 200 to the motor driver 92 for operating the driving motor (stepping motor) of the large flower rotating accessory 823. is sent, and the motor driver 92 controls the drive motor according to the electrical signal while sequentially switching the operation pattern table included in the request corresponding to the large flower storage operation. Similar to the motion specifications of the large flower lifting accessory 821 described above, the request includes one or more motion pattern tables that define the control direction (CW/CCW), motion speed, and motion amount. , each request may be IDed and managed. In the operation amount of the operation pattern table, various conditions such as "until reaching a predetermined position" can be designated in addition to the specific number of steps.

Also, in FIGS. 65 and 66, similarly to FIG. 62 referred to in the operation specification of the large flower lifting accessory 821, operation requests to the drive motor of the large flower rotating accessory 823 can be divided into sections. The contents of the operation pattern table elements are summarized in a table. As in the case of FIG. 62, the table shows the number of steps as design values. A predetermined number of steps may be specified more than the number of steps of the design value. In addition, in the request of this example, it is possible to appropriately combine and instruct that either the number of steps or the range of motion be satisfied based on the content of the motion as the condition for satisfying the amount of motion.

In this example, the initial position of the large flower rotating accessory 823 is the center of the light receiving area for the initial position sensor 8236. Specifically, for example, in the CCW direction from the light receiving start point by the initial position sensor 8236, 6 points in the CCW direction. The point is a step-moved point (it can also be said to be a point moved six steps in the CW direction from the light receiving start point of the initial position sensor 8236 in the CW direction). In addition, the return position of the large flower rotation accessory 823 is the center of the light receiving area for the return position sensor 8237. Specifically, for example, a point moved in the CW direction from the light reception start point by the return position sensor 8237 by 6 steps in the CW direction. and

Based on the operation specifications shown in FIGS. 65 and 66, specific operation control of the large flower rotation accessory 823 at normal time will be described.

When the large flower rotating accessory 823 (petal movable piece 8231d) is normally deployed from the initial position to the movable position (that is, the second action of the large flower accessory rotating performance), the request for section 1 + section 3 is executed. (See FIG. 65). Strictly speaking, the petal movable piece 8231d is deployed from the initial position to the movable position by executing the request using the section 2, which has fewer steps than the section 3 (that is, the request for the section 1 + section 2). can be done. However, in this embodiment, by intentionally executing the request for section 1+section 3, the petal movable piece 8231d is moved to the position before the return position ahead of the movable position (start of light reception by the return position sensor 8237), and the movable piece 8231d is reliably movable. It has a margin so that it can exceed the position. In terms of specific steps, the total number of steps (design value) in sections 1 and 2 is 104 steps, while the total number of steps (design value) in sections 1 and 3 is 118 steps. Therefore, a margin of 14 steps can be provided. Further, by using the section 1+section 3 requests, it is possible to detect that the return position sensor 8237 is switched to the light receiving state, and it is detected that the movement is physically reliable, and the certainty of the operation is improved.

Also, in the case of rotating the large flower accessory 823 normally (that is, the third action of the large flower accessory rotation effect), a request is executed to repeat the operation pattern table of section 4 by the number of rotations. (See Figure 65). At this time, the passage is detected by the initial position sensor 8236 every time the large flower rotation accessory 823 rotates, and the operation pattern table of section 4 is repeatedly called every time it is detected by the initial position sensor 8236. be done.

In addition, in the case where the large flower rotating role 823 after rotation is stored in the initial position at normal times (that is, the fourth operation of the large flower role rotating performance), the restriction of the request in the CCW direction described above is taken into consideration. , the following two types of operation control are performed.

First, when the position of the petal movable piece 8231d at the start of storage (after rotation) is between the initial position and the return position when viewed in the CW direction, that is, section 1 and section 3 shown in FIG. , or in the range of section 5, first, a request in the CW direction is executed, and an adjustment operation is performed to move the petal movable piece 8231d to the return position in the CW direction. Specifically, for example, after the initial position sensor 8236 starts blocking light and before the return position sensor 8237 starts receiving light (equivalent to section 3), the petal movable piece 8231d is moved to the return position by executing the section 3 + section 5 requests. (Even if the petal movable piece 8231d exists in section 3 at the time of the request, the operation pattern table for section 3 indicates that the return position sensor 8237 has started receiving light, that is, the detection state of the sensor has changed. At the rising/falling timing, transition to operation pattern table control in section 5). After moving to the return position, the petal movable piece 8231d moves to the initial position in the CCW direction and stops at the mechanical stopper 8246 by executing the request of section 9+section 10+section 11 in FIG.

Second, when the position of the petal movable piece 8231d at the start of storage (after rotation) is between the return position and the initial position when viewed in the CW direction, that is, as shown in FIG. If it is in the range of section 6 or section 7, the petal movable piece 8231d can be moved to the return position in the CW direction by executing a request in the CW direction according to the position of the petal movable piece 8231d. Specifically, for example, if the return position sensor 8237 has passed the return position and before the light shielding of the return position sensor 8237 starts (corresponding to section 6), the petal movable piece 8231d returns to the initial position by executing the request for section 6 + section 7 + section 8. can move. Also, for example, after the return position sensor 8237 has started to block light and before the initial position sensor 8236 has received light (corresponding to section 7), the petal movable piece 8231d can move to the initial position by executing the section 7+section 8 request.

In the second situation, after the petal movable piece 8231d returns to the initial position in the CW direction, the request for section 1+section 3+section 5 is executed again in the CW direction, and after moving to the return position, the section shown in FIG. By executing the request of 9+section 10+section 11, the petal movable piece 8231d moves to the initial position in the CCW direction and stops at the mechanical stopper 8246. FIG.

In this way, in the fourth production operation of the large flower role rotation production, by changing the execution pattern of the request in the CW/CCW direction according to the position of the petal movable piece 8231d at the start of storage, multiple Regardless of the position of the petal movable piece 8231, all the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e after rotation can be stored in the initial positions reliably and safely.

In addition, as a supplement to the operation specifications of the large flower rotating accessory 823 described above during normal operation, it is preferable to always perform acceleration/deceleration/holding control processing as control of the operation speed of each operation (each request). It is also preferable to perform the holding control process when switching the motion direction from CW to CCW.

In addition, based on the characteristics of the large flower rotation accessory 823, in order to reliably stop the large flower rotation accessory 823 (petal movable piece 8231) in the locked state after receiving the initial position sensor 8236 in the large flower storage operation, It is preferable to perform control so as to move a predetermined number of steps (in this example, 10 steps) more than the designed value.

As described above, the Ohana rotating accessory 823 detects the initial position sensor 8236 when not in operation, during part of the third production operation (rotating operation), after completing the fourth production operation, exists, and especially in the situation where the initial position sensor 8236 detects the initial position during the third effect operation, the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are in the unfolded state. Therefore, special operation control is required for operations other than the normal operation of the large flower rotating accessory 823 (specifically, initialization operation at power-on, recovery operation at the time of error occurrence, etc.). A detailed description of this operation will be given later in the description of the initialization operation of the Ohana Yakumono.

<Initialization operation processing of Ohana Yakumono>
Here, specific processing contents in the initialization operation of the large flower role item 820 will be described in detail using the operation specifications of the large flower role item 821 and the large flower rotating role item 823 described above. As described above, the initialization operation includes an initial position return operation for returning the movable accessory to a predetermined initial position, and a normal operation by moving the movable accessory returned to the initial position within a predetermined operation range. In particular, in the initialization operation of the movable accessory, the initial position return operation is always executed. Each of these operations is controlled by the effect control board 200 .

In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, specific situations different from the normal state in which the movable role is initialized include, for example, the following situations.

As a first example, when power is restored, an initial position return operation and a normal operation confirmation operation are sequentially executed as the initialization operation of the movable accessory. This power recovery time includes not only the power recovery of the pachinko machine 1 by normal power OFF/ON, but also the power recovery from sudden power failure due to power failure or the like.

Second, when the number of steps in a movable accessory exceeds the number of steps, an error is determined. An initial position return operation and a normal operation confirmation operation are sequentially executed as an initialization operation for a movable accessory that is prohibited in a simultaneous movement restriction table (not shown) that indicates the presence or absence of.

Here, the number of steps exceeded means that the movable accessory that has moved according to the request exceeds the threshold value determined corresponding to the number of steps indicated by the request (motion pattern table), but detection by a predetermined sensor is not performed. means the state of When determining an error due to an excess of the number of steps, the effect control board 200 stops the operation processing of the related role, and thereafter does not accept any game action requests for the movable role. However, for movable accessories that hide the display surface of the liquid crystal display device 70, in order to maintain the visibility of the progress of the game, it is necessary to make the stop display of the decorative pattern visible so that it is possible to identify whether or not it is a big win. In order to maintain flexibility, after executing a request to return the movable accessory to the initial position as much as possible, requests for subsequent game motions may not be accepted.

Third, when the result of the position check of the movable role is an error determination, in the recovery process from the error, the initial position return operation is executed as the initialization operation of the movable role, and the movable role is returned to the initial position. . Here, the position check is a process of confirming the input of the sensor at the turning point of the game and determining an error when the player is not at the initial position. Also, game milestones are, for example, the start/end of a demonstration effect, the start/end of a big win, the start/stop of variation, and the like. The "movable position" may be treated as the "initial position" depending on the movable accessory and game state (or production mode).

Fourthly, when the result of the time monitoring check is an error judgment, in the recovery process from the error, the initial position return operation is executed as the initialization operation of the movable role and returned to the initial position. Here, the time monitoring check is when the OFF state of the initial position sensors 8212 and 8236 corresponding to the movable accessory is detected for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) or more in a situation where the movable accessory should be in the initial position. This is a process that determines an error in The target of the time monitoring check is not limited to the initial position, and other predetermined positions may be checked.

Below, referring to FIGS. 67 and 68, the processing of the initial position return operation and the normal operation confirmation operation in the large flower accessory 820 of the present embodiment will be described. In addition, in the large flower role rotation production of the present embodiment, the shutter role 870 also operates in conjunction with the large flower role 820. It is said that the action will be carried out at the same time.

FIG. 67 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing procedure of the initial position return operation of the pachinko machine according to this embodiment. In the initial position return operation of the pachinko machine 1 according to this embodiment, the two movable accessories included in the large flower accessory 820 (the large flower ascending accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823) and the shutter accessory 870 are , are controlled to return to their respective initial positions.

According to FIG. 67, first, in step S1011, the effect control board 200 determines that the large flower lifting accessory 821 is at the initial position and the large It is determined whether or not the flower rotation accessory 823 is at the initial position. If a positive result is obtained in step S1011 (YES in step S1011), both movable accessories are in their initial positions, so the process proceeds to step S1016. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step S1011 (NO in step S1011), the process proceeds to step S1012.

In step S1012, the effect control board 200 determines that the large flower rotating accessory 823 is at the initial position, and the operation pattern (request) of the previous large flower rotating accessory 823 is from the "return position" to the "initial position". It is determined whether or not it was operated in the CCW direction in the section of . Specifically, it is determined whether or not the request is for the section 9+section 10+section 11 shown in FIG. 66 (that is, the request for the storage operation).

Here, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the effect control board 200 stores the operation control information (request information) for the movable accessory in the effect control RAM 203 in an area that is not cleared by regular RAM clear processing (hereinafter referred to as (also referred to as a non-erased area). The regular RAM clear processing here corresponds to the initialization of the memory area executed with respect to the effect control RAM 203 of the effect control board 200 with the power OFF/ON, the operation of the RAM clear switch, or the like as a trigger. It should be noted that the non-erased area does not necessarily store all past request information, and at least the last executed (transmitted) request information may be retained.

Therefore, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the request information stored in the non-delete area is retained in the effect control RAM 203 even if the power is turned off or the normal RAM is cleared, and the request information is referred to. By doing so, the effect control board 200 (particularly the effect control CPU 201) can confirm the previous operation pattern, and specifically can identify the operation direction (CW/CCW) and the operation section.

However, in a situation where it is necessary to clear the entire storage area of the effect control RAM 203, such as checksum abnormality, the non-erased area is also cleared. If the entire storage area is cleared, the determination of step S1012 cannot be performed. In the same control procedure as the control (Ohana role object rotation effect), the movable role object is made to perform a series of actions. As a result, even if the entire storage area of the effect control RAM 203 is cleared, the movable accessory can be reliably moved to the initial position.

Returning to the description of FIG. Since the previous request information is held in the non-erasing area as described above, in step S1012, the effect control board 200 refers to the previous request information stored in the non-erasing area to obtain the large flower rotation role. The previous motion pattern of the object 823 (petal movable piece 8231d) can be identified. Specifically, when the previous request consists of a request for section 9 + section 10 + section 11 in FIG. I know it was working. If the retraction operation has been performed and the rotation initial position sensor 8236 is in the ON state, it means that the retraction operation has been completed. Note that when the petal movable piece 8231d moves to the initial position and the retraction operation is completed, the other petal movable piece 8231 is also retracted to the initial position before deployment due to co-rotation. Therefore, when an affirmative determination is obtained in step S1012 (YES in step S1012), it can be identified that all the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e of the large flower rotating accessory 823 have been stored. In this state, there is no need to perform the initial position return operation for the large flower rotating accessory 823, so the process proceeds to step S1016 without performing the processing of steps S1013 to S1015.

On the other hand, if the large flower rotating accessory 823 is not at the initial position (rotation initial position sensor 8236 is OFF), regardless of whether the previous operation was a storage operation or an expanding operation or rotating operation, the large flower rotating accessory This means that all the petal movable pieces 8231 of 823 are not in the retracted state. In addition, if the above request is a request other than the request related to the storage operation of section 9 + section 10 + section 11 in Fig. 66, the petal movable piece 8231d is operated in the CW direction (deployment or rotation). Since this means that there is a high possibility that it has been performed, even if the initial rotation position sensor 8236 is in the ON state, there may be a case where the petal movable piece 8231 other than the petal movable piece 8231d is not in the retracted state. From the above, when a negative determination is obtained in step S1012 (NO in step S1012), it can be identified that the large flower rotating accessory 823 is not in a state where all the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e have been stored. In such a state, it is necessary to move the petal movable piece 8231d to the return position in the CW direction and then to the initial position in the CCW direction as the initial position return operation for the large flower rotating accessory 823 . Therefore, the processing of steps S1013 to S1015 is performed.

In step S1013, the effect control board 200 moves the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the movable position. As a specific control in step S1013, a request for section 1+section 2+section 3 in FIG. 62 may be executed. By this step, since the large flower lifting accessory 821 moves to the movable position, even if the operation control for the petal movable piece 8231 of the large flower rotating accessory 823 is executed, the petal movable piece 8231 does not collide with the surroundings. can be ensured.

Next, in step S1014, the effect control board 200 moves the large flower rotating accessory 823 (more specifically, the petal movable piece 8231d) to the return position by controlling the motion in the CW direction as in the normal effect operation. Let As a specific control in step S1014, for example, if the rotation initial position sensor 8236 is in the ON state, the request in section 5 of FIG. 65 may be executed. In the process of S1013, for example, if the rotation return position sensor 8237 is in the ON state, the request for section 1+section 3+section 5 in FIG. Just do it. In either case, it is operated in the same CW direction as the normal production operation (the second production operation and the third production operation of the large flower rotation production). By this step, all the petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are ready to start retracting to the initial position.

Next, in step S1015, the effect control board 200 moves the large flower rotation accessory 823 (petal movable piece 8231d) moved to the return position in step S1014 to the initial position. As a specific control in step S1015, the request of section 9+section 10+section 11 in FIG. 66 may be executed. When this step is executed, the petal movable piece 8231 other than the petal movable piece 8231d is also put into the retracted state before being unfolded due to co-rotation. When step S1015 is completed, the process of step S1016 is performed.

In step S1016, the effect control board 200 moves the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the initial position. As a specific control in step S1016, the request for section 4+section 5+section 6 in FIG. 62 may be executed. When the processing up to step S1016 is completed, the large flower ascending/descending accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823 are returned to their initial positions.

And finally, in step S1017, the effect control board 200 moves the shutter accessory 870 to the initial position, and ends the initial position return operation.

In addition, in the processing of each step shown in FIG. 67, if the target movable accessory is already at the destination of the processing in the step (for example, in step S1016, the large flower ascending and descending accessory 821 is already at the initial position). case, etc.), the operation control in this step may not be executed (can be ignored).

As described above, by performing the initial position return operation shown in FIG. 67, the large flower accessory 820 (the large flower lifting accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823) and the shutter accessory 870 are returned to the initial positions. can be done.

In such an initial position return operation of FIG. 67, by storing the previous operation direction (operation pattern) for the initial position return operation of the large flower rotating accessory 823, the rotation initial position sensor 8236 is stored. It is characteristic that it is confirmed whether the combination with the current movement direction is in the return permission mode (step S1012), which means the storage completion state. If the return permission mode cannot be confirmed here, even if the initial rotation position sensor 8236 is detecting, the subsequent return operation (normal operation confirmation operation) is not permitted, and once , operate until the rotation return position sensor 8237 detects it according to the effect operation pattern (CW direction request), and again causes the rotation initial position sensor 8236 to detect it according to the reverse direction (CCW) operation pattern (steps S1014 to S1015). Even if the previous operation direction could not be specified because the stored information in the non-erased area is destroyed, etc., the same operation control as in the case where the return permission mode could not be confirmed is performed to ensure storage completion. state can be

FIG. 68 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing procedure of the normal operation confirmation operation of the pachinko machine according to this embodiment. In the normal operation confirmation operation of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the large flower accessory 820 (the large flower lifting accessory 821, the large flower rotating accessory 823) and the shutter accessory 870, which are in the initial positions, respectively It is confirmed that each movable accessory can operate normally by performing an operation (initialization sequence operation) to return to the initial position after operating to the movable position.

According to FIG. 68, first, in step S1021, the effect control board 200 moves the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the movable position. As a specific control in step S1021, a request for section 1+section 2+section 3 in FIG. 62 may be executed. When the process of step S1021 is completed, the process proceeds to step S1022.

In step S1022, the effect control board 200 performs the initialization order operation of the large flower rotation accessory 823. As a specific control of the initialization order operation of the large flower rotating role 823, the large flower rotating role 823 is It suffices to sequentially execute the operation control to be performed (detailed content of the control is omitted since it has been described above). When the process of step S1022 is completed, the process proceeds to step S1023.

In step S1023, the effect control board 200 returns the large flower lifting accessory 821 to the initial position. As a specific control in step S1023, a request for section 4+section 5+section 6 in FIG. 62 may be executed.

And finally, in step S1024, the effect control board 200 performs the initialization sequence operation of the shutter accessory 870, and ends the normal operation confirmation operation. Although the details of the initialization sequence operation of the shutter function 870 are omitted, the shutter function 870 may be moved to the movable position and then returned to the initial position, or the LED may be turned on after moving to the movable position. You may make it confirm the used light emission production|presentation.

As described above, by performing the normal operation confirmation operation shown in FIG. 68, it is confirmed that the large flower accessory 820 (the large flower lifting accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823) and the shutter accessory 870 can operate normally. can do.

In addition, the processing of steps S1013 to S1016 in the initial position return operation shown in FIG. This is the same processing as in S1023). Therefore, in the initialization operation of this embodiment, if the processing of steps S1013 to S1015 is performed after NO in step S1012 in the initial position return operation shown in FIG. Processing may be omitted. By omitting the repetition of operations in this way, the overall time required for the initialization operations can be shortened.

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In the present embodiment, so far, the large flower accessory 820 is divided into a large flower accessory 821 capable of linear motion (lifting and lowering) and a rotating motion (deployment/storage, However, when viewed as a movable accessory whose series of performance operations are controlled by the presentation control board 200, the large flower role 820 is one movable accessory. can be At this time, the large flower role 820 performs the first step of moving the large flower role 820 up and down (the first step of performance) and the second step of deploying the large flower role 820 in the series of large flower rotation productions. A movable accessory that can continuously perform three-stage actions with different operation modes, namely, a third-stage action (third-stage action) that rotates the large flower accessory 820 (second action). I can say. Also, the large flower accessory 820 requires at least one drive source (driving motor) for each of the large flower lifting accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823, and thus has at least two drive sources.

Next, the large flower rotating accessory 823 included in the large flower accessory 820 has a structure in which five rotatable petal movable pieces 8231a to 8231e are connected and stacked in three layers. As the third layer (petal movable piece 8231d) rotates in the CW direction, the first layer (petal movable piece 8231a, 8231c) expands in the CCW direction by a predetermined amount, and then the first layer and the second layer expand. Since the layer (petal movable pieces 8231b, 8231e) rotates in the CW direction together with the third layer, in order to store them in the initial position, the third layer (petal movable pieces 8231b, 8231e) must be adjusted so as to satisfy a predetermined storage condition. It is necessary to control the operation of rotating the piece 8231d) in the CCW direction, which is the opposite of that during the production operation, to return the first layer and the second layer to their initial positions.

In addition, in such a large flower accessory 820, in a series of production operation processes, more specifically, when the petal movable piece 8231d starts to be deployed in the second production operation, and when the petal movable piece 8231d is opened in the fourth production operation. Not only when storage is completed, but also when the petal movable piece 8231d rotates in the third performance action, the rotation initial position sensor 8236 (first sensor) regarding the large flower rotating accessory 823 is configured to frequently detect the ON state. there is In addition, according to the movement of the petal movable piece 8231d, other plural petal movable pieces 8231 are rotated together. Therefore, the large flower accessory 820 is a movable accessory in which a plurality of accessory states can exist in the detection state of the initial rotation position sensor 8236, and the fact that the initial rotation position sensor 8236 detects the large flower accessory It is not possible to specify the state of 820 (especially the Ohana rotating accessory 823). Specifically, for example, depending on the difference in driving direction (CW/CCW) in rotation control of the petal movable piece 8231d, there are a plurality of different operation modes (for example, when the petal movable piece 8231 is deployed, rotated, or retracted). do. In other words, the large flower accessory 820 according to the present embodiment is a movable accessory capable of realizing production actions having various motion modes through a series of production actions called large flower rotation production, and as a result, monotonous production actions. It is possible to achieve a high performance effect that cannot be realized with a movable accessory that combines

As described in the previous paragraph, the large flower accessory 820 of this embodiment is designed so that the initial rotation position sensor 8236 detects the petal movable piece 8231d many times during the production operation, and the detection state of the initial rotation position sensor 8236 It is a movable accessory that can have multiple accessory states. Therefore, after the performance operation (or during the performance operation), such as when the power is cut off or an error occurs, when the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820 is performed at the time of return, the rotation initial position sensor 8236 is in the detection state. Even if there is, the large flower rotation accessory 823 is not necessarily in the stored state (in other words, all of the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231 are in the stored state). Therefore, in order to safely perform the initial position return operation in the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820, the following contrivances are made.

Specifically, in the large flower rotating accessory 823, the position different from the first sensor (rotation initial position sensor 8236), more specifically, the first layer and the third layer are taken in the same direction. A second sensor (rotation return position sensor 8237) is provided at the return position ahead of the position where the second layer starts rotating in the CW direction. In addition, the operation control information (request information) of each stage of the large flower role 820 is normally held in a storage area (non-erasing area of the production control RAM 203) that is not erased.

The large flower accessory 820 of the present embodiment is configured as described above, so that when the initial position return operation of the large flower accessory 820 is executed in the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820, the effect control The substrate 200 performs the large flower role 820 accompanying the initial position return operation based on the combination of the detection status by the first sensor and the operation control information (request information) held in the storage area (non-erased area). can be controlled with different motion control patterns.

Specifically, like the initial position return operation shown in FIG. If so (YES in step S1011), it is identified that both the large flower lifting accessory 821 and the large flower rotating accessory 823 are in the initial position, and the storage operation is omitted. Also, for example, when the initial position sensor 8236 of the large flower rotating accessory 823 is in the ON state and the previous operation control for the large flower rotating accessory 823 is to move from the return position to the initial position in the CCW direction. (YES in step S1012), it is identified that the storage operation of the Ohana rotation accessory 823 has been completed, and the storage operation is omitted. In the case of these combinations, the initialization operation can be realized more quickly by omitting the unnecessary storage operation. Also, for example, if the initial position sensor 8236 of the large flower rotating accessory 823 is not in the ON state, or if the previous operation control for the large flower rotating accessory 823 was to move in the CW direction (step S1012 NO), since it can be identified that the large flower rotating accessory 823 is in an unstorable state, a process for reliably putting the plurality of petal movable pieces 8231 of the large flower rotating accessory 823 into the stored state (step S1013 to S1015).

As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, detection by each initial position sensor (elevating initial position sensor 8212, rotation initial position sensor 8236) is performed while the number of installed sensors is kept to a necessary minimum. Based on the combination of the situation and the request information (especially the direction of movement is important) held in the non-erasing area, the effect control board 200 can accurately identify the state of the large flower accessory 820. It is possible to safely execute the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820 while eliminating the operation control.

Other features regarding the initialization operation of the large flower accessory 820 of this embodiment will be supplemented below.

In the large flower accessory 820 according to the present embodiment, the second sensor (rotation return position sensor 8237) is provided at a position different from the first sensor (rotation initial position sensor 8236) in the large flower rotating accessory 823, and the initial In the position return operation, by executing a predetermined return operation control (return first operation control) from the state detected by the second sensor, the large flower rotation accessory 823 (a plurality of accompanying The petal movable piece 8231) can be safely and reliably stored in the initial position. This return first operation control has an operation mode different from the operation control for deploying the large flower accessory 823 at normal times (control of the second operation of the large flower accessory rotation effect). This corresponds to the control in the fourth performance action of the performance. Specifically, as described above with reference to FIG. 66, the petal movable piece 8231d at the return position is requested to perform the section 9+section 10+section 11 requests, so that the petal movable piece 8231d can perform normal rendering. It can move to the initial position in the CCW direction opposite to the rotation direction (CW) during operation and can be stopped by the mechanical stopper 8246 .

In addition, as a modification of the present embodiment regarding the large flower accessory 820, the second sensor (rotation return position sensor 8237) is configured not to be provided, and is configured to be managed by the number of steps moved from the initial position sensor. may In this configuration, when trying to store the large flower rotating accessory 823, the position detected by the first sensor (rotation initial position sensor 8236) is moved in the same CW direction as during normal production operation. After moving the fixed amount (predetermined number of steps), it is expected that the large flower rotary accessory 823 will be put in the retracted state by controlling the operation to return until the first sensor detects it with CCW. At this time, the number of installed sensors can be further reduced. However, even if the "predetermined amount" is set at a position equal to or greater than the return position, it is confirmed whether the return operation was actually performed after the "predetermined amount" was actually driven due to problems such as motor failure. Therefore, the safety and certainty are lowered compared to the operation control when the second sensor is provided.

Moreover, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment may be provided with other movable accessories that appropriately employ the characteristic structure and operation control of the large flower accessory 820 described above. Furthermore, the performance action that can be performed by such a movable accessory is not limited to a rotating action, and may be a swinging action, a reciprocating action, or the like. Specifically, for example, it is possible to provide a sensor detection piece on the connecting gear of the movable accessory corresponding to the large flower rotating accessory 823 and convert the driven rotary motion into reciprocating motion using a link mechanism or the like. be done.

Although the pachinko machine has been described as one embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine. In other words, gaming machines other than pachinko machines, such as slot machines, gaming machines that combine a pachinko machine and a slot machine, and managed gaming machines that do not require game balls or game medals (enclosed gaming machines, medalless gaming machines) gaming machines), casino machines, etc., the present invention can be applied.

1: Pachinko machine 2: Outer frame 2a to 2d: Frame 2e, 2f: Hinge member 2p: Door opening sensor 3: Glass frame (door frame) 3a, 3b: Hinge mechanism 3c: Locking device 3d: through hole 3e: base unit 3f: dish unit 3g: area 3h: frame lamp (LED lamp) 3i: speaker 3j: effect button 3k: second effect button 4: front frame 4a : Handle 4b: Frame 4c, 4d: Hinge 4e: Launcher 4f: Locking unit 4g: Substrate unit 4h: Back cover 4i, 4j: Hinge member 4p: Door opening detection member 5 , 5A: game board, 5a: game area, 5b: main control unit, 5c: peripheral control unit, 6: title light guide plate, 8: upper ball plate, 9: lower ball plate, 10: production lamp (frame lamp), 11: Speaker, 12: Launch handle, 13: Ball feed mechanism, 14: Launch mechanism, 15: Production button, 20A: Game area, 22: Center decoration, 25: Production lamp (board lamp), 29: First out Mouth 31: Storage tank 34: Prize ball delivery unit 51: Edge 61: First starting port 62: Second starting port 63: Gate 64: Grand winning port 66: General winning port 70: Liquid crystal display device 79: Production device 80: Lower production device 91: Lamp connection board 92: Motor driver 100: Main control board 100a: Front member 100b: Game panel 100c: Function display unit 100d : Inner rail 100e: Out guideway 100f: Outer rail 100h: Opening 100m: Front unit 100n: Main control board case 100p: Harness cover 100q: Setting key switch 101: Main control CPU 101B: Strobe signal output port 102: Main control ROM 103: Main control RAM 104: I/O port circuit 109: Effect control board connection connector 110: Entering ball determination means 111: Data bus 112: Strobe signal bus , 120: game lottery random number generating means, 123: normal electric accessory solenoid, 124: special electric accessory solenoid, 130: holding control means, 131: special symbol reservation control means, 132: normal symbol reservation control means, 135: advance determination means, 140: special symbol lottery processing means, 141: special symbol validity determination means, 142: special symbol stop symbol determination means, 143: special Symbol variation pattern determination means, 145: normal symbol lottery processing means, 146: normal symbol validity determination means, 147: normal symbol stop symbol determination means, 148: normal symbol variation pattern determination means, 150: special game control means, 155: symbol Display control means 156: Special symbol display control means 157: Normal symbol display control means 160: Electric accessory control means 161: First start switch 162: Second start switch 163: Operation gate switch 164: Large winning opening switch 166: General winning opening switch 167: Out ball detection switch 169: Game state control means 170: Error monitoring control means 171: First special symbol display device 172: Second special symbol Display device, 173: First special figure reservation lamp, 174: Second special figure reservation lamp, 175: Normal design display device, 176: General figure reservation lamp, 180: Main information storage means, 190: Command transmission/reception means, 195: Setting change means 196: Setting confirmation means 197: Setting display section 200: Effect control board 200a: Opening 200m, 200m': Back unit 201: Effect control CPU 202: Effect control ROM 203: Effect control RAM, 204: I/O port circuit, 210: Effect lottery random number generation means, 220: Effect control means, 221: Effect mode control means, 222: Reservation information display control means, 223: Look-ahead notice control means, 224: Decoration pattern Determination means 225: Fluctuation effect determination means 226: Advance notice effect determination means 227: Big hit effect determination means 230: Lamp effect control means 240: Accessory effect control means 250: Error effect control means 260: Effect control Information storage means 270: Command transmission/reception means 300: Image control board 300m: Liquid crystal base 301: Image control CPU 302: VDP 303: Sound source IC 304: ROM 305: RAM 306: I/O port circuit, 400: payout control board, 400p: RAM clear switch cover 400q: RAM clear switch 401: payout control CPU 402: payout control ROM 403: payout control RAM 500: attacker unit 600: power board 600p: power switch cover 600q: power switch 622: Ordinary electric accessory, 642: Special electric accessory, 7002: Seal, 7004: Front decoration, 7004A: Lower end, 7004B: Concave portion, 7006: Light emitting substrate, 7008, 7010: Reflective sheet, 7011: General winning opening, 7012: Base 7014: Sensor 7015: Lower subunit 7018: Movable piece 7020: Attacker subunit (winning gate device) 7021: Upper subunit 7022: Solenoid 7030: Light source 7031: Concave area 7050 : Concave pattern 7052: Planar portion 7100: Petal pattern 7102: Light emitting effect pattern 7104: Area 7200: Three-dimensional pattern 7202: Light emitting effect pattern 7204: Light emitting effect pattern 7900: Front decoration 7900A: First 7900B: Second part 7902: Light guide plate 7904: Translucent sheet 7906: Base 7910: Light emitting substrate 7912: Seal 7914: Circular opening 7916: Side end 800: Large flower Accessory unit 810: Large flower accessory mounting base 820: Large flower accessory 8211: Drive motor 821: Large flower lifting accessory 8212: Lifting initial position sensor (initial position sensor) 8213: Lifting movable position Sensors (movable position sensors), 822a to 822b: Supporting members, 823: Large flower rotating accessory, 8236: Initial rotation position sensor (initial position sensor), 8237: Rotation return position sensor (return position sensor), 8240: Rotation position Sensor unit 8241: Rotating member 8242: Sensor member 8243: Supporting member 8244: Notch 8245: Groove 8246: Mechanical stopper 850: Shutter accessory unit 860: Shutter accessory mounting base 870, 870a~ 870f: Shutter accessory 871a-871b: Drive motor 872a-872f: Lens cut section 8231, 8231a-8231e: Petal Movable piece 8232, 8232a to 8233e: petal decorative member 8233, 8233a to 8233e: spectral sheet 8234, 8234a to 8234e: mounting member 8235: central decorative member 861: socket 880 guide member 880S: space portion 881: Curved portion 8811: Guide groove 8812: Guide groove bottom 8813, 8813a, 8813b, 8813c: Bottom opening 8814, 8814a, 8814b: Side wall 8815, 8815a, 8815c: Pressing member 8816, 8816a, 8816b: leg portion 882, 882a, 882b: fixed portion 8821, 8821a, 8821b: pressing member

Claims (1)

A game machine comprising a prize winning unit attached to the front of a game panel so as to protrude with respect to a glass frame,
The prize winning unit is
a base;
a front decoration fixed to the glass frame side of the base and molded from a translucent resin having light guiding properties;
a winning slot device fixed to the game panel side of the base and provided with a winning slot;
a light-emitting substrate provided with a light source for emitting light to the edge of the front decoration;
with
At least one of the front surface and the back surface of the front ornament is formed with a concave portion and/or a convex portion,
The light incident from the edge of the front decoration is reflected in the front decoration, and is reflected from the concave portion or the convex portion toward the player side from the front surface of the front decoration, thereby producing a predetermined light emission effect. let it take place ,
an end portion of the front decoration is arranged in a recessed area curved from the front surface to the back side of the front decoration;
The light-emitting board is arranged so as to cross the front surface of the front decoration, and the light source is opposed to the end portion of the front decoration arranged in the recessed area .

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