JPH07194794A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the playing performance by various ready for winning state displays. CONSTITUTION:The variable display of the fluctuation display design to be displayed on a variable display device 14 is performed on condition of winning a prize of as playing ball to a specific winning port 16. Based on the stopped design of the fluctuated display design, a pachinko game machine 1 gives the prescribed play addition value. Thus, the device is provided with a design discrimination means 10 discriminating whether the design patten in the process of the fluctuated display of the fluctuated display design to be displayed on the variable display device 14 coincides with the stopped design pattern in a big hit state except the final stopped design or not and a display means 54 displaying the fluctuated design and the auxiliary playing display to obtain the prescribed playing result based on the stopped design pattern of the fluctuated display pattern when they are judged to coincide based on the discrimination result of the means 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko gaming machine which gives a player a predetermined gaming value based on a stop symbol mode of a variable display symbol in a special symbol display device. .

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, in pachinko gaming machines and the like, the interest of pachinko gaming has been enhanced by a variable display game with a special symbol display device arranged in the approximate center of a game area.

This variable display game, when the display symbol displayed in the special symbol display device stops after changing based on predetermined game conditions, when the stop symbol is a predetermined combination, it is a big hit. In addition, the variable winning device is opened to facilitate the winning by operating the continuous winning objects in accordance with the occurrence of the big hit.

As a display device used as a special symbol display device for playing such a variable display game, for example, a monochromatic 7-segment LED (Light Emitting Diod)
e), color 7-segment LED, dot matrix with single color LED, color dot matrix, single color segment liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid
Crystal Display), fluorescent display tube, color L
In the market where there are CDs and the like, and there is a recent need for a display device having a more visually appealing element and a display device capable of more precise and complicated display, an LCD or CRT (Cathode Ray) capable of color display Tube), a display device with high expressiveness is considered promising as a special symbol display device.

However, even a pachinko gaming machine using such a color LCD as a special symbol display device can make full use of the high expressive power of the display device in the flow of the variable display game. Is hard to say.

Therefore, it is desired to utilize the high expressive power of the color LCD to enhance the game value in the variable display game.

[0007]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a pachinko gaming machine for performing a variable display game in a special symbol display device arranged in the approximate center of a game area, for example, there is a type 1 continuous winning type pachinko gaming machine.

Here, in the special symbol display device of the pachinko gaming machine, a symbol display area A for displaying the left symbol, a symbol display area B for displaying the middle symbol, and a symbol display for displaying the right symbol. A region C is provided, and for example, “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”,
"6", "7", "8", "9", "prince", "princess",
The variable display game in the special symbol display device will be described below, assuming that one of the 15 symbols of "key", "holy water", and "flower" is displayed.

First, on the condition that the game ball guided into the game area by the game ball launching device wins the first type starting opening, displayed in the special symbol display device, left symbol, middle symbol, right symbol Each symbol of the symbol starts the variable display, and after a predetermined time (5 seconds or more), the left symbol, the middle symbol,
The change is made by stopping the order of the right symbols, and when all the symbols are stopped, the three symbols displayed on the special symbol display device are "0", "1", "2", "3", " 4 ”,
"5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "prince",
A big hit is the case where the princesses, the keys, the holy water, and the flowers have the same ditto, and in this case, the variable winning device is opened for about 29.5 seconds, and this opening action is performed. The game value is given to the player by continuing the game up to 16 times. Hereinafter, the variable display game is executed every time the game ball wins the first-class start opening.

Then, when the symbols other than the final stop symbol (in this case, the right symbol) are in the same condition as the jackpot symbol (hereinafter, this state is called the reach state),
Efforts are being made to increase the interest of the player by performing various reach displays until the stop time of the final stop symbol.

Specific examples are: The one that slows down the variable display speed of the final stop design.

2. One that temporarily stops the final stop design within the range of 0.5 seconds, and starts changing again.

3. The final stop pattern is changed at high speed up to 3 frames before the jackpot pattern, and 3 frames before and low speed frame feed.

4. The one that reverses the variable display direction of the final stop design.

5. All display symbols are changed together with the final stop symbol.

As in the above, it is known that the variation state of symbols is changed in order to increase the player's expectation and playability until the final stop symbol is determined.

[0017]

However, in such a conventional pachinko gaming machine, basically, the reach display is enhanced only by changing the variation state of the display symbol. , There were the following problems.

That is, as described above, there is a limit to performing the reach display that increases the player's expectation only in the variable state of the symbols.

Further, in a pachinko gaming machine in which a display device having high expressiveness such as an LCD or a CRT is used as a special symbol display device, for example, mahjong, hanafuda, horse racing, sumo, etc. are used as motifs for variable display. There are some games that improve the game playability by giving a series of story characteristics to the display process, but even with such a pachinko machine, the game playability improvement is recognized in the display after the big hit, but reach With regard to the display, it falls within the category of the reach display described above, and in order to make full use of the display capabilities of LCDs and CRTs, a novel reach display with a higher expectation is desired.

[Purpose] In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to improve game playability by various reach displays.

[0021]

The invention described in claim 1 is, as shown in FIG. 1, variable display displayed on the variable display device 14 on condition that a game ball is won in the specific winning opening 16. The process of variable display of the variable display symbols displayed on the variable display device 14 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 which performs variable display of the symbols and gives a predetermined game added value based on the stop symbol mode of the variable display symbols. In the case where it is determined by the determination result of the symbol determination means 10 and the symbol determination means 10 that the symbol aspect in is the same as the stop symbol aspect in the jackpot state except the final stop symbol, By the display means 54 for displaying an auxiliary game display that obtains a predetermined game result based on the stop symbol aspect of the variable display symbol together with the variable symbol, the above object is achieved. .

In this case, in addition to the invention described in claim 1, as described in claim 2, the symbol determination means 10
When it is determined to be the same by the determination result of, when the final stop symbol is confirmed, the final stop symbol is provided with a symbol confirmation unit 8 for confirming whether or not the final stop symbol is a jackpot symbol, and the display unit 54 is From the time it is determined by the symbol determination means 10 to be the same until the final stop symbol is stopped, an auxiliary game display is displayed together with the variable symbol, and based on the confirmation result of the symbol confirmation means 8, an auxiliary game. It is effective to determine the game result of the display.

Then, in addition to the invention described in claim 2, as described in claim 3, the symbol confirmation means 8
Compares the random number value extracted by the random number extraction unit with the random number value generated by the random number generation unit at a timing based on the winning of the specific winning opening, and the predetermined value set in advance. It is preferable to provide a stop symbol determination means for determining and determining a stop symbol corresponding to the determination result.

[0024]

According to the invention described in claim 1, when the symbol determining means determines that the symbol aspect in the process of variable display of the variable display symbol is the same as the stop symbol aspect in the jackpot state except the final stop symbol. , Based on the stop symbol mode of the variable display symbol, the display means displays the auxiliary symbol display with which the variable symbol and the predetermined game result are obtained. Therefore, as the auxiliary game symbol, a plurality of displays in which the predetermined result is recognized are displayed. By being prepared, the playability can be improved by various reach displays.

In this case, according to the invention of claim 2,
Whether or not the final stop symbol is a jackpot symbol is confirmed by the symbol confirmation unit, and the game result of the auxiliary game display is determined by the display unit based on the confirmation result. As the auxiliary game display, for example, at least two types of displays for which a predetermined result is recognized,
For example, by providing an animation display that is a big hit after the reach state and an animation display that is lost after the reach state, the game performance can be improved by various reach displays.

Further, in this case, according to the invention described in claim 3, in the symbol confirmation means, the stop symbol is determined by the determination result based on the random number value extracted by the random number extraction means by the stop symbol determination means, In addition to the invention described in claim 2 above, it is surely confirmed whether or not the final stop symbol is a jackpot symbol.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, in FIGS.
The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

First, the structure of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 11 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, a game area 13 surrounded by guide rails 12 is formed on the surface of the game board 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the present embodiment, and a substantially central position of the game area 13 is formed. In addition, a variable display device (hereinafter referred to as a special symbol display device) 14 for playing a variable display game is provided.

And, in the lower position of the special symbol display device 14, in the variable display game on the special symbol display device 14, a variable winning device (large winning hole) 15 for performing a special game when a big hit occurs is provided. Further, between the special symbol display device 14 and the variable winning device (large winning hole) 15, a first type starting port 16 which is a special symbol starting port is provided.

In FIG. 2, 17L, 17R, 18L,
18R is a winning opening, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19
Reference numeral d is a hold storage display unit that is a special symbol display device storage.

The special symbol display device 14, the symbol display area A for displaying the left symbol which is the first stop symbol, the symbol display area B for displaying the middle symbol which is the second symbol, the third stop symbol Is provided with a symbol display area C for displaying the right symbol, which is “1” for the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol.
"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",
"8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "1"
One of the 15 symbols "3", "14", and "15" is displayed.

Specifically, the variable display symbol in this embodiment is composed of uniform type symbols with a soccer motif as shown in FIG. 14 (b), whereby the symbol display area A, For B and C, "1",
"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",
"8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "1"
Any of "3", "14", and "15" is displayed.

The variable display game on the special symbol display device 14 is a game area 1 by a game ball launching device (not shown).
Provided that the game ball guided in 3 wins the first type starting opening 16, the three symbols of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol displayed in the special symbol display device 14 are displayed in a variable manner. Along with the start, after a predetermined time (5 seconds or more), the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol stop changing in order, and at the time of stop, 3 symbols are "1", "2", "3", "4", "5",
"6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "1"
The case in which 1's, 12's, 13's, 14's, and 15's are aligned is a big hit, and the variable winning device (big winning opening) 15 is opened for about 29.5 seconds. .

By the way, in this embodiment, 15 symbols are prepared for each of the left symbol, the middle symbol and the right symbol,
The jackpot probability on the display is 1/252.

The determination of such a big hit, the determination of a stop symbol, etc. are performed based on a random number generated by the gaming machine control unit 5, and the variable display game includes a stochastic element accompanied by a chance, for a pachinko game. The interest is excited.

Further, the hold storage display unit 19 in the present embodiment.
a, 19b, 19c, and 19d are LEs that emit red light.
D is used, and by controlling so as to emit light as a winning memory when the first-type starting opening 16 is won,
The winning memory for the first-type starting opening 16 is notified to the outside.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the gaming machine control section 5 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment.

In FIG. 3, the gaming machine control section 5 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in this embodiment is roughly divided into a gaming control circuit 2, a display control circuit 3 and a power supply circuit 4, and in particular, The game control circuit 2 is provided with an accessory control circuit 8 and a input / output control circuit 9 which are stop symbol determination means, and the display control circuit 3 is an image / sound control section 1 which is symbol determination means.
0, image output circuit 54 which is a display means, and audio output circuit 5
5, a game control circuit 2 and a display control circuit 3
Are connected via the signal line L, and data is exchanged by communication between the game control circuit 2 and the display control circuit 3. In FIG. 3, 6 is an image display unit and 7 is an audio output unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the main structure of the game control circuit 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the game control circuit 2 is provided with an accessory control circuit 8 and an input / output control circuit 9, and the accessory control circuit 8 and the input / output control circuit 9 are connected via a bus B. Each is connected.

The accessory control circuit 8 is a CPU (Central Proc
essing unit) 31, frequency dividing circuit 32, ROM (Read Onl)
y Memory) 33, RAM (Random Access Memory) 34
And a function of generating uniform random numbers based on a predetermined setting probability, and a hall (game shop) management device, for example, the number of winnings to the first type starting opening (special symbol starting opening) 16, It has a function of outputting various information such as the number of start of the variable display game, the big hit in the variable display game, the number of cycles of the big hit, the illegal information (illegal due to winning, disconnection of connector, etc.).

The CPU 31 is an 8-bit microprocessor which is the center of the accessory control circuit 8 for controlling various other circuits, and is stored in the ROM 33 by a reset interrupt process based on a reset signal described later. Various program processes are executed in one sequence unit based on the program process procedure. Further, when a random number used for the game is required, in this embodiment, the random number is obtained by the digit-up type counter X that counts up in accordance with the reset timing.

The frequency dividing circuit 32 frequency-divides the clock pulse output from the clock oscillator to generate a reset signal about every 2 msec, and the CPU 31 outputs the reset signal.
Is to be supplied to.

The ROM 33 is a semiconductor memory for storing various control programs and data used by the CPU 31, and the RAM 34 stores program data and the like used during execution of program processing in the CPU 31 and is related to games. A semiconductor memory that temporarily stores data and is used as a work area.

By the way, in the RAM 34, a predetermined storage area (hereinafter, referred to as a special figure reservation area) for sequentially storing up to four lottery values of the jackpot random numbers at the time when the game ball wins the first type starting opening 16 Is provided, and when the lottery value is stored in the special figure holding area, the holding storage display portions 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d corresponding to the special figure holding area are provided.
Lights up in red, holding memory (special symbol display device memory)
It shows the memory state of.

The input / output control circuit 9 is for controlling the input and output of various signals typified by, for example, winning of a game ball into the first-type starting opening 16, and specifically, a jackpot. Generates a signal for starting the determination of, and at the time of a big hit, the variable winning device (big winning opening) 1
5 is driven to open.

As shown in FIG. 8, the input / output control circuit 9 includes a first-type starting switch 41, a continuation switch (specific area passing ball detecting section) 42, a count switch (variable winning ball detecting section) 43, a low-pass filter. 44, buffer gate 4
5, the output port 46, the driver 47, the variable winning device (big winning opening) 15 is provided.

The first type starting switch 41 is a switch for detecting the winning of a game ball into the first type starting opening 16.

Continuation switch 42 and count switch 4
3 is a proximity switch both of which are provided in the variable winning device (special winning opening) 15, and the continuation switch 42 is
A specific area (hereinafter referred to as V
This is for detecting passing balls that pass through a zone), and the count switch 43 is for detecting all winning balls that are won in the variable winning device (major winning opening) 15.

The low-pass filter 44 receives the output signals from the first-type start switch 41, the continuation switch 42, and the count switch 43, and also outputs from a discharge control circuit (not shown) that controls the discharge of the game balls. Request signal is input, and each of these signals is shaped as a pulse wave and output to the buffer gate 45. The buffer gate 45 amplifies the pulse wave shaped by the low-pass filter 44 and outputs it to the bus B. It is a thing.

The output port 46 outputs various signals input via the bus B to the driver 47, and the driver 47 is based on the various signals input from the output port 46, for example, a variable winning device. (Winning hole) A drive control signal for driving 15 is output, or, for example, a display data signal (display information) output to the display control circuit 3 of the special symbol display device 14 via the signal line L, , Various signals to be output to the management device on the hall side (for example, start opening winning signal, special symbol rotation signal, jackpot signal, jackpot cycle continuation signal, etc.), and also output to the discharge control circuit (not shown) It outputs other control signals such as a clock signal and a prize ball data signal. The variable winning device (big winning opening) 15 plays a variable display game based on the winning timing to the first type starting opening 16, and the special symbol display device 14 has a specific pattern in which a big hit occurs. As a result, the game is continuously opened for a maximum of 16 times for about 29.5 seconds, which gives the player a chance of a special game and gives the player a chance of winning many prize balls.

If approximately 10 game balls are won in the variable winning device (big winning opening) 15, the opening time is about 2
Variable prize winning device (large prize hole) 15 even within 9.5 seconds
The opening operation of is stopped.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the display control circuit 3.

The display control circuit 3 includes an image / sound control section 10 which is a symbol determining means and an image output circuit 5 which is a displaying means.
4 and a voice output circuit 55, the image used for the variable display game is displayed on the special symbol display device 14 based on the display data signal (display information) from the game control circuit 2, and the variable display game is displayed. The image / sound output unit 10 generates a sound such as a sound effect to raise the sound.
PU51, ROM52, RAM53, image output circuit 5
4 and an audio output circuit 55.

The CPU 51 controls the generation of an image to be displayed and a sound to be output, based on the display data signal input via the signal line L.

The ROM 52 is a semiconductor memory for storing various control programs used by the CPU 51 and data such as image data and audio data, and the RAM 53.
Is a semiconductor memory used as a work area for temporarily storing program data and the like used during execution of program processing in the CPU 51 and data relating to image display and audio output.

The image output circuit 54 controls image processing independently of the CPU 51 and outputs image data to the image display unit 6 (hereinafter referred to as VDC: Video Display Controller) 56.
And a video memory 57 that stores image data to be displayed on the image display unit 6.

The sound output circuit 55 is composed of a sound generator 58 for generating a sound effect of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and an amplifier 59 for amplifying the sound signal generated by the sound generator 58 and outputting it to the sound output unit 7. Has been done.

The power supply circuit 4 is a DC power supply circuit that rectifies an AC current having an average voltage of 25 V converted from a general commercial power supply, converts the AC current into a DC current, and supplies the DC current to each circuit in the gaming machine control section 5.

In the present embodiment, the image display unit 6 is composed of a display device using a 4-inch size LCD,
By displaying the image data output from the image output circuit 54, the central display output of the variable display game is performed.

The display device used for the image display unit 6 is not limited to the LCD in this embodiment, but may be a CRT (Cath).
It is possible to replace the display device with an ode ray tube) or a display device with a fluorescent display tube or an LED (Light Emitting Diode).

The audio output unit 7 is composed of a dynamic speaker attached to the lower part of the front surface of the inner frame of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and outputs the audio data output from the audio output circuit 55 as an actual sound (for example, in a variable display game). BGM (BackGr
Sound Music) and sound effects, etc.) and output to the outside.

Next, the operation (action) of this embodiment will be described.

In the above structure, first, the game ball launched from the game ball launching device (not shown) by operating the handle provided at the lower right position of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is guided to the guide rail 12. It is launched into the game area 13 of the game board 11.

In the gaming machine control unit 2, the presence or absence of inputs of the first type starting switch 41, the continuation switch 42 and the count switch 43 is monitored, and the game ball is the first type starting opening 16
If the winning of the game ball is detected by the first type starting switch 41, the chattering of the detection signal is removed, the logic conversion is performed, and the input processing is performed.

Further, when the winning of the game balls is detected at the first type starting opening 16, the number of the winning game balls is stored in the special figure holding area up to four, and the variable display game is performed. Random lottery values at the time of winning, which are used for, are also temporarily stored in the special map reservation area. In this case, a random number for determining the jackpot in the variable display game is generated by the game control circuit 2.

Then, the variable display game is started in the special symbol display device 14 based on the memory of the winning of the game ball to the first type starting opening 16, that is, the data stored in the special symbol reservation area.

In the variable display game process, the game machine control unit 2 displays, for example, 0. Normal operation processing, 1. 1. Automatic stop time end monitoring process First stop symbol stop monitoring process,
3. Second stop symbol stop monitoring process and reach determination process,
4. Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when lost), 5. Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when reach is lost), 6. Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when reach jackpot), 7.
Design determination process, 8. End-of-life monitoring process of fanfare operation, 9. End monitoring processing of interval operation (after continuation),
10. Jackpot operation processing before continuation, 11. Jackpot operation processing after continuation, 12. End time monitoring (before continuing),
13. End of effective time monitoring (after continuation), 14. Each process of end monitoring (before continuation) of the interval operation is executed.

The aforementioned game machine control unit 5 is provided with a symbol memory (not shown) for storing a stop symbol, and this symbol memory is a stop corresponding to each symbol display area in the special symbol display device 14. As a storage area for symbols, it is sequentially updated every reset interrupt.

Then, by the game control circuit 2, it is determined whether the stopped state of the variable symbol is a big hit state, a reach state, or a lost state, and when it is determined that it is a big hit state, In the jackpot symbol memory area in the RAM34, when it is determined that the reach state, in the reach symbol memory area in the RAM34, when it is determined that the state is lost, the symbol data in the lost symbol memory area in the RAM34, respectively Is stored.

On the other hand, in the CPU 31, on the basis of the stop symbol extracted by the lottery value for determining the big hit, it is decided whether the big hit judgment, the reach judgment or the loss judgment is made. In the case of the big hit judgment, the big hit symbol memory area is set. The stop symbol is determined by the stored jackpot pattern, and in the case of reach determination, the stop symbol is determined by the reach symbol stored in the reach symbol memory area, and in the case of loss determination, the loss symbol memory The stop symbol is determined by the lost symbol stored in the area.

The display symbol data relating to the special symbol display device 14 set in the variable display game process is sequentially output to the display control circuit 3 via the driver 47, and the final stop symbol is stored in the RAM 34. In order to obtain the final stop design, the display design is switched from several frames before including the final design, and the special design display device 14
Is displayed and output.

In the display control circuit 3, the special symbol display device 1
The variable display symbol displayed in 4 is enlarged and displayed in one of the divided display symbols among a plurality of preset variable display symbols in the procedure described later.

Based on the flow charts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the control processing procedure of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the game control circuit 2 will be shown.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts showing the overall processing outline in the game control circuit 2.

When the control process is started, first, initial information is set (for example, stack pointer is set, RAM 34 is set).
Is permitted (step S1), and it is checked whether or not the pachinko gaming machine 1 is powered on for the first time (step S2).

Here, when it is detected that power is supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 by operating the power switch,
A register used by the CPU 31 and the RAM 34 are initialized, that is, so-called initialization processing is executed (step S3), and an interrupt waiting state is set.

On the other hand, in the processing of step S2,
If the power-on is not detected, the input process is performed (step S4), and the game contents are involved based on the above-described digit-up counter X in order to determine one of the big hit, reach, and loss in the variable display game. A new random number is generated, and the random number is updated by the random number updating process (step S5).

Then, the gaming machine control section 5 carries out a prize ball control process by communication with the discharge control circuit (not shown) by means of communication regarding prize ball data (step S6).
Output processing for outputting the output data set by various subroutine processing is performed (step S7).

Next, a count switch winning a prize monitoring process,
Continuation switch prize monitoring processing, the first in the first type starting port 16
Switch input monitoring processing is performed to monitor the inputs of various switches for performing prize monitoring processing of the seed starting switch 41 (step S8), and fraud such as no count fraud and fraudulent clogging is performed in the count switch 43. Whether or not there is fraud is monitored, and if fraud is determined to have been performed, so-called fraud monitoring processing (step S9) of notifying the fraud is performed, and then each sequence is efficiently processed as shown in FIG. Branch processing is performed based on the value of the event counter for good processing (step S1).
0). The value of the event counter is set by counting the number of times the sequence is executed.

That is, when the event counter value is "0", "voice synthesis processing" for synthesizing various voice data to be output to the outside is performed (step S11), and when the counter value is "1", "LED ( "Light Emitting Diode) editing process" is performed (step S12), if the counter value is "2", "lamp editing process" is performed (step S13), and if the counter value is "3", the counter value is "3". Similar to the case of "1", "LED edit processing" is performed (step S14), and when the counter value is "4", "variable display game processing" is performed on the special symbol display device 14 (step S15), If the counter value is "5",
"Design control edit process" is performed (step S16), if the counter value is "6", "data transfer process" is performed (step S17), and if the counter value is "7", "external information" Edit processing "is performed (step S1
8).

Next, a sound edit output process is carried out (step S19), and the CPU 31 enters a suspended state waiting for an interrupt.

Then, based on the above-mentioned reset signal, the CPU 31 recovers from the interrupt waiting state.

By the way, in the variable display game according to the present embodiment, the game control circuit 2 causes 0. Normal operation processing,
1. 1. Automatic stop time end monitoring process 1. Stop monitoring process of the first stop symbol, 2. Stop monitoring processing and reach determination processing of the second stop symbol, Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when lost), 5. Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when reach is lost), 6. Third stop symbol stop monitoring process (when reach jackpot), 7. Design determination process, 8. End-of-life monitoring process of fanfare operation, 9. End interval monitoring process (after continuation), 10. Jackpot operation processing before continuation, 11.
Jackpot operation processing after continuation, 12. End time monitoring (before continuing), 13. End time monitoring (after continuation), 1
4. End monitoring of the interval operation (before continuation) is carried out, and the game control circuit 2 further sets a variable display command to be output to the display control circuit 3 of the special symbol display device 14, or in each of the above processes. Data of game sounds corresponding to each game state is set.

Here, the LED edit processing and the lamp edit processing are L arranged on the surface of the game board 11 according to the game state.
It is a process of setting display data such as ED and lamps, and the data transfer process is a process of transferring display data from the game control circuit 2 to the display control circuit 3.

In addition, the external information editing process outputs on / off data of the starting opening winning a prize which is output to the management device of the hall in order to measure the proportion of the winning in the first type starting opening 16. Is a process of setting and outputting a jackpot signal or the like that informs that the jackpot is being hit.

As described above, each of the above-mentioned processes is a "voice synthesis process", "LED edit process", "lamp edit process", "LED edit process", "variable display game process" whose control contents are relatively complicated. , “Symbol control edit process”, “Data transfer process”, and “External information edit process”, each of 8 program processing blocks are prepared, and these program processing blocks are once in 8 sequences. It is supposed to be run in.

As a result, the processing time of each sequence is shortened and the processing load on the game control circuit 2 is reduced in the program processing premised on the reset interrupt processing (in this embodiment, about 2 msec intervals).
A complex processing program is executed.

In this embodiment, the "speech synthesis process",
"LED edit process", "lamp edit process", "LED edit process", "variable display game process", "symbol control edit process", "data transfer process", and "external information edit process"
However, the processing content is not limited to this, and may be replaced or added to other processing.

Further, as described above, the processing content of each processing from step S11 to step S18 which is branched according to the value of the event counter becomes complicated, resulting in about 2 mse.
When a process that cannot be executed occurs in one sequence of processes that ends within the reset interrupt time of c, the process may be further divided. For example, in the “LED editing process” that requires a considerable processing time, As in the embodiment, it is possible to process by assigning the sequence twice in the eight sequences.

The variable display game process shown in FIG. 7 will be described in detail below.

8 to 12 are diagrams for explaining the variable display game process, and FIGS. 8 to 10 are main flowcharts of the variable display game process.

First, at the beginning of the process, it is checked whether or not the sequence timer has expired, and it is determined whether or not the sequence has been switched (step P1).

If it is determined that the sequence is not switched, the sequence timer is updated (step P2), and the process returns to step S19 in FIG.

On the other hand, in the process of step P1 above,
If it is determined that the sequence is switched, then,
It is checked whether or not the current execution step number is an inappropriate step number (step P3), and in this case, the execution step number is initialized only when it is determined to be an inappropriate execution step number. (Step P
4).

In the processing of steps P3 and P4, the data stored in the RAM 34 is destroyed by, for example, noise from the outside caused by static electricity or electromagnetic waves, and the execution step number is modified to an inappropriate value. If you execute the same execution step number, the CPU
This is a process for preventing the occurrence of such an accidental failure because there is a risk that the 31 will run away.

Thereafter, step branch processing is performed based on each execution step number (hereinafter referred to as processing number) (step P5).

When the process number is "0", the operation process in the normal game state (hereinafter referred to as the normal operation process) is executed. In this normal operation process, for example, the storage state of the reserve memory of the game ball is specially specified. Processing such as notification to the outside is performed by turning on the hold storage display portions 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d corresponding to the figure hold area (step P6).

When the process number is "1", the end stop monitoring process of the automatic stop time is executed, and in this process, the big hit random number value is determined and the stop symbol is determined (step P).
7).

When the process number is "2", the stop monitoring process of the first stop symbol is executed, and in this process, the stop monitor of the left symbol which is the first stop symbol is performed (step P8).

When the process number is "3", the stop monitoring process and the reach determination process of the second stop symbol are executed, and in this process, the stop monitor of the right symbol which is the second stop symbol is performed, and the first Depending on whether or not the stop symbol and the second stop symbol match, it is determined whether or not the reach state is reached (step P9).

If the process number is "4", the stop monitoring process of the third stop symbol at the time of losing is executed, and in this process, the third stop symbol (final stop symbol) is the big hit state ( That is, it is determined whether or not all three symbols are in a complete state (step P10).

When the process number is "5", the stop monitoring process of the third stop symbol at the time of reach loss is executed, and in this process, the third stop symbol (final stop symbol) is the big hit state in the state at the reach time. It is determined whether or not (step P11).

When the process number is "6", the stop monitoring process of the third stop symbol at the time of the reach jackpot is executed, and in this process, the third stop symbol (final stop symbol) is in a lost state in the state at the time of reach. It is determined whether or not it is, and initialization processing at the time of a big hit is performed (step P12).

When the process number is "7", the symbol determination process is executed, and in this process, when the third stopped symbol (final stopped symbol) is the lost symbol, the losing operation is performed (step P13).

When the process number is "8", a fanfare operation ending process is executed, and in this process, it is determined whether or not the fanfare operation is completed within a specified time (step P14).

When the process number is "9", the end monitoring process of the interval operation after continuation is executed. In this process,
Initialization processing for the next big hit operation is performed (step P15).

When the process number is "10", the jackpot operation process before continuation is executed, and in this process, various processes related to the jackpot motion performed before the continuation of the jackpot motion (in this case, up to 16 times) are executed. (Step P1
6).

When the process number is "11", the jackpot operation process after the continuation is executed, and in this process, various processes related to the jackpot operation performed after the continuation of the jackpot motion are executed (step P17).

That is, the above steps P16 and P17
In the process of, the jackpot operation process before and after winning the continuation switch 32 in the variable winning device (special winning opening) 15 is executed.

When the process number is "12", the end time monitoring process of the effective time before the continuation is executed. In this process, the effective time before the continuation of the jackpot operation, that is, the variable winning device (special winning opening) 15 is executed. A determination process of whether or not the opening interval time has ended is performed (step P18).

When the process number is "13", the end time monitoring process of the effective time after the continuation is executed, and in this process, the effective time after the continuation of the jackpot operation, that is, the variable winning device per one time (the big winning award). Mouth) 15 opening time is about 29.
A determination process of whether or not the time of 5 seconds has ended is performed (step P19).

When the process number is "14", the end monitoring process of the interval operation before continuation is executed, and in this process, the initialization process for the current big hit operation is executed (step P20).

When each of these processes is executed,
The game control information processing described later is executed (step P2
1) and returns to the process of step S19 of FIG.

The display contents of the variable display game according to this embodiment will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the stop monitoring and reach determination processing of the second stop symbol of the processing number "3" shown in FIG.

In the stop monitoring and reach determination processing of the second stop symbol, first, the stop symbol is taken out (step Q1), and the first stop symbol and the second stop symbol in the fetched stop symbol are the same symbol. It is determined whether or not, that is, whether or not it is a reach symbol (step Q2).

If it is determined that the reach symbol is not reached, the process number is set to "4" and step P2 in FIG.
The process returns to 1.

In the process of step Q2,
If it is determined to be a reach symbol, then it is determined whether or not the third stop symbol (final stop symbol) is a jackpot symbol (step Q4), and if it is not a jackpot, the process number is "5". Is returned to the process of step P21 of FIG. 10, on the other hand, in the process of step Q4, if the third stop symbol (final stop symbol) is a jackpot symbol,
The process number is set to "6" and the process returns to the process of step P21 in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart of the game control information processing shown in FIG.

In the game control information processing, first, the control information (see [Table 1] and [Table 2]) corresponding to the control number is taken out (step R1), and the sound control area is updated (step R).
2) The mode data is updated (step R3), the process number storage area is updated (step R4), and the sequence timer area is updated (step R5).

By the way, the communication data transferred from the game control circuit 2 to the display control circuit 3 is, as shown in [Table 1] and [Table 2], mode data indicating an operation state, a symbol in each mode, and Data 1 to data 6 indicating the display position are transferred one byte at a time as a total of 7 bytes of data.

[Table 1] [Table 2] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the symbol control editing process shown in FIG.

In the symbol control editing process, first, after the current process number in the variable display game process is taken out (step T1), there is a variable display symbol variation request in the variable display game, that is, a digital rotation request. Whether or not it is checked (step T2), and if there is no rotation request, the process proceeds to step T11.

On the other hand, in the processing of step T2,
When there is a rotation request, the address of the control data table for performing the variable display of the variable display design is calculated (step T3), and the control data is taken out based on the calculated address value (step T4).

Next, it is checked whether or not the counter for performing the rotation operation for the symbol display is Max (step T5), and if not, it is counted up (step T6) and the previous symbol position. Is updated (step T7) and the rotation operation is performed, while Max
If it is, the symbol position is updated (step T8) and the symbol pointer value is also updated (step T8).
9), link information is set between the previous symbol and the current symbol (step T10).

It is checked whether or not the above control processing is performed for all the symbols (step T11), and when the control of all the symbols is completed, the processing returns to the processing of step S19 in FIG. 7, while the control processing is terminated. If there is a symbol that is not present, the processes of steps T2 to T10 are repeatedly executed. Thereby, the variable display control of the variable display symbol is performed.

14 to 17 are views showing an auxiliary game display at the time of reach in this embodiment, and FIG. 14 (a).
Shows an example of a call-in image display, and FIG. 14B shows an example of a reach display image.

Further, FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an auxiliary game display at the time of reach in this embodiment, FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an auxiliary game display from the time of reach to a big hit, and FIG. 17 is
It is a figure which shows the auxiliary game display from the time of a reach to the time of a loss.

In this embodiment, at the time of call-in, FIG.
As shown in 4 (a), an animation of playing soccer is displayed, and the variable display of the variable display pattern is
As mentioned above, the uniform number is "1" ~
A variable display of numbers up to "15" is displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), when the left symbol and the middle symbol are aligned in the same pattern and are in the reach state, the image / sound control unit 10 in the display device 3 determines that the reach state is set. As shown in FIG. 15, the lower 1/4 of the effective display area of the special symbol display device 14 is the variable display symbol variation area, the upper 3/4 is the auxiliary game display area, and the soccer is the motif of the auxiliary game display. The animation display is performed by the image / sound control unit 10 and the image output circuit 54. Specifically, the player with the uniform number having the same identification value as the reach pattern (in this case, “11”) is displayed in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the ball is assisted, and FIG.
As shown in (b), an animation of shooting a shot at the goal is displayed.

Here, from the accessory control circuit 8 to the image / sound control unit 10, as shown in [Table 1], the reach loss (mode 04H) is made based on the random number value obtained from the jack X determination counter X. Alternatively, the control information indicating the reach jackpot (mode 06H) is transferred, so that the image / sound control unit 10 can determine whether the game result of the variable display game is a jackpot or a loss. Based on this control information (mode), at the time of a big hit, as shown in FIG. 16 (a), the uniform number “1” is continued following the animation shown in FIG. 15 (b).
An animation is displayed in which the shoot of the player "1" shoots finely. As a result, during fanfare operation, as shown in FIG. 16 (b), the uniform number "1" is displayed.
An animation is displayed in which the player "1" plays a performance such as dance in a cheer.

On the other hand, when there is a loss, the above-mentioned FIG.
Continuing from the animation shown in FIG. 17, as shown in FIG. 17, the animation shot by the player having the uniform number “11” is missed from the goal or saved by the goalkeeper is displayed.

As a jackpot for the player's surprise, a jackpot pattern in which another player running from the outside of the screen decides a heading shot when the shot shot by the player with the uniform number "11" is out of the goal. There is also.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the reach state is reached, the auxiliary game display by which the predetermined result can be recognized is displayed, so that the game is more novel and more promising than the conventional reach display. It is possible to perform a new reach display with a sense.

In this case, the auxiliary game display is distinguished from the case where a big hit is reached after the reach and the case where the win is lost after the reach. Therefore, in the case of a big hit, the variable display is displayed until the final symbol is stopped. At the same time, the game display that can recognize the predetermined result (what is superior and inferior) is displayed, and the result is displayed successfully. If it is lost, variable display until the final symbol stops In addition, a game display that can recognize the predetermined result is displayed,
The result is displayed as a failure. In this case, it goes without saying that the stop timing of the final symbol and the display timing of the game result are the same.

As described above, in this embodiment, the symbol determining means determines that the symbol aspect in the process of the variable display of the variable display symbol is the same as the stop symbol aspect in the jackpot state except the final stop symbol. In the case, that is, when the reach state, based on the stop symbol mode of the variable display symbol, by the auxiliary game display by which the predetermined game result is obtained along with the variable symbol by the display means, as the auxiliary game display, By providing a plurality of displays capable of recognizing a predetermined result, a variety of reach displays can be performed, and the playability can be improved.

As a result, variations can be expanded to the variable display game, the playability can be improved, and the contents of the game can be enlivened.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

Specifically, in the above embodiment, an animation display with a soccer motif is adopted as the auxiliary game display, but the display content used for the auxiliary game display is not limited to this, and for example, Various changes can be made as long as the content is such that an obvious superiority or inferiority determination can be made, such as an animation in which a boss character that is a villain is attacked and defeated, and an animation in which the boss character is defeated.

[0143]

According to the invention of claim 1, when the symbol determining means determines that the symbol aspect in the process of the variable display of the variable display symbol is the same as the stop symbol aspect in the jackpot state except the final stop symbol. , That is, when the reach state, based on the stop symbol aspect of the variable display symbol,
A variety of reach displays can be made by providing a plurality of displays that can recognize the predetermined result as the auxiliary game display by displaying the auxiliary game display with which the predetermined game result is obtained along with the variable pattern by the display means. Therefore, the playability can be improved.

In this case, in the invention according to claim 2, it is confirmed by the symbol confirmation means whether or not the final stop symbol is the jackpot symbol, and the display means determines the game result of the auxiliary game display based on the confirmation result. By doing so, in addition to the invention described in claim 1, as the auxiliary game display, for example, at least two types of display that can recognize a predetermined result,
For example, by providing an animation display that is a big hit after the reach state and an animation display that is lost after the reach state, various reach displays can be made,
It is possible to improve game playability.

Further, in this case, in the invention according to claim 3, in the symbol confirming means, the stop symbol is determined by the determination result based on the random number value extracted by the random number extracting means by the stop symbol determining means, whereby the above-mentioned In addition to the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to surely confirm whether or not the final stop symbol is a jackpot symbol.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board in the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a gaming machine control unit in the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a game control circuit.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a display control circuit.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an overview of overall processing in the game control circuit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an overall processing outline in the game control circuit, following FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a main flowchart of a variable display game process.

FIG. 9 is a main flowchart of the variable display game process continued from FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a main flowchart of the variable display game process continued from FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of stop monitoring and reach determination processing of a second stop symbol with a processing number “3” shown in FIG. 9;

12 is a flowchart of the game control information processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the symbol control editing process shown in FIG. 7.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a call-in screen and a reach screen in the variable display game of the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an auxiliary game display at the time of reach in this embodiment.

16 is a diagram showing an auxiliary game display from the reach time to the big hit time in the present embodiment, following FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an auxiliary game display from reach time to loss in this embodiment, following FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Pachinko gaming machine 2 Game control circuit 3 Display control circuit 4 Power supply circuit 5 Gaming machine control section 6 Image display section (display means) 7 Voice output section 8 Accessory control circuit 9 Input / output control circuit 10 Image / Voice control unit (symbol determination means) 11 game board 12 guide rail 13 game area 14 special symbol display device 15 variable winning device (large winning hole) 16 first type starting port (special symbol starting port) 17L, 17R winning port 18L, 18R Sphere path changing device 19a to 19d Suspended storage display unit (special symbol display device storage) 31 CPU 32 Frequency divider circuit 33 ROM 34 RAM 41 First type start switch 42 Continuation switch (specific area passing ball detection unit) 43 Count switch ( Variable winning ball detection unit) 44 Low-pass filter 45 Buffer gate 46 Output port 47 Driver 51 CPU 5 ROM 53 RAM 54 the image output circuit 55 the audio output circuit 56 Video Display Controller (V
DC) 57 video memory 58 sound generator 59 amplifier L signal line B bus

[Table 1]

[Table 2]

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A variable display symbol displayed on a variable display device is variably displayed on condition that a game ball is won to a specific winning opening, and a predetermined game is added based on a stop symbol mode of the variable display symbol. In the pachinko gaming machine that adds value, whether or not the symbol aspect in the process of the variable display of the variable display symbol displayed on the variable display device is the same as the stop symbol aspect in the jackpot state except the final stop symbol When it is determined to be the same as the determination result of the symbol determining means and the determination result of the symbol determining means, an auxiliary game display that gives a predetermined game result based on the stop symbol aspect of the variable display symbol is provided together with the variable symbol. A display device for displaying, and a pachinko gaming machine comprising :. 2. When it is determined by the determination result of the symbol determination means that they are the same, when the final stop symbol is confirmed,
The final stop symbol is provided with a symbol confirmation means for confirming whether or not it is a jackpot symbol, the display means, from the time it is determined by the symbol determination means to be the same until the final stop symbol is stopped,
The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary game display is displayed together with the variable symbol, and the game result of the auxiliary game indicator is determined based on the confirmation result of the symbol confirmation means. 3. The symbol confirmation means, a random number extraction means for extracting a random number value generated by a random number generation means at a timing based on a winning of the specific winning opening, and a random number value extracted by the random number extraction means. 3. A pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising: a stop symbol determining means for comparing and determining a preset predetermined value and determining a stop symbol according to the determination result.