JP7207691B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, gaming machines are widely known in which a special game advantageous to a player can be executed based on a specific result of a predetermined determination. This type of game machine is provided with display means for variably displaying identification information (for example, special symbols, performance symbols, etc.) based on the result of determination, and according to the variable display of the identification information, reach effects, advance notice effects, and background changes are provided. There are devices that can execute various effects such as effects (see Patent Document 1, for example).

JP 2011-152319 A

However, the presentation performed with the variable display of the identification information as described above tends to be uniform in presentation mode (contents of presentation), and it is becoming difficult to obtain a sufficient presentation effect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enhance the performance effect of the performance accompanying the variable display of the identification information, and to improve the amusement of the game.

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention employs the following configurations.
That is, the gaming machine of the present invention is
A gaming machine that enables execution of a special game advantageous to a player based on the result of a predetermined determination being a specific result,
a display screen capable of displaying identification information that is statically displayed after being variably displayed based on the result of the determination;
background display means capable of displaying any one of a plurality of predetermined backgrounds on the display screen ;
an effect executing means capable of executing a preview effect of displaying a preview image related to the variable display on the display screen during the variable display of the identification information;
an effect mode selection means capable of selecting the effect mode of the advance notice effect from among a plurality of predetermined effect modes;
with
The effect execution means is capable of executing the advance notice effect during a predetermined period during the variable display based on the effect mode selected by the effect mode selection means,
The background display means is capable of changing the background displayed on the display screen to another background among the plurality of backgrounds during the predetermined period of time,
The effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the advance notice effect based on the background displayed on the display screen ,
when the background change is executed during the predetermined period during the variable display, the advance notice effect is not executed during the predetermined period;
If the background change is not executed during the predetermined period during the variable display, the advance notice effect can be executed during the predetermined period.
This is the gist of it.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to enhance the effect of the presentation performed with the variable display of the identification information, and to improve the interest in the game.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a back view of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view showing the configuration of the game board according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the main display shown in FIG. 3, showing display devices provided in the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine. It is a table showing the correspondence between the types of big wins and the opening patterns of the big winning openings. It is the table|surface which shows the various random numbers which the microcomputer for game control acquires. (A) is a jackpot determination table, (B) is a jackpot type determination table, (C) is a normal symbol hit determination table, and (D) is a normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a fluctuation pattern table. 4 is a flowchart of main control main processing; 4 is a flowchart of main interrupt processing; It is a flow chart of a starting port sensor detection process. It is a flow chart of the process at the time of start ball entry. It is a flow chart of normal figure operation processing. It is a flowchart of normal symbol standby processing. It is a flow chart of normal symbol suitability determination processing. It is a flowchart of normal symbol random number shift processing. It is a flow chart of processing during normal design fluctuation. It is a flow chart of normal design decision processing. It is a flowchart of ordinary electric accessories processing. It is a flowchart of special figure operation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of the special figure 2 propriety determination process. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 random number shift processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 propriety determination processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 random number shift processing. It is a flowchart of processing during special symbol fluctuation. It is a flowchart of special design decision processing. It is a flowchart of special electric auditors processing (jackpot game). It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. It is a flow chart of the number of pending ball processing. 7 is a flowchart of power-off monitoring processing; 9 is a flowchart of sub-control main processing; 4 is a flowchart of reception interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 2 ms timer interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 10 ms timer interrupt processing; 8 is a flowchart of received command analysis processing; It is a flow chart of the fluctuation effect start processing. It is a flow chart of a change early stage notice setting process. 10 is a flow chart of processing at the time of re-fluctuation start. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of re-fluctuation start time advance notice setting processing; FIG. (a) is a pseudo continuous determination table, (b) is a background change determination table, (c) is a background type determination table, and (d) is a background announcement determination table. (a) is a background A conversation notice decision table, (b) is a background B conversation notice decision table, and (c) is a background C conversation notice decision table. (a) is a diagram showing an example of an effect display mode of a background change, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of an effect display mode of a conversation notice.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described using examples. In the following, the game media used in the game are game balls, and the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) capable of progressing the game by shooting the game balls toward the game board surface. An example is explained. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine according to the following embodiment performs variable display of special symbols based on the entry of a game ball into the starting hole, and stop-displays the jackpot symbols when the variable display of the special symbols ends. This is a so-called "Type 1 type" pachinko machine that can execute a jackpot game (special game) in which a predetermined amount of game profit (for example, prize balls) can be awarded to the player.

Further, in the following description, simply the front side (front) means the front side (the side where the player is positioned during a game) when the gaming machine is viewed from the front, and simply the rear side (rear) means the game machine. It is the rear side (rear side) when the machine is viewed from the front. In addition, simply the upper side (above), the lower side (downward), the left side (left side), and the right side (right side) refer to the respective directions of up, down, left, and right when the game machine is viewed from the front. , for example, refer to upper, lower, left, and right sides in FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment includes a game machine frame 50 and a game board 2 mounted inside the game machine frame 50. The game board 2 is a game machine. It is configured to be detachable from the frame 50 . FIG. 3 shows the game board 2 removed from the game machine frame 50 . The game machine frame 50 includes a front frame 51 having a decorative surface, a main body frame 52 for mounting the game board 2, etc., and an outer frame 53 for mounting the pachinko game machine 1 on island facilities of the hall. The front frame 51, the main body frame 52 and the outer frame 53 are pivotally supported at one end and configured to be openable and closable.

In addition, the front frame 51 has a shooting handle 60 for shooting game balls with a shooting intensity corresponding to the operation amount (rotational angle) of the player, and can store game balls and supply the stored game balls to the shooting device side. A batted ball supply tray (upper tray) 61 and a surplus ball receiving tray (lower tray) 62 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the batted ball supply tray 61 are provided. Further, on the front frame 51, a first effect button 63a and a second effect button 63b (these two effect buttons are collectively referred to as a (also referred to simply as a "production button 63"), a decorative frame lamp 66 capable of emitting various lights depending on the game situation, and various sounds (sound effects) depending on the game situation. A speaker 67 and the like are also provided.

The effect button 63 functions as input means for inputting by the player, and the effect button to be used can be properly used according to the type of game effect. For example, when the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b is operated during execution of the game effect, a predetermined operation corresponding effect is performed based on the operation. Incidentally, the structure of the effect button 63 is not limited to the mode of the present embodiment, and it is sufficient if the player can make an input. For example, an input means ( For example, it may be a haunting type, a touch sensor type, etc.), or it may be a non-contact type input means (photoelectric type, etc.) that detects the proximity of a part of the player's body and performs input. good. Moreover, the production button may be one that performs a production operation such as protruding upward or frontward or vibrating (movable production operation means).

The game board 2 is surrounded by a rail member 4 and formed with a game area 3 in which game balls shot by operating a shooting handle 60 flow down. A plurality of game nails 16 for guiding game balls are protruded in the game area 3, and a ball return prevention piece 6 is provided at the tip of the rail member 4. - 特許庁The ball return preventing piece 6 is for preventing the game ball once guided to the game area from returning to the launching device side. The game board 2 is also provided with a decorative board surface lamp 5 (see FIG. 5) capable of emitting various lights according to the game situation.

An image display device 7 (effect display device) made up of a liquid crystal display device is provided near the center of the game area 3 . On the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, there is a production pattern display area 7b ("production pattern display unit") in which production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R (also referred to simply as "production patterns 8"), which are a kind of production images, are displayed. ) is provided, and the performance symbols 8L, 8C, 8R perform variable display in synchronization with the variable display of the first special symbol and the variable display of the second special symbol, which will be described later. As a mode of variable display, for example, there is a mode of scrolling up and down, left and right, oblique directions, and the like. The effect pattern display area 7b is composed of, for example, three pattern display areas of "left", "middle", and "right". A symbol 8C is displayed, and a right effect symbol 8R is displayed in the right symbol display area. The positions of the left, middle, and right pattern display areas do not need to be provided separately, and the display areas for the left, middle, and right performance patterns may each be the entire pattern display area (the performance pattern display area 7b). . In addition, the performance symbol display area 7b can be provided over substantially the entire area of the display screen 7a (display area). It is also possible to configure such that etc. are changed.

The production patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R (identification information) of this embodiment are composed of numerical patterns (identification information type, pattern type) from "1" to "9" respectively, and these numerical patterns are displayed in order. It is a thing. Specifically, the variable display of the production pattern 8 scrolls the production pattern in the vertical direction (from top to bottom in this example) in the order of "1" → "2" ... "8" → "9" (ascending order). When it reaches "9", it returns to "1", and the scroll display is repeated until the end of the fluctuation (stop display). In this embodiment, each of the symbols "1" to "9" contains color information, so that each symbol can be classified according to color. Specifically, the odd number patterns "3" and "7" are red patterns (hereinafter also referred to as "red patterns"), and the other odd number patterns "1", "5", and "9". ” is a green pattern (hereinafter also referred to as “green pattern”). Also, the even number symbols "2", "4", "6" and "8" are blue symbols (hereinafter also referred to as "blue symbols").

Displayed on a first special symbol display device 41a (also referred to as a "first special symbol display unit"), which will be described later, by a combination (stop display mode) of left, middle, and right performance symbols that are stop-displayed in the performance symbol display area 7b. The result of the variable display of the first special symbol displayed and the result of the variable display of the second special symbol displayed on the second special symbol display device 41b (also referred to as "second special symbol display unit"), that is, the special symbol The result of the success/failure determination (simply referred to as “success/failure determination”) is displayed so that the player can easily recognize it. In this embodiment, the order (stop order) in which the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R that are variably displayed are stop-displayed is, in principle, "left→right→middle". That is, the first stop symbol in the stop order is the left effect symbol 8L, the second stop symbol in the stop order is the right effect symbol 8R, and the third (last) stop symbol in the stop order is the middle effect symbol 8C. . The first stop symbol is also called "first stop symbol", the second stop symbol is also called "second stop symbol", and the third stop symbol is called "second stop symbol". This is also referred to as "third stop symbol" or "final stop symbol".

Further, any one of the first special design, the second special design, and the effect design is simply referred to as "design" or "identification information". In addition, the normal pattern is "normal pattern" or "normal identification information", the special pattern is "special pattern", the first special pattern is "special pattern 1" or "first special pattern", the second The special pattern is also called "special pattern 2" or "second special pattern". In addition, the image display device 7 that displays the production design 8, the first special design display 41a that displays the first special design, and the second special design display 41b that displays the second special design are referred to as "identification information. Also called display means.

For example, if the result of the special symbol suitability determination is a big hit, and the type of the big hit is a 16R big hit or a 6R big hit, etc., the same three-digit number such as "222" or "777" (specific mode, specific It is possible to stop and display the production pattern in the display result). Also, if the result of the special design propriety judgment is out, at least one of the three patterns such as "637" and "373" will be produced with different patterns (non-specific mode, non-specific display result) It is possible to stop and display the design. As a result, the player can easily grasp the progress of the game by looking at the stop-displayed effect symbols. In other words, the player generally does not directly grasp the result of the special symbol suitability determination by looking at the special symbols displayed on the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b, but rather the effect The performance symbols displayed in the symbol display area 7b are seen and grasped.

Here, among the stop display modes (symbol combination) of the production pattern 8, the stop display mode (double in this embodiment) corresponding to the case where the result of the special symbol propriety determination is a big hit is referred to as "jackpot mode", " "specific mode" or "specific display result", and the stop display mode corresponding to the case where the result of the special symbol propriety determination is out (in this embodiment, the broken eyes) is the "loss mode" or the "non-specific mode". ” or “non-specific display result”. In addition, since it can be said that the stop display mode of the effect pattern 8 indicates the result of the variable display of the effect pattern 8, the stop display mode of the effect pattern 8 is sometimes referred to as the "result display mode".

On the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, in addition to displaying the game production using the above-mentioned production patterns (production pattern game production), the jackpot game production (special game production) and the , other game effects such as a demo effect for waiting for customers are displayed. In the performance pattern game performance, the jackpot game performance, and the demonstration performance, in addition to performance symbols such as numbers, performance images other than performance symbols such as background images and character images are also displayed. Incidentally, the production pattern game production is also referred to as "fluctuation production".

In addition, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, a first effect pending display area 9c (first effect pending display portion) for displaying the first effect pending 9a according to the number of stored first special figure pending described later. , and a second effect pending display area 9d (second effect pending display section) for displaying the second effect pending 9b according to the number of stored second special figure pending (see FIG. 3). Depending on the display mode (number of displays) of the first effect suspension and the second effect suspension, the number of memories of the first special figure suspension and the second special figure suspension display 43b displayed in the first special figure suspension display 43a described later The number of memories of the second special figure reservation displayed in can be shown to the player in an easy-to-understand manner. Furthermore, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 of the present embodiment, the effect suspension corresponding to the currently fluctuating special symbol (first special symbol or second special symbol), that is, the digested special symbol suspension A variable suspension display area 9e for displaying the corresponding effect suspension (first effect suspension 9a or second effect suspension 9b) is provided (see FIG. 3). Note that the effect suspension displayed in the suspension display area on the display screen 7a is also a kind of effect image.

Near the center of the game area 3 and in front of the image display device 7, a center decorative body 10 surrounding the display screen 7a (the performance symbol display area 7b) is provided. The center decoration 10 is made of a plastic (resin) molding, and is attached to the surface (front) of the game board 2 as a frame-like part (board part) with an opening in the center. . The display screen 7a of the image display device 7 can be visually recognized through the central opening of the center decorative body 10. As shown in FIG.

A stage portion 11 having a game ball rolling surface on which game balls can roll is provided in the lower portion of the center decoration 10, and a hollow warp portion 12 is provided in the left portion of the center decoration 10. It is The warp part 12 is provided with a warp entrance and a warp exit, and receives game balls flowing down the game area 3 (left game area 3A) from the warp entrance and discharges them from the warp exit, thereby moving the game balls to the stage. Guide to part 11. A game ball guided to the rolling surface of the stage portion 11 is more likely than a game ball not guided to the stage portion 11 to enter a first start port 20, which will be described later. In addition, on the upper part of the center decoration body 10, there is an electric decoration member (board surface lamp 5) such as an LED, etc., which is capable of lighting, blinking, etc. according to the game state, and is a decoration member in the shape of letters, figures, etc. 13 are placed.

Behind the center decorative body 10, a movable decorative member 14 (movable accessory) is provided which can move along with the game performance. The movable decorative member 14 is normally hidden in a frame that constitutes the center decorative body 10, and is in a state where the whole cannot be visually recognized. Accordingly, it appears on the front side of the display screen 7a, and most of it can be visually recognized. As a result, the player's expectation for the big win is heightened.

Here, the image display device 7 capable of performing display effects by displaying various effect images according to the game situation is also referred to as "display effect means", and is movable by operating in accordance with the game effects. The movable decorative member 14 capable of effecting is also called "movable effect means". In addition to the movable decorative member 14, for example, when the effect button 63 moves up and down or vibrates with the game effect, the effect button 63 can also be called "movable effect means". In addition, the speaker 67 capable of performing sound production by emitting various sounds (sound effects) according to the game situation is also referred to as "sound production means", and emits various lights according to the game situation. The board surface lamp 5, the frame lamp 66, and the decorative member 13, which can perform light production by emitting light, are also called "light production means". In addition to these board lamps 5 and the like, for example, the effect button 63 and the firing handle 60 have built-in decorative members such as LEDs, similar to the decorative member 13. In the case of lighting, blinking, etc., in response, the effect button 63 and the firing handle 60 can also be said to be "light effect means". Further, various effects means such as "display effect means", "movable effect means", "sound effect means" and "light effect means" are also collectively referred to as "effect means". Various effects such as "display effect", "movable effect", "sound effect" and "light effect" are also collectively referred to as "predetermined effect".

Below the image display device 7 in the game area 3, there is provided a fixed winning device 19 having a non-variable first start port 20 that does not change the ease with which a game ball enters. Based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting port 20, a random number for special symbol suitability determination is acquired, and when a predetermined condition is established, the suitability determination related to the first special symbol (first special symbol suitability Judgment) is executed, and the first special symbol is variably displayed, and is stopped and displayed based on the result of the success/failure determination.

Below the first starter opening 20, a variable winning device 22 (also referred to as a "variable starter opening") having a variable second starter opening 21 that changes the ease with which a game ball enters is provided. . Based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting port 21, a random number for special symbol suitability determination is acquired, and when a predetermined condition is established, the suitability determination of the second special symbol (second special symbol suitability determination ) is executed, the second special symbol is variably displayed, and is stop-displayed based on the result of the win/loss determination.

In addition, the variable display of special symbols and the variable display of performance symbols that are performed based on the fact that the result of the special symbol suitability determination is "big hit" are also called "jackpot variation" or "specific variation", special symbol suitability determination The variable display of the special symbols and the variable display of the effect symbols that are performed based on the fact that the result of is "out" is also called "outside variation" or "non-specific variation".

The variable winning device 22 has a movable member 23 and opens and closes the second starting port 21 by the operation of the movable member 23 . By this opening and closing operation, the second starting port 21 can change from the first mode (closed state) to the second mode (open state) in which the possibility of entering a game ball is higher than that in the first mode. be. In other words, the movable member 23 changes the possibility of a game ball entering the second starting port 21 by performing a predetermined operation (opening/closing operation). This movable member 23 is driven by a second starting port solenoid 24 (see FIG. 5). In this embodiment, the second starting port 21 allows game balls to enter only when the movable member 23 is in an open state, and disables game balls to enter when the movable member 23 is in a closed state. . In addition, if the second starting port 21 is such that the game ball is more difficult to enter when the movable member 23 is in the closed state than when the movable member 23 is in the closed state, it is completely closed when the movable member 23 is in the closed state. It does not have to be something that makes it impossible to enter the ball.

On the right side of the first starting hole 20 in the game area 3, a big winning device 31 having a big winning hole 30 (also referred to as a "variable ball entry hole") is provided. The big prize winning device 31 has an opening/closing member 32 and opens and closes the big prize opening 30 by operating the opening/closing member 32 . The opening/closing member 32 is driven by a big winning opening solenoid 33 (see FIG. 5). A game ball can enter the big winning opening 30 only when the opening/closing member 32 is in an open state. That is, the large winning port 30 (large winning device 31) is opened and closed by the opening and closing member 32, and the state (closed state) in which the game ball cannot enter and the state (closed state) in which the game ball can enter open state). Incidentally, the big winning opening 30 or the big winning device 31 is also called an "attacker".

A gate 28 (game ball passage opening) through which game balls can pass is provided in the right area of the game area 3 . Based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28, a random number for determining whether or not the normal symbol is determined is acquired, and when a predetermined condition is established, a normal determination is made as to whether or not the second start port 21 is to be opened. While the symbol suitability determination is executed, the normal symbols are variably displayed, and are stopped and displayed based on the results of the normal symbol suitability determination. When the winning normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the second starting port 21 is opened. Furthermore, a plurality of general prize winning openings 27 are provided in the lower part of the game area 3 . The first starting hole 20, the second starting hole 21, the big winning hole 30, and the general winning hole 27 are ball entry holes that trigger the payout of prize balls. , a predetermined number of game balls (prize balls) are paid out at each ball entrance. Specifically, the number of prize balls in the first start hole 20 is "5", the number of prize balls in the second start hole 21 is "3", the number of prize balls in the big win hole 30 is "15", and the general prize hole 27 The number of prize balls is "10".

In this way, the game area 3 where a plurality of ball entrances (the first starting opening 20, the second starting opening 21, the big winning opening 30, the general winning opening 27 and the gate 28) etc. are arranged is opened from the center in the horizontal direction. It can be divided into a left game area (first area) 3A and a right game area (second area) 3B. The hitting method of shooting the game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 3A is called "left hitting", and the hitting method of shooting the game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 3B is called "right hitting". ”. Here, among the plurality of ball entrances, the first starting opening 20 and the left general winning opening 27 are provided so that the game balls flowing down the left game area 3A of the game area 3 can enter, The second starting opening 21, the big winning opening 30, the right general winning opening 27 and the gate 28 are provided so that a game ball flowing down the right game area 3B of the game areas 3 can enter. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 1, when the game is started, in principle, the ball is aimed to enter the first start hole 20 by striking to the left. On the other hand, when the winning judgment based on the ball entering the first starting port 20 results in a big hit and the game state changes to a special game state, etc., in principle, the gate 28, the second starting port 21, and the big winning port are hit to the right. We will aim to enter the 30th.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a main display 40 is arranged in the lower right part of the game board 2. As shown in FIG. The main display 40 includes a first special symbol display unit 41a (first special symbol display unit) that variably displays and statically displays the first special symbol, and a second special symbol that variably displays and statically displays the second special symbol. A display device 41b (second special symbol display portion) and a normal symbol display device 42 (normal symbol display portion) that variably display and stop display normal symbols are included. In addition, on the main display 40, the first special figure reservation display 43a that displays the number of the memory number of the right or wrong determination information (first special figure reservation) related to the first special symbol, and the right or wrong determination information related to the second special symbol A second special figure reservation indicator 43b that displays the number of memories of (second special figure reservation), a normal figure reservation indicator 44 that displays the number of memories of the operation reservation (normal figure reservation) of the normal design indicator 42, It is included. Further, the main display 40 includes a hit display 48 indicating that the result of the first special symbol suitability determination or the second special symbol suitability determination is a hit, and the first special symbol suitability determination or the second special symbol suitability determination. A round indicator 45 indicating the number of rounds of the jackpot game to be executed when the result of determination is a jackpot; A firing direction indicator 47 is included to indicate whether the ball should be hit (eg, a high base state, discussed below) or left-handed (eg, a low base state, discussed below). These various displays included in the main display 40 are display-controlled by a main control unit, which will be described later.

The variable display of the first special symbol is performed based on the entry of the game ball into the first starting port 20. - 特許庁The variable display of the second special symbol is performed based on the entry of the game ball into the second starting port 21 . In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as special symbols. Also, the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b may be collectively referred to as the special symbol display unit 41. FIG. Also, the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b may be collectively referred to as the special figure reservation display unit 43.

In the special symbol display unit 41, after the special symbol (identification information) is variably displayed for a predetermined time, it is stopped and displayed, and the ball is entered into the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21 according to the stopped and displayed special symbol (stop symbol). The result of the lottery (special design success/failure determination, jackpot lottery) based on is notified. The special symbol to be stopped and displayed is one special symbol selected from among a plurality of types of special symbols by special symbol suitability determination. If the stop design is a predetermined big hit design (specific special design, specific identification information), that is, the mode of stop display of the special design (display result of variable display of special design) is a specific mode (specific display result ), a jackpot game (special game) is performed to open the jackpot 30 in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the jackpot symbol stopped and displayed. The opening pattern of the big winning opening in the big winning game will be described later.

The special symbols are stopped and displayed until a predetermined stop display time (fixed display time) elapses. Then, if the special symbol that is stopped and displayed is a lost symbol (outgoing mode, non-specific mode), and if the special symbol reservation is stored at the time of the stop display, when the stop display time elapses, the storage order The oldest (earliest) special symbol reservation is digested, and the next special symbol variable display is started. In addition, if the stopped special symbol is a missing symbol and the special symbol reservation is not stored at the time of the stop display, the stopped display state of the special symbol is maintained even after the stop display time elapses. be done. On the other hand, when the stop-displayed special symbol is a jackpot symbol, when the stop display time elapses, the process shifts to the opening period of the jackpot game, which will be described later, and the first round of the jackpot game is started after the opening period. . Incidentally, the stop display time of the special symbols is generally set to "0.5 seconds to 1.0 seconds", and is set to "0.6 seconds" in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first special symbol display device 41a is composed of eight LEDs indicated by "ip", and displays a special symbol according to the result of the first special symbol suitability determination. In this embodiment, three types of big hits, namely, "16R first big win", "6R second big win" and "6R third big win" are provided as a result of the first special symbol win/fail judgment (see FIG. 8). , The LED of the first special symbol display 41a can take a display form (specific form, specific display result) corresponding to each of the three types of jackpots. Specifically, when the result of the first special symbol propriety determination is the 16R first jackpot, the three LEDs of "ijn" are turned on and the rest are turned off (16R first jackpot pattern), and the 6Rth In the case of a 2-jackpot, three LEDs of "ino" are turned on and the rest are turned off (6R second jackpot pattern), and in the case of a 6R-third jackpot, three LEDs of "inp" are turned on. are lit and the rest are extinguished (6R 3rd jackpot pattern). Also, when it is out, the two LEDs of "lo" are turned on and the rest are extinguished (outgoing pattern).

Also, the second special symbol display 41b is composed of eight LEDs indicated by "ah", and displays a special symbol according to the result of the second special symbol suitability determination. In this embodiment, two types of big hits, "16R fourth big win" and "16R fifth big win" are provided as a result of the second special symbol suitability determination (see FIG. 8), and the second special symbol display device. The LED 41b can take a display mode (specific mode, specific display result) corresponding to each of the two types of jackpots. Specifically, when the result of the second special symbol propriety determination is the 16R fourth jackpot, the three LEDs of "abd" are lit and the rest are turned off (16R fourth jackpot pattern), In the case of 5 big wins, the three LEDs of "abg" are turned on and the rest are turned off (16R 5th big win pattern). Also, when it is out, two LEDs of "eh" are turned on and the rest are extinguished (outgoing symbol).

It should be noted that the stop display mode (stop symbol) of the special symbol and the type of big win (type of number of rounds, number of big wins, etc.) are not limited to these, and can be arbitrarily set. In addition, before the special symbols are stopped and displayed, the special symbols are variably displayed for a predetermined variable time. Thus, each LED can be turned on.

In this pachinko game machine 1, when a game ball enters the first start port 20 or the second start port 21, various information ("acquired information") such as a random number for judging whether or not a special symbol Also referred to as) is acquired, and the acquired various information is temporarily stored in a special figure reservation storage unit (not shown) formed in the RAM of the main control unit. Specifically, if the ball is entered into the first start port 20, it is stored as the first special figure hold in the first special figure hold storage unit (not shown), and if the ball is entered into the second start port 21 It is stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit (not shown) as the second special figure reservation. The number of special figure suspension (acquisition information) that can be stored in each special figure suspension storage unit is up to a predetermined number, and the upper limit value in the present embodiment is "4" respectively. These first special figure reservation storage unit and second special figure reservation storage unit are also referred to as "first acquisition information storage means" and "second acquisition information storage means", respectively, and are generally referred to as "acquisition information storage means".

The special figure reservation stored in the special figure reservation storage part is consumed when the variable display of the special symbol based on the special figure reservation becomes possible. Digestion of the special figure reservation means to determine the special symbol suitability determination random number etc. corresponding to the special figure reservation, and execute the variable display of the special symbol for showing the determination result. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 1, when the variation display of the special symbols based on the entry of the game ball into the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 cannot be immediately executed at the time of the entry, that is, the variation of the special symbols Even when the display is being executed or the special game is being executed, it is possible to reserve the right to judge whether or not the special symbol is appropriate for the entered ball, with a predetermined number (4 in this embodiment) being the upper limit. there is

The number of special figure reservations stored in the special figure reservation storage unit is displayed on the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b. Specifically, the first special figure reservation indicator 43a is composed of two LEDs of "uv", and by controlling the display of the LEDs according to the number of the first special figure reservations, the first special figure It displays the number of pending. For example, if the number of holds is "0", the display mode is such that both LEDs are turned off, such as "u □ v □" (for example, □: lights off, ●: lights up in red, ▲: lights up in green). is "1", the "u" LED is extinguished and the "v" LED is lit in red, such as "u v". v□”, the “u” LED is lit in red and the “v” LED is turned off. It is possible to set the display mode to light up in red, and to light up both LEDs in green, such as "u▲v▲" when the number of reservations is "4 (upper limit number)".

In addition, the second special figure reservation indicator 43b is composed of two LEDs of "wx", and by controlling the display of the LEDs according to the number of second special figure reservations, the number of second special figure reservations is displayed. For example, if the number of holds is "0", the display mode is such that both LEDs are turned off, such as "w □ x □" (for example, □: lights off, ●: lights up in red, ▲: lights up in green). "1" to "4" are also defined in the same manner as the first special figure reservation display 43a.

The variable display of normal symbols is performed with the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 as a trigger. In the normal symbol display device 42, after the normal symbols are variably displayed for a predetermined period of time, the normal symbols are stopped and displayed, and the results of normal symbol propriety determination based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 28 are displayed by the stopped and displayed normal symbols (stop symbols). inform. The normal symbol to be stopped and displayed is one normal symbol selected from a plurality of types of normal symbols by the normal symbol propriety determination. When the stop-displayed normal symbol is a predetermined specific normal symbol (hit normal symbol), an auxiliary game is played to open the second starting port 21 in an opening pattern according to the current game state. The opening pattern of the second starting port 21 will be described later.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the normal symbol display device 42 is composed of two LEDs of "st", and normally displays the normal symbol according to the result of the normal symbol propriety determination according to the lighting mode. is. For example, when the judgment result is a hit, the winning normal symbol with both LEDs lit is stopped and displayed, such as "st■" (for example, ■: lighting, □: lighting off). In addition, when the determination result is out, the out normal symbol is displayed such that only the LED of "t" lights up, such as "s□t■". It should be noted that the normal design is not a specific normal design. Before the normal symbols are stopped and displayed, the variable display of the normal symbols is executed over a predetermined variable time. be.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a game ball passes through the gate 28, various information (also referred to as "acquired information") such as a random number for judging whether a normal symbol is right or wrong is acquired based on the passage of the game ball. is temporarily stored as a normal map reservation in a normal map reservation storage unit (not shown) formed in the RAM of the main control unit. The number of normal pattern reservations that can be stored in the general pattern reservation storage unit is up to a predetermined number, and the upper limit value in the present embodiment is "4". The normal pattern reservation stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit is digested when the variable display of the normal pattern based on the normal pattern reservation becomes possible. Digestion of the normal pattern reservation means that the random number for determining whether the normal pattern is appropriate or not corresponding to the normal pattern reservation is determined, and the variable display of the normal pattern is executed to show the determination result. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 1, when the variable display of normal symbols based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 28 cannot be immediately executed at the time of its passage, that is, during the execution of the variable display of normal symbols or during the execution of the auxiliary game. Even in such a case, it is possible to reserve the right to determine whether or not the normal symbol is appropriate for the passage, with a predetermined number as the upper limit.

The number of normal pattern reservations stored in the general pattern reservation storage unit is displayed on the general pattern reservation display 44 . Specifically, the general map hold indicator 44 is composed of two LEDs of "qr", and displays the number of general map reservations by lighting the LEDs according to the number of general map reservations. be. For example, if the number of holds is "0", the display mode is such that both LEDs are turned off, such as "q □ r □" (for example, □: lights off, ●: lights up in red, ▲: lights up in green). is "1", the LED of "q" is extinguished and the LED of "r" is lit in red, such as "q□r●". In addition, the number of reservations "2" to "4" are also defined in the same manner as the first special figure reservation display 43a.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5. FIG. The pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a main control board 80 (also known as a "main control unit", which performs control related to game progress and game profits, such as special symbol success/failure determination, normal symbol success/failure determination, game state transition, etc.). section"), a sub-control board 90 (also referred to as a "sub-control section", also referred to as a "production control section") that controls the performance to be executed as the game progresses, payout control that controls the payout of game balls Board 110 (also referred to as "payout control unit"), image display device 7 and effect display device 102, effect first special figure reservation display device 103a and effect second special figure reservation display device 103b image control board for performing display control 100 (image control unit) and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a main control board housing case containing a main control board 80 is provided at substantially the center of the rear surface side (rear side) of the pachinko game machine 1, and above the main control board case is a main control board housing case. is provided with a storage case for image control boards, etc., in which the sound control board 106, the lamp control board 107, and the image control board 100 are stored, and a sub control board storage case, in which the sub control board 90 is stored, is provided on the storage case for the image control boards, etc. A case is provided. A payout control board case for housing a payout control board is provided on the lower left side of the main control board case, and a power board case for housing a power board 109 is provided on the right side thereof.

The main control board 80 is mounted with a game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "game control microcomputer") 81 for controlling the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM storing programs for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM used as a work memory, and a CPU executing the programs stored in the ROM. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits and receives data (information) to and from other boards and the like via an input/output circuit 87 (I/O port section). The input/output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81 . Also, the ROM may be externally attached. The RAM of the game control microcomputer 81 is provided with the above-described special figure reservation storage unit (first special figure reservation storage unit and second special figure reservation storage unit) and normal figure reservation storage unit. In addition, at a predetermined address of the RAM (main control RAM) of the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81), storage areas for use in various flags and various counters are secured.

Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88 . Therefore, a signal is input to the main control board 80 from each sensor, and a signal is output from the main control board 80 to each solenoid. Specifically, as sensors capable of detecting game balls, a first starting hole sensor 20a, a second starting hole sensor 21a, a gate sensor 28a, a big winning hole sensor 30a and a general winning hole sensor 27a are connected. These various sensors are also called "detection sensors" or "detection means".

The first starting hole sensor 20a is provided in the first starting hole 20 and detects a game ball entering the first starting hole 20. As shown in FIG. The second starting hole sensor 21a is provided in the second starting hole 21 and detects a game ball entering the second starting hole 21 . The gate sensor 28a is provided inside the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28. As shown in FIG. The big winning hole sensor 30 a is provided in the big winning hole 30 and detects a game ball entering the big winning hole 30 . The general winning hole sensor 27a is provided in each general winning hole 27 and detects a game ball entering the general winning hole 27 .

Also, as the solenoids, the second starting opening solenoid 24 and the big winning opening solenoid 33 are connected. These various solenoids are also called "driving means". The second starting solenoid 24 is for driving the movable member 23 of the variable winning device 22 . The big winning opening solenoid 33 is for driving the opening/closing member 32 of the big winning device 31 .

Furthermore, the main control board 80 includes a first special symbol display 41a, a second special symbol display 41b, a normal symbol display 42, a first special symbol suspension display 43a, a second special symbol suspension display 43b, and a normal symbol display. A figure hold indicator 44, a round indicator 45, a game state indicator 46, a shooting direction indicator 47 and a hit indicator 48 are connected. That is, the display control of these main display devices 40 is performed by the game control microcomputer 81 .

Further, the main control board 80 transmits various commands to the payout control board 110 and receives signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. The payout control board 110 includes a payout device 120 that pays out prize balls and rental balls, and a card unit 135 (installed adjacent to the pachinko game machine 1 and stored in an inserted prepaid card (game value storage medium) or the like). (which enables ball rental based on the information received) is connected, and a launcher 112 is connected via a launch control board 111 (also referred to as a "launch control unit"). Firing device 112 includes a firing handle 60 (see FIG. 1).

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

The main control board 80 also transmits various commands to the sub-control board 90 . The connection between the main control board 80 and the sub control board 90 is a unidirectional communication connection that allows only transmission of signals from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90 . That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional circuit (for example, a circuit using a diode) (not shown) is interposed as communication direction control means.

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

An image control board 100 , an audio control board 106 and a lamp control board 107 are connected to the sub-control board 90 . The sub-control board 90 (sub-control section), the image control board 100 (image control section), the sound control board 106 (sound control section), and the lamp control board 107 (lamp control section) display according to the game situation. It functions as an effect execution means for causing a corresponding device or member for effect (effect means) to execute various effects such as effect, sound effect, and lamp effect (light effect).

The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90 displays an image on the CPU of the image control one-chip microcomputer 101 ("image control microcomputer") of the image control board 100 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Display control of the device 7, the production display 102, the production first special figure suspension display 103a and the production second suspension display 103b is performed. The RAM of the image control board 100 is a memory for developing image data. The ROM of the image control board 100 stores still image data and moving image data to be displayed on the image display device 7, specifically characters, items, graphics, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. (including production patterns, pending patterns, etc.). and image data such as background images are stored. The image control microcomputer 101 reads image data from the ROM based on a command from the performance control microcomputer 91 . Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

The effect display device 102 consists of two LEDs, and performs variable display and stop display in accordance with the variable display and stop display of the effect pattern 8. Stop display in a display mode showing the display result (result of special symbol propriety determination). Moreover, the production 1st special figure suspension display 103a and the production 2nd suspension display 103b are similarly made up of two LEDs. And, by lighting/extinguishing or combination of colors of the two LEDs, the production first special figure suspension display 103a is displayed by the number of reservations displayed in the first production suspension display area 9c and the first special figure suspension display 43a. The display is controlled in a display mode showing the same number of reservations as the number of reservations made. In addition, the second special figure pending display 103b is displayed in a display mode showing the same pending number as the pending number displayed in the second effect pending display area 9d and the second special figure pending display 43b. controlled. This is done by displaying character designs on substantially the entirety of the display screen 7a (performance design display section), or by operating the movable decorative member 14 to display substantially the entire performance design display area 7b (performance design display section) of the display screen 7a. By covering, some or all of the various images displayed on the display screen 7a, such as the production pattern 8, the first production reservation 9a, the second production reservation 9b, etc., may not be visible. Various displays are provided. A VDP (Video Display Processor) may be provided in place of or in addition to the image control one-chip microcomputer 101 of the image control board 100 .

Also, the effect control microcomputer 91 outputs voice, music, sound effects, etc. from the speaker 67 via the voice control board 106 based on commands received from the main control board 80 . Sound data such as voice output from the speaker 67 is stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90 . A CPU may be mounted on the audio control board 106, and in that case, the CPU may be caused to execute audio control. Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the audio control board 106, and sound data may be stored in the ROM. Alternatively, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100 to cause the image control microcomputer 101 to perform voice control. In this case, the sound data may be stored in the ROM of the image control board 100. FIG.

In addition, based on the command received from the main control board 80, the production control microcomputer 91 provides light emission pattern data (data for deciding on/off, emission color, etc.) that determines the light emission mode of the lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board surface lamp 5. , lamp data) is determined from the data stored in the ROM, and lighting control of lamps (LEDs) such as the frame lamp 66 and the board surface lamp 5 is performed via the lamp control board 107 .

Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 operates the movable decorative member 14 connected to the lamp control board 107 via the relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . As described above, the movable decorative member 14 is a movable so-called gimmick provided behind the center decorative body 10 . The effect control microcomputer 91 determines operation pattern data (also referred to as "driving data") for operating the movable decorative member 14 in a predetermined operation mode from data stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90, The movement of the movable decorative member 14 is controlled based on the determined movement pattern data. A CPU may be mounted on the lamp control board 107 , and in that case, the CPU may control the lighting of the lamp and the operation of the movable decorative member 14 . Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and data relating to light emission patterns and operation patterns may be stored in the ROM.

In addition, the sub-control board 90 has a first effect button detection switch 63c for detecting that the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b (see FIG. 1) is operated (push, rotate, pull, etc.) and A second effect button detection switch 63d is connected. Therefore, when the player performs a predetermined input operation on the first effect button 63a or the second effect button 63b, a signal from the corresponding effect button detection switch is input to the sub-control board 90. Incidentally, the first production button detection switch 63c and the second production button detection switch 63d are collectively referred to simply as "production button detection switch".

Next, the control (determining means) relating to the winning/losing determination in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, there are "big hit" and "loss" as a result of the special symbol suitability determination. In the case of a "big win", the special symbol display part 41 stops displaying the "big win pattern", and in the case of a "loss", the special symbol display part 41 stops displaying the "loss pattern". When it is determined as a big hit in the special symbol right/wrong determination, a "special game" is executed to open the big winning opening 30 in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the special symbol (big hit type) stopped and displayed. A special game executed as a big hit is also called a "big hit game". A jackpot game (special game) is a game that is advantageous for a player who can obtain a large amount of prize balls by entering a game ball into the jackpot 30, and the game state in which the jackpot game is performed is defined as " It is also called "special game state".

There are a plurality of types of jackpots in this embodiment. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, "16R (round) 1st jackpot", "6R 2nd jackpot", "6R 3rd jackpot", "16R 4th jackpot" and "16R 5th jackpot" A total of 5 types are provided. Among these jackpots, "16R 1st jackpot", "6R 2nd jackpot" and "6R 3rd jackpot" are jackpots related to the first special symbol, and "16R 4th jackpot" and "16R 5th jackpot". is a big hit related to the second special symbol. In the special symbol display section 41, the jackpot symbols corresponding to these jackpot types are stopped and displayed.

Specifically, the "16R 1st jackpot", "16R 4th jackpot" and "16R 5th jackpot" all have "16" rounds and " Once", the opening time of the big prize opening 30 in one round is "25 seconds". In addition, the "6R 2nd jackpot" and the "6R 3rd jackpot" both have the number of rounds of "6", the number of openings of the big prize opening 30 in one round of "1 time", and the big prize in one round. The opening time of the mouth 30 is "25 seconds". However, when the game balls of a predetermined number (hereinafter also referred to as "specified number") enter the big winning hole 30 before the opening time has passed after the big winning hole 30 is opened. , Even if the opening time has not elapsed, the big prize winning opening 30 is closed when a specified number of balls are entered. In this embodiment, the specified number is "10".

In addition, the round that constitutes the jackpot game is simply referred to as "R", and is also referred to as "round game". In addition, the 6R second and 6R third big wins are collectively referred to as "6R big wins", and the 16R first, 16R fourth and fifth 16R big wins are collectively referred to as "16R big wins". Furthermore, the jackpot game related to the 6R jackpot (6R jackpot game) is also referred to as "first special game", and the jackpot game associated with the 16R jackpot (16R jackpot game) is also referred to as "second special game".

In the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment, the game state after the end of the big win game is shifted to a high probability state, a time saving state, a high base state, etc., according to the type of the generated (winning) big win. That is, when the result of the special symbol success/failure determination is a big win, and the type of the big win is one of the above-described 16R first big win, 6R second big win and 16R fourth big win, the game state after the big win game ends. It is referred to as "high probability state, time saving state and high base state" described later. On the other hand, if the result of the special symbol success/failure determination is a big win and the type of the big win is either the 6R third big win or the 16R fifth big win, the game state after the big win game ends will be changed as described later. "Low probability state, time saving state and high base state". From this, the 16R 1st jackpot, 6R 2nd jackpot and 16R 4th jackpot can be regarded as "probable variable jackpot", and 6R 3rd jackpot and 16R 5th jackpot are "non-probability variable jackpot" ("normal jackpot" or It is also called a “time saving jackpot”.).

The distribution probability to each jackpot in the case of a big hit in the judgment of the first special pattern (special figure 1) is 5% for the 16R first jackpot, 50% for the 6R second jackpot, and 50% for the 6R third jackpot. 45%. On the other hand, when the second special symbol (special figure 2) is determined to be a big hit, the distribution probability to each big hit is 55% for the 4th big hit in 16R and 45% for the 5th big hit in 16R. It's becoming That is, when a big hit is determined based on the ball entering the second starting port 21 (special figure 2 right or wrong determination), the appearance rate (distribution probability) of the 16R jackpot is 100%. Compared to the case of a big hit due to the success/failure determination (special figure 1 success/failure determination) based on the ball entering the 1 start port 20, the appearance rate (distribution probability) of the 16R big hit is high. In this way, in the pachinko game machine 1, the game ball enters the second start port 21 rather than becoming a big hit in the success/failure determination (special figure 1 success/failure determination) performed when the game ball enters the first start port 20. It is set so that the player will be more likely to win a big hit in the success/failure determination (special figure 2 success/failure determination) performed by entering the ball. Therefore, the player expects the ball to enter the second starting hole 21 and plays the game. This is particularly noticeable during the operation of the later-described opening extension function (during the occurrence of the high base state) when the frequency of ball entry into the second starting hole 21 increases.

Here, in the pachinko game machine 1, whether or not a big win is made is determined based on a ``random number for judging the success or failure of a special symbol (also referred to as ``information for judging success or failure''). is determined based on the "random number for determining the jackpot type (also referred to as "random number for symbol determination" and "information for symbol determination"). As shown in FIG. 7(A), the random number for determining whether the special symbol is right or wrong takes a value in the range of "0 to 629", and the random number for determining the jackpot type takes a value in the range of "0 to 99". In addition, the random number (acquired information) acquired based on the ball entering the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 includes "variation pattern random number (also referred to as “fluctuation pattern information”).

The fluctuation pattern random number is a random number for determining a fluctuation pattern including fluctuation time, and takes a value in the range of "0 to 198". Random numbers obtained based on passing through the gate 28 include random numbers for normal symbol suitability determination shown in FIG. 7(B). The random number for determining whether or not the normal symbol is appropriate is a random number for determining whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the second starting port 21 (normal symbol lottery), and takes a value in the range of "0 to 240".

Next, the game state of the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. The pachinko game machine 1 has a plurality of game states by combining the probability variation function, variation time shortening function, and open extension function for special symbols and normal symbols in an operating state or a non-operating state. For special symbols (first special symbol and second special symbol), the state in which the probability variation function is operating is called "high probability state" or "variable state", and the state in which it is not operating is "low probability state" or " "Normal state". In the high-probability state, the probability of being determined as a big hit in the special symbol propriety determination is higher than in the normal state. That is, in the normal state, the success/failure determination is performed using the normal state jackpot determination table, but in the high-probability state, the jackpot determination table for the high-probability state with a large value of the special symbol hit/fail determination random number that is determined as the jackpot is used. is used to determine whether it is appropriate (see FIG. 8(A)). In other words, when the special pattern probability variation function is activated, the probability that the variation display of the special symbols will result in a big win (a stopped symbol becomes a big win pattern) is higher than when it is not activated. In addition, the control of the operation and non-operation of the probability variation function is performed by the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81). Therefore, the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81) is a probability setting means that can set the winning probability (jackpot probability) of the special symbol success/failure to a low probability (first probability) or a high probability (second probability) It works.

In addition, the state in which the variable time reduction function is operating for special symbols (first special symbol and second special symbol) is called "time saving state" or "shortened variable state", and the state that is not operating is "non-time saving state ” or “normal fluctuation state”. In the time-saving state, the average value of the special symbol variation time (the time from the start of the variable display to the time of the final display) is shorter than the average value of the special symbol variation time in the non-time-saving state. That is, in the time saving state, the variation pattern is determined using a variation pattern table that is determined so that a variation pattern with a short variation time is selected more than in a non-time saving state (see FIG. 9) . As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of digestion of the special figure reservation becomes faster, and an effective entry ball (an entry ball that can be remembered as a special figure reservation) to the starting port is more likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit under the smooth progress of the game. In addition, the control of the operation and non-operation of the variable time reduction function is performed by the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81). Therefore, the main control board 80 (game control microcomputer 81) functions as shortened variation state setting means capable of setting a shortened variation state in which the variation time of the special symbol is shorter than usual.

The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function for special symbols (first special symbol and second special symbol) may operate simultaneously, or only one of them may operate. Then, the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function for the normal symbols operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function for the special symbols. That is, the normal symbol probability variation function and variation time reduction function operate in the time saving state of the special symbol and do not operate in the non-time saving state. For this reason, in the time saving state, the hit probability in the normal symbol propriety determination is higher than in the non-time saving state. Specifically, in the time saving state, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) determined to be a hit is larger than the normal symbol per determination table used in the non-time saving state. Normal design determination) is performed (see FIG. 8(C)).

In addition, in the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the normal pattern is shorter than in the non-working time saving state. In this embodiment, the variation time of the normal symbol is 30 seconds in the non-time saving state, but is 1 second in the time saving state (see FIG. 8(D)). Furthermore, in the time saving state, the opening time extension function of the variable winning device 22 (second starting port 21) is activated, and the opening time of the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game is longer than in the non-time saving state. In addition, in the time saving state, the opening frequency increasing function of the variable winning device 22 is activated, and the opening frequency of the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game is higher than in the non-time saving state. Specifically, when the result of the normal design propriety determination is hit in the non-time saving state, the movable member 23 of the variable winning device 22 (second start port 21) performs 0.2 second opening operation once, and the time saving state When the result of the normal symbol propriety determination is hit, the movable member 23 of the variable winning device 22 (second starting port 21) performs an opening operation of 2.0 seconds three times.

Under the circumstances where the probability variation function and variation time reduction function for normal symbols, and the opening time extension function and the opening number increase function of the variable winning device 22 are operating, compared to the case where these functions are not operating As a result, the second starting port 21 is opened frequently, and the frequency of game balls entering the second starting port 21 increases (also referred to as "high frequency state"). As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of balls awarded to the number of balls fired, increases. Accordingly, the state in which these functions are activated is referred to as the "high base state" and the state in which they are not activated is referred to as the "low base state." In the high base state, you can aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the number of game balls in your hand (holding balls).

A high base state (high frequency state) may not be one in which all of the above functions are activated. That is, by operating at least one of the probability variation function and variation time reduction function for normal symbols, and the opening time extension function and opening number increase function of the variable winning device 22, than when the function is not in operation It is sufficient that the second starting port 21 is easily opened (the frequency of ball entry is high). Also, the high base state may be controlled independently without accompanying the time saving state of the special symbol. A function for generating such a high base state can also be called a "high base generation function".

In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the game after the jackpot game (after the special game) when any one of the 16R first jackpot, the 6R second jackpot and the 16R fourth jackpot occurs The state is a high-probability state of special symbols, a time-saving state of special symbols, and a high base state (see FIG. 6). This game state is particularly referred to as "high accuracy high base state". The high-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbols is executed a predetermined number of times, or when a big win is achieved and a big win game is executed. This high-probability-high base state is a so-called "variable probability state" for the player.

In addition, the game state after the jackpot game (after the special game) when either the 6R third jackpot or the 16R fifth jackpot is won becomes the normal state (low probability state) of the special symbols, and the time saving of the special symbols. state and high base state (see FIG. 6). This game state is particularly referred to as "low certainty high base state". The low-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbols is performed a predetermined number of times (for example, 100 times), or when a big win is won and the big win game is executed.

In addition, in the pachinko game machine 1 of the present embodiment, three game states can be set as the game state: "low probability low base state", "low probability high base state", and "high probability high base state". In addition to this, it may be possible to set a high probability state of special symbols, a non-shortening state of special symbols and a low base state, that is, a "high probability low base state".

In a high base state such as a low-probability-high base state or a high-probability-high base state, the game can be advantageously progressed by making the game ball enter the right game area 3B by hitting to the right. In the high base state, the second starting hole 21 is easier to open than in the low base state, and it is easier to enter the ball into the second starting hole 21 than into the first starting hole 20. (Possibility of entering the game ball is higher in the second starting hole than in the first starting hole). For this reason, while passing the game ball through the gate 28 that triggers the normal symbol propriety determination, the game ball is struck to the right to enter the second start port 21. - 特許庁This makes it possible to obtain a large number of starting balls (opportunities for special symbol propriety determination) compared to the case of hitting left. In this state, the shooting direction indicator 47 is controlled to light up in a predetermined manner, and notifies that the game ball should be shot aiming at the right game area 3B (right hitting instruction notification).

On the other hand, in the low base state (for example, low probability low base state), the game can be played more advantageously by entering the game ball into the left game area 3A by striking to the left. In the low base state, the second starting port 21 is more difficult to open than in the high base state, and it is easier to enter the first starting port 20 than to enter the second starting port 21. (Possibility of entering the game ball is higher in the first start opening than in the second start opening). Therefore, the player hits left to enter the game ball into the first starting hole 20. - 特許庁This makes it possible to obtain a large number of start-up balls (opportunities for special symbol propriety determination) compared to the case of hitting to the right. In this state, the shooting direction indicator 47 is lighting-controlled (display-controlled) in a predetermined manner, and notifies that the game ball should be shot aiming at the left game area 3A (left-handed instruction notification).

Here, the shooting direction indicator 47 is composed of two "yz" LEDs, and indicates the shooting direction by turning on the LEDs according to the game state. For example, in the low base state, it is possible to notify that the ball should be shot to the left game area by displaying both LEDs as "yzz" (for example, □: lights off, ▪: lights on). can. In addition, in the high base state, it is possible to notify that the ball should be shot to the right game area by lighting up both LEDs such as "yz" (for example, □: off, ▪: on). can.

[Main control main processing]
Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 (control processing by the main control section 80) will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 36. FIG. Incidentally, counters, flags, statuses, buffers, timers, etc. appearing in the explanation of the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the RAM of the main control board 80 . The game control microcomputer 81 provided on the main control board 80 reads and executes a main control main processing program shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the main control main process, initial setting is first performed (S101). In the initial setting, for example, stack setting, constant setting, interrupt time setting, CPU setting of the main control board 80, SIO, PIO, CTC (interrupt time controller) setting, various flags, status and counter settings. Reset, etc. The initial value of the flag is "0" or "OFF", the initial value of the status is "1", and the initial value of the counter is "0". Initialization (S101) is performed only once after power-on and is not performed thereafter.

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

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

[Interrupt processing]
Next, interrupt processing (S105) will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, in the interrupt process (S105), first, the output process (S201) is executed. In the output process (S201), the command (control signal) set in the output buffer provided in the RAM of the main control board 80 in each process described below is output to the sub control board 90, the payout control board 110, etc. do. The commands to be output here include the game state, the result of the special symbol suitability determination, the symbol as the type of big hit, the variation pattern, the entry of the game ball into various entrances (starting entrance, big winning entrance, etc.), the round Various information related to game progress and the like is included. A command consists of, for example, 2-byte information. The upper 1 byte is information about the command type, and the lower 1 byte is information about the contents of the command.

In the input process (S202) that follows the output process (S201), various sensors (first start sensor 20a, second start sensor 21a, big winning sensor 30a, etc.) mainly attached to the pachinko game machine 1 , see FIG. 5) is read and stored in the output buffer of the RAM as winning ball information. Also, when the big winning hole sensor 30a detects a game ball, the large winning hole entering ball command is stored in the output buffer of the RAM. Furthermore, a detection signal from a lower tray full detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the fullness of the lower tray 62 is also taken in and stored in the output buffer of the RAM as lower tray full data.

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

After the normal design/special design main random number update process (S203), the later-described start opening sensor detection process (S204), start ball time process (S205), normal figure operation process (S206), special figure operation process (S207) , Hold ball count processing (S208) and power off monitoring processing (S209) are executed. Thereafter, other processing (S210) not deeply related to the present invention is executed, and the interrupt processing (S105) ends. Then, the processing of S102 to S104 of the main control main processing is repeatedly executed until the next interrupt pulse is input to the CPU of the main control board 80 (see FIG. 10), and when the interrupt pulse is input (about 4 ms later), the interrupt process (S105) is executed again. In the output process (S201) of the interrupt process (S105) that is executed again, the commands set in the output buffer of the RAM in the previous interrupt process (S105) are output.

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

If the number of normal symbol reserved balls is not less than 4 (NO in S302), the process proceeds to S305. On the other hand, if the number of normal design reserved balls is less than 4 (YES in S302), "1" is added to the normal number of reserved design balls (S303), and normal design random number acquisition processing (S304) is performed. In the normal symbol random number acquisition process (S304), the value of the random number counter for normal symbol validity determination stored in the updated value storage area (not shown) of the RAM (label -TRND-H, see FIG. 7 (B)) , and the acquired random value (acquired information) is stored in the address space corresponding to the current number of normal symbol reserved balls out of the normal pattern reserved storage unit provided in the RAM of the main control board 80.

In S305, it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the second starting hole 21, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the second starting hole sensor 21a (S305). When the game ball has not entered the second start port 21 (NO in S305), the process proceeds to S309, and when the game ball has entered the second start port 21 (YES in S305). , The number of special figure 2 pending balls (the number of second special figure reservations, specifically the number of the counter that counts the number of second special figure reservations provided in the RAM of the main control unit 80) is less than 4 (upper limit number) (S306). Then, if the number of special figures 2 reserved balls is not less than 4 (NO in S306), the process proceeds to S309, and if the number of special figures 2 reserved balls is less than 4 (YES in S306), special figures 2 Add 1 to the number of held balls (S307).

Then special figure 2 relation random number acquisition processing (S308) it does. In the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S308), the value of the special symbol propriety determination random number counter (label-TRND-A) stored in the updated value storage area (not shown) of the RAM, the jackpot type determination random number Obtain the counter value (label-TRND-AS) and the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (that is, obtain the random number value shown in FIG. information) is stored in the address space corresponding to the current number of special-figure 2-holding balls out of the second special-figure holding storage unit 85b.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first start hole 20, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the first start hole sensor 20a (S309). If the game ball does not enter the first start port 20 (NO in S309), the process is finished, but if the game ball enters the first start port 20 (YES in S309), the special figure 1 The number of pending balls (the number of the first special figure pending, specifically the value of the counter that counts the number of the first special figure pending provided in the RAM of the main control unit 80) is less than 4 (upper limit number) It is determined whether or not (S310). Then, if the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is not less than 4 (NO at S310), the process is finished, but if the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is less than 4 (YES at S310), special figure 1 reserved Add "1" to the number of balls (S311).

Then special figure 1 relation random number acquisition processing (S312) it does. In the special figure 1 relation random number acquisition process (S312), like the special figure 2 relation random number acquisition process (S308), the value of the special symbol propriety determination counter stored in the update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM (label-TRND-A), the value of the jackpot type determination random number counter (label-TRND-AS) and the value of the fluctuation pattern random number counter (label-TRND-T1) are obtained (that is, the random number shown in FIG. 7 (A) numerical value), and store those obtained random values in the address space corresponding to the current number of special figure 1 reserved balls out of the first special figure reserved storage unit.

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

In S316, the latest acquired random number (acquired information) acquired in the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S308) in the immediately preceding start sensor detection process (S204) and stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit (acquired information) is read ( S316). Next, the acquisition random number value related to the read second special symbol is determined (S317). In S317, among the obtained random numbers read out, the value of the special symbol success/failure determination random number counter (special symbol success/failure determination random number) is determined according to the current game state (low probability state or high probability state). If the result of the determination is a big win, the type of the big win is further determined. Judgment by this S317 is a pre-judgment (S1303, S1304) performed prior to the success/failure determination (S1202) in the special figure 2 success/failure determination process (S1202) described below. This corresponds to the so-called "reserved lookahead").

In addition, the prior determination of whether or not the jackpot is a jackpot determination table (see FIG. 8 (A)), that is, if it is a high probability state, it is a jackpot determination table for a high probability state, if it is a normal state (low probability state) For example, based on the jackpot determination table for the normal state, it is possible to determine whether or not the value matches the jackpot determination value. In addition, as another prior determination mode, as a variation pattern information determination table that can determine variation pattern information, a variation pattern information determination table for normal state (for low probability state) and for high probability state (for high probability state) and a variation pattern information determination table. Then, in the preliminary determination, predetermined variation pattern information is selected based on the obtained random number value (such as the value of the random number counter for determining whether the special symbol is right or wrong) and the variation pattern information determination table according to the game state. It is possible to Then, from the selected variation pattern information, it is possible to identify whether or not the game is a big win, the type of the big win, and whether or not a game effect with a high degree of reliability of the big win is to be executed.

Next, in S318, the game information (preliminary determination information) related to the result of the preliminary determination by S317, specifically, the information indicating whether the special symbol success/failure determination random number matches the jackpot determination value (hit/failure information) and , Command data including information indicating the value of the random number counter for determining the jackpot type (random number value for determining the jackpot type), information indicating the value of the variation pattern random number counter (variation pattern random number value), etc. and set the command in the output buffer of the RAM (S318). In addition, as a special figure 2 start ball command, part or all of the value of the special figure 2 acquisition random number read in S316 may be sent to the sub control board as it is, or the value of the special figure 2 acquisition random number is not transmitted as it is, and the game information (for example, the above-mentioned fluctuation pattern information etc.) acquired based on the value of the special figure 2 acquisition random number may be transmitted.

In addition, by analyzing the special figure 2 start ball command transmitted from the main control unit 80 by the sub-control unit 90, it is information related to the big hit, which is the type of the big hit, and which is the variation pattern. etc., can be identified by the sub-controller 90 . Also, in this embodiment, in addition to this, by analyzing the special figure 2 start ball command, whether the acquired special figure 2 acquisition random number becomes a big hit when determined in a high probability state, and low probability It is possible to specify whether or not a big hit will be achieved when determined by the state. As a result, the sub-control unit 90 stores the received special figure 2 start ball command as a hold (production hold information), pre-determines the production hold information at a specific timing, and determines whether it is correct or not in a low probability state. It is possible to determine whether or not performance suspension information determined to be a big hit is stored in .

In addition, from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, the random number for determining whether the special symbol is right or wrong among the acquired random numbers read in S316 is not sent as it is to the sub-control unit, and the value of the other random number counter for determining the jackpot type (jackpot Random number for type determination), information indicating the value of the variation pattern random number counter (variation pattern random number), and information indicating the result of prior determination Generate command data as a special figure 2 start ball command, can be set.

Next, in S319, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls in special figure 1 has increased by "1" in the same manner as in the processing relating to special figure 2 described above (S319). Then, when it is determined that the number of special figure 1 reserved balls has increased by "1" (YES in S319), the process proceeds to S320. This corresponds to the case where "1" is added to the special figure 1 reserved ball number at S311 in the starting hole sensor detection process (S204) based on the game ball entering the first starting hole. On the other hand, in S319, when it is determined that the number of Toku-zu 1 reserved balls has not increased (NO in S319), the process ends as it is.

In S320, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S320), and if it is determined that the time saving flag is ON, that is, in the high base state (YES in S320), the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the time saving flag is OFF in S320, that is, it is in the low base state (NO in S320), the process proceeds to the process related to the prior determination after S321. Here, if the time saving flag is ON, that is, if the current game state is a high base state, the opening extension function that increases the frequency of entering the second start port 21 is operating, and the special figure 2 is valid or not This is a state in which determination (see FIG. 8B) is likely to be made. Also, in this embodiment, as will be described later, digestion of special figure 2 reservation (variation display of the second special symbol) is executed with priority over digestion of special figure 1 reservation (variation display of the first special symbol) ( So-called special figure 2 priority change machine). In such a configuration, for example, the pre-determination of special figure 1 is performed, the result is notified to the player by the effect such as notice, and the result of the pre-determination is a big hit. , Using the priority of special 2 pending digestion, intentionally eliminate special 2 pending (set to "0") at an arbitrary timing, and hit the big hit according to special 1 with the result of pre-judgment shown Technical intervention such as intentional generation is possible. It is not preferable from the viewpoint of game fairness that the player can adjust the timing of the occurrence of the big win in this way. Therefore, if the current gaming state is not the low base state but the high base state (YES in S320), the processing related to the pre-judgment of special figure 1 after S321 is not performed, and this processing (at the time of starting ball processing).

The processing of S321 to S323 is to perform the same processing as the above-described S316 to S318 for the special figure 1. That is, the latest acquisition random number (acquisition information) acquired in the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (S312) in the starting entrance sensor detection process (S204) and stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit (S321), Pre-judgment is performed for the acquired random number value read out (S322). Then, the command data including the game information related to this prior determination is generated as a special figure 1 starting entry command, and the command is set in the output buffer of the RAM (S323). It should be noted that the prior determination of S322 (suspended prefetch) is performed prior to the validity determination (S1603, S1604) in the special figure 1 validity determination process (S1207) described later.

[Normal figure action processing]
The game control microcomputer 81 performs the normal pattern operation process (S206) shown in FIG. 14 after the start ball entering process (S205). In the general pattern operation process (S206), the processing related to the normal symbol display device 42 and the variable winning device 22 is divided into four stages, and "normal pattern operation status 1, 2, 3, 4" is assigned to each of these stages. . Then, when the "normal pattern operation status" is "1" (YES in S401), the normal symbol standby process (S402) is performed, and when the "normal pattern operation status" is "2" (S401 NO in S403, YES in S403), perform normal design fluctuation process (S404), and when "normal pattern operation status" is "3" (NO in S401 and S403, YES in S405), normal design confirmation Processing (S406) is performed, and when the "normal figure operation status" is "4" (NO in all of S401, S403, and S405), normal electric accessory processing (S407) is performed. In addition, the general figure operation status is "1" in the initial setting.

[Normal symbol standby process]
As shown in FIG. 15, in the normal design standby process (S402), first, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls in the normal design is "0" (S501), and if "0" (YES in S501 ), ending this process. On the other hand, if it is not "0" (NO in S501), the normal symbol suitability determination process, which will be described later, is performed (S502), and then the normal symbol variation pattern selection process is performed (S503). In the normal symbol variation pattern selection process, the normal symbol variation pattern selection table shown in FIG. 8(D) is referred to, and if the game state is a time saving state, a normal symbol variation pattern with a normal symbol variation time of 1 second is selected. do. On the other hand, if the game state is a non-time-saving state, a normal design variation pattern in which the normal design variation time is 30 seconds is selected. After finishing the normal design variation pattern selection process (S503), the normal design random number shift process (S504) described later is performed, then the normal design variation start process (S505) is performed, and the process is completed. In the normal design variation start process, the normal design variation display is started based on the normal design variation pattern selected in S503, and the normal operation status is set to "2". Also, in the normal symbol variation start process, a normal symbol variation start command is set in order to inform the sub-control board 90 of the start of normal symbol variation.

[Normal symbol suitability determination process]
As shown in FIG. 16, in the normal symbol validity determination process (S502), first, the value of the normal symbol validity determination random number counter (label-TRND-H) stored in the normal symbol retention storage unit is read out (S601). . Next, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (that is, whether or not the game state is the time saving state) (S602). In S602, if it is determined that the time saving flag is ON, that is, the time saving state (YES in S602), the table for the time saving state out of the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. 8 (C) (hit determination value is " 0” to “239”), it is determined whether or not it is a hit (S604), and the process proceeds to S605. That is, it is determined whether or not the value of the read random number counter for judging normal symbol validity (label -TRND-H) matches any of the hit judgment values. On the other hand, in S602, the time saving flag is not ON, that is, if it is determined that it is in the non-time saving state (NO in S602), the table for the non-time saving state out of the normal symbol per determination table shown in FIG. 8 (C) (hit Based on the judgment value "0", "1"), it is judged whether or not it is a hit (S603), and the process proceeds to S605. Then, the result of the normal pattern right or wrong determination (S603, S604) is a hit (per normal pattern) or not (S605), and if it is determined to be out (NO in S605), the normal pattern to stop display ( Normal pattern off pattern) is determined (S606) and the process is finished. On the other hand, if it is determined to be a hit (per normal pattern) in S605 (YES in S605), the normal pattern (per pattern per normal pattern) to be stopped and displayed is determined (S607), and the flag per normal pattern is turned ON (S608 ) to end the process.

[Normal symbol random number shift process]
As shown in FIG. 17, in the normal symbol random number shift process (S504), first, the number of normal symbol reserved balls is decremented by 1 (S701). Next, the storage location of each general map reservation in the general map reservation storage unit is shifted by one from the current position to the read side (S702). Then, the address space, which is the storage location of the highest reserved memory in the normal pattern reservation storage unit, is emptied ("0"), that is, the RAM area corresponding to the fourth normal pattern reservation is cleared to 0 (S703 ) to end the process. In this way, the reserves are digested in the order of reserves.

[Processing during normal symbol fluctuation]
As shown in FIG. 18, in the normal design fluctuation process (S404), first, it is determined whether or not the fluctuation time of the normal design has passed (S801), and if it has not passed (NO in S801), the process is finished. . On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S801), the normal symbol fluctuation stop command is set (S802), and the general pattern operation status is set to "3" (S803). Then, other processing such as stopping the variable display of normal symbols with the display result (hitting normal symbols or losing normal symbols) according to the determination result of the random number for determining whether the normal symbols are correct is performed (S804), and this processing is performed. Finish.

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

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

[Normal electric accessory processing]
As shown in FIG. 20, in the normal electric accessary product process (S407), first, it is determined whether or not the end flag per normal pattern is ON (S1001). Ordinary figure per end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the second start port 21 has ended in the auxiliary game executed as a hit.

If the normal pattern per end flag is not ON (NO in S1001), it is determined whether or not the second starting port 21 is open (S1002). If it is not open (NO in S1002), it is determined whether or not the time (timing) for opening the second starting port 21 has arrived (S1003). If so (YES in S1003), the second starting port 21 is opened (S1004), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the second starting port 21 is being opened (YES in S1002), whether or not the time (timing) for closing the second starting port 21 has come (S1005), if it has not reached (NO at S1005), the process is finished, and if it has reached (YES at S1005), the second start port 21 is closed (closed ) (S1006).

Then, following the closing process of the second starting port 21 (S1006), the value of the second starting port open counter is decremented by 1 (S1007), and whether or not the value of the second starting port open counter is "0". Determine (S1008). If it is not "0" (NO in S1008), the process ends as it is to open the second starting port 21 again. On the other hand, if it is "0" (YES at S1008), end processing for ending the auxiliary game is performed (S1009), and an end flag for normal pattern is set (S1010) to end the process. In addition, the second starting port open counter becomes "0" when the opening of the second starting port 21 (opening operation of the movable member 23) is performed three times during the time saving state, and if it is during the non-time saving state When the second starting port 21 is opened once, it becomes "0".

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

[Special figure action processing]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a special figure operation process (S207) following the normal figure operation process (S206). In the special figure operation processing (S207), as shown in FIG. 21, the processing related to the special symbol display device 41 and the big winning device 31 is divided into four stages, and each stage has "special figure operation status 1, 2, 3 , 4”. Then, when the "special figure operation status" is "1" (YES in S1101), the special symbol standby process (S1102) is performed, and when the "special figure operation status" is "2" (S1101 NO in S1103, YES in S1103), perform special symbol fluctuation processing (S1104), and if "special figure operation status" is "3" (NO in both S1101 and S1103, YES in S1105), special symbol confirmed Processing (S1106) is performed, and when "special figure operation status" is "4" (S1101, S1103, S1105 are all NO), special electric accessary processing (S1107) as a jackpot game is performed. It should be noted that the special figure operation status is "1" in the initial setting.

[Special symbol standby process]
As shown in FIG. 22, in the special symbol standby process (S1102), first, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of the second starting port 21 (that is, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls) is "0" (S1201 ). If the number of reserved balls in the special figure 2 is "0" (YES in S1201), that is, if there is no storage of the random number counter value acquired due to the entry into the second start port 21, the first start It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of mouth 20 (that is, the number of reserved balls of special figure 1) is "0" (S1206). Then, if the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls is also "0" (YES in S1206), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value obtained due to the entry into the first start port 20, the image It is determined whether the display screen 7a of the display device 7 is being used as a standby screen (executing a demo screen for customer waiting) (S1211). ), and if the standby screen is not being processed (NO in S1211), standby screen setting processing is executed to display the standby screen (S1212).

In S1201, if the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is not "0" (NO in S1201), that is, if there is one or more memory of the random number counter value acquired due to the entry into the second start port 21 , Toku-zu 2 propriety determination processing (S1202), Toku-zu 2 variation pattern selection processing (S1203), Toku-zu 2 random number shift processing (S1204), Toku-zu 2 variation start processing (S1205) are performed in this order. Also, if the number of special 2 reserved balls is "0" but the number of special 1 reserved balls is not "0" (YES in S1201, NO in S1206), that is, the random number counter value related to the second start port 21 Although there is no memory, if there is one or more memory of the random number counter value acquired due to the entry into the first starting port 20, special figure 1 validity determination processing (S1207) described later, special figure 1 fluctuation Pattern selection process (S1208), special figure 1 random number shift process (S1209), special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1210) are performed in this order. Thus, in this embodiment, the variable display of the first special symbol based on the first special figure reservation is performed only when the second special figure reservation is "0" (YES in S1201). That is, digestion of the second special symbol reservation (variation display of the second special symbol) is executed with priority over digestion of the first special symbol reservation (variation display of the first special symbol). And in this embodiment, the win/loss determination based on the second special figure reservation is more likely to result in a big hit with a large profit for the player than the win/loss determination based on the first special figure reservation (Fig. 8 (B) ).

[Special figure 2 suitability determination process]
As shown in FIG. 23, in the special figure 2 propriety determination process (S1202), first, as the determination value, the lowest area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b of the RAM (that is, the first of the second special figure reservation RAM area corresponding to ) (the oldest memory) read out the value (label-TRND-A) of the special symbol propriety determination random number counter (S1301). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not the state is a high probability state (S1302). Then, if it is not a high probability state (NO in S1302), that is, if it is a normal state, the jackpot determination table for the normal state (jackpot determination values are "3" and " 397”), a decision is made (S1303). On the other hand, if it is in the high probability state (YES in S1302), the winning judgment is performed based on the big hit judgment table for the high probability state among the big hit judgment tables (S1304). In the high-probability state jackpot determination table, the jackpot determination values are "3", "53", "113", "173", "227", "281", "337", "397", and "449". , "503".

If it is determined that the result of the jackpot determination (S1303, S1304) is a "jackpot" (YES in S1305), the value of the random number counter for determining the jackpot type (label-TRND-AS) is read and shown in FIG. The jackpot type is determined based on the jackpot type determination table shown (S1307), the jackpot pattern is determined based on the value of the jackpot type determination random number (S1308), the jackpot flag is turned ON (S1309), and the process is finished. . On the other hand, when it is determined that the result of the big hit determination (S1303, S1304) is not a "big hit" (NO in S1305), the winning pattern is determined (S1306), and the process ends. In addition, in the case of the success/failure determination related to the first special symbol, the big hit type is determined using the first special symbol jackpot type determination table, and in the case of the success/failure determination related to the second special symbol, the second special symbol The jackpot type is determined using the jackpot type determination table. Here, the big hit judgment (special symbol success or failure judgment) and the big hit type determination judgment may be called "judgment" respectively, and even if it is called "judgment" including which big hit pattern is made by judging the big hit good. These results may also be called "determination results".

Here, the round indicator 45 is composed of two LEDs, a 6R lamp and a 16R lamp (see FIG. 4). Then, for example, when the 6R jackpot is achieved, the lamp for 6R is lit and displayed at the timing when the corresponding jackpot pattern is confirmed and displayed. Specifically, it becomes a display mode like "6▲16△". Further, when the 16R big win is achieved, the lamp for 16R is lit and displayed at the timing when the corresponding big win pattern is confirmed and displayed. Specifically, it becomes a display mode like "6Δ16▴".

[Tokuzu 2 variation pattern selection process]
In the special symbol standby process (FIG. 22), the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process is performed (S1203) next to the special figure 2 propriety determination process (S1202). As shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, in the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1203), first, it is determined whether the gaming state is a time saving state (whether the time saving flag is ON) (S1401 ). In S1401, if it is determined that it is not in the time saving state (NO in S1401), that is, if it is not in the time saving state, then it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1402). In S1402, when it is determined that the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1402), the non-time-saving state jackpot table (part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and jackpot of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9), A variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1403). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P1-P3 is selected. Incidentally, in this embodiment, when the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined. Next, the process proceeds to S1404.

On the other hand, in S1402, when it is determined that the jackpot flag is not ON (NO in S1402), it is then determined whether or not the number of pending second special symbols is "1" or "2" (S1405). The number of reservations here is the number of memories including the information that determines the variation pattern by this process, so the number of reservations is any value from "1" to "4". Then, in S1405, if it is determined that the number of reservations is "1" or "2" (YES in S1405), the first reservation number out table (non-time saving state and out of the fluctuation pattern table shown in FIG. 9 and The part corresponding to the number of held balls "1, 2") is referred to, and a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1406). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P4 to P7 is selected. On the other hand, if it is determined in S1405 that the number of reservations is not "1" or "2", that is, it is "3" or "4" (NO in S1405), the second reservation number deviation table (variation shown in FIG. 9 Select a variation pattern based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) by referring to the part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and out of the pattern table and the number of held balls "3, 4" (S1407 ). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P8-P11 is selected. In addition, the first retention number deviation table is set to have a higher possibility of selecting a variation pattern with a relatively long variation time period than the second retention number deviation table. Also, the shortest selectable fluctuation time (12000 ms) is set to be longer than that of the table for the second pending number deviation (4000 ms).

Also, in S1401, when it is determined that it is in the time saving state (YES in S1401), it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is ON (S1408). In S1408, when it is determined that the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1408), the table for the time saving state jackpot (the part corresponding to the time saving state and the jackpot of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. 9) is referred to, and the variation pattern A variation pattern is selected based on the random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1409). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P12-P14 is selected.

On the other hand, when it is determined at S1408 that the jackpot flag is not ON (NO at S1408), it is then determined whether or not the pending number is "1" (S1410). The number of reservations referred to here is also the same as described above, and the number of reservations is any value from "1" to "4". In S1410, if it is determined that the number of reservations is "1" (YES in S1410), the table for the third reservation number out of the variation pattern table shown in FIG. applicable part) to select a variation pattern based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) (S1411). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P15-P18 is selected. Also, in S1410, when it is determined that the number of reservations is not "1", that is, the number of reservations is any of "2" to "4" (NO in S1410), the fourth reservation number deviation table (Fig. 9 The part corresponding to the time-saving state and off and the number of held balls "2 to 4" in the variation pattern table shown in ), and select the variation pattern based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label - TRND-T1) (S1411). In this embodiment, one of the variation patterns P19-P22 is selected. Here, the variation pattern selected in the time-saving state and out of time is more likely to select a short variation pattern than the variation pattern selected in the non-time-saving state and out of time. there is This is to speed up the digestion speed of the special figure reservation (promptly advance the game during the time saving) by making it possible to select more variation patterns with a short variation time in the time saving state.

After selecting the variation pattern as described above, the other processing shown in FIG. 24 is performed (S1404), and the processing ends. In other processing (S1404), processing such as setting a variation pattern designation command corresponding to the selected variation pattern to the output buffer of the RAM is performed. Also, the variation pattern designation command set in this process is included in a variation start command, which will be described later, and is sent to the sub-controller 90 by the output process (S201).

[Special figure 2 random number shift processing]
As shown in FIG. 26, in the special figure 2 random number shift process (S1204), first, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is decremented by 1 (S1501). Next, the storage location of various counter values in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b is one lower side (for example, when the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b consists of an address space corresponding to the address "0000" to "0003" , address "0000" side) (S1502). Then, set "0" to the highest address space of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b, that is, (when stored up to the upper limit number) RAM corresponding to the fourth of the second special figure reservation The area is cleared to 0 (S1503) and this process ends.

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

In the special symbol standby process (S1102) in FIG. 22, when the number of special 2 reserved balls is "0" and the number of special 1 reserved balls is not "0" (YES in S1201, NO in S1206) , Special figure 1 propriety determination process (S1207), Special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1208), Special figure 1 random number shift process (S1209), Special figure 1 variation start process (S1210) are performed in this order.

[Special figure 1 suitability determination process]
As shown in FIG. 27, in the special figure 1 validity determination process (S1207), the process (S1601 to S1609) is performed in the same flow as the special figure 2 validity determination process (S1202) shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of this process is omitted. However, since this process is a process related to the special figure 1, in S1601, in the lowest area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a of the RAM (that is, the RAM area corresponding to the first one of the first special figure reservation) The random number counter value (label-TRND-A) for judging whether or not the special symbol is stored is read out and processed.

[Special figure 1 variation pattern selection process]
As shown in FIGS. 28 and 29, in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1208), the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1203) shown in FIGS. )I do. Therefore, detailed description of this process is omitted.

[Special figure 1 random number shift processing]
As shown in FIG. 30, in the special figure 1 random number shift process (S1209), first, the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is decremented by 1 (S1801). Next, the storage location of various counter values in the first special figure reservation storage unit is shifted to the lower side by one (S2002). Then, set "0" to the highest address space of the first special figure reservation storage unit, that is, (when stored up to the upper limit number) RAM area corresponding to the fourth of the first special figure reservation is cleared to 0 (S1803), and this processing ends.

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

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

On the other hand, if it is determined that the fluctuation time has elapsed (YES in S1901), a fluctuation stop command is set (S1902). Then, it is determined whether or not the variable probability flag is ON (S1903), and if it is ON (YES in S1903), 1 is subtracted from the variable probability counter (S1904), and whether or not the value of the variable probability counter is "0" is determined (S1905). If it is determined in S1905 that the variable probability counter is "0", the variable probability flag is turned OFF, and the process proceeds to S1907. On the other hand, when it is determined that the variable probability flag is not ON (NO at S1903) and when it is determined that the variable probability counter is not "0" (NO at S1905), the process proceeds to S1907.

And in S1907, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S1907), and when it is determined that the time saving flag is ON (YES in S1907), the number of fluctuation display times of the special symbol executed during the time saving state is counted. The value of the time saving counter is subtracted by 1 (S1908), it is determined whether the value of the time saving counter is "0" (S1909), and if it is "0" (YES in S1909), the time saving flag is turned OFF (S1910 ), and proceed to the processing of S1911. Also, when it is determined that the time saving flag is not ON (NO in S1907) and when it is determined that the value of the time saving counter is not "0" (NO in S1909), the process proceeds to S1911.

In S1911, the special figure operation status is set to "3" (S1911). Then, other processing such as stopping the variable display of the special symbols according to the determination result of the special symbol propriety determination random number and the jackpot type determination random number is performed (S1912), and this processing is finished.

[Special symbol confirmation process]
As shown in FIG. 32, in the special symbol determination process (S1106), first, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is ON (S2001). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S2001), then it is determined whether or not the type of the confirmed jackpot is the 16R jackpot, and if it is determined to be a 16R jackpot (YES in S2002), it is executed during the jackpot game. The value of the round counter that counts the number of rounds to be played is set to "16" (S2003), and the process proceeds to S2009. On the other hand, when it is determined in S2002 that the type of jackpot is not the 16R jackpot (NO in S2002), the confirmed jackpot type is the 6R jackpot, so the value of the round counter is set to "6" (S2004), and S2009. to process.

In S2009, a big winning opening opening pattern corresponding to the determined jackpot type (kind) is set (S2009), and the process proceeds to S2010. Here, as described above, since the opening pattern of the big winning opening is determined according to the type of the big winning, the big winning opening opening pattern corresponding to the big winning determined this time is set (see FIG. 6). Then, in each jackpot game, the opening operation of the big winning hole 30 is executed based on the big winning hole opening pattern set in S2009.

In S2010, a jackpot opening command is set to start the jackpot game (S2010). In this embodiment, the opening commands are the first opening command corresponding to the 16R first big win, the second opening command corresponding to the 6R second big win, the third opening command corresponding to the 6R third big win, and the 16R fourth big win. A total of 5 types are provided, including a corresponding fourth opening command and a fifth opening command corresponding to the 16R fifth big win. At S2010, an opening command is set according to the type of the jackpot determined this time (the jackpot to start). Then, the main control unit 80 (game control microcomputer 81) transmits the set opening command to the sub-control unit 90 at a predetermined timing by the output process (S201), and the sub-control that receives the opening command The unit 90 executes processing for executing a predetermined game effect based on the opening command.

After setting the opening command, the opening period of the jackpot game is started (S2011), and the special figure operation status is set to "4" (S2012). Also, when it is determined that the jackpot flag is not ON in S2001 (NO in S2001), the special figure operation status is set to "1" (S2013), and the process ends. It should be noted that the opening period is a period set before the start of the first opening operation of the big winning opening in the jackpot game and after the variable display of the special symbol (effect symbol) is disabled. ” is also called. Also, the effect executed in this "start period" is also called "start effect (opening effect)". In this embodiment, the opening period (opening time) is determined by the type of the confirmed jackpot and the game state when the jackpot is confirmed (that is, when the jackpot symbols are stopped and displayed). The opening period can be specified by the aforementioned opening command. Therefore, the sub-control unit 90 that has received the opening command can perform the opening effect based on the jackpot type and the opening period of the current jackpot specified by the opening command.

[Special electric accessory processing (jackpot game)]
As shown in FIG. 33, in the special electric accessory processing (S1107), first, it is determined whether the probability variation flag is ON (S2101), and if it is determined that the probability variation flag is ON (YES in S2101), The variable probability flag is turned OFF (S2102), and then it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S2103). In S2103, when it determines with a time saving flag being ON (it is YES at S2103), a time saving flag is turned OFF (S2104), and it transfers to the process of S2105. In addition, if it is determined that the probability variation flag is not ON in S2101 (NO in S2101), the process proceeds to S2103 without performing the processing of S2102, and if it is determined that the time saving flag is not ON in S2103 (NO in S2103), The process proceeds to S2105 without performing the process of S2104. In other words, during execution of the jackpot game, it is controlled to a low probability state and a non-time saving state. In this embodiment, since it is always in the low base state during the non-time saving state, it is also controlled to the low base state during execution of the big hit game.

Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot end flag is ON (S2105). The big-hit end flag is a flag indicating that all the operation processing of the big-winning device 31 (opening processing of the big-winning opening 30) in the big-hit game has ended (the big-hit game has ended). If the jackpot end flag is not ON (NO in S2105), then it is determined whether or not it is time to start the round (S2106). This is determined based on the big winning opening opening pattern set for each big winning type described above. For example, if it is before the start of the first round, it is determined whether or not it is time to execute the first opening process of the first round after the opening period has ended. Also, if the first round has already started, it is determined whether or not the previous round has ended and a predetermined interval period has ended (interval time has elapsed).

When it is determined that it is time to start the round in S2106 (YES in S2106), the round start command of the corresponding round is set (S2107), and the big winning opening opening process is performed (S2108). In S2107, a round start command capable of specifying the round to be started is set, such as "1R start command" for the start of the first round and "2R start command" for the start of the second round. The set round start command is transmitted to the sub-controller 90 by the output processing of S201. In addition, in S2108, mainly, the process of enabling the detection of the game ball by the large winning opening sensor 30a, and the opening/closing member for opening the large winning opening 30 based on the large winning opening opening pattern set in S2009 described above. 32 is opened, and one round game is started.

Here, regarding the detection of the game ball by the big winning hole sensor 30a, "validation" means that when the game ball is detected by the big winning hole sensor 30a, the detection is sent to the big winning hole 30. It means to treat (process) as a normal incoming ball. On the other hand, "disable (invalidate)" means that when a game ball is detected by the big winning hole sensor 30a, the detection is treated as an abnormal ball entering the big winning hole 30 (big winning hole error). means (to process). In this embodiment, the detection of the game ball by the big winning opening sensor 30a is valid, in principle, from the start of the round game to the end of the round game until a predetermined time (1 second in this embodiment) elapses. This period is set as an effective period of game ball detection by the big winning opening sensor 30a. The game control microcomputer 81 that performs processing related to setting the effective period of game ball detection by the big winning opening sensor 30a functions as "effective period setting means". When the game ball is detected by the large winning hole sensor 30a during the invalid period (ineffective period), the detection becomes invalid, and an abnormal ball entry into the large winning hole 30 (large winning hole error) occurs. A command indicating (large winning hole error command) is transmitted from the main control section 80 to the sub-control section 90 . In response to this, the sub-control unit 90 performs processing related to the execution of error notification for notifying the outside of the occurrence of an abnormal ball entry into the big winning hole 30 (big winning hole error).

On the other hand, if it is determined in S2106 that it is not the round start time (NO in S2106), the process proceeds to S2112. Here, as a case where it is determined that it is not the round start time, for example, during the opening period before the start of the first round, during the round game, during the interval period after the end of the round game (during the closing process of the big winning opening), etc. can be mentioned. .

At S2112, it is determined whether or not the operation for opening the large winning opening is being executed, that is, whether or not the large winning opening opened by the process of S2108 is still open (during the round game) (S2112). As a result, if it is determined that the operation for opening the large winning opening is not being executed (during the round game) (NO in S2112), the process proceeds to S2116, and it is determined that the operation for opening the large winning opening is being executed (during the round game). If determined (YES in S2112), it is determined whether or not the end condition (round end condition) of the round game being executed is established (S2113).

Here, as the round end conditions of the present embodiment, (1) the opening time (for example, "25 seconds") of the large winning opening determined in the round game being executed, that is, the execution time of the round game has elapsed, ( 2) Two conditions are defined: that a predetermined specified number (for example, "10") of game balls enter the big winning hole in the round game being executed. If one of the conditions is met first, the round end condition is met based on the condition that was met first. In addition, during the jackpot game (during the round game), as long as there is no error or trouble that makes it impossible to shoot the game ball, and the game ball is shot smoothly, the round ends when the condition (2) is met. It is normal for the condition to hold.

In S2113, if it is determined that the round end condition is not satisfied (NO in S2113), the process is finished, and if it is determined that the round end condition is satisfied (YES in S2113), the round end command for the corresponding round is issued. It is set (S2114), and the closing process of the big winning opening is performed (S2115). In S2114, a round end command capable of specifying the round to end is set, such as "1R end command" if the first round is ended, and "2R end command" if the second round is ended. The set round end command is transmitted to the sub-controller 90 by the output process of S201.

Next, in S2116, it is determined whether or not the interval time has passed (S2116), and if it is determined that the interval time has not passed (NO in S2116), the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in S2116 that the interval time has passed (YES in S2116), the value of the round counter is decremented by 1 (S2117), and it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter is "0" (S2118). ). If it is determined in S2118 that the value of the round counter is not "0" (NO in S2118), the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the value of the round counter is "0" (YES in S2118), as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game, a jackpot ending command is set (S2119), and a jackpot ending period is started. Then (S2120), the jackpot end flag is turned ON (S2121), and the process ends. Incidentally, the value of the round counter becomes "0" when all the round games in the jackpot game to be executed are finished.

In S2119, out of a plurality of predetermined ending commands, an ending command is selected according to the game state at the occurrence of the current big win, the type of the current big win, the game state after the big win game, etc., and the selected ending command is selected. command is set. The type of ending command set in this way determines the ending period (ending time) to be executed (set). The ending period is a period set after all the opening operations of the big winning opening 30 in the big hit game are completed and before the variable display of the special symbol (effect symbol) can be executed. ” is also said. During the ending period (end period), the big winning opening 30 is closed. The effect executed during the "end period" is also called "end effect (ending effect)".

Then, the main control unit 80 (game control microcomputer 81) transmits the ending command set in S2119 to the sub-control unit 90 at a predetermined timing by the output process (S201), and receives the ending command. The sub-control unit 90 executes a predetermined ending effect based on the ending command.

Also, in S2105, when it is determined that the jackpot end flag is ON (YES in S2105), since the final round in the jackpot game has ended, whether or not the ending time of the jackpot has passed, that is, the aforementioned S2120 (S2122), and if it is determined that the ending time has not passed (NO in S2122), the process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2122), the jackpot end flag is turned OFF (S2123), and the later-described game state setting process (S2124) is performed. Then, the jackpot flag is turned OFF (S2125), the special figure operation status is set to "1" (S2126), and the process is finished. As a result, in the next interrupt process, the special symbol standby process (S1102) is executed again as the special symbol operation process (FIG. 21). Incidentally, the game control microcomputer 81 that executes the above special electric accessary product processing (S1107) functions as "special game executing means" and "round game executing means".

[Game state setting process]
As shown in FIG. 34, in the game state setting process (S2124), first, it is determined whether or not the jackpot game ended this time is related to the probability variable jackpot (S2201). In this embodiment, as described above, the 16R 1st jackpot, 6R 2nd jackpot, and 16R 4th jackpot are three types of probability variable jackpots. determine whether or not Then, when it is determined that the probability variation jackpot is ended this time (YES in S2201), the probability variation flag is turned ON (S2202), the probability variation counter is set to "10,000" (S2203), and the time saving flag is turned on (S2204), "10,000" is set in the time saving counter (S2205), and the process ends.

Here, the value to be set in the variable probability counter is the number of times the special symbol propriety determination can be executed with high probability. The value of "10,000" (10,000 times) to be set in this embodiment is the probability of a big hit in a high probability state, the business hours of a day at amusement arcades, and the judgment of whether a special figure is possible during the business hours. Considering the number of times, etc., it is practically the same as guaranteeing a high-probability state until the next big win occurs or the business hours are over. Therefore, when the game state is set to the high probability state, it can be said that the high probability state is guaranteed until the next big win occurs (substantially synonymous). In addition, when the variable probability flag is ON, the time saving counter is similarly set to "10,000", so while this high probability state is set, the time saving state (open extended state) is also set. It can be said that That is, when the jackpot game related to the probability variable jackpot ends, the game state becomes the "high probability high base state". It should be noted that, as in the present embodiment, by setting the value of "10,000" to the variable probability counter and the time-saving counter, it is possible to substantially set the high probability high base state until the next big hit, or the variable probability flag And when the time-saving flag is ON, a control may be adopted in which a high-probability-high base state is set until the next big hit occurs without setting a value in the counter.

On the other hand, in S2201, if it is determined that it is not a probability variation big hit (NO in S2201), that is, if it is a jackpot game related to a non-probability variation big hit (normal jackpot) that has ended this time, time saving without turning on the probability variation flag While turning ON the flag (S2206), set "100" to the time saving counter (S2207) and finish the process. In this embodiment, as described above, the 6R 3rd jackpot and the 16R 5th jackpot are two types of non-probable variable jackpots (normal jackpots). The game state becomes "low certainty high base state". This low-probability-high base state ends when any of the following conditions are satisfied: that the special symbol is displayed 100 times (the special symbol propriety judgment is performed 100 times), and that the next big hit occurs. do. Incidentally, the time saving counter and the variable probability counter count the number of times obtained by summing the number of times of variable display of the first special symbol and the number of times of variable display of the second special symbol. The game control microcomputer 81 that executes the game state setting process (S2124) functions as "game state setting means".

[Processing of number of pending balls]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a reserved ball number process (S208) following the special figure operation process (S207). As shown in FIG. 35, in the reserved ball number processing (S208), first, the number of special 1 reserved balls, the number of special 2 reserved balls and the number of normal symbol reserved balls stored in the RAM of the main control board 80 are read. (S2501). Then, the data of the number of reserved balls (the number of reserved balls command for transmitting the information of the number of reserved balls to the sub-control board 90, etc.) is set in the output buffer of the RAM (S2502). The data related to the number of pending balls (number of pending balls command) is output by the output process (S201) in the next interrupt process (S105), and the data related to the number of pending balls (number of pending balls command) is output for each interrupt process. to the output buffer (S2502) and output processing (S201) are sequentially performed. When the sub-control unit 90 that has received the pending ball number command determines that the special figure pending ball number has increased or decreased based on the received pending ball number command, the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 is displayed accordingly. The display contents of the effect pending display area (first effect pending display area 9c, second effect pending display area 9d) are updated. Specifically, for example, when the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is increased by 1 from "3" to "4", the first effect reservation 9a corresponding to the increased number of special figure 1 reserved balls "4" It is additionally displayed in the first effect pending display area 9c. Also, when the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is reduced by 1 from "2" to "1" (that is, when the first special figure reservation is digested), the left end of the first effect reservation display area 9c (special figure 1 reservation The location corresponding to the number of balls "1", see FIG. 3) is moved to the variable suspension display area 9e (see FIG. 3), and along with this, the first effect suspension The first effect pending 9a displayed in the display area 9c is moved (shifted) by one to the left.

In addition, regarding the data of the number of special reserved balls when the number of special reserved balls is added, that is, the data of the number of special reserved balls associated with the occurrence of the start ball (start winning), the above-mentioned start ball command Alternatively, the number of reserved balls command indicating the number of special reserved balls after the addition (after starting entering ball) may be set in the output buffer together with the starting entering ball command. In addition, regarding the data of the number of reserved balls when the number of reserved balls is subtracted, that is, the data of the number of reserved balls associated with the start of fluctuation of special symbols (digestion of special reserved balls), the above-mentioned fluctuation start command It may be set in the output buffer together with the fluctuation start command including or holding number of balls command indicating the number of special figure holding balls after subtraction (after special figure holding digestion).

[Power off monitoring process]
As shown in FIG. 11, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a power interruption monitoring process (S209) following the pending ball number process (S208). As shown in FIG. 36, in the power-off monitoring process (S209), first, it is determined whether or not a power-off signal is input (S2601), and if there is no input (NO in S2601), the process ends. On the other hand, if there is a power-off signal input (YES in S2601), the current state of the gaming machine ) is stored in the RAM (S2602), the power-off flag is turned ON (S2603), and then loop processing is performed without returning to the interrupt processing (FIG. 11).

[Sub-control main processing]
Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 (control processing by the sub-control section 90) will be described with reference to FIGS. 37 to 45. FIG. Incidentally, counters, flags, statuses, buffers, timers, etc. appearing in the description of the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 are provided in the RAM of the sub-control board 90 (sub-control section). When the power of the pachinko game machine 1 is turned on, the effect control microcomputer 91 provided on the sub-control board 90 reads and executes a sub-control main processing program shown in FIG. 37 from the ROM of the sub-control board 90 . As shown in the figure, in the sub-control main processing, CPU initialization processing is first performed (S4001). In S4001, stack setting, constant setting, CPU setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (interrupt time controller) setting, various flags, status and counter resetting are performed.

Subsequently, in S4002, it is determined whether or not the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the RAM of the sub-control board 90 are normal (S4002). If the determination result is NO (NO at S4002), the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is initialized (S4003), and the process proceeds to S4004. On the other hand, if the determination result is YES (YES in S4002), the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is not initialized, and the process proceeds to S4004. That is, if the power-off signal is not ON, or if the contents of the RAM are not normal even if the power-off signal is ON (NO in S4002), the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is initialized. If the power-off signal is turned ON but the contents of the RAM are maintained normally (YES in S4002), the RAM is not initialized. Initializing the RAM resets the values of various flags, statuses and counters. Note that these S4001 to S4003 are executed only once after the power is turned on (when the power is turned on), and are not executed thereafter. In addition, in this embodiment, the effect control microcomputer 91 also performs the same processing as the power interruption monitoring processing (S209) by the game control microcomputer 81 shown in FIG. Then, data relating to effect control at that time is stored in the RAM of the sub-control board 90 . That is, the data related to the effect control at the time of power failure such as power failure is backed up. Therefore, unless the RAM of the sub-control board 90 is initialized (S4003) when the power is turned on after recovering from a power failure such as a power failure (recovering from a power failure), the effect control by the effect control microcomputer 91 The state of returns to the state before the power failure occurred.

In S4004, interrupts are prohibited. Next, random number seed update processing is executed (S4005). In the random number seed update process (S4005), the values of various effect determination random number counters are updated. The updated random number counter value is sequentially stored in a predetermined update value storage area (not shown) of the RAM of the sub-control board 90 . The random number for determining the effect includes the random number for determining the variable effect that determines the mode (variable effect pattern) of the effect pattern game effect to be executed, the random number for determining the previous notice effect that determines the previous notice effect, and the random number for determining the effect pattern that determines the effect pattern. There are random numbers, etc. The random number update method can be the same method as the random number update process performed by the main control board 80 described above. It should be noted that when updating the random number, the random number may be incremented by 2 instead of being incremented by 1. The effect determination random number is acquired at a predetermined timing. As this timing, for example, when a control signal (starting ball command) is sent from the main control board 80 to notify that there is a starting ball, or when the main control board 80 sends a control signal ( When a variation start command) is transmitted, or when determining a variation effect pattern described later. The storage location of the obtained effect determination random number is a predetermined random number counter value storage area (not shown) of the RAM of the sub-control board 90 .

When the random number seed update process (S4005) ends, the command transmission process is executed (S4006). In the command transmission process, various commands (control signals) stored in an output buffer (also referred to as a "sub output buffer") in the RAM of the sub control board 90 are sent to the image control board 100, the audio control board 106 and the lamp control. Among the boards 107, the command is transmitted to the corresponding control board, which is the command transmission destination. Each control board (each control unit) that has received the command uses various production devices (image display device 7, speaker 67, board lamp 5, frame lamp 66, movable decorative member 14, etc.) according to the received command to perform various Production (production pattern game production, special game production related to big hit game, etc.) is executed. The effect control microcomputer 91 subsequently permits an interrupt (S4007). After that, S4004 to S4007 are looped. While interrupts are enabled, reception interrupt processing (S4008), 2 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), and 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) can be executed. By executing these control processes, the display control of performance symbols and the like executed on the display screen 7a (the performance symbol display area 7b) of the image display device 7, the lighting control of various lamps, and the operation of the movable decorative member control, voice output control from a speaker, and the like can be performed.

[Receive interrupt processing]
In the reception interrupt process (S4008), as shown in FIG. 38, whether or not the strobe signal (STB signal) is ON, that is, the strobe signal sent from the main control board 80 is sent to the external INT input section of the effect control microcomputer 91. It is determined whether or not there is an input (S4101). If it is determined in S4101 that the strobe signal is not ON (NO in S4101), the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined at S4101 that the strobe signal is ON (YES at S4101), various commands transmitted from the main control board 80 are stored in the RAM of the sub control board 90 (S4102), and the process ends. . This reception interrupt process (S4008) is a process that is executed with priority over other interrupt processes (S4009, S4010).

[2 ms timer interrupt processing]
The 2 ms timer interrupt process (S4009) is a process that is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a period of 2 msec is input to the sub-control board 90. FIG. As shown in FIG. 39, in the 2ms timer interrupt process (S4009), first, based on detection signals from the effect button detection switches 63c and 63d, an input process for creating switch data (edge data and level data) is performed (S4201). ). Next, a lamp data output process (S4202) for outputting lamp data for illuminating lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board surface lamp 5, and outputting drive data for driving the movable decorative member 14 (electric drive source). drive data output processing (S4203). The lamp data and driving data are created by 10 ms timer interrupt processing, which will be described later. Then, watchdog timer processing for resetting the watchdog timer is performed (S4204).

[10 ms timer interrupt processing]
The 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4010) is a process that is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a period of 10 msec is input to the sub-control board 90. FIG. As shown in FIG. 40, in the 10ms timer interrupt process (S4010), first, a received command analysis process (S4302), which will be described later, and a subsequent re-fluctuation start process (S4303) are performed. Next, switch state acquisition processing is performed to store the switch data created by the 2 ms timer interrupt processing in the RAM of the sub-control board 90 as switch data for the 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4304). Based on the data, switch processing for setting the display contents of the display screen 7a is performed (S4305). After that, other processes such as creating lamp data (data for controlling the lighting of the board lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66) and updating random numbers for effect determination are executed (S4306).

[Receive command analysis processing]
As shown in FIG. 41, in the received command analysis process (S4302), first, it is determined whether or not a start entry command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4395). If it is determined (NO in S4395), the process proceeds to S4401, and if it is determined that the starting ball command has been received (YES in S4395), effect pending information storage processing (S4400) is performed, and the process proceeds to S4401. do. Effect pending information storage processing (S4400), various information (prior determination results, jackpot type determination random Numbers, game information such as fluctuation pattern random numbers), depending on the type of special design (1st special design, 2nd special design) and the number of special design pending balls at the time of sending and receiving the start ball command (at the time of command generation) , is stored in a predetermined effect pending information storage area of the RAM of the sub-control board 90 in a shift memory format. For example, if the received starting ball command is a special figure 1 starting ball command corresponding to the number of pending balls "4" of special figure 1, the pre-determination result and hit type included in the special figure 1 starting ball command Such information is stored as special figure 1 effect reserved information in an area corresponding to the number of reservations 4 out of the special figure 1 effect reserved information storage area. The effect pending information stored in this way is used for execution of various effects such as a variable effect, an advance notice effect, and an effect mode, which will be described later. The storage contents (effect pending information) of the effect pending information storage area in the sub control board 90 are the special figure pending storage units (first special figure pending storage unit, second special figure It matches the storage contents (obtained information) of the reserved storage unit). For this reason, the effect pending information storage area of the sub-control board 90 can also be said to be "obtained information storage means".

Next, in S4401, it is determined whether or not a variation start command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4401), and if it is determined that a variation start command has been received (YES in S4401), variation production start processing ( S4402) is performed, the process proceeds to S4403, and when it is determined that the variation start command is not received (NO in S4401), the process proceeds to S4406 without performing the variation production start process. In S4403, it is determined whether or not the fluctuation stop command is received from the main control board 80 (S4403), and when it is judged that the fluctuation stop command is received (YES in S4403), the production design is stopped and displayed to change production. The end processing of the fluctuation production to end is performed (S4404). In the fluctuation production end processing (S4404), the production pattern 8 is stopped and displayed, and the fluctuation production end command for ending the fluctuation production is set in the sub-output buffer. When the set variable effect end command is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 changes the effect pattern 8 that has been variably displayed on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7. A stop display is made and the variable performance (performance symbol game performance) is terminated. On the other hand, in S4403, when it is determined that the fluctuation stop command is not received (NO in S4403), the process proceeds to S4405 without performing the fluctuation production end process. Incidentally, the variable effect refers to various effects performed in accordance with the variable display of the special symbols, such as the variable display of the effect pattern 8 and the ready-to-win effect.

Subsequently, in S4405, it is determined whether or not a big hit game-related command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4405). Here, the big hit game related command means that the game state controlled by the game control microcomputer 81 (main control unit 80) becomes a special game state, and when the big hit game (round game) is executed in the special game state, the main control A command transmitted from the board 80 . Specifically, the opening command (see S2010) transmitted at the start of the jackpot game (special game state), the round start command (see S2107) transmitted at the start of the round, the big winning opening 30 in the round Big winning mouth entry command sent based on the entry of the ball, round end command sent at the end of the round (see S2114), ending command sent at the end of the jackpot game (special game state) (see S2119 ), etc. In S4405, it is determined whether or not any of these jackpot game-related commands have been received, and if not received (NO in S4405), the process proceeds to S4407, and if received (YES in S4405) , performs a jackpot game-related effect process relating to the execution of various jackpot game effects according to the type of the received command (S4406).

In S4406, for example, if the received jackpot game-related command is an opening command, the opening effect command specifying the opening effect corresponding to the type of the jackpot specified based on the command is set in the sub output buffer, and the round start command If so, a round start effect command that specifies the effect (round start corresponding effect) corresponding to the start of the round specified based on the command is set in the sub output buffer, and if it is a big winning entrance ball command, the A ball entry performance command designating a ball entry performance corresponding to the entry of the game ball into the big winning hole 30 specified based on the command is set in the sub output buffer. In addition, if the received jackpot game-related command is a round end command, a round end effect command specifying an effect (round end corresponding effect) corresponding to the end of the round specified based on the command is set in the sub-output buffer. If it is an ending command, an ending effect command designating an ending effect corresponding to the type of jackpot specified based on the command is set in the sub-output buffer.

When the jackpot game-related command set in the sub-output buffer is transmitted to the image control board 100 by command transmission processing (S4006) in this way, the image control microcomputer 101 executes the jackpot game (special game state) or according to the progress of the round. On the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, an effect (jackpot game effect) related to the big win game such as an opening effect and a round effect is executed.

Finally, the process of S4407 is performed, and this process (received command analysis process) ends. In S4407, as other processing, processing based on other received commands (for example, normal symbol variation start command and normal symbol variation stop command) excluding the various commands described above is performed.

[Variation production start processing]
Next, the fluctuation effect start process (S4402) executed in the received command analysis process (S4302) will be described. As shown in FIG. 42, in the variable effect start process (S4402), first, random number for determining various effects such as random numbers for determining the variable effect, random numbers for determining the advance notice effect, random numbers for determining the effect pattern, etc. Random number processing for determining the effect (S4501) is performed. In this embodiment, the process of S4501 is performed at the timing of receiving the variation start command from the main control unit 80, and a predetermined value (acquired information) is obtained from each random number. Based on this acquired value (acquired information), the aspect of the effect symbol game effect (fluctuation effect) to be executed, the mode of the advance notice effect, the effect symbol to be stopped and displayed, etc. are determined.

Next, in S4502, the received variation start command is analyzed (S4502). The variation start command includes a variation pattern specification command (information specifying a variation pattern) that specifies the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern selection process of the first special symbol or the second special symbol. Then, the information specifying the variation pattern includes the variation pattern information (P1 to P22) shown in FIG. As a result, the symbol information and the like specifying the jackpot type are included (see FIG. 8). In addition, since there are those corresponding to the first special symbol and those corresponding to the second special symbol in the variation pattern specification command, by analyzing the variation pattern specification command, the effect symbol game effect to be started this time It is possible to determine whether (variation display of the production pattern) is related to the special figure 1 or related to the special figure 2. It should be noted that the variation pattern information, game state information, symbol information, etc. can be used in other processes other than the variation effect start process to be executed thereafter.

Then, in S4503, the effect control microcomputer 91 refers to the current mode status (S4503). The mode status is for determining the production mode to be executed. The mode status has any value from "1" to "5", and each value is assigned to the production modes A to E. Specifically, mode status "1" corresponds to production mode A, mode status "2" corresponds to production mode B, mode status "3" corresponds to production mode C, mode status "4" corresponds to It corresponds to the production mode D, and the mode status "5" corresponds to the production mode E. By referring to the current mode status, it is possible to identify the current rendering mode.

Here, the effect mode is a mode of effect in the image display device 7, and if the effect mode is different, part or all of the effect mode of the game effect such as the notice effect and the ready-to-win effect will be different. Specifically, the effect image displayed on the image display device 7 is produced such that the display mode of the effect pattern 8 (for example, pattern design, number design, etc.) is different, or the characters, items, and background images that appear are different. It is supposed to be different depending on the mode. In addition, the production pattern game production and the jackpot game production can be executed in a manner according to the production mode, and multiple game productions (notice production, reach production, movable production, light production, sound production, round production etc.), different game effects can be executed depending on the effect mode.

In this embodiment, the production modes A to C are the production modes that can be executed when the game state is the low probability and low base state, and the production mode D is the production that can be executed when the game state is the low probability and high base state. mode, and the performance mode E is a performance mode that can be executed when the game state is the high-probability-high base state. Therefore, when the production mode is one of "A to E", the player confirms the production mode, so that the current game state is a low probability low base state, a low probability high base state and a high probability high base state It is possible to grasp which one of (probability variation gaming state).

In addition, it is possible to provide an effect mode that can be executed in any case where the game state is the low-probability-high base state or the high-probability-high base state. In this case, even if the player confirms the production mode, the current game state is a low probability base state (time saving state) or a high probability base state (variable probability game state). It is difficult (impossible) to In that sense, the effect mode that can be executed in both the low probability high base state and the high probability high base state can be said to be "probability non-notification mode".

In addition, in this embodiment, the background image displayed as the background on the display screen 7a (display area) of the image display device 7 is different for each of the production modes A to C corresponding to the low-probability-low base state. there is During the game in the low-probability-low base state (game progress process), the background image displayed on the display screen 7a is changed to another background image based on the establishment of a predetermined condition (background change condition). (switching) is possible. That is, in the low-probability-low base state, the background displayed on the display screen 7a can change between "A to C" during the progress of the game. It's becoming In addition, for the production mode D corresponding to the low probability high base state and the production mode E corresponding to the high probability high base state, the background image corresponding to each mode is displayed on the display screen 7a (display area). there is The effect control microcomputer 91 (sub control unit) and the image control microcomputer 101 (image control unit) that perform processing related to such background image display and background image change (background change) function as "background display means". It is something to do. The mode status described above also functions as a background status indicating the type of background (background type) displayed on the display screen 7a. Details of the background change will be described later.

Next, in S4504, a variable performance pattern determination table (not shown) for determining the pattern of variable performance (variation performance pattern) performed using the image display device 7, the board lamp 5, the movable decorative member 14, etc. is set (S4504). Specifically, based on the mode status (current production mode) referred to in S4503 and the fluctuation pattern designation command received from the main control unit 80, the fluctuation production pattern determination table to be used is set. For example, when the variation pattern information specified by the received variation pattern specification command is "P1 (variation pattern P1)" (see FIG. 9), as a variation production pattern determination table, at the time of a big hit corresponding to the current production mode A variable effect pattern determination table is set. The variable effect pattern determination table is mainly for determining the execution mode of the effect symbol game effect (variable display mode of the effect symbol, etc.), and a plurality of variable effect pattern determination tables corresponding to the effect mode (mode status). (not shown) are stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90 in advance. In S4504, the table corresponding to the mode status (current production mode) referred to in S4503 is selected and set from those fluctuation production pattern determination tables.

Then, in S4505, based on the variable effect determination random number obtained in S4501 and the variable effect pattern determination table set in S4504, select a variable effect pattern (variable display mode) that matches the specified variable pattern, set (S4505). As the variable effect pattern, a variation mode (execution mode of the effect symbol game effect) of the effect symbol 8 displayed in the effect symbol display area 7b is set. As a result, in the production pattern game production (variable production), when executing the reach production (reach-with production pattern game production), or when executing the character production performed using a specific character (character production pattern game production), A case where no reach effect or character effect is executed (non-reach pattern game effect) is determined. In addition, the ready-to-win performance means that, for example, the three performance symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R are all the same (single number) as the display mode of the performance symbols 8 when the result of the special symbol success/failure determination indicates that the result is a big hit. 2 of the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R are stop-displayed (temporarily stopped) with the patterns constituting the big-hit mode, and the remaining one is displayed. It means an effect indicating whether or not the remaining one effect pattern is stopped and displayed as a pattern that completes the big win mode in a state where the symbol continues to be displayed in a variable manner.

In addition, in S4505, based on the random number for determining the performance symbol acquired in S4501 and a stop symbol determination table (not shown), the performance symbol 8 (also referred to as "stop performance symbol") to be stopped and displayed (fixed stop) is determined, and this is determined. set. The production pattern 8, which is fixed and displayed as a result of the production pattern game production, is the result of the special design propriety judgment, and in the case of reach presence/absence, there are three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R such as "787". Of these, the final stop pattern (in this example, the middle effect pattern 8C) is a different pattern from the other effect patterns. One production pattern is set as a separate pattern from which other production patterns are different. On the other hand, if the result of special symbol success/failure determination is a big hit, and if the 16R 1st or 16R 4th big win, it will be a double number of "777", and if it is a other big hit, it will be a number pattern other than "777". It is considered to be Zoro eyes. Incidentally, the stop display mode of the production pattern 8 described above is an example, and it is possible to appropriately change what to stop display as the stop production pattern when a big win is achieved.

In the pachinko game machine 1 of the present embodiment, as the variation mode (variation pattern) of the performance pattern 8, reach A, reach B, reach C, super reach (also referred to as "SP reach") A, super reach B, super Reach C, character production, etc. are set, and in S4505, based on the fluctuation production pattern determination table, which production is to be carried out or none of these productions is carried out (this is also called "normal fluctuation" ) is determined. When the ready-to-win effect symbol game effect is executed, any ready-to-win effect is set based on the variation pattern designation command and the variable effect pattern determination table. Here, as the effect pattern game effect, when the super ready-to-win effect is executed, the possibility of a big win is set higher than when the normal ready-to-win effect is executed. That is, it can be said that the super ready-to-win effect is a game effect with a high jackpot reliability (possibility of winning a big hit) compared to the ready-to-win (normal reach) effect. Note that the ready-to-win effect can be set (executed) mainly when a variation pattern specification command specifying a variation pattern (see FIG. 9) with a variation time of 30000 ms or more is received.

In addition, in this embodiment, as a variation mode (variation production pattern) of the production design 8, a plurality of fluctuation displays of the production design 8 are based on the result of one special design propriety determination (digestion of one special design reservation). A pseudo-continuous variation mode (hereinafter also simply referred to as "pseudo-continuous mode" or "pseudo-continuous") that appears to be performed continuously is provided. In the variable display of the performance symbols 8 based on the pseudo-continuous mode, the performance symbols 8 are temporarily stopped after being variably displayed, and the performance symbols 8 are again variably displayed (re-variable display) after the temporary stop. Incidentally, the pseudo-continuous mode is also referred to as a "re-fluctuation mode".

In this embodiment, a plurality of pseudo-continuation modes (pseudo-continuation patterns) with different numbers of times of execution of re-fluctuation display (temporary stop) (hereinafter also referred to as "pseudo-continuation number") are provided, and in S4505, the plurality of pseudo-continuation patterns Which of the consecutive modes is to be executed is determined using the pseudo-continuous determination table shown in FIG. 46(a), including whether or not to execute the pseudo-continuous mode. The pseudo-continuation determination table is a kind of the variation effect pattern determination table set in S4504 described above, and the pseudo-continuation is executed based on the pseudo-continuation determination table and the random number for determining the variation effect obtained in S4501 described above. It determines whether or not to execute the pseudo-continuation mode. Then, when it is determined to execute any of the pseudo-continuous modes, the details of the variable performance (reach performance, etc.) according to the determined (selected) pseudo-continuous mode, and further, another variable performance pattern determination table, etc. determined using

As shown in FIG. 46(a), the pseudo-continuous determination table of the present embodiment includes a variation pattern (here, P1 ~P11) and the random number for determining the variable effect obtained in S4501 described above, the content of the pseudo-ream effect (pseudo-ream mode) is set to "none (not executed)", "pseudo 1", "pseudo 2 ” and “pseudo 3”. Specifically, for each of the special symbol variation patterns "P1", "P2", "P3", "P4, P8", "P5, P9", "P6, P10", "P7" and "P11" , random numbers (0 to 99) for determining the variable effect are assigned to "none (not executed)", "pseudo 1", "pseudo 2" and "pseudo 3". In each table shown in FIGS. 46 and 47, "-" indicates that a random number value is not assigned, and this portion is not selected (not selected).

Here, "pseudo 1" is a pseudo-continuous mode in which the number of executions of the re-variation display of the production pattern 8 is one time, specifically, the production pattern 8 (production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R). After starting the variable display, it temporarily stops in a disengaged manner at the timing when a predetermined time (about 5 seconds in this example) that is shorter than the variable time has elapsed, restarts the variable display after the temporary stop, and then confirms This is a mode leading to a stop (determined stop display).

In addition, "pseudo 2" is a pseudo-continuous mode in which the number of times of executing the re-variation display of the production pattern 8 is 2 times. After the start of the variable display, at the timing when a predetermined time shorter than the variable time (approximately 5 seconds in this example) has passed, it is temporarily stopped in a disengaged manner, and after the temporary stop, the variable display is restarted (first re-start). variable display), temporarily stopped in a disengaged manner at the timing when a predetermined time (about 5 seconds in this example) has elapsed from the resumption, resumed the variable display after the temporary stop (second re-variable display), and thereafter This is a mode leading to a fixed stop (fixed stop display).

Furthermore, "pseudo 3" is a pseudo-continuous mode in which the number of times of execution of the re-variation display of the production pattern 8 is 3 times. After the start of the variable display, at the timing when a predetermined time shorter than the variable time (about 5 seconds in this example) has passed, it is temporarily stopped in a disengaged manner, and after the temporary stop, the variable display is restarted (first re- variable display), temporarily stopped in a disengaged manner at the timing when a predetermined time (about 5 seconds in this example) has elapsed from the restart, restarted the variable display after the temporary stop (second re-variable display), and resumed. After a predetermined time (about 5 seconds in this example) has passed, it temporarily stops again in a disengaged manner, and after the temporary stop, the variable display is resumed (third re-fluctuation display), and then a fixed stop (fixed stop display).

In the pseudo-continuous mode, the stop display mode (temporary stop display mode) when the production pattern 8 is temporarily stopped before the re-fluctuation display may be a predetermined loose pattern, or the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R. At least one of the effect symbols (for example, medium effect symbol 8C) can be set as a predetermined dedicated symbol (pseudo-continuous symbol) suggesting pseudo-continuous execution. In other words, the temporary stop display mode may be a mode other than the jackpot mode. In addition, the "pseudo 2" and "pseudo 3" pseudo continuation modes can be set (executed) mainly when a variation pattern designation command designating a variation pattern with a variation time of 30000 ms or more is received. (See FIGS. 9 and 46(a)). For this reason, after the second or third re-variation display, a fixed stop (fixed stop display) is reached through a predetermined ready-to-win effect, development effect, and the like.

In the pseudo-continuous determination table of the present embodiment, considering the length of the variation time of the special symbols and the result of the determination (that is, the variation pattern of the special symbols), the random number for determining the variation effect (0 to 99) is set to "None (Do not execute)”, “Pseudo 1”, “Pseudo 2” and “Pseudo 3”, which determines the selection rate (appearance rate, execution probability) of the pseudo-continuous mode, the reliability of the jackpot, etc. . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 46(a), when the special symbol variation pattern is "P11", the pseudo-run is not selected (executed). is not selected (executed), or only "pseudo 1" out of "pseudo 1 to pseudo 3" can be selected (executed). In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is either "P3", "P6, P10", the selection rate of each of "Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3" is lower than the selection rate of "None (not executed)" In "P3" (jackpot), the selection rate of "Pseudo 3" among "Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3" is the lowest, and "Pseudo 1" and "Pseudo 2" have the same selection rate, and "P6 , P10” (outlier), the selection rate of “Pseudo 1” among “Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3” is the highest, followed by “Pseudo 2” and “Pseudo 3” in descending order.

Furthermore, when the special symbol variation pattern is either “P2”, “P5, P9”, the total selection rate of “Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3” is higher than the selection rate of “None (not executed)” In "P2" (jackpot), the selection rate of "Pseudo 3" among "Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3" is the highest, followed by "Pseudo 2" and "Pseudo 1" in that order. In P5, P9" (outliers), the selection rate of "Pseudo 2" among "Pseudo 1 to Pseudo 3" is the highest, followed by "Pseudo 3" and "Pseudo 1" in descending order. In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is either "P1", "P4, P8", "Pseudo 1" is not selected (executed), and "Pseudo 2" and "Pseudo 3" Each selection rate is higher than the selection rate of "none (not executed)", and in "P1" (big hit), the selection rate of "pseudo 3" is higher than that of "pseudo 2", In "P4, P8" (missing), the selection rate of "pseudo 2" is higher than that of "pseudo 3".

According to such a pseudo-continuity determination table, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the longer the variation time of the special symbol (performance symbol), the easier the pseudo-continuation is executed, and the greater the number of times of pseudo-continuation, the higher the reliability of the jackpot. is configured to be high. That is, the jackpot reliability for the pseudo-run patterns (pseudo-run patterns) of “pseudo 1 to pseudo 3” is highest for “pseudo 3”, and lower in the order of “pseudo 2” and “pseudo 1”. there is

Next, in S4506, the process (notice effect setting process) related to the setting of the notice effect is performed (S4506). In this embodiment, the notice effect (reservation look-ahead notice) based on the effect reservation information (preliminary judgment result) stored in S4400, and the notice effect (the change notice) related to the current special figure fluctuation display (variation notice), etc. Since the notice effect can be executed, in S4506, it is determined whether or not to execute (execution or not) for each notice effect, and the execution pattern (notice effect pattern) of the notice effect to be executed is set. or Specifically, based on the notice effect determination random number acquired in S4501 and the notice effect determination table stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90, the presence or absence of the notice effect execution and the notice effect pattern are determined (selected). , the notice effect pattern is set based on this determination result (selection result).

Here, in this embodiment, after the production pattern 8 (production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R) starts the variable display, the variable display speed of all the patterns becomes high and substantially constant, and then decelerates to the first stop. A period (hereinafter also referred to as "first period") until the symbol (left effect symbol 8L) or the second stop symbol (right effect symbol 8R) is stopped and displayed (temporary stop), and the first stop symbol (left effect symbol) 8L) and the stop display (temporary stop) of the second stop pattern (right production pattern 8R) After the reach establishment is established, the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R temporarily stop (temporary stop display) or A period until a fixed stop (fixed stop display) (hereinafter also referred to as a “second period”), and a fixed stop (fixed It is possible to execute the notice effect (the change notice) regarding the change display at each timing of the period until the stop display) (hereinafter also referred to as "third period"). Of the 1st to 3rd period, the notice effect executed in the 1st period is also called "first period notice" or "variable early notice", and the notice effect executed in the 2nd period It is also called "second period notice" or "fluctuation mid-stage notice", and the notice effect executed in the third period is also called "third period notice" or "variation end-game notice".

Among the above notices, as random numbers for deciding the notice effect related to the first notice of fluctuation (first notice), "random number for background change determination", "random number for background type decision", "random number for background notice decision" and "conversation notice decision Random number” is provided. These random numbers for determining the advance notice all take values in the range of "0 to 99" and are obtained in the aforementioned S4501. In S4506, based on the result of the judgment (random number lottery) using each random number obtained, it is decided whether or not to execute the variable early notice, and the notice effect pattern in the case of execution is decided (set). It's becoming The details of the change early notice will be described later.

In addition, the variable production (pseudo-continuous production) based on the pseudo-continuous mode described above is re-started (repeated or redone) from the beginning of the first period by changing the production pattern 8 again. It is a production content to show. That is, after the production pattern 8 starts to be variably displayed with the start of the variable display of the special symbols, the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R are temporarily stopped before the first period elapses, and following the temporary stop. When the three performance symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R start the variable display again, the re-variable display is performed in the same manner as in the first period.

In addition, the storage contents of the production reservation information stored in S4400 (the storage contents of the production reservation information storage area) and the result of the special symbol propriety determination specified by the analysis result of the fluctuation start command in S4502 (this special figure fluctuation Appropriate judgment result related to display), variation pattern information of special symbols also specified by the analysis result of the variation start command (variation pattern and stop design related to this special figure variation display), variation production pattern set in S4505, Further, depending on the current effect mode (background) and the like, the notice effect pattern set in S4506, that is, the type (notice type) and mode of the notice effect to be executed, and whether or not the notice effect is executed, etc., will be different. Also, when executing a notice effect, out of a plurality of notice effects, one notice effect (one type of notice effect) may be performed, or two or more notice effects (multiple types of notice effects) may be combined. That is, during one variable display (during variable performance), multiple types of advance notice effects may be performed at respective execution timings.

Next, in S4507, the variation production start command for starting the production pattern game production (variation production, advance notice production, etc.) is set in the sub output buffer based on the fluctuation production pattern set in S4505 and the notice production pattern set in S4506. (S4507), and ends the variable effect start processing. When the variable effect start command set in S4507 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the image control microcomputer 101 outputs the variable effect pattern specified based on the variable effect start command, that is, S4505. Predetermined variable performance image data corresponding to the variable performance pattern set in (image data indicating the start of variation of the performance pattern 8, during variation, stop of variation, etc.), and the notice performance pattern specified based on the variable performance start command That is, the predetermined notice effect image data corresponding to the notice effect pattern set in S4506 is read from the ROM of the image control board 100, and the image display device 7 displays the variable effect, the notice effect, etc. based on the read image data. Execute on the screen 7a. In addition, a variable display (blinking display) by two LEDs on the effect display 102 is also executed.

[Change early notice setting process]
Next, from the start to the end (determined stop display) of the variable display of the effect symbols 8, the variable early notice executed in the above-described first period and the processing related to its execution will be described. It should be noted that the variable opening notice is a notice effect that can be executed both when the game state is in the low base state and when the game state is in the high base state. do.

The preliminary notice of the change includes displaying a predetermined image on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, operating the movable decorative member 14 in a predetermined operation pattern, and emitting light from the board lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 in a predetermined light emission pattern. The pachinko game machine 1 is equipped with a variety of effects devices, such as outputting a predetermined sound from the speaker 67 .

The variable opening notice of the present embodiment is mainly composed of a notice effect display for displaying an effect image (preview image) related to the notice on the image display device 7 (display screen 7a). Specifically, at the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8 (start of the first period), the above-mentioned "background change" (background change) that makes the type of background image (background type) different from before, the background change is executed. There are three types of variable initial notices: a "background notice" that causes some change in the appearance (content) of the background being displayed on the display screen 7a, and a "conversation notice" that displays the conversation content of a person (character). I have it. Then, when executing the variable early notice, one of the three types is performed, and two of the three types excluding the background change (background notice and conversation notice) are combined (at the same time to). In this embodiment, there is a possibility (big hit reliability) that the display result of the variable display of the production pattern 8 currently being executed (variable display of the special pattern) will be a big hit mode (specific display result). It is decided that it will be done as a “notice of the change” that suggests It should be noted that, upon execution of the preliminary notice of the variable opening stage, in accordance with the content of the effect display developed on the display screen 7a, the output of the corresponding effect sound, the operation of the movable decorative members, the light emission of the lamps, etc., are supplementary effect operations. is done.

Whether or not to execute the variable opening notice and the decision of the notice effect pattern in the case of execution is performed as follows. That is, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs the fluctuation early stage notice setting process (S4600) shown in FIG. 43 as one of the subroutines in the above-described notice effect setting process (S4506). In the variable early stage notice setting process (S4600), first, a background change lottery is performed for determining whether or not to execute a background change as the variable early stage announcement (S4601). This background change lottery (S4601) is performed based on the background change determination random number and the background change determination table shown in FIG. 46(b). It should be noted that, including the background change determination table shown in FIG. is also stored in the ROM of the sub-control board 90, and is a kind of advance notice effect determination table.

As shown in FIG. 46(b), the background change determination table of this embodiment includes a variation pattern (here, P1 ˜P11) and the random number for background change determination obtained in S4501, the data structure is such that it is possible to determine whether the background change is “absent” or “yes”. Specifically, the special pattern jackpot variation patterns "P1", "P2", "P3", and the outlier variation patterns "P4, P8", "P5, P9", "P6, P10" and "P7, P11" (see FIG. 9), background change determination random numbers (0 to 99) are assigned to "no" and "yes". If "no", background change is not executed, and if "yes", background change is executed.

In the background change determination table of the present embodiment, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is the big hit variation pattern (P1 to P3), the selection rate (selectability) of "Yes" is higher than the selection rate of "No" In the case of "P4, P8" among the outlier fluctuation patterns, the selectivity of "Yes" and the selectivity of "No" are the same, and the outlier fluctuation patterns other than "P4, P8" , the selection rate of "no" is higher than the selection rate of "yes". Therefore, when the background change is performed, the reliability of the big win is higher than when the background change is not performed.

As a result of the background change lottery (S4601), when the background change is to be executed (YES in S4602), that is, when the background change lottery is won, the effect control microcomputer 91 selects the background shown in FIG. 46(c). The seed determination table is read from the ROM of the sub-control board 90, and the background type (background seed) after the background change (change destination) is selected and set based on the read table and the background seed determination random number. (S4603).

Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, for each of the production modes A to C corresponding to the low-probability-low base state, the background image displayed as the background on the display screen 7a (display area) of the image display device 7 are different. Specifically, in production mode A, a background image depicting a "residential landscape" (hereinafter also referred to as "background A") is displayed, and in production mode B, a background image depicting a "school building" (hereinafter, "background image") is displayed. B") is displayed, and in production mode C, a background image depicting a "park landscape" (hereinafter also referred to as "background C") is displayed. A blue sky is also drawn in each of the background images of the backgrounds A to C, and the blue sky backgrounds A to C are the basic backgrounds. It is possible to select (determine) one of the three types of backgrounds A to C using the background type determination table shown in FIG. 46(c).

The background type determination table of this embodiment includes the current background (any of backgrounds A to C) specified by the mode status (background status) referred to in S4503 described above, and the background type determination acquired in S4501 described above. The data structure is such that the background after the background change (change destination) can be determined to be one of two different backgrounds from the current background based on the random number. Specifically, when the current background displayed on the display screen 7a (display area) is "background A", the background type determination random number (0 to 99) is set to "background B" and "background C". If the current background is "background B", the background type determination random number (0 to 99) is assigned to "background A" and "background C". When the current background is "background C", background type determination random numbers (0 to 99) are assigned to "background A" and "background B".

By setting the background type based on such a background type determination table (S4603), the "background change" pattern is set as the forewarning effect pattern of the variable early stage forewarning. As patterns (rendering modes) of this "background change", a rendering mode corresponding to the case where the current background is the background A (a mode in which the background changes from the background A to the background B or the background C), and A rendering mode corresponding to a certain case (a mode in which background B changes to background A or background C) and a rendering mode corresponding to the case where the current background is background C (a mode in which background C changes to background A or background B) ), each background has a corresponding effect mode (dedicated effect mode). Such an advance notice effect pattern (effect mode) of background change that differs for each background is also referred to as a "second effect mode".

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 46(c), in this embodiment, the selection rate of each background type in the background type determination table is the same. Therefore, the jackpot reliability does not change depending on the type of background after the background is changed (change destination). However, the selection rate may vary depending on the background type, and the jackpot reliability may vary depending on the background type after the background change (change destination).

On the other hand, if the result of the background change lottery (S4601) is that the background change will not be executed as a change early notice (NO in S4602), that is, if the background change lottery is lost, the effect control microcomputer 91 (d) is read out from the ROM of the sub-control board 90, and based on the read table and the aforementioned random number for determining the background notice, the effect pattern of the background notice (background notice pattern) is selected. set (S4604).

As shown in FIG. 46(d), the background notice determination table of the present embodiment includes a variation pattern (here, P1 ~P11) and the random number for determining the background notice obtained in S4501, the content of the background notice effect (background notice pattern) is changed to "none (not executed)", "rain", "night", and "night". It has a data structure that can be determined to be either "rain + night". Specifically, for each of the special symbol variation patterns “P1”, “P2”, “P3”, “P4, P8”, “P5, P9”, “P6, P10” and “P7, P11”, the basic Random numbers (0 to 99) for determining the advance notice are assigned to "none (no execution)", "rain", "night" and "rain+night".

Here, as described above, a blue sky is drawn in the background images (backgrounds A to C) displayed on the display screen 7a in the production modes (production modes A to C) of the low-probability-low base state. Although it is used as a basic background, in the present embodiment, an effect of changing the blue sky to one of "rainy pattern", "night sky", and "rainy night sky" is performed as background notice. That is, the background notice of the present embodiment includes a "rain" pattern in which the blue sky basic background displayed on the display screen 7a changes to a rain pattern notice background (an aspect of the notice image), and a night sky notice background ( 3 types of patterns (drawing mode): a "night" pattern that changes to a preview image) and a "rain + night" pattern that changes to a rainy night sky preview background (one aspect of the preview image). It has become a thing. These three types of patterns are rendering modes (common rendering modes) that correspond to all backgrounds regardless of the types of backgrounds (backgrounds A to C) being displayed on the display screen 7a. In S4604, which of these three types of patterns is to be used for background announcement or not to be used for background announcement is selected (determined) using the background announcement determination table shown in FIG. 46(d). is possible. The background notice patterns of the present embodiment corresponding to all of the backgrounds A to C ("rain", "night", and "rain+night" rendering modes) are also referred to as "first rendering mode".

Further, the background notice of the present embodiment is started substantially at the same time as the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8, and thereafter, the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8C are displayed as fixed stop without reaching the ready-to-win establishment, or the ready-to-win establishment is performed. It is performed until it is temporarily stopped without becoming (before the start of the re-fluctuation display by pseudo-continuation), or before the reach is established and develops into the reach performance (before shifting to the second period).

Of the effect contents (background notice patterns) selectable in the background notice determination table of the present embodiment, "none (not executed)" can be selected in all variation patterns of special symbols, and the jackpot variation. The outlier fluctuation patterns (P4 to P11) have a higher selectivity than the patterns (P1 to P3), and the outlier fluctuation patterns "P6, P10" and "P7, P11" )” has the highest selection rate. When "none (do not execute)" is selected, the background notice is not executed as the variable opening notice.

On the other hand, for "rain", "night" and "rain + night" among the effects (background notice patterns) selectable in the background notice determination table, the special symbol variation pattern is "P1" (big hit). In this case, the selection rate of "rain + night" is the highest, followed by "night" and "rain" in descending order. In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P2" (big hit), the selection rate of "night" and the selection rate of "rain + night" are the same, and the selection rate of "night" and "rain + night" are the same. rate is higher than the selection rate of "rain". Furthermore, when the special symbol variation pattern is "P3" (big hit), the selection rate of "Night" is the highest, followed by "Rain" and "Rain + Night" in descending order. In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P4, P8" (off), the selection rate of "rain" and the selection rate of "rain + night" are the same, and "rain" and "rain + night" The selection rate of is lower than that of "Night". Furthermore, when the variation pattern of the special symbols is "P5, P9" (outlier), the selection rate of "Night" is the highest, followed by "Rain" and "Rain + Night" in descending order. there is In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbols is "P6, P10" (missing), the selection rate of "rain" is the highest, followed by "night" and "rain + night" in descending order. there is Furthermore, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P7, P11" (off), either "rain" or "night" is selected (executed) without selecting (executing) "rain + night". The selection rate is higher for "rain". Therefore, the jackpot reliability related to the background notice is highest in "rain + night", and is lower in the order of "night" and "rain". By setting the background notice pattern based on such a background notice determination table (S4604), the "background notice" pattern is set as the notice effect pattern of the variable beginning notice.

After S4604, the effect control microcomputer 91 reads out any one of the three types of conversation advance notice determination tables shown in FIGS. (S4605).

Here, in the conversation notice of the present embodiment, the person (character) that appears in the conversation notice differs depending on the type of background (backgrounds A to C) displayed on the display screen 7a (display area) when the conversation notice is executed. It has become a thing. Specifically, in the background A conversation notice, a performance image (one aspect of the notice image) showing a couple having a conversation in front of a house is displayed, and in the background B conversation notice, a scene in front of a school building is displayed. A production image (one aspect of the preview image) showing how the students are having a conversation is displayed. mode) is displayed.

In addition, in the conversation notice of the present embodiment, although the characters appearing differ depending on the type of background (backgrounds A to C), the number of conversation notice patterns and the content of comments issued in the conversation notice are the same for any of the backgrounds A to C. It is the same. Concretely, as the conversation notice pattern in the case of background A, there is a pattern in which the comment "Fight!" (Couple B pattern) and a pattern (Couple C pattern) in which the comment "Chance!" Also, as a conversation notice pattern in the case of background B, a pattern (student A pattern) in which a comment "Fight!" and a pattern in which a comment "chance!" Furthermore, as the conversation notice pattern for the background C, a pattern (child A pattern) in which the comment "Fight!" and a pattern (child C pattern) in which a comment "chance!" In this way, the conversation notice of the present embodiment is represented by the effect mode corresponding to the background A, the effect mode corresponding to the background B, and the effect mode corresponding to the background C, respectively. production mode).

In response to this, in this embodiment, a background A conversation notice determination table corresponding to background A (see FIG. 47 ( a)), a background B conversation announcement determination table corresponding to background B (see FIG. 47(b)), a background C conversation announcement determination table corresponding to background C (see FIG. 47(c)), We have three tables of At S4605, among these three conversation notice determination tables, a conversation notice according to the current background type (background being displayed on the display screen 7) specified based on the mode status (background status) referred to at S4503 A decision table is used to select and set a conversation announcement pattern. Such a conversation notice pattern (drawing mode) that differs for each background is also referred to as a "second rendering mode".

In addition, the conversation notice of this embodiment is started substantially at the same time as the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8, and thereafter, the three production patterns 8L, 8C, 8C are displayed as fixed stop without reaching the ready-to-win establishment, or the ready-to-win establishment It is performed until it is temporarily stopped without becoming (before the start of the re-fluctuation display by pseudo-continuation), or before the reach is established and develops into the reach performance (before shifting to the second period).

As shown in FIGS. 47(a) to 47(c), the background A conversation notice determination table, the background B conversation notice determination table, and the background C conversation notice determination table of the present embodiment each include a person (a couple, a student, a Children) are different, but all have the same contents (data structure). Therefore, in the following, the background A conversation advance notice determination table shown in FIG. 47(a) will be explained, and the explanation of other conversation advance notice determination tables will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 47(a), the background A conversation notice determination table of the present embodiment includes a variation pattern (here Then, based on P1 to P11) and the random number for determining the conversation advance notice obtained in S4501, the effect contents of the conversation advance notice (conversation notice pattern) are set to "None (not executed)", "Couple A (Fight! )”, “couple B (reach!?)”, and “couple C (chance!)”. Specifically, for each of the special symbol variation patterns "P1", "P2", "P3", "P4, P8", "P5, P9", "P6, P10", "P7" and "P11" , the random number (0 to 99) for determining the conversation notice is set to "None (do not execute)", "Couple A (Fight!)", "Couple B (Reach!)", and "Couple C (Chance!)" It is assigned. With this conversation advance notice determination table, it is possible to select (determine) which of the three types of patterns A to C should be used for the conversation advance notice or not.

Of the effect contents (conversation notice patterns) that can be selected in the background A conversation notice determination table of this embodiment, "none (not executed)" can be selected in all variation patterns of special symbols, Compared to the big hit variation patterns (P1 to P3), the off variation patterns (P4 to P11) have a higher selectivity, and the off variation patterns "P6, P10", "P7" and "P11" None (do not execute)” has the highest selection rate. When "none (do not execute)" is selected, the conversation notice (here, the conversation notice in the background A) is not executed as the variable opening notice.

On the other hand, among the production contents (conversation notice patterns) that can be selected in the background A conversation notice determination table, "Couple A (Fight!)", "Couple B (Reach!?)", and "Couple C (Chance!)" , when the variation pattern of the special symbol is the jackpot variation pattern (P1 to P3), the selection rate of "couple C (chance!)" is the highest, and hereinafter, "couple B (reach!?)", It is lower in the order of "Couple A (Fight!)". In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P4, P8" (missing), the selection rate of "Couple B (reach!?)" is the highest, and hereinafter, "Couple C (chance!)", It is lower in the order of "Couple A (Fight!)". Furthermore, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P5, P9" (out), the selection rate of "Couple A (Fight!)" and the selection rate of "Couple C (Chance!)" are the same, and "Couple A (fight!)” and “couple C (chance!)” are lower than the selection rate of “couple B (reach!?)”. In addition, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P6, P10" (out), the selection rate of "Couple A (Fight!)" is the highest. "Couple C (chance!)" is the lowest. Furthermore, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P7" (out), "Couple C (chance!)" is not selected (executed), and "Couple A (fight!)" and "Couple B ( Reach!?)” can be selected (executed), and the selection rate is higher for “Couple A (Fight!)”. Also, when the variation pattern of the special symbol is "P11" (out), "couple C (chance!)" and "couple B (reach!?)" are not selected (executed), and "couple A (Fight!)” can be selected (executed). Therefore, the jackpot reliability related to the conversation notice is highest for "Couple C (chance!)", followed by "Couple B (reach!?)" and "Couple A (fight!)" in that order. By setting the conversation notice pattern based on such a conversation notice determination table (S4605), the "conversation notice" pattern is set as the notice effect pattern of the variable beginning notice.

As described above, the background type after the background change is set in the processing of S4603, or the background notice pattern when executing the background notice and the conversation notice pattern when executing the conversation notice are set in the processing of S4604 and S4605. Either one or both is set, and when the variable early stage notice setting process (S4600) is completed, the start command of the effect symbol game effect including the variable early stage notice based on the contents set in the process (variation effect start command) is is set in the sub-output buffer by the processing of S4507. When the set command is transmitted to the image control board 100, an effect display (fluctuation effect, background change, background notice, conversation notice, etc.) based on the command is performed on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7.

Here, the outline of the effect display of the background change (background change) and the conversational advance notice among the effect displays related to the variable opening notice performed on the display screen 7a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 48(a) shows an example of an effect display mode related to the background change from background A to background B, and FIG. 48(b) shows pattern C (couple C in FIG. 47(a), 47(c) shows an example of a performance display mode related to the advance notice of conversation of student C in b) or child C) in FIG. 47(c).

As shown in FIG. 48(a), the effect display related to the background change is started substantially at the same time as the start of the variable display of the effect pattern 8. The entire screen on which 8C and 8R are variably displayed shrinks together with the background A toward the center of the display area (a1→a2). After that, as the shrinkage of the display screen of the background A increases, the display screen of the background A becomes smaller, and the display screen of the background B appears behind it, and the visible range of the display screen of the background B increases. (a2→a3). Then, the display screen of background A becomes extremely small (a3→a4), and when the display screen of background A eventually disappears (a4→a5), the state is completely switched to background B. The variable performance progresses with (a5). The production display of a1 to a5 related to such a background change is performed after the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8, and before the first stop pattern (left production pattern 8L) is stopped (temporarily stopped) (the end of the first period by).

Although the background change from background A to background B is exemplified here, other patterns (background change from background A to background C, background change from background B to background C, etc.) are performed in the same manner. However, depending on the relationship between the current background type and the background type after the change, the mode of effect display related to the background change may be changed. Also, the effect display mode related to the background change is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. 48(a).

Further, as shown in FIG. 48(b), the effect display related to the advance notice of the conversation is started shortly after the start of the variable display of the effect pattern 8, and after the start of the variable display, three effect patterns 8L are displayed. , 8C, and 8R become fast and substantially constant (for example, at the timing when about 1 second has passed since the start of the fluctuation), the first person c1 appears and makes some kind of comment (for example, "How do you feel?"). ”) (b1). After that, a second person c2 appears in place of the first person c1 and issues a comment (here, "Chance!") in response to the comment previously made by the first person c1 (b2). The effect display of b1 to b2 related to such a conversation notice is after the start of the variable display of the effect pattern 8, before the first stop pattern (left effect pattern 8L) is stopped (temporarily stopped) (the end of the first period by).

In addition, although the C pattern conversation announcement is exemplified here, other patterns (A pattern and C pattern) can be performed in the same manner. Also, the effect display mode related to the conversation preview is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. good.

[Processing when re-fluctuation starts]
Next, the re-fluctuation start process (S4303) executed in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4010) described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 44, in the re-fluctuation start process (S4303), first, it is determined whether or not the pseudo-continuation flag is ON (S4701). Here, the pseudo-running flag is a flag that turns ON when the pseudo-running variation effect pattern (pseudo-running pattern, pseudo-running mode) is set in S4505 described above, and determines whether the flag is ON or OFF. By doing so, it is possible to determine whether or not the variable effect (variable display of the effect symbol 8) based on the pseudo-run pattern (pseudo-run mode) is being executed.

If it is determined in S4701 that the pseudo-run flag is not ON (it is OFF) (NO in S4701), it means that the variation effect based on the pseudo-run pattern is not being performed at present, so this processing is finished. On the other hand, if it is determined that the pseudo-run flag is ON (YES in S4701), it means that the variation effect based on the pseudo-run pattern is currently being performed, so the process proceeds to S4702 and subsequent steps.

In S4702, it is determined whether or not it is the re-variation display start timing after the provisional stop of the effect pattern 8 for the variable effect based on the currently executed pseudo-continuous pattern (S4702). As described above, in this embodiment, there are three types of pseudo-run patterns: "pseudo 1", "pseudo 2", and "pseudo 3" (see FIG. 46(a)). Therefore, the re-fluctuation display start timing determined in S4702 refers to the start timing of the first re-fluctuation display if the pseudo-continuous pattern being executed is "pseudo 1". If it is "pseudo 2", it refers to the start timing of the first or second re-variation display, and if the pseudo-continuous pattern being executed is "pseudo 3", the first, second or third re- This refers to the start timing of the variable display.

If it is determined in S4702 that it is not the re-fluctuation display start timing (NO in S4702), this process is finished, and if it is determined that it is the re-fluctuation display start timing (YES in S4702), an advance notice setting process at the time of re-fluctuation start, which will be described later. (S4703) is performed, and 1 is subtracted from the value of the pseudo-continuation counter (S4704). Here, the pseudo-running counter counts the number of executions of the re-variation display in the variation effect based on the pseudo-running pattern currently being executed, that is, the number of pseudo-runs. It is set when a pseudo-continuation pattern, pseudo-continuation mode) is set. Specifically, if the variable effect pattern set in S4505 is a "pseudo 1" pseudo-run pattern, the pseudo-run counter is set to "1", and if it is a "pseudo 2" pseudo-run pattern, a pseudo-run If the counter is set to "2" and the pattern is a "pseudo-3" pseudo-running pattern, the pseudo-running counter is set to "3". By subtracting 1 from the value of the pseudo-run counter set in this way each time a re-fluctuation display is started in a variation effect based on the pseudo-run pattern, the number of times of re-fluctuation display that has been executed (pseudo-run count) is monitored (managed) ) is possible.

Next, in S4705, it is determined whether or not the value of the pseudo-continuation counter after subtracting 1 in S4704 is "0" (S4705). , is "0" (YES at S4705), the pseudo-continuation flag is turned OFF (S4706), and this processing ends. By the re-fluctuation start time processing (S4303) described above, the display control relating to the fluctuation effect (pseudo-continuous effect) based on the pseudo-continuous pattern is performed.

[Notice setting process at the time of re-fluctuation start]
Next, the re-fluctuation start time advance notice setting process (S4703) executed in the re-fluctuation start time process (S4303) will be described. As described above, the variable effect (pseudo-continuous effect) based on the pseudo-continuous pattern of the present embodiment is a re-varying display of the effect symbol 8 to make the variable display of the effect symbol 8 appear to start again from the first period. It is content. At the start of the re-variation display of the production pattern 8, the re-variation start time notice setting process (S4703) is performed in order to perform the change early notice as the change notice in the first period again by this re-change display.

Therefore, the re-fluctuation start time notice setting process (S4703) is basically the same as the above-mentioned fluctuation early notice setting process (S4600) executed at the start of the change display of the production pattern 8. . That is, the processing other than the processing of S4803, S4805 and S4808 in the re-fluctuation start time advance notice setting processing (S4703) shown in FIG. It is content. Specifically, the processing of S4801, S4802, S4804, S4806 and S4807 of the re-fluctuation start notice setting processing (S4703) is the processing of S4601, S4602, S4603, S4604 and S4605 of the fluctuation early notice setting processing (S4600) respectively , and the various tables referenced in the processing of S4801, S4804, S4806 and S4807 of the re-fluctuation start notice setting processing (S4703) are also S4601, S4603, S4604 and S4605 of the fluctuation early notice setting processing (S4600) (see FIGS. 46(b) to (d) and FIGS. 47(a) to (c)) referred to in the process 1). Therefore, the description of these similar processes will be omitted, and the different processes will be described below.

In addition, "random number for background change determination", "random number for background type determination", "random number for background notice determination" and "random number for conversation notice determination" used in each process of S4801, S4804, S4806 and S4807 The random numbers for determining various effects obtained in S4501 at the start of the variable effect based on the pseudo-continuous pattern may be held until the end of the change, and each process of S4801, S4804, S4806 and S4807 may be performed using this, or , S4801, S4804, S4806 and S4807, each random number may be acquired again.

Of the re-fluctuation start time notice setting process (S4703) shown in FIG. 45, the processes of S4803 and S4805 are processes of determining (identifying) the current background type prior to the processes of S4804 and S4807. Through this processing, a background change pattern (background type after background change) or a conversation notice pattern corresponding to the current background (background image being displayed on the display screen 7a) is set (S4804, S4807).

As described above, the background type after the background change is set in the processing of S4804, or the background notice pattern in the case of executing the background notice in the processing of S4806 and S4807 and the conversation notice pattern in the case of executing the conversation notice. After setting either one or both of them, a command (notice command at the start of re-variation display) for executing a notice effect (previous change early stage) based on the set contents along with the start of re-change display of the effect pattern 8 is issued. Set in the sub output buffer (S4808). By transmitting this set command to the image control board 100, the notice effect (background change, background notice, conversation notice, etc.) based on the command is displayed on the image display device with the start of the re-variation display of the effect pattern 8. 7 on the display screen 7a. At this time, the manner in which each notice effect is executed is the same as the background change, the background notice, and the conversation notice as the variable opening notice described above.

In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91 that executes the processing of S4505, S4506, S4600, S4703, etc. related to the selection and setting of various effect patterns (effect mode) such as the variable effect pattern and the advance notice effect pattern serves as "effect mode selection means". It works.

[Action and effect of the embodiment]
In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, one of the plurality of backgrounds A to C is displayed on the display screen 7a (display area) capable of variably displaying the effect pattern 8 (identification information). It is a thing. Then, during the first period from the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8 to the end (fixed stop display), it is possible to execute the early notice of the change (background notice, conversation notice, etc.). , The variable opening notice can be executed based on a notice effect pattern selected from among a plurality of predetermined notice effect patterns (see, for example, FIG. 46(d) and FIGS. 47(a) to (c)). It has become. Further, for the conversation notice of the variable early stage notice, it is possible to select the effect pattern (conversation notice pattern) based on the background (background type) displayed on the display screen 7a. As a result, it becomes possible to execute an effect (announcement) in a mode adapted to the background displayed on the display screen 7a, and it is possible to enhance the effect of the effect.

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as one of the variable early stage notices, the background image (for example, background A) displayed on the display screen 7a is changed to another background image (for example, background B). It is possible to make changes. Furthermore, as a variable display mode (variable performance pattern) of the production pattern 8, after the variable display of the production pattern 8 is started with the start of the variable display of the special pattern, the production pattern 8 is temporarily displayed during the variable display of the special pattern. A pseudo continuous mode (re-fluctuation mode) is provided in which the game is temporarily stopped and the effect pattern 8 is displayed again in a variable manner after the temporary stop. Then, at the start of the variable display of the special symbol, if the pseudo-continuous pattern (pseudo-continuous pattern) is selected (set) as the variable display mode (variable effect pattern) of the production pattern 8, it relates to the fluctuation early notice at the beginning of the fluctuation start. The notice effect pattern can be selected based on the background at the start of the fluctuation, and even when the re-fluctuation display of the effect pattern 8 based on the pseudo-continuous mode is started, the fluctuation early stage at the beginning of the re-fluctuation. It is possible to select the notice effect pattern related to the notice based on the background at the start of the re-fluctuation (see FIGS. 42 to 45).

For this reason, for example, when the background A changes to the background B with the start of the variable display of the effect symbol 8 (special symbol) based on the pseudo-continuous mode, and then the re-variation display is performed with the background B, the re-variation At the start of the display, it is possible to select a notice effect pattern based on the background B, and in the re-changing display, the notice effect corresponding to the background B can be executed. In this way, even if the background changes from the start to the end of the variable display of the production pattern 8 based on the pseudo-continuous mode (fixed stop display), each time the variable display is performed again, the background at that time It becomes possible to execute the advance notice effect (conversation notice, background change, etc.) in a different manner, and it is possible to enhance the effect of the effect.

In particular, regarding the variable display (variable effect) of the effect pattern 8 based on the pseudo-continuous mode, not only at the start of the variable display of the special symbol (that is, at the start of the variable effect), but also at the start of the re-variable display of the effect pattern 8 By selecting and setting the notice effect pattern related to the variable early notice, the re-change display is similar to the change display (one change display) of the effect pattern 8 based on the normal mode that is not the pseudo-continuous mode. It is possible to perform an advance notice effect. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the difference that the executable (selectable) notice effect pattern is restricted or not depending on the variable display mode of the effect pattern 8.例文帳に追加In addition, it is possible to prevent the production (advance notice, etc.) from the start to the end (fixed stop display) of the variable display of the production pattern 8 based on the pseudo-continuation mode from becoming monotonous.

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, at least the notice effect pattern corresponding to all of the backgrounds A to C (for example, see FIG. 46(d)) and the background A 47(a) to 47(c), which are different for each of the backgrounds to C (each corresponding to one background). That is, it has a notice effect pattern (common effect mode) that can be applied to all of the plurality of backgrounds and a notice effect pattern (dedicated effect mode) that can be applied to a part of the plurality of backgrounds. As a result, it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the variable early notice and enhance the performance effect of the variable early notice.

Although examples have been described as embodiments of the present invention so far, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the examples, and other forms (modifications) based on the examples are conceivable. . Other forms different from this embodiment will be described below. It should be noted that the description of the configuration, effects, and the like that are common to the embodiment will be omitted below.

[Other form 1]
In the above-described embodiment, three types of "background change", "background notice" and "conversation notice" are provided as the variable opening notice, and all of them are based on display effects. On the other hand, notices other than background changes (display effects) may not necessarily be display effects, and may be different effects (other effects types) than background changes, such as moving effects, light effects, and sound effects. is also possible. Specifically, for example, three movable decorative members A, B, and C (not shown) are provided around the center decorative body 10, and the movable decorative member A operates as a notice corresponding to the background type (backgrounds A to C). A notice A, a notice B for movement of the movable decorative member B, and a notice C for movement of the movable decorative member C are provided. Then, it is assumed that movable notice A can be executed for background A, movable notice B for background B, and movable notice C for background C, respectively. A plurality of forewarning performance patterns with different number of times, operation time, etc. are provided.

In addition, for each of the movable notices A to C, a movable notice determination table for determining a pattern to be executed from among a plurality of notice effect patterns is provided as a background A movable notice determination table, a background B notice determination table, and a background C notice determination table. Set up a table. Then, at the start of the variable display of the special pattern (production pattern 8) and the start of the re-variation display of the production pattern 8, the production control microcomputer 91 selects and sets the conversation notice pattern of the above-described embodiment (S4505, S4807 ), selection and setting of the movement notice patterns (movement notice A, movement notice B, movement notice C) according to the current background are performed using the movement notice determination table.

In this case, among the variable early stage notices, the notice other than the background change (display effect), and the notice corresponding to the current background can be performed by a movable effect that is a different effect type from the background change (display effect). becomes. As a result, as a change early notice accompanying the start of the variable display of the production pattern 8 and a change early notice accompanying the start of the re-variation display in the pseudo series, a movable notice (movable effect) in a mode according to the background type is performed. It becomes possible to produce an effect.

It should be noted that the motion notice (movable effect) of this embodiment can be changed to a sound notice (sound effect) or a light notice (light effect). It is also possible to add one or more of a sound presentation (sound presentation) and a light presentation (light presentation).

[Other form 2]
In the above-described embodiment, "background change", "background notice" and "conversation notice" are all performed during the first period (first (until temporary stop of the stop symbol or the second stop symbol), and when starting the re-variation display in the variation performance based on the pseudo-continuous mode, select (set) the effect pattern of the notice again. was made possible. In other words, when a variable effect based on the pseudo-continuous mode is performed, a notice effect pattern is selected (set ). On the other hand, in the variable effect (one-time variable display) based on the normal mode other than the pseudo-continuous mode, the notice effect pattern may be selected (set) at a plurality of timings.

For example, during the first period from the start to the end (fixed stop display) of the variable display of the production pattern 8, the conversation notice shown in FIG. 48(b) is performed, and after the conversation notice, the background shown in FIG. A change is made to establish a ready-to-win state, and in the subsequent second period, the conversation is announced again. When executing the effect display based on the effect mode, first, at the start of the variable display of the special symbols, the effect pattern of the conversation notice and the background change to be performed in the first period is set. The effect pattern of the conversation notice and background change set at this time is a pattern corresponding to the type of background (backgrounds A to C) at that time. Here, it is assumed that the background at the start of the fluctuation (current) is the background B, the production pattern of the conversation notice is the conversation by the student corresponding to the background B (see FIG. 47(b)), and the production pattern of the background change is the background. It is assumed that the background changes from B to C.

When the variable display of the performance pattern 8 is started on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 through the setting of the performance pattern at the time of the start of the variable display, the conversation occurs at the timing when about one second has passed since the start of the variable display. The announcement is started, and as shown in b1 of FIG. 48(b), the first character (here, the student corresponding to the background B) and the comment are displayed on the display screen 7a, and about 1 second has passed since then. At this timing, the second character (here, the student corresponding to the background B) and the comment are displayed on the display screen 7a as shown in b2 of FIG. 48(b). After that, the background change is started at the timing when one second has elapsed, and the mode shown in a1 to a5 in FIG. changes the background with . Note that the background B changes to the background C here. After this background change, the first stop symbol and the second stop symbol among the three performance symbols are stopped (temporarily stopped) at the same symbol, and ready-to-win is established.

Triggered by establishment of ready-to-win, the execution period of the variable display of the effect pattern 8 shifts from the first period to the second period, and the ready-to-win effect is started (develops to the ready-to-win effect). At the time of transition to the second period, the effect pattern of conversation notice (conversation notice pattern) is selected and set again. The processing related to the selection and setting of this conversation notice pattern is performed in the same manner as in S4807 (see FIG. 45) of the above-described embodiment. That is, based on the background (here, background C) after the background change in the previous first period, a conversation announcement pattern is selected and set. It should be noted that the conversation notice pattern here is a conversation by a child corresponding to the background C (see FIG. 47(c)).

After setting the conversation announcement pattern in this way, the conversation announcement based on this is executed during the second period. That is, at the timing when about 1 second has elapsed from the start of the second period (ready effect development), the first character (here, the child corresponding to the background C) and the comment are displayed as shown in b1 in FIG. 48(b). is displayed on the display screen 7a, and after about one second has passed, the second character (here, the child corresponding to the background C) and the comment are displayed as shown in b2 of FIG. 48(b). It is displayed on the display screen 7a. Thereafter, various effects based on the effect pattern set at the start of the variable display are performed until the final stop display of the effect pattern 8 is performed.

In this way, in the case where the background change is performed between the start and the end of the variable display of the effect symbols 8 based on the normal mode that is not the pseudo-continuous mode, before the background change (for example, the first period) and after the background change ( For example, the second period), it is possible to select (set) the notice effect pattern based on the background at that time. As a result, both before the background change (for example, the first period) and after the background change (for example, the second period), it is possible to execute the advance notice effect according to the background being displayed at that time, thereby enhancing the effect of the effect. becomes possible.

It should be noted that the advance notice effects in the first period and the second period exemplified in the present embodiment can also be performed during the first period of the variable effects based on the pseudo-continuous mode of the embodiment described above. That is, it is also possible to execute the advance notice effect of the aspect illustrated in the present embodiment as the effect aspect of the pseudo-continuous aspect. In addition, it is also possible to select and set effect patterns based on the background, including the third period shown in the above-described embodiment.

[Other form 3]
In the above-described embodiment, as the effect pattern of the conversation notice, the effect pattern corresponding to the background A, the effect pattern corresponding to the background B, and the effect pattern corresponding to the background C are provided. An advance notice determination table was provided (see FIGS. 47(a) to (c)). In other words, the relationship between the background and the effect mode (forecast effect pattern) is one-to-one with respect to the effect mode (dedicated effect mode) for each background corresponding to each of the plurality of background types. On the other hand, it is also possible to have a one-to-many relationship between the background and the effect mode (announcement effect pattern).

For example, as a conversation notice pattern corresponding to the background A, a first conversation notice pattern consisting of a couple A to a couple C and a second conversation notice pattern consisting of a parent and child A to parent and child C are provided. As a background A conversation advance notice determination table, a "background A first conversation advance notice determination table" and a "background A second conversation advance notice determination table" may be provided. Also, depending on the background type, the relationship between the background and the effect mode (announcement effect pattern) may be one-to-one or one-to-many. For example, the conversation notice patterns corresponding to the background A are the first conversation notice pattern and the second conversation notice pattern as described above, and the conversation notice patterns corresponding to the background B are the students A to Only the conversation announcement pattern (see FIG. 47(b)) consisting of the pattern of student C may be used. In this way, by diversifying the relationship between the background and the effect mode with respect to the effect mode (dedicated effect mode) for each background corresponding to each of a plurality of background types, it is possible to create a mode of effect corresponding to the background being displayed. It becomes possible to increase the variation, and it is possible to enhance the performance effect.

As described above, examples and other embodiments have been described as embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and the description wording of each claim as long as it does not depart from the scope described in each claim. However, it is possible to extend to the range that those skilled in the art can easily replace them, and to add improvements as appropriate based on the knowledge that those skilled in the art usually have.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the effect pattern (effect mode) that can be selected based on the background (background type) displayed on the display screen 7a (display area) is changed to the notice effect pattern (example In the above, it was set as a conversation notice pattern), and it was possible to execute a notice effect (conversation notice in the embodiment) according to the background displayed on the display screen 7a (display area), but the background displayed on the display screen 7a (background The production pattern (production mode) that can be selected based on the seed) is not limited to the announcement production pattern related to the change notice, for example, a pending preview notice, or a hold change notice that changes the display mode of the production hold For example, it may be an announcement effect pattern related to another announcement. In addition, it may be a production pattern related to production other than the advance notice production, for example, a production that prompts the operation of the production button, a production that suggests the current game state, a simple lively production during the variable display of the production pattern, etc. It is also possible to select an effect pattern related to various effects that can be executed during display based on the background (background type) being displayed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the background change, the background notice, and the conversation notice are provided as the variable early notice, but the notice types constituting the variable early notice are not limited to these. For example, in addition to the background change, background notice and conversation notice, set up other notices such as step-up notices and mini character notices, or change one or both of the background notice and conversation notice to other notices such as step-up notices and mini character notices It is possible to adopt various aspects, such as replacing them. Furthermore, depending on the background when selecting (setting) the notice effect pattern (at the start of the change in the effect pattern or at the start of the re-change), the type of notice that can be executed (selected) as a change early notice is different ( change). Specifically, for example, a conversation notice is given for background A, a step-up notice is given for background B, and a mini character notice is given for background C. ) can also be configured to select (determine).

Also, the distribution manner (assignment) of random numbers in each table shown in FIGS. 46 and 47 is merely an example, and it is possible to distribute random numbers in consideration of the execution manner of presentation, game characteristics, and the like. 46(a), (d) and FIGS. 47(a) to (c), and the background types in the table of FIG. , the production pattern (production mode) of each production of the conversation advance notice is not limited to the mode described in the above embodiment, and the content, type, number, etc. of the production can be arbitrarily determined.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the background image displayed on the display screen 7a is changed based on winning the background change lottery (see S4601, S4801, etc.) at the start of the variation of the production pattern or the start of the re-variation. It is configured so that the background change to change to another background image can be executed. Regarding the conditions for executing this background change (background change conditions), it is possible to set conditions other than winning the background change lottery. For example, a counter (counting means) that counts the number of symbol changes since the previous background change is provided, and the count value is a predetermined value (for example, "30"). It is possible to provide a timer (clocking means) for measuring the elapsed time after the background change is performed, and add as a condition that the elapsed time has reached a predetermined time (for example, "3 minutes"). By thus limiting the execution of the background change (execution of the background change lottery), it is possible to prevent background changes from being performed in rapid succession within a short period of time.

In the above-described embodiment, backgrounds A to C are provided as backgrounds that can be displayed on the display screen 7a in the low-probability-low base state. , It was supposed to be executed in the low probability low base state. On the other hand, even in a high base state (other game state) such as a low probability high base state and a high probability high base state, a plurality of backgrounds that can be displayed on the display screen 7a are provided, and similar to the above-described embodiment, the background change , background notice, conversation notice, etc., can be produced. By doing so, it is possible to enhance the performance effect even in a high base state in which the game tends to become monotonous.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine provided with one big winning device (big winning opening) that operates in a big win game (special game state), but the present invention is applied to this. The invention is not limited, and the present invention can also be applied to a pachinko game machine having a plurality of (for example, two) large winning devices (large winning openings).

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, for the preliminary determination based on the starting ball, the latest acquisition random number value (acquisition information) stored in the special figure reservation storage unit is read, and the read acquisition random number value (acquisition information) is determined. (Preliminary determination) was supposed to be performed (starting ball entry process (S205), see FIG. 11, FIG. 13, etc.), but the method of prior determination is not limited to this. For example, in addition to the special figure holding storage unit, the area (acquired information storage means) that stores the acquired information that is subject to preliminary determination (that is, the acquired information acquired based on the starting ball) is stored in the main control unit and sub-control It may be provided in the RAM of the unit and the obtained information stored in the storage area (preliminary determination storage unit) may be determined (preliminary determination). In this case, by storing the result of the preliminary determination in the RAM of the main control unit or the sub-control unit, it is possible to erase the acquired information used for the preliminary determination (acquired information stored in another storage area).

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the control processing of digesting the second special figure reservation with priority over the first special figure reservation, the control processing of the so-called special figure 2 priority digestion, but not limited to this, the first special figure It may be a control process of preferentially digesting the hold to the second special figure hold, the control process of so-called special figure 1 priority digestion. In addition, priority is not set for the digestion of the first special reservation and the digestion of the second special reservation, and among the first special reservation and the second special reservation, the oldest one is digested in order. Control processing, that is, so-called order-of-ball (memory order) digestion control processing may be used. Further, the digestion of the first special figure reservation and the digestion of the second special figure reservation may be executed in parallel.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a type 1 pachinko machine that determines whether or not to activate the probability variation function based on the type of the jackpot pattern. is not limited to For example, the big winning opening (V attacker) is provided with a specific area (V area) as a variable probability operation opening, and the probability variation function is performed based on whether the game ball passes through the specific area (V passing) during the jackpot game. It is possible to apply the present invention to a type 1 pachinko game machine (so-called "V certain machine") that determines whether or not to operate. Alternatively, a specific area (V area) is provided in the large winning opening that can enter the ball when the result of the special symbol propriety determination is a small hit, and the game ball entering the big winning opening during the small winning game It is also possible to apply the present invention to a one- and two-type pachinko machine in which a jackpot game is executed when a specific area is passed (V pass), and a jackpot game is executed based on the V pass.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the probability variation function can be set to a low probability (first probability) or a high probability (second probability) by deactivating or activating the probability variation function. is not limited to this, for example, three or more types of probabilities can be set, such as medium probability (third probability) higher than low probability (first probability) and lower than high probability (second probability) good too. Furthermore, first low probability and first high probability (first probability condition), second low probability and second high probability (second probability condition), third low probability and third high probability (third probability condition), etc. , a plurality of types of probability conditions that define the relationship between low probability and high probability are provided, and any one of the plurality of types of probability conditions can be arbitrarily set (selected) when the gaming machine is powered on, for example. good too.

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(1-1) A gaming machine that enables execution of a special game advantageous to a player based on a result of a predetermined determination being a specific result,
identification information display means having a display area capable of variably displaying identification information based on the determination result;
background display means capable of displaying any one of a plurality of predetermined backgrounds in the display area;
an effect executing means capable of executing a predetermined effect from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information;
an effect mode selection means capable of selecting the effect mode of the predetermined effect from among a plurality of predetermined effect modes;
with
The effect execution means can execute the predetermined effect based on the effect mode selected by the effect mode selection means,
The game machine, wherein the effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the predetermined effect based on the background displayed in the display area.

In the gaming machine of (1-1) above, one of a plurality of backgrounds is displayed in the display area in which the identification information can be variably displayed. In addition, it is possible to execute a predetermined effect from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, and the predetermined effect is selected from a plurality of predetermined effect modes. The effect mode of the predetermined effect can be selected based on the background displayed in the display area. As a result, it becomes possible to execute a predetermined effect adapted to the background displayed in the display area, and it is possible to enhance the effect of the effect.

(1-2) In the gaming machine of (1-1) above,
The background display means can change the background displayed in the display area to another background among the plurality of backgrounds,
The effect mode selection means can select the effect mode of the predetermined effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information, and when the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, A game machine characterized by being able to select an effect mode of the predetermined effect based on the changed background.

In the gaming machine (1-2) above, the background displayed in the display area can be changed to another background. In addition, when the variable display of the identification information is started, it is possible to select the effect mode of the predetermined effect, and when the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, It is possible to select an effect mode of a predetermined effect based on the changed background. As a result, even after the background is changed (after the background is changed), it is possible to execute the predetermined effect adapted to the background displayed in the display area, and it is possible to enhance the effect of the effect.

(1-3) In the gaming machine of (1-1) or (1-2) above,
As the variable display mode of the identification information, there is a re-variable mode in which the identification information is temporarily stopped after the identification information is variably displayed, and the identification information is again variably displayed after the temporary stop,
The background display means can change the background displayed in the display area to another background among the plurality of backgrounds,
The effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the predetermined effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode, and during the period from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information. is changed and the re-varying display is performed after the change, the effect mode of the predetermined effect can be selected based on the background when the re-varying display is performed. .

In the gaming machine of (1-3) above, as the variable display mode of the identification information, it is temporarily stopped after the identification information is variably displayed, and after the temporary stop, the identification information is re-varied and displayed. It is possible to change the background displayed in the display area to another background. In addition, it is possible to select an effect mode of a predetermined effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode, and the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information. When the re-changing display is executed after the change, it is possible to select the effect mode of the predetermined effect based on the background when the re-changing display is executed. As a result, even after the background is changed in the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode (after the re-varying display), it is possible to execute the predetermined effect in a mode adapted to the background displayed in the display area, and the effect is achieved. can be increased.

(1-4) In any one gaming machine from (1-1) to (1-3) above,
The plurality of rendering modes include at least a first rendering mode applicable to all of the plurality of backgrounds and a second rendering mode applicable to a portion of the plurality of backgrounds. Amusement machine.

In the gaming machine of (1-4) above, the plurality of presentation modes selectable as the presentation mode of the predetermined presentation include at least a first presentation mode applicable to all of the plurality of backgrounds displayable in the display area; A second effect mode that can be applied to a part of the plurality of backgrounds is included. This makes it possible to diversify the predetermined effects that can be executed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, thereby enhancing the effects of the effects.

(1-5) In any one gaming machine from (1-1) to (1-4) above,
A gaming machine, wherein the predetermined effect is an advance notice effect regarding the variable display of the identification information being executed.

In the gaming machine (1-5) above, the predetermined effect that can be executed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information is an advance notice effect regarding the variable display of the identification information that is being executed. This makes it possible to enhance the performance effect of the advance notice performance.

(2-1) A gaming machine that enables execution of a special game advantageous to a player based on a result of a predetermined determination being a specific result,
identification information display means having a display area capable of variably displaying identification information based on the determination result;
background display means capable of displaying any one of a plurality of predetermined backgrounds in the display area;
an effect executing means capable of executing a display effect of displaying a predetermined effect image in the display area from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information;
an effect mode selection means capable of selecting an effect mode of the display effect from among a plurality of predetermined effect modes;
with
The effect execution means can execute the display effect based on the effect mode selected by the effect mode selection means,
The game machine, wherein the effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the display effect based on the background displayed in the display area.

In the gaming machine (2-1) above, one of a plurality of backgrounds is displayed in the display area in which the identification information can be variably displayed. In addition, it is possible to execute a display effect of displaying a predetermined effect image in the display area from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, and the display effect includes a plurality of predetermined effects. It can be executed based on an effect mode selected from the modes, and the effect mode of the display effect can be selected based on the background displayed in the display area. As a result, it becomes possible to execute a display effect adapted to the background displayed in the display area, thereby enhancing the effect of the effect.

(2-2) In the gaming machine of (2-1) above,
The background display means can change the background displayed in the display area to another background among the plurality of backgrounds,
The effect mode selection means can select the effect mode of the display effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information, and when the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, A gaming machine characterized by being able to select an effect mode of the display effect based on the changed background.

In the gaming machine (2-2) above, the background displayed in the display area can be changed to another background. In addition, when the variable display of the identification information is started, it is possible to select the effect mode of the display effect, and when the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information, It is possible to select an effect mode of the display effect based on the changed background. As a result, even after the background is changed (after the background is changed), it is possible to execute a display effect adapted to the background displayed in the display area, thereby enhancing the effect of the effect.

(2-3) In the gaming machine of (2-1) or (2-2) above,
As the variable display mode of the identification information, there is a re-variable mode in which the identification information is temporarily stopped after the identification information is variably displayed, and the identification information is again variably displayed after the temporary stop,
The background display means can change the background displayed in the display area to another background among the plurality of backgrounds,
The effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the display effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode, and is capable of selecting the effect mode of the display effect from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information. is changed and the re-varying display is executed after the change, the effect mode of the display effect can be selected based on the background when the re-varying display is executed. .

In the gaming machine of (2-3) above, as the variable display mode of the identification information, it is provided with a re-variation mode in which the identification information is temporarily stopped after the identification information is variably displayed, and the identification information is again variably displayed after the temporary stop, It is possible to change the background displayed in the display area to another background. In addition, it is possible to select the effect mode of the display effect at the start of the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode, and the background is changed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information. When the re-varying display is performed after the change, it is possible to select the effect mode of the display effect based on the background when the re-varying display is performed. As a result, even after the background is changed in the variable display of the identification information based on the re-varying mode (after the re-varying display), it is possible to execute the display effect in a mode adapted to the background displayed in the display area, and the effect is achieved. can be increased.

(2-4) In any one gaming machine from (2-1) to (2-3) above,
The plurality of rendering modes include at least a first rendering mode applicable to all of the plurality of backgrounds and a second rendering mode applicable to a portion of the plurality of backgrounds. Amusement machine.

In the gaming machine of (2-4) above, the plurality of presentation modes selectable as the presentation mode of the display presentation include at least a first presentation mode that can be applied to all of the plurality of backgrounds that can be displayed in the display area; A second effect mode that can be applied to a part of the plurality of backgrounds is included. This makes it possible to diversify the display effects that can be executed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information and enhance the effect of the effects.

(2-5) In any one gaming machine from (2-1) to (2-4) above,
The game machine, wherein the display effect is a preview effect of displaying a preview image regarding the variable display of the identification information being executed in the display area.

In the gaming machine (2-5) above, the display effect that can be executed from the start to the end of the variable display of the identification information is the advance notice effect regarding the variable display of the identification information that is being executed. This makes it possible to enhance the performance effect of the advance notice performance.

1 pachinko machine, 2 game board, 3 game area, 4 rail member, 5 board surface lamp, 6 ball return prevention piece, 7 image display device, 7a display screen (display area), 7b production pattern display area (production pattern display section ), 8 effect pattern, 9a first effect pending, 9b second effect pending, 9c first effect pending display area (first effect pending display portion), 9d second effect pending display area (second effect pending display portion), 20 first starting port, 21 second starting port, 28 gate, 30 big winning port, 31 big winning device, 41a first special symbol display (first special symbol display unit), 41b second special symbol display (second 2 special symbol display section), 80 main control board (main control section), 81 game control microcomputer, 90 sub control board (sub control section), 91 effect control microcomputer, 100 image control board (image control section), 101 Image control microcomputer.

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that enables execution of a special game advantageous to a player based on the result of a predetermined determination being a specific result,
a display screen capable of displaying identification information that is statically displayed after being variably displayed based on the result of the determination;
background display means capable of displaying any one of a plurality of predetermined backgrounds on the display screen ;
an effect executing means capable of executing a preview effect of displaying a preview image related to the variable display on the display screen during the variable display of the identification information;
an effect mode selection means capable of selecting the effect mode of the advance notice effect from among a plurality of predetermined effect modes;
with
The effect execution means is capable of executing the advance notice effect during a predetermined period during the variable display based on the effect mode selected by the effect mode selection means,
The background display means is capable of changing the background displayed on the display screen to another background among the plurality of backgrounds during the predetermined period of time,
The effect mode selection means is capable of selecting the effect mode of the advance notice effect based on the background displayed on the display screen ,
when the background change is executed during the predetermined period during the variable display, the advance notice effect is not executed during the predetermined period;
If the background change is not executed during the predetermined period during the variable display, the advance notice effect can be executed during the predetermined period.
A gaming machine characterized by:

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