JP7309192B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine that performs a win-or-fail judgment by winning a game ball in a starting hole, and executes a jackpot game using a big winning hole after winning (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In such a gaming machine, various display effects are performed during the variable effect using symbols, and the results of win/loss determination are suggested to the player by these display effects.

JP 2016-29956 A

However, even with the gaming machines described above, there is still room for improvement in terms of techniques for enhancing the interest in games.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve the enjoyment of games.

The present invention has been made to solve at least part of the above problems, and can be implemented as the following application examples. In addition, the reference numerals in parentheses and supplementary explanations in this column indicate the correspondence with the embodiments described later in order to help the understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention in any way. .

[Application example 1]
A gaming machine comprising display means capable of performing a plurality of display effects and operation means operable by a player,
A first display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
A second display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
the first display effect is a combination effect of a third display effect, a fourth display effect and a fifth display effect;
the third display effect is a display effect in which a first operation prompting image is displayed to prompt the player to operate the operation means;
The fourth display effect is a effect in which a first predetermined effect is not performed until a preset first time elapses after the operation means is operated,
The fifth display effect is a effect of performing the first predetermined effect after the first time set in advance has elapsed since the operation means was operated,
the second display effect is a combination effect of a sixth display effect, a seventh display effect, and an eighth display effect;
The sixth display effect is a display effect in which a second operation prompting image is displayed to prompt the player to perform the same operation as that of the first operation prompting image,
The seventh display effect is a effect in which a second predetermined effect is not performed until a preset second time elapses after the operation means is operated,
The eighth display effect is a effect of performing the second predetermined effect after the second time set in advance has elapsed since the operation means was operated,
the second time is different from the first time,
In the first variation, the first effect pattern is executed,
In a second variation different from the first variation, a second effect pattern different from the first effect pattern is executed,
The first effect pattern is a pattern in which the first display effect is performed without performing the second display effect,
The second effect pattern is a pattern in which the second display effect is performed without performing the first display effect,
A gaming machine characterized by:

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

1 is a front view of a game machine; FIG. It is an explanatory view showing the details of the big winning device. It is an enlarged view of display devices. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the main control board side of the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the sub-control board side of the gaming machine. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a main ROM and a main RAM; FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a sub-ROM and a sub-RAM; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining various random numbers used in the gaming machine; FIG. It is a diagram for explaining a special symbol hit determination table and the like. It is a figure for explaining a special symbol hit type determination table. It is a diagram for explaining a variation pattern determination table of Toku-zu 1. It is a diagram for explaining a variation pattern determination table of special figure 2. It is a diagram for explaining a normal symbol hit determination table and the like. It is a figure for demonstrating an electric chew opening pattern determination table. It is a figure for demonstrating the big winning a prize opening pattern determination table. 4 is a flowchart of main control main processing; 10 is a flowchart of main-side timer interrupt processing; It is a flow chart of a starting port sensor detection process. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 prior determination processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 prior determination processing. 4 is a flowchart of normal operation processing; 4 is a flowchart of special action processing; It is a flowchart of the special figure 1 standby process. It is a flowchart of a special figure 1 hit determination process. It is the first flowchart of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process. It is the second flowchart of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of processing during special figure 1 fluctuation. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 decision processing. It is a flowchart of a game state management process. It is a flowchart of the special figure 2 standby process. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 hitting determination processing. It is the first flowchart of the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process. It is the second flowchart of the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of processing during special figure 2 fluctuation. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 decision processing. 10 is a flowchart of special electric accessory processing 1. FIG. It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. 10 is a first flowchart of special electric accessory processing 2. FIG. 10 is a second flowchart of special electric accessary product processing 2. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of V opening/closing member control processing; 9 is a flowchart of V-region sensor detection processing; 4 is a flowchart showing sub-control main processing; 9 is a flowchart of sub-side timer interrupt processing; 8 is a flowchart of received command analysis processing; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a prior determination information storage area; FIG. It is a flowchart of special figure 1 fluctuation production start processing. It is a figure showing the special button production|presentation A. It is a figure showing the special button production|presentation B. FIG. It is a figure showing the special button production|presentation C. FIG. It is a figure showing the special button production D. It is a figure for explaining hit information in the second special symbol. It is a figure showing the judgment pending|holding production|presentation A. FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a judgment pending effect B; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a judgment pending effect C; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a dead or alive pending effect; It is a figure showing steering wheel non-contact information production A. It is a figure showing the steering|wheel non-contact information production|presentation B. FIG. It is a figure showing the steering wheel non-contact information production C. FIG.

<First Embodiment>
1. Structure of Gaming Machine The structure of a gaming machine 1 as an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of the game machine 1. FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the details of the big winning device 36. As shown in FIG. In the following description, the left-right direction of the gaming machine 1 corresponds to the left-right direction viewed from the player facing the gaming machine 1 . Further, the front direction of the gaming machine 1 will be described as the direction from the gaming machine 1 to the player, and the rearward direction of the gaming machine 1 will be described as the direction from the player to the gaming machine 1 .

The game machine 1 is a pachinko game machine that shoots game balls based on a player's shooting operation, and pays out a predetermined number of game balls to the player based on the winning when the game balls win in a specific winning device. be. The game machine 1 includes a game machine frame 50 and a game board 2, and the game board 2 is attached inside the game machine frame 50.例文帳に追加The game machine frame 50 includes a front frame (front frame portion) 53, an outer frame (base frame portion) that forms the outer shell of the game machine, and an inner frame to which the game board 2 is attached inside the outer frame. I have. The front frame (front frame portion) 53 is a vertically rectangular unit arranged on the front side of the outer frame and the inner frame. ) 62 , an effect button 63 , a frame lamp 66 and a speaker 67 . An opening is formed in the center of the front frame 53, and the game area 3 of the game board 2 can be viewed through the opening.

The handle 60 is arranged at the lower end on the right side of the front frame 53, and shoots the game ball with a shooting intensity corresponding to the rotation angle. A batted ball supply tray (upper tray) 61 is provided below the front frame 53 and stores game balls. A surplus ball receiving tray (lower tray) 62 is arranged below the hit ball supply tray (upper tray) 61 and stores game balls that cannot be accommodated in the hit ball supply tray 61 . The effect button 63 is arranged in the vicinity of the batted ball supply tray (upper tray) 61 and is operated by the player at the time of the effect executed as the game progresses. The frame lamp 66 is arranged around the opening of the front frame 53, and performs light emission effect during a game or the like. The speakers 67 are arranged on the upper left and upper right sides of the front frame 53, and produce sound during a game or the like.

The game board 2 includes a game area 3, a rail member 4, a board lamp 5, an image display device 7, a center decorative body 10, a first start port 20A, a first start port 20B, and a second start port. 22, a normal variable winning device (electric chew) 23, a gate (through chucker) 28, a big winning device (attacker) 36, a normal winning port 27, an out port 16, and displays 40. ing.

The game area 3 is an area where the game ball shot by the operation of the handle 60 flows down, and a plurality of game nails for guiding the game ball are protruded. The rail member 4 is arranged at the left end of the game area 3 and guides the game ball shot by operating the handle 60 upwards of the game area 3 . The board lamp 5 is arranged on the back side of the game area 3 and emits light from the back side of the game area 3 .

The image display device 7 is provided near the center of the game area 3 and has a display screen 7a. The image display device 7 may be a liquid crystal display device, or may be another image display device such as an organic EL display device, a plasma display, a projector, or a dot matrix. The display screen 7a of the image display device 7 has a first production pattern display area in which production patterns (decorative patterns) 8L, 8C, and 8R are variably displayed (also referred to as variable display), and production patterns 8X, 8Y, and 8Z are variably displayed. , a reserved image display area in which reserved images 9A and 9B are displayed, and a reserved digested image display area in which reserved digested images 9C and 9D are displayed.

The first effect symbol display area includes three symbol display areas of "left", "middle" and "right". A left effect pattern 8L is displayed in the left pattern display area. A middle effect pattern 8C is displayed in the middle pattern display area. A right effect pattern 8R is displayed in the right pattern display area. The production patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R are composed of a plurality of patterns representing numbers "1" to "9", for example. The variable display of the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R is synchronized with the variable display of the first special symbol which will be described later. The image display device 7, depending on the combination of the performance symbols displayed in the left, middle, and right symbol display areas, the result of the variable display of the first special symbol displayed by the first special symbol display 41a (described later) The lottery result) can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the player. The second effect symbol display area includes three symbol display areas of "left", "middle" and "right", like the first effect symbol display area. A left effect pattern 8X is displayed in the left pattern display area. A medium effect pattern 8Y is displayed in the middle pattern display area. A right effect pattern 8Z is displayed in the right pattern display area. The effect patterns 8X, 8Y, 8Z are composed of a plurality of patterns representing numbers "1" to "9" like the effect patterns 8L, 8C, 8R. The variable display of the effect symbols 8X, 8Y, 8Z is synchronized with the variable display of the second special symbol, which will be described later. The image display device 7, depending on the combination of the effect symbols displayed in the left, middle, and right symbol display areas, displays the result of the variable display of the second special symbol displayed by the second special symbol display device 41b (described later) (jackpot/small win The lottery result) can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the player.

In both the first performance symbol display area and the second performance symbol display area, for example, when the jackpot is won, the performance symbols are stopped and displayed with double numbers such as "777". In the case of a miss, the production pattern is stopped and displayed with a loose pattern such as "637". This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. The player can grasp the result of the jackpot and small win lottery by the image display device 7 in addition to the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b. The position of the pattern display area may not be fixed. Moreover, as a mode of the variable display of the effect symbols, a mode of scrolling in the vertical direction may be used, or a mode other than that may be used. In addition, when a small win is won, the production pattern may be stopped and displayed at a predetermined chance number such as "135", or the production pattern may be stopped and displayed at a random number. It is not limited to the above, and can be arbitrarily set as to what combination of performance symbols to stop display according to each lottery result. Hereinafter, the effect of displaying the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R and the effect symbols 8X, 8Y, 8Z is also referred to as "effect symbol variation effect" or simply "variation effect".

The image display device 7 can display, on a display screen 7a, a big winning performance performed in parallel with a big winning game (second special game), a demonstration performance for waiting for customers, etc., in addition to the performance symbol variation performance. In the production design variation production, production images such as a background image and a character image may be displayed in addition to the production design. In addition to the effect pattern, the image display device 7 also provides an identification display (fourth pattern, not shown) that can suggest that the special pattern is changing, or that the special pattern lottery result can be suggested. may be displayed on the display screen 7a. The identification display (fourth pattern) may be displayed by a light emitter such as an LED provided in the game area 3 .

The reserved image display area is a first reserved display area that displays a reserved image 9A according to the number of memories of the first special figure reservation described later, and a reserved image 9B according to the number of memories of the second special figure reservation that will be described later. and a second reserved display area. By the display of the pending images 9A and 9B, the storage number of the first special figure suspension displayed on the first special figure suspension display 43a described later, and the second special figure suspension displayed on the second special figure suspension display 43b can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the player. The reserved digested image display area includes a first reserved digested display area displaying the reserved digested image 9C and a second reserved digested display area displaying the reserved digested image 9D. The pending digested image 9C corresponds to the production patterns (production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R) that are currently changing on the display screen 7a, and the display of the suspended digested image 9C indicates that the first special figure pending is digested (" It is possible to display to the player intelligibly that the special figure 1 suspension is "extracted"). The pending digested image 9D corresponds to the production pattern (the production pattern 8X, 8Y, 8Z) that is currently fluctuating on the display screen 7a. It is possible to display to the player intelligibly that the special figure 2 suspension is "digested").

The center decorative body 10 is arranged near the center of the game area 3 and in front of the image display device 7 . A decorative movable body 15, which is a movable so-called gimmick, is attached to the center decorative body 10.例文帳に追加A stage portion 11 is formed below the center decorative body 10 . The stage portion 11 has a shape capable of guiding game balls rolling on the upper surface of the stage portion 11 to an introduction port 17 of a sorting device 18 which will be described later. A warp portion 12 is provided on the lower left side of the center decorative body 10 . The warp part 12 has an entrance part into which the game balls flow in and an exit part from which the game balls flow out, and the game balls flowing in from the entrance part flow out to the stage part 11 from the exit part.

The first starting port 20A is arranged below the image display device 7 in the game area 3 . In addition, the first start port 20B is located at a position where a game ball launched to the right game area 3B by hitting to the right (details will be described later) can win in the area on the right side of the game area 3 (right game area 3B to be described later). placed. At the time of hitting to the right, as shown in FIG. 1, the game ball flowing down the right game area 3B branches at the branch point W into the case of heading toward the first start port 20B and the case of heading toward the big winning device 36. do. As a result, game balls can be constantly won in the first starting port 20B when hitting to the right. Winning of game balls to the first starting ports 20A and 20B triggers a first special symbol lottery (jackpot lottery).

Returning to FIG. 1 , the normal variable winning device (electric chew) 23 is arranged on the left side of the big winning device 36 in the game area 3 and has the second starting port 22 . Winning of the game ball to the second starting port 22 is a trigger for a second special symbol lottery (jackpot lottery). The electric tube 23 has a movable member 24 that can move back and forth, and the second starting port 22 is opened and closed by the operation of the movable member 24 . The movable member 24 is driven by an electric tuning solenoid 25 (FIG. 4). A game ball can enter the second starting port 22 when the movable member 24 is in an open state (advanced state). It is sufficient for the electric tube 23 to enter the second starting port 22 more easily when the movable member 24 is in the open state than in the closed state (retracted state). It may be possible to enter the ball into the second starting port 22 .

A gate (through chucker) 28 is arranged on the right side of the image display device 7 in the game area 3, and is configured to allow game balls to pass through. Passage of the game ball to the gate 28 triggers a normal symbol lottery for determining whether or not to open the electric chew 23.例文帳に追加In other words, the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 triggers the acquisition of the random number per normal symbol and the determination of the hit.

Here, the "lottery of special symbols" means that when a game ball wins in the first start port 20A, 20B or the second start port 22, a random number for special symbol determination is obtained, and the obtained random number is set in advance. It refers to the process of determining whether it is a big hit or not, and whether it is a small hit or not by comparing with a value corresponding to a predetermined "big hit" or "small hit". The lottery result of this "big win" and "small win" is not immediately notified to the player, and the variable display of special symbols is performed on the first special symbol display device 41a or the second special symbol display device 41b, which will be described later. After a predetermined fluctuation time has elapsed, the special symbol corresponding to the lottery result is stopped and displayed (confirmed display), and the player is notified of the lottery result. In the image display device 7, a pattern matching game for variably displaying performance patterns is performed in synchronism with the variable display of the special patterns, and the result of the lottery of the big win is reported to the player more effectively by the pattern matching game.

In addition, the "lottery of normal symbols" means that when a game ball passes through the gate 28, a random number for normal symbol determination is obtained, and the obtained random number is compared with a value corresponding to a predetermined "hit". By doing so, it means the process of judging whether or not it is a hit. As for the lottery result of this normal pattern, the game ball passes through the gate 28 and the lottery result is not immediately reported, but the normal pattern is displayed in a normal pattern display device 42 to be described later, and a predetermined fluctuation is performed. When the time elapses, the normal symbol corresponding to the lottery result is fixedly displayed (lighted or extinguished), and the player is notified of the lottery result.

A big winning device (attacker, special variable winning device) 36 is arranged below the branch point W (or the first starting port 20B) in the game area 3, and has a big winning port (second special winning port) 35. . The big winning opening 35 has an opening/closing member (second special winning opening opening/closing member, movable member) 37 that obstructs or allows reception of game balls by opening/closing operation of the shutter type. The opening/closing member 37 is driven by a big winning opening solenoid 38 . A game ball can enter the big winning opening 35 when the opening/closing member 37 is in an open state.

The big winning device 36 includes a V area (specific area) 39, a V area sensor 39a, a non-V area (non-specific area) 70, a non-V area sensor 70a, a big winning opening sensor 35a, and a V area sensor 39a. An opening/closing member 71 and a V opening/closing member solenoid 73 are provided. The V area (specified area) 39 and the non-V area (non-specified area) 70 are configured as areas inside the big winning device 36 through which game balls that have passed through the big winning hole 35 can pass. The big winning hole sensor 35 a is arranged upstream of the V area 39 and the non-V area 70 and detects the winning of a game ball into the big winning hole 35 . The V area sensor 39 a is arranged in the V area 39 and detects passage of a game ball to the V area 39 . The non-V area sensor 70 a is arranged in the non-V area 70 and detects passage of a game ball to the non-V area 70 . The V opening/closing member 71 distributes the game ball that has passed through the big winning opening 35 to either the V area 39 or the non-V area 70 . The V opening/closing member solenoid 73 drives the V opening/closing member 71 . The V opening/closing member 71 is configured to rotate (clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to the game board 2). When the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is not energized, it is positioned at the origin and placed in a second state (stopped state) in which game balls are distributed to the non-V region 70. , details will be described later). In addition, the V opening/closing member 71 is not limited to rotational movement, and may have a function of distributing game balls that have passed through the big winning opening 35 to either the V area 39 or the non-V area 70, and may It may be configured to move in the direction That is, when the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is energized, it is in a retracted state (first state) in which game balls are distributed to the V area 39, and when the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is not energized, it is in an advanced state in which game balls are distributed to the non-V area 70. (Second state).

FIG. 2A shows the state when the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is energized. When the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is energized, the V opening/closing member 71 is in a state (first state) in which passage of the game ball to the V region 39 is permitted. When the V opening/closing member 71 is in the first state, the game ball that has entered the big winning hole 35 passes through the big winning hole sensor 35a and then through the V area 39 (route A in FIG. 2(A)). The route of this game ball is called "first route". FIG. 2B shows the state when the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is not energized. When the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is not energized, the V opening/closing member 71 is in a state (second state) that prevents passage of the game ball to the V region 39 . When the V opening/closing member 71 is in the second state, the game ball that has won the large winning opening 35 passes through the large winning opening sensor 35a, rolls on the upper surface of the V opening/closing member 71, and passes through the non-V area 70. (Route B in FIG. 2(B)). This game ball route is called a "second route". In addition, in the gaming machine 1, the passage of the game ball to the V area 39 serves as a trigger for execution of a jackpot game (second special game) described later. In other words, the winning lottery for the big hit is also performed depending on whether or not the game ball has passed through the V region 39 successfully. The jackpot won by lottery of the first special symbol or the lottery of the second special symbol is also called "1st kind jackpot", and the jackpot won by passing the game ball to the V area 39 is also called "2nd kind jackpot".

Returning to FIG. 1 , the normal winning opening 27 is provided in the lower part of the game area 3 . It should be noted that the number of normal winning openings 27 can be set arbitrarily. The out port 16 is provided in the lower part of the game area 3, and discharges out of the game area 3 game balls that have not won any prize winning openings. The display devices 40 are arranged in the lower right part of the game board 2 . The details of the display devices 40 will be described later.

The game area 3 includes a left game area 3A on the left side of the center in the horizontal direction and a right game area 3B on the right side. A hitting method of shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 3A is called "left hitting". On the other hand, the hitting method of shooting the game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 3B is called "right hitting". In the gaming machine 1, it is possible to aim to win a prize at the first start port 20A by hitting left. On the other hand, it is configured so that it is possible to aim to pass through the gate 28 and to win the first start opening 20B, the second start opening 22, and the big winning opening 35 by hitting to the right.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the indicators 40. As shown in FIG. The display devices 40 include a first special symbol display device 41a, a second special symbol display device 41b, a normal symbol display device 42, a first special symbol reservation display device 43a, and a second special symbol reservation display device 43b. , and a normal map holding display 44 . The first special symbol display 41a variably displays the first special symbol. The second special symbol display 41b variably displays the second special symbol. The normal symbol display 42 variably displays normal symbols. The 1st special figure reservation indicator 43a displays the number of memory of operation reservation (1st special figure reservation) of the 1st special design indicator 41a. The 2nd special figure reservation indicator 43b displays the number of memory of operation reservation (2nd special figure reservation) of the 2nd special design indicator 41b. The normal pattern holding display 44 displays the number of memory of operation holding (normal pattern holding) of the normal pattern display 42 . The variable display of the first special symbol is triggered by the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20. - 特許庁The variable display of the second special symbol is triggered by the winning of the game ball to the second A starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 . Below, the 1st special design and the 2nd special design are named generically, and it is also called a "special design." Also, the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b are collectively referred to as "special symbol display device 41". Further, the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b are also collectively referred to as "special figure reservation display 43".

The special symbol display device 41 variably displays (variably displays) the special symbol (identification information), and then stops and displays the first starting port 20, the second A starting port 21, or the second starting port 22 based on winning. The results of the lottery (lottery for special symbols, lottery for big hits and small hits) are notified. A special symbol to be stopped and displayed (a stop symbol, a special symbol derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by a special symbol lottery. When the stop pattern is a special pattern (jackpot pattern) of a predetermined jackpot stop mode, the big prize opening 35 is opened with an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the stopped jackpot pattern (type of jackpot won). A jackpot game (second special game) is performed. In addition, when the stop pattern is a special pattern (small winning pattern) of a predetermined small winning stop mode, an opening pattern according to the type of the stopped small winning pattern (type of winning small winning) is used. A small winning game (first special game) for opening the big winning opening 35 is performed. In addition, the opening pattern of the big winning opening in the first special game or the second special game will be described later.

The special symbol display device 41 is composed of eight LEDs arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol corresponding to the result of the special symbol winning lottery according to the lighting mode thereof. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of the multiple types of jackpots described later), you can say ``○○●●○○●●'' (○: lit, ●: unlit). , 5th and 6th LEDs light up to display the jackpot symbols. Also, if you win a small win (one of the multiple types of small wins described later), the 5th and 6th LEDs from the left will light up like "●●●●○○●●". Display the small winning pattern. In addition, if the game is lost, a lost pattern is displayed in which only the rightmost LED lights up, such as "●●●●●●●○". A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be adopted as the lost pattern. Before the special symbols are stopped and displayed, the special symbols are variably displayed (variably displayed) for a predetermined variation time. As for the aspect of the variable display, for example, each LED may light so that the light repeatedly flows from left to right. The mode of the variable display is not limited to the above mode, and any lighting mode can be used as long as each LED is not displayed in a stopped state (lighting display in a specific mode). For example, all LEDs may blink simultaneously in the variable display mode.

In the gaming machine 1, when a game ball enters the first start port 20A, 20B or the second start port 22 (enters a ball), various random number values ( Numerical information) is once stored in the special figure reservation storage area 85 (FIG. 6). Specifically, if the winning to the first start port 20A, 20B, it is stored in the first special figure reservation storage area 85a (FIG. 6) as the first special figure reservation, and the winning to the second start opening 22 If there is, it is stored in the second special figure reservation storage area 85b (FIG. 6) as the second special figure reservation. There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure reservation storage area 85, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is the first special figure reservation storage area 85a and the second special figure reservation storage area 85b. There are four. The special figure reservation stored in the special figure reservation storage area 85 is consumed when the variable display of the special symbol based on the special figure reservation becomes possible. "Digestion of special figure reservation" means to determine the special symbol per random number etc. corresponding to the special figure reservation, and to execute the variable display of the special symbol for showing the determination result. Therefore, in the gaming machine 1, if the variable display of the special symbol based on the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20, the second A starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the special Even if a prize is won during the execution of variable display of symbols or during the execution of a special game (jackpot game or small prize game), the right of the jackpot and small prize lottery for the prize is reserved with a predetermined number as the upper limit. be able to. The number of special figure reservations is displayed on the special figure reservation indicator 43 . The 1st special figure reservation indicator 43a and the 2nd special figure reservation indicator 43b are each constituted by four LEDs, for example. Each special figure reservation indicator 43 displays the number of special figure reservations by turning on LEDs corresponding to the number of special figure reservations.

The variable display of normal symbols is performed when the game ball passes through the gate 28 as a trigger. The normal symbol display device 42 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 by displaying the normal symbols variably (variably displaying) and then stopping the display. A normal pattern to be stopped and displayed (a normal pattern stop pattern, a normal pattern derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one normal pattern selected from a plurality of types of normal patterns by a normal pattern lottery. When the normal pattern stop pattern is a predetermined specific normal pattern (a normal pattern in a predetermined stop mode, i.e., a normal winning pattern), assistance to open the second start port 22 with an opening pattern according to the current game state. A game is played. The opening pattern of the second starting port 22 will be described later.

The normal symbol display device 42 is composed of three LEDs, and displays a normal symbol according to the result of the normal symbol lottery according to the lighting mode thereof. For example, when the lottery result is a win, a normal winning pattern is displayed in which the first and second LEDs from the left are lit, such as "○○●" (○: lights up, ●: lights out). When the lottery result is a loss, a normal losing pattern in which only the right LED lights up is displayed, such as "●●○". A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be employed as a normal losing pattern. Before the normal symbols are stop-displayed, the normal symbols are varied and displayed for a predetermined variation time. As for the aspect of the variable display, for example, each LED may light so that the light repeatedly flows from left to right. The mode of the variable display is not limited to the above mode, and any lighting mode can be used as long as each LED is not displayed in a stopped state (lighting display in a specific mode). For example, all LEDs may blink simultaneously in the variable display mode. The number of LEDs of the normal symbol display 42 may be two or may be four or more.

In the gaming machine 1, when a game ball passes through the gate 28, the value of the random number per normal symbol acquired for the passage is temporarily stored as a normal pattern retention storage area 86 (FIG. 6). be. There is an upper limit to the number of normal pattern reservations that can be stored in the general pattern reservation storage area 86, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four. The normal pattern reservation stored in the normal pattern reservation storage area 86 is terminated 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 per normal pattern corresponding to the normal pattern reservation is determined, and the variable display of the normal pattern for showing the determination result is executed. Therefore, in the gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the normal symbols based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 28 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, during the execution of the variable display of the normal symbols or during the execution of the auxiliary game, a prize is won. Even if there is, it is possible to reserve the right of the normal symbol lottery for the passage, with a predetermined number as the upper limit. The number of normal map reservations is displayed on the normal map reservation display 44 . The normal map hold indicator 44 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of normal map reserves by lighting the LEDs by the number of normal map reserves.

2. Electrical Configuration of Gaming Machine The electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the main control board side of the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the sub-control board side of the game machine 1. As shown in FIG. The gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 80 (FIG. 4), a sub control board 90 (FIG. 5), an image control board 100 (FIG. 5), a lamp control board 107 (FIG. 5), and an audio control board 106 ( 5) and a payout control board 110 (FIG. 4). The main control board 80 is a game control board that performs control related to game profits such as a big win and small win lottery and game state transition, and constitutes a main control unit. The sub-control board 90 is an effect control board that controls effects executed as the game progresses, and constitutes a sub-control section together with the image control board 100, the lamp control board 107, and the sound control board 106. It should be noted that the sub-control section can be configured as long as it includes at least the sub-control board 90 .

The main control board 80 includes a game control microcomputer 81 and an input/output circuit 87 . The game control microcomputer 81 is a one-chip microcomputer mounted on the main control board 80, and controls the progress of the game of the gaming machine 1 according to a program. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a main ROM 83 that stores programs for controlling the progress of the game, a main RAM 84 that is used as a work memory, and a main CPU 82 that executes the programs stored in the main ROM 83. contains. Details of the data stored in the main ROM 83 and details of the storage areas provided in the main RAM 84 will be described later. The main ROM 83 may be configured as an external ROM. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits and receives data to and from other boards and the like via an input/output circuit (I/O port section) 87 . The input/output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81 .

Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via an input/output circuit 87 and a relay board 88 . The main control board 80 receives signals output from each sensor and outputs signals to each solenoid. The sensors connected via the relay board 88 include the first start sensor 20a, the first start sensor 21a, the second start sensor 22a, the gate sensor 28a, the big winning sensor 35a, the V area sensor 39a, The non-V area sensor 70a and the normal winning opening sensor 27a are exemplified. As the solenoids connected via the relay board 88, the electric tuning solenoid 25, the big winning opening solenoid 38, and the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 are exemplified. The first starting hole sensor 20a is provided inside the first starting hole 20A and detects a game ball that has entered the first starting hole 20A. The first starting hole sensor 21a is provided inside the first starting hole 20B and detects a game ball that has entered the first starting hole 20B. The second starting hole sensor 22 a is provided inside the second starting hole 22 and detects a game ball that has entered the second starting hole 22 . The gate sensor 28 a is provided inside the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28 . The big winning hole sensor 35 a is provided inside the big winning hole 35 and detects a game ball that has entered the big winning hole 35 . The V-area sensor 39 a is provided in the V-area 39 inside the big winning opening 35 and detects a game ball that has passed through the V-area 39 . The non-V area sensor 70 a is provided in the non-V area 70 inside the big winning opening 35 and detects a game ball that has passed through the non-V area 70 . The normal winning hole sensor 27 a is provided inside the normal winning hole 27 and detects a game ball that has entered the normal winning hole 27 . The electric tooth solenoid 25 drives the movable member 24 of the electric tooth 23 . The big winning opening solenoid 38 drives the opening/closing member 37 of the big winning device 36 . The V opening/closing member solenoid 73 drives the V opening/closing member 71 of the big winning opening 35 .

The display devices 40 are connected to the main control board 80 via an input/output circuit 87 . The game control microcomputer 81 includes a first special symbol display device 41a, a second special symbol display device 41b, a normal symbol display device 42, a first special symbol reservation display device 43a, a second special symbol reservation display device 43b, and a general pattern reservation. Display control for the display device 44 is performed.

A payout control board 110 is connected to the main control board 80 via an input/output circuit 87 . 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 is connected with a prize ball payout device 120 , a rental ball payout device 130 and a card unit 135 , and is connected with a launcher 112 via a launch control circuit 111 . The prize ball payout device 120 pays out prize balls. The payout control board 110 drives the prize ball motor 121 of the prize ball payout device 120 based on the signal from the game control microcomputer 81 to pay out the prize balls. Prize balls to be dispensed are detected by a prize ball sensor 122 for counting. The rental ball dispensing device 130 discharges the rental balls. The payout control board 110 drives the rented ball motor 131 of the rented ball payout device 130 based on the signal from the card unit 135 connected to the gaming machine 1 to pay out the rented balls. The rented balls to be paid out are detected by a rented ball sensor 132 for counting. The card unit 135 is arranged adjacent to the gaming machine 1, and outputs information regarding ball lending based on information such as the inserted prepaid card. Firing device 112 includes handle 60 ( FIG. 1 ), firing motor 113 , touch switch 114 , and firing volume 115 . When the player operates the handle 60 , the shooting device 112 detects the contact of the handle 60 with the touch switch 114 and detects the amount of rotation of the handle 60 with the shooting volume 115 . Then, the shooting motor 113 is driven so that the game ball is shot with strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the shooting volume 115 . That is, when the player touches the handle 60 , the contact is detected by the touch switch 114 of the launcher 112 , and a detection signal is transmitted to the main control board 80 via the launch control circuit 111 and payout control board 110 . When a detection signal is transmitted from the touch switch 114 of the shooting device 112 , the main control board 80 transmits a command indicating that the player has touched the handle 60 to the sub control board 90 .

A sub control board 90 ( FIG. 5 ) is connected to the main control board 80 via an input/output circuit 87 . The main control board 80 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.

The sub-control board 90 includes a production control microcomputer 91 and an input/output circuit 95 . The effect control microcomputer 91 is a one-chip microcomputer mounted on the sub-control board 90, and controls the game effect of the game machine 1 according to a program. The effect control microcomputer 91 includes a sub ROM 93 that stores programs and the like for controlling effects as the game progresses, a sub RAM 94 that is used as a work memory, and a sub ROM 93 that executes the programs stored in the sub ROM 94. and a CPU 92 . Details of the data stored in the sub-ROM 93 and details of the storage areas provided in the sub-RAM 94 will be described later. The sub ROM 93 may be configured as an external ROM. The effect control microcomputer 91 transmits and receives data to and from other boards and the like via an input/output circuit (I/O port section) 95 . The input/output circuit 95 may be built in the effect control microcomputer 91 . An image control board 100, an audio control board 106, a lamp control board 107, and an effect button detection switch 63a are connected to the sub control board 90 via an input/output circuit 95.

The image control board 100 includes an image control microcomputer 101, an input circuit 105a, and an output circuit 105b. The image control microcomputer 101 is a one-chip microcomputer mounted on the image control board 100, and performs display control of the image display device 7 according to a program. The image control microcomputer 101 includes a CPU 102 , a ROM 103 and a RAM 104 . In the ROM 103, in addition to programs for performing display control, still image data and moving image data to be displayed on the image display device 7, specifically, characters, items, graphics, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. ) and image data such as background images are stored. A RAM 104 is used as a memory for developing image data. The CPU 102 executes programs stored in the ROM 103 . The effect control microcomputer 91 causes the image control microcomputer 101 to control the display of the image display device 7 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . The image control microcomputer 101 reads out image data from the ROM 103 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 91, and performs display control based on the read image data.

A speaker 67 is connected to the audio control board 106 , and based on commands received from the main control board 80 , the effect control microcomputer 91 outputs sounds, music, and sound effects from the speaker 67 via the audio control board 106 . and so on. Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 67 is stored in the sub ROM 93 of the sub control board 90 . Note that the audio control board 106 may have a CPU mounted thereon, and the CPU may execute audio control based on commands. Furthermore, the audio control board 106 may be implemented with a ROM, and the audio data may be stored in the ROM. Alternatively, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100 to cause the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 to perform voice control. Furthermore, the sound data may be stored in the ROM 103 of the image control board 100. FIG.

The frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5 are connected to the lamp control board 107, and the decoration movable body 15 is connected through the relay board 108 to control them. The effect control microcomputer 91 performs lighting control of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5 via the lamp control board 107 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . In other words, the production control microcomputer 91 creates light emission pattern data (data for deciding on/off and emission color, also referred to as lamp data) that determines the light emission mode of the lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5, and creates light emission patterns. Light emission of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5 is controlled according to the data. Data stored in the sub-ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the light emission pattern data. The effect control microcomputer 91 operates the decoration movable body 15 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . The decorative movable body 15 is a movable so-called gimmick provided on the center decorative body 10 . The effect control microcomputer 91 creates operation pattern data (driving data) that determines the operation mode of the decorative movable body 15, and controls the operation of the decorative movable body 15 according to the operational pattern data. Data stored in the sub ROM 93 is used to create the operation pattern data. A CPU may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and the CPU may control the lighting of the lamp and the operation control of the decorative movable body 15 based on commands. In this case, the lamp control board 107 may be mounted with a ROM, and the ROM may store data relating to light emission patterns and operation patterns.

The production button detection switch 63a detects that the production button 63 (FIG. 1) is pressed. When the effect button 63 is pressed, a switch signal is output to the sub-control board 90 from the effect button detection switch 63a.

3. Data Configuration of Gaming Machine The data configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. FIG. 6A is a diagram for explaining a table stored in the main ROM 83. FIG. FIG. 6B is a diagram for explaining storage areas provided in the main RAM 84. As shown in FIG. FIG. 7A is a diagram for explaining the table stored in the sub ROM 93. As shown in FIG. FIG. 7B is a diagram for explaining storage areas provided in the sub-RAM 94. As shown in FIG.

The main ROM 83 (FIG. 6A) contains a special symbol hit determination table T1, a reach determination table T2, a special symbol hit type determination table T3, a special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, and a normal symbol hit determination table T5. , a normal symbol winning type determination table T6, a normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7, an electric chew opening pattern determination table T8, and a big winning opening pattern determination table T9 are stored. These determination tables are referred to by the game control microcomputer 81 in main control main processing (described later) executed by the game control microcomputer 81 . Specific contents of each determination table will be described later.

The main RAM 84 (FIG. 6(B)) includes a command set area 84a, a flag set area 84b, a counter set area 84c, a special figure 1 operation status set area 84d, a special figure 2 operation status set area 84e, A special figure reservation storage area 85 and a general figure reservation storage area 86 are provided. Command set area 84a is an area (output buffer) where the command output from the main control unit side to the sub control unit side is set in the main control main process (described later), special figure 1 fluctuation start command, special figure 1 fluctuation stop command, special figure 2 fluctuation start command, special figure 2 fluctuation stop command, opening command, round designation command, ending command, game state designation command, V passing command, customer waiting standby command, number of pending balls command, normal design Variation start command, normal design variation stop command, normal design opening command, normal design ending command, pre-determination command, etc. are set. The flag set area 84b is an area where a flag indicating the state of the gaming machine or the game state is set in the main control main process (described later), and is a special figure 1 big hit flag, a special figure 1 small hit flag, a special figure 2 big hit A flag, a special figure 2 small hit flag, a big hit end flag, a small hit end flag, a V flag, a time saving flag, a V opening/closing member operation flag, etc. are set. The counter set area 84c is an area where counters used in main control main processing (described later) are set, such as a random number counter, a round counter, and a time saving counter. The special figure 1 operation status set area 84d is an area where the operation status of the special figure 1 in special operation processing (FIG. 22) to be described later is set. The special figure 2 operation status set area 84e is an area where the operation status of the special figure 2 in special operation processing (FIG. 22) described later is set. The special figure reservation storage area 85 includes a first special figure reservation storage area 85a in which the first special figure reservation is stored and a second special figure reservation storage area 85b in which the second special figure reservation is stored. In the first special figure reservation storage area 85a, a random number group (reservation information) such as a random number per special symbol corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth of the first special figure reservation A first storage area, a second storage area, a third storage area, and a fourth storage area are provided for storing. In the second special figure reservation storage area 85b, the first for storing the random number group (reservation information) corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth of the second special figure reservation A storage area, a second storage area, a third storage area, and a fourth storage area are provided. The general pattern reservation storage area 86 is a random number group (reservation information) such as a random number per normal pattern corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth general pattern reservation. A first storage area, a second storage area, a third storage area, and a fourth storage area are provided. In addition to the above areas, the main RAM 84 is provided with a win type set buffer in which special figure stop symbol data is set, a driving data buffer in which driving data for driving the decorative movable body 15 is set, and the like. It is

The sub-ROM 93 (FIG. 7A) stores a special figure 1 variation effect pattern determination table T51, a special figure 2 variation effect pattern determination table T52, and a stop symbol pattern determination table T53. These determination tables are referred to by the effect control microcomputer 91 in sub-control main processing (described later) executed by the effect control microcomputer 91 . Specific contents of each determination table will be described later.

The sub-RAM 94 (FIG. 7B) is provided with a command storage area 94a, an effect command set area 94b, a prior determination information storage area 94c, and a counter set area 94d. Command storage area 94a is an area (input buffer) in which commands input from the main control unit side are stored in the sub-control main process (described later), special figure 1 fluctuation start command, special figure 1 fluctuation stop command, Special figure 2 fluctuation start command, special figure 2 fluctuation stop command, opening command, round designation command, ending command, game state designation command, V passing command, customer waiting standby command, number of pending balls command, normal pattern fluctuation start command, normal Symbol variation stop command, normal symbol opening command, normal symbol ending command, pre-determination command, etc. are stored. The effect command set area 94b is an area (output buffer) in which commands output from the sub-control board 90 to the image control board 100, the lamp control board 107, and the sound control board 106 are set in the sub-control main process (described later). Yes, special figure 1 fluctuation production start command, special figure 1 fluctuation production end command, special figure 2 fluctuation production start command, special figure 2 fluctuation production end command, opening production start command, round production start command, ending production start command, normal A symbol variation effect start command, a normal symbol variation effect end command, a normal symbol opening effect start command, a normal symbol ending effect start command, etc. are set. The counter set area 94d is an area where the counters used in the sub-control main process (described later) are set, such as a random number counter, a first special figure pending effect counter, a second special figure pending effect counter, a general figure pending effect counter. etc. is set.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining various random numbers used in the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 8A shows random numbers acquired by the game control microcomputer 81 on the main control section side, and FIG. 8B shows random numbers acquired by the effect control microcomputer 91 on the sub control section side. there is The game control microcomputer 81 provides "random number per special symbol", "random number per special symbol type", "reach random number", "variation pattern random number", "random number per normal symbol" and "type per normal symbol". A random number” is obtained at timings described later. "Special symbol winning random number" is a random number used in a lottery (big winning small winning lottery) to determine whether it is a big win or a small win, and takes a value in the range of 0-65535. The "special symbol per type random number" is a random number used for the lottery (hit type determination) of the type of winning big win or small win, and takes a value in the range of 0-127. "Reach random number" is a random number used to determine whether or not to generate a reach in the effect symbol variation effect indicating the result when the big hit and small win determination is a loss, and is in the range of 0 to 127. takes the value of Reach is a state in which only one of the plurality of production patterns (decorative patterns) that is variably displayed remains. It is a state (for example, the state of "7↓7") that is a combination of performance symbols indicating a big hit and a small hit. In addition, the effect symbol that is stopped and displayed in the ready-to-win state may be displayed as if it is shaking within the display screen 7a. “Variation pattern random number” is a random number used to determine a variation pattern including variation time, and takes a value in the range of 0-127. "Normal symbol winning random number" is a random number used in a winning lottery (normal symbol lottery) for determining whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 23, and takes a value in the range of 0-255. "Normal symbol type random number" is a random number used for the lottery (hit type determination) of the type of winning in the normal symbol lottery, and takes a value in the range of 0 to 65535. "Random number per special symbol", "Random number per special symbol type", "Reach random number", "Variation pattern random number" are the start port (first start port 20A, first start port 20B or second start port 22) Obtained based on incoming ball. The random value group obtained based on the ball entering the first starting port 20 is stored in the first special figure reservation storage area 85a, and the random value group obtained based on the ball entering the second starting port 22 is It is stored in the second special figure reservation storage area 85b. “Random number per normal symbol” and “Random number per normal symbol type” are acquired based on passage through the gate 28 . The acquired normal per symbol random number value and normal per symbol type random number value are stored in the normal symbol reservation storage area 86 .

The production control microcomputer 91 is configured to acquire a "fluctuation production pattern random number" at a timing described later. The “fluctuation effect pattern random number” is a random number used for determining the fluctuation effect pattern, and takes a value in the range of 0-127. "Variation effect pattern random number" is obtained based on the special figure 1 fluctuation start command or the special figure 2 fluctuation start command is output from the main control part side to the sub control part side. The acquired random number value is stored in the sub-RAM 94 .

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the special symbol hit determination table T1 and the ready-to-win determination table T2. FIG. 9(A) shows a diagram for explaining the special symbol hit determination table T1, and FIG. 9(B) shows a diagram for explaining the ready-to-win determination table T2.

In the special symbol hit determination table T1, the game control microcomputer 81 acquires special symbol random numbers (any of 0 to 65535) in the main control main process (described later). is a table referred to in order to determine which one of . In FIG. 9 (A), in the lottery for the first special symbol (special figure 1), if the random number per special symbol is "0 to 210", it is determined to be a "jackpot", and the random number per special symbol is " 10000 to 10500", it is determined as a "small hit", and when the special symbol random number is a number other than the above from 0 to 65535, it is determined as a "losing". . Also, in the lottery of the second special symbol (special figure 2), if the random number per special symbol is "0 to 210", it is determined to be a "jackpot", and the random number per special symbol is "40000 to 65534". In this case, it is determined as a "small hit", and if the special symbol per random value is a number other than the above (65535) out of 0 to 65535, it is determined as a "losing".

In the reach determination table T2, the game control microcomputer 81 obtains a reach random number (any of 0 to 127) in the main control main process (described later) corresponds to "with reach" or "without reach". This table is referenced to determine whether In FIG. 9 (B), in the "non-time saving state", if the reach random value is "0 to 13", it is determined to be "with reach", and the reach random value is a number other than "0 to 13 (14 to 127)” is determined to be “no reach”. Also, in the "time saving state", if the reach random number is "0 to 5", it is determined that there is reach, and if the reach random number is "a number other than 0 to 5 (6 to 127)" is determined to be "no reach". The contents of the "time saving state" and the "non-working time saving state" will be described later. In the reach determination table T2, the reach at the time of loss is less likely to be applied in the time saving state than in the non-working time saving state. This is to speed up the digestion speed of the special figure reservation by selecting more reach no loss with short fluctuation time in the time saving state.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the special symbol type determination table T3. Special symbol per type determination table T3, game control microcomputer 81 in the main control main processing (described later), according to the special symbol per type random number value (any of 0 to 127), "jackpot type" or " It is a table referred to in order to determine "small hit type" and "type of special symbol". Below, the special figure 1 in the non-time saving state or the time saving state, the case of the special figure 2 in the non-working time saving state or the time saving state will be described in detail.

When "jackpot winning" is won in the special drawing 1 lottery in the non-time saving state, if the type random value per special pattern is "0 to 95", the jackpot type is determined as "15R normal jackpot", and the first special pattern The stop symbol of the special figure 1 (special figure 1 stop symbol) stopped and displayed on the display 41a is determined as the "normal symbol", and the special symbol stop data is determined as "11H". When the special symbol type random number value is "96 to 127", the jackpot type is determined as "4R time saving jackpot", the special figure 1 stop symbol is determined as "time saving symbol", and the special symbol stop data is "12H ” is determined. When "small winning" is won, the small winning type is "16R normal small winning (substantial 5R/V passage is virtually impossible)" regardless of the type random number per special symbol (any of 0 to 127). is determined, the special figure 1 stop design is determined as "no time saving small winning design", and the special design stop data is determined as "13H".

When "big win" is won in the lottery of special figure 1 in the time saving state, if the special symbol type random number is "0 to 95", the big hit type is determined as "15R normal big hit", and the first special symbol display. The stop symbol of the special figure 1 (special figure 1 stop symbol) stopped and displayed on the device 41a is determined to be "normal symbol", and the special symbol stop data is determined to be "14H". When the special symbol type random number value is "96 to 127", the jackpot type is determined as "4R time saving jackpot", the special figure 1 stop symbol is determined as "time saving symbol", and the special symbol stop data is "15H ” is determined. When "small winning" is won, the small winning type is "16R normal small winning (substantial 5R/V passage is virtually impossible)" regardless of the type random number per special symbol (any of 0 to 127). , the special figure 1 stop pattern is determined to be "a small winning pattern without time saving", and the special symbol stop data is determined to be "16H".

When "jackpot winning" is won in the lottery of special figure 2 in "non-time saving state", if the type random value per special symbol is "0 to 95", the jackpot type is determined as "15R normal jackpot", The stop symbol of the special figure 2 (special figure 2 stop symbol) stopped and displayed on the 2 special symbol display 41b is determined as "normal symbol", and the special symbol stop data is determined as "21H". When the special symbol type random number value is "96 to 127", the jackpot type is determined as "4R time saving jackpot", the special figure 2 stop symbol is determined as "time saving symbol", and the special symbol stop data is "22H ” is determined. When "small winning" is won, the small winning type is "16R normal small winning (substantial 5R/V passage is virtually impossible)" regardless of the type random number per special symbol (any of 0 to 127). , the special figure 2 stop design is determined to be "no time saving small hit design", and the special design stop data is determined to be "23H".

When "jackpot winning" is won in the lottery of special figure 2 in "time saving state", if the type random number per special symbol is "0 to 95", the jackpot type is determined as "15R normal jackpot", special figure The 2-stop symbol is determined as a "normal symbol", and the special symbol stop data is determined as "24H". When the special symbol type random number value is "96 to 127", the jackpot type is determined to be "4R time saving jackpot", the special figure 2 stop symbol is determined to be "time saving symbol", and the special symbol stop data is "25H ” is determined. When "small win" is won, regardless of the type random number per special pattern (any of 0 to 127 ~), the small win type is determined to be "16R short time small win (actually 5R/V passable)" Then, the special figure 2 stop pattern is determined to be "a small winning pattern with time saving", and the symbol stop data is determined to be "26H".
In addition, by referring to the special symbol per type determination table T3, in addition to the "special figure stop symbol data" corresponding to the special figure stop symbol (special figure 1 stop symbol and special figure 2 stop symbol), the special game "opening (OP) command,” “Round designation command,” and “Ending (ED) command” can also be specified. Specific contents of each big hit and each small hit will be described later.

Based on FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 will be explained. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 for determining the variation pattern of the special figure 1. FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 for determining the variation pattern of the special figure 2. FIG. Special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, game control microcomputer 81 in the main control main processing (described later), according to the variation pattern random number value (0 to 127) acquired, table referred to in order to determine the variation pattern is. In FIG. 11, for example, the first starting port 20A is won in the non-time saving state, and it is determined as "big hit" in the special symbol per determination table T1, and when the variation pattern random number is "112 to 127", the variation pattern is determined as "P2". Also, for example, the first start port 20A is won in a non-time saving state, it is determined as "losing" in the special symbol per determination table T1, it is determined as "no reach" in the reach determination table T2, and the number of retained balls is "1 2”, the variation pattern is determined to be “P6” regardless of the variation pattern random number (any of 0 to 127). As shown in FIG. 11, once the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined. In addition, when it becomes reach, it is also determined whether the reach becomes normal reach or super reach (SP reach). It is also determined whether or not there is a quasi-ream in the event of a super-reach.

Also, in FIG. 11, for example, in the time saving state, the first start port 20B is won, and it is determined as "big hit" in the special symbol hit determination table T1, and the fluctuation pattern random number value is "0 to 63". If the variation pattern is determined to be "P13" and the variation pattern random number value is "64 to 127", the variation pattern is determined to be "P14".

In FIG. 12, for example, in the time saving state, when the second start port 22 is won and it is determined as "big hit" in the special symbol hit determination table T1, the variation pattern is "P31" regardless of the variation pattern random number value. When it is determined, it wins the second start port 22, and it is determined as "small hit" in the special symbol hit determination table T1, the variation pattern is determined as "P32" regardless of the variation pattern random number value, and the second start It is shown that when the player wins 22 and is determined to be "losing" in the special symbol hit determination table T1, the variation pattern is determined to be "P33" regardless of the variation pattern random number value.

FIG. 13(A) shows a diagram for explaining the normal symbol hit determination table T5, and FIG. 13(B) shows a diagram for explaining the normal symbol hit type determination table T6. 13(C) shows a diagram for explaining the normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7. In the normal symbol hit determination table T5, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the normal symbol random number value (any of 0 to 255) acquired in the main control main process (described later) corresponds to "hit" or "losing". This is a table that is referenced to determine whether or not it applies. In FIG. 13 (A), in the lottery of the normal pattern (normal pattern) in the "non-working time saving state", if the random number value per normal pattern is "0 to 2", it is determined as "hit", and the normal pattern per random It is shown that if the numerical value is “a numerical value other than 0 to 2”, it is determined as “failed”. Also, in the lottery of normal patterns (normal patterns) in the "time saving state", if the random number per normal pattern is "0 to 254", it is determined to be "hit", and the random value per normal pattern is "0 to 254". In the case of a numerical value other than (255)", it is determined to be "losing".

Normal per symbol type determination table T6, game control microcomputer 81 in the main control main processing (described later), according to normal per symbol type random number value (any one of 0 to 65535), "hit type" and " It is a table referred to in order to determine the type of normal symbol. In FIG. 13 (B), when winning the lottery of the normal figure in the "non-time saving state", regardless of the type random number per normal symbol (any of 0 to 65535), the hit type is "short "Open" is determined, and the stop symbol of the normal symbol (normal symbol stop symbol) stopped and displayed on the normal symbol display 42 is determined as "hit symbol 1". On the other hand, if you win the lottery of the normal figure in the "short time state", if the type random number per normal pattern is "0 to 170", the hit type is determined to be "long open 1", and the normal figure The stopped symbol is determined to be "winning symbol 2". When the normal pattern per type random number value is other than 0 to 170, the per type is determined as "long open 2", and the normal per pattern stop pattern is determined as "per pattern 3". Incidentally, by referring to the normal symbol type determination table T6, it is possible to specify the "normal symbol stop symbol data" (not shown) corresponding to the normal symbol stop symbol.

The normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7 is a table that the game control microcomputer 81 refers to in order to determine the variation time of the normal pattern according to the lottery result of the normal pattern and the winning type in the main control main process (described later). is. In FIG. 13(C), for example, it is shown that the fluctuation time of the normal chart is determined to be "30 seconds" in the non-time saving state. Also, for example, when the lottery result of the normal figure in the time saving state is "hit" and the hit type is "long open 1", the fluctuation time of the normal figure is determined to be "2 seconds", and the hit type is "long It is shown that when it is "open 2", the fluctuation time of the normal chart is determined to be "1 second".

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the electric tube opening pattern determination table T8. The electric chew opening pattern determination table T8 is used by the game control microcomputer 81 in the main control main processing (described later) in order to determine the opening pattern of the electric chew 23 according to the normal pattern stop pattern (normal pattern stop pattern data). It is a referenced table. In FIG. 14A, when the normal pattern stop pattern is "winning pattern 1", the opening pattern of the electric chew 23 is determined to be "open pattern 11", and when the normal pattern stop pattern is "hitting pattern 2", open The pattern is determined to be "open pattern 12", and when the normal pattern stop symbol is "win symbol 3", the opening pattern of the electric chew 23 is determined to be "open pattern 13". FIG. 14B shows the contents of each open pattern 11-13. In the opening pattern 11, the electric tube 23 is opened once with an opening time of 0.02 seconds. In the opening pattern 12, the electric tube 23 is opened twice with an opening time of 3 seconds. The interval time between the first opening and the second opening is 1 second. In the opening pattern 13, the electric tube 23 is opened once with an opening time of 5 seconds. However, the opening of the electric chew 23 is closed even if the opening time remains when a predetermined number of game balls have won a prize (prescribed number of prizes won, max. 2).

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the big winning opening opening pattern determination table T9. In the large winning opening opening pattern determination table T9, the game control microcomputer 81 determines the opening pattern of the large winning opening 35 according to the special figure stop symbol (special figure stop symbol data) in the main control main process (described later). is a table referenced for In FIG. 15(A), when the special figure stop symbol data is "11H", "14H", "21H" or "24H", the opening pattern of the big winning opening 35 is determined as "opening pattern 21", When the special figure stop design data is "12H", "15H", "22H" or "25H", the open pattern is determined as "open pattern 22", and the special figure stop design data is "13H", "16H". or "23H", the open pattern is determined as "open pattern 23", and when the special figure stop symbol data is "26H", the open pattern is determined as "open pattern 24".

FIG. 15B shows the contents of each of the open patterns 21-24. In the opening pattern 21, after the opening (OP) for 6 seconds, the opening (long opening) of the big winning opening 35 is performed with the number of times of opening being 1 and the opening time being 29.5 seconds in the 1st to 15th Rs. In the opening pattern 22, after the opening (OP) for 6 seconds, the opening of the big winning opening 35 is performed once for 29.5 seconds in the 1st to 4th R's (long opening). In the opening pattern 23, after opening (OP) for 4 seconds, the opening number of times is 1 in the 1Rth, and the opening time is 1.6 seconds. , open the big prize mouth 35 with an opening time of 29.5 seconds (long opening), and in the 7th to 16th rounds, open the big prize mouth 35 once with an opening time of 0.1 second (short opening). Do. In the open pattern 24, after the opening (OP) for 0.01 seconds, in the 1R, the opening number of times is 1, and the opening time is 1.6 seconds. Open the large winning opening 35 once for 29.5 seconds (long opening), and in the 7th to 16th rounds, open the large winning opening 35 once for 0.1 seconds (short opening) ). However, the opening of the big winning hole 35 is closed even if the opening time remains when there is a winning of a predetermined number of game balls (regular winning number, for example, maximum 9).

4. Explanation of Big Wins, etc. In the gaming machine 1, there are “big wins”, “small wins”, and “losses” as a result of a special symbol lottery (big win and small win lottery). In the case of "big win", the special symbol display 41 stops displaying "big win". In the case of "small win", the special symbol display 41 stops displaying "small win symbol". In the case of "losing", the special symbol display 41 stops and displays "losing". When a big win is won, a ``big win game (second special game)'' for opening a big prize opening 35 is executed in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the special symbol stopped and displayed (type of big win). When a small win is won, a "small win game (first special game)" is executed in which the big prize opening 35 is opened once in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the special symbol (type of small win) stopped and displayed. be done. When the game ball enters the V area 39 inside the big winning hole 35 during execution of the small winning game, the big winning hole 35 is opened in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the winning small winning game. A game (second special game)” is executed. In addition, the jackpot game executed based on the fact that the result of the special symbol lottery is the jackpot election is also referred to as "1 type jackpot game". In addition, the jackpot game executed based on the passage of the game ball to the V area 39 is also referred to as "second type jackpot game". Moreover, a big hit game and a small hit game are also called a "special game." This special game may include a round in which the big winning opening is opened multiple times during one round.

The jackpot game includes a plurality of round games (unit opening game) for opening the big winning opening 35, an opening (OP) before the first round game is started, and an ending after the final round game is finished. (ED). Each round begins with the end of the opening or the end of the previous round and ends with the beginning of the next round. The closing time (interval time) of the big winning opening 35 between round games is included in the open round game before the closing. The small winning game includes a small winning opening game that opens the big winning opening 35, an opening before the small winning opening game starts (pre-opening interval), and an ending after the small winning opening game ends (after closing interval ) and contains

There are multiple types of jackpots. Here, "15R normal jackpot" and "4R short-time jackpot" are set as jackpot types. "15R normal jackpot" is a jackpot that controls the game state to a "non-time-saving state and low base state" described later after executing a jackpot game (1st kind jackpot game) that opens the big prize mouth 35 over 15R. "4R time saving jackpot" is a jackpot that controls the game state to "time saving state and high base state" described later after executing a jackpot game (type 1 jackpot game) that opens the big winning hole 35 over 4R. The number of time-saving times when the “time-saving state and high-base state” after the jackpot game ends is 99 times. The "number of times of time saving" is the number of variable display (variable display) of special symbols that can be executed in the "time saving state and high base state" after the jackpot game. It should be noted that the "time saving state and high base state" ends when a jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed even before the number of times of time saving is achieved.

There are multiple types of small hits. Here, "16R normal small win" and "16R time-saving small win" are set as the small win types. In these small winnings, first, a small winning game is executed, and when the game ball passes through the V area 39 (V passage), a big winning game (2 kinds of big winning games) is executed. Therefore, in the small winning game, the opening of the big winning hole 35 as a small winning game corresponds to the 1st round, and the big winning game of opening the big winning hole 35 over 15Rs, which is executed after passing V, is the 2nd to 16th rounds. corresponds to the eye. When there is no V passage in the small winning game, the big winning game is not executed. Here, the "16R normal small win" is a small win that is substantially impossible to pass through V. On the other hand, "16R time-saving small hit" is a small hit that can pass through V. Whether or not it is possible to pass the V during the small winning game can be set by the operation pattern of the V opening/closing member 71 and the opening pattern of the opening/closing member 37 of the big winning device 36 . Specifically, it is as follows.

In each of the small wins described above, the big winning opening 35 is opened once for 1.6 seconds in the small win game after winning (FIG. 15). On the other hand, the opening time in the small winning game differs according to the small winning type. Specifically, the "16R normal small win" (open pattern 23) has an opening time of 4 seconds, and the "16R short time small win" (open pattern 24) has an opening time of 0.01 second. The reason why the opening time of the small winning game differs according to the type of the small winning is to change the opening timing of the big winning opening 35 with respect to the V opening/closing member 71 which moves in a constant motion from the start of the opening. be. Here, the V opening/closing member 71 is opened for 4 seconds after opening for 0.01 seconds when the small winning game is started. In the opening pattern 23, the large winning opening 35 is opened 4 seconds after the start of the small winning game, so that the V opening/closing member 71 closes 0.01 seconds after the opening of the large winning opening 35.例文帳に追加Therefore, in the "16R normal small win", it is substantially impossible to pass the V during the small win game. On the other hand, in the opening pattern 24, the big winning opening 35 and the V opening/closing member 71 are opened at the same time 0.01 seconds after the start of the small winning game, the opening of both continues for 1.6 seconds, and the big winning opening 35 is closed. 2.4 seconds later, the V opening/closing member 71 is closed. Therefore, in the "16R time-saving small hit", it is possible to pass V during the small hit game.

"16R time-saving small win" is a hit to control the game state after the big win game to "time-saving state and high base state" described later when the big win game is executed after the small win game. The number of times of time saving in the “time saving state and high base state” is 99 times. On the other hand, "16R normal small hit" is a hit to control the game state to "non-time saving state and low base state" described later after the big win game when the big win game is executed. However, since the "16R normal small win" is a small win in which V passage is substantially impossible, the big win game is almost never executed.

In the gaming machine 1, there are "hit" and "loss" as a result of a normal symbol lottery (hit lottery). In the case of "hit", the normal symbol display 42 stops displaying the "hit symbol". In the case of "losing", the normal symbol display 42 stops displaying "losing". When a win is won, a "win game (ordinary game)" as an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 23 is executed in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of normal symbols stopped and displayed (type of win). There are multiple types of hits. Here, "short open", "long open 1", and "long open 2" are set as hit types. These hits have different combinations of variable time, open time, and number of open times.

5. Description of game state The game control microcomputer 81 of the gaming machine 1 can execute "fluctuation time reduction control" for the special symbols displayed on the special symbol display device 41 and the normal symbols displayed on the normal symbol display device 42, respectively. is. Here, the state in which the game control microcomputer 81 performs variable time shortening control on the special symbols of the special symbol display 41 is referred to as a "time saving state", and the state in which the variable time shortening control is not performed is simply a "non-time saving state". ”. In the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of the fluctuation display to the time of derivation display of the display result) is shorter than the non-time saving state. The game control microcomputer 81 selects a special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (Fig. 11, Fig. 12) is used to determine the variation pattern. That is, when the game control microcomputer 81 is executing the variation time shortening control for the special symbols of the special symbol display device 41, the special symbols are variable compared to the case where the variation time shortening control is not performed. A short variation time is likely to be selected as the display variation time. As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of digestion of the special figure reservation becomes faster, and the effective winning to the starting opening (the winning that can be stored as the special figure reservation) is likely to occur. As a result, it is possible to aim for a big hit under the smooth progress of the game.

The game control microcomputer 81 executes the variation time shortening control for the normal symbols of the normal symbol display 42 in synchronization with the variation time shortening control for the special symbols of the special symbol display 41 . That is, the game control microcomputer 81 executes the variation time shortening control for normal symbols in the time saving state, and does not execute it in the non time saving state. In the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the normal pattern is shorter than the non-working time saving state. The game control microcomputer 81 selects a normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7 (Fig. 13 ( C)) is used to determine the variation pattern. That is, when the game control microcomputer 81 is executing the variation time shortening control for the normal symbols of the normal symbol display device 42, compared with the case where the variation time shortening control is not performed, the variation of the normal symbols A short variation time is likely to be selected as the display variation time.

Furthermore, in the time saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 23 in the auxiliary game tends to be longer than in the non-time saving state (Fig. 14). That is, in the time saving state, it can be said that the game control microcomputer 81 is executing the opening time extension control for the electric chew 23 . Under the situation where the game control microcomputer 81 is executing the variation time shortening control for the normal symbols of the normal symbol display device 42 and the opening time extension control for the electric chew 23, and when these controls are not executed. In comparison, the electric chew 23 is opened frequently, and the game balls enter the second starting port 22 frequently. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of balls awarded to the number of balls fired, increases. Therefore, the state in which these controls are executed is called the "high base state", and the state in which they are not executed is called the "low base state". In the high base state, you can aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the number of game balls you have. Note that the high base state does not have to execute all of the above controls. That is, by executing one or more of the variation time shortening control for the normal symbols of the normal symbol display device 42 and the opening time extension control for the electric chew 23, the electric chew 23 is longer than when the control is not executed. is easy to open. Also, the high base state may be controlled independently without accompanying the time saving state.

In the gaming machine 1, the game state after the jackpot game executed by winning the "4R time saving big win" or "16R time saving small win" is "time saving state and high base state". The ``time-saving state and high-base state'' ends when the variable display (variable display) of the special symbols is performed for a predetermined number of times (99 times), or when a big win is won and the big win game is executed. . The game state after the big win game executed by winning the "15R normal big win" or "16R normal small win" is "non-time-saving state and low base state". This game state is also called "normal game state". When the game machine 1 is played for the first time, the game state after the power is turned on is the normal game state. Here, the "time saving state and high base state" is also simply referred to as "time saving state", and the "non-working time saving state and low base state" is simply referred to as "non working time saving state".

In the high-base state (time-saving state), the game can be progressed advantageously by entering the game ball into the right game area 3B (FIG. 1) by striking to the right. This is because the electric chew 23 is easier to open than in the low-base state (non-time-saving state), making it easier to win a prize to the second starting port 22 . From this, in the high base state, while passing the game ball to the gate 28 which triggers the normal symbol lottery, the game ball is struck to the right to win the game ball to the second start port 22.例文帳に追加As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger number of starting prizes (winning at the starting opening) than when hitting left. In addition, in the gaming machine 1, the game is played by hitting to the right even during the jackpot game.

6. Operation of Game Control Microcomputer 81 The operation of the game control microcomputer 81 provided on the main control board 80 (FIG. 4) will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 41. FIG. Counters, flags, statuses, buffers, etc. appearing in the description of the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the main RAM 84 . As described below, the game control microcomputer 81 functions as variation pattern determination means by reading programs stored in the main ROM 83 .

[Main control main processing]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart of main control main processing. When the game machine 1 is powered on, the game control microcomputer 81 reads a program for executing main control main processing from the main ROM 83 . In the main control main process, the game control microcomputer 81 first performs initial setting (step S001). In the initial setting, for example, setting of the main CPU 82, resetting of various flags, statuses, counters, and the like are performed. 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". Note that the initial setting is performed only once after the power is turned on, and is not performed thereafter.

After the initial setting, the game control microcomputer 81 prohibits the interruption of the interruption process (step S002), and performs normal design/special design main random number update process (step S003). In this normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process, the game control microcomputer 81 controls various random number counter values shown in FIG. Fluctuation pattern random number, normal random number per design, type random number per normal design) is updated by adding 1. When each random number counter value reaches the set upper limit value, 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. Also, each random number may be a so-called hardware random number generated using a known random number generating circuit such as a counter IC.

After the normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process, the game control microcomputer 81 permits the interruption of the interruption process (step S004). While interrupts are enabled, it is possible to execute main-side timer interrupt processing (step S005). The main-side timer interrupt processing is executed based on interrupt pulses that are repeatedly input to the main CPU 82 at a predetermined cycle (for example, a 4 msec cycle). That is, the main-side timer interrupt processing is executed at predetermined intervals (for example, 4 msec intervals). Then, after the main side timer interrupt processing is finished, until the next main side timer interrupt processing is started, the update processing of various counter values by the normal symbol/special symbol main random number update processing is repeatedly executed. . If an interrupt pulse is input to the main CPU 82 while interrupts are disabled, the main-side timer interrupt processing is not started immediately, but is started after interrupts are enabled.

[Main side timer interrupt processing]
FIG. 17 is a flowchart of main-side timer interrupt processing (FIG. 16: step S005). In the main timer interrupt process, the game control microcomputer 81 first performs random number update process (step S101). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 updates various random number counter values shown in FIG. 8(A). This random number update process is the same as the normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process performed in the main control main process (FIG. 16) described above. That is, the processing for updating the various random number counter values consists of the execution period of the main-side timer interrupt processing and the other period (the period from the end of the main-side timer interrupt processing to the start of the next main-side timer interrupt processing). and both.

After the random number update process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs an input process (step S102). In the input process, the game control microcomputer 81 reads detection signals detected by various sensors attached to the gaming machine 1, and outputs payout data for paying out prize balls according to the type of winning hole to the main RAM 84. set in the buffer. The various sensors are, for example, the first starting opening sensor 20a, the first starting opening sensor 21a, the second starting opening sensor 22a, the big winning opening sensor 35a, and the normal winning opening sensor 27a (FIG. 4).

After the input process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs the starting sensor detection process (step S103), normal operation process (step S104), special operation process (step S105), V opening/closing member control process (step S106), V area The sensor detection process (step S107) is executed in order. Details of these processes will be described later. After the V area sensor detection process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a pending ball number process (step S108). Here, the game control microcomputer 81 first reads out the number of special figure 1 reserved balls, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls, and the number of normal symbol reserved balls stored in the main RAM 84 . Next, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a reserved ball number command in the command set area (output buffer) 84 a of the main RAM 84 . The number of reserved balls command is a command for notifying the number of reserved balls to the sub-control board 90, and includes information on the number of special figure 1 reserved balls, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls, and the number of normal symbol reserved balls. . After setting the reserved ball number command, the game control microcomputer 81 terminates this process.

After the reserved ball number processing, the game control microcomputer 81 performs output processing (step S109). In the output process, the game control microcomputer 81 outputs to the sub-control board 90 the commands set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 in each process described above. After the output process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs other processes (step S110). In other processing, for example, based on the number of special-figure 2 reserved balls to be described later, the second special-figure reservation display 43b is controlled to a display mode indicating the number, and the first special-figure based on the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls The pending indicator 43a is controlled to display the number.

[Starting port sensor detection process]
FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the starting opening sensor detection process (FIG. 17: step S103). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the game ball has passed through the gate 28 (step S201). This determination is made depending on whether or not the game ball is detected by the gate sensor 28a. If the game ball has not passed through the gate 28 (step S201: NO), the process skips to step S205. When the game ball passes through the gate 28 (step S201: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the number of normal symbol reserved balls is "4 (upper limit)" (step S202). The number of normal pattern reserved balls is the number of normal pattern reservations, more specifically, the value of a counter that counts the number of normal pattern reservations provided in the main RAM 84 . If the normal design reserved ball number is "4" (step S202: YES), the process skips to step S205. When the number of normal design reserved balls is "3" or less (step S202: NO), after adding "1" to the number of normal design reserved balls (step S203), normal design random number acquisition processing is performed (step S204). Here, the game control microcomputer 81 is the normal per symbol random number counter value (FIG. 8: label-TRND-H value), and the normal per symbol type counter value (FIG. 8: label-TRND-HS value ), and stores the acquired random value group in the storage area corresponding to the current number of normal symbol reserved balls among the first to fourth storage areas of the normal pattern reserved storage area 86 of the main RAM 84.

In step S205, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the game ball has entered the second start port, that is, whether or not the game ball has entered the second start port 21 or the second start port 22. Do. This determination is made depending on whether or not the game ball is detected by the first start sensor 21a or the second start sensor 22a. When the game ball has not won in either the second A starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 (step S205: NO), the process skips to step S210. When the game ball wins in either the second A starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 (step S205: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines that the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is "4 (upper limit)". It is determined whether or not there is (step S206). The number of special figure 2 reservation balls is the number of second special figure reservations, and more specifically, the value of a counter that counts the number of second special figure reservations provided in the main RAM 84 . If the number of special figure 2 pending balls is "4" (step S206: YES), the process skips to step S210. If the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is "3" or less (step S206: NO), after adding "1" to the number of special figure 2 reserved balls (step S207), special figure 2 related random number acquisition processing is performed (step S208). Here, the value of the random number counter per special symbol (Figure 8: label-TRND-A value), the value of the type random number counter per special symbol (Figure 8: label-TRND-AS value), the value of the reach random number counter ( Figure 8: Label-TRND-RC value) and the value of the fluctuation pattern random number counter (Figure 8: Label-TRND-T1 value) are obtained. The game control microcomputer 81 stores the acquired random value group in the storage area corresponding to the current special figure 2 reservation ball number among the first to fourth storage areas of the second special figure reservation storage area 85b. The game control microcomputer 81 temporarily stores the obtained random number group in a buffer (preliminary determination buffer) different from the second special figure reservation storage area 85b for the special figure 2 preliminary determination process (FIG. 19) described later. stored (retained). After the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure 2 preliminary determination process (step S209). The details of the special figure 2 pre-determination process will be described later.

In step S210, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the game ball has entered the first start hole 20. FIG. This determination is made depending on whether or not the game ball is detected by the first starting opening sensor 20a. When the game ball has not won the first start hole 20 (step S210: NO), this process is terminated. When the game ball wins the first start port 20 (step S210: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "4 (upper limit)" ( step S211). The number of special figure 1 reservation balls is the number of the first special figure reservations, and more specifically, the value of the counter that counts the number of the first special figure reservations provided in the main RAM 84 . If the special figure 1 reserved ball number is "4" (step S211: YES), this process is terminated. If the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "3" or less (step S211: NO), after adding "1" to the number of special figure 1 reserved balls (step S212), special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing is performed (step S213). Here, as in the above-mentioned special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (step S208), the value of the random number counter per special symbol, the value of the type random number counter per special symbol, the value of the reach random number counter, the value of the variation pattern random number counter get. The game control microcomputer 81 stores the obtained random number group in the storage area corresponding to the current special figure 1 reserved ball number among the first to fourth storage areas of the first special figure reserved storage area 85a. The game control microcomputer 81 temporarily stores the obtained random number group in a buffer (preliminary determination buffer) different from the first special figure reservation storage area 85a for the special figure 1 preliminary determination process (FIG. 20) described later. stored (retained). After the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process, the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure 1 preliminary determination process (step S214). The details of the special figure 1 pre-determination process will be described later.

[Tokuzu 2 pre-determination process]
FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the special figure 2 preliminary determination process (FIG. 18: step S209). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the time saving flag is ON (step S301). When the time saving flag is OFF (step S301: NO), this process is finished. That is, when the time saving flag is OFF, prior determination is not performed. On the other hand, when the time saving flag is ON, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol 2 table in the special symbol winning determination table T1 (FIG. 9) and makes a preliminary determination of the special symbol winning (step S302). . Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81, first, the random number value per special symbol as the determination value temporarily stored in the preliminary determination buffer by the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (FIG. 18: step S208) to get Next, the game control microcomputer 81 uses the special symbol hit determination table T1 (FIG. 9) to be referred to and the special symbol hit random number value to determine in advance whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or a loss. . Here, the game control microcomputer 81 determines in advance with reference to the table for the special figure 2 among the special symbol hit determination tables T1. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the prior determination is performed using a special symbol hit determination table T1 used in the jackpot determination process described later, but as another embodiment, a special symbol hit determination table T1 for prior determination is different. Prior determination may be made using the special symbol hit determination table.

If the result of the special symbol per preliminary determination is "losing" (step S304: NO), the process skips to step S306. On the other hand, if the result of the special symbol winning preliminary determination is "big win" or "small winning" (step S304: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special symbol winning type preliminary determination (step S305). In the special symbol per type prior determination, the game control microcomputer 81, first, the special symbols as the determination value temporarily stored in the prior determination buffer by the special figure 2 relation random number acquisition process (FIG. 18: step S208) Get the hit type random value. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs preliminary determination of the special symbol hit type based on the acquired special symbol hit type random value and the special symbol hit type determination table T3 (FIG. 10). It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the prior determination is performed using the special symbol per type determination table T3 used in the jackpot determination process described later, but as another embodiment, the special symbol per type determination table T3 is different from the prior Preliminary determination may be performed using a special symbol per type determination table for determination.

In step S306, the game control microcomputer 81 performs fluctuation pattern prior determination. Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 is, first, the variation pattern random number value as the determination value temporarily stored in the preliminary determination buffer by the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (FIG. 18: step S208), And get the reach random value. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 12) for the time saving state of the special figure 2, and from the special symbol per preliminary determination result of step S304 and the variation pattern random number Identify the fluctuation pattern (variation time). In addition, in this embodiment, the preliminary determination is performed using the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 used in the variation pattern selection process described later, but as another embodiment, it is different from the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4. Pre-determination may be performed using a special symbol variation pattern determination table.

In step S307, the game control microcomputer 81 creates a pre-determination command. The pre-determination command includes a special symbol hit pre-determination result, a special symbol per type pre-determination result, and a variation pattern pre-determination result (fluctuation time). The game control microcomputer 81 sets the created pre-determination command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S308), and ends this process.

[Special figure 1 pre-determination process]
FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the special figure 1 preliminary determination process (FIG. 18: step S214). The game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol 1 table in the special symbol winning determination table T1 (FIG. 9) and performs preliminary determination of the special symbol winning (step S402). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81, first, the random number value per special symbol as the determination value temporarily stored in the preliminary determination buffer by special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing (FIG. 18: step S213) to get Next, the game control microcomputer 81 uses the special symbol hit determination table T1 (FIG. 9) to be referred to and the special symbol hit random number value to determine in advance whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or a loss. . Here, the game control microcomputer 81 determines in advance with reference to the table for the special figure 1 among the special symbol hit determination tables T1. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the prior determination is performed using a special symbol hit determination table T1 used in the jackpot determination process described later, but as another embodiment, a special symbol hit determination table T1 for prior determination is different. Prior determination may be made using the special symbol hit determination table.

If the result of the special symbol per preliminary determination is "losing" (step S404: NO), the process skips to step S406. On the other hand, if the result of the special symbol winning preliminary determination is "big win" or "small winning" (step S404: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special symbol winning type preliminary determination (step S405). In the special symbol per type prior determination, the game control microcomputer 81, first, the special symbol as the determination value temporarily stored in the prior determination buffer by the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (FIG. 18: step S213) Get the hit type random value. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs preliminary determination of the special symbol hit type based on the acquired special symbol hit type random number value and the special symbol hit type determination table T3 (FIG. 10). It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the prior determination is performed using the special symbol per type determination table T3 used in the jackpot determination process described later, but as another embodiment, the special symbol per type determination table T3 is different from the prior Preliminary determination may be performed using a special symbol per type determination table for determination.

In step S406, the game control microcomputer 81 performs fluctuation pattern prior determination. Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 is, first, the variation pattern random number value as the determination value temporarily stored in the preliminary determination buffer by the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (FIG. 18: step S213), And get the reach random value. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11) for the special figure 1, and the special symbol hit preliminary determination result of step S404, the reach random number, and the variation pattern random number Identify the variation pattern (variation time) from Here, it is assumed that all variation patterns that can be selected depending on the difference in the number of held balls are selected. In addition, in the present embodiment, the preliminary determination is performed using the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 used in the variation pattern selection process to be described later, but as another embodiment, it is different from the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4. Pre-determination may be performed using a special symbol variation pattern determination table.

In step S407, the game control microcomputer 81 creates a pre-determination command. The pre-determination command includes a special symbol per pre-determination result, a special symbol per type pre-determination result, and a variation pattern pre-determination result (variation time). The game control microcomputer 81 sets the created pre-determination command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S408), and ends this process.

[Normal operation processing]
FIG. 21 is a flowchart of normal operation processing (FIG. 17: step S104). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the electric chew 23 is in operation (step S501). If the electric chew 23 is in operation (step S501: YES), the process proceeds to step S540. When the electric chew 23 is not in operation (step S501: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the normal symbol is stopped (whether the fluctuation stop time has elapsed) (step S502). When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed (step S502: YES), the process proceeds to step S531. When the normal symbols are not being stopped and displayed (step S502: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the normal symbols are fluctuating (step S503). When the normal symbol is changing (step S503: YES), the process proceeds to step S521. When the normal symbol is not fluctuating (step S503: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the number of reserved balls of the normal symbol is "0" (step S504). If the number of held balls is "0" (step S504: YES), this process is terminated. When the number of reserved balls is not "0" (step S504: NO), the number of reserved balls in the normal design is decremented by 1 (step S505). Therefore, when the game ball passes through the gate 28 while the number of reserved balls of the normal symbol is "0", in step S203 of the starting opening sensor detection process (FIG. 18), the number of reserved balls of the normal symbol is temporarily set to "1". ”, and then, in this step S505, the reservation is digested and immediately the number of reserved balls of the normal design becomes “0”. This is the same for the number of reserved balls of special symbols. That is, in step S207 and step S212 of the starting opening sensor detection process (FIG. 18), once the number of reserved special symbols becomes "1", then step S1404 in special figure 1 waiting process (FIG. 23) described later and In step S1974 in the special figure 2 standby process (FIG. 30), the reservation is digested and the number of reserved balls of the special symbol becomes "0". It should be noted that the decrement of the number of normal pattern reserved balls (digestion of the normal pattern reserved) is executed together with the clearing process of clearing the reserved information (various random values) stored in the first storage area of the normal pattern reserved storage area 86. be.

Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a hit determination with reference to the normal symbol hit determination table T5 (FIG. 13A) (step S506). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 is, first, the random number value per normal symbol as the determination value stored in the first storage area (corresponding to the first normal pattern suspension) of the normal pattern suspension storage area 86 read out. Then, it is determined whether or not the normal symbol winning random number value, the game state (whether or not the time saving state), and the normal symbol winning determination table T5 are used. For example, in the non-time-saving state, if the random number per normal symbol is "0" to "2", it is determined as "hit", and if the random number per normal symbol is other than that, it is determined as "losing". (FIG. 13(A)).

Next, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the normal symbol type determination table T6 (FIG. 13(B)) and determines the type of normal symbol (normal symbol stop symbol) (step S507). Specifically, when the game control microcomputer 81 wins in the hit determination of the above (step S506), first, the normal symbol hit stored in the first storage area of the normal symbol reservation storage area 86 Reads a type random value. Then, a winning type and a normal symbol (a normal symbol stop symbol) are determined using a normal symbol winning type random value, a game state (whether or not it is a time saving state), and a normal symbol winning type determination table T6. For example, in the time saving state, when the normal symbol type random value is "0" to "170", the winning type is determined as "long open 1" and the normal symbol is determined as "winning design 2". If the normal symbol type random number value is other than that, the winning type is determined to be "long open 2" and the normal symbol is determined to be "winning symbol 3" (FIG. 13(B)). On the other hand, in the case of "losing" in the hit determination, "losing" is set as the normal symbol.

Next, the game control microcomputer 81 selects a variation pattern with reference to the normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7 (FIG. 13(C)) (step S508). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 selects a normal symbol variation pattern using a game state (whether or not it is a time saving state), a hit determination result, a hit type, and a normal symbol variation pattern determination table T7. do. For example, in the time saving state, when the hit type is "long open 1", the variation time of the normal symbol is determined to be "2 seconds". Further, for example, in the time-saving state, if the hit determination is "losing", the variation time of the normal symbol is determined to be "1 second" (FIG. 13(C)). The game control microcomputer 81 sets a normal symbol variation start command in the command set area (output buffer) 84a of the main RAM 84 in order to notify the sub-control board 90 of the normal symbol variation start and variation time (step S509). The normal symbol variation start command includes information about normal stop symbol data and information about normal symbol variation patterns. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 starts the variable display of the normal symbols, and finishes this process (step S510).

In step S521, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the fluctuation time of the normal symbols has passed and ended. The variable time in the normal design is the variable time selected in step S508 (FIG. 13(C)). When the fluctuation time has not ended (step S521: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. That is, the variable display of normal symbols is continued. On the other hand, if the fluctuation time has ended (step S521: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 displays the fluctuation display of the normal symbols in the normal symbols specified in step S507 (the winning normal stop symbols or the losing normal symbols). stop symbol) (step S522). In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a normal symbol variation stop command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 in order to notify the sub-control board 90 of normal symbol variation stop (step S523). After that, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the stop time of the normal symbol, and finishes this process (step S524). Here, the stop time for normal symbols is 0.5 seconds.

In step S531, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the normal symbol fluctuation stop time has elapsed. If the stop time has not elapsed (step S531: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. That is, the stop display of normal symbols is continued. On the other hand, if the stop time has passed (step S531: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs this process if the hit determination in the above (step S506) is "losing" (step S532: NO). Finish. On the other hand, in the case of "hit" in the hit determination (step S532: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 hits the sub-control board 90 to notify the start of the opening of the game (normal game), normal symbol opening A command is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S533). In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 sets an electric chew opening pattern (step S534). The opening pattern of the electric chew 23 is selected with reference to the electric chew opening pattern determination table T8 (FIG. 14(A)). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 opens the electric chew 23 using the normal symbol type (normal symbol stop symbol data) determined in the above (step S507) and the electric chew opening pattern determination table T8. Choose a pattern. Here, for example, when the normal pattern is "win pattern 1", "open pattern 11" is selected, and when the normal pattern is "win pattern 3", "open pattern 13" is selected (see FIG. 14). . After selecting the opening pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 starts the electric chewing operation so as to follow the selected opening pattern (step S535), and ends this process.

In the above-described step S501, when the electric chew 23 is in operation (step S501: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the condition for closing the electric chew 23 is satisfied (step S540). The closing condition here is that the number of winning prizes to the electric chew 23 reaches the specified maximum winning number (for example, 2 pieces), or the time to close the electric chew 23 after the opening time of the electric chew 23 has passed Either one of the things that has been reached is fulfilled. The open time of the electric chew 23 is the open time corresponding to the open pattern selected in step S534 (see FIG. 14). If the condition for closing the electric chew 23 is not satisfied (step S540: NO), this process ends. On the other hand, when the closing condition of the electric chew 23 is satisfied (step S540: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 hits the sub-control board 90 to notify the start of the ending of the game (normal game), so that the normal symbol ending A command is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S541). In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 closes (closes) the electric chew 23 to stop its operation (step S542), and ends this processing.

[Special action processing]
FIG. 22 is a flowchart of special operation processing (FIG. 17: step S105). Here, the processing relating to the first special symbol display 41a and the big winning device (the first big winning device 31 and the big winning device 36) is divided into five stages, and each stage is "1 , 2, 3, 4, 5. In addition, the processing related to the second special symbol display 41b and the big winning device is divided into five stages, and each stage is "1", "2", "3", "4" of "special figure 2 operation status", Call it "5". The initial setting of "special figure 1 operation status" and "special figure 2 operation status" is "1". The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether one of the "special figure 1 operation status" and the "special figure 2 operation status" is "4" or "5" (step S1301, step S1303 ). When either "special figure 1 operation status" and "special figure 2 operation status" is "4" (step S1301: YES), special electric accessary product processing 1 is performed (step S1320). In the special electric accessary product process 1, a jackpot game (second type special game) is executed. Specifically, when the special figure 1 operation status is "4", the 1st kind jackpot game by the special figure 1 jackpot or the 2nd kind jackpot game by the special figure 1 small hit is executed. When the special figure 2 operation status is "4", the 1st kind big winning game by the special figure 2 big winning or the 2nd kind big winning game by the special figure 2 small winning is executed. When either "special figure 1 operation status" and "special figure 2 operation status" is "5" (step S1301: NO, step S1303: YES), special electric accessary product processing 2 is performed (step S1321). In the special electric accessary product process 2, a small winning game (first type special game) is executed. Specifically, when the special figure 1 operation status is "5", the small hit game by the special figure 1 small hit is executed, and when the special figure 2 operation status is "5", the special figure 2 small hit A small winning game is executed.

If neither the "special figure 1 operation status" nor the "special figure 2 operation status" is "4" or "5" (steps S1301, S1303: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 displays the "special figure 1 operation status is "1", "2" or "3" (steps S1305 and S1307). When the "special figure 1 operation status" is "1" (step S1305: YES), the special figure 1 standby process is performed (step S1306). In the special figure 1 standby process, hit determination of special figure 1, variation pattern selection, etc. are executed. When the "special figure 1 operation status" is "2" (step S1305: NO, step S1307: YES), the special figure 1 process is performed (step S1308). In special figure 1 fluctuating process, the output of fluctuation stop command and the like are executed after the fluctuation time of special figure 1 has elapsed. When "special figure 1 operation status" is "3" (step S1305, S1307: NO), special figure 1 decision processing is performed (step S1309). In the special figure 1 determination process, the output of the opening command etc. is executed at the time of the big hit or the small hit in the special figure 1 lottery. Details of each of the above processes will be described later.

After determining whether the "special figure 1 operation status" is "1", "2" or "3", the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the "special figure 2 operation status" is "1" or "2". Whether or not it is "3" is determined (steps S1315 and S1317). When the "special figure 2 operation status" is "1" (step S1315: YES), the special figure 2 standby process is performed (step S1316). In the special figure 2 standby process, the hit determination of the special figure 2, variation pattern selection, etc. are executed. When the "special figure 2 operation status" is "2" (step S1315: NO, step S1317: YES), the special figure 2 process is performed (step S1318). In special figure 2 fluctuating process, the output of the fluctuation stop command and the like are executed after the special figure 2 fluctuation time elapses. When "special figure 2 operation status" is "3" (step S1315, S1317: NO), special figure 2 decision processing is performed (step S1319). In the special figure 2 determination process, the output of the opening command etc. is executed at the time of the big hit or the small hit in the special figure 2 lottery. Details of each of the above processes will be described later. As described above, according to the special operation process of the present embodiment, the standby process of the special figure 1, the process during fluctuation, the confirmation process and the standby process of the special figure 2, the fluctuation process, the confirmation process are executed in parallel be. On the other hand, during the big hit game and the small hit game balls are executed preferentially to the standby processing, the variation processing, and the confirmation processing of the special figures 1 and 2.

[Special figure 1 standby process]
FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the special figure 1 standby process (FIG. 22: step S1306). In the special figure 1 standby process, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "0" (step S1401). If the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "0" (step S1401: YES), that is, the random value group acquired due to the winning of the first start port 20 is stored in the first special figure reservation storage area 85a If not stored, the process moves to step S1413. When the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "1" or more (step S1401: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure 1 hit determination processing (step S1402) and special figure 1 variation pattern selection processing (step S1403) is executed. Details of these processes will be described later. After the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process, the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is decremented by one (step S1404). Next, the game control microcomputer 81 moves the storage location of the pending information (various random values) stored in the first to fourth storage areas of the first special figure pending storage area 85a to the side read from the current position. While shifting by one, clear the pending information stored in the farthest place from the read side in the first special figure pending storage area 85a (step S1405). For example, when pending information is stored in the first to third storage areas, the pending information stored in the third storage area is cleared, and pending information is stored in the first to fourth storage areas. If so, clear the pending information stored in the fourth storage area. By the above steps, the first special figure reservation is digested in the order it was reserved. In this case, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, the reserved image 9A (of the four reserved images 9A, the rightmost reserved image 9A) corresponding to the first storage area of the first special figure reserved storage area 85a It shifts to the pending digested image display area side and is displayed as a pending digested image 9C. Also, if there is pending information in the second to fourth storage areas of the first special figure pending storage area 85a, the pending image 9A corresponding to the second to fourth storage areas (of the four pending images 9A, the right The 2nd, 3rd and 4th retained images 9A) are shifted one position to the right, respectively. Thereby, the player can recognize that one first special figure reservation has been consumed. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure 1 fluctuation start processing (step S1406). In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process, the special figure 1 fluctuation start command is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84, the fluctuation display of the first special symbol is started, and the special figure 1 fluctuation time timer is set. To the special figure 1 variation time timer, the variation time (see FIG. 11) determined according to the variation pattern selected in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process is set. In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the special figure 1 operation status to "2". In addition, the special figure 1 variation start command set in the special figure 1 variation start process includes information about the special figure stop pattern data set in the special figure 1 hit determination process (step S1402) and the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process It contains information about the variation pattern set in (step S1403).

In step S1401, when the special figure 1 reserved ball number is "0" (step S1401: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 is a standby screen (step S1413). The standby screen is a demo screen for waiting for customers. The game control microcomputer 81 may determine, for example, by ON/OFF of a demonstration screen display flag for customer waiting. If the standby screen is displayed (step S1413: YES), the process ends. If it is not the standby screen (step S1413: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 waits for the lapse of the predetermined standby time, and sets the customer waiting standby command for displaying the standby scene in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84. (Step S1414), this processing ends.

[Tokuzu 1 Hit Judgment Process]
FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the special figure 1 hit determination process (FIG. 23: step S1402). In the special figure 1 hit determination process, first, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not one of the "special figure 2 big hit flag" and the "special figure 2 small hit flag" is ON (step S1501). When either the special figure 2 big hit flag or the special figure 2 small hit flag is ON (step S1501: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 provides special figure stop design data (01H) corresponding to the losing design in the main RAM 84. It is set in the jackpot type buffer (step S1518), and the process is terminated. In this way, if either the "special figure 2 big hit flag" or the "special figure 2 small hit flag" is ON, the special figure 1 lottery is forcibly lost (forced loss). there is When either the "special figure 2 big hit flag" or the "special figure 2 small win flag" is ON, the variation before the big win game or the small win game is executed on the special figure 2 side is performed. state. If the special figure 1 lottery hits a big hit or a small hit in this state, and the fluctuation of the big hit or small hit ends earlier than the fluctuation on the special figure 2 side, the special figure 1 big hit or small hit during the special figure 2 fluctuation production There is a problem that the winning starts. Occurrence of such a problem can be suppressed by this configuration (deduplication of hits).

When both the special figure 2 big hit flag and the special figure 2 small hit flag are OFF (step S1501: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol hit determination table T1 (FIG. 9 (A)). Then, hit determination is performed (step S1502). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81, first, special A random value is read out per symbol. Next, using the special symbol winning determination table T1 to be referred to and the read special symbol winning random number value, it is determined whether or not the game is a big win and whether or not it is a small win. In this way, the game control microcomputer 81 functions as a "win/fail determination means".

If the result of the hit determination is "jackpot" (step S1503: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the "special figure 1 jackpot flag" (step S1505), and determines the jackpot type (step S1507 ). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 first reads out the special symbol type random number value as the determination value stored in the first storage area of the first special symbol reservation storage area 85a. Next, the jackpot type is determined based on the read special symbol type random value and the special symbol type determination table T3 (FIG. 10). After judging the jackpot type, the special figure stop pattern data (jackpot pattern) corresponding to the identified jackpot type is set in the hit type buffer provided in the main RAM 84 (step S1509), and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if the result of the hit determination is not a "big hit" (step S1503: NO) but a "small hit" (step S1510: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the "special figure 1 small hit flag". While doing (step S1512), the small hit type is determined (step S1514). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 reads the special symbol per type random number as a determination value, reads the special symbol per type random number and the special symbol per type determination table T3 ( Based on FIG. 10), the small hit type is determined. After the determination of the small winning type, the special figure stop design data (small winning design) corresponding to the specified small winning type is set in the winning type buffer provided in the main RAM 84 (step S1516), and the process is terminated.

If the result of the hit determination is neither a "big hit" nor a "small hit" but is "losing" (steps S1503, S1510: NO), the main RAM 84 is provided with special stop design data (01H) corresponding to the losing design. It is set in the jackpot type buffer (step S1518), and the process is terminated.

[Special figure 1 variation pattern selection process]
25 and 26 are flowcharts of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (FIG. 23: step S1403). In the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process, first, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the game state is a time saving state (step S1600). Determination of whether or not it is in the time saving state is made depending on whether or not the time saving flag is ON. When it is a time saving state (step S1600: YES), a process transfers to step S1612. If it is not in the time saving state (step S1600: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON (step S1602).

When the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON (step S1602: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special figure 1 non-time saving state jackpot table among the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11). Then, a variation pattern is selected (step S1603). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 first changes the determination value stored in the first storage area (corresponding to the first special figure reservation) of the first special figure reservation storage area 85a Read pattern random value. Next, a variation pattern is selected using the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 and the variation pattern random number value. Here, as a table for the non-time-saving state jackpot, the part corresponding to the non-time-saving state jackpot in the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 shown in FIG. Referenced (address set). Either "P1" or "P2" is selected as the variation pattern from the read variation pattern random number value.

In step S1602, when the special figure 1 big hit flag is OFF (step S1602: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON (step S1604). When the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON (step S1604: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 is a table for the special figure 1 non-time saving state small hit out of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11) to select a variation pattern (step S1605). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 first reads out a variation pattern random number value as a determination value in the same manner as in step S1603. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 selects a variation pattern from the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, using the part corresponding to the non-time saving state small hit and the variation pattern random number value. Here, of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, the part corresponding to the small hit in the non-time saving state has the variation pattern "P3", so "P3" is selected regardless of the variation pattern random number. be.

In step S1604, when the special figure 1 small hit flag is OFF (step S1604: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the reach random number is the reach establishment random number (step S1606). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81, first, reach as a determination value stored in the first storage area (corresponding to the first of the first special figure reservation) of the first special figure reservation storage area 85a Read the random value. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 determines the presence or absence of reach using the reach determination table T2 (FIG. 9(B)) and the reach random number. Here, because it is a non-time-saving state, of the reach determination table T2, the reach based on the table for the non-time-saving state (reach determination value (reach establishment random number) is "0" to "13" part) Determine presence/absence.

If the reach random number is the reach establishment random number (step S1606: YES), that is, if there is reach and there is a loss, the game control microcomputer 81 selects a special symbol from the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11). A variation pattern is selected with reference to the table for loss with reach in the non-time saving state of FIG. 1 (step S1607). Here, as a table for non-time-saving state reach and loss, out of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 shown in FIG. ” part) is referred to. Here, either "P4" or "P5" is selected as the variation pattern from the read variation pattern random number value.

If the reach random number is not the reach establishment random number (step S1606: NO), that is, in the case of no reach loss, the game control microcomputer 81 selects a special symbol from the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11). A variation pattern is selected with reference to the table for reach-less loss in the non-time-saving state of FIG. 1 (step S1608). Here, as a table for non-time-saving state reach-less loss, out of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 shown in FIG. ” part) is referred to. In the special figure 1, the fluctuation pattern random number value read out and the number of the current special figure 1 reserved balls (1 to 4) are selected as the variation pattern, either "P6" or "P7". In the special figure 1, since the variation pattern selected by the number of held balls changes, the function of shortening variation according to the number of held balls works. That is, in special figure 1, when the number of held balls is "3" to "4", more fluctuation patterns with shorter fluctuation times are selected than when the number of held balls is "1" to "2". It is designed to be As a result, when the number of retained balls is large, the digestion speed of special figure retention can be increased.

In step S1600, when it is determined that the game state is the time saving state, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON (FIG. 26: step S1612). After that, the processing of steps S1613 to S1618 is the same as the processing of steps S1603 to S1608 described above except for the following points, so the description thereof is omitted. The difference between the processing of steps S1613 to S1618 and the processing of steps S1603 to S1608 is that in steps S1613, S1615, S1617, and S1618, the portion of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 referred to is already described in steps S1603, S1605, and S1607. , S1608. Specifically, in steps S1603, S1605, S1607, and S1608, the table for the non-time-saving state of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 is referred to, whereas in steps S1613, S1615, S1617, and S1618, A table for time-saving states is referenced. For example, in the case of step S1615, of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, the part corresponding to the small hit in the time saving state (the part whose variation pattern is "P12") is referred to. Further, for example, in the case of step S1617, of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4, the part corresponding to the loss with reach in the time saving state (the part whose variation pattern is "P13") is referred to.

After selecting the variation pattern as described above, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the selected variation pattern (step S1630) and finishes this process. Information on the set variation pattern is included in the special figure 1 variation start command, and is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 in the output process (FIG. 17: step S109). As a result, the variable display of special figure 1 is started.

[Special figure 1 fluctuation processing]
FIG. 27 is a flow chart of special figure 1 fluctuation processing (FIG. 22: step S1308). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the fluctuation time of the special figure 1 has passed and ended (step S1701). The determination of whether or not the special figure 1 fluctuation time has elapsed and has ended is made by whether or not the special figure 1 fluctuation time timer has become 0. When the fluctuation time has not ended (step S1701: NO), after performing the subtraction of the special figure 1 fluctuation time timer (step S1702), this process is finished. That is, the variable display of the special figure 1 started in step S1406 of the special figure 1 standby process (FIG. 23) is continued. On the other hand, if the fluctuation time has ended (step S1701: YES), the special figure 1 fluctuation stop command is set to the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S1712), and the special figure 1 operation status is set to "3" (step S1713). In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 performs other processing associated with the stop of the fluctuation of the special figure 1 (step S1714). For example, the game control microcomputer 81 stops the variable display of the first special symbol on the first special symbol display device 41a with a symbol corresponding to the set special symbol stop symbol data (stop display of the first special symbol ), etc. Thus, the game control microcomputer 81 functions as a "symbol control means". In addition, the stop display time of the special symbol can be arbitrarily set according to the lottery result of the special figure 1 or the like. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process.

[Special figure 1 finalization process]
FIG. 28 is a flowchart of special figure 1 confirmation processing (FIG. 22: step S1309). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the stop time of the first special symbol has passed (step S1800). If the stop time has not elapsed (step S1800: NO), this process ends. On the other hand, if the stop time has passed (step S1800: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs a game state management process (step S1810). The game state management process is a process for switching the game state according to the number of variations of the special symbols executed during the time saving state, and the contents thereof will be described later. After the game state management process, it is determined whether or not the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON (step S1822).

When the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON (step S1822: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the opening pattern of the jackpot according to the type of the jackpot won (step S1823). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the large winning opening opening pattern determination table T9 (FIG. 15), determines the opening pattern of the large winning opening from the special figure stop pattern data, and selects the determined opening pattern. set. Here, when the special figure stop symbol data is 11H, "open pattern 21" is set as the winning opening pattern, and when the special figure stop symbol data is 12H, "open pattern 22" is set. The value of the round counter is set to the number of rounds corresponding to the type of the big win won, together with the set of the opening pattern of the big prize winning opening. The round counter counts the number of unit open games (round games) executed during the jackpot game. Here, when the special figure stop design data is 11H, "15" is set in the round counter, and when the special figure stop design data is 12H, "4" is set (FIG. 15(B)).

After setting the opening pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 switches to OFF when the time saving flag is ON (step S1824: YES) (step S1825). Thereby, it becomes a non-time-saving state during execution of the 1st kind jackpot game. After that, in order to start the type 1 jackpot game, the opening command of the type 1 jackpot game is set (step S1826), and the opening of the jackpot game is started (step S1827). Then, set the special figure 1 operation status to "4" (step S1828), and finish this process. By setting the special figure 1 operation status to "4", the process shifts to special electric auditors process 1 (jackpot game) (FIG. 22).

In step S1822, when the special figure 1 big hit flag is OFF (step S1822: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON (step S1830). When the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON (step S1830: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the opening pattern of the big winning opening according to the type of the won small prize (step S1831). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the large winning opening opening pattern determination table T9 in the same manner as the above-described step S1823, determines the opening pattern of the large winning opening from the special figure stop symbol data, and determines the opening pattern. set the open pattern. Since the small hit type of special figure 1 is only "16R normal small hit A" (special figure stop symbol data is "13H"), "open pattern 23" is set as the opening pattern of the winning opening. The value of the round counter is set to the number of rounds according to the type of the winning small prize, together with the set of the opening pattern of the big prize winning opening. Here, "16" is set in the round counter (FIG. 15(B)).

After setting the opening pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 switches the V opening/closing member operation flag to ON (step S1832). The V opening/closing member operation flag is a flag indicating that it is a period in which the V opening/closing member 71 is to be operated. In the V opening/closing member control process (FIG. 40), when the V opening/closing member operation flag is ON, the V opening/closing member 71 is operated in a predetermined operation pattern. Here, the V opening/closing member 71 is closed as an opening for 0.01 seconds after the small winning game in any small winning game, then opened for 4 seconds, and then closed. In addition, when the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON, unlike the case where the special figure 1 big hit flag is ON, even if the time saving flag is ON, it is not switched to OFF. After that, in order to start the small winning game, the opening command of the small winning is set (step S1833), and the opening of the small winning game is started (step S1834). Then, set the special figure 1 operation status to "5" (step S1835), and finish this process. By setting the special figure 1 operation status to "5", the process shifts to special electric auditors process 2 (small winning game) (FIG. 22).

In step S1830, when the special figure 1 small hit flag is OFF (step S1830: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the special figure 1 operation status to "1" (step S1840), and executes this process. finish. As a result, unless the special figure 2 lottery is a big hit or a small hit, neither the big hit game nor the small hit game is started, and the process moves to the special figure 1 standby process (FIG. 22: step S1306) again, and the next special figure Hit determination and the like for 1 hold are executed.

[Game State Management Processing]
FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the gaming state management process (FIG. 28: step S1810). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the time saving flag is ON (step S1811). When the time saving flag is OFF (step S1811: NO), that is, when it is in the non-time saving state, the process skips to step S1815. When the time saving flag is ON (step S1811: YES), that is, when the time saving state, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the value of the time saving counter C1 by 1 (step S1812). The "time saving counter C1" counts the number of variations of special symbols executed during the time saving state (the total number of variations of the first special symbol and the number of variations of the second special symbol). "99" is set to the time saving counter C1 as an initial value.

As a result of step S1812, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the value of the time saving counter C1 has become "0" (step S1813). When the value of the time saving counter C1 is not "0" (step S1813: NO), the process skips to step S1815. When the value of the time saving counter C1 is "0" (step S1813: YES), the time saving flag is switched to OFF (step S1814). Thereby, the game state is switched from the time-saving state to the non-time-saving state. That is, when the number of variations of the special symbols executed in the time saving state reaches 99, the game state is switched to the non-time saving state.

In step S1815, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the game state designation command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84, and ends this process. The game state designation command includes information (whether or not the time saving state, the value of the time saving counter C1, etc.) regarding the current game state set just now.

[Special figure 2 standby process]
FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the special figure 2 standby process (FIG. 22: step S1316). In the special figure 2 standby process, the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is "0" (step S1901). If the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is "0" (step S1901: YES), that is, in the second special figure reservation storage area 85ba, due to the winning of the 2A starting port 21 or the second starting port 22 If the obtained random value group is not stored, the process proceeds to step S1983. If the number of special-figure 2 pending balls is "1" or more (step S1901: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special-figure 2 hit determination processing (step S1910) and special-figure 2 variation pattern selection processing (step S1940) is executed. Details of these processes will be described later. After the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process, the number of special figure 2 reservation balls is decremented by one (step S1974). Next, the game control microcomputer 81 moves the storage location of the pending information (various random values) stored in the first to fourth storage areas of the second special figure pending storage area 85b to the side read from the current position. While shifting by one, clear the pending information stored in the farthest place from the read side in the second special figure pending storage area 85b (step S1975). By the above steps, the second special figure reservation is digested in the order in which it was reserved. In this case, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, the reserved image 9B corresponding to the first storage area of the second special figure reserved storage area 85b (out of the four reserved images 9B, the leftmost reserved image 9B) is It shifts to the pending digested image display area side and is displayed as a pending digested image 9D. Also, if there is pending information in the second to fourth storage areas of the second special figure pending storage area 85b, the pending image 9B corresponding to the second to fourth storage areas (of the four pending images 9B, the left The 2nd, 3rd and 4th retained images 9B) are shifted one to the left respectively. Thereby, the player can recognize that one second special figure reservation has been consumed. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs special figure 2 fluctuation start processing (step S1976). In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process, the special figure 2 fluctuation start command is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84, the fluctuation display of the second special symbol is started, and the special figure 2 fluctuation time timer is set. To the special figure 2 variation time timer, the variation time (see FIG. 12) determined according to the variation pattern selected in the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process is set. In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the special figure 2 operation status to "2". In addition, the special figure 2 variation start command set in the special figure 2 variation start process includes information about the special figure stop pattern data set in the special figure 2 hit determination process (step S1910) and the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process It contains information about the variation pattern set in (step S1940).

In step S1901, when the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is "0", the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 is a standby screen, and if it is a standby screen (step S1983: YES), this processing ends. If it is not the standby screen (step S1983: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 waits for the lapse of the predetermined standby time, and sets the customer waiting standby command for displaying the standby scene in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84. (Step S1984), this processing ends.

[Tokuzu 2 Hit Judgment Process]
FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the special figure 2 hit determination process (FIG. 30: step S1910). In the special figure 2 hit determination process, first, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not one of the "special figure 1 big hit flag" and the "special figure 1 small hit flag" is ON (step S1921). When either the special figure 1 big hit flag or the special figure 1 small hit flag is ON (step S1921: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 provides special figure stop design data (01H) corresponding to the losing design in the main RAM 84. It is set in the jackpot type buffer (step S1938), and this process is terminated. Thus, when either the "special figure 1 big hit flag" or the "special figure 1 small hit flag" is ON, the special figure 2 lottery is configured to be forced to lose. When either the "special figure 1 big win flag" or the "special figure 1 small win flag" is ON, the variation before the big win game or the small win game is executed on the special figure 1 side is performed. state. If the special figure 2 lottery hits a big hit or a small hit in this state, and the fluctuation of the big hit or small hit ends earlier than the fluctuation on the special figure 1 side, the special figure 2 big hit or small hit during the special figure 1 fluctuation production There is a problem that the winning starts. Occurrence of the problem can be suppressed by this configuration.

When both the special figure 1 big hit flag and the special figure 1 small hit flag are OFF (step S1921: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the special symbol hit determination table T1 (FIG. 9 (A)). Then, hit determination is performed (step S1922). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81, first, special A per-symbol random value is read out, and it is determined whether or not a big win or a small win is made using the read-out special symbol-per random value and a special symbol-per-hit determination table T1.

If the result of the hit determination is "jackpot" (step S1923: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the "special figure 2 jackpot flag" (step S1925), and determines the jackpot type (step S1927 ). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 first reads out the special symbol type random number value as the determination value stored in the first storage area of the second special symbol reservation storage area 85b. Next, the jackpot type is determined based on the read special symbol type random value and the special symbol type determination table T3 (FIG. 10). After judging the jackpot type, the special figure stop pattern data (jackpot pattern) corresponding to the identified jackpot type is set in the hit type buffer provided in the main RAM 84 (step S1929), and this process is finished.

On the other hand, if the result of the hit determination is not a "big hit" (step S1923: NO) but a "small hit" (step S1930: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the "special figure 2 small hit flag". While doing (step S1932), the small hit type is determined (step S1934). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 reads the special symbol per type random number as a determination value, reads the special symbol per type random number and the special symbol per type determination table T3 ( Based on FIG. 10), the small hit type is determined. After the determination of the small winning type, the special figure stop design data (small winning design) corresponding to the specified small winning type is set in the winning type buffer provided in the main RAM 84 (step S1516), and the process is terminated. If the result of the hit determination is "losing" (steps S1923, S1930: NO), the special figure stop design data (01H) corresponding to the losing design is set in the big hit type buffer provided in the main RAM 84 (step S1518), End this process.

[Tokuzu 2 variation pattern selection process]
Figures 32 and 33 are flowcharts of the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (Figure 30: step S1940). The processing of steps S1950 to S1970 of the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process is similar to the processing of steps S1600 to S1630 of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (FIGS. 32 and 33) described above except for the following points. Therefore, the explanation is omitted. In the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process, while referring to the special figure 2 jackpot flag in steps S1952 and S1962, refer to the special figure 1 jackpot flag in steps S1602 and S1612 of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process there is In the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process, while referring to the special figure 2 small per flag in steps S1954 and S1964, refer to the special figure 1 small per flag in steps S1604 and S1614 of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process are doing. In the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process, in steps S1953, S1955, S1957, S1958, S1963, S1965, S1967, S1968, while the part of the special figure 2 of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 12) is referred to The special figure 1 part of the special symbol variation pattern determination table T4 (FIG. 11) is referred to in steps S1603, S1605, S1607, S1608, S1613, S1615, S1617, and S1618 of the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process. In the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process, after selecting the variation pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the selected variation pattern (step S1970) and finishes this process. Information on the set variation pattern is included in the special figure 2 variation start command, and is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 in the output process (FIG. 17: step S109). As a result, the variable display of special figure 2 is started.

[Special figure 2 fluctuation processing]
FIG. 34 is a flow chart of special figure 2 fluctuation processing (FIG. 22: step S1318). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the variation time of the special figure 2 has passed and ended (step S2001). The determination of whether or not the special figure 2 fluctuation time has passed and ended is made by whether or not the special figure 2 fluctuation time timer has become 0. When the fluctuation time has not ended (step S2001: NO), after performing the subtraction of the special figure 2 fluctuation time timer (step S2002), this process is finished. That is, the variable display of the special figure 2 started in step S1976 of the special figure 2 standby process (FIG. 30) is continued. On the other hand, if the fluctuation time has ended (step S2001: YES), the special figure 2 fluctuation stop command is set to the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S2012), and the special figure 2 operation status is set to "3" (step S2013). In addition, the game control microcomputer 81 performs other processing associated with the stop of fluctuation of the special figure 2 (step S2014). For example, the game control microcomputer 81 stops the variable display of the second special symbol on the second special symbol display device 41b with a symbol corresponding to the set special symbol stop symbol data (stop display of the second special symbol ), etc. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process.

[Special figure 2 finalization process]
FIG. 35 is a flowchart of special figure 2 confirmation processing (FIG. 22: step S1319). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the stop time of the second special symbol has passed, and if the stop time has not passed (step S2100: NO), the process ends. On the other hand, if the stop time has elapsed (step S2100: YES), the game state management process (FIG. 29) is performed (step S2110). After the game state management process, it is determined whether or not the special figure 2 jackpot flag is ON. The opening pattern of the winning opening is set (step S2123). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the large winning opening opening pattern determination table T9 (FIG. 15), determines the opening pattern of the large winning opening from the special figure stop pattern data, and selects the determined opening pattern. set. Here, when the special figure stop symbol data is 21H and 24H, "open pattern 21" is set as the winning opening pattern, and when the special figure stop symbol data is 22H and 25H, "open pattern 22" is set. be. The value of the round counter is set to the number of rounds corresponding to the type of the big win won, together with the set of the opening pattern of the big prize winning opening. Here, when the special figure stop design data is 21H, 24H, "15" is set in the round counter, and when the special figure stop design data is 22H, 25H, "4" is set (Fig. 15 (B )). After setting the opening pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 switches to OFF when the time saving flag is ON (step S2124: YES) (step S2125). After that, in order to start the 1st kind jackpot game, the opening command of the 1st kind jackpot game is set (step S2126), and the opening of the jackpot game is started (step S2127). Then, set the special figure 2 operation status to "4" (step S2128), and finish this process. By setting the special figure 2 operation status to "4", the process shifts to special electric auditors process 1 (jackpot game) (FIG. 22).

In step S2122, if the special figure 2 big hit flag is OFF, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the special figure 2 small hit flag is ON, and if it is ON (step S2130: YES), The opening pattern of the big winning opening is set according to the type of the small win that has been won (step S2131). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 refers to the large winning opening opening pattern determination table T9 in the same manner as in step S2123 described above, and determines the opening pattern of the large winning opening from the special figure stop symbol data. set the open pattern. When the small winning type is "16R normal small winning" (the special figure stop symbol data is "23H"), "opening pattern 23" is set as the opening pattern of the winning opening. When the small hit type is "16R short time small hit" (the special figure stop symbol data is "26H"), "open pattern 24" is set as the opening pattern of the winning opening. The value of the round counter is set to the number of rounds according to the type of the winning small prize together with the set of opening patterns of the big prize winning opening. Here, "16" is set in the round counter (FIG. 15(B)). After setting the opening pattern, the game control microcomputer 81 switches the V opening/closing member operation flag to ON (step S2132), sets a small winning opening command (step S2133), and starts the opening of the small winning game (step S2134). Then, set the special figure 2 operation status to "5" (step S2135), and finish this process. By setting the special figure 2 operation status to "5", the process shifts to special electric auditors process 2 (small winning game) (FIG. 22). In step S2130, when the special figure 2 small hit flag is OFF, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the special figure 2 operation status to "1" (step S2140), and terminates this process. As a result, unless the special figure 1 lottery is a big hit or a small hit, neither the big hit game nor the small hit game is started, and the process moves to the special figure 2 standby process (Fig. 22: step S1316) again, and the next special figure 2. Hit determination and the like for the hold are executed.

[Special electric accessory processing 1 (jackpot game)]
FIG. 36 is a flowchart of special electric accessary product processing 1 (FIG. 22: step S1320). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the jackpot end flag is ON (step S2200). The “jackpot end flag” is a flag indicating that the opening of all the jackpots 35 based on the opening pattern has ended in the jackpot game currently being executed. When the jackpot end flag is ON (step S2200: YES), the process proceeds to step S2230. When the jackpot end flag is OFF (step S2200: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the big winning opening 35 is open (step S2202). If it is open (step S2202: YES), the process proceeds to step S2210.

If the large winning opening 35 is not open (step S2202: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not it is time (timing) to open the large winning opening 35 (step S2203). The time (timing) for opening the big winning port 35 includes, for example, when the opening time of the big winning game has passed and the time to start opening in the first round game, or when the big winning port 35 is temporarily closed after opening. It includes the time when the time to start opening again after the interval time (closing time) until opening the mouth 35 again has elapsed. If it is not time (timing) to open the big winning opening 35 (step S2203: NO), the process proceeds to step S2220.

When it is time (timing) to open the big winning opening 35 (step S2203: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs a big winning opening opening process (step S2207). Here, the game control microcomputer 81 opens the big winning opening 35 according to the opening pattern (FIG. 15(B)) corresponding to the winning type (big winning type or small winning type). When the type 1 jackpot game is being executed, the big prize opening 35 is opened according to the opening pattern 21 or the opening pattern 22 according to the jackpot type. When the 2-type big winning game is being executed, the big winning opening 35 is opened according to the opening pattern 23, the opening pattern 24 or the opening pattern 25 according to the kind of the small winning. After the big winning opening opening process, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a round designation command (step S2208). The round designation command includes information about the number of rounds of the special game (small winning game and big winning game) being executed, and the game control microcomputer 81 sets the round designation command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84. do. Thereby, the number of rounds of the special game can be notified to the sub-control board 90 . In addition, in this embodiment, the large winning opening 35 is not opened a plurality of times during one round game. However, as another embodiment, when the large winning opening 35 is opened a plurality of times during one round game, the game control microcomputer 81 determines that the opening of the large winning opening 35 is during one round. It is also possible to determine whether or not it is the first opening at , and set the round designation command only in the case of the first opening. After setting the round designation command, this processing ends.

In the above-described step S2202, when the large winning opening 35 is open (step S2202: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the conditions for closing the large winning opening 35 are satisfied (step S2210). ). The closing condition here is that the number of winnings into the big winning hole 35 in the round game has reached a specified maximum number of winnings (for example, 9 per round), or that the time to close the big winning hole 35 Any of the conditions (that is, the elapse of a predetermined opening time (for example, 29.5 seconds) after the opening of the big winning opening 35) is satisfied. Then, when the condition for closing the big winning opening 35 is not satisfied (step S2210: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. On the other hand, if the condition for closing the big winning opening 35 is satisfied (step S2210: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 closes (blocks) the big winning opening 35 (step S2211), and then finishes this process.

In step S2203 described above, if it is not time (timing) to open the big winning opening 35, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the round game has ended (step S2220). Here, one round ends after a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) has passed since the big winning opening 35 was closed. This is because the closing time (interval time) of the big winning opening 35 between round games is included in the open round game before closing, as described above. The game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the round game has ended depending on whether or not a predetermined interval time has passed since the big winning opening 35 was closed. If the round game has not ended (step S2220: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process.

When the round game has ended (step S2220: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the value of the round counter by 1 (step S2221), and determines whether the value of the round counter has become "0". is determined (step S2226). If the value of the round counter is not "0" (step S2226: NO), that is, if the specified number of round games has not yet been played, this process ends to start the next round game. On the other hand, when the value of the round counter is "0" (step S2226: YES), as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game, the ending command of the jackpot game is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 (step S2227). , start the jackpot ending (step S2228). The ending command contains information about the special figure stop design data set in the special figure 1 hit determination process (Fig. 23) or the special figure 2 hit determination process (Fig. 31). After starting the ending of the jackpot, the jackpot end flag is set to ON (step S2229), and the processing is finished.

In the above-described step S2200, if the jackpot end flag is ON (step S2200: YES), since the final round has ended, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the jackpot ending time has elapsed. (step S2230). If the ending time has not elapsed (step S2230: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. On the other hand, if the ending time has passed (step S2230: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns off the jackpot end flag (step S2231), , the ON flag is turned OFF (step S2232). Specifically, when the 1st kind jackpot game by the special figure 1 jackpot or the 2nd kind jackpot game by the special figure 1 small hit is executed, since the special figure 1 jackpot flag is ON, Turn off the jackpot flag in FIG. When the special figure 2 jackpot game or the special figure 2 small hit game is executed, the special figure 2 jackpot flag is ON, so the special figure 2 jackpot flag is set. Turn off. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the operation status "4" to "1" out of the special figure 1 operation status or the special figure 2 operation status (step S2233). Specifically, when a special figure 1 jackpot game or a special figure 1 small hit game is being executed, the special figure 1 operation status is set to "1", When the 1st kind jackpot game by the jackpot of FIG. 2 or the 2nd kind jackpot game by the small hit of the special figure 2 is executed, the special figure 2 operation status is set to "1". Thereby, among the special figures 1 and 2, the operation status is set to "1" for the special symbol, in the next special operation process, the standby process (FIG. 22: step S1306 or S1316) is executed again. be. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a game state setting process (step S2234), which will be described later, and ends this process. The game state setting process (FIG. 37) sets the game state (time saving state or non-time saving state) after the jackpot game, and in the case of the time saving state, the initial value (time saving number of times ) is set.

[Game state setting process]
FIG. 37 is a flowchart of the game state setting process (FIG. 36: step S2234). The game control microcomputer 81 is, first of all, a jackpot game executed this time is a jackpot game executed with a time saving hit (that is, "4R time saving jackpot", "16R time saving small win") as a trigger. It is determined whether or not (step S2301). If the time saving hit is not the trigger (step S2301: NO), that is, if the current jackpot game is normally hit (that is, "15R normal jackpot", "16R normal small hit"), the process is step Skip to S2309. On the other hand, if the jackpot game of this time is executed triggered by the time saving hit (step S2301: YES), the time saving flag is turned ON (step S2302), and the setting value (here, "99") shown in the time saving counter C1 is set. (step S2303). As a result, the game state after the current jackpot game is set to the "time saving state and high base state". This "time-saving state and high base state" means that the variable display of the special pattern is performed a predetermined number of times (here, 99 times), or that the next jackpot (1 type jackpot or 2 types jackpot) is won. , is completed when any one of the conditions is established. In step S2309, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the game state designation command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84, and ends this process. The game state specifying command includes information (whether or not the time saving state, the value of the time saving counter C1, etc.) about the game state set just now.

[Special electric accessory processing 2 (small winning game)]
38 and 39 are flowcharts of the special electric accessory process 2 (FIG. 22: step S1321). The game control microcomputer 81 functions as "hitting game executing means" by executing the above-mentioned special electric auditors process 1 (jackpot game: FIG. 36) and this special electric auditors process 2 (small winning game). do. The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the small hit end flag is ON (step S2400). The "small winning end flag" is a flag indicating that the opening of the big winning device 36 based on the opening pattern has ended in the small winning game being executed. If the small hit end flag is ON (step S2400: YES), the process proceeds to step S2420. When the small hit end flag is OFF (step S2400: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the big winning opening 35 is open (step S2402). If it is open (step S2402: YES), the process proceeds to step S2410.

When the large winning opening 35 is not open (step S2402: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not it is time (timing) to open the large winning opening 35 (step S2404). The time (timing) for opening the big winning opening 35 is when the time for opening the small winning opening has passed and the timing for opening the opening has arrived. The opening time of the small win is 4 seconds for the open pattern 23, and 0.01 seconds for the open patterns 24 and 25. If it is not the time (timing) to open the big winning opening 35 (step S2404: NO), this process ends. When it is time (timing) to open the big winning hole 35 (step S2404: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs a big winning hole opening process (step S2406). Here, the game control microcomputer 81 opens the big winning opening 35 according to the opening pattern (FIG. 15(B)) corresponding to the small winning type. After the big winning opening opening process, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a round designation command (step S2408). The round designation command includes information about the number of rounds of the special game being executed, and the game control microcomputer 81 sets the round designation command in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84. FIG. Thereby, the number of rounds of the special game can be notified to the sub-control board 90 . After setting the round designation command, this processing ends.

In the above-described step S2402, when the large winning opening 35 is open (step S2402: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the conditions for closing the large winning opening 35 are satisfied (step S2410). ). The closing condition here is that the number of winning prizes into the big winning hole 35 reaches a specified maximum winning number (for example, 10), or that the time to close the big winning hole 35 (that is, elapse of a predetermined opening time (for example, 1.6 seconds) after opening the winning opening 35). If the condition for closing the big winning opening 35 is not satisfied (step S2410: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. On the other hand, if the conditions for closing the large winning opening 35 are satisfied (step S2410: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 performs large winning opening closing processing to close (block) the large winning opening 35 (step S2412). ). Here, in addition, the ending command of the small winning game is set in the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 as a small winning ending process for ending the small winning game. After the big winning opening closing process, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the value of the round counter by 1 (step S2414). This is because the small winning game corresponds to the 1R eye. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the small hit end flag to ON (step S2416), and finishes this process.

In the above-described step S2400, if the small hit end flag is ON (step S2400: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the interval time (ending time) after closing has passed (step S2420 ). If the ending time has not elapsed (step S2420: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 ends this process. On the other hand, when the ending time has passed (step S2420: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 switches the small hit end flag to OFF (step S2422), and the special figure 1 small hit flag or special figure 2 small hit Of the flags, the ON flag is switched to OFF (step S2424). Specifically, when the small hit game by the special figure 1 is executed, the special figure 1 small hit flag is turned ON, so the special figure 1 small hit flag is turned OFF. When the small hit game by the special figure 2 is executed, the special figure 2 small hit flag is turned off because the special figure 2 small hit flag is ON. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the V flag is ON (step S2430). "V flag" is a flag indicating that a game ball has passed through the V area 39 during execution of a small winning game, and is a flag that is turned ON in a V area sensor detection process (FIG. 41) to be described later. . When the V flag is OFF (step S2430: NO), the game control microcomputer 81 sets the round counter to "0" (step S3432) and sets the special figure 1 operation status or Of the special figure 2 operation status, the operation status that is "5" is set to "1" (step S2434), and this process is finished. Specifically, when the two types of jackpot games by the small hit of the special figure 1 are executed, the special figure 1 operation status is set to "1", and the two kinds of jackpot games by the small hit of the special figure 2 If it is running, set the special figure 2 operation status to "1". Thereby, among the special figures 1 and 2, the operation status is set to "1" for the special symbol, in the next special operation process, the standby process (FIG. 22: step S1306 or S1316) is executed again. be.

In the above-described step S2430, when the V flag is ON (step S2430: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 switches the V flag to OFF (step S2436), and sets the jackpot flag to execute the two-type jackpot game. is switched to ON (step S2437), and among the special figure 1 operation status or special figure 2 operation status, the operation status which is "5" is set to "4" (step S2438). By setting the operation status of either special figure 1 or special figure 2 to "4", in the next special operation process (FIG. 22), the process shifts to special electric auditors process 1 (jackpot game) do. After setting the operation status, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the time saving flag is ON (step S2440), and if it is ON (step S2440: YES), it switches to OFF (step S2442). Thereby, it becomes a non-time-saving state during the execution of the two-type jackpot game. After that, in order to start the jackpot game, the game control microcomputer 81 sets the opening command of the second jackpot game (step S2444), and starts the opening of the jackpot game (step S2446). As a result, the small winning game in which the big winning opening 35 is opened for a short period of time is shifted to the two-kind big winning game.

[V opening/closing member control processing]
FIG. 40 is a flowchart of the V opening/closing member control process (FIG. 17: step S106). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the V opening/closing member operation flag is ON (step S2500). If the V opening/closing member actuation flag is OFF (step S2500: NO), this process ends. If the V opening/closing member operation flag is ON (step S2500: YES), "V opening/closing member operation processing" is performed to operate the V opening/closing member 71 in a predetermined operation pattern (step S2502). A "V effective period setting process" for validating the V passage of the game ball is performed (step S2504). When the V opening/closing member operation flag is ON, the opening of the small winning game is started (FIG. 28: steps S1832, S1834, FIG. 35: steps S2132, S2134), so that the V opening/closing member operates according to this small winning game. processing and V effective period setting processing are performed.

In the V opening/closing member operation processing, a timer for measuring the operating time of the V opening/closing member 71 is set, and based on the timer, the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is turned on when the timing for opening the V opening/closing member 71 comes. , the V opening/closing member solenoid 73 is turned off when the timing for closing the V opening/closing member 71 comes. As a result, the V opening/closing member 71 moves in a constant motion from the start of the opening of the small winning game. Specifically, the V opening and closing member 71 is first controlled to a passage blocking state (closed state) for 0.01 seconds from the start of the opening of the small winning game, and then controlled to a passage permitted state (open state) for 4 seconds. After that, the passage blocking state (closed state) is controlled for 6 seconds.

In the V effective period setting process, the V effective period is set for the constant operation of the V opening/closing member 71 as described above. The "V effective period" is a period during which the V flag is turned ON when the V area sensor 39a detects a game ball, regarding the detection as valid. The V effective period is from the start of opening of the V area 39 (at the time when control of the V opening/closing member 71 to the passage permitting state is started) until a predetermined time elapses. The predetermined time is set to be longer than the opening time of the V area 39 (the time during which the V opening/closing member 71 is controlled to allow passage) (here, the opening time of the V area 39 + 1 second). This is because the game ball passing through the arrangement position of the V opening/closing member 71 reaches the V area 39 in consideration of the time lag. In the V valid period setting process, a timer for measuring the V valid period is set, and based on the timer, the V valid flag is turned ON when the timing for validating the V area 39 comes, and the V area 39 is activated. The V valid flag is turned OFF when the invalidation timing comes. In the V area sensor detection process (FIG. 41) described later, it is determined whether or not the V valid period is in progress depending on whether or not the V valid flag is ON.

After the V opening/closing member operation processing and the V effective period setting processing, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the operation of the V opening/closing member 71 has ended (step S2506). Specifically, based on the timer set in the V opening/closing member operation processing (step S2502), the total operation time (0.01 seconds + 4 seconds + 6 seconds) from the start to the end of the constant operation of the V opening/closing member 71 is calculated. ) has passed. If the operation of the V opening/closing member 71 has not ended (step S2506: NO), this processing ends. On the other hand, when the operation of the V opening/closing member 71 has ended (step S2506: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 switches the V opening/closing member operation flag to OFF (step S2508), and ends this processing.

[V area sensor detection process]
FIG. 41 is a flowchart of the V area sensor detection process (FIG. 17: step S107). The game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not the game ball has been detected by the V area sensor 39a (step S2601). If the game ball is not detected by the V area sensor 39a (step S2601: NO), this process is finished. On the other hand, when there is detection (step S2601: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether it is during the V valid period (step S2602). The V effective period is a period set by the V effective period setting process (step S2504) of the V opening/closing member control process (FIG. 40). The V effective period is set to several seconds (ball brush period) when the V opening/closing member 71 is opened or after it is closed. Here, 1 second is set as the ball brushing period. If it is not during the V valid period (step S2602: NO), this processing ends. On the other hand, if it is during the V valid period (step S2602: YES), the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the V flag (step S2603) and sets the V passage command to the command set area 84a of the main RAM 84 ( Step S2604), this processing ends. "V pass command" is a command for notifying the sub-control board 90 of V pass.

7. Operation of Production Control Microcomputer 91 The operation of the production control microcomputer 91 provided on the sub-control board 90 (FIG. 5) will be described with reference to FIGS. 42 to 44. FIG. Counters, flags, statuses, buffers, and the like that appear in the description of the performance control microcomputer 91 are provided in the sub-RAM 94 .

[Sub-control main processing]
FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing sub-control main processing. When the gaming machine 1 is powered on, the effect control microcomputer 91 reads out a program for executing a sub-control main process from the sub-ROM 93 . In this way, the production control microcomputer 91 functions as production executing means and holding means by reading out the program for executing the sub-control main processing from the sub-ROM 93 and executing the arithmetic processing. In the sub-control main process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first performs CPU initialization process (step S4000). In the CPU initialization process, for example, the sub CPU 92 is set, various flags, statuses, counters, and the like are reset. 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". Note that the CPU initialization process is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

After the CPU initialization processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 prohibits interrupt processing (step S4015), and performs random number update processing (step S4020). In this random number update process, the effect control microcomputer 91 adds 1 to the random number counter value shown in FIG. 8(B) and updates it. When each random number counter value reaches the set upper limit value, 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. Moreover, the random number value may be added by 2 or more instead of adding 1 each time. Each random number may be a so-called hardware random number.

After the random number update process, the effect control microcomputer 91 permits the interruption of the interruption process (step S4025). While interrupts are enabled, sub-side timer interrupt processing (step S4035) can be executed. The sub-side timer interrupt processing is executed based on interrupt pulses that are repeatedly input to the sub CPU 92 at predetermined intervals. That is, the sub-side timer interrupt processing is executed at predetermined intervals. After the sub-side timer interrupt processing ends, the random number update processing is repeatedly executed until the next sub-side timer interrupt processing is started.

[Sub-side timer interrupt processing]
FIG. 43 is a flowchart of sub-side timer interrupt processing (FIG. 42: step S4035). The effect control microcomputer 91 first performs received command analysis processing (step S4300). Details of the received command analysis processing (FIG. 44) will be described later. After the received command analysis processing, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs scene effect display processing (step S4305). In this embodiment, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the scene production mode is entered. In this scene production mode, when the variable production of the special figure 1 and the variable production of the special figure 2 are executed in parallel, a predetermined scene production different from the normal production is executed. These scene effects include three scene effects, that is, scene effect A, scene effect B, and scene effect C, and one story is formed by displaying these in order. Therefore, scene effect A, scene effect B, and scene effect C are effects related to each other. Details of the scene rendering display processing (FIG. 47) and the scene rendering will be described later. Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 performs switch processing (step S4310). In the switch process, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets the display contents of the display screen 7a based on the switch data (edge data and level data) output based on the detection signal from the effect button detection switch 63a. . After the switch process, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs command transmission process (step S4315). In the command transmission process, the effect control microcomputer 91 transmits various commands set in the effect command set area 94b (output buffer) of the sub-RAM 94 in the received command analysis process (FIG. 44), etc. It is transmitted to the lamp control board 107 . The image control board 100 that has received various commands uses the image display device 7 to execute a display effect according to the received command. In addition, the audio control board 106 that has received various commands executes an audio effect of outputting audio from the speaker 67 in accordance with the received commands. Upon receiving various commands, the lamp control board 107 executes a lamp effect that controls light emission of the board lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 according to the received command. After the command transmission process, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs other processes (step S4320), and ends this process. Other processing includes, for example, random number update processing.

[Receive command analysis processing]
FIG. 44 is a flow chart of the received command analysis process (FIG. 43: step S4300). The production control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not a reservation ball number command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4402). If received (step S4402: YES), hold display processing is performed (step S4405). In the pending display process, based on the information on the special figure 1 reserved ball number, the special figure 2 reserved ball number, and the normal symbol reserved ball number included in the reserved ball number command, the counter set area 94d of the sub RAM 94 is provided. The values of the first special figure reservation effect counter, the second special figure reservation effect counter, and the general figure reservation effect counter are updated. As a result, not only the main control board 80 side but also the sub-control board 90 side can hold the information of each reserved ball number. In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91 is based on the values of the first special figure pending effect counter, the second special figure pending effect counter, and the general figure pending effect counter, the pending image 9A displayed on the display screen 7a, Update 9B. On the other hand, if the command for the number of pending balls has not been received (step S4402: NO), the above-described pending display processing is skipped.

Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the pre-determination command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4405). If not received (step S4405: NO), the process proceeds to step S4415, which will be described later. On the other hand, if it has been received (step S4405: YES), pre-determination information storage processing is performed (step S4410). "Predetermination information storage process" is a process of storing the predetermination information (special symbol per determination information, special symbol per type information, variation pattern information, variation time information) included in the predetermination command in the predetermination information storage area 94c. is.

FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the advance determination information storage area 94c. In the prior determination information storage area 94c, special symbol winning determination information, special symbol winning type information, and variation pattern information are stored as the above-described prior determination information. The advance determination information storage area 94c is divided into a storage area for the special figure 1 and a storage area for the special figure 2, and in each of the storage area for the special figure 1 and the storage area for the special figure 2, the area and the first It has a storage area to a fourth storage area. Each of these storage areas is associated with the number of reserved balls (information included in the number of reserved balls command received in the process of step S4404 described above). Specifically, the game control microcomputer 81 stores the preliminary determination information in the storage area corresponding to the type of special symbol and the number of reserved balls in the preliminary determination information storage process of step S4410. If the received pre-determination information corresponds to special figure 1 and the number of pending balls is 1, no pre-determination information is stored in any of the first to fourth storage areas of special figure 1. It is a state, and stores the received advance determination information in the first storage area of the special figure 1. If the received pre-determination information corresponds to special figure 1 and the number of pending balls is 2, the pre-determination information is already stored in the first storage area of special figure 1, and the received pre-determination information is stored in the second storage area of special figure 1. If the received pre-determination information corresponds to special figure 1 and the number of pending balls is 3, the pre-determination information is already stored in the first storage area and the second storage area of special figure 1, The received advance determination information is stored in the third storage area of the special figure 1. If the received pre-determination information corresponds to special figure 1 and the number of pending balls is 4, the pre-determination information is stored in the first storage area to the third storage area of special figure 1, and received The pre-determined information is stored in the fourth storage area of the special figure 1. The same applies to the special figure 2. For example, if the pre-determination information received in step S440 corresponds to special figure 2, and the number of pending balls of special figure 2 is "2", the received pre-determination information is stored in the second storage of special figure 2 Store in the area.

In the example of the prior determination information storage area 94c shown in FIGS. 45 (A) and (B), it is an example during the time saving state, and each of the first storage area to the fourth storage area of each special figure 1 and special figure 2 A state in which the pre-determination information is stored is shown.

In the advance determination information storage area 94c, the advance determination information of each storage area of special figure 1 is subjected to shift processing after special figure 1 fluctuation effect end processing of step S4430 described later. Further, the advance determination information of each storage area of the special figure 2 is subjected to a shift process after the special figure 2 variation effect of step S4445 described later. As the shift process, the prior determination information stored in the first storage area is shifted to the relevant area, the prior determination information stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the first to third storage areas, The advance determination information in the fourth storage area is cleared. Thereby, the area of special figure 1 or special figure 2 stores the prior determination information in the variation.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the special figure 1 fluctuation start command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4415). When it is received (step S4415: YES), special figure 1 fluctuation production start processing is done (step S4420). "Special figure 1 fluctuation production start process" is a process of selecting a fluctuation production pattern (contents) to be executed during the first special symbol fluctuation. The details of the special figure 1 fluctuation effect start processing will be described later. On the other hand, if not received (step S4415: NO), skip the above-mentioned special figure 1 fluctuation effect start processing.

Subsequently, the production control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the special figure 1 fluctuation stop command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4425). When it is received (step S4425: YES), special figure 1 fluctuation production end processing is done (step S4430). "Special figure 1 fluctuation production end processing" is a process for stopping the fluctuation production executed during the first special symbol fluctuation. In the special figure 1 fluctuation production end processing, the production control microcomputer 91 performs counter setting etc. based on the analysis result of the special figure 1 fluctuation stop command, and the special figure 1 fluctuation production end command for ending the fluctuation production to set. As a result, the decorative pattern corresponding to the special figure 1 during fluctuation is stopped and displayed. In addition, when the special figure 1 fluctuation stop command is not received (step S4425: NO), skips the above-mentioned special figure 1 fluctuation production end processing.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the special figure 2 fluctuation start command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4435). When it is received (step S4435: YES), special figure 2 fluctuation production start processing is done (step S4440). "Special figure 2 fluctuation production start process" is a process of selecting a fluctuation production pattern (contents) to be executed during the second special symbol fluctuation. The details of the special figure 2 fluctuation production start processing will be described later along with the details of the special figure 1 fluctuation production start processing. On the other hand, if not received (step S4435: NO), skip the above-mentioned special figure 2 fluctuation effect start processing.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the special figure 2 fluctuation stop command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4445). When it has received (step S4445: YES), special figure 2 fluctuation production end processing is done (step S4450). "Special figure 2 fluctuation production end processing" is a process for stopping the fluctuation production executed during the second special symbol fluctuation. In the special figure 2 fluctuation production end processing, the production control microcomputer 91 sets the counter based on the analysis result of the special figure 2 fluctuation stop command, and the special figure 2 fluctuation production end command for ending the fluctuation production to set. As a result, the decorative symbols corresponding to the changing special figure 2 are stopped and displayed. On the other hand, if not received (step S4445: NO), skip the above-mentioned special figure 2 fluctuation effect end processing.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not an opening command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4475). If received (step S4475: YES), an opening effect pattern determination process is performed (step S4480). "Opening effect pattern determination process" is a process of selecting an opening effect pattern (contents) to be executed at the start of a special game (big hit game or small hit game). In the opening effect pattern determination process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the opening command and sub-submits information about the special stop symbol data set at the time of the winning judgment for the big win or the small win, which is included in the opening command. Set in RAM 94. Then, the effect pattern of the opening effect set in advance corresponding to the winning type indicated by the special figure stop pattern data is selected, and the opening effect start command for starting the selected opening effect is transmitted to the effect command set area of the sub RAM 94. Set to 94b. When the opening effect start command set in the effect command set area 94b is transmitted to the image control board 100 in the command transmission process (FIG. 43: step S4315), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 stores a predetermined opening effect image in the ROM 103. , and displayed on the display screen 7 a of the image display device 7 . In addition, in step S4475, when the opening command is not received (step S4475: NO), the above-mentioned opening effect pattern determination processing is skipped.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a round designation command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4485). If received (step S4485: YES), round effect pattern determination processing is performed (step S4490). "Round production pattern determination processing" is a process of selecting an open game production pattern (contents) to be executed during the opening of the big winning opening or during the interval between opening in the special game (jackpot game or small winning game). In the round effect pattern determination process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the round designation command, and sets information on the special figure stop pattern data and information on the number of rounds contained in the round designation command in the sub-RAM 94. do. Then, the effect pattern of the round effect set in advance corresponding to the hit type and the number of rounds indicated by the special figure stop pattern data is selected, and the round effect start command for starting the selected round effect is transmitted to the sub RAM 94. It is set in the command set area 94b. When the round effect start command set in the effect command set area 94b is transmitted to the image control board 100, the CPU 102 reads a predetermined round effect image from the ROM 103 and displays it on the display screen 7a. In addition, in step S4485, when the round designation|designated command is not received (step S4485: NO), the above-mentioned round production|presentation pattern determination process is skipped.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not an ending command is received from the main control board 80 (step S4495). If received (step S4495: YES), ending effect pattern determination processing is performed (step S4500). "Ending effect pattern determination process" is a process of selecting an ending effect pattern (contents) to be executed during the ending of a special game (big hit game or small hit game). In the ending effect pattern determination process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the ending command, and sets information on the special figure stop symbol data included in the ending command in the sub-RAM94. Then, an ending effect pattern corresponding to the winning type indicated by the special figure stop symbol data is selected, and an ending effect start command for starting the selected ending effect is set in the output buffer of the sub RAM94. When the ending effect start command set in the effect command set area 94b is transmitted to the image control board 100, the CPU 102 reads a predetermined ending effect image from the ROM 103 and displays it on the display screen 7a. In addition, when the ending command is not received (step S4495: NO), the ending effect pattern determination process described above is skipped.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs other processing (step S4545). In other processing, for example, when the production control microcomputer 91 receives the normal design fluctuation start command, the normal design fluctuation production start processing for selecting the normal design fluctuation production pattern (contents) to be executed during the normal design fluctuation. do In addition, when receiving the normal symbol variation stop command, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs normal symbol variation effect end processing for stopping the normal symbol variation effect. In addition, when receiving a normal symbol opening command, the performance control microcomputer 91 determines a normal symbol opening performance pattern for selecting a normal game performance pattern (contents) to be executed during a winning game (normal game) accompanying normal symbol winning. process. In addition, when the production control microcomputer 91 receives the normal symbol ending command, the normal symbol ending production for selecting the ending production pattern (contents) to be executed during the ending of the winning game (normal game) associated with the normal symbol winning. Perform pattern determination processing. In addition, when receiving the game state designation command, the performance control microcomputer 91 causes the sub-RAM 94 to retain information on the game state (whether it is the time reduction state, the value of the time reduction counter, etc.) included in the game state designation command. Moreover, the microcomputer 91 for production|presentation control makes sub RAM94 hold|maintain the information which V passed, when V passage command is received. In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs processing based on commands other than the above (customer waiting standby command, advance determination command, RAM clear notification command, etc.), and ends this processing.

[Special Figure 1 Fluctuation Production Start Processing]
FIG. 46 is a flowchart of special figure 1 fluctuation effect start processing (FIG. 44: step S4420). The effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the special figure 1 fluctuation start command (step S5000). Here, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets the information on the special figure stop pattern data included in the special figure 1 variation start command and the information on the variation pattern to the sub RAM 94 . The set information includes game state information indicating the current game state, pattern information indicating the pattern as the determination result of the hit determination process of the special figure 1, and the like. The game state information and the symbol information acquired here can be appropriately referred to by the effect control microcomputer 91 .

Subsequently, the production control microcomputer 91 performs a variation production pattern determination process (step S5015). In the variable effect pattern determination process, the effect control microcomputer 91 first acquires a variable effect pattern random number value for effect determination. Then, from among the special figure 1 variation performance pattern determination table T51 stored in the sub ROM 93, the variation pattern indicated by the special figure 1 variation start command and the variation performance pattern corresponding to the variation performance pattern random number are set. The effect control microcomputer 91 further refers to the content of the notice effect such as the so-called step-up notice effect and the chance-up notice effect based on the variable effect pattern random number value, and further refers to the stop symbol pattern determination table T53, and stops. A combination of the effect symbols 8L, 8C and 8R to be displayed may be determined. Based on these, it is determined what kind of effect is performed as the variable effect.

The effect control microcomputer 91 sends the special figure 1 variable effect start command to the effect command set area 94b (output buffer ) (step S5020), and the process ends. When the special figure 1 fluctuation effect start command set in the effect command set area 94b of the sub RAM 94 is transmitted to the image control board 100 in the command transmission process (FIG. 43: step S4315), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 1 is read from the ROM 103 and displayed on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7. FIG.

Special figure 2 fluctuation production start processing (Figure 44: step S4440) is the same as special figure 1 fluctuation production start processing (Figure 46) except for the following points. In the special figure 2 fluctuation production start process, in step S5000, the analysis of the special figure 2 fluctuation start command is performed, and in step S5015, from the special figure 2 fluctuation production pattern determination table T52 stored in the sub ROM93 , Set the variation pattern indicated by the special figure 2 variation start command, and the variation performance pattern corresponding to the variation performance pattern random number value. In step S5020, when the special figure 2 fluctuation effect start command set in the effect command set area 94b of the sub RAM 94 is transmitted to the image control board 100 in the command transmission process, the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 The variable effect image is read out from the ROM 103 and displayed on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7. FIG.

8. Effect Examples, Effect Examples, Modifications, and Aspect Examples of the Present Embodiment Below, each effect example of the present embodiment will be described. In addition, an effect example, a modification example, and a mode example for the effect example will also be described. The effect to be described from now on is based on various information (jackpot determination information, jackpot type information, variation pattern information, advance determination information, etc.) transmitted from the game control microcomputer 81, as described above, based on the effect control microcomputer 91 ( This is an effect realized by the image control microcomputer 101). Note that the following display effect example is executed on the display screen 7a of the main display device 7. FIG. In some cases, the pending display (holding icon) is omitted in the display effect examples, but it is actually displayed unless otherwise noted.

The special button effects A to D will be described below with reference to FIGS. 47 to 50. FIG. This special button effect is executed during the variation of the special symbol, and includes an instruction to analyze the variation effect start command received from the sub-control board 90 by the image control microcomputer 101 and execute the decorative symbol variation stop effect. In this case, the corresponding image data is read out from the ROM 103 and the image is displayed on the display screen 7a.

Also, the special button effects A to D are executed with different variations. For example, the special button effect A is executed in the first variation, and the special button effect B is executed in the second variation different from the first variation.

[Special button effect A]
FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a special button effect A. FIG. In the special button effect A, first, as shown in FIG. 47(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are white round suspension icons without handles.

Next, as shown in FIG. 47(B), a ready-to-win effect is performed. In this ready-to-win effect, the decorative patterns 8L and 8R are stopped at the same pattern (7 patterns in the drawing), and the decorative pattern 8C fluctuates at high speed to perform the ready-to-win display. The reach display represents a so-called reach state. In this ready-to-win effect, a predetermined character (such as character CRA) performs various effects.

Next, as shown in FIG. 47(C), a button display effect is performed. In this button display effect, a button image XA1 and a character image CRA for prompting the player to press the effect button 63 are displayed. The button image XA1 is arranged near the approximate center of the display screen 7a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 47(D), a button pressing effect is performed. In this button pressing effect, the display of the button image XA1 is erased when the player presses the effect button 63. FIG. The character image CRA is displayed without being erased. However, the button image XA1 and the character image CRA may be erased. Also, what is erased together with the button image XA1 is not limited to the character image CRA, and may be other images (for example, a pending icon or a chance-up image).

Next, as shown in FIG. 47(E), a cut-in effect is performed. This cut-in effect is performed T1 seconds (for example, 1 second) after the player presses the effect button 63 in the button pressing effect. In this cut-in effect, a cut-in image XA2 including the character image CRA is displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 47(F), a big win symbol display effect is performed. In this jackpot pattern display effect, the jackpot patterns are displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 47(F), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

The special button effects A to D will be described below with reference to FIGS. 47 to 50. FIG. This special button effect can be executed while the special symbols are changing. That is, the image control microcomputer 101 analyzes the command for starting the variation effect received from the sub-control board 90, and if the instruction to execute the decorative pattern variation stop effect is included, the corresponding image data is read from the ROM 103 and displayed. This is an effect for displaying an image on the screen 7a.

[Special button effect B]
FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a special button effect B. FIG. In the special button effect B, first, as shown in FIG. 48(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are white round suspension icons without handles.

Next, as shown in FIG. 48(B), a ready-to-win effect is performed. In this ready-to-win effect, the decorative patterns 8L and 8R are stopped at the same pattern (7 patterns in the drawing), and the decorative pattern 8C fluctuates at high speed to perform the ready-to-win display. The reach display represents a so-called reach state. In this ready-to-win effect, a predetermined character (such as character CRA) performs various effects.

Next, as shown in FIG. 48(C), a button display effect is performed. In this button display effect, a button image XA1 and a character image CRA for prompting the player to press the effect button 63 are displayed. The button image XA1 is arranged near the approximate center of the display screen 7a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 48(D), a button pressing effect is performed. In this button pressing effect, the display of the button image XA1 is erased when the player presses the effect button 63. FIG. The character image CRA is displayed without being erased. However, the button image XA1 and the character image CRA may be erased. Also, what is erased together with the button image XA1 is not limited to the character image CRA, and may be other images (for example, a pending icon or a chance-up image).

Next, as shown in FIG. 48(E), a cut-in effect is performed. This cut-in effect is performed T2 seconds (for example, 2 seconds) after the player presses the effect button 63 in the button pressing effect. This T2 is set longer than T1 of the special button effect B. In this cut-in effect, a cut-in image XA2 including the character image CRA is displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 48(F), a big win symbol display effect is performed. In this jackpot pattern display effect, the jackpot patterns are displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 48(F), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Special button effect C]
FIG. 49 is a diagram showing a special button effect C. FIG. In the special button effect C, first, as shown in FIG. 49(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are white round suspension icons without handles.

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(B), a ready-to-win effect is performed. In this ready-to-win effect, the decorative patterns 8L and 8R are displayed stopped at the same pattern (7 patterns in the drawing), and the ready-to-win display is performed in which the decorative pattern 8C fluctuates at high speed. The reach display represents a so-called reach state. In this ready-to-win effect, a predetermined character (such as character CRA) performs various effects.

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(C), a button display effect is performed. In this button display effect, a button image XA1 and a character image CRA for prompting the player to press the effect button 63 are displayed. The button image XA1 is arranged near the approximate center of the display screen 7a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(D), button depression effect 1 is performed. In this button pressing effect 1, the display of the button image XA1 is erased when the player presses the effect button 63 once. The character image CRA is displayed without being erased. However, the button image XA1 and the character image CRA may be erased. Also, what is erased together with the button image XA1 is not limited to the character image CRA, and may be other images (for example, a pending icon or a chance-up image).

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(E), button depression effect 2 is performed. In this button pressing effect 2, the display of the button image XA1 remains erased in the button pressing effect 1, and the player presses the effect button 63 once more.

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(F), a cut-in effect is performed. This cut-in effect is performed when the player presses the effect button 63 in the second button pressing effect. In this cut-in effect, a cut-in image XA2 including the character image CRA is displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 49(G), a big win symbol display effect is performed. In this jackpot pattern display effect, the jackpot patterns are displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R. In the example of FIG. 49(F), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Special button effect D]
FIG. 50 is a diagram showing a special button effect D. FIG. In the special button effect D, first, as shown in FIG. 50(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are white round suspension icons without handles.

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(B), a ready-to-win effect is performed. In this ready-to-win effect, the decorative patterns 8L and 8R are displayed stopped at the same pattern (7 patterns in the drawing), and the ready-to-win display is performed in which the decorative pattern 8C fluctuates at high speed. The reach display represents a so-called reach state. In this ready-to-win effect, a predetermined character (such as character CRA) performs various effects.

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(C), a button display effect is performed. In this button display effect, a button image XA1 and a character image CRA for prompting the player to press the effect button 63 are displayed. The button image XA1 is arranged near the approximate center of the display screen 7a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(D), button pressing effect 1 is performed. In this button pressing effect 1, the player presses the effect button 63 once, but the display of the button image XA1 is not erased and is continuously displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(E), button depression effect 2 is performed. In this button pressing effect 2, the player presses the effect button 63 once more, thereby erasing the button image XA1. Note that the character image CRA is displayed without being erased. However, the button image XA1 and the character image CRA may be erased. Also, what is erased together with the button image XA1 is not limited to the character image CRA, and may be other images (for example, a pending icon or a chance-up image).

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(F), a cut-in effect is performed. This cut-in effect is performed when the player presses the effect button 63 in the second button pressing effect. In this cut-in effect, a cut-in image XA2 including the character image CRA is displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 50(G), a big win symbol display effect is performed. In this jackpot pattern display effect, the jackpot patterns are displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 50(F), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Modification]
In the game machine 1, in the special button effect, after the button image XA1 is displayed, when the player presses the effect button 63, the cut-in effect is performed. A different predetermined effect (holding change effect, jackpot determination sound notification effect, chance up effect (extra-hot notification, etc.), timer display effect, etc.) may be performed. For example, in the first variation, a special button effect A is performed, in the special button effect A, a cut-in effect is executed T1 seconds after the effect button 63 is pressed, and a second variation different from the first variation is performed. In the variation, a special button effect B is performed, and in the special button effect B, a pending change effect may be performed after T2 seconds after the effect button 63 is pressed.

[Effect example]
An example of the effect of the special button effect is shown below.
[Effect 1]
In the gaming machine 1, for example, the special button effect A is performed in the first variation, and the special button effect B is performed in the second variation different from the first variation. That is, in the first variation, after the button image XA1 is displayed, the cut-in effect is performed T1 seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, and in the second variation, the game is played after the button image XA1 is displayed. After T2 (T2 is different from T1) seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, a cut-in effect is performed. According to this configuration, since the cut-in effect is not performed after a certain number of seconds after the effect button 63 is pressed, the appearance of the cut-in effect can be made interesting, and as a result, the game becomes more interesting. can be improved.

[Effect 2]
In the gaming machine 1, for example, in the first variation, after the button image XA1 is displayed, the cut-in effect is performed T1 seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, and in the second variation, the button image is displayed. After XA1 is displayed, a cut-in effect is performed after T2 seconds, which is longer than T1, after the player presses the effect button 63. - 特許庁According to this configuration, when there is no cut-in performance after T1 seconds have passed since the performance button 63 is pressed, the cut-in performance can be performed after T2 seconds, so the appearance timing of the cut-in performance is interesting. As a result, the amusement of the game can be improved.

[Effect 3]
In the gaming machine 1, for example, the special button effect A is performed in the first variation, and the special button effect B is performed in the second variation different from the first variation. That is, in the first variation, after the button image XA1 is displayed, the cut-in effect is performed T1 seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, and in the second variation, the game is played after the button image XA1 is displayed. After T2 (T2 is different from T1) seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, a cut-in effect is performed. After pressing the performance button 63, the degree of expectation for the big win is higher when the cut-in performance is performed after T2 seconds (with a slight delay) than when the cut-in performance is performed after T1 seconds. ing. According to this configuration, when there is no cut-in performance even after T1 seconds have passed since the performance button 63 is pressed, a cut-in performance with a relatively high degree of expectation for a big win can be performed after T2 seconds. can be made more interesting, and as a result, the interest in the game can be improved.

[Effect 4]
In the gaming machine 1, in the first variation, after the button image XA1 is displayed, the cut-in effect is performed T1 seconds after the player presses the effect button 63, and in the second variation, the button image XA1 is displayed. After the display, the same cut-in effect as the first variation is performed after T2 seconds, which is longer than T1, after the player presses the effect button 63. - 特許庁According to this configuration, for example, it is possible to suggest the degree of expectation for the big win in the cut-in effect by the time from when the effect button 63 is pressed until the cut-in effect appears, and a new method of suggesting the degree of expectation for the big win is possible. can provide. As a result, the amusement of the game can be improved.

[Mode example]
The gaming machine of this embodiment can implement the following aspects.
[Aspect XA-1]
A gaming machine comprising display means capable of performing a plurality of display effects and operation means operable by a player,
A first display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
A second display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
The first display effect is a effect that performs a predetermined effect when a first condition is satisfied,
The second display effect is a effect for performing a predetermined effect when a second condition different from the first condition is satisfied,
the first condition is that a first period of time has elapsed since the player operated the operation means;
In the first variation, the first effect pattern is executed,
In a second variation different from the first variation, a second effect pattern different from the first effect pattern is executed,
The first effect pattern is a pattern in which the first display effect is performed without performing the second display effect,
The second effect pattern is a pattern in which the second display effect is performed without performing the first display effect,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XA-2]
The gaming machine according to aspect XA-1,
The second condition is that a second period of time longer than the first period of time has elapsed since the player operated the operating means.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XA-3]
The gaming machine according to aspect XA-1 or aspect XA-2,
The expectation of a big hit is higher in the second production pattern than in the first production pattern.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XA-4]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XA-1 to XA-3,
The predetermined effect of the first display effect and the predetermined effect of the second display effect are the same effect,
A gaming machine characterized by:

Judgment suspension effects A to C and dead or alive suspension effects will be described below with reference to FIGS. 51 to 55. FIG. The judgment suspension effects A to C and the dead or alive suspension effects are executed while the special symbols are fluctuating, the image control microcomputer 101 analyzes the variation performance start command received from the sub-control board 90, and the decorative symbol variation stop performance. is included, the corresponding image data is read from the ROM 103 and the image is displayed on the display screen 7a.

FIG. 51 is a diagram for explaining winning information in the second special symbol. In the judgment pending effects A to C and the dead or alive pending effects shown below, the values of the table TN1 shown in FIG. 51 are used for the second special symbol jackpot information. That is, the first kind of jackpot in the second special pattern has a jackpot probability of 1/250, a jackpot game of 10 rounds, a time saving number of times after the jackpot game is "0", and a time saving game state after the jackpot game. , and shifts to the normal game state. In addition, the small winning (two kinds of big winning) in the second special pattern has a small winning probability of 1/25, and when the two kinds of big winning occurs, the big winning game becomes 10 rounds with a probability of 10%, and 90 4 rounds with a probability of 100%, and the number of times of time reduction after the jackpot game becomes "99". In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a small win is made, if the player hits to the right, the specification is such that a 100% two-type big win is achieved. Therefore, a small win (type 2 jackpot) is relatively more profitable for the player than a type 1 jackpot.
The probability of one type of jackpot (10R) is 1/250, and the probability of two types of 10R jackpots is also 1/250 (small hit probability x 10R rate). Each of the seed jackpot and the double jackpot appears with a probability of 50%.

In addition, the judgment suspension effects A to C and the dead or alive suspension effects shown below are from the start of the time-saving game state after the jackpot game to the end of the time-saving game state, or during the time-saving game state. It will be executed in the meantime. During this period, other pending change effects are not performed. In other words, when the pending change occurs, it is always one of the judgment pending effects A to C and the dead parive pending effects. Therefore, when the hold change is made, the hit of one of the types is always determined. In addition, from the start of the time-saving game state after the jackpot game in which the judgment suspension effects A to C and the dead or alive suspension effect are performed until the time-saving game state ends, or until the jackpot occurs during the time-saving game state When the interval is called the first period, in the second period other than the first period, the winning is not determined even if the pending change occurs.

[Judgment pending effect A]
FIG. 52 is a diagram showing the judgment pending effect A. FIG. In the judgment pending effect A, first, as shown in FIG. 52(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are round white suspension icons without patterns.

Next, as shown in FIG. 52(B), a pending change effect is performed. In this pending change effect, the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth pending icon 9A (newest pending icon 9A) is changed to red and displayed (change to red pending). In FIG. 52(B), the pending icon 9A changed to red is indicated by hatching. This pending change icon 9A suggests that the win is confirmed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 52(C), a win notification effect is performed. In this hit notification effect, the hold is digested from the time of the hold change effect, and the hold icon 9A changed to red is displayed as the hold icon 9C. In addition, in the winning notification effect, the winning symbols indicating the winning are displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R. In the example of FIG. 52(C), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "6 patterns", representing 6 doublets. In this way, it hits as suggested by this hold-changed hold icon 9A.

[Judgment pending effect B]
FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a judgment pending effect B. FIG. In the judgment suspending effect B, first, as shown in FIG. 53(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are round white suspension icons without patterns.

Next, the first suspension change effect shown in FIG. 53(B) or the second suspension change effect shown in FIG. 53(D) is performed. In the first pending change effect shown in FIG. 53(B), the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth pending icon 9A (the newest pending icon 9A) is reduced to green and displayed (reduced). change to green pending). In FIG. 53(B), the hold icon 9A, which has changed to a small green hold, is indicated by cross hatching. This pending change pending icon 9A suggests that the win is confirmed and that the player has a high probability of winning a relatively low profit. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to this, and the suspended icon 9A that has changed to the suspended status may suggest that the first kind of jackpot is confirmed.

After the first pending change effect, as shown in FIG. 53(C), a type 1 jackpot notification effect is performed. In this kind of jackpot notification performance, the suspension is digested from the time of the first suspension change performance, and the suspension icon 9A that has become smaller and changed to green is displayed as the suspension icon 9C. In addition, in the type 1 jackpot notification effect, the jackpot pattern indicating the type 1 jackpot is displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R. In the example of FIG. 53(C), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "6 patterns", representing 6 doublets.

In addition, in the second pending change effect shown in FIG. 53(D), the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth pending icon 9A (newest pending icon 9A) is displayed with a large rainbow color change. (Pending change to larger and rainbow colors). In FIG. 53(D), the hold icon 9A that has changed to hold in a large rainbow color is indicated by hatching. This pending change pending icon 9A suggests that the win has been confirmed and that the probability of a small win that is relatively profitable for the player is high. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to this, and the pending change icon 9A may suggest that a small win is confirmed.

After the second holding change effect, as shown in FIG. 53(E), a small winning notification effect is performed. In this small winning notification performance, the suspension is digested from the time of the second suspension change performance, and the suspension icon 9A that has become larger and changed to a rainbow color is displayed as a suspension icon 9C. In addition, in the small winning notification performance, the small winning symbols indicating the small winning are displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 53(E), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Judgment pending effect C]
FIG. 54 is a diagram showing the judgment pending effect C. FIG. In the judgment pending effect C, first, as shown in FIG. 54(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are displayed in a variable manner near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These suspension icons 9A and 9C are round white suspension icons without patterns.

Next, the first suspension change effect shown in FIG. 54(B) or the second suspension change effect shown in FIG. 54(D) is performed. In the first pending change effect shown in FIG. 54(B), the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth pending icon 9A (newest pending icon 9A) is changed to a purple triangle and displayed (purple pending change to a triangle). In FIG. 54B, the hold icon 9A changed to a purple triangle is indicated by cross hatching. This pending change pending icon 9A suggests that the win is confirmed and that the player has a high probability of winning a relatively low profit. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to this, and the suspended icon 9A that has changed to the suspended status may suggest that the first kind of jackpot is confirmed.

After the first pending change effect, as shown in FIG. 54(C), a kind 1 jackpot notification effect is performed. In this kind of jackpot notification performance, the suspension is extinguished from the time of the first suspension change performance, and the suspension icon 9A changed to a purple triangle is displayed as the suspension icon 9C. In addition, in the type 1 jackpot notification performance, a jackpot pattern indicating the type 1 jackpot is displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R. In the example of FIG. 54(C), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "6 patterns", representing 6 doubles.

In addition, in the second pending change effect shown in FIG. 54(D), the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth pending icon 9A (newest pending icon 9A) is changed to a character and displayed (character pending change to ). FIG. 54(D) shows a hold icon 9A changed to a character. This pending change pending icon 9A suggests that the win has been confirmed and that the probability of a small win that is relatively profitable for the player is high. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to this, and the pending change icon 9A may suggest that a small win is confirmed.

After the second holding change effect, as shown in FIG. 54(E), a small winning notification effect is performed. In this small hit notification performance, the suspension is digested from the time of the second suspension change performance, and the suspension icon 9A changed to the suspension is displayed as the suspension icon 9C on the character. In addition, in the small winning notification performance, the small winning symbols indicating the small winning are displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 54(E), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Modification]
In the gaming machine 1, in the judgment suspension effect, the suspension icon after the suspension change changes in color, shape, or size, or changes into a character. In this case, the hold icon after the hold change may change in color, shape, or size to be different from the above embodiment. For example, in the judgment hold effect B, the hold icon in the first hold change effect may be increased by the pending change. Also, the pending icon after the pending change may change to a character, a logo, or the like instead of a character.

In the game machine 1, the judgment suspending performances A to C are executed from the start of the time-saving game state of the jackpot game to the end of the time-saving game state, or until the jackpot is won during the time-saving game state. However, it is not limited to this, and may be performed at other timings. For example, the gaming machine 1 may be in a variable probability gaming state, and in the variable probability gaming state, the judgment pending effects A to C may be performed. Also, in a specific zone in which the game state is a predetermined game state (for example, a time-saving game state), the judgment pending effects A to C may be performed.

In the above game machine 1, the judgment pending effects A to C are set during a period from the start of the time-saving game state of the jackpot game to the end of the time-saving game state, or a predetermined period until a big hit is made during the time-saving game state. During the period of , the win is determined when the hold changes during the predetermined period, but the win may not be settled even if the hold changes during the period other than the predetermined period. Also, if the pending change occurs during a period other than the predetermined period, the win may be determined.

In the gaming machine 1, in the judgment suspension effects A to C, the small win (type 2 big win) is more profitable for the player than the type 1 big win. A configuration may be adopted in which the jackpot is more profitable for the player than the small jackpot (2 types of jackpot).

In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension performances A to C, if the player hits the right hand in the case of a small hit, the game machine 1 is configured to 100% win the two types of jackpots. Even if a player hits right, there may be a case where the second type jackpot does not occur.

[Effect example]
An example of the effect of the judgment pending effect is shown below.
[Effect 1]
In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension effect, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode to the second mode, and the second mode suggests that the win is confirmed. According to this configuration, the effect of whether or not the pending icon changes to the second mode can be greatly enhanced, and the amusement of the game can be improved.

[Effect 2]
In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension effects B and C, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round white) to the second mode, and the second mode is the first type of suspension icon ( Small circle with green reservation, triangle with purple reservation), it suggests that the win is confirmed and the probability of becoming a big win is high (may be 100%), and the second mode is the second. When the type of hold icon (large circle rainbow color hold, character hold), the hit is confirmed, and the probability of a small win (2 types of jackpot) is high (100% is acceptable). are doing. According to this configuration, when the pending icon changes to the second mode, it is possible to give interest to the player as to whether the second mode is the first type or the second type, thereby increasing the interest in the game. can be improved.

[Effect 3]
In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension effect B, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round and white) to the second mode, and the second mode becomes the first type of suspension icon. In this case, it indicates that the winning is confirmed and that there is a high probability (may be 100%) of winning the first type of jackpot. While confirming, it suggests that there is a high probability (may be 100%) of a small win (2 types of big win), and the colors of the first type of pending icon and the second type of pending icon are different. According to this configuration, when the pending icon changes to the second mode, it is possible to make the player interested in what kind of color it is, and to improve the amusement of the game.

[Effect 4]
In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension effect B, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round and white) to the second mode, and the second mode becomes the first type of suspension icon. In this case, it indicates that the winning is confirmed and that there is a high probability (may be 100%) of winning the first type of jackpot. In addition to confirming, it suggests that there is a high probability (may be 100%) of a small win (two types of big wins), and the first type of pending icon and the second type of pending icon are the sizes of the pending icons. is different. According to this configuration, when the suspended icon changes to the second mode, the player can be interested in what color the suspended icon is, and the interest in the game can be improved. can.

[Effects 5 and 6]
In the game machine 1, in the judgment suspension effect B, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round and white) to the second mode, and the second mode becomes the first type of suspension icon. In this case, it indicates that the winning is confirmed and that there is a high probability (may be 100%) of winning the first type of jackpot. In addition to confirming, it suggests that there is a high probability (100% is acceptable) of a small win (2 types of jackpot), and that the small win (2 types of jackpot) is more profitable for the player than the 1st type of jackpot. It's becoming According to this configuration, when the suspended icon changes to the second mode, the player can be greatly interested in whether the suspended icon is of the first type or the second type, thereby increasing the interest of the game. can be improved.

[Effect 7]
In the gaming machine 1, when the suspension icon changes from the first mode to the second mode when the judgment suspension effect is performed in a specific period, the second mode suggests that the win is confirmed. However, even if the pending icon changes from the first mode to the second mode during a period other than the specific period, the win is not necessarily determined. According to this configuration, it is possible to make the holding change effect in the specific period very interesting, and as a result, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[Mode example]
The gaming machine of this embodiment can implement the following aspects.
[Aspect XB-1]
A gaming machine comprising display means capable of performing a plurality of display effects,
A first display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
A second display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
The first display effect is a effect of displaying the pending display in a first mode,
The second display effect is a effect of changing the pending display from the first mode to the second mode,
The pending display of the second aspect is a display that may suggest that a predetermined win is confirmed,
A combination effect including the first display effect and the second display effect may be performed,
In the combination effect, the second display effect is performed after the first display effect.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-2]
The gaming machine according to aspect XB-1,
The pending display of the second aspect may be at least a first type of pending display or a second type of pending display different from the first type of pending display,
When the pending display of the second mode is the pending display of the first type, the pending display of the second mode is such that the predetermined win is confirmed and the probability of the first win is relatively high. may imply high
When the pending display of the second mode is the pending display of the second type, the pending display of the second mode is determined as the predetermined win and is different from the first win. It may suggest that the probability of hitting 2 is relatively high,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-3]
The gaming machine according to aspect XB-2,
The holding display of the first type and the holding display of the second type are different in color of the holding,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-4]
The gaming machine according to aspect XB-2,
The holding display of the first type and the holding display of the second type are different in size of the holding,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-5]
The gaming machine according to aspect XB-3 or aspect XB-4,
The second win is a win that is more profitable for the player than the first win,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-6]
A gaming machine of aspect XB-5,
The second hit is a two-type jackpot that hits a jackpot via a small hit,
The first hit is a one-type jackpot that directly hits the jackpot,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XB-7]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XB-1 to XB-6,
In the first period, when the second display effect is performed, the pending display of the second mode suggests that the predetermined win is confirmed,
In the second period different from the first period, when the second display effect is performed, the pending display of the second mode does not suggest that the predetermined win is confirmed.
A gaming machine characterized by:
In addition, the holding display of the first type of the holding display of the first mode has a higher probability of a small hit than the holding display of the second type of the holding display of the second mode, and the holding display of the second mode The second type of pending display may be configured to have a higher jackpot probability than the first type of pending display of the first mode, and the first type of pending display of the first mode. The pending display may be a confirmed small win, and the second type of pending display of the second aspect of the pending display may be a confirmed big win.

[Dead or Alive pending effect]
FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a dead or alive pending effect. In the dead or alive suspension effect, first, as shown in FIG. 55(A), a decorative symbol variation effect is performed. In this decorative design variation effect, the decorative designs 8L, 8C and 8R are variably displayed near the center of the display screen 7a. In addition, in this decorative symbol variation effect, the pending icon 9A and the pending icon 9C are displayed below the display screen 7a. These pending icons 9A and 9C are round white pending icons without patterns.

Next, the holding change effect shown in FIG. 55(B) is performed. In the first suspension change effect, the character image CRA is displayed, and the fourth suspension icon 9A (newest suspension icon 9A) is changed to a gold star (round icon behind) and displayed ( pending change to a gold star). In FIG. 55(B), the hold icon 9A changed to a golden star shape is indicated by hatching. This hold changed hold icon 9A suggests that the win has been confirmed, and the win of either the 1st kind jackpot or the small win (10R jackpot game in the case of 2nd kind jackpot) is confirmed. suggesting to

Next, either the 1st kind jackpot notification effect shown in FIG. 55(C) or the small hit notification effect shown in FIG. 55(D) is performed. In these notification effects, the hold icon changed to a golden star does not change further. The realization rate of the type 1 jackpot notification effect and the small win notification effect is a ratio of 1:1 (probability of 50% for each). That is, the ratio of 1 type jackpot and small hit (10R 2 type jackpot) is 1:1 (probability of 50% each).

In the type 1 jackpot notification effect shown in FIG. 55(C), the hold is extinguished from the time of the hold change effect, and the hold icon 9A changed to a golden star shape is displayed as the hold icon 9C. In addition, in the type 1 jackpot notification performance, a jackpot pattern indicating the type 1 jackpot is displayed using the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R. In the example of FIG. 55(C), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "6 patterns", representing 6 doublets.

In the small hit notification effect shown in FIG. 55(D), the hold is digested from the time of the hold change effect, and the hold icon 9A changed to a golden star shape is displayed as the hold icon 9C. In addition, in the small winning notification performance, the small winning symbols indicating the small winning are displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 55(E), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

[Modification]
In the gaming machine 1, in the dead or live suspension effect, the suspension icon after the suspension change changes to a gold star shape, but it is not limited to this. , or may vary in size differently than in the above example. For example, in the dead or alive pending effect, the pending icon in the pending change effect may be made larger by the pending change. Also, the pending icon after the pending change may change to a character, a logo, or the like.

In the gaming machine 1, the dead or live suspension effect is executed from the start of the time-saving game state of the jackpot game to the end of the time-saving game state, or until the jackpot is won during the time-saving game state. However, it is not limited to this, and may be performed at other timings. For example, the gaming machine 1 may be in a variable probability gaming state, and in the variable probability gaming state, a dead or alive suspension effect may be performed. Also, in a specific ZONE where the game state is a predetermined game state (for example, a time-saving game state), the dead or live suspension effect may be performed.

In the above game machine 1, the dead or alive suspension effect is a predetermined period from the start of the time-saving game state of the jackpot game to the end of the time-saving game state, or until the jackpot occurs during the time-saving game state. If the game is performed during a period and the change in hold is made in the predetermined period, the win is determined. Also, if the pending change occurs during a period other than the predetermined period, the win may be determined.

In the above-described gaming machine 1, in the dead or live suspension effect, the small win (2 types of jackpot) is more profitable for the player than the 1st type of jackpot. It may be configured such that it is more profitable for the player than a small win (2 kinds of big wins).

In the above-described gaming machine 1, in the dead or alive holding effect, if the player hits the right hand in the case of a small win, 100% of the two types of jackpots are awarded. There may be a case where the two types of jackpots are not hit even if the player hits to the right.

In the gaming machine 1, the realization rate of the 1st kind jackpot notification effect and the small win notification effect is a ratio of 1:1 (probability of 50% for each) in the dead or live suspension effect. That is, the ratio of 1 type jackpot and small hit (10R 2 type jackpot) is 1:1 (probability of 50% each). However, it is not limited to this, and the realization rate of the type 1 jackpot notification effect and the small win notification effect may be set higher for the type 1 jackpot notification effect. That is, the ratio of the one-type jackpot and the small win (two-type jackpot of 10R) may be higher for the one-type jackpot. In addition, the realization rate of the type 1 jackpot notification performance and the small winning notification performance may be set higher for the small winning notification performance. That is, the ratio of the small hit may be higher between the one big hit and the small win (two big wins of 10R).

In the gaming machine 1, in the dead or alive suspension effect, the suspension change effect is changed to the gold star suspension, and thereafter the suspension change is not performed. After changing to a hold, it may change to another form (different color, different shape, different size, etc.).

[Effect example]
An example of the effect of the dead or alive suspension effect will be shown below.
[Effect example 1]
In the gaming machine 1, in the dead or alive suspension effect, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round white) to the second mode (star-shaped gold). It is suggested that either one of the type of win or the second type of win is determined. According to this configuration, when the pending icon changes to the second mode, even in the second mode, it is possible to further interest the player as to whether the first type or the second type, It is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[Effects 2 and 3]
In the gaming machine 1, in the dead or alive suspension effect, the suspension icon is changed from the first mode (round white) to the second mode (star-shaped gold). It suggests that either a big win or a small win (2 kinds of big wins) is decided. According to this configuration, when the reserved icon changes to the second mode, the player can be interested in whether the second mode is a 1st kind jackpot or a small win (2nd kind jackpot). Interest can be improved.

[Effect 4]
In the gaming machine 1, the jackpot game of the second kind is either 10 rounds or 4 rounds, and in the dead or live suspension performance, the jackpot game of the second kind is 10 rounds, which is the same as the first kind of jackpot. there is According to this configuration, in the dead or alive suspension effect, the two-type jackpot is clearly more advantageous than the one-type jackpot (see FIG. 51). It is possible to keep the interest continuously and improve the interest of the game.

[Effect 5]
In the above-mentioned gaming machine 1, the jackpot game of the type 2 jackpot is either 10 rounds or 4 rounds, and in the dead or live suspension performance, the jackpot game of the type 2 jackpot is 10 rounds, which is the same as the type 1 jackpot. Furthermore, the ratio of 2 types of jackpots and 1 type of jackpots is 1:1 (50% probability for each). According to this configuration, in the dead-or-live pending effect, it is clearly more advantageous to win the two types of jackpots than to win the first type of jackpot (see FIG. 51), and the two types of jackpots and the one type of jackpots are both possible. Since the ratio is 1:1, the interest of the player can be maintained for a long time even after the winning is confirmed by the change of hold, and the amusement of the game can be improved.

[Effect 6]
In the gaming machine 1, when the dead or alive suspension effect is performed in a specific period, if the suspension icon changes from the first mode to the second mode, the second mode is the small win ( However, even if the pending icon changes from the first mode to the second mode during a period other than the specific period, it does not necessarily mean that the small win (2 It is a configuration that does not necessarily mean that either one of the seed jackpot) or one jackpot is fixed. According to this configuration, it is possible to make the holding change effect in the specific period very interesting, and as a result, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[Mode example]
The gaming machine of this embodiment can implement the following aspects.
[Aspect XC-1]
A gaming machine comprising display means capable of performing a plurality of display effects,
A first display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
A second display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
The first display effect is a effect of displaying the pending display in a first mode,
The second display effect is a effect of changing the pending display from the first mode to the second mode,
The pending display of the second aspect is a display that may suggest that either one of the first type win or the second type win is confirmed,
A combination effect including the first display effect and the second display effect may be performed,
In the combination effect, the second display effect is performed after the first display effect.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XC-2]
The gaming machine according to aspect XC-1,
The first type of hit is a two-type jackpot that hits a jackpot via a small hit,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XC-3]
The gaming machine according to aspect XC-2,
The second type of hit is a one-type jackpot that directly hits the jackpot,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XC-4]
The gaming machine according to aspect XC-2 or aspect XC-3,
The two-type jackpot includes a first two-type jackpot in which a relatively large number of winning balls can be expected and a second two-type jackpot in which a relatively large number of winning balls cannot be expected,
The first type of winning is a first two-type jackpot,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XC-5]
The gaming machine according to aspect XC-3 or aspect XC-4,
In the second display effect, when the pending display changes from the first mode to the second mode, the probability of winning the first type is 50%, and the second The probability of winning the type is 50%,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XC-6]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XC-1 to XC-5,
In the first period, when the second display effect is performed, the pending display of the second mode is either the first type win or the second type win. Suggesting that the hit is certain,
In a second period different from the first period, when the second display effect is performed, the pending display of the second mode is the winning of the first type or the second Does not imply that one of the types of hits is fixed,
A gaming machine characterized by:

The steering non-contact notification effects A to C will be described below with reference to FIGS. 56 to 58. FIG. This handle non-contact notification effect is executed when a jackpot pattern is notified using a decorative pattern, and the image control microcomputer 101 analyzes the variable effect start command received from the sub-control board 90 and instructs to execute the decorative pattern variable stop effect. is included, the corresponding image data is read from the ROM 103 and displayed on the display screen 7a.

[Handle non-contact notification effect A]
FIG. 56 is a diagram showing steering wheel non-contact notification effect A. FIG. In the steering wheel non-contact notification effect A, first, as shown in FIG. 56(A), a win symbol display effect is performed. In this winning symbol display effect, a small winning symbol indicating a small winning is displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 56(A), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R is "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

After the winning symbol display effect, either the handle contact promotion effect shown in FIG. 56(B) or the handle contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 56(C) is performed. Specifically, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 (touch switch OFF) after the winning symbol display effect, the handle contact shown in FIG. When it is detected that the player is touching the handle 60 through the touch switch 114 (touch switch ON) after the promotion effect is performed and the win symbol display effect is performed, the handle shown in FIG. 56(C) is detected. Contact continuation production is performed.

In the steering wheel contact promotion effect shown in FIG. 56(B), a steering wheel contact promotion image XD1 is displayed. The steering wheel contact promotion image XD1 is an image for prompting the player to touch (hold) the steering wheel 60, and is displayed as "A good opportunity has arrived! Grab the steering wheel!". Further, in this steering wheel contact promoting effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to touch (hold) the steering wheel 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Hold the steering wheel!" is emitted. Also, in this case, predetermined locations (handle 60, effect button 63, etc.) of the gaming machine 1 may be vibrated to encourage the player to touch (hold) the handle 60. FIG.

Further, in the steering wheel contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 56(C), the steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 is displayed. The handle contact continuation image XD2 is an image for prompting the player to continue to touch (hold) the handle 60, and is displayed as "Keep holding the handle!" . Further, in this handle contact continuation effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to keep touching (gripping) the handle 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Keep the steering wheel as it is" is emitted.
It should be noted that in this steering wheel contact continuation effect, the steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 may not be displayed. Alternatively, the sound may not be uttered. Further, the handle contact promotion effect or the handle contact continuation effect may be continued even if the game enters the jackpot game state.

[Handle non-contact notification effect B]
FIG. 57 is a diagram showing steering wheel non-contact notification effect B. FIG. In the steering wheel non-contact notification effect B, first, as shown in FIG. 57(A), a win symbol display effect is performed. In this winning symbol display effect, a small winning symbol indicating a small winning is displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 57(A), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R is "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

After the winning symbol display effect, either the handle contact promotion effect shown in FIG. 57(B) or the handle contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 57(C) is performed. Specifically, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 (touch switch OFF) after the winning symbol display effect, the handle contact shown in FIG. When it is detected that the player is touching the handle 60 through the touch switch 114 (touch switch ON) after the promotion effect is performed and the win symbol display effect is performed, the handle shown in FIG. 57(C) is detected. Contact continuation production is performed.

In the steering wheel contact promoting effect shown in FIG. 57(B), the steering wheel contact promoting image XD1 and the right-hand hitting suggesting image XD3 are displayed. The steering wheel contact promotion image XD1 is an image for prompting the player to touch (hold) the steering wheel 60, and is displayed as "A good opportunity has arrived! Grab the steering wheel!". The right-handed shot suggestion image XD3 is an image for encouraging the player to hit right-handed, and is displayed as "Right-handed!". Also, in this handle contact promotion effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to touch (grip) the handle 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Hold the steering wheel!" is emitted. Also, in this case, predetermined locations (handle 60, effect button 63, etc.) of the gaming machine 1 may be vibrated to encourage the player to touch (hold) the handle 60. FIG.

Further, in the handle contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 57(C), the handle contact continuation image XD2 and the right hitting suggestive image XD3 are displayed. The handle contact continuation image XD2 is an image for prompting the player to continue to touch (hold) the handle 60, and is displayed as "Keep holding the handle!" . The right-handed suggestion image XD3 is an image for urging the player to hit right-handed, and is displayed as "Put right-handed!". Further, in this handle contact continuation effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to keep touching (gripping) the handle 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Keep the steering wheel as it is" is emitted.
It should be noted that in this steering wheel contact continuation effect, the steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 may not be displayed. Alternatively, the sound may not be uttered. Further, the handle contact promotion effect or the handle contact continuation effect may be continued even if the game enters the jackpot game state.

[Handle non-contact notification effect C]
FIG. 58 is a diagram showing the steering non-contact notification effect C. FIG. In the steering wheel non-contact notification effect C, first, as shown in FIG. 58(A), a win symbol display effect is performed. In this winning symbol display effect, a small winning symbol indicating a small winning is displayed using the decorative symbols 8L, 8C and 8R. In the example of FIG. 58(A), each of the decorative patterns 8L, 8C, and 8R is "7 patterns", representing 7 doubles.

After the winning symbol display effect, either the handle contact promotion effect shown in FIG. 58(B) or the handle contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 58(C) is performed. Specifically, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 (touch switch OFF) after the winning symbol display effect, the handle contact shown in FIG. When it is detected that the player is touching the handle 60 through the touch switch 114 (touch switch ON) after the promotion effect is performed and the win symbol display effect is performed, the handle shown in FIG. 58(C) is detected. Contact continuation production is performed.

In the steering wheel contact promoting effect shown in FIG. 58(B), the steering wheel contact promoting image XD1 and the right-hand hitting suggesting image XD3 are displayed. The steering wheel contact promotion image XD1 is an image for prompting the player to touch (hold) the steering wheel 60, and is displayed as "A good opportunity has arrived! Grab the steering wheel!". The right-handed suggestion image XD3 is an image for urging the player to hit right-handed, and is displayed as "Put right-handed!". Further, in this steering wheel contact promoting effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to touch (hold) the steering wheel 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Hold the steering wheel!" is emitted. Also, in this case, predetermined locations (handle 60, effect button 63, etc.) of the gaming machine 1 may be vibrated to encourage the player to touch (hold) the handle 60. FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 58(D), a steering wheel contact continuation effect is performed. In this steering wheel contact continuation effect, a steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 and a right hitting suggestive image XD3 are displayed. The handle contact continuation image XD2 is an image for prompting the player to continue to touch (hold) the handle 60, and is displayed as "Keep holding the handle!" . The right-handed suggestion image XD3 is an image for urging the player to hit right-handed, and is displayed as "Put right-handed!". Further, in this handle contact continuation effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to keep touching (gripping) the handle 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Keep the steering wheel as it is" is emitted.
It should be noted that in this steering wheel contact continuation effect, the steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 may not be displayed. Alternatively, the sound may not be uttered. Further, the handle contact promotion effect or the handle contact continuation effect may be continued even if the game enters the jackpot game state.

Further, in the handle contact continuation effect shown in FIG. 58(C), the handle contact continuation image XD2 and the right hitting suggestive image XD3 are displayed. The handle contact continuation image XD2 is an image for prompting the player to continue to touch (hold) the handle 60, and is displayed as "Keep holding the handle!" . The right-handed shot suggestion image XD3 is an image for encouraging the player to hit right-handed, and is displayed as "Right-handed!". Further, in this handle contact continuation effect, a sound is produced from the speaker 67 to the player to encourage the player to keep touching (gripping) the handle 60 . As this notification sound, for example, a voice saying "Keep the steering wheel as it is" is emitted.
It should be noted that in this steering wheel contact continuation effect, the steering wheel contact continuation image XD2 may not be displayed. Alternatively, the sound may not be uttered. Further, the handle contact promotion effect or the handle contact continuation effect may be continued even if the game enters the jackpot game state.

[Modification]
In the gaming machine 1, the handle non-contact notification effect is configured to be executed at the time of notification of the jackpot pattern using the decorative pattern, but is not limited to this, during the jackpot game, the small win game, the time saving game, the probability variable game It may be a configuration that is executed from time to time.

[Effect example]
An example of the effect of the non-contact steering wheel notification effect is shown below.
[Effect 1]
In the gaming machine 1, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 in the handle non-contact notification effect, at a predetermined timing (for example, timing after the jackpot notification) perform the production of According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged due to the fact that the player has not touched the handle 60 and the game ball has not been shot at the predetermined timing. It is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[Effect 2]
In the gaming machine 1, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 in the handle non-contact notification effect, a predetermined timing (for example, a jackpot) is detected. At a timing after the notification), a predetermined effect (such as a display encouraging the user to grip the steering wheel 60) is performed on the display screen 7a. According to this configuration, when the player does not touch the handle 60 at a predetermined timing, a predetermined effect is performed on the display screen 7a, so that the game ball is not shot to the player. The information can be transmitted in an easy-to-understand manner, and it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged due to the fact that the game ball has not been shot. As a result, the interest in the game can be improved.

[Effect 3]
In the gaming machine 1, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 in the handle non-contact notification effect, at a predetermined timing (for example, timing after the jackpot notification), A predetermined effect (such as a display encouraging the user to grip the steering wheel 60) is performed on the display screen 7a, and a predetermined sound is notified from the speaker 67. According to this configuration, when the player does not touch the handle 60 at a predetermined timing, a predetermined effect is performed on the display screen 7a, so that the game ball is not shot to the player. The information can be transmitted in a more comprehensible manner, and it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged due to the fact that the game ball has not been shot. As a result, the interest in the game can be improved.

[Effect 4]
In the above game machine 1, the timing at which the handle non-contact notification effect is performed is after the winning symbol is notified on the display screen 7a. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the game ball from entering a predetermined area (large winning opening 35, V area 39, second start opening 22, etc.) by not shooting the game ball. In addition, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged as a result, and as a result, it is possible to improve the amusement of the game.

[Effect 5]
In the gaming machine 1, the timing at which the handle non-contact notification effect is performed is during the small winning game on the display screen 7a. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the game ball from entering the V region 39 and the second kind of jackpot from occurring due to the game ball not being shot. In addition, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged as a result, and as a result, it is possible to improve the amusement of the game.

[Effect 6]
In the gaming machine 1, the timing at which the handle non-contact notification effect is performed is when the big winning game is played on the display screen 7a. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the game ball from entering the big winning opening 35 by not shooting the game ball. In addition, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged as a result, and as a result, it is possible to improve the interest of the game.

[Effect 7]
In the gaming machine 1, the timing at which the handle non-contact notification effect is performed is during the time-saving game on the display screen 7a. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the game ball from entering the second starting port 22 by not launching the game ball. In addition, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged as a result, and as a result, it is possible to improve the amusement of the game.

[Effect 8]
In the gaming machine 1, when it is detected through the touch switch 114 that the player is not touching the handle 60 in the handle non-contact notification effect, a predetermined effect is given at a predetermined timing (timing after the big win is notified). (Handle contact promotion effect) is performed, and thereafter, when the game control microcomputer 81 detects that the player has touched the handle 60, the predetermined effect is stopped. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged because the player has not touched the handle 60 and the game ball has not been shot at the predetermined timing. When the player touches the handle 60, the troublesome predetermined performance is stopped, so that the player can enjoy the subsequent game performance, and as a result, the interest in the game can be improved.

[Mode example]
The gaming machine of this embodiment can implement the following aspects.
[Aspect XD-1]
is a game machine,
production means capable of executing a predetermined production;
a handle detection means capable of detecting whether or not the player has touched the handle,
The effect means performs a predetermined effect at a predetermined timing when the handle detection means detects that the player is not touching the handle.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-2]
The gaming machine according to aspect XD-1,
Equipped with display means capable of performing multiple display effects,
The effect means performs a predetermined display on the display means at a predetermined timing when the handle detection means detects that the player is not touching the handle.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-3]
The gaming machine according to aspect XD-1 or aspect XD-2,
Equipped with sound notification means capable of notifying sound,
When the handle detection means detects that the player is not touching the handle, the effect means performs a predetermined display on the display means at a predetermined timing and emits a predetermined sound to the sound notification means. to inform
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-4]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XD-1 to XD-3,
The predetermined timing is when a jackpot is reported on the display means,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-5]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XD-1 to XD-3,
The predetermined timing is at the time of the small winning game,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-6]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XD-1 to XD-3,
The predetermined timing is during the jackpot game,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-7]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XD-1 to XD-3,
The predetermined timing is during a time-saving game,
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Aspect XD-8]
The gaming machine according to any one of aspects XD-1 to XD-7,
The effect means stops the predetermined effect when the handle detection means detects that the player has touched the handle after performing the predetermined display on the display means.
A gaming machine characterized by:

[Other Modifications]
The various display effects described above may include a configuration that does not include some of the effects, or may include effects other than those described above.

The gaming machine 1 of the above embodiment has been described by taking a pachinko gaming machine as an example, but it is not limited to this. For example, instead of the pachinko game machine, the present invention may be applied to a reel-type game machine such as a slot machine, an arrange ball game machine, or a mahjong ball game machine. When the game machine 1 is a slot machine, the game medium may be changed from game balls to game medals.

In the gaming machine 1 of the above embodiment, the effect button 63 is provided as an operation unit to be operated by the player. . Further, in the display effect in the gaming machine 1 of the above embodiment, the button image representing the effect button 63 may be used to execute the display effect. Alternatively, a display effect may be executed using an image representing a lever or trigger.

The gaming machine 1 of the above embodiment is a gaming machine equipped with a payout device for paying out balls, but is not limited to this. For example, instead of the game machine 1, the present invention may be applied to a game machine without a payout device, such as a so-called enclosed game machine.

In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, these effects may be combined into one display effect. In other words, two or more of the above-described rendering examples and/or modifications may be combined.

The present aspect has been described above based on the embodiments and modifications, but the above-described embodiments are intended to facilitate understanding of the present aspect, and do not limit the present aspect. This aspect may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and this aspect includes equivalents thereof.

1... Gaming machine 20A... First starting port (first entrance)
20B ... 1st starting port (1st entrance)
22 ... Second starting port (second entrance)
81 ... game control microcomputer 81 (fluctuation pattern determination means)
91 ... Production control microcomputer (production executing means, holding means)

Claims (1)

A gaming machine comprising display means capable of performing a plurality of display effects and operation means operable by a player,
A first display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
A second display effect may be performed as one of the plurality of display effects,
the first display effect is a combination effect of a third display effect, a fourth display effect and a fifth display effect;
the third display effect is a display effect in which a first operation prompting image is displayed to prompt the player to operate the operation means;
The fourth display effect is a effect in which a first predetermined effect is not performed until a preset first time elapses after the operation means is operated,
The fifth display effect is a effect of performing the first predetermined effect after the first time set in advance has elapsed since the operation means was operated,
the second display effect is a combination effect of a sixth display effect, a seventh display effect, and an eighth display effect;
The sixth display effect is a display effect in which a second operation prompting image is displayed to prompt the player to perform the same operation as that of the first operation prompting image,
The seventh display effect is a effect in which a second predetermined effect is not performed until a preset second time elapses after the operation means is operated,
The eighth display effect is a effect of performing the second predetermined effect after the second time set in advance has elapsed since the operation means was operated,
the second time is different from the first time,
In the first variation, the first effect pattern is executed,
In a second variation different from the first variation, a second effect pattern different from the first effect pattern is executed,
The first effect pattern is a pattern in which the first display effect is performed without performing the second display effect,
The second effect pattern is a pattern in which the second display effect is performed without performing the first display effect,
A gaming machine characterized by:

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