JPH0679040A - Device for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent inconvenience that a player gets tired of watching an identifying information variably indicated by a variable indicator. CONSTITUTION:Every one of a plurality of different kinds of variably indicated pattern groupes by a LCD unit 24 is stored in pattern data memories 153a, 153b, 153c provided at the outside of playing machine. And one of indicated pattern groupes of pattern data memory selected by a character changeover switch 12 is indicated by a LCD unit 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a gaming machine typified by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine or the like, and more specifically, has a variable display device whose display state can be changed. The present invention relates to a gaming device including a gaming machine that can give a predetermined game value when the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined specific display mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, a conventionally known one can be variably displayed with a plurality of types of identification information, such as numbers and patterns, and the display state can be changed. A display device is provided, and the variable display device is variably started and then stopped and controlled, so that a predetermined game value can be given to a player when the display state becomes a predetermined specific display state. There was something that was organized.

[0003]

However, in this type of conventional game apparatus, the type of identification information that is variably displayed on the variable display device is constant, and the one-pattern display state is always variably displayed. Therefore, there is a drawback in that the player gets tired of the variable display, and the game becomes less interesting and less interesting.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to prevent the inconvenience that a player becomes tired of seeing a display state which is variably displayed on a variable display device. It is to provide a device for use.

[0005]

The present invention has a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a predetermined game is performed when the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined specific display mode. A gaming device including a gaming machine capable of providing value, wherein a plurality of sets of different types of display data provided outside the gaming machine and variably displayed by the variable display device are provided. Storage means for storing the stored display data, which is commonly used by the variable display devices of a plurality of gaming machines, and display data of any one of a plurality of sets of display data stored in the storage means. And a variable display control means that is provided in the gaming machine and controls the variable display device based on the display data of the set selected and designated by the selection designating means. To

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of sets of display data to be displayed on the variable display devices of a plurality of gaming machines are stored in the storage means provided outside the gaming machine, and the display of each group is displayed. The data is composed of different types. Then, variable display is performed by the variable display device in each gaming machine based on the set of display data selected and designated by the selection designating means.

That is, if the display data selected and designated is different, the display state of the variable display device in each gaming machine is also different.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be a gaming device such as a coin gaming machine or a slot machine.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention. When the player operates the hit ball operation handle 141, the pachinko balls stored in the hit ball storage tray 140 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 liquid crystal display device capable of variably displaying an example of a plurality of types of identification information is provided, and start winning holes 10a, 10b, 10c are provided. There is. These start winning holes 10a, 10b, 10
Pachinko balls that have won in c are detected by the start winning ball detectors 11a, 11b, and 11c, respectively.

Starting prize winning ball detectors 11a, 11b, 11c
Based on the detection signal of the above, each symbol display portion 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 image of the liquid crystal display device, and each symbol display portion has a predetermined plurality of symbols during variable display. Scroll sequentially. Then, based on the lapse of a predetermined time, the first symbol displayed on the symbol display portion on the upper left and lower right is stopped, then the second row of the leftmost row (referred to as "left middle"), and then the central row. Displayed on the four symbol display parts of the first and third stages (referred to as "middle upper" and "middle lower", respectively) and the second stage in the rightmost column (referred to as "right middle") The second symbol stops, and finally the third row in the leftmost column (referred to as "upper left"), the second row in the center row (referred to as "middle and middle"), the first row in the rightmost row ("upper right") Called)
The third symbol as the predetermined variable display portion displayed on the three symbol display portions is stopped.

When the display result at the time of stop becomes the predetermined specific identification information, the opening / closing plate 6 of the variable winning ball device 4 is opened to make it the first state which is advantageous for the player, and a predetermined game value is given. Make it possible. If the condition that the combination of specific identification information is satisfied at the time when the first symbol is stopped, or at the time when the first and second symbols are stopped, 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 eight display lines are formed, including three vertical lines and two diagonal lines. In the present embodiment, all of these eight lines are set as a combination effective row, and a combination of jackpot symbols as an example of a specific display mode on this line (“777 in the case of FIG. 6A to be described later). ") Is stopped and displayed, the gaming machine is controlled so as to be in the first state. Also, if all the symbols display "Fruit" symbols at the time when all the 9 symbols are stopped, the gaming machine will be a big hit and the game machine will be in the first state. Controlled. If the display result of the variable display device at the time of variable stop becomes the specific identification information set in advance, the prize balls may be paid out or the points may be given directly.

For example, if the symbol "7" is displayed in both the upper left and lower right when the first symbol is stopped, if the symbol in the center (called "middle and middle") is "7", then it is a big hit. Occurs, and the diagonal line from the upper left corner to the lower right corner reaches the reach state. In this case, in the variable display device 3 of this embodiment, in each symbol display portion of the activated line which may be in the reach state, a frame surrounding the symbol is displayed as a mark indicating the activated column in the reach state. It is displayed as a frame.
The player can easily know the occurrence of the reach state by displaying this display frame, and the interest of the game is enhanced by gazing at this row until the variable display of this row is stopped.

Thus, in the reach state, the control of displaying the frame surrounding each symbol display portion on the activated line where the reach has occurred is performed even when the second symbol is stopped. In this case, the reach state may occur in the other six activated lines except the two diagonal lines, and if the reach state occurs, a display frame is displayed in each symbol display section on the activated column. . Similarly, if all of the stopped symbols are fruit symbols at this point, a big hit may occur if the identification information at the time of the stop of the third symbol is all fruits. Therefore, in this case, the variable display device 3
A display frame for the reach occurrence display is displayed on all of the symbol display portions above. By displaying the display frame indicating the reach occurrence in this way, the player pays attention to the display on the variable display device 3 until the third symbol stops, and the interest of the game is further enhanced. In addition, since any of the three effective lines includes at least one third symbol, the occurrence of the jackpot is not fixed until the third symbol stops, and during the variable display, the third symbol stops completely. Until then, players' anxiety and expectations can be maintained, and the interest of the game can be further enhanced.

A character changeover switch 121 is provided at a position where the player can operate the pachinko gaming machine 105. By switching the character changeover switch 121, the type of symbol group variably displayed by the variable display device 3 can be changed to another type.

If a pachinko ball wins the start winning holes 10a to 10c 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, it is changed again based on the memory. The display device 3 is variably started. For example, the upper limit of the memory for winning the winning prize is "4".
Stipulated in. The number of times of winning prize winning storage is displayed by the starting memory display 16.

In the above description, the combination effective line is 8 lines. However, the effective line is not limited to this, and may be, for example, one line or a plurality of other lines. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the stop order of the symbol display portion is performed in the order of the first symbol, the second symbol, and the third symbol, but the present invention is not limited to this. Also, the first
The upper left and lower right as a design, the left middle, middle upper, middle lower, right middle as the second design, the lower left, middle, and upper right designs as the third design have been selected, but also the design display part constituting each design However, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but it is sufficient that at least one symbol is not stopped until the end of the variable display for each of the activated lines. Further, the method of displaying the identification information is scroll display for each symbol in the above embodiment, but it may be switched display instead of scrolling.

On the other hand, the variable winning ball device 4 is in a second state which is disadvantageous to a player who cannot win a pachinko ball in the opening 5 because the opening 5 is normally closed by the opening / closing plate 6. However, when the opening / closing plate 6 is opened, the pachinko balls are in the first state which is advantageous for the player who can win the prize in the opening 5. The first state of the variable winning ball device 4 is that the condition of whichever is earlier, a winning of a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls into the opening portion 5 or a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) is established. Then, the variable winning ball device 4 is switched to the second state. on the other hand,
A specific winning area 7 is formed at a predetermined position in the opening 5, and if a pachinko ball that has won the variable winning ball device 4 wins the specific winning area 7, the variable winning ball device 4 of that time After the first state is finished and the second state is reached, the opening / closing plate 6 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. The number of winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 4 is displayed by the winning number display device 12. In addition, reference numeral 13 in the drawing is a solenoid for driving the opening / closing plate 6 to open and close.

The second state of the variable winning ball device 4 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.

The number of symbol display portions is not limited to nine, and may be eight or less or ten or more. Further, the variable display of the variable display device 3 is displayed by the player's stop button (not shown).
Alternatively, the stop control may be performed on the basis of the lapse of a predetermined time or the player pressing the stop button, whichever is earlier.

A lamp cover 1 is provided above the variable display device 3.
7 is provided. Further, in the game area 2, decoration lamps 18 to 22 and a normal winning opening 14 are further provided. Decorative LEDs 23 are provided on both sides of the variable winning ball device 4.
Is provided. In the figure, 15 is an out port for collecting out balls.

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine. The player has a ball hitting handle 14
1 (see FIG. 1) is operated to hit a ball launching device 14
3, the pachinko balls are driven into the game area 2 on the front side of the game board 1 one by one. The variable winning ball device 4 and the variable display device 3 arranged in the game area 2 are the game control board 1 provided in the game control board box 106.
Controlled by 07. When the pachinko ball wins the winning area or the winning ball device, the winning ball is the winning ball processor 1
It is processed by 20, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out for each winning ball. With respect to the prize balls, the pachinko balls in the ball tank 131 are paid out into the hitting ball storage tray (not shown) through the tank rails 132 by the operation of the ball payout device 119. This ball dispenser 119 is a dispense control board box 11
It is controlled by the payout centralized control board 116 in FIG. The payout central control board 116 and the ball payout device 119 are connected to the wiring 114,
It is connected through the relay terminal board 111. On the other hand, the game control board 107 and the payout concentration control board 116 are
The wiring 112, the relay terminal board 111, and the wiring 114 are connected.

Further, the game control board 107 and the board 58 provided in the relay terminal board box 70, on which a microcomputer interface 61 and an LCD control microcomputer 92 to be described later are mounted, are a connector cable 67 and a connector 66. Are electrically connected via. The relay terminal board box 70 is provided with an opening 65, and the opening 65 and the back cover member 70.
Connection is made by the connector cable 67 through the opening 71. In addition, the board 58 and the character changeover switch 121 (see FIG. 1) are connected by a connector cable 122 through both openings 65 and 71.
A switching operation signal from the character changeover switch 121 is input to the board 58. Further, the board 58 and a symbol data storage device 150 described later are connected via a connector 128 and a connector cable 129. 2 in the figure
An LCD unit 4 constitutes the variable display device 3.

Reference numeral 109 in the figure denotes a relay terminal board to which various lamps, LCDs, sensors and the like are connected, and the relay terminal board 109 and the game control board 107 are electrically connected via wiring 110. . In addition, the game control board 107 and the gaming machine terminal box 130 are wired 1.
It is connected by 08 and the big hit occurrence data and the like are transmitted to the hall management computer through the wiring 108 and the gaming machine terminal box 130.

The winning ball detection signal processed and detected by the winning ball processor 120 is input to the game control board 107 through the payout concentration control board 116. The game control board 107 stores the prize ball payout number according to the prize ball signal, and the prize ball number signal for instructing the prize ball payout number is transmitted to the payout central control board 116 side and transmitted. A control signal for paying out a number of prize balls corresponding to the prize ball number signal is transmitted from the payout central control board 116 to the ball payout machine 119. In the ball dispenser 119,
The pachinko balls in the ball tank 131 are supplied through the tank rail 132, and the supplied balls are the ball dispenser 11.
By the operation of 9, a predetermined number of balls are discharged onto the hitting ball storage plate 130. The payout control board box 116 is provided with an error cause indicator 146, and is configured to be able to display the type of the cause of an abnormality when an abnormality occurs in the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball payout machine 119. . Then, when the attendant of the game arcade repairs the generated abnormality, the reset button 118 is operated to reset the ball payout control program. Instead of providing the error cause indicator 146 on the payout control board box 116, an error cause indicator may be provided separately on the front side of the gaming machine, and the error cause may be displayed on the hall management computer. Note that reference numeral 113 in the drawing denotes wiring that connects to the game control board 107 and the speaker 98 (see FIG. 1) provided on the hitting ball supply tray 140 on the front side of the game machine.

FIG. 3 shows one mode of variable display and variable display of the variable display device 3 in the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment. In FIG. 3 (A), all the symbol display portions 79A to 79I are scrolled in each symbol display portion. For example, in the symbol display portion 79A,
Of the symbols shown in FIG. 4, the leftmost symbol is scroll-displayed in order.

After the elapse of a predetermined time, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the first symbol composed of the upper left symbol 79A and the lower right symbol 79B is stopped. When both the upper left symbol 79A and the lower right symbol 79B at the time of stop are "7", the specific identification information "777" may occur on the diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right. However, in this case, unless the middle and middle symbol 79I is stopped, this specific identification information is not generated when the third symbol is stopped. Therefore, even if there is a possibility that the specific identification information "777" is generated, there is no special display if there is no possibility that a big hit will occur due to the stop of the next stage.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 3C, FIG.
The second symbol composed of the middle upper symbol 79C, the left middle symbol 79D, the middle lower symbol 79E, and the right middle symbol 79F shown in FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 3C, the left middle symbol is the big hit symbol “7”, the middle upper symbol and the middle lower symbol are the fruit symbols, and the right middle symbol is the deviating symbol in the second symbol. At this point, the lower left symbol, the middle and middle symbol, and the upper right symbol are all scroll-displayed. When the identification information at the time of the second symbol stop is as shown in FIG. 3 (C), in addition to the diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right, the specific identification information “777” is also present on the effective line from the upper left to the lower left. The possibility arises. Also in this case,
The line that may cause a big hit when the third symbol stops is only the effective line from the upper left to the lower left. Therefore, the mark display frames 80A, 80D, 80H are displayed.
By such a display, the player can easily know the occurrence of the reach, and the interest of the game becomes more exciting because the player tries to confirm the symbol when the succeeding symbol is stopped.

After this, as shown in FIG. 3D, the third symbol consisting of the lower left symbol and the upper right symbol is stopped. At the time when the third symbol is stopped, as shown in FIG. 3 (D), it is assumed that the fruit symbol is displayed in the lower left symbol and the dislodged symbol is displayed in the upper right symbol. At this time, since there is no possibility that the specific identification information “777” is generated on the effective line from the upper left to the lower left, the mark display frames 80D, 80H
Is erased. On the other hand, for the first time when the third symbol is stopped, there is a possibility that specific identification information will be aligned on the diagonal line from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, and the so-called reach state will occur, so the mark display frame 80A is displayed as it is, Further, mark display frames 80I and 80B are displayed. In this way, the display frame showing the reach line changes to show the place where a big hit may actually occur at the time of the next symbol stop, so that the player's interest is further enhanced.

Then, by stopping the fourth symbol, it is finally determined whether or not a combination of specific identification information has been made. Then, as shown in FIG. 3E, when a combination of specific identification information occurs, each mark display frame on the effective line blinks to notify that the combination of specific identification information is established. At the same time, the mark display frame on the activated line in which the specific identification information is not displayed in the reach state is deleted.

4 (a), (b) and (c) show symbols based on the variable display symbol data stored in each symbol data memory 153a, 153b, 153c described later for each display position. It is shown in a development view format in accordance with the display order of the symbols. (A) in the symbol data memory 153a
Group, the symbol data memory 153b stores the group (b), and the symbol data memory 153c stores the symbol shown in the group (c). These symbols are a first symbol consisting of an upper left symbol 79A and a lower right symbol 79B, a second symbol consisting of a middle upper symbol 79C, a left middle symbol 79D, a middle lower symbol 79E and a right middle symbol 79F, and an upper right symbol 79G, a lower left symbol. It is composed of a third symbol consisting of the symbol 79H and a fourth symbol consisting of the middle-middle symbol 79I.

First, a description will be given with reference to FIG.
The first design and the second design are respectively one jackpot design "7", six fruit designs, six jacks provided between the jackpot design and the fruit design, or between the fruit design and the fruit design. It consists of a total of 13 symbols, including symbols. The numbers on the left side of FIG. 4 are symbol numbers pre-assigned to each symbol. The first symbol and the second symbol will be described once again using this symbol number, as follows. Design number 0, 3, 5,
7, 9 and B are outlying patterns. Design number 1, 2,
4, 6, 8 and A are fruit patterns. Design number C
Is a jackpot design.

Similarly, the third symbol and the fourth symbol are the symbol symbols 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and B, and the symbol symbols 1, 4, 6, 8 and A, and the fruit symbols. It consists of a winning symbol of the symbol number C. The third design and the fourth design are the first design and the second design in that the fruit design is one less and that the fruit design used is different from that of the first design and the second design. It's different. Of the third and fourth symbols, the symbols 79G and 79H have the same color and the same symbol, and the pattern 79I has the same arrangement as the symbols 79G and 79H, but the design of the symbol is different from the others. Has become. For this reason, since the fruit patterns of the same pattern are not aligned on each line, it is less likely that the player will mistake a big hit.

The ones shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C are also
Similar to the one shown in (a), design numbers 0, 3,
5, 7, 9 and B are deviating symbols, symbol number 1,
2, 4, 6, 8 and A are symbols of the same nature as the fruit symbol of (a), and the symbol number C is a jackpot symbol.
As described above, in (a), (b), and (c) of FIG. 4, the symbol numbers corresponding to the combinations of symbols that are big hits are common, and the number of symbols and the arrangement of the symbols are common. By switching the character changeover switch 121, a set of symbols according to the operation is selected and designated and variably displayed on the variable display device 3.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine includes a game control microcomputer 81 for controlling the gaming machine according to a program for controlling various devices, and start prize winning ball detectors 11a, 11
The detection signals from b, 11c, the specific winning ball detector 8, and the winning number detector 9 are input to the I / I of the microcomputer 81.
A detection circuit 91 for giving to the O port 85, a solenoid drive circuit 93 for driving the solenoid 13 according to a command of the microcomputer 81, and for driving the decoration lamps 18 to 22 according to data given from the microcomputer 81. Lamp drive circuit 94
And a segment L for driving the starting winning prize memory display device 16, the decoration LED 23 and the winning number display device 12 according to the data given from the microcomputer 81.
The speaker 98 is driven according to the sound data given from the ED drive circuit 95 and the microcomputer 81,
An amplifier 96 for generating a sound effect and a power supply circuit 97
And a game control board 107 provided with.

Microcomputer 81 for game control
In addition to the above-mentioned I / O port 85, is a CPU (central processing unit) 82, a ROM (read-only memory) 83 in which a game control program is pre-written, and a RAM (writable and readable) at any time. Random Access
Memory 84, a power-on reset circuit 87 for resetting the CPU 82 when the power is turned on, and a CPU
A clock generation circuit 88 for generating a clock signal for operating 82 and a clock signal generated by the clock generation circuit 88 are frequency-divided and periodically (for example, 2 ms).
reset pulse to the CPU 82 every
A pulse frequency dividing circuit 89 for repeatedly executing the game control program stored in 83 from the beginning, and a CPU 8
A sound generator 86 for generating sound data to be given to the amplifier 96 in accordance with a command given from
And an address decoding circuit 90 for decoding an address signal supplied from the CPU 82 and outputting a signal for selecting any one of the ROM 83, the RAM 84, the I / O port 85, and the sound generator 86. The I / O port 85 has a detection circuit 91, a solenoid drive circuit 93, a lamp drive circuit 94, a segment / LE.
In addition to the D drive circuit 95, the LCD unit 24 is also connected.

Further, in the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine, A
A power supply circuit 97 that is connected to a C24V AC power supply and generates a plurality of types of DC voltage is included.

With reference to FIG. 6, the electrical connection inside the LCD unit 24 is as follows. In the cover 50, the liquid crystal display plate 25, the LCD power supply IC 100, the volume 43 for adjusting the voltage applied to the liquid crystal display plate 25 from the LCD power supply IC 100, the CFL backlight 46, and the substrate shown in FIG. An inverter 101 is provided on the switch 44 to convert a + 12V direct current supplied from a power supply circuit (not shown) into an alternating current and supply the alternating current to the CFL backlight 46.

The liquid crystal display panel 25 is connected to the microcomputer interface 61 via the connectors 42 and 59.
The microcomputer interface 61 and the LCD control microcomputer 92 are provided on the same substrate 58 (see FIG. 2) and are connected by a common bus 99 formed on the substrate 58. Then, the LCD control microcomputer 92 receives the display data from the game control microcomputer 81 and drives the microcomputer interface 61. The LCD control microcomputer 92 is further electrically connected to a hall management computer or a symbol data storage device 150 provided on a game machine installation island provided with a plurality of game machines.

The symbol data storage device 150 comprises an input / output control unit 151, a calculation unit 152, and a storage unit 153. LCD control microcomputers 92 of a plurality of gaming machines are electrically connected to the input / output control unit 151. Further, the storage unit 153 has a plurality (three in the drawing) of symbol data memories 153a, 153b, 153c that store a plurality of types of identification information (symbols) variably displayed by the variable display device 3. . The plurality of types of identification data memory 153a, 153b, 153c respectively different types of identification information (for example, (a) of FIG. 4,
The respective symbol groups shown in the groups (b) and (c) are stored, and the symbol data stored in the symbol data memory selected and designated according to the switching operation of the character changeover switch 121 is the calculation unit 152, It is input to the LCD control microcomputer 92 via the input / output control unit 151. Then, the LCD control microcomputer 92
Drives the microcomputer interface 61 based on the input symbol data. The symbol data memory 1
53a, 153b, and 153c may be configured by separate memories (for example, ROM), and a common memory area may be three.
You may divide it into two.

When the symbol data storage device 150 is provided on the gaming machine installation island, the symbol data is commonly used for a plurality of gaming machines installed on the gaming machine installation island. Further, when the symbol data storage device 150 is provided in the hall management computer, the symbol data is commonly used for a plurality of gaming machines installed in the game hall.

It should be noted that the LCD power supply IC 100 and the volume 43 are connected to the same power supply circuit as the power supply circuit which supplies a direct current of +12 V to the inverter 101, +5.
DC voltages of V, + 45V, and -7V are applied.

The following signals are given to the game control microcomputer 81 through the detection circuit 91. The winning number detector 9 gives a detection signal of a winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device 4 to the microcomputer 81 via a detection circuit 91. The specific winning ball detector 8 detects a winning ball that has won the specific winning area 7 of the variable winning ball device 4, and gives a detection signal to the microcomputer 81 via the detection circuit 91. Starting prize winning ball detectors 11a, 11b,
11c are starting winning openings 10a, 10b, 10c, respectively.
The pachinko ball that won the prize is detected and the detection signal is detected by the detection circuit 9
1 to the game control microcomputer 81.

The LCD unit 24 is controlled by the game control microcomputer 81 and displays as follows. First, during normal operation, the LCD unit 24 stops and displays all nine symbols of the symbol group stored in any of the symbol data memories 153a to 153c. When a start winning occurs and is variably started, all the symbols in the symbol group rotate at high speed (vertical scroll). This vertical scroll is a vertical scroll for each symbol display unit. The first symbol is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time. That is, the upper left symbol and the lower right symbol are slowly scrolled from the two symbols before the scheduled stop symbol, and are stopped at the scheduled stop symbol. It should be noted that this stop symbol is determined in advance by using a random number based on the start winning as will be described later.

When the predetermined time elapses after the first symbol stops, the second symbol
The design is stopped. That is, like the stop of the first symbol,
Left middle, middle upper, middle lower, right middle design scrolls slowly from the two symbols before the planned stop symbol, and stops at the planned stop symbol. Further, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the third symbol is similarly stopped. However, in this case, if a reach line occurs when the second symbol stops, the third symbol is scrolled more slowly (for example, 10 seconds) than at the time of normal stop, and stopped at the planned stop symbol. .

When a new reach line is generated by stopping the third symbol, a mark display frame is displayed in each symbol display portion of the reach line, and the reach line generated when the second symbol is stopped When the specific identification information is displayed on, the occurrence of a big hit is displayed by blinking the mark display frame of each symbol display section of the reach line, and also when the second symbol is stopped. When it is determined that the specific identification information is not available on the reach line due to the stop of the third symbol, the mark display frame is erased. After a further predetermined time, the fourth symbol is stopped in the same manner. Also in this case, if the reach line occurs at the time when the third symbol stops, the fourth symbol is scrolled more slowly than at the time of the normal stop and stopped at the planned stop symbol.

Depending on the display result at the time of stopping, when the specific identification information "777" is gathered on any of the activated lines, or when all the symbols at the time of stopping are fruit symbols, it is a big hit. In this case, the microcomputer 81 drives the speaker 98 to generate the fanfare sound, and displays the fanfare character on the display surface of the LCD unit 24.

While the big winning jackpot and the variable winning ball device 4 are in the open state, the LCD unit 24 displays the symbols at the time of stop, but the frame of the line in which the specific identification information is complete has a specific color. The area is surrounded by and blinks. When a pachinko ball is won in the specific winning area 7 within a predetermined period, the LCD unit 24 displays the character displayed during V winning for 2 seconds.

When there is a V prize, the variable winning ball device 4 is temporarily changed depending on whether a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls are won in the variable winning ball device 4 or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed. After 4 is closed, the variable winning ball device 4 is opened again with an interval of 2 seconds. At this interval, the LCD unit 24 displays a character for displaying the number of times of opening. The upper limit of the number of times this repetition is continued is limited to a predetermined number (for example, 16 times), and a character is displayed according to each number of times.

The number of repetitions of the variable winning ball device 4 is 16
When the final opening is completed, the LCD unit 2
4 displays the character of the big hit end for 10 seconds.

The LCD unit 24 informs the player and the operator of the occurrence of an error by displaying an error character when the pachinko gaming machine is in an abnormal state.

Decorative LED 23 and decorative lamps 18-2
2 turns on, turns off, and blinks according to the game state. The speaker 98 produces a sound effect that is predetermined according to the game state. The solenoid 13 opens and closes the variable winning ball device 4 under the control of the microcomputer 81. The starting winning prize memory display device 16 stores and displays the number of winning prizes when there is a starting prize during variable display or the like. The winning number display 12 is one of the variable winning ball devices 4
Displays the number of winning pachinko balls in the first opening.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram showing a connection state of a game control microcomputer and a game liquid crystal display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the part different from the embodiment of FIG. 6 is that the character changeover switch 121 is not provided on the pachinko gaming machine 105 but is provided on the side of the symbol data storage device 150. That is.

When the character changeover switch is thus provided on the side of the symbol data storage device 150, the game hall manager displays the symbol on the variable display device 3 of each gaming machine on the hall management computer side or the gaming machine installation island. Can be switched.

FIGS. 8, 9 and 12 to 20 are flow charts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the main program, and FIGS. 9 and 12 to 20 show flowcharts of the subroutine program.

The main routine program shown in FIG. 8 is executed once every 2 msec, for example, as described above. This execution is started in response to the reset pulse generated once every 2 msec by the pulse frequency dividing circuit 89 of FIG. First, in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, stack set processing is performed, and in step S2, it is determined whether or not there is a RAM error. This judgment is made in the RAM of FIG.
This is performed by reading the contents of the predetermined address of 84 and checking whether the value is equal to the predetermined value. Since the data stored in the RAM 84 is undefined at the time of program runaway or immediately after the power is turned on, the answer to this decision is NO, and the control advances to S3. In S3, initial data is written in a predetermined address of RAM 84. Then control is S9.
Proceed to. Since the initial data is written in S3, the answer to the determination in S2 is YES when the main routine is executed thereafter, and the control directly proceeds to S4.

At S4, a process of outputting predetermined data to the I / O port 85 in the game control microcomputer 81 is performed. Subsequently, in S5, it is determined whether or not the alarm flag is set. The alarm flag is for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the winning number detector 9. When the alarm flag is not set, the control advances to S6, and after the process processing is executed, advances to S7. If the alarm flag is set, the process of S6 is not executed and the process directly proceeds to S7.

The process processing of S6 is a step for performing necessary processing according to the game process, as described later with reference to FIG.

Then, in S7, the LCD control microcomputer 92 shown in FIG.
Command) to the I / O port 85
, And output to the sub CPU. By this processing, a command for performing display according to the game state is given to the LCD control microcomputer 92 of the LCD unit 24.

Subsequently, in S8, switch input processing for inputting detection signals from various detectors is performed.

Next, in S9, a process of updating the count values of the random 1 counter and the random 2 counter is performed. The random 1 counter and the random 2 counter are for determining whether or not the display result when the variable display device 3 is stopped is a combination (for example, 777) of specific identification information that causes a big hit. The random 1 counter is for the primary lottery described later, and the random 2 counter is for the secondary lottery described later. Also, random 2
As will be described later, the counter is also used to determine a stop symbol when it is determined to be a big hit.

Next, in S10, it is determined whether the number of resets is "0" or "other than 0". The number of resets means the number of resets in accordance with the periodic reset pulse issued from the pulse frequency dividing circuit 89, and each time it is reset, the number of steps is incremented by one from "0" and after reaching "7". By further stepping, it becomes “0”. If the number of resets is 0, S11
To the sound generator 86, the speaker 9
Data indicating the sound effect generated from 8 is set and S1
It is output at 2. The post-processing of S12 proceeds to S15.

When the number of resets is other than 0, the processing is S
Proceed to 13. In S13, the selection of the output data table,
A process of setting each data of LED / lamp data is performed, and each set data is I by S14.
It is output from the / O port 85. Based on the output data
As described above, the decoration lamps 18 to 22, the decoration LED 23
Is displayed.

Subsequently, the process proceeds to S15, and a prize storage area storing process described later is performed. The post-processing of S15 proceeds to S16, where the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 3 counter are updated. The random 3 counter is a random counter used to determine the display symbol at the time of the deviation. The process of S16 is
Time to be reset by the pulse frequency dividing circuit 89 (2 m
The processing from S1 to S15 is performed within sec) and the reset waiting time which is the remaining time is used.
Therefore, since the processing time from S1 to S15 is random, the processing time from S16 is also random, and S1
As a result of the updating process by 6, the count values of the random 1 counter, the random 2 counter, and the random 3 counter take random values.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the process processing shown in S6. S1
By 6, it is determined what value the process flag indicating the game state is set to. The process flags are S47, S51, S53, S, which will be described later.
57, S61, S65, S67, S69, S71, S7
It is set to each value by 6, S79, S80, and is necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time. As shown in FIG. 9, the program to be executed is selected according to the value of the process flag. When the process flag is "0", the normal process by S18 is performed, when it is "1", the check process of the random 2 counter is performed by S19, and when it is "2", the big hit symbol setting process by S20. Is performed, in the case of "3", the outlier symbol setting process in S21 is performed, and in the case of "4" to "9", each symbol stop process in S22 (4 is the first symbol stop process, 5 is the first symbol stop process). 2 symbol stop processing, 6 is 3rd symbol stop processing, 7
Is the third symbol stop processing at the time of reach, 8 is the fourth symbol stop processing, 9 is the fourth symbol stop processing at the time of reach) is performed,
In the case of “10, 11”, the big hit check (10 is out, 11 is big hit) processing is performed in S23, and “1
In the case of "2, 13", the process during opening (10 before V winning, 11 after V winning) is performed in S23, and "14, 1"
In the case of "5", the processing after the opening in S25 (14 is the normal opening, 15 is the end of the final opening) is performed.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of the sub CPU command shown in S7. FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the timing of parallel transmission of data from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU.

Referring to FIG. 10, the sub CPU command area prepared in the game control microcomputer has data d1 to d9 for designating each stop symbol which can take a value of 13 ways (0 to C), respectively. 16 ways (0
The process flag d10 takes the value of F), the big hit flag area d11 showing the contents of the big hit flag, and the alarm flag area d12 showing the alarm flags A, B, and C. Areas similar to these data d1 to d12 are
The LCD control microcomputer (sub CPU) is also prepared as a sub CPU command input area, and the data of each area of the game control microcomputer is transmitted to the corresponding data area of the sub CPU command input area.

Referring to FIG. 11, eight signal lines D0 to D7 are provided between the game control microcomputer and the LCD control microcomputer. The signal line D0 is for the chip select signal CS indicating the timing of data transmission from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU. The signal line D1 is for transmitting a clock signal that is sent from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU and that indicates a timing for latching data D2 to D7 described later in the sub CPU. The data lines D2 to D7 are for sequentially transmitting the 0th bit to the 5th bit of the data stored in the respective data areas d1 to d10.

Referring to FIG. 11, chip select signal C
When S rises, the 0th to 5th bits of the data in the upper left stop symbol area d1 are first transmitted to the data lines D2 to D7. A clock signal is applied to the signal line D1. The sub CPU causes the data lines D2 to D at the timing defined by the rise of each pulse of the clock signal.
Latch the data of 7. Then, the data in the data areas d2 to d12 are sequentially transmitted to the data lines D2 to D7 in the same cycle as the cycle of the clock signal. Each of these data is sequentially stored in the sub CPU command input area at the timing defined by the rising edge of each pulse of the clock signal D1 in the sub CPU, similarly to the data d1 indicating the upper left stop pattern.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the switch input processing shown in S8. First, in S26, a process of inputting detection signals of various detectors from the I / O port 85 is performed. Then S2
The 10-count switch check process is performed by 7, and the V-switch check process is performed by S28. In this 10-count switch check processing, in addition to counting the number of winning prizes, the detection signal from the 10-count switch (winning number detector) 9 is for a predetermined time (for example, 2.
9 seconds) It is continuously checked whether or not it is derived, and if it is derived, an error occurs. Similarly, in the V switch check, in addition to the detection of the V winning ball, the detection output of the specific winning ball detecting switch 8 is a predetermined time (for example, 2.9 seconds).
It is checked whether it is continuously derived, and if it is derived, an error occurs. If an error occurs in S27 and S28, the alarm flag is set and an alarm display and an alarm sound are generated.

At S29 and below, the starting winning openings 10a-10
It is determined whether or not there is a prize for c. S2
The processing of 9 to S34 is performed by three starting prize winning ball detectors 11a to
It is executed once for each of 11c, and is repeated three times in total.

First, in S29, it is judged whether or not the starting winning ball detector is ON. If it is not ON, the corresponding ON counter is cleared in S30 and the process proceeds to S34. If it is turned on, in S31, it is determined whether or not the prize should be determined by determining whether the value of the corresponding ON counter is a predetermined value (for example, 3). If it is not a value that should be determined to be a prize, the process directly proceeds to S34. If it is a value that should be determined as a prize, it is determined in S32 whether or not the number of stored starting memories that has already been stored is a predetermined maximum value (for example, 4). If it is already the maximum, there is no room to store any more, so the process directly proceeds to S34. If the maximum is not reached yet, the process proceeds to S33, and the start memory number and the start winning number are each incremented by one. Subsequently, in S34, it is determined whether or not the checks have been completed for all the starting winning ball detectors, and if not completed, the process returns to S29 again and S
The processes of 29 and below are repeated. When the check has been completed for all the starting winning prize detectors, this subroutine ends.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program for performing the LED / lamp data setting process performed in S13 of FIG. S3
5, it is determined whether any of the alarm flags A, B and C is set. If any of them is set, the process proceeds to S37, data is set at the time of alarm, and the solenoid 13 is set. The data for turning OFF is set. The set data is output in S14 of FIG. The data at the time of alarm is data for lighting or blinking the state at the time of alarm on the decoration lamps 18 to 22, the decoration LED 23 and the like. Further, since the data for turning off the solenoid 13 is set and output, the opening / closing plate 6 of the variable winning ball device 4 is closed, and the second state is disadvantageous to the player.

If the alarm flag is not set, the process proceeds to S36, and the LED / lamp data of the corresponding address is set according to the value of the process flag.
The set data is output in S14 of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the winning storage area storing process shown in S15 of FIG. By S38, it is determined whether or not the number of winning prizes for starting is "0". The number of starting prizes is incremented by "1" in S33 described above, and then S4 described later.
By "0", "1" is subtracted. If the number of starting prizes is "0", the subroutine program ends as it is, but if the number of starting prizes is not 0, the process proceeds to S39, and the values of the random 1 counter and the random 2 counter are set in the starting prize storing area. The area is stored in the area. This starting winning prize storage area has a plurality (four in this embodiment) of storage areas for storing the value of each random 1 counter and the value of the random 2 counter according to the number of starting winning prizes. Have.

Next, in S40, 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 S38.
Return to. The processing of S38 to S40 is repeated until the number of winning prizes for starting becomes "0". By this prize storage area storage processing, the value of the random 1 counter and the value of the random 2 counter corresponding to each start prize are stored in each prize storage area.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the normal processing shown in S18 of FIG. First, in S41, it is determined whether or not there is a winning record. The winning memory is incremented by "1" by S33 described above and decremented by "1" by S54 described later.

If there is no winning memory, the process proceeds to S42, the primary lottery flag is set to "out", and the subroutine program is terminated. On the other hand, if there is a prize memory, the process proceeds to S43, the count value of the random 1 counter stored in area 1 of the prize memory area and the current count value of the random 1 counter are added, and the result is Based on the value, a determination is made as to whether or not the primary lottery is successful. Area 1 of the winning memory area
Is an area in which the oldest count value among the count values stored in S39 is stored. The determination process in S43 is performed based on the oldest count value. In S43, the oldest count value is added to the current count value of the random 1 counter, and the win of the primary lottery is determined based on the addition result. Randomness is further improved as compared with the case where the hit / miss is determined only based on the count value of the random 1 counter.

Subsequently, in S44, it is judged whether or not the result of the primary lottery is a win. When it is determined that the winning is not achieved, the process proceeds to S45, the primary lottery flag is set to "out", and the process proceeds to S47. On the other hand, if it is determined that the player wins, the process proceeds to S46, the primary lottery flag is set to "win", and the process proceeds to S47. In S47, the process flag is set to "1". As a result, when the process process of S6 is executed next time, the check process of the random 2 counter shown in S19 of FIG. 9 is executed.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the check process of the random 2 counter shown in S19 of FIG. First, in S48, it is determined whether or not the primary lottery flag is "win". If it is not a "hit", the process proceeds directly to S53. On the other hand, if the result is “win”, the process proceeds to S49.
Proceed to.

In S49, it is determined whether or not the value of the random 2 counter stored in area 1 of the winning storage area is a value that wins the secondary lottery. As a result of this determination, in S50, it is determined whether or not the secondary lottery is successful. If not, the process is S5.
Proceed to step 2 and the primary lottery flag is set to "Out" and S
Proceed to 53. In S53, a process of setting the process flag to 3 is performed, and the process proceeds to S54. Process flag is 3
When the process process of S6 is executed next time, the outlier symbol setting process shown in S21 of FIG. 9 is executed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S50 that the secondary lottery is a win, the process proceeds to S51, in which the big-winning symbol number (9 ×) is determined based on the value of the random 2 counter stored in area 1 of the winning prize storage area. A value indicating which column of "777" is displayed in the display area 9 or a value indicating that all the symbols are fruit symbols is set, and the process flag is set to "2". By setting the process flag to "2", the big hit symbol setting process shown in S20 of FIG. 9 will be executed the next time this process process is executed. S5
The post-processing of 1 proceeds to S77.

In S54, a process of subtracting "1" from the number of memory for winning a prize for starting is performed. Next, in S55, a process of shifting the starting prize winning storage area by one is performed. As described above, the starting winning prize storage area has a plurality of (four) areas for storing the count values of the random 1 counter and the random 2 counter respectively corresponding to the number of starting winnings. Of these areas, the oldest count value is stored in area 1, the second oldest count value is stored in area 2, the third oldest count value is stored in area 3, and the newest count value is stored in area 4. Is stored. By this S55, the count value stored in the area 2 is shifted by one and stored in the area 1. Similarly, the count value stored in area 3 is also shifted to area 2 and stored. Similarly, the count value stored in area 4 is also shifted to area 3 and stored, and area 4 is cleared. After S55, this random 2 check process ends.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart of a subroutine of the big hit symbol setting process performed in S20 of FIG. This subroutine is executed when the process flag is set to "2". First S5
In 6, the big hit symbol number set in S51 sets the big hit symbol when the variable display device 3 is stopped (the symbol number shown in the left column of FIG. 4). In addition,
The value of the random 3 counter is also used in this big hit symbol set. That is, the jackpot symbol number,
In the case of the contents to stop "777" on any of the eight effective lines, set the stop symbol on the line corresponding to the number to "777", but determine the stop symbol on the other symbol display portion. The value of the random 3 counter is used for. In addition, in the case of the content to stop the fruit symbol on all the symbol display parts, the value of the random 3 counter is referred to and the value of the digit which is not the value corresponding to the fruit symbol is changed to the value corresponding to the fruit symbol. (For example, the value of the digit is changed to the value of the nearest fruit symbol) to stop the fruit symbol on all the symbol display portions.
Further, in S57, a value indicating a big hit is set in the big hit flag. “4” is set in the process flag. The first symbol stop waiting time is set to the process timer. When the process flag is set to “4”, the next process process is performed as shown in FIG.
Of each symbol stop process shown in S22, the first symbol stop process is executed. The first symbol stop waiting time is a waiting time until the first symbol stops after the variable start, and stop control is performed in each subsequent symbol stop process according to the time set in S57.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the outlier symbol set shown in S21 of FIG. This process is executed when the process flag is set to "3", that is, when it is determined that the result of the primary lottery or the secondary lottery is out.

First, in S58, the outlier symbol corresponding to each digit is set based on the value of the random 3 counter. As this outlier symbol, a stop symbol number (a number shown in the left column of FIG. 4) indicating a combination of stop symbols displayed on the variable display device 3 is set. S51
And the symbol number set in S58 or S60 is output to the sub CPU in S7 as described above, and the symbol number transmitted from the game control microcomputer 81 on the sub CPU (LCD control microcomputer 92) side. The symbol data corresponding to is read from the symbol data memory (any of 153a to 153c) corresponding to the operation position of the character changeover switch 121, and the symbol is controlled to be displayed by the variable display device 3 at the time of variable stop. . In the present embodiment, since the number and arrangement of symbols are common to the symbol data memories 153a to 153c, the control of the game control microcomputer 81 is not affected by the switching operation of the character changeover switch 121, and therefore the game control data. It is not necessary to provide a plurality of types according to the switching operation of the character changeover switch 121. In S59, further, the first to fourth symbols are
It is judged whether or not the combination of the big hit symbols is satisfied. If it is not a big hit symbol, the process is directly S61.
The process proceeds to step S60, but if it happens to be a jackpot pattern, the process proceeds to S60.
Proceeding to, the process of adding 1 to the symbol number on the line, which is a combination of the big hit symbols among the third symbol and the fourth symbol, is performed and the process proceeds to S61. In this way, by adding 1 to the symbol number on the line which is a combination of the big hit symbols of the third symbol and the fourth symbol, the symbol at the time of stop is forcibly shifted by 1 and becomes a deviating symbol.

In S61, the process flag is set to "4", and the process timer is set to a value indicating the first symbol stop waiting time (for example, 5 seconds). After the variable start, the first symbol will be stopped after the stop waiting time set in S61 has elapsed.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart of a subroutine of each symbol stop processing executed in S22 of FIG.

First, in S62, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If it is not finished yet, this subroutine does nothing and terminates immediately. If it has ended, the process proceeds to S63, and in S63 and thereafter, the process of stopping the symbol according to the value of the process flag is performed. In this way, by waiting for the process until the process timer ends, by executing the stop control of the symbol only after the process timer ends, after the variable start until the first symbol is stopped, after the first symbol stop A predetermined waiting time is set until the second symbol is stopped, the third symbol is stopped after the second symbol is stopped, and the fourth symbol is stopped after the third symbol is stopped. Become.

At S63, a process of setting data representing a sound effect (symbol stop sound) to be generated from the speaker 98 when the symbol is stopped is performed. This data is shown in Figure 1.
It is output in S12 shown in 1. Then, in S64,
It is determined whether the process flag is "4". If the process flag is "4", it is necessary to set the time until the second symbol is stopped after the first symbol is stopped, so "5" is set in the process flag in S65, and the process is further performed. The second symbol stop waiting time (for example, 1 second) is set in the timer. Then the subroutine ends.

If the process flag is not "4", S
Proceeding to 66, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is "5". If the process flag is "5", the process proceeds to S67, and if other than "5", the process proceeds to S70. If the process flag is “5”, the second
After stopping the design, it is necessary to set the waiting time until the third design stop after the second design stop, so the process flag is set to "6", and the process timer further waits for the third design stop. (For example, 1 second) is set.

After S67, the process proceeds to S68, where lines 1 and 3 are
(Upper and lower horizontal lines) and 4, 6 (left and right vertical lines) are judged as to whether or not they are in the reach state. If it is a reach, the process proceeds to S69, the process flag is further set to "7", and the process timer is set to the third symbol stop waiting time (reach operation time) at the time of reach (e.g., 8 to 10 seconds). By the process of S69,
At the time of reach, the time until the 3rd symbol stops after the 2nd symbol stops becomes longer than the normal time. The reach operation time is selected and set from among 13 different times according to the type of the stop symbol. Line 1 in S68
When 3, 4, and 6 are not values indicating the reach, nothing is done and this subroutine ends. Process flag is "5"
If not, the process proceeds to S70 and the process flag is "6".
Alternatively, a determination is made as to whether or not it is "7". S if the process flag is "6" or "7"
If the value is other than "6" or "7", the process proceeds to S74. If the process flag is "6" or "7", after stopping the third symbol, it is necessary to set the waiting time until the fourth symbol stop after the third symbol is stopped, so the process flag is first set. Is set to "8", and the process timer is set to the fourth symbol stop waiting time (for example, 1 second).

After S71, the process proceeds to S72, where lines 2 and 5 are
A judgment is made as to whether or not the symbols (horizontal horizontal and vertical lines), 7 and 8 (downward rightward, upward diagonal line) are in the reach state. If it is reach, S73
Then, the process flag is further set to "9", and the process timer is set to the fourth symbol stop waiting time (reach operation time) (8-10 seconds, for example) at the time of reach. S7
By the process of 3, at the time of reach, the time until the fourth symbol stops after the third symbol stops becomes longer than the normal time. The reach operation time is selected and set from among 13 different times according to the type of the stop symbol. If it is determined in S72 that the lines 2, 5, 7, and 8 are not in the reach state, this subroutine ends immediately.

When it is determined in S70 that the process flag is neither "6" nor "7", the process proceeds to S74, and it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a value representing a big hit. S if not a big hit
Proceed to 75, the process flag is set to "10",
A deviation waiting time (for example, 1 second) is set in the process timer, and this subroutine ends. On the other hand, if the value indicating the big hit is set in the big hit flag, the process proceeds to S76, the process flag is set to "11", and the process timer is set to the time before the first opening (for example, 10).
Seconds) is set. Since the process flags are set to "10" and "11" in S75 and S76, respectively, the jackpot check process S23 shown in FIG. 9 is executed at the time of executing the next process process. Further, since the deviation wait time is set in the process timer in S75, the deviation symbol is stopped and displayed for the deviation wait time when the variable display device 3 is stopped, and the player can confirm the deviation symbol. Further, since the initial opening waiting time is set in the process timer in S76, the opening operation of the opening / closing plate 6 of the variable winning ball device 4 is started after the time before the initial opening after the symbol stop of the variable display device 3 has elapsed. It will be.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the big hit check process shown in S23 of FIG. This big hit check processing is executed when the process flag is set to either "10" or "11".

First, in S77, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not, the jackpot check process ends immediately. When the process timer has expired, the process proceeds to S78, and the processes from S78 onward are performed. By not performing any processing until the process timer ends in this way, the processing after S78 is not executed until the disconnection waiting time set in S75 and S76 of FIG. 19 and the time before the initial opening elapses. .

In S78, it is determined whether or not a value indicating a big hit is set in the big hit flag. When the value indicating the big hit is not set in the big hit flag, the process proceeds to S79, "0" indicating the normal process is set in the process flag, and this subroutine ends. On the other hand, when the value representing the big hit is set in the big hit flag, the process proceeds to S80, the value "12" indicating the opening is set in the process flag, and the opening time (for example, 30 seconds) is set in the process timer. , The value of the release counter is set to 1. In addition, data indicating the open sound generated by the speaker 98 is set according to the type of jackpot. As a big hit, when "7" is displayed on all the symbol display parts, when "777" is displayed on any of the valid columns, and as described above, the fruit pattern is displayed on all the symbol display parts. And when is displayed 3
There are different types, and different open sounds are selected according to each jackpot. After S80, this subroutine ends.

Since the process flag is set to "0" in S79, when the next process process is executed, the normal process shown in S18 of FIG. 9 is executed. On the other hand, if the process flag is set to "12" in S80, the process during open process S24 shown in FIG. 9 will be executed in the next process process execution. Further, since the opening time is set in the process timer, the opening in S24 is performed for a predetermined time.

Since the process flag is set to "0" in S79, when the next process process is executed, the normal process shown in S18 of FIG. 9 is executed. On the other hand, when the process flag is set to "12" in S80, the process during open process S24 shown in FIG. 9 is executed in the next process process execution. Further, since the opening time is set in the process timer, the opening in S24 is performed for a predetermined time.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the LCD control microcomputer 92. By S81, the display data input from the symbol data storage device 150 is displayed on the variable display device 3. S3
8 to S76 and S81 constitute variable display control means for controlling the display of the variable display device based on the set of display data selected and designated by the selection designating means.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the symbol data storage device 150. By S82, the display data of the symbol data memory corresponding to the switching selection position of the character changeover switch 121 is output to the LCD control microcomputer 92.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. (1) One of each symbol storage unit consisting of each symbol storage area divided in each of the symbol data memories 153a to 153c or one memory, as a symbol storage unit dedicated to the jackpot symbol, FIG. 4 (a). , (B), (c) each big hit symbol of each group is stored, and each other one of the symbol storage units of FIG. 4 (a), (b), (c) each fruit symbol of each group A design having the same property as the fruit design is stored, and the misaligned design is stored in the remaining design storage unit. Then, according to the switching operation of the character changeover switch 121, one set of jackpot symbols, one set of fruit symbols, a symbol of the same nature as that of one set, and one set of outlier symbols are selected and designated from each of the symbol storage units, and the selection is designated respectively. It is also possible that the symbols are collected together to create one symbol group, and the created symbol group is variably displayed by the variable display device 3.

(2) A plurality of types of symbol constituent elements that become one symbol such as a heart, a spade, and a star by synthesizing and combining them are stored, and are stored according to the switching operation of the character changeover switch 121. Select a predetermined symbol component from multiple types of symbol components,
The selected symbol components are combined according to a predetermined format to create a desired symbol. In this way, a plurality of types of symbols may be created to create a set of symbol groups, and this symbol group may be variably displayed by the variable display device 3 as a plurality of types of identification information.

(3) The type of symbol group may be automatically switched depending on the time zone, the day of the week, and the like.

(4) A symbol display may be provided to inform the player what kind of symbol the big hit symbol or fruit symbol currently displayed by the variable display device 3 is.

(5) The variable display device 3 may display an image of boxing, for example. Then, if the player-side boxer wins, a predetermined game value may be granted. That is, the variable display device is not limited to a device that scrolls or switches and displays a plurality of types of symbols, and the display state may continue to change even after the display result is displayed.

[0108]

According to the present invention, the display state of the variable display device of each gaming machine is different if the display data selected and designated is different. Therefore, the different display state gives the player a fresh taste. Therefore, it is possible to prevent as much as possible the inconvenience that the player gets tired of seeing the display state variably displayed on the variable display device of each gaming machine. In addition to this, the display data commonly used by the variable display device of each gaming machine is collectively stored in the storage means provided outside the gaming machine, so that it is displayed for each gaming machine. It is not necessary to provide a storage means for the usage data.

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FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention and a gaming machine liquid crystal display device and other various devices provided in a gaming area thereof.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a display mode of a variable display device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing various symbols displayed on each display unit of the variable display device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing a connection state of a game control microcomputer and a gaming machine liquid crystal display device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram showing a connection state of a game control microcomputer and a game liquid crystal display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program for process processing.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a command area for transmitting data from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing a method of transmitting data to a sub CPU.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for switch input processing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of LED / lamp data set processing.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a winning storage area storing process.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for normal processing.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of random 2 counter check processing.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a big hit symbol setting process.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a sub-routine program for outlier symbol setting processing.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of each symbol stop processing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a big hit check process.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the LCD control microcomputer.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the symbol data storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game board, 3 is a variable display device, 4 is a variable winning ball device,
7 is a specific winning area, 8 is a specific winning ball detector, 9 is a winning number detector, 10a to 10c are start winning holes, 11a to 11
c is a start winning prize detector, 24 is an LCD unit, 25 is a liquid crystal display plate, 43 is a volume, 46 is a CFL backlight, 58 is a substrate, 61 is a microcomputer interface, 7
9A to 79I are symbol display portions, 80A to 80I are mark display frames, 81 is a game control microcomputer, 121
Is a character changeover switch, 153a, 153b, 15
3c is a symbol data memory, 150 is a symbol data storage device, and 92 is a LCD control microcomputer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine having a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a predetermined game value can be given when a display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined specific display mode. A gaming device including a plurality of sets of display data, which are provided outside the gaming machine and are variably displayed by the variable display device, of different types, and the stored display data is stored. Storage means in which data is commonly used by variable display devices of a plurality of gaming machines, and selection designating means for selectively designating any one of a plurality of sets of display data stored in the storage means And a variable display control means which is provided in the gaming machine and controls the variable display device based on a set of display data selected and designated by the selection designating means.