JPH06218106A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten to the utmost a transmission time of data transmitted to a display control microcomputer from a game control microcomputer in order to display the position where a reach or a great hit is formed. CONSTITUTION:Drum lamp control data (b) sent to a display control microcomputer from a game control microcomputer contains a drum lamp control code 8 relating to the mode of game control in the game control microcomputer, and drum lamp data 9-12 relating to the formed part of a reach, etc., and the display control microcomputer controls a device for displaying the formed part of a reach, etc., of a drum lamp, etc., basing on the drum lamp control code 8 and the drum lamp data 9-12, which are sent.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine or a slot machine. Specifically, it has a variable display device capable of deriving and displaying a plurality of display modes as display results by changing the display state, and a variable display control microcomputer for controlling the display of this variable display device is provided with a game value, etc. The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a gaming control microcomputer that is controlled separately.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A variable display device in which a plurality of variable display portions are arranged in a linear or matrix form on a board surface of a game machine, which is generally known as a game machine of this type, for example. Is provided, and when the display result of the variable display unit when the variable display device is stopped is a combination of predetermined display modes, the variable winning ball device is advantageous for the player in the first state. In some cases, the game state is set so that a predetermined game value can be given to the player.

Then, a sub CPU (variable display control microcomputer) for variable display control is provided separately from a basic circuit (game control microcomputer) for gaming machine control.
The variable display device is provided with this sub CPU, and the basic circuit for controlling the gaming machine and this sub CPU are connected using a cable, and the display of the variable display device is received in response to a command from the basic circuit for controlling the gaming machine. There was a system that was configured so as to perform the control exclusively, and to perform a high-level and complicated display while reducing the load on the basic circuit for controlling the gaming machine as much as possible.

[0004]

In the gaming machine configured as described above, in order to improve the enjoyment of the game, the display result of the variable display portion when the variable display device is stopped is predetermined display mode. It is conceivable that the variable display unit, which is a combination of, is displayed in various modes, for example, by lighting or blinking depending on the mode of the game. In this case, it is necessary to transmit a relatively large amount of data for display from the game control means such as the game control microcomputer to the variable display control means such as the variable display control microcomputer. Takes time,
There has been a problem that the game control of the game control means is burdened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and shortens the data transmission time from the game control means to the variable display control means for displaying the established portion of the combination of the predetermined display modes as much as possible. It is to provide a game machine capable of playing.

[0006]

A gaming machine according to the present invention includes a variable display device having a plurality of variable display portions whose display states can be changed, and a plurality of combination establishment points where a predetermined game value can be given are provided. And, when the display result of the plurality of variable display portions is a combination of predetermined specific display modes in any of the plurality of combination establishment locations, the predetermined game value can be given Of the plurality of combination establishment locations, at least one of which combination establishment location establishes the combination of the specific display modes or which combination establishment location establishes the combination of the specific display modes Based on the control data sent from the display device, the combination establishment point display means which can be displayed, the game control means for controlling the game state of the gaming machine, and the game control means. Control data sent from the game control means to the display control means, which includes a change display device and a display control means for controlling the combination establishment location display means, is data concerning the aspect of the game control in the game control means and the identification. And the data relating to the establishment place of the combination of the display modes, the display control means, based on the data relating to the game control mode and the data relating to the establishment position of the combination of the specific display modes, the combination establishment position It is characterized by controlling the display means.

[0007]

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the control data sent from the game control means to the display control means includes data relating to the mode of game control in the game control means and data relating to the establishment of a combination of specific display modes. . The display control means controls the combination establishment location display means based on the sent data regarding the game control aspect and the data regarding the establishment location of the combination of the specific display aspects. The data transmitted from the game control means to the display control means for controlling the established location display means is only the data regarding the game control aspect and the data regarding the established location of the combination of the specific display aspects, and these amounts are the established locations. Compared with the case where all the data for controlling the display mode of the display means is given to the game control means and these data are transmitted from the game control means to the display control means, the amount of data can be reduced.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention. When the player operates a hit ball operation handle (not shown), the pachinko balls stored in the hit ball standby gutter (not shown) are driven one by one into the game area 2 formed on the front surface of the game board 1. . In the game area 2, a variable display device 3 using a rotating drum capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided, and a starting opening 10 is provided. Each of the pachinko balls that has won a prize in the starting opening 10 is detected by a starting winning prize detector (starting opening switch) 11. The variable display device is not limited to the one using the rotating drum, but may be one using a liquid crystal display device, a CRT (cathode ray display tube) or the like.

Based on the detection signal of the starting port switch 11,
Each of the symbol display portions of the variable display device 3 is variably started. The variable display device 3 is formed with nine symbol display portions arranged in a matrix of 3 rows × 3 columns according to the symbols of the rotating drums 4a, 4b, 4c, and drum lamps 7a to 7 respectively.
Illuminated from behind by i. Each symbol display portion sequentially rotates and displays a plurality of predetermined symbols during variable display. Then, based on the lapse of a predetermined time, the rotary drum 4a at the left end first stops, and then the rotary drum 4c at the right end stops,
Finally, the central rotating drum 4b is stopped. Note that the stop order is not limited to this, and stop control may be performed in the order of left, middle, and right, for example. The number of rotating drums is not limited to three and may be two or less or four or more. Further, the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped by a pressing operation of a stop button (not shown) by the player, or a predetermined time elapses or the pressing operation of the stop button by the player, whichever is earlier. Alternatively, the stop control may be performed based on what has been performed.

When the display result at the time of stop becomes a combination of predetermined specific display modes, the opening / closing plate 14 of the variable winning ball device 12 is opened to make it the first state advantageous to the player, and the predetermined game value. Is ready to be added. If the conditions for forming a combination of specific display modes are satisfied when the left and right symbols stop, this is called a reach state.

As described above, the symbols displayed by the variable display device 3 are arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix.
With this matrix, three horizontal lines,
A total of five display lines are formed, including two diagonal lines.
In the present embodiment, all of these five lines are set as a combination valid column, and if a combination of specific display modes (for example, "777" or "FEVER") is stopped and displayed on this line, the above-mentioned first line is displayed. The gaming machine is controlled so as to be in the 1 state. In addition, a specific symbol (for example, red “7”, blue “7”) is called a stochastic variation symbol, and when a big hit occurs together, a variable display is stopped until the big hit occurs twice. The probability of a big hit is
It is 5 times the normal time. In addition, if the probability variation patterns are even larger and the jackpot is a big hit while this probability is a high probability, the high-probability state continues from that point until another big hit occurs twice. However, during the big hit, the probability of big hit occurrence is returned to the normal value.

If a pachinko ball wins the starting opening 10 during the variable display of the variable display device 3, the start winning is stored, and after the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped, the variable display device 3 is again displayed based on the storage. Variable start. The upper limit value of the starting winning award memory is set to "4", for example. The number of times of starting winning prize memory is displayed by the starting memory indicator 8. A guide member 9 for guiding the pachinko balls above the starting opening 10 is provided on the left and right of the starting opening 10 below the variable display device 3.

On the other hand, the variable winning ball device 12 is in the second state, which is disadvantageous to the player who cannot win a pachinko ball in the opening 13 because the opening 13 is normally closed by the opening / closing plate 14. However, when the opening / closing plate 14 is opened, the pachinko balls are in the first state, which is advantageous for the player who can win the prize in the opening 13. The first state of the variable winning ball device 12 is that the condition of the winning of the winning of a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls into the opening 13 or the lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), whichever comes first, is satisfied. Then, the variable winning ball device 12 is switched to the second state. The number of winning balls entering the opening 13 is counted by the 10-count switch 16 and the V switch 17. The number of winning balls that have won in the variable winning ball device 12 is displayed by the winning number display device 18.

On the other hand, a specific winning area is formed at a predetermined position (right side in the drawing) inside the opening portion 13, and if a pachinko ball that has won the variable winning ball device 12 wins this specific winning area, the V switch is performed. After being detected by 17, and the first state of the variable winning ball device 12 at that time ends and becomes the second state, the opening / closing plate 14 is opened again and the first state is repeatedly and continuously controlled. The upper limit number of times of this repeated continuation control is set to 16 times, for example. In addition, 15 in the figure
Is a solenoid for driving the opening / closing plate 14 to open and close.

The second state of the variable winning ball device 12 may be a state in which it is difficult to win the ball, not a state in which the ball cannot be won at all.

A cover 5 is provided on the variable display device 3. Further, the game area 2 is further provided with a lucky number display LED 19, a rail decoration lamp 20, and a normal winning opening.

FIG. 2 shows each rotary drum 4 of the variable display device 3.
The symbols formed on a to 4c are shown in a developed view format. Design code 00H to 14H (16
Is displayed). The left symbol and the middle symbol are the same symbol, but only the right symbol has a slightly different arrangement from the other symbols.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit 39 of the pachinko gaming machine is a main basic circuit 2 for controlling the gaming machine according to a program for controlling various devices.
1 and the detection signals from the starting port switch 11, the V switch 17, and the 10-count switch 16 to the main basic circuit 2
1 to drive the solenoid 15 in accordance with the command from the main basic circuit 21 and the switch circuit 29 to give 1 to the rail decoration lamp 20 in accordance with the data given from the main basic circuit 21, jackpot information, probability variation information, effective Lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 2 for outputting starting information to the hall management computer, etc.
7 and a 7-segment LED drive for driving the start memory display 8, the V display LED 35, the winning number display 18, the open count display 6 and the lucky number display LED 19 according to the data given from the main basic circuit 21. It includes a circuit 28 and a sound circuit 26 for driving the speaker 34 according to the sound data given from the main basic circuit 21 to generate a sound effect.

The main basic circuit 21 has an initial reset circuit 24 for resetting the main basic circuit 21 when the power is turned on, and a reset pulse is periodically (for example, every 2 msec) given to the main basic circuit 21 to give a predetermined signal. A clock reset pulse generation circuit 23 for repeatedly executing the game control program from the beginning, and an address signal supplied from the main basic circuit 21 are decoded to include a ROM, a RAM, an I / O port, etc. included in the main basic circuit. An address decoding circuit 25 for outputting a signal for selecting any one of the above is connected.

In the main basic circuit 21 and the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23, the drum lamps 7a to 7i and the drum lamps 7a to 7i are operated in accordance with the detection signals from the drum sensors 37a to 37c included in the drum unit 38 and the instruction from the main basic circuit 21. The sub-basic circuit 22 for controlling variable display by the drum motor left 36a, the drum motor middle 36b, and the drum motor right 36c is connected. The drum lamps 7a to 7i are connected to the drum lamp circuit 30, the drum motors 36a to 36c are connected to the motor circuit 31, and the drum sensors 37a to 37c are connected to the sub basic circuit 22 via the sensor circuit 32, respectively. Sensor circuit 32
Are also connected to the main basic circuit 21.

Further, in the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine, A
A power supply circuit 33 that is connected to a C24V AC power supply and generates a plurality of types of DC voltage is included. Power supply circuit 3
3 also includes a drum lamp power supply 33A.

The main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 of the control circuit 39 are both provided on the same gaming machine control board 40. The main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 are connected not by a cable but by wiring on the substrate 40, and the length of the connecting line also makes the sub basic circuit 22 different from the substrate of the main basic circuit 21. It is much shorter than when it is provided on the control board. Therefore, when transmitting the display control signal from the main basic circuit 21 to the sub basic circuit 22, there is an effect that the risk of noise being mixed in the display control signal is reduced.

In order to prevent noise from being mixed into the display control signal from the sub basic circuit 22 to the variable display device 3, the variable display device 3 may be provided with a noise prevention buffer. Specifically, by using an element that conducts when a voltage higher than a predetermined potential is applied, such as a Zener diode or a varistor, when an excessive level of noise is input, the noise is supplied to, for example, the ground potential. To

The main basic circuit 21 includes a switch circuit 2
The following signals are given via 9. The 10-count switch 16 gives a detection signal of a winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device 12 to the main basic circuit 21 via the switch circuit 29. The V switch 17 is a variable winning ball device 12
The winning balls that have won the specific winning area are detected and a detection signal is given to the main basic circuit 21 through the switch circuit 29. The starting opening switch 11 detects a pachinko ball that has won the starting opening 10 and gives a detection signal to the game control main basic circuit 21 through the switch circuit 29.

The sub basic circuit 22 is controlled by the game controlling main basic circuit 21 to display as follows. First, in a normal state, the sub basic circuit 22 stops all the three rotary drums 4a to 4c. When the start winning occurs and the variable start is performed, all the rotating drums rotate at high speed. After the elapse of a predetermined time, the rotary drum left 4a is stopped. That is, the rotary drum left 4a, 1 of the planned stop symbol
It becomes a slow rotation from the front of the design and is stopped at the planned stop design. In addition, this stop symbol is determined in advance by using a random number based on the start winning.

When a predetermined time elapses after the rotary drum left 4a is stopped, the rotary drum right 4c is stopped. That is, the rotating drum right 4c is slowly rotated from 6 symbols before the planned stop symbol to stop at the scheduled symbol. Further, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the rotating drum 4b is similarly stopped. That is, the rotating drum 4b is slowly rotated from the front of the 11 symbols of the scheduled stop symbol to stop at the scheduled stop symbol. However, in this case, if a reach line occurs at the time when the rotary drum right 4c is stopped, the rotary drum 4b is scrolled more slowly (for example, 10 seconds) than when it is normally stopped, and the planned stop pattern is used. Stop.
In the case of out-of-reach, the time from the start of the variable display to the stop is controlled to be a predetermined time.

Depending on the display result at the time of stop, a combination of specific display modes (for example, "7
77 ”) is a big hit. In this case, the main basic circuit 21 drives the speaker 34 to generate a fanfare sound.

While the variable winning ball device 12 is a big hit and the variable winning ball device 12 is in an open state, the sub basic circuit 22 displays a symbol at the time of stop and the drum lamps 7a ... Flashes 7i.

When there is a V prize, the variable winning ball device 12 once receives a predetermined number of pachinko balls (for example, 10) or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed, and then the variable winning ball device 12 is temporarily operated. After 12 is closed, the variable winning ball device 12 is opened again with an interval of 2 seconds. The upper limit of the number of repetitions is limited to a predetermined number (for example, 16 times).

The number of repetitions of the variable winning ball device 12 is 1
When the final opening is completed six times, the big hit control ends.

As described above, when the probability variation patterns are aligned and the big hit occurs, until the big hit occurs twice, the probability of the big hit in the variable display is five times that in the normal time. . In addition, if the probability fluctuation patterns are even more and a big hit while this probability is high probability,
The high probability state continues from that point until two more big hits occur. In this embodiment, the normal probability is 1/3.
52, the probability at high probability is 5/352. This probability variation information is output to the hall management computer.

The rail decoration lamp 20 turns on, off, and blinks according to the game state, and the speaker 34 produces a sound effect which is predetermined according to the game state. The solenoid 15 opens and closes the variable winning ball device 12 according to the control of the main basic circuit 21. The start memory indicator 8 stores and displays the number of start prizes when there is a start prize during variable display or the like. The winning number display 18 is
The number of winning pachinko balls in one opening of the variable winning ball device 12 is displayed.

The variable display device may be, for example, a device which displays a boxing game as a video image and gives a predetermined game value if the boxer on the player side wins. In that case,
For example, if the player's boxer takes down twice, KO
The player wins and wins a big hit, and whether or not to win the first down is determined in advance based on the random number generated by the random number generation means. That is, it is not limited to scroll display or switching display of a plurality of types of symbols, and variable display may be continued even after the display result is derived and displayed.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the main routine for explaining the operation of the control circuit 39 shown in FIG.

The main routine program shown in FIG. 4 is executed once every 2 msec as described above. This execution is performed by the clock reset pulse generation circuit 2 of FIG.
3 is started in response to a reset pulse generated once every 2 msec. First, step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S)
The stack set process is performed by 1, and R is performed by S2.
A determination is made as to whether there was an AM error. This determination is made by the R included in the main basic circuit 21 as described later.
This is performed by reading the contents of a predetermined address of AM and checking whether the value is equal to a predetermined value (6802H in this embodiment). Since the data stored in the RAM is indefinite when the program runs out of control or immediately after the power is turned on, the answer to this determination is NO, and control proceeds to S3.

At S3, a predetermined initial process such as writing initial data to a predetermined address of RAM is performed. The contents will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the gaming machine of this embodiment, this initial process is divided into a plurality of times. By dividing into a plurality of times, less processing is performed in response to one input of the reset pulse, and the time required for that is shorter, so the reset pulse generation interval is unstable, for example immediately after power is turned on. Therefore, even if a subsequent reset pulse is input in a relatively short time, there is little fear that the initial processing remains incomplete and the game control shifts to normal game control.

After S3, the control advances to S15. The processing after S15 will be described later. Since S3 is executed a plurality of times to write predetermined initial data in the RAM, the answer to the determination in S2 is YES and the control proceeds to S4 when the main routine is executed thereafter.

Subsequently, in S4, it is determined whether or not the 10-count motor error flag is set. In this process, the 10-count switch 16 and the V switch 17 are used for the motors 36 of the rotary drums 4a to 4c.
This is for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred in a to 36c. If no error has occurred, the control advances to S5, and it is determined whether or not the motor recovery flag is set. The motor recovery flag is set when a motor error is judged to have occurred, the motor is stopped, and a certain error reset operation as described below is performed. Is to be restored to a predetermined initial state.
Therefore, if the motor recovery flag is set, the process proceeds to S6, the motor recovery flag is cleared, the voltage applied to the motor is set to the normal voltage to turn on the motor, and the process flag is set to the sub CPU command set. The value is set to "13", which indicates the inside. This process flag is necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time in the process of S7 described later. After S6, the control proceeds to S7. If it is determined in S5 that the motor recovery flag is not ON, that is, in normal operation, the process proceeds from S5 to S7.

The process processing of S7 is a step for performing necessary processing according to various processes of the game, as will be described later with reference to FIGS. 6 (b) to 11.

After the process processing is executed, in step S8, the sub basic circuit 22 shown in FIG.
A command issued to the sub CPU is output from the I / O port to the sub CPU. By this processing, a command for performing display according to the game state is given to the sub CPU. The contents of these commands will be described later with reference to FIG. 14, but the command transmission method is characteristic of the present invention.

Subsequently, in S9, switch input processing for inputting detection signals from various detectors is performed. The contents will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in S10, error recovery check processing is performed. This process takes 10 count errors, V
This is a process of checking whether or not any reset process for recovering an error of a switch, a motor, etc. has been performed. Actually, this reset process is performed by releasing the 10 count switch, V switch disconnection, short circuit, or ball jam, and even if there is one winning ball during one opening in the big hit. If it is not detected or a motor error has occurred,
It is performed by passing one game ball through the 10-count switch or the V switch. When the control circuit detects that one game ball has been passed through the 10-count switch in the error state, the control circuit performs a recovery process from the error state in response to the detection. Details of this error recovery check process will be described later with reference to FIG.

Subsequently, in S11, a process for setting a command to the sub CPU according to the current game state in the output port is performed. This process is shown in FIG.
It will be described later with reference to (b).

Next, in S12, a process of outputting the probability variation information and the effective starting information to the hall control computer via the lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 28 (see FIG. 3) is performed.

In S13, a process for checking whether or not any abnormality such as disconnection, short circuit, or ball jam has occurred in the V switch or 10 count switch is performed.

Next, in S14, the motor sensors 37a ...
In order to know whether the detection signal of the reference position of the motor is input from 37c, the motor sensors 37a to 37a
A motor step check process for checking the input from c is performed. This processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in S15, a process of updating the count value of the random 1 counter is performed. This random 1 counter displays the display result when the variable display device 3 is stopped,
A combination of specific identification information that causes a big hit (for example, 7
77) to decide whether or not to make it.

Subsequently, in S16, a process of setting data for driving the LED in the I / O port is performed.

Next, in S17, it is determined whether the number of resets is "0" or "1 to 15". The number of resets means the number of times the main basic circuit 21 is reset in accordance with the regular reset pulse generated from the clock reset pulse generation circuit 23, and each time the reset is performed, the main basic circuit 21 is incremented by one from "0", After reaching "15", it is further stepped to "0". If the number of resets is "0", S
The process proceeds to S18, and a process for changing the lucky number display LED 19 is performed, and the process proceeds to S20. Select the output data table when the number of resets is other than "0",
The process of setting the LED / lamp data is executed.
Based on this control, the display control of the rail decoration lamp 20 and the like described above is performed. After S19, the control proceeds to S20.

At S20, a prize storage area storing process, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 13A, is performed. The post-processing of S20 proceeds to S21, where random 2 counter and random 3
The counter, the random 4 counter, and the random 5 counter are updated. The random 2 counter is used to determine a stop symbol at the time of a big hit. Random 3
The counter is used to determine the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol at the time of detachment. The random 4 counter is used to determine whether or not to rotate the symbol idly by one symbol when the symbol changes. The random 5 counter is used to determine the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19. The process of S21 is performed at the time (2
The processing from S1 to S20 is performed within msec), and the reset waiting time which is the remaining time is used. Since the processing time from S1 to S20 is random, the processing time in S21 is also random, and as a result of the update processing in S21, random 2 counter, random 3
The count values of the counter, the random 4 counter, and the random 5 counter are random values.

FIG. 5A is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the system initial processing performed in S3 of FIG. This system initial process is executed a plurality of times after the power is turned on until all the initial data is written in the RAM.

First, in S22, it is determined whether or not the pattern data is "2086H". This pattern data is data to be written at a predetermined address in the RAM, and when the system initial processing is first executed, this pattern data "2" is used.
The value "086H" is written, and the value "6802H" is written when this system initial process ends. In S2 described above, this pattern data is "6
Whether the value is “802H” is checked, and if it is “6802H”, the process proceeds to S4. Therefore, even if "2086H" is written to this address in S23, which will be described later, the control as a result of the determination in S2 proceeds to S3, and this system initial processing is repeatedly executed.

In S22, the pattern data is "2086H".
If it is determined that it is not, the process proceeds to S23, "1" is set to the variable "initial step" indicating at which stage the system initial processing is, and the pattern data "2086H" is written to the specific address described above. . S
After 23, the reset pulse waits. In S23, "208
6H ”has been written, the result of the determination in S2 of FIG. 4 is“ NO ”, but in the subsequent system initial processing, the result of the determination in S22 is YES, and control proceeds to S24.

When the system initial process is executed for the second time, the control advances to S24 as described above. S2
At 4, it is determined whether the content of the initial step is "1". If it is "1", it is the second stage of the system initial processing, and in other cases, it is the third stage or later of the system initial processing. Therefore, if the result of the determination in S24 is YES, the control advances to S25, the variable "initial step" is incremented by 1, and the RAM area is cleared to 0. After S25, the system waits for reset. If the result of the determination in S24 is NO, the control proceeds to S26 because it is after the third stage of the system initial processing.

When the system initial processing is executed for the third time, the answer to the judgment in S22 is YES, S2
The answer to the judgment in 4 is NO. Therefore, the control proceeds to S26, and in S26, data for initializing the gaming machine is output from the input / output port. Subsequently, in S27, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable "initial step" is "2". If "2", the control is S28, otherwise, the control is S31.
Proceed to.

At S28, the process of the third stage of the system initial process is performed. First, in step S28, a process timer for controlling the progress time of the process is set to a time indicating the drum initialization waiting time (about 10.77 seconds), and the value of the variable "initial step" is incremented by 1. Subsequently, in S29, a process of writing necessary initial data in the RAM is performed. Subsequently, in S30, the process of initializing the sound generator is performed, and the system waits for reset. Since 1 is added to the initial step in S28, the result of the determination in S27 is NO when the system initial process is executed next time, and the control advances to S31.

When this system initial processing is executed for the fourth time, the control proceeds to S31 as described above, and the control proceeds to S3.
At 1, the motor step check process is performed. This motor step check process is the same as that shown in S14 of FIG. 4, and its contents are shown in FIG.
Will be described later with reference to. After S31, control proceeds to S32.

In S32, the variable "initial step"
A determination is made as to whether the value of is 3. If it is 3, the control proceeds to S33, and if it is other than 3, the control proceeds to S35. Since the initial step is 3 in the fourth execution of the system initial processing, the control proceeds to S33, and after the process timer check processing is performed, the processing of incrementing the variable "initial step" by 1 is performed and waits for reset. Becomes Since the initial step is incremented by 1 in S34, the result of the determination in S32 becomes NO in the fifth and subsequent executions of this system initial processing, and the control advances to S35.

The process timer check process executed in S33 is shown in FIG. 5 (b). First, in S43,
A determination is made as to whether the process timer is zero. If it is 0, this subroutine ends, and if it is not 0, the process timer is decremented by 1 in S44, and this subroutine ends. Therefore, each time the process timer check process is executed once, the process timer is decremented by 1 until the process timer reaches 0.

In the fifth execution of the system initial processing, the control advances to S35 as described above. The value of the variable “initial step” is 4. In S35, it is determined whether the initial step is 4. In the fifth execution of the system initial process, the result of this determination is YES, and the control advances to S36. In S36, the above-mentioned process timer check processing is performed, and S3
Proceed to 7. In S37, it is determined whether the process timer has become 0 as a result of the process of S36. If it is not 0, this system initial processing ends immediately, but if the process timer becomes 0, the control is S
Proceed to 38. That is, control proceeds to S38 only after the process timer for which the drum initialization waiting time has been set in S28 becomes 0. Therefore, the state of the drum must be completely initialized by the time S38 is performed. become.

After S38, the process proceeds to S39, where it is determined whether the drum rotation counter is less than 12. The drum rotation counter is for counting the number of rotations of the three drums, and is incremented by 1 when one drum makes one rotation. In the case of this embodiment, it is judged that the initialization of the drums is completed only after at least four rotations of each drum.
If the determination result in 39 is YES, it is determined that the motor is not rotating normally, and the control proceeds to S41.
If the result of the determination in S39 is NO, it is determined that the initialization of the drum is normally performed and the motor is rotating normally, so the control proceeds to S40.

In S40, the variable "initial step"
"0" is set to, and "6802" is set as pattern data.
Then, "H" is written and the process is completed. Since the pattern data "6802H" is written in S40, a YES determination is made in S2 of FIG. 4 after execution of S40, and normal game control of S4 and thereafter is performed. On the other hand, if the result of the determination in S39 is YES, the value "08H" indicating the motor error is set in the error flag in S41, and the variable "initial step" is set to "0" in S42.
"FH" is set and this subroutine ends. That is, when the system initial processing is not normally completed, the error flag is set, and the value of the variable "initial step" is also set to a specific value.

As described above, in the system initial processing shown in FIG. 5, the processing from the first stage to the fourth stage is 1 each.
The process of the fifth step is repeatedly executed until the process timer set in S28 ends. By executing the system initial process in a plurality of times in this manner, the number of processes performed in each system initial process becomes extremely small. When the power of the game machine is turned on, the reset pulse generation interval for resetting the main basic circuit may not be constant, and the reset pulse is input at an interval shorter than the planned interval, resulting in the schedule. There is a risk that the next processing will be started before the processing being completed can be completed to the end, but by dividing the system initial processing into multiple times and ending each processing in a short time in this way, the system initial This has the effect of reducing the risk of shifting to normal game control before all the processing is completed.

FIG. 6A shows S14 of FIG. 4 and FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine program of the motor step check process shown to S31 of (a).
First, in step S45, a process of inputting a signal from the motor sensor is performed. Then, in S46, as a result of the input in S45, it is determined whether or not the output of the motor sensor is ON. If it is ON, the control proceeds to S48, and if not, the control proceeds to S47.

In S47, since it is determined that the motor sensor is OFF, the process of setting the value of the sensor ON counter to the initial value "2" is performed. This sensor is ON
The counter is provided to prevent erroneous determination due to chattering of the input of the motor sensor. S4
After 7, the control proceeds to S52.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the output of the motor sensor is ON, it is determined in S48 whether the value of the sensor ON counter is 0 or not. Sensor O
The N counter is set to the initial value “2” in S47 as described above, and is decremented by 1 in S51 described below each time the signal from the motor sensor is determined to be ON. Therefore, the answer of the judgment in S48 becomes YES and the control advances to S50 only when the signal from the motor sensor is continuously ON while the motor step check process is performed three times. In S50, the drum rotation counter prepared in advance for each drum is incremented by 1, and it is determined that the drum corresponding to the motor sensor has rotated once. After S50, the control proceeds to S51.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S48 that the sensor counter is not yet 0, the control proceeds to S49, and it is determined whether or not the sensor ON counter is greater than 0. If it is greater than 0, the control proceeds to S51, and if not, the control proceeds to S52. S51
Then, the process of subtracting 1 from the value of the sensor ON counter is performed.

Subsequently, in S52, it is determined whether or not the above-described processes of S46 to S51 have been completed for all the sensors. If it has ended, this subroutine ends, and if it has not ended, the processing from S46 onward is repeated. As described above, in this motor step check process, the input from the motor sensor of a certain drum is turned on three times in a row for the time S5.
At 0, the value of the drum rotation counter is incremented by 1. If noise is mixed in the input signal from the motor sensor, it is considered that the signal level of the noise rises in a short time and returns to the normal level again in a short time. Therefore, if such a noise makes a determination of YES once in S46, the determination of NO is first made in S48 and then S49.
From S51, the value of the sensor ON counter is decremented by 1, but when the motor step check process is subsequently performed, the signal level is OFF,
The result of the determination in S46 is NO, and the process proceeds to S47. Therefore, in S47, the initial value "2" is set again in the sensor ON counter, so there is no possibility of being erroneously determined that the drum has rotated once due to noise.

FIGS. 6 (b) to 11 (b) show S7 of FIG.
7 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the process processing shown in FIG. Control jumps to each subroutine by referring to the value of the process flag. The process flags are S56, S60, S65, S7, which will be described later.
4, S87, S99, S103, S111, S115,
S121, S125, S128, S130, S132,
The values are set by the processes of S137, S142, S144, S152 and the like, and are necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time. The subroutine program to be executed is selected according to the value of the process flag.

When the process flag is "0", the process shown in FIG.
Normal processing shown in (b) is performed, drum rotation preprocessing shown in FIG. 7 (a) is performed in the case of "1", and big hit symbol set shown in FIG. 7 (b) in the case of "2". The process is performed, and in the case of "3", the outlier symbol setting process shown in FIG. 8A is performed, and in the case of "4" to "11", the process shown in FIG.
The outlier symbol check processing shown in (b) is performed, and "1
In the case of "2", the process during the sub CPU command set shown in FIG. 9A is performed, and in the case of "13", the process in FIG.
Sub CPU command output processing shown in is performed, and "1
In the case of 4 "to" 18 ", the drum stop waiting process shown in FIG. 10 (14 is the left drum stop process, 15 is the right drum stop process, 16 is the middle drum stop process, 17 is the middle symbol stop process at the time of reach, 18 is a middle symbol stop process at the time of reach with a probability variation symbol), and in the case of "19", FIG. 11 (a)
The jackpot check process shown in is performed, and "20, 2
In the case of "1", the pre-opening process (20 is normal, 21 is a big hit with a probability fluctuation pattern) is performed, and "22-2
In the case of "5", processing during opening (22 before V winning, 23 at V
After winning, 24 is before the V winning in the big hit with the probability fluctuation pattern, 25 is after the V winning in the big hit with the probability fluctuation pattern)
And the post-opening process (2
"6" before V winning, 27 after V winning)
In this case, the big hit operation end waiting process shown in FIG. 11 (b) is performed. The flow charts of the pre-release processing, in-release processing, and post-release processing and their explanations are omitted.

FIG. 6 (b) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of normal processing in the process processing shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S53, it is determined whether or not there is a winning record. This winning award memory is incremented by "1" by S177, which will be described later, and decremented by "1" each time the variable display for the starting winning is started.

If there is no winning memory, the control is S54.
Proceed to the next, the big hit information OF to the management computer for the hall OF
The F output and the OFF output of the solenoid 15 are set, and this subroutine ends. On the other hand, if there is a winning record, the control proceeds to S55, and a timer for outputting effective start information to the hall management computer is set. This timer is for measuring the time to output the valid start information to the outside, and has a value corresponding to 0.5 seconds in the case of the present embodiment. Further S56
Then, the process flag is set to 1 and the pre-rotation time is set to the process timer. In the case of this embodiment, a value corresponding to 128 ms is set in the process timer. Since 1 is set in the process flag in S56, if S7 of FIG. 4 is performed next, the process of FIG.
The drum rotation pretreatment shown in FIG.
After S56, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 7A is a flow chart of the drum rotation preprocessing which is performed when the value of the process flag is "1" in the process processing performed in S7 of FIG. This process is executed when it is determined that there is a winning record in the normal process.

First, in S57, it is determined whether or not the process timer set in S56 of FIG. 6B has expired. If not completed, the process proceeds to S58 and the process timer is decremented by one. In S59, it is again judged whether or not the process timer has ended, and if it has not ended yet, this subroutine ends.

If it is determined in S57 or S59 that the process timer has expired, a process of setting 2 to the process flag is performed in S60. Since 2 is set in the process flag, the big hit symbol setting process described later will be performed when the process process is performed next.

At S61, the value of the random 1 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 is read. This prize storage area is an area for storing the value of the random 1 counter at the time when there is a starting prize, and four areas in total are prepared to hold four prize memories. There is. At S61, the value of the random 1 counter is read from area 1 for storing the oldest data.

Subsequently, in S62, the read random 1
A determination is made as to whether or not the value of the counter matches a predetermined jackpot determination value (one way). If there is a match, this subroutine ends immediately. Therefore, if it is a big hit, the value of the process flag becomes "2", and the big hit symbol setting process is performed next as described above. on the other hand,
When it is determined that it is not the jackpot determination value, the control is S6.
Go to 3. In S63, it is determined whether or not the probability change flag is currently set. The probability fluctuation flag is a flag that is set when a big hit occurs in a specific probability fluctuation pattern as described above, and when this flag is set, two big hits occur after the big hit. Up to 5 times the probability of a big hit.

If it is determined in S63 that the probability variation flag is not set, the control proceeds to S65. on the other hand,
When it is determined that it is set, the process proceeds to S64,
A determination is made as to whether the value of the read random 1 counter is equal to the jackpot determination value when the probability changes. There are four types of jackpot determination values at the time of probability fluctuation, which are predetermined in addition to the jackpot determination value used in S62. Therefore, when the probability variation flag is set, the probability of a big hit is 5 times as described above as compared with the other cases. When it is determined that the value of the random 1 counter read out as a result of S64 is equal to one of the jackpot determination values, this subroutine ends immediately, but if it is determined that they do not match, the process proceeds to S65.
In S65, the process flag is set to "3".
If the process flag is set to "3", then FIG.
When the process process shown in S7 is executed next time, the off symbol design process is performed.

FIG. 7 (b) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the big hit symbol setting process which is executed when the process flag is "2" among the process processes shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S66, with reference to the big hit symbol table, a process of setting the hit symbol corresponding to the value of the random 2 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 to the left, the center, and the right of the stop symbol number is performed.
In this case, when the left, right and right symbol arrangements are the same and the hit line is only one line, the left symbol number, the middle symbol number, and the right symbol number may be made to match, as in this embodiment. There is no need to use a jackpot design table.

In S67, the drum lamp data in the drum lamp control data transmitted as the command code "2" among the sub CPU command data according to the line of the winning symbol set in S66, as described above. 1, 2 (reach) and drum lamp data 1, 2
(Big hit) and are set respectively. These drum ramp data 1, 2 (reach) and drum ramp data 1,
2 (big hit) is data of 8 bits each. As described above, the display row on the variable display device is 3 × 3 = 9.
There are rows. Drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are each 16 in total.
Since it is bit data, 9 out of 16 bits
One bit is assigned to each column, and blinking of the drum lamp in each column is designated by each bit.

In S68, "big hit, reach" is set in the big hit flag and the process proceeds to S69. In S69, S66
A determination is made as to whether or not the stop symbol set in is a probability variation symbol. If it is not a probability fluctuation pattern, the control is S71, and if it is a probability fluctuation pattern, the control is S7.
Go to 0 respectively. In S70, "big hit, probability variation big hit, reach, probability variation reach" is set in the big hit flag, and the process proceeds to S71.

In S71, a process of setting the number of idle rotation symbols is performed according to the current value of the random 4 counter. The number of idling symbols is the number of changes when changing the number of symbols that fluctuates before the symbol stops by a predetermined number. Specifically, when the value of the random 4 counter is odd, "1" is set as the number of idle symbols, and when it is even, "0" is set.

In S72, the number of re-rotation symbols corresponding to random 4 and the big hit check waiting time are set by referring to the drum re-rotation table. This number of re-rotation symbols is used in the following drum control at the time of a big hit. In this embodiment, before the symbol of the variable display device is stopped, S62 or S of FIG.
Whether or not it is a big hit is determined by 64. Therefore,
When it is determined that it is a big hit, in order to improve the enjoyment of the game, after the variable display of the symbols is started, the symbols are temporarily stopped on the drum 4b in addition to the stopping method in which they are sequentially stopped straight after a certain time. After stopping, after changing the symbol again, there is a method of stopping with a big hit symbol. The number of re-rotation symbols set in S72 is the number of symbols that fluctuates again after being temporarily stopped. The value of the random 4 counter can take 40 values from 0 to 39, but in the case of 0 to 19 the symbol is stopped straight, and in the case of 20 to 39, it is temporarily stopped and then re-rotated to hit the jackpot. Stop at the design. That is, when the random 4 counter is 20 to 39, the number of re-rotation symbols in S72 is determined. There are 21 all symbols, of which it is meaningless to stop once with a stop symbol and then re-rotate and stop again with the same symbol, so as the number of re-rotation symbols, 1-2
One of 20 types of 0 is set.

Next, in S73, a process of setting the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19 according to the value of the random 5 counter is performed.

In S74, "12" is set in the process flag. By setting the process flag to 12, the sub CPU command setting process which will be described later with reference to FIG. 9A will be executed when the process process of S7 is executed next time. After S74, this subroutine ends.

Variable by the processing of S62 to S64.
A combination of display modes in which the display result when the display device is stopped is a specific display mode.
Is determined. 21 on each rotating drum
A combination of patterns that is designed to be a big hit.
There are 8 types of jackpot designs, that is, 40 lines.
Therefore, the probability of a big hit on the display is 40/21 ³
≈1 / 231.5. On the other hand, it is a big hit on software
The probability of being lost can be seen from S62 to S64 in FIG. 7 (a).
Random 1 counter is determined by the range of possible values
Maru In this embodiment, the random 1 counter is 0
Takes a value of 351 and the jackpot is one of them or 5
It is the street (at the time of probability change). Therefore, the big hit on the software
The probability of occurrence is 1/352 or 5/35 as described above.
It becomes 2.

FIG. 8 (a) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program for a missing symbol set which is carried out when the process flag is "3". This process is executed when the process flag is set to "3", that is, when the result of the lottery is determined to be out.

First, in S75, the lower data of the value of the random 3 counter stored in the winning storage area 1,
The process of adding the last left stop symbol number is performed. In S76, it is determined whether or not the result of the addition in S75 is 21 or more. If it is 21 or more, S is determined.
21 is subtracted from the addition result in 77 and the process proceeds to S78 S7
A new left stop symbol number is determined by 5 to S77, and set at S78. By determining the stop symbol number in S75 to S78, there is an effect that the appearance mode of each symbol (outcome) is less biased than in the case of determining the stop symbol only by Random 3.

S79 to S82 and S83 to S86 are processes for performing the same processes as S75 to S78 on the stop symbol number and on the right of the stop symbol number, respectively. These processes are the same as the process for determining the stop symbol number left, except that the values of the random 3 counters used for addition are the middle rank and the upper rank, respectively, and therefore the details thereof are omitted here.

In S87, the big hit flag is cleared, the number of re-rotation symbols is cleared, and the big hit check waiting time (24
5 or 490 ms) is set, the jackpot symbol table address is set, and the process flag is set to 4. This big hit symbol table address indicates the beginning of the table address when data is read from the big hit symbol table in S88 of the outlier symbol check process of FIG. 8 (b) described later. Further, since the process flag is set to "4", the next time the process process is executed, the deficit pattern check process is performed.

In FIG. 8B, the process flag is "4".
It is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the missing symbol check processing performed when "11". This process shows where the reach line is
As a result of the outlier symbol setting process performed in (a), it is a process for determining whether or not there is a line in which a stopped symbol happens to be a big hit combination. In the case of the variable display device using the rotating drum as in this embodiment, there are five lines in which a big hit may occur.
Further, there are eight types of big hit symbols displayed on the left, middle, and right symbol display portions. Therefore, in this missing symbol check processing, every time this missing symbol check processing is executed once, only one of the eight symbols is subjected to the above-mentioned 5
The line is checked, and all eight symbols are checked by repeating all eight times. Process flags 4 to 11 correspond to these eight symbols, respectively. In this way, to check only one symbol at a time, this main routine is
This is to prevent the game control from becoming abnormal due to the reduction in the number of processes during the time of execution and resetting before the completion of the predetermined process.

First, in S88, data is read from the big hit symbol table in accordance with the big hit symbol table address set in S87. Then, the variable "check count" is set to "5".

At S89, it is determined whether the number of checks is zero. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S99, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to S90. In S90, a determination is made as to whether or not the jackpot symbol table has ended. When the processing is completed, the control proceeds to S99, and when not completed, the control proceeds to S91. In S91,
A determination is made as to whether the left side of the stop symbol is the hit symbol of the table. If it is not a winning design, go to S93,
If it is a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S92. S92
Then, it is judged whether or not the right symbol of the stop symbol is a winning symbol. If it is a winning design, the control goes to S94,
If it is not a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S93. S9
When the result of 1 is YES and the result of S92 is YES, it is determined that the reach has occurred.

In S93, the address of the big hit symbol table is updated, the number of checks is decremented by 1, and the process returns to S89.
When the control has proceeded to S93, it is the case where the symbols set in the outlying symbol setting process of FIG. 8A are neither a big hit combination nor a reach combination. Therefore, it is necessary to further repeat the processing of S89 to S93 for all five lines. Therefore, the number of checks is subtracted by 1 in S93, and this process is repeatedly executed until the number of checks becomes 0 in S89.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S92 that the reach has occurred, it is not necessary to further check other lines of the symbol. Therefore, in this case, the control proceeds to S94, and the check for the reach time is further performed at S94 and thereafter.

First, in S94, the drum lamp data 1,
In 2 (reach), data specifying the corresponding line is set. In S95, the reach is set to the jackpot flag. In S96, the number of idle rotation symbols is set by the value of the random 4 counter. In S97, a determination is made as to whether or not the middle symbol of the stopped symbol is a winning symbol. If it is a winning design, this line is not only a reach, but a combination of big hits, so S
At 98, processing for forcibly shifting the stop symbol number by 1 to make a combination of deviations is performed. When it is determined in S97 that it is not a winning symbol and after S98, the control is S99.
Proceed to.

In S99, the address of the big hit symbol table to be referred to next time is set, and 1 is added to the process flag. Therefore, if the process flag is 4 to 10, the non-defective pattern check process is continuously performed in the next process process, and if the process flag is 11, the sub-C is performed when the next process process is executed.
Processing during PU command set is performed.

FIG. 9A is a flow chart of the processing during the sub CPU command set which is performed when the process flag is 12. First, in S100, a process for shifting the winning storage area is performed. By this process, the contents of the winning storage area 2 are shifted to the winning storage area 1, the contents of the winning storage area 3 are shifted to the winning storage area 2, and the contents of the winning storage area 4 are shifted to the winning storage area 3, respectively. The content of is cleared. In S101, the drum rotation flag is set to a value (00H) indicating normal rotation. This drum rotation flag is shown in area 8 of FIG.
Is a flag indicated by and is data transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU. Further, in S102, a process during sub CPU command setting, which will be described later, is performed, and in step S103, 1 is added to the process flag, and the process during sub CPU command setting ends. Since the process flag is 13, the sub CPU command output process shown in FIG. 9C is performed when the next process process is executed.

FIG. 9B is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the sub CPU command set processing as the control data shown in S102 of FIG. 9A.
First, in S104, a process of setting a fixed value in each of command headers 0 to 6 shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B is performed. In S105, a process of setting "01" to the command code as the type data is performed. As a result, the drum rotation control data is set to be transmitted as the sub CPU command. In S106, the content of the drum rotation flag set in S101 of FIG. 9A is set in the area 8. In S107, the left, middle, and right values of the stop symbol numbers set in the big hit symbol setting process or the outlying symbol setting process are respectively in areas 9 to
The process of setting 11 is performed.

In S108, a process of setting the contents of the big hit flag is performed. This big hit flag is 1-byte data, the value of the drum rotation increase counter is set to bits 0 and 1, bit 3 is set to 1 when reach, and bit 4 is set to 1 when reach is a probability variation pattern. Bit 5 is set to 1 when the jackpot is a probability variation pattern, and bit 7 is set to 1 when the jackpot is a big hit.

The number of idle rotation symbols in S109 and the number of re-rotation symbols in S110 are areas 13 and 14 in FIG. 14A, respectively.
After that, the command output counter is set to "1" in S111. This command output counter is for counting the number of data transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU. If the command output counter is 1, the first data (first byte) of the sub CPU command is Will be sent.
In the case of drum rotation control data, sub CPU commands are output until the command output counter reaches 15, as will be described later, and in the case of drum lamp control data, until the command output counter reaches 13.

FIG. 9C is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the sub CPU command outputting process which is performed when the process flag is 13. First, S11
In step 2, the process of turning on the motor, that is, the process of setting the voltage applied to the motor to the normal voltage is performed. Then, in S113, it is determined whether the command output counter is 0 or not. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S114, and if it is not 0, this subroutine program ends immediately.

At S114, the drum rotation counter is set to 0, and then at S115, the process timer is set to a value corresponding to the left drum stop waiting time. In the case of this embodiment, about 0.646 seconds is set as the left drum stop waiting time. Further, 1 is added to the process flag, and this subroutine program ends. Since the process flag is incremented by 1, the left drum stop waiting process will be executed when the next process process is executed.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a subroutine program of a drum stop waiting process which is executed when the process flag is 14-18. Process flag is 1
When the number is 4, the left drum stop wait process is performed, when the number is 15, the right drum stop wait process is performed; Processing (probability variation reach) is performed respectively.

First, in S116, it is determined whether or not the process timer has become zero. If it is 0, the control advances to S119. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S117, the process timer is further decremented by 1, and it is determined in S118 whether or not the process timer has become 0.
If the process timer is 0, the process proceeds to S119. That is, only after a predetermined time elapses until the process timer reaches 0, the process proceeds to S119 and thereafter, and the corresponding drum is stopped.

At S119, the data of the drum stop sound is set. In S120, it is determined whether the process flag is 14. Process flag is 1
4 indicates that the process is waiting for the left drum to stop. 1
If other than 4, the control proceeds to S122. If it is 14, the process proceeds to S121, the right drum stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, the process flag is incremented by 1, and this subroutine program ends. Since the process flag is 15, the right drum stop waiting process is performed when the process process is executed next time, and S1
The answer to the judgment at 20 is NO.

In S122, it is determined whether the process flag is 15. If it is other than 15, the process proceeds to S132. If it is 15, the process proceeds to S123, and it is determined whether the drum rotation counter is less than 12. If the drum rotation counter is less than 12, it is determined that the motor is stopped for some reason.
Control proceeds to 24, a value (08H) indicating a motor error is set in the error flag, and this subroutine program ends. If it is 12 or more, the process proceeds to S125, the middle drum stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, and 16 is set in the process flag. Since the process flag is set to 16, when the process process is executed next time, the middle drum stop waiting process is executed. Subsequently, in S126, a determination is made as to whether or not the jackpot flag is reach. If it is a reach, the process proceeds to S127, but if it is not a reach, this subroutine program ends as it is.

In S127, from the value in the stop symbol number, the result of subtracting the value in the previous stop symbol number and the number of re-rotation symbols, and the number of idle rotation symbols, the reach time table prepared in advance is set. The process of calculating the reach time with reference is performed. This reach time indicates the time from when the right drum stops until when the middle drum finally stops. Further, in S128, the process flag is set to 17
Is set. Since the process flag is set to 17, the middle drum stop waiting process (reach) will be executed when the next process process is performed. S
The post-processing of 128 proceeds to S129.

Further, in S129, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a value indicating the probability variation reach.
If the probability variation reach is reached, the process flag is set to 18 in S130, and the process proceeds to S131. If it is not the probability variation reach, the process directly proceeds to S131. When the process flag is set to 18, the medium drum stop waiting process (probability variation reach) will be executed in the next process process.

In S131, the time calculated in S127 is set in the process timer, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 11A shows a flow chart of a subroutine program of the big hit check process which is performed when the process flag is 19. First, in S133, it is determined whether or not the process timer has become zero. If the process timer is still 0, this subroutine program ends immediately and the process timer becomes 0.
Only then becomes the control to S134.

At S134, a process of turning off the motor, that is, a process of reducing the voltage applied to the motor is performed. Subsequently, in S135, a process of storing the medium symbol number in the last medium symbol number storage area is performed.

Subsequently, in S136, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a big hit.
If it is not a big hit, the process flag is set to 0 in S137, and this subroutine program ends. Therefore, in this case, the control returns to the normal processing.
If the big hit flag is a big hit, the control proceeds to S138.
In S138, it is determined whether the probability variation counter is 0 or not. This probability fluctuation counter is set to "2" when the probability fluctuation pattern is a big hit. If it is 0, the control immediately advances to S140, but if it is not 0, the probability variation counter is decremented by 1 in S139 and S
Proceed to 140. That is, the probability variation counter is decremented by 1 each time a big hit occurs after "2" is set when a big hit is made with the probability change pattern. If it is 0, the probability of a big hit is low (normal),
High probability in all other cases.

At S140, a process of clearing the probability variation flag is performed. This is to make the probability of a big hit once low during a big hit even at a high probability. Then, in S141, the LED for displaying the lucky number
LE for lucky number display with stop position set
The variation time of D is set. Further, in S142, the pre-release time is set in the process timer. In the case of this embodiment, a time corresponding to 5 seconds is set as the pre-opening time. Then, 20 is set in the process flag and S1
Proceed to 43. Since the process flag is set to 20, the pre-release processing will be performed the next time the process processing is executed.

In S143, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is the probability variation big hit. If the probability variation big hit, the control advances to S144, where 21 is set in the process flag. After S144, and when the big hit flag is not the probability variation big hit, this subroutine ends. When the process flag is set to 21, the pre-release processing (probability variation big hit) will be executed when the next process processing is executed. This pre-opening processing (probability variation big hit) is different from the normal pre-opening processing in that sound effects, drum lamps, and other lamp controls are changed, and the interest of the game is further improved.

FIG. 11B is a flow chart of a subroutine program of a big hit operation end waiting process which is carried out when the process flag becomes 28. First S1
At 45, a determination is made as to whether the process timer has expired. Only after the process timer expires S1
Control proceeds to 46, and the big hit information and the probability variation information transmitted to the hall management computer and the like are turned off.
Subsequently, in S147, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is the probability variation big hit. If it is not the probability variation big hit, the control proceeds to S149, but if it is the probability variation big hit, 2 is set in the probability variation counter in S148 and then S14.
Proceed to 9.

In S149, the value of the probability variation counter is set as it is in the probability variation flag.
Subsequently, in S150, it is determined whether the probability variation flag is set, that is, whether the probability variation flag is 0. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S152, but if it is not 0, the hole management is performed in S151. After the probability variation information output to the computer is turned on, S152
Proceed to. In S152, the process flag is set to 0 after the opening counter is cleared, and normal processing is executed from the next time. By this big hit operation end waiting process, the big hit occurrence probability, which was once returned to a low probability during a big hit, is set to a high probability again when the probability changes.

FIG. 12A is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the error recovery check process shown in S10 of FIG. First, in S153, a determination is made as to whether or not the error flag is set, and if it is not set, this subroutine program is immediately terminated without doing anything. If it is set, the process proceeds to S154.

In S154, the V switch error recovery check process is performed, and in the subsequent S155, the 10 count switch error recovery check process is performed. In these two processes, it is checked whether or not a process corresponding to a predetermined error flag reset process using the V switch or the 10 count switch is performed. If it is determined that the operation is being performed, the error flag is reset. For example, when no winning balls are detected in opening the variable winning ball device 12 once during a big hit, or when a motor error occurs, in the case of the present embodiment, one game ball is set to the 10 count switch. By passing it, the error flag is reset.

At S156, it is determined whether or not the error flag is set after the processing at S154 and S155. If it is still set, the control advances to S161. If not set, the control proceeds to S157.

In S157, it is determined whether the process flag is less than 13. If it is less than 13, the control proceeds to S161. If it is 13 or more, the control is S15.
Proceeding to 8, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is greater than 18. If it is larger than 18, the control proceeds to S161. If it is 18 or less, the control is S159.
Proceed to. Through the processing of S157 and S158, the control proceeds to S159 only when the process flag is 13 or more and 18 or less, that is, when the motor should be rotating. In other cases, it is not necessary to restore the motor again, and the direct control proceeds to S161 as described above.

In step S159, the motor recovery flag that causes the sub CPU to perform the initial operation of the drum motor is set. Subsequently, in S160, a sub CPU command set process is performed. This sub CPU command set processing has already been described with reference to FIG. Note that S1 in the sub CPU command set processing
At 06, the value of the motor recovery flag (normal time 0, recovery time 1) is set as it is.

When it is determined in S156 that the error flag is set, when it is determined in S157 and S158 that the process flag is less than 13 or greater than 18, and after S160 is executed, the control is S16.
The routine proceeds to 1 and the content of the error flag is set, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 12B is a flow chart of the sub CPU command output set process and the subroutine program shown in S11 of FIG. First, in S162, it is determined whether the command output counter is 0 or not. If 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it is other than 0, the control advances to S163, where sub C
PU command output is set. Subsequently, in S164, the command output counter is incremented by 1. Further S165
Then, it is determined whether the command code in area 7 shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B is "01". If 01, it is transmission of drum rotation control data having a total of 15 areas, and if not, it is output of drum lamp control data having a total of 13 data. Therefore, if the command code is 01, S16
Proceeding to step 6, a judgment is made as to whether the command output counter is 15 or less. If it is 15 or less, this subroutine program ends. S above 15
Proceeding to 168, the command output counter is cleared to 0, and this subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S165 that the command code is not 01, the process proceeds to S167, and it is determined whether the command output counter is 13 or less. If it is 13 or less, this subroutine program ends immediately, but if it exceeds 13, the process proceeds to S168, the command output counter is cleared to 0, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 13A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the winning storage area storing process shown in S20 of FIG. Through S169, it is determined whether or not the number of winning prizes for starting is "0". This start winning number is incremented by "1" by S177 described later, and is decremented by "1" by S171 described later. When the number of winning prizes for starting is "0", the subroutine program is finished as it is. If the number of winning prizes for starting is not 0, the process proceeds to S170, and the values of the random 1 counter, the random 2 counter, and the random 3 counter are stored in corresponding areas of the starting winning memory area. This starting winning prize storage area is a plurality (4 in this embodiment) for storing the value of each random counter according to the number of starting winning prizes stored.
Area) for storing the count value of each.

Next, in S171, the process of subtracting "1" from the number of winning prizes for starting is performed as described above, and the process is again performed in S1.
Return to 69. The processes of S169 to S171 are repeated until the number of winning prizes for starting becomes "0". By the prize storage area storing process, the values of the random 1 counter, the random 2 counter, and the random 3 counter corresponding to each starting prize are stored in the respective prize storage areas.

FIG. 13B is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the switch input process shown in S9 of FIG. First, in S172, a process of inputting detection signals of various detectors from the I / O port is performed. Next, in S173, a process of checking whether or not an error such as a disconnection or a short circuit has occurred in the 10 count switch (winning number detector) 16 is performed by checking whether or not an error flag is set. If so, the control advances to S178.

If the error flag is not set, the control advances to S174, where it is determined whether or not the signal from the starting port switch is ON. If it is ON, control proceeds to S178, but ON
If not, the control proceeds to S175. In S175, it is determined whether or not it may be determined that the start winning prize has been won in the start opening switch. That is,
A determination is made as to whether it is the winning timing. In the case of this embodiment, the starting opening switch is set to O.
When the state of N continues for a predetermined time and falls to OFF, it is determined to be the winning timing, so S174 and S175.
A determination process such as is performed.

If it is determined in S175 that it is not the winning timing, the process proceeds to S178, but if it is the winning timing, the process proceeds to S176.

In S176, it is determined whether or not the number of stored prize winnings is 4 or more. If it is 4 or more, there is no room for further storing, so the control advances to S178.
If it is less than 4, the process proceeds to S177, and the winning award memory number and the starting award number are both incremented by one. After S177, the control proceeds to S178.

In S178, a process for checking whether or not an error has occurred in the V switch is performed. If an error has occurred, the V switch error flag is set. Similarly, in S179, a process for checking whether or not an error has occurred in the 10-count switch is performed. If an error has occurred, the 10-count switch error flag is set.

When a pachinko ball enters the starting opening 10 and is detected by the starting switch 11, the starting switch 11
A detection pulse having a predetermined pulse width is derived from
It is given to the basic circuit 21. In this case, the determination of YES is continuously made in S174 every time the subroutine of the switch input process is executed during the pulse width of the detection pulse. Each time, the ON counter of the starting port switch is counted up, the count value reaches a predetermined value (for example, 3) or more, and the starting port switch is turned OFF again, and the determination of YES is made in S175.
It is determined that there was a starting prize. On the other hand, there is a case where the output from the starting switch 11 has a value such that it is momentarily judged to be ON due to noise caused by static electricity or the like. In such a case, the input from the starting switch 11 has a pulse width of The signal is almost 0. for that reason,
Even if the determination in S174 is made once and the value of the ON counter is incremented by 1 at the same timing as the timing when such noise is input, the ON counter which is continuously performed in S175 at the falling edge of the pulse. Since it is determined as NO in the determination as to whether or not the number has reached a predetermined number (for example, 3), it is not immediately determined that the starting opening switch 11 has detected a pachinko ball. Then, when the subsequent switch input process is executed, the noise has already fallen, so the determination in S175 is always NO, and the ON counter of the starting opening switch is cleared. Therefore, there is no risk of erroneous determination that the starting port switch is ON due to noise.

FIG. 14 shows S11 of FIG. 4 and FIG.
It is a schematic diagram which shows the content of the sub CPU command shown to (c).

Referring to FIG. 14A, the sub CPU command areas prepared in the game control microcomputer are fixed data ("1FH""00H").
"01H""02H""04H""08H""10
H ″) are stored, and a command code area 7 for indicating whether the following data is data for controlling drum rotation or data for controlling drum lamp. Areas similar to the sub CPU command areas 1 to 14 are sub basic circuits (sub CP
U) 22 is also prepared as a sub CPU command input area, and the data of each data area of the drum control command area of the basic circuit 21 is transmitted to the corresponding data area of the sub CPU command input area.

When the command code is "01", the following seven areas of the command code are valid,
Drum rotation code area (00 indicates normal rotation, 01 indicates abnormal recovery) 8 and 2 respectively
The left that can take one value (hexadecimal display 00-14),
Areas 9, 10 and 11 that specify each stop symbol on the middle and right
And, the area 12 for the jackpot flag (drum rotation increase counter, reach, reach by probability variation symbol, jackpot by probability variation symbol, jackpot), and the number of idle rotation symbols (0
There are an area 13 for storing 0, 01) and an area 14 for storing the number of re-rotation symbols at the time of a big hit (21 ways of 00-14H). The number of re-rotation symbols is to improve the enjoyment of the game at the time of jackpot when the jackpot is temporarily stopped before the symbol is finally stopped, then rotated again and then stopped at the final stop symbol. Is.

When the command code is "02", five areas are effective, and each has six values (00 to 05, 00 is normal, 01 is rotating the drum, 02
Indicates a during or out of reach interval, 03 indicates before opening, 04 indicates opening, and 05 indicates after opening) area 8 for storing the drum control code and area 9 for storing the drum ramp data at the time of reach. 10 and
Areas 11 and 12 are provided for storing drum lamp data at the time of a big hit.

In the sub CPU, it is judged that the sub CPU command has been input by judging whether the head of the input data is 1F and whether the 6 bytes after that match the fixed header. The command code of 7 is 01
Whether or not it is 02, and the subsequent 7 or 5 areas are data for drum rotation control,
It is determined whether the data is for drum lamp control.

Generally, the drum rotation control data may be sent to the sub CPU only at the time of variable start, and the sub CPU controls the drum motor according to the sent drum rotation control data and is designated by the sub CPU command. Stop the motor with a stop pattern. Therefore, it is not necessary to transmit the drum rotation control data to the sub CPU when the variable display is not performed and after the variable display is started. On the other hand, the drum lamp control data needs to be transmitted regardless of whether or not the variable display is being performed. Therefore, two types of sub CPU commands are prepared as described above, and the data of the command code “01” is transmitted only at the start of the variable display, and the data of the command code “02” is transmitted at other times. By doing this, the amount of data transmitted at one time is reduced and the time required for transmission is shortened compared to the case where data for drum rotation control and data for drum lamp control are transmitted at the same time. Therefore, there is an effect that the load on the game control microcomputer is lightened.

In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the game control microcomputer sends to the sub CPU information for identifying each stop symbol, not information indicating the current display symbol. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information for designating which symbol is currently displayed is optionally sent from the game control microcomputer to the sub-CP.
You may make it transmit to U.

Referring to FIG. 14B, the drum lamp control code is any of 00 to 05H. 00 indicates normal state, 01 indicates drum rotation, 02 indicates reach rotation or out-of-range, 03 indicates before opening, 04 indicates opening, and 05 indicates after opening. Indicates. The drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are data to be identified to indicate which line the reach has occurred or the line with the big hit, respectively.

15 to 21 are flowcharts of a control program for the variable display device executed by the sub CPU, FIG. 22 (a) shows a motor control area, and FIG.
2 (b) shows a motor control data table referred to during acceleration / deceleration of the motor.

FIG. 15A is a flowchart of the main routine of the sub CPU for controlling the variable display device. This main routine is repeatedly executed from the beginning every predetermined time in response to the reset pulse from the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 shown in FIG.

First, in S201, the I / O port is initialized and the interrupt mask is set. Then S
At 202, data at a predetermined address in the RAM is read out,
A judgment as to whether the RAM is in a normal state is made by judging whether the value is a predetermined value (for example, 6805H). Since the contents stored in the RAM are indefinite immediately after the power is turned on, the result of the determination in S202 advances to S203, and the system initial processing is performed. In this system initial processing, predetermined data (the above-mentioned 6805H) is written in a predetermined address of the RAM as described later. Therefore, after the system initial processing is completed, the result of the determination in S202 is YES and the control proceeds to S204. The contents of S203 will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S204, I / O is output, and in S205, the display timer is updated. The display timer is a timer used as a clock for display, and is incremented by 1 every 8 msec.
Further, in S206, a process of jumping to each process routine is performed according to the value of the operation flag prepared in advance by the program of this sub CPU. This process is exactly the same as the process of S7 shown in FIG.
The process flag 7 corresponds to the operation flag in FIG. Although each process routine will be described later, when the operation flag is 0, the operation is stopped, when the operation flag is 1, the drum rotation start is performed, and when the operation flag is 2, the processing during the drum rotation is performed. Then S
In 207, drum lamp data set processing, sub CP
U command check processing and sub CPU command input processing are performed respectively. Details of the process of S207 are shown in FIG. 15 (b), FIG. 18 (a), and FIG.
It will be described later with reference to (a).

FIG. 15B is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the drum ramp data setting process performed in S207. First, in S237, the drum lamp control code is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5, 4
The decision is made. This drum lamp control code indicates the data transmitted from the main CPU, which is stored in area 8 of the drum lamp control data in FIG. 14 (b).

When the drum lamp control code is 0, normal processing is performed and the drum lamp is set to 1024 m.
Data for blinking at s intervals is set.

When the drum ramp control code is 1, the drum ramp data corresponding to the drum rotation process is set. That is, in S239, data for turning on all the drum lamps is set.

When the drum lamp control code is 2, the data corresponding to the reach rotation or the out-of-range interval is set. First, in S240, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is reach. If it is reach, the process proceeds to S241. If not, the process proceeds to S239. In S239, the data for turning on all the drum lamps is set as described above. Meanwhile S
At 241, data is set to turn on the drum lamp corresponding to the reach. That is, the middle drum lamp is turned on, and the areas 9 and 1 in FIG.
In accordance with the drum lamp data (reach) indicated by 0, data is set to blink the left and right drum lamps at 128 ms intervals.

When the drum lamp control code is 3 or 5, the drum lamp data corresponding to the pre-opening process and the post-opening process are set, respectively. First S24
In 2, the drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU by the areas 11 and 12 of FIG.
The data is set to blink the drum lamp in the row determined according to the above at intervals of 256 ms.

When the drum lamp control code is 4, the drum lamp control corresponding to the open process is performed. That is, in S243, data is set for blinking the drum lamp of the line in which the big hit occurs at 128 ms intervals in accordance with the drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU. When these processes are completed, the subroutine program of the drum lamp data set process is completed.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the subroutine program of the system initial processing shown in S203 of FIG. This system initial processing is executed in seven stages as described later. Of these steps, the first to third steps are performed once, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed until the predetermined process timer expires.

First, through S208 and S209, RA
A determination is made as to whether the pattern data at the predetermined address of M is 5086H. If it is not 5086H, it is determined that this system initial process is executed for the first time (first time), and the process proceeds to S210. S21
In 0, the variable “initial step” is set to “1” as the first stage processing, and 5086 is set to the pattern data.
H is set and this subroutine program ends. Since the data of 5086H is written in the predetermined address of the RAM in S210, S202 of FIG.
Although the answer to the decision in S is NO, S208,
Both of the answers to the determination in S209 (FIG. 16) are YES.
Then, when the system initial process is executed next, the process proceeds to S211.

At S211, it is determined whether the initial step is 1. If the initial step is 1, the process proceeds to S212, 1 is added to the initial step, and the RAM area is cleared to 0. This S2
The process of 12 corresponds to the process of the second stage. After S212, this subroutine program ends.

When it is determined that the initial step is not 1 as a result of the determination in S211, the control is S213.
Proceed to. In S213, I / O output is performed, and in S214, it is determined whether the initial step is 2. If it is 2, the control proceeds to S215,
The third stage processing of the system initial processing is performed. That is, in S215, the motor excitation pattern 3
Is output, 250 (0.5 seconds) is set in the process timer, and 1 is further added to the initial step.
After S215, this subroutine program ends.

Since the initial step is incremented by 1 to be 3, the next time the system initial processing is executed, the result of the determination in S214 is NO, and the control advances to S216. In S216, it is determined whether the initial step is 3. If it is 3, the process proceeds to S217, and the fourth system initial process is performed.
Staged processing is performed. First, in S217, the process timer set in S215 is decremented by 1, and in S218, it is determined whether or not the process timer becomes 0. If it is not 0, this subroutine program ends, and the control proceeds to S219 only when it becomes 0. That is, the processing of S219 is performed only after 0.5 second has elapsed. In S219, the motor excitation pattern 0 (reference pattern) is output, and the process timer is set to 250 again.
(0.5 seconds) is set, and 1 is added to the initial step. After S219, this subroutine program ends. Since the initial step has been incremented by 1 to be 4, the next time the system initial processing is executed, the result of the judgment in S216 is NO,
The control proceeds to S220.

At S220, it is determined whether the initial step is 4. If 4 then S22
In step 1, the fifth stage process of the system initial process is performed. First, in S221, the process timer set in S219 is decremented by 1, and it is determined in S222 whether the process timer has expired. If it does not end, the subroutine program ends, and the control proceeds to S223 only after the process timer ends. In S223, the initial timer is set,
An initial value (70) is set to the sensor check counter. Further, in S224, a drum rotation start process described later is performed. In S225, 1 is added to the initial step, and this subroutine program ends. Since the initial step is 5, the result of the determination in S220 is NO in the next execution of the system initial processing, and the control advances to S226.

At S226, it is determined whether the initial step is 5. If 5 then S22
7, the processing of the sixth stage of the system initial processing is performed. First, in S227, it is determined whether the initial timer set in S223 is 0 or not. If 0, the process proceeds to S229, but if not 0, S2
After the initial timer is decremented by 1 in 28, the process proceeds to S229. The initial timer is used to set at least a predetermined interval between the fifth stage process and the seventh stage process of the system initial process as described later.

In S229, a drum rotation process described later is performed. Succeedingly, in S230, it is determined whether or not the operation flag is 0. This operation flag is 0
If it is, the initial step is incremented by 1 in S231 and this subroutine program ends. If the operation flag is not 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. When the initial step is incremented by 1 to become 6 in S231, the result of the determination in S226 is NO when the system initial processing is executed next time, and the control advances to S232.

The processes from S232 onward are the final stage (seventh stage) of the system initial process. First, in S232,
A determination is made as to whether the initial step is six. If it is other than 6, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it is 6, the control advances to S233, where S
A determination is made as to whether the initial timer set at 223 is zero. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S234, and the initial timer is decremented by 1. Further, in S235, it is determined whether or not the initial timer is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S236, but if it is not 0, this subroutine program is immediately terminated. Therefore, the process of S236 is performed only after the initial timer set in S223 expires. In S236, first, the sub CPU
The command length is set to 14, the display timer is set to the initial value, the initial step is set to 0, and the pattern data is set to 6805H. After S236, this system initial process ends. When 6805H is written in the pattern data in S236, so that the main routine of FIG. 15A is executed next, the determination result in S202 is YES, and S
The processing of 204 and below will be executed.

FIG. 17A is a flow chart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command input process for receiving a sub CPU command from the main CPU on the sub CPU side. This process is performed in S207 of FIG.

First, in S330, the input data is "1".
A determination is made as to whether it is "F". This is because, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, since the header 0 of the sub CPU command is "1F", whether or not the command input should be started by detecting this header 0. This is because it is determined. When the input data is determined to be 1F in S330, the process proceeds to S331, the value of the command input counter is set to 1, and this subroutine program ends. On the other hand, if it is not 1F, the process proceeds to S332, and it is determined whether the command input counter is 0 or not. If it is 0, it means that the input of the sub CPU command has not been started, so that this subroutine program ends. If not 0, the process proceeds to S333.

In S333, the transmitted sub CPU
Sub CPU command set processing for storing 1 byte of the command in a predetermined storage area is performed. Then S3
At 34, a determination is made as to whether the command input counter is 7. If not 7, the control proceeds to S338, and if it is 7, the control proceeds to S335. The processing of S334 is to perform different processing between the headers 1 to 6 of the sub CPU command shown in FIG. 14 and subsequent headers.
In S335, since the sub CPU command set in S333 is the data of area 7, that is, the command code, it is determined whether or not this command code is "01". If it is "01", it is shown in FIG.
Since it is the drum rotation control data shown in (a), S
At 336, 14 is set as the command length, and the process proceeds to S338. If it is not 1, the data is the drum lamp control data shown in FIG. 14 (b), so the flow advances to S337, where 12 is set as the command length, and the flow advances to S338.

In S338, the command input counter is set to 1
And the command input counter after addition in S339
A determination is made as to whether it is less than the command length set in S336 or S337. If the determination result in S339 is YES, this subroutine program ends immediately, but if NO, the process proceeds to S340 to indicate that the command input is completed.
That is, the command input flag is set and the command input counter is cleared. The command length is set to 14 or 12 in S336 or S337, and this value is not cleared. Therefore, the result of the determination in S334 is NO and S338.
When the control proceeds from step S339 to step S339, if the counter is 6 or less, the command length set in the previous sub CPU command input process is used, and in the case of 7 or later, the step S336 of the current sub CPU command input process. Or S33
The command length set in 7 is used. Even if the command length up to the previous time is used when the counter is 6 or less, the command length in the current sub CPU command input process is set correctly at the time when the counter = 7. Correctly performed based on the command code of the current sub CPU command.

FIG. 17B is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the drum rotation start process executed in S224 of FIG. First, in S341, the motor control flag is set to a value indicating acceleration / deceleration, and the constant speed feed symbol number is set. With this constant feed symbol number,
After starting the rotation of the drum, it means the number of symbols that are displayed by rotation until each drum stops after reaching a predetermined speed. "1" for the left drum, "11" for the middle drum, right “6” is set for each drum. In addition,
In the case of constant speed feeding, one step of the motor is 20 ms, and eight steps are required to feed one symbol. Therefore, at the time of constant speed feeding, the symbols are fed at a speed of 1 symbol per 160 ms. In this embodiment, one motor control area for controlling each of the left, middle, and right drum motors is provided. The motor control area is schematically shown in FIG.

Before explaining the following processing, this FIG.
(A) will be briefly described. With reference to FIG. 22A, for example, the left motor control area is a motor control flag area, a stop symbol number area, a 1-step timer area, a next 1-step timer data save area, and a current motor step number area. , Sensor ON
It includes an area for the counter, an area for the sensor check counter, an area for the sensor mask data, an area for the number of steps in one symbol, an area for the current symbol number, and an area for the constant feed symbol number.

The lower 4 bits of the motor control flag area are used. The least significant bit 0 indicates acceleration / deceleration. In this case, table data is used to control the motor. The contents will be described later. Bit 1 indicates processing during constant speed. Bit 2 indicates processing during stop. Bit 3 indicates a temporary stop process, which corresponds to the temporary stop of the symbol at the time of a big hit. Currently, the motor step number takes any value in the range of 00-03. The sensor check counter is used for detecting a motor error. The sensor mask data is 10H for the left motor and 20 for the middle motor.
H, 40H is used for the right motor. Since the number of steps in one symbol is 8 steps as described above,
Any of the values in the range of 00-07 is stored. The current symbol number indicates the symbol number that is currently displayed, and since there are 21 ways as described above, it takes a value of 00 to 14H.
As described above, the constant-speed feed symbol number is 01H for the left motor and 0BH for the middle motor (1 in decimal notation).
1) and 06H are set for the right motor.

Referring to S342, first, the initial value of the one-step timer is set for each motor. In the case of this embodiment, 1 is set for the left motor, 2 is set for the middle motor, and 3 is set for the right motor. Then, the number of steps in area 3 of each motor control area is set to an initial value. That is, it is cleared to 0. Then, the processing for setting the drum control data address is performed by referring to the left, right, and right motor control areas. This drum control data is prepared in order to make the time required from the start of rotation of a symbol to the end thereof constant regardless of the symbol at the start of rotation. An example is shown in FIG.
It is shown in (b). In FIG. 22B, as an example, 2
Although one drum control data table is shown, this table is provided with 21 kinds in total so that even if the relationship between the design at the start of rotation and the target design is any, the target design can be sent in a fixed time.

The data table, for example, DRTB16 in FIG. 22B has 96 as the number of steps of symbol feeding.
It is a data table when sending 8 steps in 6300 ms. This number of 6300 ms is common to all data tables. In DRTB16, ","
The numbers shown on the left side of (for example, 16/2, 14 /
2) indicates the number of timer counts per step, that is, the time required for the step feed. The right side of "," represents the number of steps to be sent by the timer count number per one step described on the left side. When the number of steps is summed vertically, in the case of DRTB16, there are a total of 968 steps. As for one design, since 8 steps are required as described above, 121 designs, that is, 5 rotations of the drum and 16 designs are fed in 968 steps.

On the other hand, the DRTB 17 is a data table in the case of performing symbol feeding of 808 steps within 6300 ms. Step 808 corresponds to 101 symbols, that is, 4 rotations of the drum and 17 symbols.

Comparing DRTB16 and DRTB17, both the fifth row from the top and the sixth row from the bottom are the same. The fifth line from the top corresponds to the start of rotation of the drum, and the sixth line from the bottom corresponds to the stop of the drum. The data from the 6th line from the top to the 7th line from the bottom,
It is used to adjust the time to absorb the difference in the number of steps and finally match the time until the design stops while rotating the drum at a substantially constant speed.

As described above, by keeping the time from the start of rotation of the drum to the stop of the drum constant, the main CPU
Only one timer is required to control the variable display with. Therefore, there is an effect that the time management of the control for the variable display on the main CPU side can be easily performed.

Referring again to FIG. 17 (b), after S342, in S343, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag (see FIG. 14 (a)) transmitted from the main CPU is reach. Be done. If it is not reach, control proceeds to S345, but if it is reach, S
Proceeding to 344, the medium drum control table 0 is set. By the process of S344, in the case of reach, the symbol displayed for the middle drum is returned to the initial symbol at the end of the drum control data. In S345, the operation flag is set to "2" and this subroutine program ends. Since the operation flag is set to "2", when the main routine program of FIG. 15 is executed next, the drum rotation process is executed in S206.

FIG. 17C shows S229 (see FIG. 16).
6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum rotation processing performed in FIG. S346, S347, S34
At 8, drum left control, center control, and right control are performed. The details of this drum control process are shown in FIG.
Will be described later with reference to.

Subsequently, in S349, it is determined whether or not each motor control flag is in the stopped state. If the motor control flag is in the stopped state, the process proceeds to S350 and 0 is set in the operation flag. Since the operation flag is set to 0, each motor is stopped. If NO in S349 and if the process of S350 ends, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 18A shows the step S207 of FIG. 15A.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command check process performed in. First S24
At 4, a determination is made as to whether the command input flag is set. This command input flag is a flag set in S340 of FIG. 17A and indicates whether or not the reception of the sub CPU command is completed. If it is set, in S245,
This command input flag is cleared. Then S24
At 6, it is judged whether the headers 1 to 6 of the received sub CPU command are normal data. For the headers 1 to 6, fixed data is predetermined as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is for judging whether the received command is valid or not depending on whether or not the fixed data is correctly received as the headers 1 to 6. If normal, S24
The processing of 7 and below is performed, but if it is not normal, this subroutine program ends.

At S247, it is determined whether the command code of the received sub CPU command is "2". If it is 2, the control proceeds to S248, and if not, the control proceeds to S249. In step S248, a drum lamp control code command extraction process is performed. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. After S248, this subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, in S249, the command code is 1
A determination is made as to whether or not. If it is 1, the control proceeds to S250, and the process for extracting the drum rotation command is performed. Details of this drum rotation command extraction processing will be described later with reference to FIG. If it is determined in S249 that the command code is not 1, it is determined that the received data is not normal, and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 18B is a flowchart of the subroutine program of the drum lamp control code command fetch processing shown in S248. First, in step S251, the drum lamp control code is set in the storage area of the RAM from the sub CPU command input area. Then S25
2, the drum lamp 1 and 2 data (reach) is S25
At 3, the drum lamps 1 and 2 data (big hit) are set in the same manner. In S254, the display timer is cleared and the display timer is set to the initial value. In the case of this embodiment, a value corresponding to 2.048 seconds is set as the initial value. After S254, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 18C is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the drum rotation command take-out processing performed in FIG. 18A. First, in S255, after seven data from the head (header 1) of the drum rotation control data,
That is, by checking whether or not the drum rotation data in area 8 is "10H", it is determined whether or not the drum rotation command is for abnormal recovery. If normal, control is S2
Proceed to 57. If it is a restoration process, the process proceeds to S256 and the initial value 70 is set to the sensor check counter. After S256, the control proceeds to S257.

At S257, the left of the stop symbol number is set. The medium stop symbol number is set in S258, and the data of the medium symbol symbol number thus set is set in the storage area. The intermediate stop symbol number in this storage area is used in S329 of FIG. In S259, the right stop symbol number is set, and in S260, the contents input as the sub CPU command are set in the big hit flag. Similarly, S26
In 1, S262, the number of idle rotation symbols and the number of re-rotation symbols of the sub CPU command are set to variables in the program.

At S263, it is determined whether the number of re-rotation symbols set at S262 is 0 or not.
If it is 0, the process proceeds to S268, but if it is other than 0, the control proceeds to S264. In S264, the number of re-rotation symbols is subtracted from the medium stop symbol number, and in S265, it is determined whether or not the subtraction result is 0 or more. 0
If it is greater than or equal to S267, the process proceeds to S267, but if less than 0, S26.
In step 6, 21 is added to the calculation result. This allows
The calculation result will take any value from 0 to 20. Subsequently, in S267, a process of setting the calculation result of S264 to S266 in the stop symbol number is performed, and the process proceeds to S268.

At S268, 1 is set to the operation flag. Since the operation flag is set to 1, FIG.
At the time of the next execution of S206 of (a), the drum rotation start processing is performed. After S268, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 19A shows the S34 of FIG. 17C.
6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum control processing performed in S6, S347, and S348. First, in S369, it is determined whether or not the motor control flag is stopped. If it is stopped, nothing is done and this subroutine program ends. If it is not stopped, the process proceeds to S270 and the process of inputting the output from the motor sensor is performed. Subsequently, in S271, it is determined whether or not the signal from the motor sensor is ON. If not ON, S27
Go to 2. In S272, it is determined whether or not the ON counter is 0. If 0, the control proceeds to S276, and if not 0, the control proceeds to S273. In S273, the sensor ON counter is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S276.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S271 that the sensor is ON, the process proceeds to S274, and it is determined whether the content of the sensor ON counter is 3 or more.
If it is 3 or more, the control proceeds to S276 without doing anything, and if it is less than 3, 1 is added to the ON counter in S275 and S27 is set.
Go to 6. By the processing of S270 to S275, while the signal from the sensor is ON, the ON counter is added up to 3 and when it is OFF, 1 is subtracted and S is added.
Control proceeds to 276. When the motor is not at the reference position, the output of the motor sensor is OFF, so if the ON counter is 0, the control is S271, S272, S27.
Go to 6 and S until the ON counter reaches 0 if it is not 0.
271, S272, and S273 are processed.

By using the ON counter in this way, if spike-like noise is mixed in the signal from the motor sensor for some reason, it is temporarily changed to S274, S275.
Even if the ON counter is incremented through, the spike noise has fallen to the OFF level when the drum control process is executed next time. Therefore, from S271 to S27.
The processing proceeds to 272 and S273, and the ON counter is decremented by 1. It is ON when the motor is judged to be in the reference position
When the counter is 2 or more, it is therefore unlikely that the motor is erroneously determined to be at the reference position due to spike noise.

At S276, the motor control flag is set to accelerate /
A determination is made as to whether deceleration is occurring. If it is not acceleration / deceleration, the process proceeds to S278, but if it is acceleration / deceleration, the process proceeds to S277 and the drum acceleration / deceleration process is executed. This processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S278, it is further determined whether the motor control flag is constant speed. If the speed is constant, the drum constant speed process is executed in S279, and otherwise, the drum temporary stop process is executed in S280, and the subroutine program is completed. S279 drum constant speed processing,
The drum temporary stop processing in S280 is shown in FIG.
This will be described later with reference to 1 (a) and 1 (b).

FIG. 19B shows S277 of FIG. 19A.
6 is a flowchart of a drum acceleration / deceleration processing subroutine program shown in FIG. In S281, FIG.
A determination is made as to whether or not the one-step timer set in S342 has expired. If it has not ended, this subroutine program ends, and control proceeds to S282 only after the one-step timer ends. S
At 282, step check processing is performed. This step check process is a process for checking whether or not any abnormality has occurred in the motor, and details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. S
At 283, it is determined whether the operation flag is 0 as a result of the process of S282. The case where the operation flag is 0 indicates that the motor is stopped for some reason or that the motor should be stopped. If it is 0, this subroutine program ends. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S284, and timer data for the next step is set. In S285, it is determined whether or not the number of steps set in 3 of the motor control area (see FIG. 22) has ended,
If not completed, the control proceeds to S296, and if it is completed, the control proceeds to S286.

In S286, it is determined whether or not the drum control table has ended, and if it has ended (when the data is $ FF), S288.
If not completed, the process proceeds to S287.
In S287, the next control data is set in the storage area in the program, and the address of the control data is updated. After S287, control proceeds to S296.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S286 that the drum control table has ended, the flow proceeds to S288, where it is determined whether the motor currently controlled is the middle drum motor. If it is not a middle drum motor, the control proceeds to S293, and if it is a middle drum, control proceeds to S28.
Go to 9 respectively. First, the middle drum will be described.

First, in S289, it is determined whether or not the rotation increase counter for increasing the number of rotations of the middle drum at the time of reach is zero. If 0, it is determined in S291 whether the number of idle symbols is 0.
If it is 0, the process proceeds to S293. If not 0, the process proceeds to S292, and the number of steps is 1 symbol step number (8 steps)
Is set, the number of idle rotation symbols is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S296. On the other hand, if the rotation increase counter is not 0, the process proceeds to S290, the reach rotation increase step number is set to the step number, the rotation increase counter is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S296.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S288 that the drum is not the medium drum and if it is determined in S291 that the number of idle rotation symbols is 0, the process proceeds to S293, the motor control flag is set to a constant speed, and the initial is performed in S294. Step (Fig. 1
A determination is made as to whether or not (see 6) is 0. 0
If so, the control directly proceeds to S296, but if it is other than 0, it is the drum acceleration / deceleration processing performed in the system initial processing of FIG.
0 is set to the stop symbol number in S295 and S29
Go to 6. Since the stop symbol number 0 is "red 7", "red 777" will be aligned in the center of the drum of the variable display device during the initial operation.

In S296, the motor output data is set and this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 20 shows steps S270 to S2 of FIG.
It is a flowchart of the subroutine program of the step check process for determining what kind of state the motor is in, based on the signal from the motor sensor obtained by the process of 75.

This motor sensor detects the rotation reference position of the motor. When the motor is turned on once every time the motor turns once, the reference position is turned once when the motor is turned on for a predetermined time or longer. Judged as detection. Figure 20
19A shows the specific contents of the program shown in S282 of FIG. 19B. The "motor excitation pattern" shown in S297 of FIG. 20 (a) is an excitation pattern for exciting the coil of the stepping motor, and there are four types of excitation patterns for the stepping motor of this embodiment, including the reference pattern. Of the motor excitation patterns, the motor reference pattern is set to "0".

One rotation of the drum is one stepping motor.
Since it corresponds to 68 steps, the number of reference excitation patterns during one rotation of the drum is 168/4 = 42 times, and YES is determined 42 times by S297 during one rotation of the drum. If YES is determined in S297, S is performed.
In step 298, it is determined whether the sensor ON counter is less than 2. This sensor ON counter is incremented by 1 in S275 of FIG. 19 and decremented by 1 in S272.
This counter has a value of 3 and is provided to prevent erroneous determination due to chattering of the output signal of the motor sensor as described above. Note that the sensor ON counter is normally 0, and 3 or 2 when there is a valid input.

If it is determined that the sensor ON counter is 2 or more, since the drum has reached the reference position, the step NO.
To 0 and the current pattern NO. Is set to 0.

Step NO. In 1 symbol And the current pattern NO.
A simple description of the relationship with is that the number of steps corresponding to one symbol is 8 steps, so the step NO. Can take values from 0 to 7. Further, since the number of symbols drawn on the drum is 21, the current symbol number. Can take values from 0 to 20. And step NO. When the value of 8 has reached 8, the current symbol NO. 1 is added to the value of 1 and step NO. Value is set to 0, and as a result of addition, the current symbol NO. If the value of reaches 21,
Present pattern NO. Is also set to 0. These processes are shown in FIG.
Although it is performed in the motor output data set processing indicated by 0 (b), if it is determined that the motor sensor is ON when the motor reference pattern is reached, both are performed in S299 regardless of the state of the motor output data set processing. It will be set to 0.

Next, in S300, it is determined whether or not the value of the sensor check counter is "100" or more.
The sensor check counter changes from the initial setting value “70” in S223 of FIG.
Each time the motor ON sensor is determined to be OFF in step S305, the countdown is performed in S305. Further, during variable display, the value of the sensor check counter when it is determined to be ON in S298 is initially set to "100" in S303, and is counted down 42 times in S305, so that it is "58" in a normal state. Become. Therefore, as long as it is operating normally, S300, S30 including power-on and restoration
In both cases, a NO determination is made, and the value of the sensor ON counter is updated to "100" in S303. The sensor check counter is initially set to "70" because it is set to "0" to prevent an error determination in S306 when the power is turned on or when the power is restored.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S300 that the sensor check counter is less than "100" and in S302 that the sensor check counter is "82" or more, S3.
In step 07, 0 is set in the operation flag. That is,
If it is determined that the motor sensor is ON before the drum is rotated about half a turn after the reference position is detected, a process for stopping the operation of the motor is performed in S304. The cause of this error is, for example, when the sensor is out of order or the reflection position of the motor reference position is displaced.

Next, if NO in S298 and the value of the sensor check counter is "100" or more, the sensor check counter is incremented by "1" in S301 and the sensor is turned ON in S304.
It is determined whether the counter is less than "105".
If it is "105" or more, the process proceeds to S307 and 0 is set in the operation flag. That is, the sensor check counter normally has an initial value of 100 as described above. Therefore, if the drum sensor continues to be in the ON state for more than five reference patterns, the drum sensor may be defective or the drum sensor may not be able to operate. Since it is possible that the connector is disconnected, the operation flag is set to 0 by S307.
Is set.

When the motor reference pattern is reached, the motor sensor is not judged to be ON (ON counter is less than 2)
In this case, the sensor check ON counter is decremented by "1" in S305. That is, the number of times the motor reference pattern becomes the motor reference pattern from when the motor sensor is switched off to when it is switched on next is counted down in S305. When normal, the motor reference pattern is 4
Since the drum makes one rotation if it is generated twice, this sensor ON counter has a value of 100 to 58.
When it is determined in S306 that the value of the sensor ON counter is equal to or less than "7", that is, when the drum is 2
When the non-reflective portion is not detected even after the rotation beyond the rotation, the process proceeds to S307 and the operation flag is set to 0. The motor error in this case may be a failure, the motor or reel is in contact with a part of the variable display device, or the stepping motor may not rotate due to an external force caused by the player trying to force the drum to stop. To be

FIG. 20B shows the S296 of FIG. 19B.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of motor output data set processing performed in FIG. First, S308
Then, the data is read from the corresponding address in the motor control area. The motor step number is changed to S31 in S309.
At 0, the step number in one symbol is incremented by 1. In S311, a determination is made as to whether or not the step number in one symbol has become the maximum value (8 in the case of this embodiment) as a result of addition. If the maximum value, control is S
312, otherwise control proceeds to S316.

At S312, since the display of one symbol has just ended, one is added to the current symbol number. Subsequently, in S313, it is determined whether or not the current symbol number becomes the maximum value (21 in the case of the present embodiment) as a result of the addition. If it is not the maximum value, the control proceeds to S315, but if it is the maximum value, the current symbol number is set to 0 in S314 and then the process proceeds to S315. S3
In 15, the process of setting the step number in one symbol to 0 is performed, and the process proceeds to S316.

At S316, a process of setting a motor excitation pattern according to the motor step number is performed. After S316, this subroutine program ends.

FIG. 21A shows the S279 of FIG. 19A.
4 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for constant drum speed processing shown in FIG. First, in S317, it is determined whether or not the one-step timer has expired. If not, this subroutine ends immediately. When the one-step timer expires, the control is S3.
18, the step check process of FIG. 20 is performed, and the process proceeds to S319. In S319, it is determined whether or not the operation flag becomes 0 as a result of the step check process. If the operation flag is 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. If the operation flag is other than 0, the control proceeds to S320, and the step number in the current symbol is checked.
Then, in S321, it is determined whether or not the step number in the symbol is 0. If it is other than 0, the control is in progress because it is in the middle of the symbol. When it is 0, the process proceeds to S322, and it is determined whether or not the current symbol number matches the stopped symbol number. If they match, the control proceeds to S324, and if they do not match, the control proceeds to S323. In S323,
Subsequently, the motor output data is set and the rotation of the drum is continued. After S323, this subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, if the current symbol number matches the stop symbol number, "stopped" is set in the motor control flag in S324. In S325, it is determined whether or not the number of re-rotation symbols is 0. If it is 0, this subroutine program ends, but if it is other than 0, in S326, the process timer is set to 245 (490 m).
s) is set, and "temporary stop" is set in the motor control flag. Since the temporary stop is set in the motor control flag, the middle symbol is once stopped during the time set in the process timer, and then the rotation is restarted and the control is stopped at the stop symbol.

FIG. 21B shows a step S280 of FIG.
5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum temporary stop processing shown in FIG. This processing is performed when the motor control flag is "temporarily stopped". First, S327
Then, the process of subtracting 1 from the process timer set in S326 is performed, and a determination is made in S328 as to whether the process timer has expired. If not, this subroutine program ends. The control proceeds to S329 only after the process timer ends. S3
In 29, the data in the stop symbol number stored in the stop symbol number storage area is reset as the stop symbol number, the constant speed 1 step timer (corresponding to 20 ms) is set, and the motor control flag is set to "constant". Fast,
Processing for clearing the number of re-rotation symbols is performed. S329
After this program ends.

As described above, in this embodiment, the main CP
During the sub CPU command transmitted from U to the sub CPU,
The contents of command data transmitted by this command code including the command code are distinguished.
The data for controlling the rotation of the drum such as the stop pattern may be sent only when the rotation of the drum is started and need not be sent in other cases. Therefore, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, it is not necessary to constantly send data that does not normally need to be sent to the sub CPU as a sub CPU command in this way, so the amount of transmission data can be reduced and the time required for transmission can be reduced. it can. Therefore, the time required for transmission can be shortened, and the adverse effect of the variable display control on the game control can be minimized.

In this embodiment, when a big hit with a specific probability fluctuation pattern is described, an example of improving the probability of a big hit is explained, and the normal probability and the probability at the time of high probability are fixed respectively. . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and by providing a probability setting switch, the probability may be changed in the normal time, the high probability, or both, or the probability may not be changed.

In the above embodiments, the rotary display is used as the variable display device, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an LCD (liquid crystal display device) or an LED may be used. Good. Also, in the above embodiment,
Although an example in which five lines are defined as the contact area is illustrated, the present invention is not limited to this. LCD for example
When the display parts of the respective symbols are variably displayed independently by using the or LED, a plurality of variable display parts which are not linear may be defined as the hit area.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, in the case of both reach and big hit, the line that the combination of the symbols is established is displayed by the drum lamp, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the line may be displayed only in the case of either reach or jackpot.

[0215]

As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present invention,
From the game control means to the display control means, the data regarding the mode of the game control in the game control means and the data regarding the establishment place of the combination of the specific display modes are sent, and the display control means relates to the sent game control mode. The combination establishment location display means is controlled based on the data and the data regarding the establishment location of the combination of the specific display modes. The data transmitted from the game control means to the display control means for controlling the established location display means, all the data for controlling the display mode of the established location display means are also given to the game control means, and these data are game-controlled. Compared with the case of transmitting from the means to the display control means, the time required for data transmission can be relatively short, so that the load on the game control means regarding the control of the combination establishment position display means is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game area of a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing various symbols displayed by each rotary drum of the variable display device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a program for explaining the operation of the main basic circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of system initial processing and process timer check processing.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a motor step check process and a normal time process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum rotation preprocessing and jackpot symbol setting processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a missing symbol setting process and a missing symbol check process.

FIG. 9: Sub CPU command setting process, sub CPU
7 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of command setting processing and sub CPU command outputting processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum stop waiting processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a big hit check process and a big hit operation end waiting process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of error recovery check processing and sub CPU command output set processing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a winning storage area storing process and a switch input process.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a command area for transmitting data from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a main routine executed by a sub CPU and a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum lamp data setting processing.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for system initial processing.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command input processing, drum rotation start processing, and drum rotation processing.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command check processing, drum lamp control code command extraction processing, and drum rotation command extraction processing.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum control processing and drum acceleration / deceleration processing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of step check processing and motor output data setting processing.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for constant drum speed processing and temporary drum stop processing.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a motor control area and two examples of drum control data tables.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game board, 3 is a variable display device, 4a to 4b are rotating drums, 6 is an opening frequency indicator, 12 is a variable winning ball device, 7a.
7i is a drum lamp, 8 is a starting memory indicator, 9 is a guide member, 10 is a starting port, 11 is a starting port switch, 15 is a solenoid, 16 is a 10-count switch, 17 is a V switch, 18 is a winning number indicator. , 21 is the main basic circuit,
22 is a sub basic circuit, 39 is a control circuit, and 40 is a gaming machine control board.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A variable display device having a plurality of variable display parts whose display states can be changed, and a plurality of combination establishment points where a predetermined game value can be given are provided, and display results of the plurality of variable display parts are displayed. A gaming machine in which the predetermined game value can be given when a combination of predetermined display modes is established in any of the plurality of combination establishment locations, among the plurality of combination establishment locations A combination establishment location display means capable of displaying at least one of which combination establishment location establishes the combination of the specific display modes or which combination establishment location establishes the combination of the specific display modes; Game control means for controlling the game state of, and the variable display device and combination establishment location display hand based on the control data sent from the game control means The control data sent from the game control means to the display control means includes a display control means for controlling the stages, and the establishment position of the combination of the data regarding the mode of the game control in the game control means and the specific display mode And the data relating to the combination control section, the display control section controls the combination establishment point display section based on the sent data relating to the aspect of the game control and the data relating to the establishment point of the combination of the specific display aspects. Characteristic, gaming machine.