JPH05123437A - Ball shooting game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a ball shooting machine which facilitates the releasing of an alarm while eliminating dissatisfaction of a player. CONSTITUTION:There is not detection with a ten-count switch but a prize- winning of a V switch is detected. In this case, an alarm flag A is set as S29 according to a judgment at S28. On the other hand, when there is a detection with the V switch irrelevant to such conditions, an effective V flag is set at S31. A ball bouncing game machine is put on an alarm position with the alarm flag A but it shifts to a jackpot action with the releasing of the alarm as the effective V flag is set. This facilitates the operation for the jackpot action in response to the releasing of the alarm thereby eliminating dissatisfaction of the player.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, and in particular, it can be changed into a first state which is advantageous to the player and a second state which is disadvantageous to the player. If there is a variable winning ball device, and a game ball wins a specific winning area in the variable winning ball device, this variable winning ball device is set to a first state that is advantageous to the player, and a so-called jackpot condition is generated. The present invention relates to a ball game machine capable of giving a relatively advantageous game value to a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among the ball game machines of this type, one generally known in the past is one provided with a variable winning ball device and a starting winning hole in a game area. The variable winning ball device is provided with a winning area, and the winning area is further divided into a specific winning area and a normal winning area. The variable winning ball device is provided with a movable piece, and the movable piece opens and closes in response to the winning of the game ball into the start winning port, and the game ball easily wins the winning area. When the game balls win the normal winning area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. Moreover, when a game ball wins a specific winning area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out and a so-called jackpot state occurs.

In the big hit state, the variable winning ball device operates as follows. The movable piece provided above the winning area repeats the opening / closing operation at a predetermined cycle within a predetermined time. During this period, the winning area of the variable winning ball device is in a state where the game balls can easily win. When a game ball is won in the normal winning opening, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as described above. When there is a prize for a game ball in the specific winning area, a predetermined number of game balls are further paid out, the jackpot operation currently being executed is interrupted, a new jackpot operation is started, and so-called repeated continuation control is performed. Be done.

Each jackpot operation is performed when a new game ball is won in the specific winning area as described above, when a predetermined number of game balls are won in the winning area, or when the opening / closing operation is performed for the predetermined time ( For example, 18 performed within 30 seconds 18
It ends when the opening and closing operation) is completed. The number of winning game balls in the winning area is a winning number detector as the first detecting means at the entrance of the winning area, a so-called 10-count switch, and the gaming ball that wins in the specific winning area is the second detecting means. Detected by the specific prize ball detector. Further, the repeated continuation control is to be performed with a predetermined number of times as an upper limit, and is limited to a maximum of 16 times including the first opening / closing operation based on the start winning.

In such a conventional ball game machine, when the game ball detected by the specific prize ball detector is not detected by the prize number detector before that, the prize number detector malfunctions or is fraudulently won. Since there is a possibility that the ball cannot be detected, the alarm action was performed during the game. By carrying out this alarm operation, a failure is detected early and fraud is prevented.
As a method of canceling the alarm state at this time, there is a method of passing a pachinko ball through a winning number detector and turning it on.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional ball game machine, a start winning occurs in a state where there is a ball stop in the accessory, and the game ball that has stopped is a specific prize. An alarm may be activated when detected by the ball detector. Once an alarm occurred, the alarm could be easily cleared, but the operation only returned to the normal state. However, in this case, the game balls have won the specific winning area, and the jackpot operation and the jackpot continuation operation should be originally performed, which is unsatisfactory for the player. If an attempt is made to perform a big hit operation or a big hit continuation operation in order to eliminate this dissatisfaction, the conventional device has a problem that the operation is complicated and cannot be easily performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of eliminating dissatisfaction of a player when an abnormal state is released.

[0007]

A ball game machine according to the present invention has a game area into which a game ball is hit, and has a first state which is advantageous to the player and a second state which is disadvantageous to the player. A variable winning ball device that can be changed to a state is a ball game machine provided in the game area, and first detecting means for detecting a winning ball that has won a prize in the variable winning ball device;
The second detecting means provided at a position where the winning ball detected by the detecting means and the variable winning ball device are controlled to the first state, and the first detecting means is predetermined. When a variable number of winning balls is detected, the variable winning ball device is controlled to be driven to the second state, and the variable winning ball device is set to the second condition on the condition that the second detecting means detects the winning ball. If there is no detection output of the first detection means even though there is a drive control means for controlling the drive to the state 1 and the detection output of the second detection means,
Abnormal time control means for controlling to a state where normal game cannot be continued, and when the abnormal game control means is in a state where normal game cannot be continued, on condition that a predetermined return operation is performed The game state returning means for releasing the abnormal time control by the abnormal time control means, and drivingly controlling the variable winning ball device to the first state.

[0008]

In the ball-playing machine according to the present invention, when the detection output of the first detection means is absent although the detection output of the second detection means is present, the abnormal time control means controls The ball game machine is in a state where it cannot continue a normal game. When a predetermined return operation is performed in this state, the state of the ball game machine is returned to the normal game state by the game state returning means, and the variable winning ball device becomes the first state advantageous to the player.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is applicable to all game machines that play a ball.

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a game board surface of a pachinko game machine which is an example of a ball game machine according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, on a game board surface 1, a game area into which game balls are driven is formed. An operation handle (not shown) is provided on the lower right side of the game board 1, and a hitting ball launching device (not shown) is activated by operating the operation handle, and pachinko balls are sequentially driven into the game area.

In the game area 2, a pair of ball receiving members 4a,
The variable winning ball device 3 having 4b is provided. Below the variable winning ball device 3, the starting winning holes 10a, 10b,
12 are provided. Each of the starting winning openings 10a, 10b,
Inside 12 are provided starting prize winning ball detectors 11a, 11b, 13 which are examples of starting winning prize detecting means. The start winning holes 10a, 10b, 12 are covered with a cover having a chucker lamp 22. Further out below this cover, at the bottom of the game area, an out hole 32 is formed for collecting out balls.

On the left and right sides of the upper part of the variable winning ball device 3, and on the lower both sides of the variable winning ball device 3, there are winning holes 29, 3.
0, 30, 31, 31 are provided. A shoulder lamp 24 is attached to the winning opening 30, and a sleeve lamp 25 is attached to the winning opening 31. Further, windmill lamps 23 are provided on both left and right sides of the winning opening 29, and side lamps 26 are provided on both left and right ends of the game area.

The variable winning ball device 3 has winning spaces 7a (see FIG. 2) and 7b formed in the lower part thereof. In this prize space, a storage mechanism 8 is formed for temporarily storing the game balls that have won the prize space or immediately causing the game balls to flow down to both sides thereof. Also, there is a decoration LE behind the prize space.
D20, 21 are provided. Decorative LEDs 18 and 19 are provided on both the left and right sides of the winning space, and decorative LEDs 17 are provided on the upper and left sides of the winning space. Winning hole 29
An accessory lamp 16 is provided immediately below, and a continuation number indicator 14 for displaying the number of jackpot continuation control, which will be described later, is provided on the lower left side of the accessory lamp 16. Each of the winning number display devices 15 for displaying the winning number is provided. In the portion of the variable winning ball device 3 that communicates with the ball receiving members 4a and 4b into the winning space, prize number detectors (count switches A and B) 6a and 6b as an example of first detecting means are provided. A specific winning ball detector 9 which is an example of a second detecting means is provided in a portion of the lowermost part of the winning space that coincides with the axis of the storage mechanism 8. Then, the game balls that are stored or flowed down by the storage mechanism 8 or the like enter the specific winning ball detector 9, so that the jackpot control is repeatedly performed.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the variable winning ball device 3 of this embodiment has the following structure. As shown in the figure, the variable winning ball device 3 has a mounting substrate 10 mounted on the surface of the game board 1. Mounting board 10
The above-mentioned normal winning hole 29 is provided on the front surface of the upper part of the. A rectangular winning opening is provided at the center of the mounting substrate 10, and the storage mechanism 8 is formed inside the winning opening. An upper ball rolling plate 36 is provided above the winning opening, and the upper ball rolling plate 36 divides the winning opening into an upper winning area 7a and a lower winning area 7b. On both sides of the upper ball rolling plate 36, a pair of ball receiving members a4a, 4b mounted on the mounting substrate 10 so as to be openable and closable are provided. The upper ball rolling plate 36 is inclined downward toward the rear, and on both sides of the rear end thereof, a winning number detector 6a for detecting passage of game balls winning the winning area,
6b is provided.

The lower parts of the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are attached to the rotary shafts 33a and 33b, respectively, and are rotatable around the rotary shafts 33a and 33b. Rotation axis 3
Mechanisms for rotating 3a, 33b are solenoids 5a, 5b provided on the back surface of the variable winning ball device 3, and a solenoid 5
a and 5b, and a link member 34a that is rotatably held at both ends of the operating member 35 and that converts the vertical movement of the operating member 35 into the rotational movement of the rotating shafts 33a and 33b. , 34b.

A lower ball rolling plate 37 inclined toward the center is provided at the lowermost part of the lower winning area 7b. In a central portion of the lower ball rolling plate 37, a specific winning area 39, which will be described later, and normal winning areas 38a and 38b are formed. In the specific winning area 39, a specific winning ball detector 9 for detecting passage of balls is built in.

When the ball receiving members 4a, 4b are closed, no game balls can be won in the winning area. However, when the ball receiving members 4a, 4b are opened, the ball hitting the game area is received by the ball receiving members 4a, 4b, and the winning space 7a,
It becomes easy to reach within 7b. Even when the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are repeatedly opened and closed, there is a high possibility that the hitting ball reaches the winning areas 7a and 7b. That is, such a state is the first state that is advantageous to the player. Ball receiving members 4a, 4
In the state where b stands up, the game ball does not enter the winning area as described above, which is a second state that is disadvantageous to the player. In addition, in the second state, it is not a state in which no hitting balls are won at all, but a state in which a certain interval is formed between the ball receiving members 4a and 4b and other parts to simply make it difficult to win a hitting ball. Good.

The storage mechanism 8 is provided above the fixed storage member 40 and the fixed storage member 40 fixed in the lower prize space 7b, and the vertical sliding member 4 which moves up and down while constantly rotating.
Including 3.

The fixed storage member 40 is formed in a donut shape as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and has a design of a disk (mother ship) when viewed from the front. Fixed storage member 4
In the center of the donut-shaped inner recess 41 of 0
Two are provided. The drop opening 42 and the specific winning area 39 are located on the same vertical line. Therefore, if there is no obstacle in the meantime, the winning ball dropped from the drop opening 42 is highly likely to be guided to the specific winning area 39. On the other hand, the winning balls not stored on the fixed storage member 40 overflow from both sides of the fixed storage member 40 and reach the side of the lower ball rolling plate 37. Therefore, in this case, the game balls are highly likely to be guided to the normal winning regions 38a and 38b.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vertical sliding member 43 has a design such that it has a disk (UFO) shape when viewed from the front. Radiating pieces 44 are formed on the outer periphery of the lower portion of the vertical sliding member 43 at a predetermined interval (an interval for entering one or two winning balls). Radiant piece 44
Is as the vertical sliding member 43 rotates in the storage mode,
This is for moving the prize balls stored by the storage mechanism 8 along the outer peripheral upper surface of the fixed storage member 40. When the vertical sliding member 43 rises, the vertical sliding member 43
Between the fixed storage member 40 and the fixed storage member 40, a space through which the winning balls can pass is formed. Therefore, including the prize balls to be stored,
The winning balls located on the upper surface of the outer periphery of the fixed storage member 40 are guided by the recess 41 and drop downward from the drop opening 42. This is called a release mode. On the other hand, the vertical sliding member 43
At the lowered position, the vertical sliding member 43 closes the recess 41 of the fixed storage member 40. Therefore, in this state, the winning balls are stored on the outer peripheral upper surface of the fixed storage member 40. This is called a storage mode.

Among the mechanisms for vertically moving and rotating the vertical sliding member 43, the mechanism for performing the rotary motion is as follows. A rotary shaft 45 extending upward is attached to the vertical sliding member 43. Rotating shaft 45
A worm gear 46 is attached to the upper part of the.
A worm gear 47 meshes with the worm gear 46, and the worm gear 47 is connected to the motor shaft 4 of the rotary motor 48.
It is attached to 9. Both the vertical sliding member 43 and the rotary motor 48 are attached to the sliding operation plate 50. When the rotary motor 48 is turned on, the rotary shaft 45 is rotated via the worm gears 47 and 46, and the vertical sliding member 43 rotates at a constant speed. In the present embodiment, the time required for the vertical sliding member 43 to make one turn is about 6 seconds. The vertical sliding member 43 is always rotating regardless of the game state.

The mechanism for imparting vertical movement to the vertical sliding member 43 is as follows. The sliding operation plate 50 to which the vertical sliding member 43 and the rotary motor 48 are attached is
The winning spaces 7a and 7b are provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction along the rear walls. Further, the sliding operation plate 50 engages, at its lower portion, an operation pin 53 provided so as to project in front of an operation cam 52 attached to the sliding motor 51. The operation pin 53 is provided at a position eccentric from the center of the operation cam 52. Therefore, the vertical sliding plate 50 moves up and down as the sliding motor 51 rotates. A semi-circular semi-circular plate 54 is integrally formed on the actuating cam 52, and a stop position detector 55 is arranged above the semi-circular plate 54. The stop position detector 55 is for detecting the raised position or the lowered position of the vertical sliding member 43.

A distribution member 56 is arranged substantially in the middle of the storage mechanism 8 and the lower ball rolling plate 37. Sorting member 56
Is a circular passage 57 through which a prize ball can pass.
Is formed, and a small disk (U
It has a shape that looks like FO). The rear end of the distribution member 56 is supported by a support shaft 58 that is vertically supported. The operation pin 61 is engaged with a groove provided at a rear portion of the rear end of the distribution member 56 with respect to the support shaft 58. The operation pin 61 is provided so as to protrude from the front surface of the operation cam 60. The operation cam 60 is rotated by the swing motor 59. Since the operation pin 61 is eccentrically provided on the operation cam 60, the distribution member 56 swings in the left-right direction as the swing motor 59 rotates. This allows
When viewed from the front, a small disk (UFO) appears to be flying in the air. The operation cam 60 has a notch 63
The circular plate 62 having the is formed integrally. A stop position detector 64 is arranged below the disc 62. The stop position detector 64 is for detecting the central position of the distribution member 56.

By such a mechanism, the distribution member 56 is driven so as to reciprocate left and right in the winning space 7b.
When the distribution member 56 reaches the center position, the drop port 42, the passage port 57, and the specific winning area 39 are on the same vertical line.
At this time, the winning balls that have fallen from the drop opening 42 are
There is an extremely high possibility that the player will be guided to the specific winning area 39 through. On the other hand, when the sorting member 56 swings from the center to the left and right, the drop port 42 and the passage port 57 are displaced. At this time, the winning balls dropped from the drop opening 42 collide with the outer peripheral portion of the distribution member 56, and the left and right normal winning openings 38a, 38
It is more likely to be induced by b. That is, the distribution member 5
6 distributes the winning balls released from the storage mechanism 8 and changes the route thereof. The shape of the passage port 57 does not have to be a circular through hole as shown in FIG. 2, and may be, for example, a U-shaped concave portion formed at the tip.

The operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is characterized by the fact that when the specific winning ball detector 9 detects a winning ball,
Before that, when the winning number detectors 6a and 6b have not detected a winning ball and the apparatus is in the alarm state, the operation is performed when the alarm state is released. Before describing its operation, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the gaming machine generally operates as follows.

When the power is turned on, the vertical sliding member 43 starts rotating in a fixed direction (counterclockwise direction). The vertical sliding member 43 once descends, rises again, returns to the normal position, and continues to rotate.

When a player operates an operation handle (not shown), a hitting ball launching device (not shown) also operates, and a pachinko ball is driven into the game area 2.

When a pachinko ball wins in any of the winning openings 29, 30, 31, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out. Pachinko balls start winning holes 10a, 10
b, 12 win, start winning prize ball detector 11a, 11b,
When detected by 13, the following operation is performed. When the pachinko balls enter the starting winning openings 10a, 10b, the movable members 4a, 4b are opened for 0.4 seconds after a predetermined time from the detection of winning, and in the case of the present embodiment, after being opened for 0.4 seconds and then closed. When a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning opening 12, the movable members 4a and 4b are respectively set to a predetermined time (for example, 0.45 seconds) after a predetermined time of the winning detection, and in the case of this embodiment, after 1.5 seconds. After opening for a predetermined period of time (0.9 seconds, for example), it is opened again for a predetermined time (0.45 seconds, for example) and then closed. The distribution member 56 starts moving to the left at the same time as the first opening of the movable members 4a and 4b, and performs a left and right reciprocating motion twice over a predetermined time (for example, 4 seconds) and returns to the central position.

When the movable members 4a, 4b are opened, the pachinko balls falling from above are moved by the movable members 4a, 4b.
There is a high possibility that it will be received by 4b and win the winning areas 7a, 7b. At this time, the pachinko balls that enter the winning areas 7a and 7b roll on the upper ball rolling plate 36, flow down rearward, and pass through the winning number detectors 6a and 6b. The winning number detected by the winning number detectors 6a and 6b is used for game control. The pachinko balls that have passed the winning number detectors 6a and 6b fall on the fixed storage member 40, and the fixed storage member 4
It rolls over 0 and falls downward from the side or center drop port 42. At this time, since the vertical sliding member 43 is pulled upward, the pachinko balls can enter the central recess of the fixed storage member 40, and thus may pass through the drop port 42. When the pachinko balls pass through this part when the sorting member 8 has just come under the drop port 42,
This pachinko ball is highly likely to win the specific winning area 39. Pachinko balls that have won the specific winning area 39 are detected by the specific winning ball detector 9. Other pachinko balls will normally win the winning opening 38.

When the specific winning ball detector 9 detects a pachinko ball within a predetermined time (3.5 seconds in the case of this embodiment) after the movable members 4a, 4b are closed, a big hit game state. Becomes

In the jackpot gaming state, this device operates as follows. The open / close solenoids 5a and 5b repeat on / off operations at short time intervals. Therefore, the ball receiving members 4a and 4b also repeat the opening / closing operation continuously. The number of repetitions is set to a maximum of 18 times in the case of the present embodiment, and the processing is repeated after 18 times and then ended. Also, part 1
When ten winning balls are generated during the repeated operation of eight times, the on / off operation of the solenoids 5a and 5b is also terminated at that time. Hereinafter, such an opening / closing operation will be referred to as an opening / closing cycle. A predetermined time (1.5 seconds in this embodiment) after the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball detector 9.
The vertical sliding member 43 rotates while descending, closing the recess 41 of the fixed storage member 40. Then, the up-and-down sliding member 43 is used until 10 winning balls are generated or 18
Rotate in this position until the second release is completed, then rise. On the other hand, the sorting member 56 starts reciprocating right and left after a predetermined time (2 seconds in the case of this embodiment) after detection of a pachinko ball by the specific winning ball detector 9, and seven winning balls are detected. When the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are released for the fifteenth time, whichever comes first, the ball bearing members 4a and 4b are positioned again at the center and stopped there. Therefore, after the vertical sliding member 43 rises, among the game balls stored on the outer peripheral upper surface of the fixed storage member 40, the game balls that enter the concave portion 41 and drop from the drop opening 42 are re-entered in the specific winning opening 39. More likely to. Until a predetermined time (3.5 seconds in the case of this embodiment) elapses from the time when ten prize-winning pachinko balls are generated or the time when the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are released 18 times,
The operation of the specific winning ball detector 9 of the specific winning opening 39 is valid. During this period, when the specific winning ball detector 9 detects a pachinko ball, the jackpot continuation operation described later is performed.

When the specific winning ball detector 9 detects a pachinko ball during the big hit operation, the big hit continuation operation is performed. The jackpot continuation operation is performed a predetermined number of times (16 times in the case of the present embodiment), including the first opening based on the starting prize.
When the winning of the pachinko ball to the specific winning ball detector 9 is not detected during the jackpot continuous operation, the process ends at that time.

In this case, as described above, the specific winning ball detector 9
At the same time as detecting a pachinko ball, the big hit motion or the big hit continuous motion currently being executed is immediately stopped. Then, the vertical sliding member 43 once rises and then descends again,
The recess 41 of the fixed storage member 40 is closed. Sorting member 56
Also, the reciprocating motion is once stopped, and the reciprocating motion is restarted after a predetermined time has passed after the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball detector 9. Similarly, the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are closed for a predetermined time (3 seconds in the case of this embodiment) after the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball detector 9, and then opened and closed up to 18 times again. Start operation.

In this manner, the jackpot continuation operation of up to 16 times is completed, or when the specific winning a prize ball detector 9 does not detect a pachinko ball during the jackpot operation or the jackpot continuation operation, the jackpot operation and jackpot continuation. The operation ends and returns to the initial state.

By the way, during such a big hit operation, the pachinko balls may stop, for example, at the fixed storage member 40. The jackpot operation is finished as it is, and then there is a start winning prize, and again the specific winning ball detector 9
The detection of pachinko balls by may be effective. At this time, there may be a case where the pachinko ball that has stopped ball wins the specific winning opening 39 and turns on the specific winning ball detector 9. In such a case, originally the prize number detectors 6a, 6
Since only the game balls detected in b can be won in the specific winning opening 39, some abnormality occurs, or the number-of-wins detectors 6a and 6b cannot detect the pachinko balls that have won the variable winning ball device 3. There may have been fraudulent activities. Therefore, when the specific winning ball detector 9 detects a pachinko ball, but the pachinko ball is not detected by the winning number detectors 6a and 6b before that, the pachinko gaming machine is in an alarm state. Then, the operator quickly responds to the gaming machine in the alarm state, so that it is possible to promptly deal with such an abnormality or fraud. The alarm is released by passing the pachinko ball through the winning number detector 6a or 6b and turning on the winning number detector 6a or 6b. In response to such an operation being performed during the alarm operation, the alarm state of the gaming machine is canceled. At the same time, as a feature of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, in response to such an operation being performed, the device starts the jackpot operation or the jackpot continuous operation. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the player who thought that the ball that had stopped at the time of the occurrence of the start winning was detected by the specific winning ball detector 9 and was in the big hit state. Also, not only in such a case, if you want to generate a big hit at the time of a test hit,
Even if you accidentally insert a pachinko ball into the specific winning opening first, you can generate or continue the jackpot gaming state just by performing the alarm canceling operation, and there is no troublesome operation during the test.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit and peripheral circuits used in the pachinko gaming machine. Referring to FIG. 4, the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine includes a basic circuit 69 including a microcomputer (hereinafter, abbreviated as “microcomputer”) that operates according to a program described later for controlling various devices, and at the time of power-on. An initial reset circuit 70 for giving a reset pulse to the basic circuit 69, and a pulse frequency divider for dividing the clock signal given from the basic circuit 69 and giving the reset pulse to the basic circuit 69 periodically (for example, every 2 msec). Periodic reset circuit 71 composed of a circuit, prize number detectors 6a and 6b, specific prize ball detector 9, starting prize ball detectors 11a and 11b,
13, a switch circuit 73 connected to the stop position detectors 55, 64 for supplying a signal from a switch selected by an applied address signal to the basic circuit 69, and connected to the basic circuit 69 and the switch circuit 73, Address decode circuit 7 for decoding the address signal given from the basic circuit 69 and giving it to the switch circuit 73.
2, the LED circuit 77, the solenoid circuit 74, the lamp circuit 75, the motor circuit 76, which are driven and controlled by the basic circuit 69, and the sound signal from the basic circuit 69 to drive the speaker 66 to generate a sound effect. Sound circuit 78
And jackpot information given from the basic circuit 69 is output 6
The jackpot information output circuit 79 for outputting from 7 to the game hall facility. In addition to the pachinko machine, AC24
5V, 12V, 21 of direct current connected to AC power source of V
A power supply circuit 80 that generates voltages of V and 30V is included.

To the solenoid circuit 74, solenoids 5a and 5b for operating the ball receiving members 4a and 4b shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are connected. The accessory circuit lamp 16, the chucker lamp 22, the windmill lamp 23, the shoulder lamp 24, the sleeve lamp 25, the side lamp 26, the rail decoration lamp 27, and the game effect lamp 28 are connected to the lamp circuit 75. Has been done. The LED circuit 77 includes a continuation number indicator 14, a winning number indicator 15, and a decoration LE.
DA to E17 to 21 are connected. Motor circuit 76
The motors 48, 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
1, 59 are connected.

The continuation number indicator 14 is a 7-segment LED for displaying the continuation number of the jackpot continuation operation. The winning number display 15 is a 7-segment LED for displaying the number of winnings in the winning space, that is, the number of pachinko balls detected by the winning number detectors 6a and 6b in the jackpot operation currently being performed.

The basic circuit 69 is, for example, an LS of several chips.
I (Large Scale Integrated)
The microcomputer includes a microcomputer. The microcomputer can execute a predetermined operation in a predetermined procedure by using an MPU (Micro Processing Unit).
t), a ROM (Read-Only Memory) for storing operation program data of the MPU, and RA for writing and reading necessary data at any time.
M (Random Access Memory). Further, the basic circuit 69 includes an I / O port, a sound generator and a clock generation circuit. The operation program of the MPU will be described later.

Referring to FIG. 4, the control circuit 68 of this pachinko gaming machine operates as follows. The initial reset circuit 70 gives a reset pulse to the basic circuit 69 when the power of the pachinko gaming machine is turned on. The basic circuit 69 starts its operation in response to this reset pulse. Periodic reset circuit 7
1 divides the clock signal generated by the basic circuit 69 by a predetermined frequency division value and, as described above, gives a regular reset pulse to the basic circuit 69 every 2 msec, for example. The basic circuit 69 repeatedly executes a predetermined program from the beginning each time a reset pulse is applied from the regular reset circuit 71.

The address decoding circuit 72 is the basic circuit 6
9 decodes the address data provided from the switch circuit 73 and the ROM, RAM,
Chip select signals are applied to the I / O port and sound generator. MPU included in basic circuit 69
Provides control signals for various devices in response to the output of each control signal described below. When the pachinko ball wins any one of the immovable winning openings 10a, 10b, 12 shown in FIG. 1, the starting winning ball detectors 11a, 11b,
Any one of 13 turns on. In response to this, the switch circuit 73 gives the starting winning prize detection signal to the basic circuit 69. The specific winning ball detector 9 is turned on in response to the pachinko ball winning the specific winning hole 39, and the specific winning ball detection signal is given to the basic circuit 69. When the pachinko balls received by the ball receiving members 4a and 4b pass through the winning number detectors 6a and 6b, the winning number detectors 6a and 6b are turned on, and the winning number detection signal from the switch circuit 73 is output to the basic circuit 6.
Given to 9.

The stop position detectors 55 and 64 give signals corresponding to the positions of the semi-circular plate 54 and the circular plate 62 to the switch circuit 73, which in turn switches the semi-circular plate 54 and the circular plate 6 to each other.
The second stop position detection signal is given to the basic circuit 69.

The basic circuit 69 provides control signals to the following circuits and devices. First, the basic circuit 69 gives a solenoid drive control signal to the solenoids 5a and 5b via the solenoid circuit 74. As a result, the ball receiving members 4a and 4b (see FIG. 1) of the variable winning ball device are operated, and for example, when there is a winning of a pachinko ball in the starting winning port, it is opened or closed once or twice as described above. When a pachinko ball is won in the specific winning opening, the pachinko ball is opened and closed with a maximum of 18 times as described above, and the pachinko ball is changed to the first state in which it is easy to win.

The basic circuit 69 displays the number of continuous jackpots and the number of winning coins received during the present opening / closing cycle on the continuation number indicator 14 and the winning number indicator 15 via the LED circuit 77. The basic circuit 69 further gives an LED drive control signal to the decorative LEDs 17-21. The jackpot information output circuit 79 is provided with a jackpot signal in accordance with the occurrence of the jackpot, the sound circuit 78 is provided with a sound signal for producing a sound effect according to the state of the game, and the speaker 66 produces a sound effect. Is generated. Similarly, the accessory circuit lamp 16, the chucker lamp 22, the windmill lamp 23, the shoulder lamp 24, the sleeve lamp 25, the side lamp 26, the rail decoration lamp 27, and the game effect lamp 28 include the lamp circuit 7.
A lamp drive signal according to the game state is given via 5. Further, the basic circuit 69, via the motor circuit 76, operates the vertical sliding member 43 and the distributing member 56 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 based on various control signals given from the switch circuit 73. Motor drive signals are applied to the motors 48, 51 and 59, respectively. A predetermined DC voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit 80 to various devices and control circuits.

5 to 25 are flow charts of a program for controlling the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, which is executed in the MPU of the basic circuit 69 shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows the main routine of this program. This main routine is executed once from the beginning each time a periodic reset pulse is applied to the MPU, and after completion of execution of the main routine, reset waiting processing is performed until the next reset pulse is generated. In this embodiment, the periodic reset pulse is generated once every 2 msec, and the main routine is executed once every 2 msec.

In step (hereinafter referred to as "S") 1, an address used as a stack pointer in the memory is designated. Then, in S2, R
A determination is made as to whether there is an AM error.
This determination is made, for example, by calling data at a predetermined address in the RAM and determining whether the called data is equal to a predetermined value. If there is no RAM error, control proceeds to S4. However, when the program runs away or when the power is turned on, a RAM error occurs because the contents stored in the RAM are indefinite, and the control proceeds to S3.

At S3, system initial processing such as setting initial data in RAM is performed. By this initial processing, the predetermined data is written in the predetermined address of the RAM, and the determination result in S2 becomes normal from the next time. The control proceeds to S4.

Port data input / output processing is executed in S4, first subroutine A is executed in S5, port data input / output processing is executed again in S6, and second subroutine B is executed in S7. Becomes Since the subroutine B is a part of the processing of the subroutine A, its details are omitted.

The subroutine A will be described below with reference to FIG. In S8, the continuation number display 14, the winning number display 15, and the decorative LEDs 17 to 21 shown in FIG.
DG (digit) output data control for controlling the output of the. Subsequently, in S9, the specific winning opening 3
The V winning determination process is performed to determine whether or not there is a winning of 9. Details of this will be described later with reference to FIG. 7.

In S10 and S11, the count A and count B winning determination processing for determining the winning of the winning number detectors 6a and 6b are performed. Details of these will be described later with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively.

In S12, a one-time starting winning determination process for determining whether or not there is a winning in the starting winning port 10a, 10b shown in FIG. Starting prize hole 10
If there is a winning ball in a or 10b, the ball receiving member 4a,
4b opens for 0.4 seconds as described above. S12 is a step for determining the condition therefor. This processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

At S13, a process for determining whether or not there is a winning at the starting winning opening 12 shown in FIG. When there is a winning in the starting winning opening 12, the ball receiving members 4a and 4b perform the opening / closing operation twice at intervals of 0.95 seconds as described above. S13 is a process for determining a condition therefor.

In S14, the first half end determination process is performed. When the big hit operation is performed, as described above, when there are 7 winnings, or the ball receiving members 4a, 4
The operation of the pachinko gaming machine is different from the point when b is performing the 15th opening. Of the conditions for changing the operation mode, S14 is a process for determining whether or not there are seven prizes.

At S15, a valid V determination process is performed to determine whether or not there is a valid winning ball in the specific winning opening. When it is determined in this process that there is an effective winning at the specific winning opening, the jackpot control is repeatedly performed as described above. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

Subsequently, the sound / lamp / LED data control processing is executed in S16, and the processing for controlling the motor process control and the motors B / C (corresponding to the motors 51 and 59 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4) is executed in S17. Are carried out respectively. Details of these processes are omitted here because they are not directly related to the present invention.

Subsequently, in S18, it is determined whether or not the alarm flag for determining whether or not the device should be in the alarm state is in the set state. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S19, and if not, the control proceeds to S20.

In S19, it means that an alarm condition has occurred, so the alarm data set process is performed. The details will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, in S20, data for setting necessary data such as process control processing for controlling the game state, LED data, sound data, and lamp data in a predetermined storage area according to the game state. Set processing, solenoid data control for controlling the solenoids 5a, 5b in order to operate the ball receiving members 4a, 4b according to the game state, motor B / C (motors 51, 59) data control, and a specific winning opening V reception time control processing is performed to determine whether or not to win the winning prize. The process process will be described later with reference to FIG. 15, the data set process with reference to FIG. 16, and the V reception time control process with reference to FIG.

After S19 and S20, this subroutine A ends. In addition, S9 to S13 in the subroutine A
The process is performed as a subroutine B in S7. Figure 7
6, the V winning determination process of FIG. 6 is performed as follows. In S21, it is determined whether or not the present timing is the timing for determining the winning timing. If the answer to the decision is NO, this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S22. S22
At, a determination is made as to whether or not the alarm flag is set. If the answer to the decision is YES, it means that an abnormality has occurred in the operation of the gaming machine, so this subroutine is immediately terminated without determining the winning of the specific winning opening. In other cases, the control is S23
Proceed to. In S23, it is determined whether or not the V reception timer is operating. The answer is JE
If S, the control proceeds to S28, otherwise, the control proceeds to S24.

In S24, it is determined whether or not the process flag indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine is 0. If the answer to the decision is YES, this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S25. In S25, it is determined whether or not the process flag is 1. If the answer to the decision is YES, this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S26. In S26, it is determined whether the process flag is 4. If the answer to the decision is YES, this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S27. In S27, it is determined whether the process flag is 7. If the answer is YES, the control is S2.
8. Otherwise, this subroutine ends. That is, if the V acceptance period is not valid, the V winning is invalidated. In this embodiment, the valid period for accepting V is
Only if the process flag has a value of 2, 5, 8, 9, 10 or the V reception timer is running. However, when the process flag is 10, the V winning is invalidated by S30 described later. Further, in the present embodiment, it is configured such that the first state is not achieved only by winning the V prize. If necessary, all V prizes may be accepted.

In S28, the winning number detector 6a,
A determination is made as to whether or not the flag for determining whether or not the game ball has passed 6b is set. If set, it means that the game balls are passing through these prize number detectors 6a and 6b during the opening / closing cycle of this time or during the opening / closing of the starting winning prize this time. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S30, and if not, the control proceeds to S29. When it is determined that the process flag is 7 in S27, it means that there is an effective winning in the specific winning opening as described later with reference to FIG. On the other hand, when the control proceeds to S29, it means that there is no game ball that has passed through the prize number detectors 6a and 6b before the specific winning opening has been won. Since such a thing cannot normally occur, it is determined in S29 that the operation of the gaming machine is abnormal, and the alarm flag A is set. After S29, the control is S
Proceed to 30. Even if the alarm flag A is set in S29, the valid V flag is set in S31 described later. Therefore, when the alarm flag A is cleared in step S42 of the count winning process described later with reference to FIG. 15, the process flag is set to 7 in S73 of FIG.
The control shifts to the big hit control.

In S30, it is determined whether or not the value of the continuation number counter showing the number of jackpots is 15. As described above, in the device of the present embodiment, the maximum number of repetitions of the jackpot is limited to 16 times including the first opening based on the start winning. The continuation number counter counts the number of opening from the opening / closing cycle after the first opening, and the value of 15 indicates that the opening is the last. Therefore, if the determination result in S30 is YES, the V flag is not set, and this subroutine ends immediately. However, the answer in S30 is NO.
If so, it means that the jackpot control may be further continued, so the control advances to S31, and the valid V flag is set. After S31, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of the count A winning determination process executed in S10 of FIG. Figure 8
With reference to, it is determined in S32 whether it is the timing for determining the winning of the winning number detector 6a. If the determination result is NO, the control is S34.
Otherwise, control proceeds to S33 otherwise. S3
In 3, the count winning process is performed. The details will be described later with reference to FIG. In S34, it is determined whether or not the switch check counter has reached the maximum value. The switch check counter is for a predetermined time period (in the case of the present embodiment, whether the signals given from the winning number detectors 6a and 6b to the switch port of the MPU are at a high level (on) or a low level (off). Every 2 msec), and increments by 1 if turned on. If an abnormality such as a short circuit occurs in the switch and it keeps on, normal game cannot be played,
The determination as to whether or not the value of the switch check counter is the maximum value is performed for a predetermined time, in the case of this embodiment, every 2.9 seconds, and if it is the maximum value, some kind of error has occurred. To determine. That is,
If the determination result in S34 is YES, the control is S36.
Then, the alarm flag B is set. Otherwise, control proceeds to S35, and alarm flag B is cleared. After S35 and S36, this subroutine ends. The winning timing of S32 is determined by whether or not the switch check counter has a predetermined value (for example, "2").

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the counter B winning determination process executed in S11 of FIG. The process performed in FIG. 9 is performed by the winning number detector 6
Similar to the count A winning determination process shown in FIG. 8 except that the process is performed on the winning number detector 6b instead of a, and the alarm flag set as a result of the check is C instead of the alarm flag B. Is. Therefore, details thereof will not be repeated here.

FIG. 10 shows S33 of FIG. 8 and S3 of FIG.
It is a flowchart of the count winning process performed in 7. Referring to FIG. 10, the alarm flag A is cleared and the count passage flag is set in S42. Then, in S43, the process flag is set to 8
A determination is made as to whether or not this is the case. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S44, and if not, this subroutine ends. In S44, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter has reached the maximum value ("10" in this embodiment). If the determination result is YES, this subroutine ends immediately, otherwise, the control proceeds to S45. In S45,
A process of adding 1 to the winning number counter is performed. Subsequently, in S46, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning number counter is equal to 7. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S47, and if not, the control proceeds to S49.
Proceed to. The determination in S46 is based on S14 shown in FIG.
In the first half end determination process, if the number of winning prizes is 7 while the ball receiving member is open, the operation of the gaming machine changes, and the determination for that is performed.

At S47, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 8. The answer is NO
If so, control proceeds to S49; otherwise, control proceeds to S49.
Proceed to 48. In S48, the process flag is set to 9. After S48, the control proceeds to S49. That is, if the process flag is 8, it means that the process is in the first half of the ball receiving member 18 times opening / closing operation process at the time of big hit operation, and if it is 9, it is in the latter half.

In S49, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning number counter as a result of the addition in S45 is the maximum. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S50, and if not, this subroutine ends.
At S50, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 11. The process flag being 11 means that the ball receiving member 4 has been used 18 times as described later.
This indicates that the opening / closing operations of a and 4b have been completed.
Therefore, if the answer to the determination in S50 is YES, this subroutine ends immediately, otherwise, the control proceeds to S51, and the processing for closing the ball receiving members 4a, 4b is performed. That is, in S51, the solenoid data end flag indicating that the end of the solenoid data for the operation of the solenoids 5a and 5b has been reached is set in order to close the ball receiving members 4a and 4b. After S51, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of the one-time start winning determination process executed in S12 of FIG. S5
At 2, it is determined whether or not it is the winning timing. The determination method in S21, S52, and S60 is the same as the method described in S32. If the answer to the decision is NO, this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S53. In S53, it is determined whether or not the alarm flag is set. If the answer is YES, it means that the gaming machine is in the alarm operation, so there is no need to make a start winning determination, and therefore this subroutine ends immediately. Otherwise, control proceeds to S54.

At S54, it is determined whether the process flag is 0 or not. The answer is Y
If it is ES, the control directly proceeds to S59, and if not, the control proceeds to S55. In S55, it is determined whether or not the process flag is 3. If the determination result is YES, the control directly proceeds to S59, and if not, the control proceeds to S56. In S56, it is further determined whether the process flag is 6. If the determination result is YES, the control directly proceeds to S59, and if not, the control proceeds to S5.
Proceed to 7. In S57, it is determined whether the process flag is 11. The answer is NO
If so, this subroutine is terminated, and if not, the control proceeds to S58. In S58, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter is zero. If the answer to the decision is YES, then this subroutine ends, otherwise the process proceeds to S59. In S59, the process flag is set to 1. That is,
When the process flag is 0, 3, or 6, the process flag is unconditionally set to 1. When the process flag is 11, the process flag is set to 1 when the winning number counter is not 0. When the process flag is 0, the normal operation is performed. When the process flag is 3, the ball receiving member is opened and closed once.
When it is 1, 18 of the ball receiving member at the time of a big hit as described above.
This shows the state after the opening / closing operation, and when these conditions are satisfied, the process flag is set to 1 in S67. When the process flag is 1, it indicates that the state is before the opening / closing of the one-time opening / closing operation when there is a winning in the starting winning opening of the ball receiving members 4a, 4b. After S59, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the double winning determination process executed in S13 of FIG.
11 is similar to FIG. 11 except that the process flag is set to 4, so the details thereof will not be repeated here.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the first half end determination processing in S14 shown in FIG. With reference to FIG. 13, in S68, it is determined whether the number of times of opening and closing is the 15th time. If the answer to the decision is NO, this subroutine ends immediately, but otherwise the control proceeds to S69. In S69, whether the process flag is 8 or not, that is, 18 of the ball receiving members 4a and 4b is detected.
A determination is made as to whether or not the first half operation of the opening / closing operation is being executed. If the answer is YES, control is S
Proceed to 70, otherwise the subroutine ends immediately. In S70, the process flag is set to 9
Is set. That is, the number of times of opening and closing the ball receiving members 4a and 4b is 15 by the first half end determination process shown in FIG.
When it reaches the second time, the process proceeds to the latter half of the opening / closing operation,
Otherwise the process is unchanged.

FIG. 14 shows the effective V shown in S15 of FIG.
It is a flowchart of a determination process. Referring to FIG.
At S71, a determination is made as to whether or not the valid V flag is set. If the answer to the decision is NO, it is determined that there is no effective winning in the specific winning opening, and this subroutine is immediately terminated. Otherwise, control proceeds to S72. In S72, it is determined whether or not the alarm flag is set. If the answer to the decision is YES, it means that the gaming machine is in an abnormal state, so this subroutine ends immediately, and only in other cases the control proceeds to S73. S73
In, the process flag is set to 7. Also, 1 is added to the continuation number counter. The process flag being 7 means that a predetermined time (3.0 in the case of this embodiment) until the ball receiving members 4a and 4b start the opening / closing operation after the determination of the effective winning of the specific winning opening is made. Seconds). After S73, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the process control processing shown in S20 of FIG. In S74,
A determination is made as to what value the process flag has. If the process flag is 0, the process proceeds to S75.
1 or 4 to S76, 2 or 5 to S77, 3 or 6 to S78, 7 to S79, 8, 9 or 10 to S80, 11
In the case of, the control proceeds to S81. Although the processing performed in each of these steps will be described later, if briefly described in advance, the normal control operation is performed in S75. In S76, the pre-processing for opening or closing the ball receiving members 4a, 4b once or twice when the start winning opening is won is performed. In S77, the ball receiving member 4
The processing during the opening / closing operation of a or 4b is performed once or twice. In S78, the operation after opening or closing the ball receiving members 4a and 4b once or twice is performed. In S79,
The processing before the opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 4a and 4b is performed 18 times in the jackpot operation. In S80, the process of opening and closing the ball receiving members 4a and 4b 18 times is performed. In S81, processing is performed until the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are opened and closed 18 times and then returned to the normal operation. When the process flags are 1, 2, and 3, the ball receiving member is opened and closed once, and when the process flags are 4, 5, and 6, the opening and closing operation is performed twice. When the process flag is 8, the first half operation is performed while the ball receiving member is opened and closed 18 times, and when the process flag is 9, the second half operation is performed. When the process flag is 10, the process of the final opening operation of the ball receiving member is performed. In the final round, not only the operation of the gaming machine before and after that is different, but also the operation of the sound effect, the lamp, the LED, etc. is made different from the normal jackpot, so that the interest of the player is maximized.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the data set processing performed in S20 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 16, in S82, depending on the value of the process flag, the solenoid / lamp / sound / LE of the corresponding address is set.
D. Motor control data etc. are set in a predetermined storage location. As a result, the operation of the gaming machine differs depending on the value of the process flag, that is, the gaming state. S82
After this subroutine ends.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the V reception time control performed in S20 of FIG. In S83, it is determined whether or not the V reception timer has expired. If the answer is YES, it means that the V reception time has already ended, so this subroutine ends immediately. NO in S83
If so, the control proceeds to S84, and the value of the V reception timer is decremented by 1. After S84, this subroutine ends. The V reception timer is decremented by 1 each time the processing of the time point S20 is executed once. The V reception timer is a timer set in S91 of FIG. 21 or S102 of FIG. 24 as described later. This timer is a variable winning ball device after the ball receiving members 4a, 4b have been opened or closed once or twice for winning the starting winning opening, or after being opened and closed for a maximum of 18 times during the jackpot operation. Since there is a possibility that the balls that have stayed inside will be delayed and win the specific winning opening, in order to reliably detect these delayed balls, in order to enable V reception for a predetermined time after the ball receiving member is closed. It was installed in. S20 is 1
The V reception timer is decremented by 1 each time it is executed, and the program is executed a predetermined number of times, whereby the V reception is ended a predetermined time after the ball receiving member is closed.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the alarm data setting process shown in S19 of FIG. FIG.
, Lamp data at alarm in S85,
Alarm time sound data and solenoid OFF data are set respectively. After S85, this subroutine ends. With the data set in S85, the state displayed by the lamp of the gaming machine indicates the alarm state, and the sound generated by the speaker 66 (see FIG. 4) becomes the sound indicating the alarm. Also solenoids 5a, 5b
Is turned off.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the normal control operation performed in S75 of FIG. The normal control operation is a game machine operation performed before the detection of a winning ball at the starting winning opening and after the end of the previous jackpot control and after the end of the V reception timer. Referring to FIG. 19, in S86, the winning number counter, the continuation number counter, the solenoid data end flag, and the count passage flag are cleared. To make sure, the description of each counter is repeated, and the winning number counter counts the number of winning balls detected by the winning number detectors 6a and 6b. The continuation number counter is for counting the number of large jackpot continuation operations by the variable winning ball device 3 during the jackpot continuation operation.
The solenoid data end flag is a flag indicating whether or not the end of solenoid data for driving the ball receiving members 4a and 4b has been reached when a termination condition for the jackpot operation occurs. The count passage flag is a flag indicating that the game ball has passed one of the winning number detectors 6a and 6b during the big hit operation. The count passage flag is S2 in FIG.
It is used to determine if the alarm flag should be set, as previously described with reference to FIG. S8
After 6, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart of the processing before and after the opening / closing once or twice performed in S76 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 20, in S87, it is determined whether or not the solenoid data end flag is set. If the determination result is NO, the control directly proceeds to S89, and if not, the control proceeds to S89 through S88. In S88, 1 is added to the process flag. That is, the waiting time before opening / closing (1.
5 seconds) has passed and the process
One step forward, and one or two times during opening and closing. In S89, the solenoid data end flag is cleared. After S89, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the once or twice opening / closing process shown in S77 of FIG. S90
At, a determination is made as to whether or not the solenoid data end flag indicating whether or not the solenoid data of the process being opened and closed once or twice has been read is set. If the answer to the decision is NO, the control directly goes to S92, otherwise, the control goes through S91 to S.
Proceed to 92, respectively. In S91, a predetermined value (a value corresponding to 3.5 seconds in this embodiment) is set in the V reception timer. As a result, after the opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 4a and 4b is completed, the winning at the specific winning opening is treated as valid for a predetermined time. In S91, the process flag is further incremented by 1 and the game state advances to the next process. S9
In 2, the continuation number counter is cleared and the solenoid data end flag is cleared. After S92, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the once or twice opening / closing post-processing shown in S78 of FIG. S93
At, a determination is made as to whether or not the solenoid data end flag indicating whether or not the end of the solenoid data for the process has been reached after opening or closing once or twice is set. If the determination result is NO, the control directly proceeds to S95, and if not, through S94 and S95.
Proceed to. In S94, the process flag is returned to 0, and the operation is in the normal state. In S95, the solenoid data end flag is cleared. After S95, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 23 shows 18 shown in S79 of FIG.
It is a flowchart of the process before opening and closing. Referring to FIG. 23, in S96, a determination is made as to whether or not the solenoid data end flag indicating whether or not the solenoid data for the process before opening / closing 18 times has been read to the end is set. If the answer to the decision is NO, the control directly goes to S100, otherwise, to S97.
Through 99, the process proceeds to S100. In S97, the operation before opening / closing 18 times ends, and the operation shifts to the operation during opening / closing 18 times, so 8 is set in the process flag. In S98, the continuation counter is 1
A determination is made as to whether it is 5. this is,
This is because when the number of continuations is 15, it is the final opening operation and thus the operation of the gaming machine needs to be different from the normal opening operation. The answer of the judgment in S98 is N
If it is O, the control directly proceeds to S100, and in other cases, the control proceeds to S100 via S99. In S99, since this is the final opening operation, the process flag is set to 10. In S100, the V reception timer, the solenoid data end flag, the winning number counter, the valid V flag, and the count passage flag are cleared. After S100, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 24 shows 18 shown in S80 of FIG.
It is a flow chart of processing of operation during opening and closing. S101
At, a determination is made as to whether or not the solenoid data end flag indicating whether or not the end of solenoid data for the 18-time opening / closing process has been reached is set. If the determination result is NO, the control is directly S103.
Otherwise, control proceeds to S103 via S102. In S102, the process flag is set to 11 because the operation during opening / closing 18 times is completed and the process needs to be transferred to the operation after opening / closing the next 18 times.
In addition, a predetermined value is set in the V reception timer so that the pachinko ball that wins the specific winning opening even after the end of the opening / closing operation 18 times is made an effective ball. As a result, even after the ball receiving members 4a and 4b are closed, the winning of the pachinko ball to the specific winning opening is valid for a predetermined time (3.5 seconds in the case of this embodiment). S
At 103, the solenoid data end flag is cleared.

FIG. 25 shows 18 shown in S81 of FIG.
It is a flow chart of a process of operation after opening and closing. Figure 2
5, in S104, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning number counter during the current opening / closing cycle is 0. If the determination result is YES, the control proceeds to S105, and if not, the control proceeds to S106. In S105, since the number of pachinko balls that have won the variable winning ball device during the opening / closing cycle is 0, it is expected that some abnormality such as disconnection or short circuit has occurred in the winning number detectors 6a and 6b. To be done. Therefore, in S105, the alarm flag A
Is set. After S105, control proceeds to S108. On the other hand, in S106, it is determined whether or not the solenoid data end flag indicating whether or not the solenoid data for the 18-time opening / closing post-processing has reached the end is set. 1 if the answer is NO
Since the process is being executed after opening and closing 8 times, the control is directly S10
Go to 8. In other cases, since it means that the process has ended after opening and closing 18 times, the control proceeds to S107, the process flag is returned to 0, and the operation of the gaming machine returns to the normal operation. After S107, the control proceeds to S108. In S108, the solenoid data end flag is cleared. After S108, this subroutine ends.

The gaming machine according to the present invention operates in accordance with the above program. As shown in S28 and S29 of FIG. 7, in this program, the alarm flag A is set when the specific winning opening is won even though the count passage flag is not set. Therefore, in the gaming machine, the answer to the determination in S18 of FIG. 6 is YES, and the alarm data is set in S19 to enter the alarm state. In order to release this alarm state, the game ball is passed through either of the winning number detectors 6a and 6b. As a result, S10 or S in FIG.
Processing of 11 is performed. This process is shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, in which the count winning process of S33 and S38 is performed. The count winning process is shown in FIG. 10, and the alarm flag A is cleared in S42. However, the valid V flag remains set. Therefore, thereafter, the valid V determination process of S15 of FIG. 6 is as follows. With reference to FIG. 14, the determination result in S71 is YES. Then, the determination result in S72 is NO.
Becomes Therefore, the control advances to S73, the process flag becomes 7, and the process shifts to the process before the 18 times opening / closing operation.

That is, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, when the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball detector even though the winning number detector does not detect the winning ball, the gaming machine is in the alarm state. Becomes This alarm state is released by passing a pachinko ball through the winning number detector. Furthermore, in releasing this, the winning of the pachinko ball to the specific winning opening that caused the alarm is treated as being valid, and the gaming machine performs a jackpot operation. Therefore, when such an abnormality occurs, the player's dissatisfaction can be resolved. further,
Even if you put a pachinko ball into a specific winning port directly without passing the prize number detector to generate a big hit state at the time of a test hit etc., an alarm can be issued simply by passing the pachinko ball into the prize number detector. It can be released and a big hit state can be generated, which makes the operation very simple.

In the pachinko gaming machine of the above-described embodiment, the two winning number detectors are used as the first detecting means, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the winning area of the variable winning ball device. The number-of-wins detector may be one or three or more as long as it is configured to be able to detect all the prize-winning balls. In the pachinko gaming machine described above, the alarm state is released by passing the pachinko balls through the winning number detector. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, as a condition for restoration,
In addition to passing the ball through the winning number detector as necessary, other operation (for example, reset operation) may be used as a condition. In the pachinko gaming machine of the above-described embodiment, the first state that is advantageous to the player is that either the ball receiving members 4a, 4b have completed 18 opening / closing operations or 10 winning balls have been generated. Ends when is established. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first state may be ended only by the number of pachinko balls that have won in the winning area.
It may be in the state of. Further, as the abnormal time control, instead of or in addition to always setting the variable winning ball device to the second state, the hitting ball launching device may be disabled so that the player cannot play the game. ..

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As described above, in the ball game machine according to the present invention, when there is no detection output of the first detection means, but there is a detection output of the second detection means, abnormal time control is performed. However, on the condition that a predetermined return operation is performed, the control at the time of abnormality is released, and at the same time, the variable winning ball device is brought into the first state advantageous to the player.
Therefore, it is possible to solve the dissatisfaction of the player whose game has been interrupted by the abnormality control.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board surface of a pachinko game machine which is an example of a ball game machine according to the present invention.

2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the variable winning ball device of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of a game board surface to which a variable winning ball device is attached.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an MP of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a main routine of a program executed by U.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a subroutine A performed in S5 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a V winning determination process performed in S9 of FIG.

8 is a flowchart of a count A winning determination process performed in S10 of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a count B winning determination process performed in S11 of FIG.

10 is a schematic diagram of S33 of FIG. 8 and S38 of FIG. 9;
It is a flowchart of the count winning process executed in.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a one-time start winning determination process performed in S12 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a two-time start winning determination process executed in S13 of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the first half end determination process performed in S14 of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a valid V determination process performed in S15 of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a process control process performed in S20 of FIG.

16 is a flowchart of a data set process performed in S20 of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a V reception time control process performed in S20 of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an alarm data set process performed in S19 of FIG.

19 is a flowchart of a normal process performed in S75 of FIG.

20 is a flowchart of a one-time or two-time opening / closing preprocessing performed in S76 of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the one-time or twice-opening / closing process performed in S77 of FIG. 15;

22 is a flowchart of the one-time or two-time post-opening / closing process executed in S78 of FIG.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the 18-time opening / closing preprocessing performed in S79 of FIG.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the 18-times opening / closing process performed in S80 of FIG.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the 18-time opening / closing post-processing executed in S81 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... Variable winning ball device, 4 ... Ball receiving member, 6a, 6b ... Winning number detector, 8 ... Storage mechanism, 9 ... Specific winning ball detector, 1
1a, 11b, 13 ... Start prize winning ball detector, 69 ... Basic circuit, 70 ... Initial reset circuit, 71 ... Periodic reset circuit, 72 ... Address decode circuit, 73 ... Switch circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A variable winning a ball apparatus having a game area into which a game ball is hit and capable of changing between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player is the game area. A ball game machine provided in the first prize detecting device for detecting a prize-winning ball in the variable prize-winning ball device.
Of detecting means, a second detecting means provided at a position where the winning balls detected by the first detecting means can be detected, and the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state,
When the first detecting means detects a predetermined number of winning balls, the variable winning ball device is drive-controlled to the second state, and the second detecting means detects the winning balls. Despite the drive control means for driving and controlling the variable winning ball device to the first state and the detection output of the second detection means as necessary conditions,
When there is no detection output of the first detection means, when the abnormal game control means to control the normal game can not continue, and when the normal game cannot be continued by the abnormal time control means On the condition that a predetermined return operation is performed, the abnormal time control means cancels the abnormal time control, and the variable winning ball device is set to the first position.
A ball game machine characterized by including a game state returning means for driving and controlling the state.