JPH07100251A - Japanese pinball game (pachinko) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute a PACHINKO machine so that an image of a story can be enjoyed at every round by allowing an image display device to start a display of an image corresponding to the story by generation of a specific game state, and displaying an image corresponding to a different story, when an advance state of a driving control operation reaches a prescribed story switching point. CONSTITUTION:When V prize-winning is executed in the course of generation of a great hit, repeat continuation control for repeating and continuing a variable prize- winning ball device and setting a first state being profitable to a player is executed, and for instance, an image of a story for traveling in each overseas country is displayed successively in each separate country. In a first round immediately after a great hit is generated, a title image of 1R is displayed on a display part 39, and subsequently, a character image of a fact of traveling to France is displayed, and next, an image containing a variable display area is displayed. In such a state, after a prescribed time elapses or after prize-winning balls of a prescribed number of pieces to an attacker are counted, a first round is finished. In the case V prize-winning is executed in the course of a first round, a second round is started, and an image for showing a landscape of a tourist resort in France is displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, a coin game machine, an arrange-type pachinko game machine, or the like. More specifically, a variable winning ball device, which is arranged on a game board surface on which a ball is struck and is capable of changing between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player, and an image. The present invention relates to a ball game machine having an image display device for displaying.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a ball game machine, a variable winning ball device capable of changing between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player is provided on the game board surface. There is one provided. The variable winning ball device is drive-controlled so as to be in the first state when a predetermined specific gaming state occurs, and the first winning state is determined based on the completion condition of the first state being satisfied. The drive is controlled so that the state changes to the second state. In such a ball game machine, there is a repeat continuation control in which the operation of putting the variable winning ball device in the first state is satisfied, or when the operation is continuously and unconditionally controlled. Some are configured to do it. In the ball game machine capable of repeating continuation control, each time the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state is called "round", and usually the upper limit value (for example, 16 times) to the number of times of repeating continuation of the round. Is set.

Further, in the conventional ball game machine, a liquid crystal display device (hereinafter, referred to as "LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)") and a cathode ray tube display device (hereinafter, referred to as "variable winning ball device" as described above). "CRT (Cathode Ra
y Tube) ”) and other image display devices are provided. This image display device, for example,
Based on the occurrence of the above-mentioned specific game state, display of an image corresponding to a certain story is started, and the control operation for setting the variable winning ball device to the first state is repeated repeatedly, and the story is advanced each time. And the story by image display is completed at the end of the final round.

In this way, while changing the state of the variable winning ball device and correspondingly displaying an image along one story, a game with more variety can be played. . That is, the fact that the variable winning ball device is in the first state is a state in which the player can change the state of the variable winning ball device as quickly as possible in this kind of ball game machine. And, for as long as possible, be distressed to get into the first condition, which is in your favor. Then, when the specific game state occurs and the variable winning ball device is brought into the first state, the player feels a certain sense of accomplishment and the excitement reaches its climax, but at this time, the image is displayed. By giving a visual stimulus to the player, the player's satisfaction can be further enhanced, or the desire to return to a state in which he or she is advantageous, or to strengthen the desire to continue for a longer period of time. , We try to provide the player with a full range of games with a lot of psychological stimulation.

[0005]

However, in the conventional ball game machine having the variable winning ball device and the image display device as described above, from the start of the first round to the end of the final round. To display one relatively long story. Therefore, in order to understand and enjoy the entire story displayed on the image display device, the player must pay attention to the image display device as soon as the specific game state occurs and grasp the display contents for each round. I have to. If the player misses the image of a certain round for some reason, he cannot understand the continuation of the story and cannot enjoy the displayed image from the next round. When the display image of the story is not understood by the player, the above-mentioned visual game effect is not exerted, so the player becomes bored, and further, he / she even feels dissatisfied with the ball-playing machine. Sometimes.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and provides a ball-and-ball game machine capable of enjoying an image of a story displayed on an image display device for each round. The purpose is to

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a ball-and-ball game machine in which a ball is hit in a game area to perform a game, and the ball is provided in the game area. The variable winning ball device that can be changed between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player, an image display device that displays an image, and a display of the image display device. Based on the display control means for controlling and the occurrence of a predetermined specific game state, the variable winning ball apparatus is driven to the first state and then to the second state, and then to the second state. And a drive control means capable of repeatedly continuing control for driving the variable winning ball device to the first state again, the display control means is provided to the image display device based on the occurrence of the specific game state. Of images corresponding to one story When the progress of the drive control operation of the variable winning ball device by the drive control means reaches a predetermined story switching point, the image display device corresponds to a story different from the one story. It is characterized by displaying an image.

[0008]

According to the structure described in claim 1, a ball is hit in the game area to play a game, and the drive control means is based on the occurrence of a predetermined specific game state.
After the variable winning ball device is driven to the first state which is advantageous to the player, it is driven to the second state which is disadvantageous to the player. After that, the drive control means can perform the repetitive continuation control for driving the variable winning ball device to the first state again.

The display control means causes the image display device to start displaying an image corresponding to one story based on the occurrence of the specific game state, and the drive control operation of the variable winning ball device by the drive control means proceeds. When the situation reaches a predetermined story switching point, the image display device displays an image corresponding to a story different from one story.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a pachinko game machine is shown as an example of a ball game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a game machine that uses a pachinko ball to play, for example, a coin game machine or The present invention can be similarly applied to an arrangement type pachinko gaming machine (so-called arepachi).

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of the gaming machine. A game area 2 is formed on the front surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko game machine. The pachinko gaming machine is provided with a batting ball operation handle (not shown) for the player to operate a batting ball, and by operating the batting ball operation handle, a pachinko ball is fired one by one. You can The launched pachinko balls are guided into the game area 2 by the guide rail 19. A valve-shaped backflow prevention member 20 is provided at the exit portion from the guide rail 19 to the game area 2. This backflow prevention member 20
Thus, the pachinko balls that are once driven into the game area 2 are prevented from returning to the guide rail 19.

In the game area 2, an electrically variable display device 3 capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of image information and changing the display state is provided. In this electrically variable display device 3, a pachinko ball that is driven into the game area 2 wins the starting winning opening 5, and the starting winning ball is detected by a starting opening switch 24 (shown in FIG. 2 described later). The variable display is started accordingly. After the variable display of the electrically variable display device is stopped and controlled, if the display result at the time of the stop is a predetermined specific display mode (for example, 777), the opening / closing plate 8 of the variable winning ball device 4 is opened. As a result, the hit state becomes the first state that is advantageous for the player who can win the prize, and the big hit state occurs.

The variable winning ball device 4 is normally disadvantageous to the player who cannot win the hit ball because the opening / closing plate 8 is normally closed.
However, if the above-described big hit state occurs, the solenoid 46 (shown in FIG. 3 described later) is excited, the opening / closing plate 8 is opened, and the opening 7 is opened. Becomes The first state of the variable winning ball device 4 ends when a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) elapses or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of ball hits, whichever comes first, is satisfied. The second state. The pachinko balls that have won the opening 7 are specified area switches 25, 10 count switches 26a, 2 shown in FIG.
6b is detected and the detected number is the winning number indicator 1
Displayed by 2. When the hit ball is won in the variable winning ball device 4, 15 winning balls are paid out.

A predetermined specific winning area (V pocket) is provided in the opening 7. When a pachinko ball that has won a prize in the variable winning ball device 4 in the first state wins this specific winning area, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific area switch 25 (shown in FIG. 2),
Waiting until the first state of the variable winning ball device 4 at that time is completed, repetitive continuation control for driving and controlling the variable winning ball device 4 to the first state is performed again. The upper limit number of times of this repeated continuation control is set to 16 times, for example.

The electrically variable display device 3 includes a CRT (Cath).
ode Ray Tube) 30 (shown in FIG. 2 to be described later) is provided with a display unit 39, and this display unit 39 has 3 rows ×
A total of nine variable display areas 40A to 40I in three columns (see FIG. 15).
(See) is provided. In addition, the electrically variable display device 3
Passage ports 6a and 6b are provided on both left and right sides of the. The pachinko balls that have entered the passage openings 6a and 6b are sent out from a ball outlet 9 provided at a lower portion of the electrically variable display device 3, that is, a position directly above the variable winning ball device 4. In this way, the pachinko balls that have entered the passage openings 6a and 6b drop from the ball outlet 9 so that the variable winning ball device 4 can easily hit a ball.

If a pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening 5 again while the electrically variable display device 3 is displaying variable, the starting winning is stored and the variable display of the electrically variable display device 3 is stopped. The electric variable display device 3 is waited until the variable display can be started and based on the start winning award memory.
The variable display of is started. The upper limit value of the starting winning prize memory is set to, for example, “4”, and the starting winning prize number at the present time is displayed by the starting memory indicator 10.

Further, on the upper part of the electrically variable display device 3,
A decorative pattern 11 is provided. This decorative pattern 11 is
It is used when the amusement hall side decides whether to exchange the prize ball given at the time of a big hit or to use the prize ball as it is in the game, for example, according to the type of the symbol displayed on the decorative symbol 11. .

Further, in the game area 2, a normal winning hole 2
Two are provided. Also, driven into the game area 2,
Pachinko balls that have not won the prize are guided to the out port 13 provided at the bottom of the game area 2 and processed as out balls. Further, in the game area 2, a lamp windmill 14, side lamps 15, shoulder lamps 1 for enhancing a game effect.
6, attacker lamp 17, attacker LED (Light
Emitting Diode) 18, rail decoration lamp 21, game effect lamp 55, V display LED 56, decoration LEDs 70 to 7
6 and the like are provided. In addition, when the pachinko ball hit in the game area 2 does not win any of the winning areas or the variable winning ball device, the out opening 1 is regarded as an out ball.
Recovered from 3.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the structure of the flow path of winning balls on the back surface of the game board 1. For ease of explanation, the flow path of the pachinko ball is shown by a broken line. On the back side of the game board 1, prize winning ball collecting covers 23a, 23b are provided, and the pachinko balls are guided to a predetermined position along the downflow path formed in the winning ball collecting covers 23a, 23b.

For example, a pachinko ball that has won a regular winning opening 22 provided at the top of the electrically variable display device 3 shown in FIG. 1 is guided from the upper part of the winning ball aggregate cover 23a to the right end, and the prize is won. After passing through the right end portion of the ball collecting cover 23b, the balls are discharged from the right side ball outlet 51 to the outside of the winning ball collecting cover 23b.

Further, as described above, the passage ports 6a and 6b are provided.
The pachinko balls that have entered are sent out from the ball outlet 9 provided directly above the variable winning ball device 4, but the passage openings 6a and 6b are provided.
From the to the ball outlet 9, the pachinko balls flow down along the warp passages 27a and 27b.

On the other hand, on the back side of the variable winning ball device 4 (FIG. 1), a specific area switch 25 and a 10 count switch 2 are provided.
6a and 26b are provided. Specific area switch 2
Reference numeral 5 is a switch for detecting a pachinko ball that has won in a specific winning area provided in the attacker as described above. The 10-count switches 26a and 26b are switches for detecting whether or not the number of winning pachinko balls in the attacker has reached 10. A start opening switch 24 for detecting a start winning prize ball is provided on the flow path of the pachinko balls that have won the starting prize hole 5. Further, at the lowermost portion on the back side of the game board 1, other ball outlets 52 and outlets 13 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of various mechanical parts on the back surface of the game board 1. At the center of the back surface of the game board 1, a CRT display 47 of the electrically variable display device 3 is detachably attached to a mounting plate 29 by a lever 38. The CRT display 47 is a CRT 30 for displaying image information such as a design, and a CRT for protecting the CRT 30.
The RT cover 31 and a substrate housing 32 that houses a CRT substrate 33 (see FIG. 5) described later are configured.
A center ornament 28 is formed around the front side of the game board 1 on which the CRT 30 is mounted.

Further, on the back surface of the game board 1, a relay board 49 is attached to the back surface of the prize ball collecting cover 23a, and a relay board 50 is attached to the back surface of the prize ball collecting cover 23b. These relay boards are for relaying a detection signal from the detection switch, a drive signal of the electrically variable display device 3, the variable winning ball device 4, and other data signals. A big hit information output terminal 82 and a start information output terminal 83 for outputting big hit information and start information to a hall management computer which is a host computer of a game arcade are provided.

A solenoid 46 for driving the opening / closing plate 8 to open and close is disposed on the back surface of the variable winning ball device 4.
The solenoid 46 opens the open / close plate 8 during excitation. Others, starter switch 24, ball outlet 5
The configurations of 1, 52, the outlet 13, and the like are as shown in FIG. 2 described above.

4A and 4B are views showing the external configuration of the electrically variable display device 3, wherein FIG. 4A is a front view and FIG. 4B is a side view. As shown in FIG. 4A, a normal winning opening 22 is provided on the front side of the electrically variable display device 3, and a decorative pattern 11 is formed below the normal winning opening 22. Decorative pattern 1
The periphery of 1 is decorated by the decoration LED 76.

At the front center of the electrically variable display device 3,
A display unit 39 which is a screen of the CRT 30 is provided.
Further, below the display unit 39, the ball outlet 9 for discharging the pachinko balls that have entered the ball passing ports 6a and 6b as described above is provided.

As shown in the side view of FIG. 4B, the electrically variable display device 3 is provided with a center ornament 28 in an opening provided in the game board 1 and is provided at the center of the center ornament 28. The CRT 30 is attached to the opening and attached to the game board 1. On the upper part of the center ornament 28, a pachinko ball that has won the ordinary winning opening 22 shown in FIG.
A route for leading to the back side of is provided. The decorative pattern 11 is formed below the path of the pachinko ball.

The rear side of the CRT 30 has a CRT cover 31.
Protected by. Below the CRT cover 31, a board housing 32 containing a CRT board 33 is mounted. A display control board 154 is mounted below the board housing 32, and the display control board 154 is
It is protected by the lower cover 153. Ventilation holes 45 are formed on the side surface of the CRT cover 31 in order to prevent the temperature of the inside of the CRT cover 31 from becoming too high due to the heat generated from the CRT 30.

A protrusion 44 is provided on the front side of the CRT cover 31, and the CRT cover 31 is attached to the CRT 30 by inserting the protrusion 44 into an attachment hole (described later) provided on the CRT 30 side. Similarly, the lower cover 153
The projection 152 is provided on the front side of the
The lower cover 153 is attached to the CRT 30 by inserting it into an attachment hole (described later) provided on the CRT 30 side.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal structure of the electrically variable display device 3. On the back surface side of the center decoration 28, LED boards 34 and 36 having a plurality of LEDs 70 and 72 (shown in FIG. 6) are arranged on the back surface side of the center decoration 28.
It is attached in a state of protruding to the front from the protruding hole provided in 8. The LED board 34 is mounted by being pressed from the back side by the LED mounting plate 35. An enlarged view of the state where the LED boards 34 and 36 are mounted on the center ornament 28 is shown in FIG.

The LED mounting plate 35 is provided with two projections 53 on the left and right, and by fitting the projections 53 into the holes 54 provided on the left and right below the mounting plate 29 fixed to the game board 1. , The center ornament 28 is attached to the game board 1. An enlarged view of this mounting plate 29 is shown in FIG.

On the left and right of the upper portion of the mounting plate 29, there are provided engaging portions 42 formed by bending downward in an L shape. The engaging plate provided on the upper portion of the CRT 30 is sandwiched between the engaging portions 42, and the CRT cover 31 is provided in the mounting hole 43 of the engaging plate.
Insert the protrusions 44 provided on the left and right of the upper part of the.

Further, L-shaped engaging portions projecting to the rear side are provided on the left and right sides of the lower portion of the mounting plate 29. A semicircular engagement groove 151 is formed at the tip of this engagement portion. The protrusion 152 provided on the front portion of the substrate housing 32 is inserted into the engagement groove 151.

Further, levers 38 are provided on both left and right sides of the mounting plate 29. CRT by this lever 38
An electrically variable display device, which is positioned by the upper engaging portion 42, the mounting hole 43, the protrusion 44, and the lower engaging groove 151 and the protrusion 152, sandwiching the lever stop plates provided on the left and right side surfaces of 30. 3 is fixed to the game board 1.

At the bottom of the substrate housing 32, the CRT substrate 3
3 is attached by screwing. In addition, the substrate housing 32
The display control board 154 is attached to the lower surface of the with a screw 165 with the mounting surface facing downward. On the mounting surface of the display control board 154, a VRAM 87, a character ROM 88, a control data ROM 92, and a display controller 156 are mounted as shown in the figure. The display controller 156 has a CPU 90 and a VDP 9
And an integrated circuit including 1. By the display controller 156 and the control data ROM 92, the C
The RT control circuit 86 is configured.

Further, the display control board 154 has a connector 155 for connecting to a game control board (not shown).
And a connector 161 for connecting to the connector 162 of the CRT board 33.

In the lower cover 153 for protecting the display control board 154, the L-shaped engaging portions 163 provided at the three upper portions thereof are inserted into the three openings 164 formed in the board housing 32, respectively. Then, it is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate housing body 32 by further sliding forward and locking.

An enlarged view of the CRT 30 and the CRT board 33 is shown in FIG. 8, and the CRT cover 31 and the board housing 3 are also shown.
FIG. 9 shows enlarged views of FIG.

In the above-mentioned structure, the electrically variable display device 3 is not limited to one using a CRT, but may be, for example, a liquid crystal display device, dot matrix, LED, electroluminescence, 7 segment LED, fluorescent display tube, or the like. It may be the one that you had. In addition, the second state of the variable winning ball device 4 may be a state in which a ball can be won but it is difficult to win.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a symbol row composed of an array of a plurality of types of symbols which are variably displayed on the electrically variable display device 3. The symbol columns variably displayed by the electrically variable display device 3 are divided into three groups, and the symbol column consisting of 7 and airplane symbols and flower symbols shown on the leftmost side in FIG. 2 has 6 variable display areas. It is a symbol array variably displayed by 40A to 40F. The symbol row shown in the center is a symbol row that is variably displayed by the two variable display areas 40G and 40H. The symbol row shown on the right side is a symbol row that is variably displayed from one variable display area 40I at the center, and
In addition to the airplane pattern and the flower pattern, a coin mark that is a misaligned pattern is included. These symbol arrays are variable display areas 40A to 4A except for the case of display symbol switching control described later.
From 0I, the upper ones of the lower ones are scroll-displayed sequentially, and the last symbol is variably displayed on the uppermost part of each symbol column, and then the bottom symbol of each symbol column is displayed. Each of these symbol columns is circulated and variably displayed. Then, the variable display in each of the variable display areas 40A to 40I is stopped, and when 7 are aligned in any of the eight hit lines shown in FIG. 15, or the airplane pattern is displayed in all the variable display areas 40A to 40I. Alternatively, when the flower patterns are aligned, the above-mentioned big hit occurs.

The number of hit lines is not limited to eight, but may be five or one. Further, for example, a boxing match may be displayed as an image, and if the player's boxer wins, it may be a big hit state. That is, the variable display of the identification information is not limited to the scroll display or the switching display, and may be the variable display that continues to be displayed even after the display result is derived and displayed.

Numerals 00 to 14 on the left side of FIG. 10 are codes of symbol numbers on software, which are assigned to each symbol and are shown in hexadecimal numbers. Further, each symbol is displayed by dots of the CRT 30 in each variable display area 40A to 40I, and is displayed as 64 dots (1 symbol) in the case of 7 or airplane symbol or flower symbol, and the symbol of the coin mark is 1 / It is displayed with 32 dots consisting of two patterns. Therefore, in the case of the symbol row shown on the left side of FIG. 10, 64
× 9 = 576 dots. In the case of the pattern row in the center,
64 × 12 = 1344 dots. In the case of the pattern on the right side, 64 × 7 + 32 × 14 = 896 dots. In the symbol example on the right side, by making the symbol of the coin mark, which is a detached symbol, smaller, the winning symbol can be easily understood, and the length of one cycle of the symbol string (the number of dots) can be shortened.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine is a main basic circuit 59 for controlling the pachinko gaming machine according to a program for controlling various devices.
And a switch circuit 64 for giving a detection signal from the starting winning opening switch 24, the specific area switch 25, and the 10 count switches 26a and 26b to the main basic circuit 59.
And the solenoid 46 according to the command from the main basic circuit 59.
Solenoid circuit 67 for driving the main basic circuit 59
In accordance with the data given from, the big hit information indicating that a big hit has occurred and the effective start information indicating the number of start winning prize balls used for the variable display of the electrically variable display device 3 are sent to the hall management computer or the like which is the host computer. And an information output circuit 68 for outputting the information.

Further, the control circuit is the main basic circuit 59.
The LED circuit 66 for driving the V-display LED 56 according to the data given from, and the lamp windmill 14, the side lamp 15, the shoulder lamp 16, the attacker lamp 17, and the rail decoration lamp 21 for driving various decorative lamps. And a lamp circuit 58.

Further, the control circuit includes a main basic circuit 5
In accordance with the control command signal from 9, the electrically variable display device 3
C which gives a variable display control signal to the CRT display 47 of
An RT circuit 65 is provided.

Inside the main basic circuit 59, a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a control program and the like.
And C for performing control operation according to the program
PU (Central Processing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory) as a work memory of the CPU,
An I / O (Input / Output) port and a clock generation circuit (the above three are not shown) are provided.

Further, the control circuit includes an initial reset circuit 62 for resetting the main basic circuit 59 when the power is turned on, and a regular (for example, 2) for the main basic circuit 59.
A reset pulse is given every msec), a periodic reset circuit 61 for repeatedly executing a predetermined game control program from the beginning, and an address signal given from the main basic circuit 59 are decoded and included in the main basic circuit 59. An address decode circuit 57 for outputting a signal for selecting any one of ROM, RAM, I / O port, etc., and a sub CPU command for outputting a command to a sub CPU circuit shown in FIG. 12 described later. And an output circuit 60. In addition, the control circuit has an AC2
It includes a power supply circuit 63 that is connected to a 4V AC power supply and generates a plurality of types of DC voltage.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sub CPU circuit connected to the control circuit shown in FIG. The sub CPU circuit controls the entire sub CPU circuit according to command data output from the sub CPU command output circuit 60 of the control circuit and signals output from the regular reset circuit 61 and the initial reset circuit 62. A sub basic circuit 78 is included. In addition, sub CPU
In the circuit, according to the command signal from the sub basic circuit 78,
Starting memory display 10, decorative pattern 11 and winning number display 1
2 and attacker LED18 and other decorative LED70 ~
An LED circuit 77 for driving the LED 76 is provided.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the CRT display device 47 shown in FIG. The CRT display 47 includes a CRT 30 for displaying an image and a CRT control circuit 86 for controlling the image display of the CRT 30. Further, the CRT display 47 has a reset circuit 84 for resetting the CRT control circuit 86 and a CRT control circuit 8
6, an oscillator circuit 85 for inputting a clock signal to C,
A character ROM 88 for storing in advance the image data that is frequently used among the images displayed on the RT 30 as character data, and a VRAM for expanding and storing the image data generated by the CRT control circuit 86.
87 and 87 are included. The character referred to in the present invention is
It refers to a person, an animal, or a pattern composed of characters, figures, or symbols displayed on the electrically variable display device 3.

The CRT control circuit 86 uses the strobe (ST) from the CRT circuit (control board) 65.
B) In response to the input of the signal, COM0-CO
Determine the status of the command data represented by M7,
The character data is read from the character ROM 88 according to the command data, and the read character data is used to generate image data to be displayed on the CRT 30, and the image data is stored in the VRAM 87. Then, the image data stored in the VRAM 87 is converted into RGB (color) signals and C-SYN.
C as a video signal consisting of C (horizontal and vertical position) signals
Send to RT30. As a result, the image is displayed on the CRT 30. The CRT circuit (control board) 6
Details of the command data input to the CRT control circuit 86 from 5 will be described later with reference to FIG.

Further, the CRT control circuit 86 is
It has a function of sending a voice synthesizing command signal to a voice synthesizing circuit 79 for synthesizing voices such as sound effects and outputting them to the speaker 145. In this way, by collectively controlling the image display of the CRT 30 and the sound generation control of the speaker 145 by the CRT control circuit 86,
It is not necessary to have both an image display control circuit for controlling the display of images and a sound generation control circuit for controlling the generation of sound, and further, the content of the displayed image and the content of the sound to be generated. Since it is not necessary to provide a control circuit for associating with and, the device configuration in the gaming machine can be simplified. Moreover, since the image display and the sound generation are controlled by the same control circuit, it is easy to match the timing of the image and the sound, and it is possible to generate various sounds while displaying a complicated image. Become. The arrangement and configuration of the speakers will be described later.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the basic structure of the CRT control circuit 86 shown in FIG.
A CPU 90 is provided inside the CRT control circuit 86.
A VDP (Video Display Processor) 91 and a control data ROM 92. CPU90 is a CRT
Data for controlling the display of the electrically variable display device 3 is read from the control data ROM 92 in accordance with the command data input from the circuit (control board) 65.

The CPU 90 sends a control signal to the VDP 91 based on the read control data. The VDP 91 reads the character data from the character ROM 88 according to the control signal, and uses the read character data to C
Image data to be displayed on the RT 30 is generated and the image data is stored in the VRAM 87. As mentioned above,
The image data stored in the VRAM 87 is sent to the CRT 30 as a video signal, and the image is displayed on the CRT 30.

Further, as described above, the CRT control circuit 86 synthesizes a sound such as a sound effect and the speaker 14
5 has a function of sending a voice synthesizing command signal to a voice synthesizing circuit 79 for outputting to VDP9.
1 is in charge. That is, the VDP 91 is the CRT 30.
The video signal of the image data is transmitted to the voice synthesis circuit 79, and the voice synthesis command signal is transmitted to the voice synthesis circuit 79 in order to generate the voice corresponding to the image data in the speaker 145.

FIG. 15 shows the VDP 91 shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. The VDP 91 includes a CPU interface 171, a character ROM interface 170, a VRAM interface 177 for controlling input / output of signals to / from an external CPU 90, a character ROM 88, and a VRAM 87, and a CRT 3.
A moving screen generator 175 and a scroll screen generator 176 for generating image data to be displayed at 0 are included. The moving picture plane generator 175 generates a moving picture image such as a title screen or a big hit. Also,
The scroll screen generator 176 generates an image for scroll display such as the symbol array shown in FIG.

Further, the VDP 91 is included in the display unit controller 172 for generating a signal (C-SYNC signal) indicating the display position of the generated image data, and each of the display units 39 based on the generated image data. A color data control unit 178 for setting dot color data, and R based on the color data sent from the color data control unit 178
RG consisting of three elements: red (red), G (green), B (blue)
A color palette 173 for generating a B signal and a voice control unit 174 for generating a voice synthesis command signal to be sent to the voice synthesis circuit 79 shown in FIG. 13 are included. The C-SYNC signal generated by the display controller 172 and the RGB signal generated by the color palette 173 are sent to the CRT 30 as video data. Then, in response to the output of the video data to the CRT 30, the voice control unit 174 sends a voice synthesis command signal to the voice synthesis circuit 79. As a result, the sound effect corresponding to the image displayed on the CRT 30 is synthesized by the voice synthesis circuit 79, and the speaker 145 is activated.
Is output from.

The operation of VDP 91 will be described. CP
When a control signal is input from U90, the moving screen generator 175 or the scroll screen generator 176 operates in response to the signal. Video plane generator 175
Alternatively, the scroll screen generator 176 reads character data from the character ROM 88 and generates image data to be displayed on the CRT 30 using this character data as basic data. Video plane generator 17
5 or the scroll screen generator 176 operates depending on whether the control signal from the CPU 90 commands the display of the scroll screen or the display of the moving screen.

The moving screen generator 175 or the scroll screen generator 176 converts the generated image data into V
Via the RAM interface 177, once the VRA
Store in M87. Then, the moving picture generator 175
Alternatively, the scroll screen generator 176 reads image data from the VRAM 87 at a predetermined timing in response to a clock pulse from a clock generation circuit (not shown) and sends the image data to the color data control unit 178.

The color data control unit 178 develops the sent image data for each dot included in the display unit 39 of the CRT 30, and sets the color data of each dot. The color data control unit 178 sends the set color data for each dot to the color palette 173. Color palette 173
Is based on the color data sent for each dot.
The densities of the three primary colors of (red), G (green), and B (blue) are determined, and RGB signals are generated. The generated RGB signal is combined with the position signal (C-SYNC) generated by the display control unit 172 as CRT30 as video data.
Is output to.

On the other hand, in order to generate a sound effect corresponding to the image data created by the above-mentioned procedure, the sound control unit 1
74 generates a voice synthesis command signal, and a voice synthesis circuit 79
Send to.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the positional relationship between the hit line and the symbols of the electrically variable display device 3. As described above, the electrically variable display device 3 has 3 rows ×
It has a total of nine variable display areas 40A to 40I in three columns, and as shown in the figure, nine variable display areas 40A to 40I are variably displayed. Then, three rows in the horizontal direction, three columns in the vertical direction, and two on the diagonal diagonal line, a total of eight hit lines are defined. As shown in FIG. 21, which will be described later, on at least one of the eight hit lines
Whether all the patterns of "7" are aligned, or all the variable display areas 40A to 40I are all airplane patterns, or all are flower patterns, or the upper left part, the upper right part, When four symbols of "7" are aligned on either the lower left portion or the lower right portion, a big hit state occurs.

17 to 20 are timing charts showing the control states of the variable display areas 40A to 40I with the change of time.

If a pachinko ball enters the starting winning opening 5 (FIG. 1) and is detected by the starting opening switch 24 (FIG. 2),
As shown in the upper left of FIG. 17, the detection pulse is turned ON and input to the main basic circuit 59 of the control circuit. In accordance with the rising timing of the detection pulse, main basic circuit 59 extracts and stores the values of C_RND1, 2 as will be described later. This C_RND1,2
As will be described later, it is a counter for determining the big hit, C_
RND1 is used for the first stage determination, and C_RND2 is used for the second stage determination.

At the falling timing (0.002 seconds after the rising time) of the start winning prize detection pulse, the already stored values of C_RND1 and 2 are read out and the values of C_RND_ZU1 to ZU9 are extracted. Is performed, and when it is determined that the jackpot is a big hit based on the read values of C_RND1 and 2, the C_RN
The value of D_LINE is extracted. C_RND_Z
U1 to ZU9 are counters for determining symbols to be displayed in each of the nine variable display areas 40A to 40I of the electrically variable display device 3, as will be described later, and are C_RN.
D_LINE is a counter for determining the big hit symbols and their arrangement.

First, the variable display areas 40A and 40B
However, from the rising edge of the start winning prize detection pulse 0.204 ~
After 0.222 seconds, the fluctuation starts. Next, the variable display areas 40C to 40F start to change 0.471 to 0.489 seconds after the rising of the start winning prize detection pulse. Next, the variable display areas 40G and 40H start changing after 0.738 to 0.756 seconds from the rise of the start winning ball detection pulse. Finally, the variable display area 40I starts changing after 1.005 to 1.023 seconds from the rising edge of the start winning ball detection pulse. In this way, the nine variable display areas 40
By making the fluctuation start times of A to 40I different, it is possible to disperse the load of the image display processing and allow a processing capacity of the CRT control circuit 83 (FIG. 13) and the like to have a margin.

The display result of the variable display area that has already stopped while the plurality of variable display areas that have started to change according to the above-described procedure is controlled to stop with different stop times is determined in advance. 18 to 20 show the case where the condition of the specific identification information is satisfied (hereinafter referred to as the reach state), and FIG. 17 shows the normal state in which the reach state does not occur.

In the case of the normal state shown in FIG. 17, the variable display areas (special symbols) 40A, 40B fluctuate by 5.000 seconds after the start of variable display, and are then predetermined according to the extracted value of C_RND_ZU1, 2 or C_RND_LINE. The design data before 436 dots of the designed design (hereinafter referred to as "scheduled stop design") is set, and control is performed to display the set design data.

Then, as shown in FIG.
The variable display areas 40A and 40B are continuously changed for a second (436-dot change time), and then the variable display areas 40A and 40B are stopped. As a result, the variable display area 40 in a state in which the scheduled stop pattern described above is changed.
A and 40B are stopped, and the variable display area 40
The planned stop symbol is stopped and displayed by A and 40B. In this way, when the variable display of the variable display areas 40A and 40B is near stop, the display symbol switching control for displaying the symbol slightly before the planned stop symbol is performed.

In the case of the variable display areas 40C to 40F,
After changing for 5.700 seconds after starting the variable, the above-mentioned display symbol switching control is performed, and then the variable display is continued for 0.700 seconds and stopped. Variable display area 40G, 40
In the case of H, after variably displayed for 6.400 seconds, the above-mentioned display symbol switching control is performed. Variable display area 40I
In the case of 7, after the variable display for 7.100 seconds, the above-mentioned display symbol switching control is performed.

In this way, the reason why the display pattern switching control is performed is that the variable display areas are stopped at the stage when a predetermined time has passed since the start of the variable display areas, but they are actually stopped. Stop symbols are sequentially counter (C
_RND_ZU1 to ZU9) is determined at random by the extracted value, so when the display symbol switching control is not performed, it is unavoidable to stop after variably displaying up to the determined scheduled stop symbol. The time required to variably display up to the stop symbol is random, and the variable display time from the variable start to the actual stop is random, and such irregularity of variable display time is In order to eliminate it, the display symbol switching control is performed on the way.

FIG. 18 is a timing chart showing an operation in the case where a reach state in which a big hit occurs depending on the display symbol when the variable display area 40I is stopped occurs.
The variable display areas 40A to 40H are similar to the control operation described in FIG. Then, the variable display area 40
With respect to I, after the variable start is displayed for 7.100 seconds, the display symbol switching control is performed. In this display symbol switching control, the symbol data of the symbol 00 on the software, that is, according to FIG. 10, the symbol data of "7" is set and the symbol is displayed. After that, the variable display speed of the variable display area 40I is gradually decreased to a speed at which the player can clearly see the variable display area 40I, and the slow variable display is continued for a relatively long time, and then according to the extracted value of C_RND_ZU9. In the case of a symbol, or a hit, "7", an airplane symbol, or a flower symbol is variably displayed, and an instantaneous stop control is performed. The time from when this display symbol switching control is performed until the variable display is actually stopped varies depending on the type of the planned stop symbol, and is from 8.550 to 15.618 seconds (1968-
This is a time period that changes by 2816 dots).

FIG. 19 shows a case of a so-called double reach in which a reach state is generated in two places that a big hit occurs depending on the display pattern when the two variable display areas (at least one of 40G or 40H and 40I) are stopped. The control operation is shown. In this case, the variable display area 40A-
The variable display control of 40F is exactly the same as that of FIG. Then, in the variable display areas 40G and 40H,
6. When the variable display is performed for 400 seconds, the display symbol switching control is performed, and the symbol data on the software, that is, the symbol data of "7" is set and the symbol is displayed. Then, the variable display speed gradually decreases, and becomes a speed at which the player can visually recognize it sufficiently.

Thereafter, the variable display area (for example, 40G) which is not the reach target is C_RND_ZU.
The scheduled stop pattern according to the extracted value of 7 is variably displayed and stops at the moment. The time from when the display symbol switching control is performed to when it actually stops is 0.967 to 6.033 seconds (the time required to change by 192 to 1408 dots).
Is.

On the other hand, the variable display area (for example, 40H) which is the symbol to be reached is C_RND_ZU.
8 extracted value or C_RND_LI when big hit
The scheduled stop symbol consisting of "7" according to the NE extracted value is variably displayed and then stopped. The time from the display pattern switching control until the variable display is actually stopped is 12.168 to 17.500 seconds (time required to change by 2880 to 4160 dots) longer than that in the variable display area 40G. . In the variable display area 40I, the time from the start of variability until the display symbol switching control is performed is 18.30.
It is 1 to 23.633 seconds. This is because the display symbol switching control timing is adjusted to the stop timing (irregular) of the variable display area relating to the reach of the variable display areas 40G and 40H.

FIG. 20 shows the case of the reach state in which a big hit occurs depending on the stop symbol of one of the two variable display areas 40G and 40H which are simultaneously and variably stopped in the normal state. In the case of FIG. 20, the control operation of the variable display areas 40A to 40F is exactly the same as that of FIG. Then, the variable display area 40
G and 40H are exactly the same as the variable display control of FIG. The variable display area 40I is variably displayed for 18.301 to 23.633 seconds after the variable start, and then display symbol switching control is performed. By this display symbol switching control,
The symbol data on the software, that is, the symbol data of "7" is set and the symbol is displayed. And C_RN
In the case of a symbol or a hit according to the extracted value of D_ZU9, the scheduled stop symbol consisting of "7" according to the extracted value of C_RND_LINE is variably displayed, and instantaneous stop control is performed.
The time from when this display symbol switching control is performed until the symbol actually stops is 0.700 seconds (the time required to change by 404 dots).

The variable display area 40 shown in FIG.
I, the variable display areas 40G, 40H, 40 shown in FIG.
I, the display symbol switching control in the variable display areas 40G, 40H shown in FIG. 20, instead of setting the symbol data on the software, that is, the symbol data of "7", the eight symbols before the symbol 00 on the software Symbol data on the software is set when the symbol data is set and the variable speed of the variable display area is gradually decreased after the display symbol switching control is performed to reach a speed just visible to the player.
You may control so that the pattern of 0, ie, "7," may be variably displayed.

FIG. 21A is an explanatory diagram showing the types and contents of a random counter for counting the random number value for controlling the variable display of the electrically variable display device 3. As the random counter, after the electric variable display device 3 variably displays, C_RND1 and C_RND2 for determining in advance whether or not the display result at the time when the stop control is performed is a big hit, the big hit symbol and its arrangement. C_RND_LINE for determining and 9 variable display areas 4
C_RND_ZU1 to ZU9 for determining the symbol to be displayed on each of 0A to 40I, and C_RND_KA for determining the symbol to be displayed on the decorative symbol 11 (FIG. 1).
There is ZARI.

C_RND1 counts up from 0, counts up to its upper limit value of 20, and then counts up from 0 again. This C_R
ND1 is used for the first stage determination for determining a big hit. The update of C_RND1 is performed by incrementing by 1 every 0.002 seconds. C_RND2 counts up from 0, counts up to its upper limit value of 10, and then counts up from 0 again. This C_RND2 is used for the determination in the second stage for determining the big hit. The update of C_RND2 is C
The value is incremented by one when the carry of _RND1 is performed.

Big hit symbol array random counter C_R
ND_LINE counts up from 0, counts up to its upper limit value of 165, and then counts up from 0 again. This C_RND_LI
The relationship between the NE value and the jackpot pattern and its arrangement will be described later. The update of C_RND_LINE is performed by adding 1 to the remaining time in the interrupt processing.

C_, which is a random counter for displaying symbols
Of RND_ZU1 to ZU9, C_RND_ZU1 to
The ZU 6 counts up from 0, counts up to its upper limit value of 8, and then counts up from 0 again. Also, C_RND_ZU7 to ZU
9 is the upper limit value that is counted up from 0 and is 20
After counting up to 0, it is counted up from 0 again. These random counters C_RN
The values of D_ZU1 to ZU9 correspond to “00 to 14 (hexadecimal notation)” of the software symbol shown in FIG. C_RND_ZU1 is added to the remaining time in the interrupt process by 8 and updated as “0, 8, 7, 6, 5, ...”. C_RND_ZU2 is added to the remaining time in the interrupt process by 5 to obtain "0, 5, 1, 6, 2, 2.
... "is updated. C_RND_ZU3 is updated by adding 1 to the remaining time in the interrupt processing.
Further, C_RND_ZU4 to ZU9 are C_R respectively.
When the carry of ND_ZU1 to ZU6 is performed, it is incremented by 1 and updated.

Random counter C for displaying decorative pattern 11
_RND_KAZARI counts up from 0, counts up to its upper limit value of 19, and then counts up from 0 again. This C_RN
The value of D_KAZARI is not directly related to the control of the pachinko game, and as described above, the amusement hall side exchanges the prize ball given at the time of a big hit, for example, according to the type of the decorative pattern displayed, Alternatively, it is used when deciding whether or not to use the prize ball as it is in the game. C
_RND_KAZARI is updated by adding 1 to the remaining time in the interrupt processing.

FIG. 21 (b) is a block diagram showing a procedure for determining a big hit using C_RND1,2. As shown in the figure, C_RND is the first step in determining a big hit.
When the value of 1 is determined and the value of C_RND1 is "7", the determination of the first stage is determined to be a big hit, and then the second stage of the big hit determination is performed. On the other hand, in the first stage judgment, C_
When the value of RND1 is other than "7", it is determined as something other than a big hit only in the first stage judgment. C in the first stage judgment
The value of _RND1 is "7", and when the process proceeds to the determination in the second stage, the value of C_RND2 is determined. When the value of C_RND2 is "4", the big hit is determined. Also, C_RN
When the value of D2 is other than "4", a jackpot is determined.

When the big hit is decided by the decision processing for big hit decision, the value of C_RND_LINE is read, and the symbol and the arrangement thereof which become the big hit are decided. When it is determined to be other than the big hit by the determination process for the big hit determination, the value of C_RND_ZU1 to ZU9 is read, and the symbol to be displayed is determined based on the read value.
At this time, if the determined symbol coincides with the big hit symbol, that is, whether any of the eight lines in the display unit 39 becomes "777", or the symbols of the variable display areas 40A to 40I. If all are airplane designs (all airplanes) or all flower designs (all flowers), the combination of the displayed designs is corrected so that the designs are out of alignment. That is, when the display symbol is all airplanes or all flowers, 1 is added to the value of C_RND_ZU9 to correct the display symbol in the variable display area 40I. If the display symbol includes a combination of "777", the variable display areas 40G and 40H are set by setting the values of C_RND_ZU7 and C_RND_ZU8 to "20".
The display symbol is changed, and further, the value of C_RND_ZU9 is set to 1 to change the display symbol of the variable display area 40I, and the combination of the display symbols is corrected and displayed so as not to be a big hit symbol.

FIG. 22 shows a combination of the display mode type of the display result in which the big hit occurs in the electrically variable display device 3 and the value of the big hit symbol array random counter C_RND_LINE for determining the display result. It is a figure. As described above, when the value of C_RND_LINE that counts 166 values from 0 to 165 becomes the value shown on the left side of each column in the figure, in the mode shown on the right side of each column. The electrically variable display device 3 is controlled so as to be stopped and displayed. For example, C_RND_
When the count value of LINE is "14", 9
It is controlled so that "777" are aligned on the hit line (see FIG. 16) formed by the variable display areas 40A, 40C, and 40G among the individual variable display areas 40A to 40I. Also, the count value of C_RND_LINE is "4.
If it is "5", "77" appears on the hit line (see FIG. 16) formed by 40G, 40I, 40H.
7 "are controlled so that they are aligned. Also, C_RND_LI
When the NE count value is "7", it is controlled so that the airplane pattern is displayed in all of the variable display areas 40A to 40I. As shown in the figure, there are 14 kinds of display results in which the big hit of the electrically variable display device 3 occurs. The number of values shown in each column is set according to the apparent appearance rate of each display mode.

FIG. 23 to FIG. 25 are diagrams showing a variation state of symbols when reach is generated during variable display on the display unit 39. In FIGS. 23A to 23C, the variable display area 4 is displayed.
0A and 40B display the symbol "7" to stop variable display, and reach is generated on the line formed by the variable display areas 40A, 40I, and 40B. 8 formed by the variable display areas 40A to 40I
When a reach occurs on any of the hit lines of the book, a reach line 89 is displayed to indicate that the line is reach.

As shown in the figure, when the reach occurs, the normal color blue and the reach yellow are alternately switched (flash display) so that the big hit pattern "7" can be easily identified. Is being done. Regarding this flash display, in addition to switching the character color of "7", the background color may be switched, or both the character color and the background color may be switched.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a state in which the variable display of the variable display area 40I is stopped and controlled. As shown in (a) to (c) of the figure, in the variable display area 40I that finally stops the variable display, when the symbol "7" is stopped, the player watching the display unit 39 In order to make you flicker, do not stop the variable display immediately,
The symbol "7" is displayed so as to be stopped after moving up and down reciprocally.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of stop control different from that in FIG. 24 for variable display in the variable display area 40I when a reach occurs. In this example, in the variable display area 40I, after the symbol "7" is once passed, the scroll is performed in the opposite direction and the stop control is performed at "7". Finally, in the variable display area 40I that is stop-controlled, by performing the stop control in this way, the game value of a big hit to the player who has been disappointed once the symbol of the desired "7" has passed As a result, the effect of amplifying the excitement of the player due to winning the jackpot is obtained.

26 and 27 are diagrams showing an example of a screen displayed on the display section 39 of the electrically variable display device 3 when a big hit occurs.

When a big hit occurs, the opening / closing plate 8 of the variable winning ball device 4 shown in FIG. 1 is opened, and a pachinko ball can be won through the opening portion 7, so that the variable winning ball device 4 can be used by the player. This is the advantageous first state. When a pachinko ball wins the V pocket during the big hit (hereinafter referred to as "V winning"), the variable winning ball device 4 is continuously repeated to win the first prize.
The repetitive continuation control is performed so that the first state is continued for a maximum of 16 rounds. The pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is configured to sequentially display images of stories traveling in different countries on the electrically variable display device 3 in accordance with the progress of the round, during the occurrence of a big hit.

In the first round immediately after the big hit occurs, first, in the display section 39 of the electrically variable display device 3, as shown in FIG.
A title image of "1R" as shown in FIG. 5 (a) is displayed to inform the player that the first round of the big hit has started. Next, on the display unit 39, "TO FRANC" indicating that a trip to France as shown in FIG.
The character image of "E" is displayed. Then, in the display unit 39, as shown in FIG.
An image including 40I is displayed. The image displayed at this time is a big hit pattern that triggered the occurrence of the big hit this time.

The three images shown in FIGS. 25 (a) to 25 (c) are sequentially displayed during the first round, and after about 30 seconds have elapsed from the start of the first round, or the attacker is displayed. The first round ends after 10 winning balls have been counted.

If there is a V winning during the first round, the second round is started by the repeat continuation control.
In the second round, “2R” as shown in FIG.
After the title image is displayed, an image showing a landscape of a tourist destination in France as shown in FIG. 27B is displayed.

If there is a V prize during the second round, after the second round is finished, the process proceeds to the third round,
The title image of "3R" and "TO
The character image of "SPAIN" and the image of the jackpot pattern are sequentially displayed. If there is a V winning during the third round, the process further proceeds to the fourth round, and the title image of "4R" and the image showing the scenery of the tourist destination in Spain are sequentially displayed. The images displayed in the third round and the fourth round are not shown.

Similarly, if there is a V prize in each round, an image showing the situation of traveling to the next round and traveling to one country every two rounds is displayed.

As the image representing the foreign travel displayed on the display section 39, as shown in FIG. 27C, a plurality of types of images for each course are prepared. Which of the multiple types of courses is to be displayed may be arbitrarily selected according to a program on the pachinko machine side, or a player can select a desired course by providing a selection button or the like. It may be configured to be possible.

As described above, based on the occurrence of the big hit, the variable winning ball device 4 is set to the first state advantageous to the player, and the image corresponding to the story is displayed on the electrically variable display device 3. This makes it possible to give a visual stimulus to the player and enhance the game content. Further, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, the image of one story is displayed over the entire round from the occurrence of a big hit to the end of the repeated continuation control, so that the player may miss the image of a certain round for some reason. In that case, the content of the story is not known and the player may get bored. On the other hand, the pachinko game machine of the present embodiment is configured to display one short story image in two rounds. Therefore, even if the player misses the display image of one story and cannot understand the contents of the story, if the image of another story continues to be displayed, the player will display that story. Since the game can be enjoyed, it is possible to shorten the time when the player gets bored as much as possible.

In this embodiment, the image of the overseas travel is displayed while the big hit occurs, but the type of the image displayed is not limited to this, and other examples such as golf and boxing. It is also possible to display an image of the game progress such as, and further to display an image corresponding to a more complicated story.

Regarding the number of rounds for displaying one story, one story is not displayed for every two rounds as shown in the above-mentioned configuration, but one for each round.
One story may be displayed, or one story may be displayed in three or more rounds. In addition, in this embodiment, each of the eight short stories displayed in the entire 16 rounds is independent of each other. However, each short story has its own ending, and a plurality or all of the short stories are used. The feature story may be configured so that, for example, the ending of the feature story is displayed at the end of some round or at the end of the final round.

Regarding the number of stories to be displayed, in this embodiment, a plurality of (eight in the example) stories are configured to be sequentially displayed every two rounds, but one story is repeatedly displayed. Good.

Regarding the point of switching the story, in the present embodiment, the story is switched every two rounds at the timing of switching the previous round and the next round, but it is not limited to the switching point of the round, and it is not limited to the point of switching the round. The story may be switched at a predetermined timing.

With respect to the chance of a big hit, in the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, the variable display of the nine variable display areas 40A to 40I is started on the display section 39 of the electrically variable display device 3, and the variable display is performed. The display result when the stop control is performed is on condition that any one of the big hit symbols shown in FIG. 22 has been obtained, but it is not the display result of the electrically variable display device 3 but is provided in the game area 2. It is also possible to set that a big hit is generated when a hit ball is won in a predetermined winning area.

Further, in the present embodiment, the electrically variable display device 3 is adapted to perform both the variable display for pattern matching which triggers the occurrence of the big hit and the image display during the occurrence of the big hit. For example, in addition to the electrically variable display device 3, a mechanical or electrically variable display device is provided, and the variable display device provided separately is used to perform variable display of pattern matching, and the electrically variable display device 3 is a symbol. It may be configured to be used only for displaying a story image during variable display of matching and during big hit occurrence.

The variable winning ball device 4 is provided in the game area and can be changed into a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player. ing. The electrically variable display device 3
This constitutes an image display device that displays an image.

After the main game circuit 59, the solenoid circuit 67, and the solenoid 46 drive the variable winning ball device to the first state based on the occurrence of the predetermined specific game state. The second state, the second
Drive control means capable of repeatedly continuing control for driving the variable winning ball device in the state of 1 to the first state again is configured.

Further, the main basic circuit 59 and CR
The T circuit 65, the CRT control circuit 86, the character ROM 88, and the VRAM 87 constitute display control means for controlling the display of the image display device.

28 to 44 show the main basic circuit 5
It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the program memorize | stored in 9 ROM.

FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the main program. This main program is
It is executed in response to the reset pulse generated by the periodic reset circuit 61 shown in FIG. 11 every 2 msec.
First, in step (hereinafter referred to as "S") 1, stack setting processing for setting a designated address of the stack pointer is performed. Then, in S2, an initialization process is performed. In this initialization processing, it is determined whether or not the RAM of the main basic circuit 59 contains an error, and if there is an error, processing such as initialization of the RAM is performed.

Next, in S3, a sub-microcomputer communication process is performed. In the sub-microcomputer communication processing, as shown in FIG.
The control data is sent to the sub CPU for controlling the LED circuit 77, the voice synthesizing circuit 79, and the volume amplifying circuit 80 shown in FIG. Next, in S4, NMI (Non Maskable Interru), which is one of the periodic interrupt processing by hardware, is performed.
pt) Output data control processing for generating data output in the processing is performed. Then, the generated output data is set in the output port in S5.

Subsequently, in S6, various abnormality diagnosis processing is performed by the self-diagnosis function provided in the pachinko gaming machine, and a warning is issued according to the result.

Next, in S7, data such as big hit information and effective start information is output to the hall management computer via the information output circuit 68 shown in FIG.
The valid start information is data relating to the number of start winnings actually used for the variable display of the variable display device, excluding the start winnings that exceed the upper limit of the start winning memory.

In the process process of S8, the state of the pachinko game is monitored, and the process corresponding to the process flag is selected according to the process flag for controlling the pachinko gaming machine in a desired order according to the game state. To be executed. Then, by the display control communication process of S9, command data for display control of the electrically variable display device 3 is output.

Next, in S10, the starting port switch 24
And 10-count switch etc. are monitored, and start winning hole 5
It is determined whether or not the attacker of the variable winning ball apparatus 4 has won a prize.

At S11, the random 1,2 update process for updating the above-mentioned big hit determination random counters C_RND1,2 is performed. Then, in S12,
Random counter C_RND_ for displaying the decorative pattern described above
A decorative pattern process for updating KAZARI is performed.

Next, by utilizing the reset waiting time remaining after the processing of S1 to S12 is completed, the above-mentioned big hit symbol array random counter C_RND_LINE and symbol display random counter C_RND_ZU1 to ZU9 are used.
The display symbol random update process for updating and is repeatedly executed. During this repeated execution, the signal from the regular reset circuit 61 (FIG. 11) is transferred to the main basic circuit 59 (FIG. 1).
If 1) is entered, the process from S1 is repeated again.

FIG. 29 is a flow chart showing the details of the random number 1 and 2 update process shown in S11 of FIG. The random 1, 2 update process is performed by executing the P_RANDOM subroutine program.
After adding 1 to C_RND1 in S14, it is determined in S15 whether the value of C_RND1 is 21 or more. If it is less than 21, the process directly returns to the main program. If the value of C_RND1 is 21 or more, S
At C16, C_RND1 is cleared and the process proceeds to S17.

After adding 1 to C_RND2 in S17, it is determined in S18 whether the value of C_RND2 is 11 or more. If it is less than 11, the process directly returns to the main program. If the value of C_RND2 is 11 or more, C_RND2 is cleared in S19, and the process returns to the main program.

By the above processing, every time the reset signal is input, that is, every 2 msec, C_RND1,
When the value of 2 is incremented by 1, and C_RND1 exceeds the upper limit value of 20, C_RND2
When the value exceeds 10 which is the upper limit value, each is cleared and added from 0 again.

FIG. 30 (a) is a flow chart showing details of the decorative pattern processing shown in S12 of FIG.
The decorative pattern processing is performed by executing the C_RND_KAZARI creation processing subroutine program. After adding 1 to C_RND_KAZARI in S20, it is determined in S21 whether the value of C_RND_KAZARI is 20 or more. If it is less than 20, the process directly returns to the main program. C_RND
If the value of _KAZARI is 20 or more, the process proceeds to S22, and C_RND_KAZARI is cleared.

As a result, C_RND_KAZA is input every time the reset signal is input, that is, every 2 msec.
The value of RI is incremented by 1 and C_RND_KAZARI
Is cleared when the value exceeds the upper limit value of 19, and is added from 0 again.

FIG. 30 (b) is a flow chart showing details of the big hit symbol arrangement process which is one of the display symbol random updating processes shown in S13 of FIG. This symbol arrangement processing is performed by executing a C_RND_LINE creation processing subroutine program. First,
At S23, a random counter C_ for the jackpot symbol array
After adding 1 to RND_LINE, in S24, C_
It is determined whether the value of RND_LINE is 166 or more, and if it is less than 166, the process directly returns to the main program. If the value of C_RND_LINE is 166 or more, the value of C_RND_LINE is cleared to 0 in S25. This allows C_RND_LIN
E is repeatedly added by 1 using the reset waiting time, and is added again from 0 when the upper limit value of 165 is exceeded.

FIG. 31 is a flow chart showing details of the display symbol processing which is one of the display symbol random update processing shown in S13 of FIG. This display symbol processing,
This is performed by executing a random update processing subroutine program. The random update processing subroutine program is, as shown in the figure, C_RND_ZU1,
This includes three processes, that is, a 4,7 creation process, a C_RND_ZU2,5,8 creation process, and a C_RND_ZU3,6,9 creation process. Details of these three processes are shown in FIG.
~ Shown in FIG. 34.

FIG. 32 is a flow chart of the C_RND_ZU1, 4, 7 creation processing subroutine program.

In S29, a process of adding 8 to C_RND_ZU1 is performed, and in S30, C_RND_ZU1.
It is determined whether the value of is 9 or more. C_RN
If the value of D_ZU1 is less than 9, then C_RND_ZU
The process proceeds to S37 of the 2, 5, 8 creation process. C_RND_ZU
If the value of 1 is 9 or more, C_RND_
After the process of subtracting 9 from ZU1 is performed, the process proceeds to S32. In this way, C_RND_ZU1 is incremented by 8 using the reset waiting time, and when the value exceeds 8 which is the upper limit value, it is updated to a value obtained by subtracting 9 from the value,
The process of adding 8 again to the updated value is repeated.

Next, in S32, a process of adding 1 to C_RND_ZU4 is performed, and then in S37, C_R
It is determined whether the value of ND_ZU4 is 9 or more. If the value of C_RND_ZU4 is less than 9, then C_R
The process proceeds to S37 of the ND_ZU2, 5, 8 creation processing. C_R
If the value of ND_ZU4 is 9 or more, the process proceeds to S34 and C_
Processing for clearing the value of RND_ZU4 is performed. As a result, C_RND_ZU4 uses the reset waiting time, and as a result of performing the process of S29, C_RND_ZU4.
Every time the value of _ZU1 exceeds 9, 1 is added, and C_
If the value of RND_ZU4 exceeds its upper limit of 8,
It is incremented from 0 again. Next, 1 in C_RND_ZU7
Is added, and then in S35, C_RN
It is determined whether the value of D_ZU7 is 21 or more. If the value of C_RND_ZU7 is less than 21, C_
Proceed to S37 of the RND_ZU2, 5, 8 creation processing. C_
If the value of RND_ZU7 is 21 or more, the process proceeds to S36, and the process of clearing C_RND_ZU7 is performed.
As a result, the C_RND_ZU7 utilizes the reset waiting time, and outputs 1 when the C_RND_ZU4 exceeds 9
When the value of C_RND_ZU7 exceeds 20 which is the upper limit value, the value is added again from 0.

The C_RND_ZU shown in FIG. 33 is processed in the same procedure as the C_RND_ZU 1, 4, and 7 creation processing described above.
C_RND_ in S37 to S44 of the 2, 5, 8 creation process
ZU2, 5, and 8 also have C_RND_Z shown in FIG.
C_RND in S45 to S52 of U3, 6, and 8 creation processing
_ZU3, 6, 9 are updated respectively. C_RND
When the _ZU3,6,9 creation process is completed, after returning to the main program, C_RND_ in FIG.
The LINE creation processing subroutine program is executed,
After that, the processes of S23 to S25 and S29 to S52 described above are repeatedly executed until the signal from the regular reset circuit 61 (FIG. 11) enters the main basic circuit 59 (FIG. 11).

FIG. 35A shows S1 in FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows a subroutine program of a starting mouth switch winning a prize judging processing performed by switch processing of 0. First, in S53, it is determined whether or not the start opening switch 24 (FIG. 3) has reached the ON determination timing. If not, the subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, when the detection signal from the starting port switch 24 is input and the determination in S53 is YES, the process proceeds to S54, in which it is determined whether or not there is a switch abnormality. This switch abnormality is judged by each switch 2
4, 5, 25a, 26a, 26b are not broken, short-circuited, jammed, etc., specifically, whether the input status from the I / O port has not been turned on for more than a predetermined time. Alternatively, it is performed based on whether or not the number of winning prizes does not become 0 in one opening of the variable winning ball device 4.

If there is a detection abnormality, the subroutine program ends as it is.
The routine proceeds to 55, where it is judged whether or not the value of the starting winning prize memory counter is larger than 4, and when it is larger, the subroutine program is finished as it is. This start winning a prize memory counter is a counter for storing the number of starting prize balls that have won in the starting winning opening 5, and is incremented by 1 in S57. Then, if the value of the counter is 4 or less, since it is still storable, the process proceeds to S56, and C_RN is set to the address corresponding to the value of the start winning award memory counter.
The values of D1 and D2 are stored, and the process of adding 1 to the value of the start winning a prize memory counter is performed in S57. As a result, every time a pachinko ball wins a start prize, the extracted values of C_RND1 and C_RND2, which are extracted in association with the start prize, are stored in the old order.

FIG. 35 (b) is a flow chart showing a 10-count switch winning a prize judging processing subroutine program which is executed by the switch processing similarly to the above-mentioned starting mouth switch winning a prize judging processing subroutine program. First, in S58, the 10-count switches 26a, 26b
It is determined whether or not is the timing when is turned on. If it is not the timing when the 10-count switches 26a and 26b are turned on, the process directly returns to the main program.

The 10 count switches 26a and 26b are turned off.
If the timing is N, it is determined in S59 whether or not a big hit is in progress. If it is not a big hit, S60
To the electrically variable display device 3 after the jackpot is over
It is determined whether or not the display variation of is within 5 times. If the display variation of the electrically variable display device 3 is within 5 times, the process directly returns to the main program. If the display variation of the electrically variable display device 3 is not less than 5 times, the fraud detection flag is set in S61. As a result, the 10-count switches 26a and 26b are turned on although the big hit is not made.
It is possible to determine that there is a possibility that some abnormality such as a ball jam has occurred.

On the other hand, if a big hit is occurring in S59, the winning balls are counted in the 10 count process of S62, and if the count value of the winning balls is 10 or more, the detected output is detected. The control to close the attacker is performed and the big hit ends.

FIG. 36 (a) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the process processing shown in S8. First, in S63, the value of the process flag is converted into an address, and in S64, control jumps to the converted address, and the subroutine program ends. As will be described later, the value of this process flag is added or updated at a step location of a key point according to the game state, and the control stored in the address portion corresponding to the value of the process flag is controlled. Control jumps to the program. as a result,
The pachinko gaming machine is controlled according to a desired control order according to the gaming state. The value of this process flag and the contents of the game machine control corresponding to it are as illustrated. The value of this process flag is indicated by a hexadecimal number. For example, in the case of 00H, normal processing is performed and 0
In the case of 1H, reach / big hit check processing is performed,
In the case of 02H, the variation processing of symbols 1 to 9 is performed.

In FIG. 36 (b), the process flag is 00H.
8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of normal processing executed at the time of. First, in S65, it is determined whether or not the starting winning prize memory counter is "0". If no starting winning prize is generated, the process proceeds to S66 because it is "0", and the process timer is operating. Is determined. This process timer is a timer set by S155 of a special winning opening opening post-process of FIG. 43 described later or by a waiting process, and when the process timer ends, a demo display symbol is set by S67. The symbol for this demonstration display is a display as a demonstration displayed on the electrically variable display device 3 before the pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening 5, and is a display that is completely unrelated to the game.

On the other hand, the value of the starting winning prize memory counter is "0".
If not, proceed to S68, C_RND_ZU1,2
To D_COM1, C_RND_ZU3,4 to D_COM2, C_RND_ZU5,6 to D
Set to _COM3 and set C_RND_ZU7 to D_CO
A process of setting M_4, C_RND_ZU8 in D_COM5, and C_RND_ZU9 in D_COM6 is performed. The D_COM 1 to 6 stores the extracted values of the respective C_RND_ZU1 to 9 which are the symbol (symbol) numbers on the software of the respective scheduled stop symbols and stores the CRT.
This is a storage area for transmission to the control circuit 86 (FIG. 13).

Next, in S69, the values of the big hit determination random counters C_RND1, 2 are checked, and S7
At 0, it is determined whether or not to make a big hit. The determination processing for determining the big hit is performed by the procedure shown in FIG. When it is determined that the big hit is determined by the value of C_RND1 and C_RND2, in S71, C_RND
The jackpot pattern is set based on the value of _LINE.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S70 that the jackpots other than the big hit are determined by checking the C_RND1 and C2, the process directly proceeds to the next step.

Next, in S72, a process of adding "1" to the process flag is performed, and the subroutine program ends. As a result, the value of the process flag is "01
Then, the subroutine program of the reach / big hit check process is executed at the next execution.

In the reach / big hit check process, the variable display area 40A of the electrically variable display device 3 when the reach symbol is displayed or the big hit symbol is determined to be displayed in the above-described normal process. ~ 40
It is checked whether or not the symbol displayed on I is in accordance with the control command. Furthermore, in the reach / big hit check process, when it is decided to display a symbol other than the big hit, it is checked whether the symbols displayed in the variable display areas 40A to 40I are accidentally big hit symbols. It It should be noted that the reach / big hit check process has no special feature as compared with the conventional ball game machine, and therefore the illustration thereof is omitted.

As a result of the process flag being added by "1" by the reach / big hit check process, the value of the process flag becomes "02H", and the subroutine program of the symbol 1 to 9 variation process is executed.

Now, the display process flag will be described. The display process flag is an electrically variable display device 3
Is a flag for controlling display in accordance with a desired order, the contents of which are shown in FIG. This display process flag is set by each subroutine program involved in the symbol variation / stop processing described below. If the display process flag is set, D_COM_
After being temporarily stored in 0, it is transmitted to the CRT control circuit 86, and the CRT control circuit 86 controls the display of the electrically variable display device 3 according to the type of the transmitted display process flag.

When the display process flag is set to 0xh, the screen display is turned off, and when 1xh is set, the demo screen is displayed. Also, when 2xh is set in the display process flag, display control during the game is performed, and for example, when 21h is set, processing of all symbol variations is performed. The game display column in FIG. 46 shows changes in the value set in the display process flag at the time of shift and at the time of reach.
In accordance with the change in the value set in the display process flag, the above-described fluctuation / stop operation of the symbols in FIGS. 17 to 20 is performed.

Further, when 3xh is set in the display process flag, a screen indicating the start of the big hit is displayed. Furthermore, when 4xh is set in the display process flag, a big hit round is displayed. For example, when 43h is set, 4R is displayed, and when 4Eh is set, 15R is displayed. When 5xh is set in the display process flag, it is displayed that there is a V winning at the time of a big hit. Further, when 6xh is set in the display process flag, it is displayed that the big hit has ended. If 7xh is set in the display process flag, an error is displayed.

FIG. 37 (a) is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine program of the symbol 1 to 9 variation processing. First, in S73, the display process flag is set to 21.
The process of setting to h is performed. As a result of the display process flag being set to 21h, as shown in FIG. 46, the process of all symbol variations is executed by the CRT control circuit 86. Then, the process proceeds to S74, and it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. This process timer is the time set by the reach / big hit check process, and during the operation of this process timer, S
The process of subtracting 1 from the process timer is performed by 74, and the subroutine process ends. As a result, when the predetermined time has elapsed, NO is determined in S74, the process of adding 1 to the process flag is performed in S75, and the value becomes 03H. Thereafter, the subroutine program of the symbols 1 and 2 stop process is executed. To be executed.

FIG. 37 (b) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the symbol 1 and 2 stop processing. First, in S77, it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. If not, the process proceeds to S79 to set 350 in the process timer, and in S88, the display process flag is set to "22h". That is, the process of setting the symbols 1 and 2 to stop is performed. Then, in S81, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not, the subroutine program ends.

At the next execution of this subroutine program, since the process timer is set to 350, YES is determined in S77 and S78 is executed.
Then, the process of subtracting "1" from the process timer is performed. Then, a determination of NO is made in S81 and the subroutine program ends.

After the process timer is set to 350 in S79, this subroutine program is set to 350.
Since the process timer becomes exactly 0 at the stage when the process is executed twice, that is, when 0.7 seconds has elapsed, S
When YES is determined by 81, the process proceeds to S82, stop sound data indicating that the symbols 1 and 2 are stopped is set, and by S83, the reach frame data of the hit line is set to D.
_COM7, 8 is set, and in S84, the process flag is added by "1" to a value of "04H". As a result, thereafter, a subroutine program for the symbols 3 to 6 stop processing is executed.

FIG. 38 (a) is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the symbols 3 to 6 stop processing. First, in S85, it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating, and if it is not operating, the process proceeds to S87 to set 350 in the process timer. Then, the display process flag is set to "23" in S88.
"h", that is, the process of setting 3 to 6 symbols is stopped, the determination of NO is made in S89, and the subroutine program is finished as it is.

Then, this subroutine program is
When the process timer is executed 50 times and the process timer is decremented by "1" each time by S86 and becomes 0, that is, 0.
When 7 seconds have passed, YES is determined in S89, the process proceeds to S90, and the process of setting the reach frame data of the hit line to D_COM7, 8 is performed. Then S
Proceeding to 91, stop sound data indicating that variable stop of symbols 3 to 6 is set, and by S92, the process flag is incremented by "1" to become "05H".
8 The subroutine program for stop processing is executed.

38 (b) and 39 show the symbols 7, 8
It is a flow chart which shows a subroutine program of stop processing. First, the process of setting the display process flag to "24h", that is, the 7,8 symbol stop is performed in S93, and the process of checking the line reach frame flag is performed in S94. Then, in S95, it is determined whether or not the reach is established on the hit line, ... (See FIG. 16). If the reach is not established on any of the hit lines, the process proceeds to S96. It is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. If the process timer is not operating, S98 is set to 350 and the process proceeds to S103. As a result, the main basic circuit 59 (FIG. 11) determines that the variable display of the symbols has stopped 0.700 seconds after the display symbol switching control is performed in the normal state of FIG.

On the other hand, when the reach is established on at least one of the hit lines, ..., The routine proceeds to S99, where it is judged whether the process timer is operating or not, and the process timer is operating. If not, the process proceeds to S101, where the process of setting the timer data according to the values of D_COM4, 5 in the process timer is performed, and S
At 102, the process of setting the display process flag to "26h", that is, 7,8 symbol stop (reach operation) is performed, and the process proceeds to S103. In S103, it is determined whether or not the process timer has ended, and in this case, a NO determination is made and the subroutine program ends.

This subroutine program is executed a plurality of times, and the process timer is set to "1" by S100 each time.
When the process of subtracting is performed and the process timer becomes 0, YES is determined in S103 and the process proceeds to S104.

In S104, the hit line ,,,
Clear the reach frame data of, and hit line ,,,
The process of setting the reach frame data of D_COM7 and D8 is performed. That is, the symbols 7 and 8 are stopped when the determination of YES is made in S103, and since only the symbol 9 is still variably displayed, the reach frame data in the winning line excluding the symbol 9 is displayed. While clearing, next, the process of setting the reach frame data of the hit line including the symbol 9 in D_COM7, 8 is performed.

Next, in S105, it is judged whether or not the all symbol reach frame flag is set. If it is set, the process proceeds to S106, in which the reach frame data at the time of all symbol reach is set to D_COM7,8. The process of setting is done.

On the other hand, if the all symbol reach frame flag is not set, the process proceeds to S107, where the winning line,
Processing of setting the big hit frame data of D, COM in D_COM7, 8 is performed. Next, in S108, stop sound data indicating that the symbols 7 and 8 are stopped is set, and in S109, the process flag is added by "1", and the value becomes "06H". as a result,
After that, the subroutine program of the symbol 9 stop processing is executed.

FIG. 40 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the symbol 9 stopping process. First, S11
Check the line jackpot flag by 0, S11
In 1, the jackpot line ,,,
, (See FIG. 16), it is determined whether or not at least one of them is a big hit combination, and if not, the process proceeds to S112, whether or not the all symbol reach frame flag is set. If the determination is made and the flag is not set, the process proceeds to S113, the line reach frame flag is checked, and further at S114, it is determined whether or not the reach state is established in at least one of the winning lines ,. Is done.

On the other hand, in S111, the hit line ,,
If a big hit occurs on at least one of the lines, or in S114, the all symbol reach frame flag is not set, and the hit line,
If the reach is not established in any of the above steps, the process proceeds to S119, and it is determined whether the process timer is operating. In this case, since the process timer is not operating, the process proceeds to S121 and the process timer is set. The process of setting 350 is performed, the process of setting the display process flag to "25h" is performed in S122, and the process proceeds to S123.

In S123, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. In this case, since the process timer has not expired, the subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, this subroutine program
The process timer is executed 0 times, and the process timer is decremented by "1" in S120 each time the process timer reaches 0. Then, the judgment is YES in S123 for the first time when the process timer becomes 0, the process proceeds to S124 and the process flag is set to "1". The process of adding is performed.

When a big hit occurs in at least one of the hit lines not including the symbol 9 or when a reach does not occur on the hit line including the symbol 9, 350 × 2 msec = 0.7 seconds has passed. The process timer ends and the symbol 9 is stopped. In that case, the process proceeds to S125, D_COM7 and 8 are cleared to clear the line frame data (reach, big hit), then the process proceeds to S126, and it is determined whether or not the all symbol big hit frame flag is set. , If it is not set, the subroutine program ends, but
If it has been set, the flow proceeds to S127, and processing for setting the data for all symbol big hits to the line big hit frame flag is performed, and the subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, in S114, the big hit does not occur in any of the big hit lines not including the symbol 9, and the all symbol reach frame flag is set, or the reach is established on the hit line including the symbol 9. If so, the process proceeds to S115, where it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. In this case, since the process timer is not operating, the process proceeds to S116 and the timer data according to the value of D_COM6 is the process timer. The process set to is performed. This timer data is (8.550 to 15.618) seconds shown in FIGS. 18 and 19. Then, the process proceeds to S118, and the process of setting the display process flag to "27h", that is, 9 symbols stop (reach) is performed,
In S123, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. In this case, since the process timer has not expired, the subroutine program ends.

On the other hand, this subroutine program is executed a plurality of times, the process timer is decremented by "1" at S117 each time it is executed, and when the process timer becomes 0, a determination of YES is made at S123. S
Proceeding to 124, processing for adding "1" to the process flag is performed. As a result, the symbol 9 is stopped and controlled when the time corresponding to the process timer set in S116 has elapsed.

As a result of adding "1" to the process flag in S124, the value becomes "07H", and thereafter the subroutine program of the big hit check process is executed.

In the big hit check process, a process of setting the line big hit frame flag data in D_COM7, 8 and
The process of setting the display process flag is performed, and it is further determined whether or not the jackpot flag is set. If it is not set, the subroutine program ends as it is, but if it is set, the process flag is set. Is further added by "1". As a result, the value of the process flag is "08H" when the big hit flag is not set, that is, the deviation is predetermined, and "09H" when the big hit flag is set.

As a result, when the big hit flag is not set, the subroutine program of the waiting process is executed, and when the big hit flag is set, the subroutine program of the big winning opening opening preprocessing shown in FIG. 40 is executed. To be executed.

First, the subroutine program for the waiting process will be described. It is determined whether or not the process timer is in operation, and when it is not in operation, the process of setting the process timer to 250 is performed, and the process of setting the display process flag to "20h", that is, stopping all symbols is performed. A determination is made whether the process timer has expired. In this case, a NO determination is made and the subroutine program is ended as it is.

The process timer is decremented by "1" each time the deviation waiting process subroutine program is executed once, and as a result, the process timer is executed 250 times and the value of the process timer becomes 0. Therefore, a determination of YES is made. Then, the process timer is set to 30,000, the process flag is cleared, the value of the process flag becomes "00H", and then the normal process subroutine program is executed. And C_R
The subroutine programs are completed by shifting the ND1 and 2 storage areas and by subtracting "1" from the value of the winning storage counter.

When the subroutine program for the normal processing shown in FIG. 36 (b) is executed after the subroutine program for the deviation waiting process is executed, the process waits for the set process timer to end and NO is obtained in S66.
Is determined and the process of S67 is performed, and the display state of the electrically variable display device 3 is switched to the demo display symbol. Further, as a result of the above-described processing, the storage area for the C_RND1 and 2 extracted values is "0" for the winning storage counter
C_RND1, stored in the area corresponding to the winning prize memory counter 1, as a result of being shifted one by one in the direction
The two extracted values are shifted and stored in the area corresponding to the winning storage counter 0, and the C_RND1,2 extracted values stored in the area corresponding to the winning storage counter 2 are shifted to the area corresponding to the winning storage counter 1. Stored,
Similarly, the extracted values in other areas are also shifted by one and stored.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program before opening the special winning opening. First, S136
Thus, it is determined whether the process timer is operating. In this case, since the process timer is not operating, the process proceeds to S137, and it is determined whether the number of times of opening is the first time.

When the variable winning ball apparatus 4 is repeatedly and continuously controlled to the first state, and the number of times of continuous repetition is the first time, S140
To display the process data for the first release count D_C.
The process of setting OM0 and setting the corresponding time in the process timer is performed. The display process data includes display process flag data, timer data, lamps, LEDs, address data of sound generation control data, and the like. Then, in S141, it is determined whether or not the process timer has ended. At this point, a NO determination is made and the subroutine program ends as it is.

At the next execution of the subroutine program of this special winning opening opening pre-processing, YE is determined in S136.
The determination of S is made, and the process of subtracting "1" from the process timer in S138 is performed. Then, this special winning opening opening pre-processing is repeatedly executed a plurality of times, and the subtraction processing of "1" is performed in S138 each time, and as a result, when the process timer becomes 0, the determination of YES is made in S141. In S142, the specific area winning flag is cleared, the winning number counter is cleared, and the specific area winning timer is cleared. Then, in S143, the process flag is incremented by "1", the value becomes "0AH", and thereafter the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening process is executed.

The specific area winning flag shown in S142 is the specific winning area (V) of the variable winning ball device 4 (FIG. 1).
This is a flag for remembering that a pachinko ball has won in the pocket. The winning number counter is a counter for counting the total number of winning balls won in the variable winning ball apparatus 4 in the first state. Further, the specific area winning timer is a timer for measuring a display time for displaying that the pachinko ball has won in the specific winning area (V pocket) by the electrically variable display device 3 (FIG. 1). When the winning ball apparatus 4 is in the first state, it is set based on the pachinko ball that first won the specific winning area.

On the other hand, when the number of times of opening the variable winning ball device 4 is the second or later, the process proceeds to S139, the round data corresponding to the number of times of opening is set in D_COM0, and the process timer is set to 1000. S14
Go to 1. This round data is the variable winning ball device 4
Is data for displaying the number of times of repetition at the present time by the electrically variable display device 3. Then, it is determined in S141 whether or not the process timer set in S139 has expired. S1
As a result of the process of 43, the process flag becomes “0AH”, and hence the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening process is executed thereafter.

FIG. 42 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of a special winning opening opening process. First, in S128, a process of setting the line jackpot frame flag data in D_COM7, 8 is performed, and in S129, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter is 10 or more. First
When there are less than 10 winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 4 in the state of, the process proceeds to S130, and it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. In this case, since the operation is not in progress, the process proceeds to S131, and the process of setting the corresponding time in the process timer is performed.
At 2, it is judged whether or not the set process timer has ended. In this case, since it has not ended, it ends as it is.

On the other hand, at the next execution of the subroutine for the special winning opening opening process, YES is determined in S130, and the process timer is set to "1" in S133.
The subtraction process is performed. When the process timer becomes 0 as a result of executing the special winning opening opening process a plurality of times and performing the subtraction process in S133 each time, a YES determination is made in S132 and the process proceeds to S134. In S134, the process of adding "1" to the process flag is performed, and S
A specific area valid timer is set by 135. This specific area effective timer is for receiving the detection signal from the specific winning ball detection switch for a predetermined period even after the variable winning ball device 4 is switched to the second state. Pachinko balls that have just won 4 are in the special winning area (V pocket)
Even if a player wins a prize, the prize is detected as a valid one and the control based on the specific prize is effectively performed. On the other hand, as a result of the processing of S134, the process flag becomes "0BH", and thereafter, the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening post-processing is executed.

FIG. 43 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of post-opening processing for the special winning opening. First, S
Based on 144, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter is “0”. When it is determined to be "0", the process proceeds to S145, and the switch abnormality flag is set.
This is a case where even one pachinko ball has not won a prize in the variable winning ball device 4 during the period in which the variable winning ball device 4 is in the first state, and such a case cannot normally occur. Therefore, it is assumed that an abnormality has occurred in the winning ball detection switch, and the switch abnormality flag is set in S145 in order to cope with it.

On the other hand, if the winning number counter is not "0", the flow advances to S146 to clear the switch abnormality flag, and in S147 it is judged whether or not the specific area effective timer has ended, and if it has not ended. Is S148
Thus, the processing for subtracting "1" from the specific area effective timer is performed, and in S149, it is determined whether or not the specific area winning flag is set. Then, the winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device 4 is a specific winning area (V pocket).
If the player has won the prize, the specific prize flag has been set, so that the process proceeds to S150, the process flag is set to "09H", and the opening number counter is incremented by "01H" to end the subroutine program.

As a result of the processing of S150, the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening preprocessing is executed again thereafter. On the other hand, if it is determined in S149 that the specific area winning flag is not set, S151
Then, it is judged whether or not the process timer is running. In this case, since it is not in operation, the process proceeds to S152, and D_COM7 and 8 are cleared. D_COM7
Is for designating reach patterns 7 to 1, and D
_COM8 is for designating the reach symbols 9 and 8 and the reach operation, and this data is cleared. Next, the process proceeds to S154, and the sound, lamp, and display process data at the end of the big hit are set, and the process proceeds to S155. S155
Then, the process of setting the time corresponding to S154 in the process timer is performed, the process proceeds to S156, it is determined whether or not the set process timer has ended, and if the subroutine program is executed for the first time, NO is determined.
Is made, and the subroutine ends as it is.

At the next execution of the subroutine program of the processing for opening the special winning opening, YE is executed in S151.
When S is determined, the process timer is set to 1 by S153.
The subtraction process is performed, and the subtraction process in S153 is performed every time the subroutine program is executed a plurality of times. As a result, S is executed when the process timer reaches 0.
The determination of YES is made by 156, and the process proceeds to S157.

In S157, after the special winning opening is opened (process flag = 0BH), it is judged from the data area corresponding to the kind of the big hit whether or not all the data set in the above S154 is completed, and it is still completed. If not, each data of the next address is set in S159. Then, when all the data in the corresponding data area are completed, YES is determined in S157, the process proceeds to S158, the process flag is cleared, and the process flag becomes "00H".

Next, in S160, the C_RND storage area is shifted and the winning storage counter is decremented by "1". Next, proceeding to S161, the jackpot flag is cleared, the opening number counter is cleared, and the winning number counter is cleared, and the subroutine program ends. As a result of the processing in S158, the normal processing subroutine program shown in FIG. 36B is executed thereafter.

FIG. 44 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the display control communication processing shown in S9 of FIG. First, in S162, the control data header is set. This set is set to D_COMH. D_COMH consists of 8 bits, and EH, that is, "1110" is set in the upper 4 bits, and FH, that is, "1111" is set in the lower 4 bits. Then, from the main basic circuit 59 to the CRT circuit 65 (FIG. 11)
When D_COMH or D_COMC is sent to
D_CO by the CRT control circuit 86 (FIG. 13)
When the header data (EFH) set in the MH is received, the CRT control circuit 86 recognizes that D_COM0 to D_COMC will be transmitted thereafter by using the received data.

Next, in S163, the command data at the address position calculated from the control data header address and the value of the control data transfer counter is read out.
In the data transfer counter, D_COMH in which the control data header is stored is “0”, D_COM0 is “1”, D_COM1 is “2”, D_COM2 is “3”, ... D_COMC is “9”. . Then, in the processing of S163, the command data at the address position calculated from the value of the control data transfer counter is read starting from the control data header address stored in D_COMH. Next, the process proceeds to S164 and S163.
A process for setting the command data read by the command output port to the command output port is performed.

Next, in S165, the checksum data up to the previous time is added to the set command data to obtain the checksum data of this time. The checksum data up to the previous time is already S before the execution of the subroutine program of the display control communication processing this time.
A process of adding the lower 7-bit data of the total of the command data and the control data header data set by 164 and the data set by S164 at the time of executing the subroutine program of the display control communication process this time is performed. After this addition processing, processing of clearing the data of bit 7 is performed. Next, the processing proceeds to S166, where the processing of incrementing the control data transfer counter by 1 is performed, and S1
In step 67, it is judged whether the control data transfer counter is less than 10, and if it is less than 10, the process processing subroutine program is directly returned to.

On the other hand, when the control data transfer counter reaches 10, it means that all the command data has been transmitted once, so the checksum data is cleared in S168 and the control data transfer counter is set. After clearing, return to the process processing subroutine program.

The checksum data is for checking whether correct data has been transmitted on the data receiving side. Specifically, in the CRT control circuit 86 on the data receiving side, it is determined whether or not the value obtained by adding the transmitted data by the same method as S165 and the transmitted checksum data match. However, only when they match, it is determined that appropriate data has been transmitted.

FIG. 45 shows a CRT control circuit 86.
14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure performed when the power supply of FIG. 13 is turned on. First, with S169,
An interrupt detection process in which the interrupt mask is turned on is performed, and execution of various interrupt processing programs is prohibited. Next, S17
0, stack setting is performed, and the process proceeds to S171.
A determination is made as to whether the RAM is normal. Since the data stored in the RAM is indeterminate when the power is turned on or the program runs out of control, it is determined that the value stored at the predetermined address in the RAM is inconsistent with the predetermined value. Initialization processing is performed.
Subsequently, in the input processing of S172, the main basic circuit 59
Command data is input from.

Next, in S173, the display data is set, and the set display data is set to V in S174.
It is output to the RAM 87 (FIG. 13).

Then, in S175, a command signal for synthesizing the voice corresponding to the display data set in S173 and output in S174 is sent from the VDP 91 to the voice synthesizing circuit 79 (FIG. 13). The process of setting to channel 1 is performed, and in S176, the voice synthesis circuit 7
9. The volume amplification circuit (amplifier) 146 is driven, and the sound of channel 1 is played from the speaker 145. In this way, the VDP 91 for controlling the display sets and outputs the sound data paired with the display data, so that the display control and the sound control are output controlled by the same processor. It has the advantage of being easy to synchronize. In addition, a surround function that emits sound elements in a stepwise manner during sound generation and a body sonic (sensation) function that generates sound by providing a speaker on the backrest of the chair are driven together to further enhance the game effect. be able to.

In the first embodiment of the present invention described above, the CPU 90 controls the control data ROM 9 as shown in FIG.
2 to read the control data for controlling the image display of the electrically variable display device 3, while the VDP 91
Accesses the character ROM 88 to read the character data which is the original data of the image data displayed on the electrically variable display device 3. Therefore, both the control data and the character data can simultaneously access the two data necessary for the image display of the electrically variable display device 3, so that even a large amount of image data can be processed at high speed. Becomes

A modification of the CRT control will be described below. FIG. 47 is a block diagram showing a modification of the CRT control circuit 86 shown in FIG. In this modification, the character data and the control data are stored in one ROM 95.

That is, the character RO shown in FIG.
RO with M88 and control data ROM 92 in one chip
Configured M95. By accessing the ROM 95, the CPU 90 reads the character data and the control data, generates a control signal (image display command signal) based on the read data, and inputs the control signal to the VDP 91.

In the structure of this modification, unlike the structure shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 90 accesses two data, character data and control data, so that the data read time is longer than in the above case. Become. as a result,
If no measures are taken, when the CPU 90 is reading the data in the ROM 95, the reading process is completed and C
Since the VDP 91 waits until the control signal is output from the PU 90, the VDP 91 has an idle time. Further, when the VDP 91 controls the image display of the electrically variable display device 3, the display control operation is completed and the VD 91
C90 because the CPU 90 is on standby until P91 becomes ready to receive the control signal output from the CPU 90.
Note that the PU 90 has idle time. Therefore, in order to minimize the occurrence of such a wasteful idle time, in this modification, the CPU 90 accesses the ROM 95 to read the next data while the VDP 91 is displaying the current image data. CPU90
The idle time between the VDP 91 and the VDP 91 is eliminated as much as possible so as to eliminate the idle state of both, so that the variable display in the electrically variable display device 3 can be performed quickly.

As described above, according to this modification, the character ROM and the control data ROM are a one-chip ROM.
Therefore, the arrangement space of the ROM in the CRT control circuit 86 and the display control board 154 is saved, and the ROM accompanying the change of the image control data is performed.
This makes it easier to install or remove.
Moreover, the data read by the CPU 90 and the display control operation of the electrically variable display device 3 by the VDP 91 are performed so that the idle time does not occur as much as possible, so that a large-capacity image control is performed for displaying a complicated image. Even when data is used, it is possible to maintain the variable display of the image on the electrically variable display device 3 as fast as possible regardless of the length of the data read speed.

The CPU 9 shown in this modified example
If the configuration for effectively utilizing the idle time of 0 and the CDP 91 is applied to the above-mentioned first embodiment, the image display processing can be further speeded up in the above-mentioned first embodiment.

FIG. 48 is a front view showing the external structure of the gaming machine. On the front of the game machine, the game board 1 shown in FIG. 1 and a game area 2 provided on the game board 1 are arranged.
Speakers 145 for generating game sound effects and the like are provided on both left and right sides of the game board 1. This speaker 14
The detailed configuration of No. 5 will be described later with reference to FIG. 49.

Further, on the front side of the game machine, a game effect lamp 143 is provided above the game board 1, and below the game board 1, a hit ball supply plate 139 and a hit ball operation handle 1 are provided.
40, a surplus ball storage tray 141, and an ashtray 142 are arranged.

Speakers 145 provided on both left and right sides are
Different sounds are generated on the left side and the right side, and a game sound effect of stereo sound is generated.

FIG. 49 is a sectional view showing the detailed structure of the speaker 145. The speaker 145 includes a sound generation board 149 having an amplifier 146 that is a sound amplification unit. The sound generation board 149 has a volume knob 14
7 is provided. By operating the volume knob 147, the volume of the sound generated from the speaker 145 can be adjusted. Voice generation board 149
Is housed inside the sound generating substrate cover 150 and is protected so that minute obstacles such as dust and dirt do not adhere to the sound generating substrate 149. Further, a speaker wiring 148 for transmitting a voice signal from the voice synthesizing circuit 79 shown in FIG. 13 is connected to the voice generating board 149.

FIG. 50 is a sectional view showing a modified example of the voice generating device. In this modification, a super-directional speaker is used to generate a sound specialized for the game content of each gaming machine, and is a configuration example for further enhancing the game content by sound effects. Super-directional speakers are provided above the pachinko gaming machines 133 installed on both left and right sides of the gaming machine installation island 132, respectively. In addition, the super directional speaker 13
A sound absorbing mat 134 is provided on the floor 131 just below the floor 5. A speaker wiring 148 is connected to the super directional speaker 135 from the pachinko game machine 133 through the inside of the game machine installation island 132 and the ceiling 130.

With the configuration using the super-directional speaker 135, it is possible to prevent the sound effects generated from the pachinko gaming machines 133 from being heard by anyone other than the player of each pachinko gaming machine 133 as much as possible. The conventional game sound effect generator is configured to generate a sound effect from a speaker or the like provided on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine, and the sound generated from one pachinko gaming machine is the same as the pachinko gaming machine in the vicinity. Since the person playing the game on the gaming machine can hear it, the type and volume of the sound generated from the speaker are limited. However, as in this modification, the superdirectional speaker 13 is used.
5 is arranged on the ceiling 130 directly above the pachinko gaming machine 133, and the sound absorbing mat 134 is provided in order to prevent the sound from being reflected on the floor 131 and not being heard as much as possible.
It is possible to generate a more effective sound with an appropriate volume for only the player of each pachinko gaming machine 13.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a modification of the display control of the display section 39 of the electrically variable display device 3. In this modification, the display unit 39 is divided into nine display areas 100A to 100A.
00I divided into display areas 100A to 10A.
The 0I was configured to be controlled individually. Each display area 10
Variable display areas 40A to 40I are provided in 0A to 100I.

FIG. 51 (a) is a diagram showing a display mode when the big hit is confirmed. In FIG. 51 (b), the variable display area 40I which is finally stopped at the time of reach is enlarged and displayed.
It is a figure which shows the state in which the other display area was reduced.
In this way, each display area 100A to 100I is reached during reach.
By changing the size of the area, it is possible to further increase the excitement of the player for the reach and the big hit, and it is possible to further enhance the game content on the gaming machine. Further, as shown in FIG. 51 (c), the size of the display area as shown in FIG. 51 (b) can be changed by reversing the design color and the character color in the variable display area at the time of reach. Along with the change, it is possible to give a color stimulus to the player, and it is possible to realize a higher game effect.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing another modification of the display control of the display unit 39. In the display example shown in FIG. 52 (a), "7" is also displayed in the symbol display portion in which the symbol which is out of contact with the big hit is displayed, and a screen for strongly appealing to the player that the big hit has occurred is displayed. Composed. At this time, the image data displayed in each variable display area 40A to 40I is the same if the data in one variable display area is read out instead of reading out the data in each variable display area 40A to 40I individually. The data may be used to display in another variable display area. Thereby, the useless operation of reading the image data to be displayed in the nine variable display areas 40A to 40I nine times can be omitted, and the image data can be displayed more quickly.

FIG. 52B is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed when a big hit occurs. As described above, the image display unit 39 is divided into nine variable display areas, but by this division control, for example, the display area 100A that changes for each round of a big hit and the winning balls into the attacker are counted. The display areas 100G for the display are controlled individually, and the images in the other display areas can be continuously displayed without being variably displayed.
Therefore, the image data for variably displaying can be minimized, the load on the image display control circuit can be reduced, and the variably displaying on the display unit 39 can be performed at high speed.

[0207]

As described above, the ball game machine of the present invention drives the variable winning ball device to the first state and displays an image based on the occurrence of a predetermined specific game state. When the device starts displaying an image corresponding to one story and the progress of the drive control operation of the variable winning ball device reaches a predetermined story switching point, it corresponds to a story different from the story being displayed. Display an image. This makes it possible to provide a ball game machine that enables the story of the image displayed on the image display device to be enjoyed more reliably and more easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the configuration of the flow path of the pachinko balls on the back surface of the game board of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of various mechanical parts on the back surface of the game board.

FIG. 4 is a front view and a side view of an electrically variable display device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an electrically variable display device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a center ornament of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a mounting plate of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a CRT and a CRT substrate of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 9: CRT cover and CR of electrically variable display device
It is a perspective view of a T substrate housing.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a symbol row variably displayed on the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a sub CPU circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a CRT display device.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a CRT control circuit.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of VDP.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a symbol of an electrically variable display device and a hit line.

FIG. 17 is a timing chart showing a changed state of the operation of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 18 is a timing chart showing a changed state of the operation of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 19 is a timing chart showing a change state of the operation of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 20 is a timing chart showing a changed state of the operation of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 21 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing the types and contents of a random counter for controlling the display of the electrically variable display device, and FIG. 21 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for determining a big hit by the random counter. is there.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the value of the random counter for the big hit symbol arrangement and the big hit symbol and arrangement.

FIG. 23 is a screen view showing a display state at the time of reach displayed by the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 24 is a screen diagram showing a display state at the time of reach displayed by the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 25 is a screen diagram showing a display state at the time of reach displayed by the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 26 is a screen view showing a display state when a big hit occurs, which is displayed by the electrically variable display device.

27 (a) and (b) are screen diagrams showing a display state when a big hit occurs, which is displayed by an electrically variable display device, and (c) is an explanatory diagram showing types of display screens.

FIG. 28 is a flow chart of a main program for controlling a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of random 1, 2 update processing.

FIG. 30 (a) is a flowchart of a subroutine program of decorative symbol processing, and FIG. 30 (b) is a flowchart of a subroutine program of random processing for creating a jackpot symbol array.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of random update processing.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of random display creation processing for symbol display.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of symbol display random counter creation processing.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of symbol display random counter creation processing.

FIG. 35 (a) is a flow chart of a subroutine program for determining a start opening switch winning combination, and FIG.
It is a flow chart of a subroutine program of the count switch winning determination.

FIG. 36 (a) is a flowchart of a subroutine program for process processing, and FIG. 36 (b) is a flowchart of a subroutine program for normal processing.

FIG. 37 (a) is a flow chart of a symbol processing variation program subroutine program, and FIG.
7 is a flowchart of a stop processing subroutine program.

FIG. 38 (a) is a flowchart of a symbol 3-6 stop processing subroutine program, and FIG. 38 (b) is a pattern 7, 8
7 is a flowchart of a stop processing subroutine program.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart of a symbol 7, 8 stop processing subroutine program.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart of a symbol 9 stop processing subroutine program.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart of a special winning opening opening preprocessing subroutine program.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart of a special winning opening opening processing subroutine program.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart of a special winning opening post-processing subroutine program.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart of a display control communication processing subroutine program.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the CRT control circuit is powered on.

FIG. 46 is an explanatory diagram showing values and contents of display process flags.

FIG. 47 is a block diagram showing a modified example of the CRT control circuit.

48 is a front view showing the external configuration of the gaming machine. FIG.

FIG. 49 is a cross-sectional view showing a detailed configuration of a speaker 145.

FIG. 50 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the sound generating device.

[Fig. 51] Fig. 51 is a diagram illustrating a modification example of the display control of the display unit of the electrically variable display device.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a modification of display control of the display unit of the electrically variable display device and an example of an image displayed when a big hit occurs.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game board, 2 is a game area, 3 is an electrically variable display device,
4 is a variable winning ball device, 30 is a CRT, 40A to 40I are variable display areas, 47 is a CRT display, 59 is a main basic circuit, 65 is a CRT circuit, 79 is a voice synthesis circuit, 86 is a CRT control circuit, and 87 is VRAM, 88 is a character ROM, 90 is a CPU, 91 is VDP, 92 is a control data ROM, 145 is a speaker, and 146 is an amplifier.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball-and-ball game machine in which a ball is hit in a game area to perform a game, and a first state which is provided in the game area and which is advantageous to the player and disadvantageous to the player A variable winning ball device that can be changed to a second state, an image display device that displays an image, a display control unit that controls the display of the image display device, and that a predetermined specific game state has occurred. Based on the above, the variable winning ball device is driven to the first state and then to the second
And a drive control means capable of repeating continuation control for driving the variable winning ball apparatus in the second state to the first state again, the display control means includes the specific game state. The image display device starts displaying an image corresponding to one story based on the occurrence of the occurrence, and the progress of the drive control operation of the variable winning ball device by the drive control means reaches a predetermined story switching point. A ball-ball game machine, wherein the image display device displays an image corresponding to a story different from the one story.