JPH0796073A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the game machine by which plural images can be controlled easily with regard to its display in an image display device. CONSTITUTION:In the case of displaying a state that a UFO 84 turns around a round number display image 83, when the UFO 84 moves along the other side of the round number display image 83, priority of a display of the round number display image 83 is set higher than priority of the display of the UFO 84, and the round number display image 83 is displayed in the part in which the round number display image 83 and the UFO 64 are overlapped. On the other hand, in the case the UFO 84 moves along this side of the round number display image 83, the priority of the display of the round number display image 84 and the UFO 84 is switched and controlled so that the UFO 84 is displayed preferentially.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine typified by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like. Regarding the technology for displaying.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming 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“ CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) ”). Some image display devices are configured to variably display a plurality of types of identification information in a predetermined order, and to give a predetermined game value to a player according to the display result. Further, some image display devices are configured to display an image along a certain story, for example, based on the occurrence of a predetermined specific game state. As described above, in this type of gaming machine, it is intended that the contents of the game are rich and varied depending on the image displayed on the image display device.

Normally, the display screen of an image display device is created by combining a plurality of images in various ways. The displayed images include a title image showing characters, a pattern image showing identification information, a hero and a background image for forming a story scene, and the like. The data of these images are usually stored in a character ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like and read at a predetermined timing when a display screen is created.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in a gaming machine having an image display device as described above, demands for displaying more realistic images, variably displaying at higher speeds, and the like are becoming stronger. There is. Along with this, it has become necessary to increase the number and types of images included in one display screen, and to rapidly edit and control the images. For example, when a display screen is composed of two different images, it is necessary to properly control which image is to be preferentially displayed in a portion where the two images overlap. In such a case, conventionally, each image is displayed according to the order in which the data is input to the image display device, and the order of inputting the data of each image to the image display device is determined in consideration of the screen configuration. Alternatively, a desired display screen is created by performing a logical operation or the like between the image data and cutting off one image at the overlapping portion.

However, in the case of controlling the display of images according to the data input order as described above, if the number and types of images included in the display screen increase, the process of determining the data input order becomes extremely complicated. Furthermore, when the order of display of images is complicated, it may not be possible to deal with the problem. Also, in the case of performing the logical operation between the above-mentioned image data, when the number of images is large or the shape of the image is complicated, it takes a long time for the arithmetic processing. It becomes difficult to switch the display and change the display at high speed.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of easily displaying and controlling a plurality of images on an image display device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a gaming machine having an image display device for displaying an image, wherein the image generation device generates an image to be displayed on the image display device. Means, a priority setting means for setting a priority of display of the image generated by the image generating means on the image display device, and a display control means for displaying the image generated by the image generating means on the image display device. When the plurality of images are simultaneously displayed in the same display area of the image display device, the display control means displays the images according to the priority order of the display.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the image generating means generates an image to be displayed on the image display device. The priority setting means sets the display priority of the generated image on the image display device. The display control means causes the image display device to display the image generated by the image generation means. When simultaneously displaying a plurality of images in the same display area of the image display device, the display control means displays each image in accordance with the display priority determined by the priority setting means.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a pachinko gaming machine is shown as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a coin gaming machine or a slot machine, and an image for displaying an image. The present invention can be applied to all gaming machines having a display device.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine which is an example of the gaming machine. In the figure, a partial internal structure is shown. 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 a 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 rails 18. The exit portion from the guide rail 18 to the game area 2 is provided with a valve-shaped backflow preventing member 22 for preventing a pachinko ball that has been once driven into the game area 2 from returning to the guide rail 18. There is. It should be noted that the pachinko balls hit in the game area 2 are called hit balls in the following description.

In the game area 2, a variable display device 3 for variably displaying a plurality of types of image information is provided.
The variable display device 3 has a center decoration 28 on its front side, and a display section 60 including an LCD display 29 (shown in FIG. 3 described later) at the center of the center decoration 28. On this display unit 60, a ball is won at the starting winning opening 5 (hereinafter,
"Starting prize"), the winning ball is the start switch 6
A specific image for deciding whether or not to change the state of the variable winning ball device 4 described later is variably displayed in response to the detection by (illustrated by the broken line). The details of the image displayed on the display unit 60 will be described later.

A passage opening (warp entrance) 10 is provided at the top of the variable display device 3. The ball hitting the passage opening 10 passes through the ball flow-down path provided in the variable display device 3 and the warp exit 11 provided at the lower part of the variable display device 3.
Emitted from. The warp exit 11 is provided right above the starting winning opening 5 and the variable winning ball apparatus 4, so that the ball hitting the passage opening 10 can easily enter the starting winning opening 5 and the variable winning ball apparatus 4. Is configured. This is because the variable display device 3 occupies a comparatively large arrangement space in the game area 2, and therefore, it is possible to prevent the winning frequency to the starting winning opening 5 and the variable winning ball device 4 from decreasing. .

A decorative pattern 9 is provided on the upper portion of the variable display device 3. The decorative pattern 9 is, for example, on the side of the game hall, in accordance with the type of the pattern displayed on the decorative pattern 9, the prize balls paid out to the player at the time of a big hit are exchanged for prizes, or the paid prize balls are played. It is used when setting conditions such as whether or not to let a player use the game as it is.

Further, the variable display device 3 is provided with a start memory indicator 8. If a ball hits the starting winning opening 5 again while the variable display device 3 is displaying the variable, the starting winning is stored. The stored starting winning number is displayed on the starting memory display 8. After the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped, the variable display of the variable display device 3 is started based on the stored start winning after waiting until the variable display can be restarted. The upper limit value of this starting winning prize memory is set to "4", for example.

Next, the variable winning ball device 4 will be described. The variable winning ball device 4 is provided with an opening 7. The left and right sides of the opening 7 are provided with open / close wing pieces 21a, 21b which are rotatable within a predetermined range. The variable winning ball device 4 is normally disadvantageous to the player who cannot close the open / close wing pieces 21a and 21b so that the hitting ball cannot win the opening 7, as shown by the dotted line. It is in a state. Then, when the variable display on the display unit 60 of the variable display device 3 is started based on the start winning, the stop control is performed, and when the display result at the time of the stop becomes a predetermined specific display mode (described later), , As shown by the solid line,
The opening and closing wing pieces 21a and 21b are opened, and the hit state is the first state in which the player can win the opening 7 and is advantageous. The chance that the variable winning ball device 4 is in the first state is called a big hit.

The first state of the variable winning ball device 4 is that the earlier of the predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) or the winning of a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls, whichever comes first. After that, the variable winning ball device 4 is brought into the second state. When a ball hits the opening 7 of the variable winning ball device 4, 15 prize balls are paid out.

Further, in the opening 7 of the variable winning ball device 4, a specific region called V pocket (shown in FIG. 3 described later).
61 is provided. If a ball hit in the variable winning ball device 4 in the first state wins the specific area, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific area switch 50 (shown in FIG. 2 described later), and Variable winning ball device 4
After the completion of the first state, the repetitive continuation control for driving and controlling the variable winning ball apparatus 4 to the first state is performed again. Each time the variable winning ball device 4 is in the first state in the repeated continuation control is called a round. The upper limit number of times of repeat continuation control is set to 16 times, for example.

In the game area 2, a plurality of ordinary winning holes 12 are further provided. When a batted ball is won in the normal winning opening 12 and the starting winning opening 5, seven prize balls are paid out. In addition, a hit ball that is hit in the game area 2 and has not won any prize hole is guided to the out mouth 17 provided at the bottom of the game area 2 and processed as an out ball.

Further, in order to enhance the game effect by decorating the game area 2 and the game board surface, the following various lamps and decorative members are provided. At both left and right ends of the game area 2, side lamps 14 and decorative LEDs (Light Emitting)
Diode) 56 is provided. A windmill lamp 15 and a windmill decoration 20 are provided on both left and right sides of the variable display device 3. The normal winning opening 12 provided on the shoulder in the game area 2 is decorated with a shoulder LED. Also, a regular winning opening 12 provided in the sleeve portion in the game area 2
Are decorated by sleeve lamps 16. The variable winning ball device 4 is decorated with an attacker lamp 19. Further, the guide rail 18 is illuminated and decorated by the rail decoration lamps 13 arranged around the guide rail 18.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the structure of the back side of the game board 1. On the back side of the game board 1, a prize ball gathering cover 2
3, 24 are provided. The hit balls which are won in the respective winning openings provided on the front side of the game board 1 shown in FIG. 1 are guided to a predetermined position along the ball flow-down path provided in the winning ball collecting covers 23 and 24. Get burned. The flow path of winning balls is indicated by arrows.

Below the rear side of the game board 1, a specific area switch 50 and 10 count switches 51a and 51b are provided. The specific area switch 50 is a switch for detecting a ball hit in a specific area 61 (FIG. 3) provided in the opening 7 of the variable winning ball device 4 as described above. The 10-count switches 51a and 51b are switches for detecting whether or not the number of hit balls that has won in the opening 7 of the variable winning ball device 4 has reached 10. Also,
A start opening switch 6 for detecting a start winning prize ball is provided on the flow path of the starting prize winning ball. An opening on the back side of the outlet 17 is formed at the bottom of the game board 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of various mechanical parts on the back surface of the game board 1. The LCD display 29 of the variable display device 3 is attached to the center of the back surface of the game board 1. A center ornament 28 is provided on the front side of the variable display device 3. The LCD display 29 is attached so that the display portion 60 of the LCD display 29 faces the window formed in the center of the center ornament 28.

Further, a relay terminal board 25 for relaying signals between the respective mechanical parts is mounted on the prize winning ball collecting cover 23 provided on the upper side on the back side of the game board 1. Also, in the lower part on the back side of the game board 1, an opening / closing blade solenoid 26 for opening / closing the opening / closing blades 21a and 21b, and a movable piece provided in the opening 7 of the variable winning ball device 4. A movable piece solenoid 27 for driving (described later) is provided. Further, the winning ball collecting cover 24, the starting opening switch 6, and the exit opening 17 shown in FIG.
And are attached or formed in the illustrated state.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the detailed structure of the variable display device 3 on the front side. On the front side of the variable display device 3,
A center ornament 28 is provided. The passage opening 10, the decorative pattern 9 and the starting memory display 8 shown in FIG. 1 are provided in the center decoration 28. Further, the center decoration 28 is decorated by the decoration members 47 and 48 and the decoration LED 55. In addition, the LC shown in FIG.
The display portion 60 of the D display 29 is arranged so as to face the front side from the opening formed in the center of the center ornament 28. The center decoration 28 has a mounting board 30, and by mounting the mounting board 30 on the game board 1, the center decoration 28 is fixed in the game area 2. Also, the passage opening 10
The arrow shows the flow path of the ball until the ball that entered the ball is discharged from the warp exit 11. The structure of the ball falling path in the center decoration 28 will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the variable display device 3. In the figure, the left side is the front side of the variable display device 3. On the front side, a cross-sectional structure or a side structure of the decorative pattern 9 and the decorative members 47 and 48 shown in FIG. 4 is shown. A back cover member 33 is provided on the back side of the center ornament 28. The ball that entered the passage opening 10,
The back cover member 33 is guided to the back side of the center ornament 28.
The route to enter the area is indicated by an arrow.

An LCD display 29, which is the main body of the variable display device 3, is attached to the rear side of the center ornament 28. A decorative member 31 is provided on the front side of the LCD display 29. The LCD display 29 has a protection plate 36 on the front side and is covered with an LCD cover 43 on the back side. A unit base 41 is formed inside the LCD display 29, and an FL (Fluoresc) for illuminating the LCD from the back side is formed inside the unit base 41.
The CFL unit 40 including the ent lamp) tube 49 is housed. Also, on the back surface of the unit base 41, CF
A CFL board 42 for controlling the L unit 40 is mounted. Furthermore, on the back surface of the LCD cover 43,
Display control board 4 for controlling the display of the CD display 29
5 is installed. The display control board 45 is protected by a back cover 46.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the center ornament 28. As shown, the center ornament 28
Is a mounting substrate 30, a decorative member 31, and a ball passage cover 3
2 and a back cover member 33. The above-mentioned passage opening 10 and the decorative members 47, 48
Are formed on the mounting substrate 30. The hit ball that has entered the passage opening 10 provided on the mounting substrate 30 has a back cover member 33.
After reaching the inside, the ball passage 3 formed in the back cover member 33
Warp exit 1 below center ornament 28 along 4
1 (see FIG. 4). The start memory indicator 8 shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the ball passage cover 32.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the LCD display 29. A liquid crystal display plate 39 for displaying an image is provided inside the LCD display 29. The diffusion plate 38 is mounted on the back surface of the liquid crystal display plate 39, and the CFL unit 40 shown in FIG. 5 is arranged on the back surface side thereof. FL tube 49 of this CFL unit 40
The light beam emitted from the diffuser plate 38 is diffused by the diffuser plate 38 and then passes through the liquid crystal display plate 39, whereby the image formed by the liquid crystal of the liquid crystal display plate 39 is displayed on the front side. The liquid crystal display plate 39 is accommodated in the unit base 41 together with the CFL unit 40 while being supported by the metal holding frame 37. The front side of the liquid crystal display plate 39 is protected by the protection plate 36.

The ground wire 104 of the liquid crystal display plate 39 is connected to the holding frame 37. In addition, the wiring 102 for transmitting the control signal to the liquid crystal display board 39 is formed by the unit base 4
It is connected to the CFL substrate 42 mounted on the back surface of the No. 1 unit. The CFL substrate 42 itself is the CFL unit 40.
In addition to driving and controlling the liquid crystal display device, it has a volume for adjusting the voltage for driving the liquid crystal display plate 39. The CFL substrate 42 is
The control signal to the liquid crystal display board 39 is relayed.

The rear side of the unit base 41 is protected by the LCD cover 43. A side cover 44 is detachably attached to the side surface of the LCD cover 43.
By removing the side cover 44, the CFL unit 40 in the unit base 41 can be stored or taken out. Further, a display control board 45 is mounted on the back surface of the LCD cover 43. The CFL board 42 is connected to the connector 112 of the display control board 45.
As a result, the control signal from the display control board 45 is sent to the CFL.
It can be relayed by the substrate 42 and further transmitted to the liquid crystal display panel 39 via the wiring 102. Display control board 45
Are protected by the back cover 46.

FIG. 8 shows the liquid crystal display panel 39 shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the front side of FIG. Liquid crystal display board 39
Is composed of a liquid crystal display unit filled with liquid crystal, a substrate 101 that supports the liquid crystal display unit, and a case 100 that protects the substrate 101. A diffusion plate 38 is attached to the back surface of the liquid crystal display unit. The substrate 101 includes an upper segment driver 103A and a lower segment driver 103.
B and a common driver 103C are arranged. The upper segment driver 103A and the upper common driver 103C drive the upper segment of the liquid crystal display unit. The lower segment driver 103B and the lower common driver 103C drive the lower segment.

A wiring 102 is connected to the upper part of the substrate 101. A ground wire 104 is connected to the substrate 101. The ground wire 104 is connected to the holding frame 37 as shown in FIG. This is because the ground area of the substrate 101 is small, and therefore the ground potential of the substrate 101 is stabilized by grounding the metal holding frame 37 via the ground wire 104.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the arrangement of parts of the display control board 45. The figure (a) shows the structure of the back side, and the figure (b) is a figure which shows the structure of the front side. As shown in FIG. 3A, the RO on the back side of the display control board 45 stores program data for display control and the like.
M106, a character ROM 108 that stores image data that is basic data when creating a display screen, a display controller 105 that reads image data according to display control program data and creates display screen data, and the display controller 105. RAM (Ramdom Access Me
mory) 107.

Further, on the back side of the display control board 45,
A crystal oscillator 109 that outputs a clock pulse for synchronizing each component and a connector 110 for connecting a signal line from an LCD circuit 70 (described later) are provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3B, the display controller 10 is provided on the front side of the display control board 45.
VRA for storing display screen data created by
M111 is attached, and further, the CFL shown in FIG.
A signal line connector 112 for connecting to the substrate 42 is provided.

With the configuration shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, in the display control board 45, the display controller 105 responds to the command signal input from the outside by the R signal.
Read the display control program data from the OM106,
It operates according to the read program. The display controller 105 reads out the image data necessary for creating the display screen from the character ROM 108, performs an editing process using the read-out image data as basic data, and creates the display screen data. When the display controller 105 operates, the execution program and intermediate data generated during the editing process are expanded in the RAM 107. The display screen data created by the display controller 105 is stored in the VRAM 111, read by the display controller 105 at a predetermined timing, and displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 39. A specific example of the display screen will be described later with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show a variable winning ball device 4
10 is a front view showing a partial internal configuration, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a partial internal configuration. The configuration of the variable winning ball device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. In the center of the variable winning ball device 4,
The opening 7 is formed. On both the left and right sides of the opening 7, opening / closing blades 21a rotatable in the range shown in FIG.
21b is provided. When the open / close wing pieces 21a, 21b are closed, the opening / closing wing pieces 21a, 21b and the projecting portion provided on the upper portion of the variable winning ball unit 4 make the opening 7 open.
Is closed, and it is impossible for the hit ball to enter the opening 7. On the other hand, when the open / close wing pieces 21a, 21b are in the open state, a gap is formed between the protrusion and the open / close wing pieces 21a, 21b at a predetermined interval, the opening 7 is in the open state, and the hitting ball is in the opening 7 Will be able to win. The open / close wing pieces 21a, 21b are provided on the back side of the variable winning ball device 4 and are for the open / close wing pieces 2a.
Driven by 6.

A specific region (V winning opening) 61 is formed inside the opening 7. The hit ball that has won the specific area 61 is detected by the specific area switch 50 (shown by the broken line in FIG. 10), and the big hit is repeatedly and continuously controlled based on the detection of the specific prize ball. A movable piece 52, which is driven by the movable piece solenoid 27 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 10) and is movable in the vertical direction within a predetermined range, is provided above the specific area 61. The above-mentioned open / close wing piece 21
When a ball hits the opening 7 and wins in the specific area 61 when a and 21b are in the open state, the movable piece 52 moves downward to block the approach path of the ball to the specific area 61. No more hits will be won in the specific area 61. As a result, only one V winning is made in one round of a big hit.

Balls that enter the opening 7 and do not win the specific area 61 flow down along the path indicated by the arrow in FIG. 10 and are arranged on the lower rear side of the variable winning ball device 4. 1
It is detected by the 0 count switches 51a and 51b.

On the upper part of the variable winning ball device 4, a starting winning port 5 is provided. Further, normal winning openings 12 are provided at both left and right ends of the variable winning ball device 4. further,
The variable winning ball device 4 includes an attacker lamp 19 and a decorative LE.
It is lighted and decorated by D57, 58, 59 and the like.

A mounting board 53 is formed on the back side of the variable winning ball device 4, and by mounting the mounting substrate 53 on the game board 1, the variable winning ball device 4 is fixed in the game area 2. It

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit includes a main basic circuit 67 for controlling various devices of the pachinko gaming machine in accordance with a control program, and a switch circuit 6 which receives a control signal from the main basic circuit 67 and drives it.
9, LCD circuit 70, LED circuit 71, solenoid circuit 72, information output circuit 73, address decode circuit 62,
A ramp circuit 63, a sub CPU command output circuit 64, a regular reset circuit 65, an initial reset circuit 66 and the like are included.
In addition, the control circuit is connected to an AC 24V AC power supply to generate a plurality of types of DC voltages.
Is provided.

Inside the main basic circuit 67, a ROM storing a control program and the like, and a CPU (Central CPU) for performing a control operation according to the control program.
Processing Unit), a RAM functioning as a work memory of the CPU, an I / O (Input / Output) port,
And a clock generation circuit. The internal structure of the main basic circuit 67 is not shown.

The switch circuit 69 includes the starting opening switch 6
And the specific area switch 50 and the 10 count switch 51
It is a circuit for giving the detection signals from a and 51b to the main basic circuit 67. The LCD circuit 70 receives the L signal of the variable display device 3 in accordance with the control signal from the main basic circuit 67.
This is a circuit for giving a display command signal to the CD display 29. The LED circuit 71 is a circuit for controlling lighting of the decorative LEDs 57 and 58 provided in the variable winning ball device 4.

The solenoid circuit 72 is the main basic circuit 6
In response to the command signal from 7, the open / close wing piece solenoid 26
And a movable piece solenoid 27. The information output circuit 73, based on the data signal given from the main basic circuit 67, provides big hit information indicating that a big hit has occurred, and an effective start indicating the number of starting prize balls used for variable display of the variable display device 3. It is a circuit for outputting information to a hall management computer or the like which is a host computer.

The address decoding circuit 62 decodes the address signal sent from the main basic circuit 67,
ROM, RAM, I / O included in main basic circuit 67
It is a circuit that outputs a signal for selecting any one of O ports and the like.

The lamp circuit 63 includes the rail decoration lamp 13
It is a circuit for controlling lighting of the side lamp 14, the windmill lamp 15, the sleeve lamp 16, the attacker lamp 19, and the gaming lamp 35 (mounted on the gaming machine main body). Sub CPU
The command output circuit 64 is a circuit for outputting a command to a sub basic circuit 75 shown in FIG. 13 described later.

The initial reset circuit 66 is a circuit for resetting the main basic circuit 67 when the power is turned on. The regular reset circuit 65 is a circuit for giving a reset pulse to the main basic circuit 67 at regular intervals (for example, every 2 msec) to repeatedly execute a predetermined game control program from the beginning. This regular reset circuit 6
The reset signal generated by 5 is sent to the main basic circuit 67 and also to the sub basic circuit 75.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sub control circuit connected to the control circuit shown in FIG. Command data (DATA output from the sub CPU command output circuit 64 of the control circuit is output to the sub control circuit.
0-6) or a reset signal (R_RESET) output from the periodic reset circuit 65, and a sub-basic that outputs a command signal for controlling lighting of the LED and a signal for controlling sound generation from the speaker 78. A circuit 75 is included.

The LED lighting control command signal output from the sub basic circuit 75 is given to the LED circuit 74. L
The ED circuit 74 receives the command signal from the sub basic circuit 75, the start memory display 8, the decorative pattern 9, and the shoulder LED 54.
And the decoration LEDs 55, 56, 59 are controlled to light. The voice generation command signal output from the sub basic circuit 75 is given to the voice synthesis circuit 76. Voice synthesis circuit 76
Responds to the voice generation command signal and synthesizes the corresponding voice. The synthesized voice signal is sent to the volume amplification circuit 77,
After being amplified to a predetermined volume, it is given to the speaker 78. The speaker 78 emits a sound based on the sent sound signal.

14 to 17 are screen configuration diagrams showing an example of screens sequentially displayed on the display unit 60 of the variable display device 3 in response to the hitting of the starting winning opening 5.

FIGS. 14A to 14C and FIG. 15A are
It is the screen block diagram which showed the symbol matching screen displayed on the display part 60 immediately after the ball hitting the starting winning opening 5 according to the display order. The ball hit in the display area 2 is the start winning hole 5
When the winning prize is won, the winning ball is detected by the starting opening switch 6, and in response to the detection signal, variable display is started on the display unit 60. When the variable display is started, 15 UFO images (hereinafter, simply referred to as “UF
"O") 79a, 79b are displayed. 15 U
FO79a and 79b have "S, A, N, K,
15 numbers "Y, 0-9" are attached. This number is called a design. Then, a screen is displayed in which the 15 UFOs 79a and 79b are turning in the display unit 60. In order to represent the state in which the UFOs 79a and 79b are turning, the large-sized UFO 79a is moved leftward on the display unit 60, and the small-sized UFO 79a is displayed.
The O79b is moved to the right on the display unit 60. By displaying in this way, 15 UFO 79a,
The state where 79b is turning clockwise is shown.

An image of the turret (hereinafter referred to as "turret") 80 is displayed at the bottom of the display unit 60, and the turret 80 is about to shoot down the fifteen rotating UFOs 79a, 79b. The screen is displayed. A cannonball (missile) is fired from the turret 80 at a predetermined timing. The fired shell hits one of the UFOs 79a that is turning on the front side of the turret 80 on the screen. A circle mark is attached to the UFO 79a hit by the shell, and further, images of the design of the UFO 79a (hereinafter, simply referred to as “design”) 81a and 81b are displayed above the UFO 79a.

As shown in FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (c), the turret 80 moves to three positions in the order of left, right, and middle on the display unit 60, and fires ammunition at each position. Two symbols are confirmed in order. Then, when the last middle symbol is determined, as shown in FIG. 15 (a), the symbols 81a, 81b,
81c is enlarged and displayed in the center of the screen. When the symbols at the three places are aligned, for example, "777", a big hit occurs.

FIG. 15B is a screen configuration diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 69 when a big hit occurs. When three patterns of the UFO 79a which the turret 80 knocked down by the procedure shown in FIGS. 14 (a) to (c) and FIG. 15 (a) are aligned, as shown in FIG. 15 (b), “F
The title image 82 of "EVER" is displayed to appeal to the player that a big hit has occurred. Then, Figure 1
The screen is switched to a screen for displaying the big hit round as shown in 5 (c).

As shown in FIG. 15C, on the round display screen, an image representing the number of rounds (hereinafter, simply referred to as “the number of rounds image”) 83 and an image of UFO (hereinafter, referred to as “round number image”).
("UFO") 84 is displayed. For example, in the case of the first round, "1" representing the number of rounds
Is displayed in a large size in the center of the display unit 60, and a character image of "ROUND" is displayed below it.

16 (a) to 16 (c) are the same as FIG.
It is a screen displayed after (c) and is a diagram showing a state of variable display on a round display screen. As shown in the figure, on the round display screen, a state in which the UFO 84 turns around the round number image 83 is displayed. UFO
The number 84 is displayed larger when the player is turning on the front side of the number-of-rounds image 83, and the number-of-rounds image 83 is displayed.
When turning on the other side, it is displayed small.

In the round number image 83 and the UFO 84,
The display priority is set, and the display is controlled according to the priority. That is, as shown in FIG. 16A, when the UFO 84 is turning on the other side of the round number image 83 and the UFO 84 is hidden behind the round number image 83 and disappears, the round number image 83 is displayed. Is set to a higher priority than the display priority of UFO84, and the number of rounds image 83 and UFO8 are set.
In the portion where 4 and 4 overlap, the round number image 83 is preferentially displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG.
While O84 moves from the other side of the round number image 83 to the front side, the display priority of the UFO 84 and the number of round images 83 is switched, and the display priority of the UFO 84 is given to the display of the number of round images 83. Set higher than the ranking. As a result, as shown in FIG. 16 (c), the UFO
When 84 is turning on the front side of the number-of-rounds image 83, the UFO 84 is preferentially displayed.

FIGS. 17A to 17C are the same as those shown in FIG.
It is a screen block diagram which shows an example of a 10 count screen displayed following the round display screen shown to (a)-(c). On the 10 count screen, as shown in the figure, a screen for dropping the UFO is displayed. In this screen, the display unit 6
On the upper left of 0, the symbols 81a, 81b, 81c of the numbers that have triggered the big hit are displayed. Then, a small UFO image (hereinafter, simply referred to as “small UFO”) 86 is displayed in the center of the display unit 60. Furthermore, small UF
A large UFO image (hereinafter, simply referred to as “large UFO”) 85 is displayed above the O86, and a turret 80 is displayed below the small UFO 86. The small UFO 86 displays a total of nine images immediately after this screen is displayed and is aligned in the center of the display unit 60. Also, large UF
O85 displays one image at a time, appears at the upper end of the display unit 60 from the left end at a predetermined timing, and moves to the right. The turret 80 constantly moves to the left and right and shoots a cannonball 87 in response to the hitting of the variable winning ball device 4 and shoots down the small UFO 86 or the large UFO 85. The total number of the small UFO 86 and the large UFO 85 is set to 10 in order to correspond to the upper limit value “10” of the number of winning prizes to the variable winning ball device 4 in one round.

The screens shown in FIGS. 14 to 17 are created on the display control board 45 shown in FIG.
When displaying the screens shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C,
On the display control board 45, the display controller 105 displays the image data of the UFOs 79a and 79b, the turret 80, and the numbers (designs) 81a and 81b as the character R.
Data is read from the OM 108 and the read image data is edited as basic data to create display screen data.

Further, the display controller 105
When creating the data of the display screen, sets the display priority to each image forming the screen. For example, in FIG.
When creating the screen data shown in (a), the display controller 105 reads out the image data of the UFO 84 and the round number image 83 from the character ROM 108, and then sets a high priority to the round number image 83. , Set a lower priority for UFO84,
Create display screen data. The priority of this display is
Switching control can be performed by the display control program data stored in the ROM 106, and the display controller 1 can be operated in accordance with the display control program data.
05, for example, switches the display priority of the UFO 84 and the number-of-rounds image 83 when creating the data of the screen shown in FIG.

In the display control according to the display priority order, as shown in FIG. 16, not only the image with the low priority order is hidden by the image with the high priority order but is not displayed. Numbers (designs) 81a, 81b, 8 shown in a)
As in the display relationship between 1c and UFO, in a portion where an image with a high display priority and an image with a low display priority overlap each other, an image with a low display priority is passed through an image with a high display priority. It is also possible to perform transparent display between images such as displaying.

As shown in FIG. 17B, the small UFO 86 hit by the cannonball 87 is erased from the display section 60.
In addition, when a hit ball is won in the specific area 61 of the variable winning ball device 4 (V prize), the large UFO 85 is shot down,
Further, a V image 88 showing the character "V" is displayed large in the center of the display unit 60.

Although the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment is constructed such that the shell 87 is fired in response to the winning of the variable winning ball device 4, a push button for firing the shell is provided,
It may be arranged that the player can enjoy the game of pushing down the push button to shoot down the UFO.

The liquid crystal display plate 39 constitutes an image display device for displaying an image. The display controller 105, the ROM 106, the RAM 107, and the character ROM 108 constitute an image generating means for generating an image to be displayed on the image display device. The display controller 105 constitutes priority order setting means for setting the display priority order of the image generated by the image generation means on the image display device. Display controller 105, ROM 106, RAM
The display control unit configured to display the image generated by the image generation unit on the image display device is configured by the 107 and the VRAM 111.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the types and contents of random counters used in this embodiment. Random counter means the above-mentioned FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (c) and FIG.
In the symbol matching screen shown in 5 (a), a random number is used to determine which number the UFO 79a is shot down by the shell 80 and to determine the symbol to be displayed on the decorative symbol 9. As a random counter, the UF that is shot down on the turret 80 in FIG.
C_RND1 to C_R for determining the symbol of O79a
There are ND4 and C_RND_KAZARI for determining the design to be displayed on the decorative design 9 (see FIG. 1).

C_RND1 is a random counter for determining the left symbol which is first confirmed on the symbol matching screen. C_RND1 is counted up from 0, and after reaching the upper limit value of 14, it is counted up from 0 again. C_RND1 is incremented by 1, and the increment is performed once every 0.002 seconds and in the extra time of the interrupt process (described later).

C_RND2 is a random counter for determining the middle symbol finally determined in FIG. C_RND2 is 0 to 14 like C_RND1.
Is incremented by 1 in the range. The addition of C_RND2 is executed once every 0.002 seconds. .

C_RND3 is a random counter for determining the right symbol which is second determined on the symbol matching screen. Similar to C_RND1 above, C_RN
D3 is incremented by 1 in the range of 0-14. C_RND
The addition of 3 is executed once for each carry of the above-mentioned C_RND1. C_RND4 is a random counter that is used when the left symbol and the right symbol that were previously confirmed are the same on the symbol matching screen and the reach state is reached. When no reach occurs, the above-mentioned C_
The medium symbol is determined only by RND2, but when the reach occurs, the medium symbol is determined by the combination of the value of C_RND2 and the value of C_RND4. C_RN
D4 is incremented by 1 in the range of 0-15. C_RN
The addition of D4 is executed once every 0.002 seconds.

C_RND_KAZARI is a decorative pattern 9
Is a random counter for determining the display pattern of
Within the range of 0 to 19, the value is incremented by 1. C_RND_
The addition of KAZARI is executed once every 0.002 seconds and in the extra time of the interrupt processing.

FIG. 18 (b) is an explanatory view showing the contents of the table for determining the medium symbol when the reach occurs. As described above, when the reach occurs, the middle symbol is determined by the combination of the value of C_RND2 and the value of C_RND4. The numbers shown in the table shown in the figure are the movements (turns) of the UFOs 79a and 79b shown in FIG.
Is a number. Fifty UFO79a, 79b are displayed, and as will be described later, the variable display before the middle symbol is fixed at the time of reach (turning of UFO), the UFO79a of the symbol that is a big hit is always displayed just above the turret 80. Since it is started from the state of being, the big hit when the number of moving symbols is a multiple of 15. In the figure, the number of moving symbols in which a big hit occurs is shown in a box.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing a procedure for determining a big hit using C_RND1 to C_RND4. If the value of C_RND1 for determining the left symbol and the value of C_RND3 for determining the right symbol are equal, it is determined that a reach has occurred, and then C_RND2 and C_
The number of moving symbols of the medium symbol is determined by the combination of the value with RND4. If the number of moving symbols in the middle symbol is a multiple of 15,
Decide to be a jackpot. On the other hand, even when the reach occurs, if the number of moving symbols determined by the combination of C_RND2 and C_RND4 is not a multiple of 15, it is determined as something other than a big hit.

If the value of C_RND1 and the value of C_RND3 are not equal to each other, processing other than reach is performed and C_RND3
The medium symbol is determined by the value of RND2.

FIG. 20 is a timing chart showing the procedure for controlling the variable display on the symbol matching screen shown in FIG. When a ball hits the starting winning opening 5 (see FIG. 1), the starting winning ball is detected by the starting opening switch 6, and the detection pulse is turned on, and the main basic circuit 67 of the control circuit shown in FIG. Entered in. According to the timing of the rising edge of the detection pulse of the start opening switch 6, the main basic circuit 67 displays C_RND1 to C_RND.
The value of 4 is extracted and stored.

At the falling edge of the start winning prize detection pulse (0.002 seconds after the rising edge), the stored values of C_RND1 to C_RND3 are read out. At this time, the values of C_RND1 and C_RND3 are the same, and in the case of reach, both C_RND1 and C_RND3 are combined.
The value of RND4 is also read. Hereinafter, the control other than the reach and the control when the reach occurs will be separately described.

First, the control procedure at times other than reach will be described. 0.0 from the rising edge of the start winning prize detection pulse
After 16 to 0.032 seconds, the variable display (see FIG. 14) is started on the display unit 69. The turning of the UFOs 79a and 79b is accelerated in 1.400 seconds after the start of fluctuation, and is maintained at a constant speed (one turning cycle is 0.340 seconds) in the next 3.600 seconds. At the time when the constant speed fluctuation time ends, that is, at the time when 5.00 seconds have elapsed from the start of fluctuation, the symbol one symbol before the stop symbol determined by C_RND1 is set to the left symbol. Next 0.3
The turn of the UFOs 79a, 79b is decelerated in 00 seconds, and the UFOs 79a, 79b are moved by one symbol during the deceleration fluctuation time. Then, when the deceleration change time ends, that is, when 5.300 seconds have elapsed after the start of change, the left symbol is determined by firing the cannonball from the turret 80.

After the left symbol is fixed, the variable display on the display unit 60 is stopped for 0.300 seconds so that the player can visually recognize the fixed symbol. After the fluctuation stop time has elapsed, the UFOs 79a and 79b are turned again at a constant speed (cycle 0.340 seconds) for the following 1.500 seconds. At the time when the constant speed fluctuation time ends, that is, when 7.100 seconds have elapsed after the start of fluctuation, the symbol one symbol before the stop symbol determined by C_RND3 is set at the position of the right symbol. And
As in the case of the left symbol, the UFO 79a, 79b is moved by one symbol while decelerating the fluctuation in the following 0.300 seconds, and then a cannonball is fired from the turret 80 to determine the right symbol.

After the right symbol is fixed, the fluctuation is stopped for 0.300 seconds, and then the constant speed is changed for 0.300 seconds. Then, at the position of the middle symbol, the symbol before the one symbol of the stop symbol determined by C_RND2 is set, and the subsequent 0.30
UFO 79a, 79b is set to 1 while decelerating the fluctuation in 0 seconds.
After moving by the amount corresponding to the symbol, a cannonball is fired from the turret 80 to determine the middle symbol.

Next, the variable display control procedure when the reach occurs will be described. The control procedure at the time of the reach occurrence is the same as the control at the time other than the above-mentioned reach until before the fluctuation of the middle symbol is started. At the time of reach occurrence, 13.800 to 22.80 when making a change to determine the middle symbol
The image is changed at a constant speed for 0 seconds (cycle 4.500 seconds). The fluctuation speed at this time is a speed at which the player can visually recognize the symbol of each UFO. In addition, there is a range in the time to be changed, because the number of moving symbols for determining the middle symbol determined by the table shown in FIG. 18B is different in the range of 16 to 76. After changing the designated number of moving symbols, the turret 80 fires a cannonball to determine the middle symbol.

21 to 28 show the main basic circuit 6
It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the program memorize | stored in ROM of 7.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the main program. This main program is
Periodic reset circuit 6 shown in FIG. 12 every 2 msec.
5 in response to a reset pulse. 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 the RAM of the main basic circuit 67 contains an error,
If an error is included, processing such as initializing the RAM is performed.

Next, in S3, random 2 update processing is performed. In this random 2 update process, C_
A process of counting up RND2 is performed. Next, in S4, a sub-microcomputer communication control process is performed. In the sub-microcomputer communication control processing, command data for voice generation and LED lighting control is sent to the sub-control circuit shown in FIG.

Next, at S5, the NMI shown in FIG. 13, which will be described later, is one of the periodical interrupt processing by hardware.
Various data output in the (Non Maskable Interrupt) processing is set in the output port.

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 if necessary according to the result.

Next, in S7, data such as big hit information and effective start information is output to the hall management computer through the information output circuit 73 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 3 excluding the start winnings that exceed the upper limit of the start winning memory.

Next, in S8, decorative symbol control for updating C_RND_KAZARI, which is a random counter for displaying decorative symbols, is performed. Then, in S9, various data set in the output port in S5 is output.

Next, in S10, process control is performed. In the process control, corresponding processing is selected and executed according to a process flag for controlling the pachinko gaming machine in a predetermined order according to the gaming state.

Next, in S11, the random 4 update process is performed, and the random counter C_RND4 used for determining the medium symbol at the time of reach is updated. Subsequently, in S12, random 1,3 update processing is performed, and C_RND1 and C_RND3, which are random counters for confirming the left symbol and the right symbol, are updated.

Then, in S13, the starting opening switch 6
The 10 count switches 51a, 51b and the like are monitored, and it is determined whether or not the start winning opening 5 or the variable winning ball device 4 has been awarded to the attacker.

After the above-described processing of S1 to S13 is completed,
Next, by utilizing the reset waiting time until the main program is executed, the random 1,3 update processing for updating C_RND1 and C_RND3 is repeatedly executed. The periodic reset circuit 65 (see FIG. 12) while the random 1,3 update process of S14 is repeatedly executed.
When the signal from is input to the main basic circuit 67 (see FIG. 12), the processing from S1 is repeated again.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine program of the process control of S8 in FIG. In the process control, the value of the process flag set at that time is determined in S15, and the corresponding process is executed according to the value.
The value of the process flag is updated during each process according to the game state, as described later. Then, in this process control, by determining the value and executing the corresponding processing, the pachinko gaming machine is appropriately controlled in accordance with a predetermined order. The value of this process flag is shown in hexadecimal.

If the value of the process flag is "00H", the normal processing is executed in S16, and if it is "01H", S17 is executed.
At the symbol variation process, if it is "02H", the symbol left stop process at S18, if it is "03H", the symbol right stop process at S19, and if it is "04H", the symbol stop process at S20. Are executed respectively.

Further, the value of the process flag is "05".
If "H", the big hit check process in S21 is "06
If “H”, the waiting time process in S22 is “07
If “H”, the special winning opening pre-processing in S23 is “08
If "H", the process during opening of the special winning opening is "09" in S24.
If "H", the special winning opening opening post-processing is executed in S25. After any of the processes in S16 to S25 described above is executed, the process control ends, and the process returns to the main program shown in FIG.

Each processing of S16 to S25 is performed by executing a corresponding subroutine program. The contents of each subroutine program are shown in FIGS.
This will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 23A shows S1 in FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a subroutine program for normal time processing of No. 6; The normal processing subroutine program is executed when the process flag is "00H". First, in S26, it is determined whether or not the start winning is stored. When the starting winning is stored, the normal processing is ended as it is. If the start winning is not stored, the process proceeds to S27, and the start information output timer for setting the time for outputting the start information is set.
The timer set at this time corresponds to 0.5 seconds.

Subsequently, in S28, a symbol setting process is performed. This symbol setting process is a UFO that is shot down by the turret 80 on the symbol matching screen shown in FIG.
It is a process of determining the number of 79a (stop pattern),
As shown in FIG. 19, C_RND1 to C_RND
The stop symbol is determined by determining the value of 4. When the symbol setting process is completed, the process proceeds to S29, and 1 is added to the process flag. By adding 1 to the process flag, the value of the process flag becomes “01H”, and when the main program (see FIG. 21) is executed next time, the symbol variation processing subroutine program is activated in the process control of FIG. It

Now, the display process flag used in each processing described later will be described. The display process flag is a flag for controlling what screen is displayed on the display unit 60 of the variable display device 3. The value of the display process flag that has been set is displayed on the LCD display 2 via the main basic circuit 67 and the LCD circuit 70.
Sent to 9. The LCD display 29 controls the screen to be displayed based on the value of the display process flag sent.

When there is no start winning and no big hit has occurred, the display process flag is set to "10".
h ”is set. "10h" in the display process flag
When is set, a demonstration screen is displayed on the display unit 60.

On the basis of the fact that a ball has been hit at the starting winning opening 5, the display process flag is displayed when the screen for pattern matching shown in FIGS. 14 (a) to (c) and 15 (a) is displayed. The values of "20h to 28h" are sequentially set to control the screen. For example, in the display process flag, "22
If "h" is set, as shown in FIG. 14 (a), the turret 80 moves to the left side, and after a screen is displayed in which the UFOs 79a, 79b turn and move at a low speed, a missile (cannonball) from the turret 80 is displayed. Is fired, and the pattern of the UFO 79a hit by the missile is displayed. When "28h" is set in the display process flag, as shown in FIG. 15 (a), the turret 80 stops in the center, the UFO stops, and the left, middle, and right symbols are enlarged and displayed. The screen is displayed.

As shown in the figure, the screen of "24h" is a screen displayed when the middle symbol is decided at the time of falling, and the screen of "25h" is a screen displayed when the middle symbol is decided at the reach. This is the screen displayed on.

As a result of the pattern matching, when a big hit occurs, "30h" is set in the display process flag. When "30h" is set in the display process flag, the display unit 60 displays the display process flag as shown in FIG.
The title image 82 of "FEVER" is displayed.

While the big hit is occurring, the value of "40h to 4Fh" is sequentially set in the display process flag corresponding to each round. For example, in the first round of the big hit, "40h" is set in the display process flag. When "40h" is set in the display process flag, the UFO 84 turns around the "1ROUND" round number image 83, as shown in FIGS. 15C and 16A to 16C. After the round display screen showing the state is displayed, the screen shown in FIG.
A 10-count screen is displayed in which the nine small UFOs 86 and one large UFO 85 aligned as shown in (b) are shot down by a missile.

Further, when there is a V winning during the big hit, "50h" is set in the display process flag, and a screen in which the V image 88 as shown in FIG. 17C is displayed large in the center is displayed. To be done.

When "60h" is set in the display process flag, the end demonstration screen is displayed. This end demonstration screen is a screen displayed at the end of the big hit.

When "70h" is set in the display process flag, the character image of "failure occurrence" is displayed on the screen. This screen is displayed when any abnormality is detected in the pachinko gaming machine. When "72h" is set in the display process flag, the test screen is displayed on the display unit 60.

FIG. 23B shows S1 in FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows a processing procedure of a subroutine program of design change processing of 7. This subroutine program is executed when "01H" is set in the process flag. When the symbol variation processing subroutine program is activated, first, "21h" is set in the display process flag in S30. As shown in FIG. 29, when the display process flag is set to “21h”, the display 60 displays a screen in which the image of the turret moves to the left and right, and the images of 15 UFOs are rotated. Is displayed. The UFO gradually accelerates and eventually turns and moves at high speed.

While this screen is displayed on the display unit 60, the symbol variation processing subroutine program proceeds to S31, where it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating.

When this subroutine program is first executed, the process timer is not running, so
In step S33, the process timer is set. The timer set at this time is, as shown in FIG.
1. A of A which accelerates UFO after the fluctuation of the design is started.
A timer corresponding to 5.000 seconds which is a total of 400 seconds and 3.600 seconds of B for moving the UFO at a constant speed is set.

If the subroutine program is executed for the second time or later and the process timer is set in S33 during the previous execution (YE in S31).
In S) and S32, the process timer is decremented by one.

Next, in S34, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. While the process timer is operating (NO in S34), this subroutine program is ended as it is. Then, each time this subroutine program is executed, the process timer is decremented by 1 in S32, and if it is determined in S34 that the process timer has ended (YES in S34), S3
In step 5, 1 is added to the process flag. As a result, the screen corresponding to the display process flag “21h” is displayed on the display unit 60 for the time required for the symbol variation shown in FIG.
Will continue to be displayed, and after 5.000 seconds have passed, the screen will move to the next screen.

By adding 1 to the process flag in S35, the value of the process flag becomes "02H", and when the main program is executed next time, the symbol left stop processing subroutine program is activated in the process control. .

FIG. 23C is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the symbol left stop processing subroutine program. This symbol left stop subroutine program corresponds to S18 in FIG. Also,
The subroutine program of the symbol right stop processing shown in S19 of FIG. 22 has the same processing procedure as the symbol left stop subroutine program, and therefore, the two subroutine programs will be described together with reference to the figure.

When the symbol left stop processing subroutine program is activated, first, in step S36, the display process flag is set to "22h". However, in the case of the symbol right stop processing subroutine program, "23h" is set in the display process flag. As shown in FIG. 29, when the display process flag is set to "22h" or "23h", the image of the turret moves to the left or right, launches a missile to the UFO that is moving slowly, and the missile Will hit the UFO, and the display of the screen for confirming the stop symbol will be started.

While this screen is displayed, the subroutine program proceeds to the next step, where it is determined at S37 whether or not the process timer is operating. First, when this subroutine program is executed, the process timer is not operating, so the process proceeds to S39, where the required time is set in the process timer.

On the other hand, when the subroutine program is executed for the second time or later, since the process timer is set in S39 by the previous execution, the process proceeds to S38 and the process timer is decremented by one. .

Subsequently, in S40, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If the process timer is operating, the subroutine program is terminated as it is, and every time the subroutine program is executed, the process timer is decremented by 1 in S38 and S
If it is determined in 40 that the process timer has expired, 1 is added to the process flag in S41.

As a result, the symbol left stop processing subroutine program or the symbol right stop subroutine program is repeatedly executed for the time required for the screen display for confirming the left symbol or the right symbol, and at the stage where each symbol is determined, The process flag is updated to execute the next process.

At the time when the symbol left stop processing subroutine program ends, and subsequently the symbol right stop processing subroutine program ends, the value of the process flag is "04".
When the main program is executed next time, the process control subroutine program shown in FIG. 22 starts the subroutine program for the symbol stop processing.

FIG. 24 (a) is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine program of the symbol stop processing. When the symbol stop processing subroutine program is started, first, in S42, the display process flag is set to "24".
h ”is set. As shown in FIG. 29, when the display process flag is set to “24h”, the image of the turret moves to the center, and the missile is launched to the UFO that turns at a low speed to determine the middle symbol. The screen display starts.

While this screen is displayed, the subroutine program proceeds to the next step, where it is determined at S43 whether or not the process timer is operating. When this subroutine program is first executed, since the process timer is not operating, the process proceeds to S45, and the left symbol and the right symbol determined by the symbol left stop process and the symbol right stop process shown in FIG. 23 (c). Whether or not the reach is reached is determined based on the design.

If the reach is not reached, the process proceeds to S48, and the normal process timer is set. On the other hand, when the reach is achieved by the left symbol and the right symbol, S4
Proceeding to step 6, the process timer for reach is set.
The process timers set at the normal time of S48 and the reach time of S46 respectively correspond to the time required for finalizing the middle symbol shown in FIG.

At the time of reach, the display process flag is subsequently set to "25h" in S47. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 29, the screen for confirming the middle symbol at the time of reach is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 20, during normal operation,
Until the medium symbol is fixed, the B constant speed of 0.340 seconds is continued for 0.300 seconds, then the fluctuation of the symbol, that is, the turning speed of UFO is decelerated, and the UFO is decelerated in 0.300 seconds. Determine the design. Also, at the time of reach,
After the UFO is turned at a constant speed at a visible speed of a cycle of 4.500 seconds, the middle symbol is determined. The time of this constant speed turn is
Since it depends on the number of moving symbols of the middle symbol to be stopped, S
The process timer set to 46 is also set to a different value correspondingly.

On the other hand, when the subroutine program is executed for the second time or later, the process timer is set in S48 or S46 by the previous execution.
Proceeding to S44, the process timer is decremented by 1. Then, it is determined in S49 whether the process timer has expired. While the process timer is operating, this subroutine program ends as it is, and each time this subroutine program is repeatedly executed,
When the process timer is decremented by 1 in S44 and it is determined in S49 that the process timer has expired, S
At 50, 1 is added to the process flag.

As a result, the display screen for confirming the middle symbol continues to be displayed for the required time, and when the middle symbol is confirmed, the process proceeds to the next process. By adding 1 to the process flag in S50, the value of the process flag becomes "05H", and when the main program is executed next time, the subroutine program of the big hit check process is activated in the process control.

FIG. 24B is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine program of the big hit check processing. When the big hit check subroutine program is activated, first, in S51, the display process flag is set to "27h". As shown in FIG. 29,
When the display process flag is set to "27h", the turret stops at the center, the UFO that was turning is stopped, and the screen in which the left, middle, and right symbols are fixed is displayed. .

While this screen is being displayed, this subroutine program proceeds to the next step, where 1 is added to the process flag in S52, and then in S53 the left symbol, the middle symbol and the right symbol are matched. It is determined whether or not a big hit has occurred. If a big hit has occurred, 1 is added to the process flag and the subroutine program is terminated. On the other hand, if it is not a big hit, this subroutine program is finished as it is.

As a result, the value of the process flag becomes "07H" when a big hit has occurred, and "06H" otherwise. Therefore, when the main program is executed next time, the process control subroutine program of FIG. 22 activates the subroutine program for the special winning opening opening preprocessing if a big hit has occurred, and if it is other than a big hit, wait for the deviation. The time processing subroutine program is started.

FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine program for the disconnection waiting time processing. When this subroutine program is activated, first, in step S55, "28h" is set in the display process flag. The screen displayed by this is as shown in FIG.
The turret as shown in FIG. 5 (a) is stopped at the center, and the UFO and the enlarged left, middle, and right symbols are displayed on the screen.

While this screen is displayed, this subroutine program proceeds to the next step, where it is determined at S56 whether or not the process timer is operating. When this subroutine program is first executed, the process timer is not operating, so the process timer corresponding to the predetermined time is set. If the process of this subroutine program is executed for the second time or later and the process timer is set in S58 by the previous execution, S57 is executed.
At 1, the process timer is decremented. Then, the process proceeds to S59, in which it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If the process timer is operating, S5 is executed each time this subroutine program is repeatedly executed.
If the process timer is decremented by 1 in 7 and it is determined in S59 that the process timer has expired, S60 is executed.
Clear the process flag.

As a result, after the symbol confirmation screen shown in FIG. 15A is displayed on the display unit 60 for the time corresponding to the process timer set in S58, the process flag is cleared in S60. Thus, when the main program is executed next time, the normal-time processing subroutine program is activated by the process control of FIG.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program before opening the special winning opening. First, in S61, 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 S63, and it is determined whether or not the number of times of opening is the first time. .

The variable winning ball device 4 is repeatedly and continuously controlled to the first state. When the number of times of repeated continuation is the first time, the process proceeds to S64, and the display process data of the first number of times of the open is changed to D_CO.
The process of setting M0 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 S66, it is determined whether or not the process timer has ended. At this point, a NO determination is made, and the subroutine program ends.

At the next execution of the subroutine program of this special winning opening opening preprocessing, YES is obtained in S61.
Is made, the process timer in S62 is set to "1".
The subtraction process is performed. Then, this special winning opening pre-processing is repeatedly executed a plurality of times, and as a result, the subtraction processing of "1" is performed in S62, and as a result, when the process timer becomes 0, YES is determined in S66. In S67, the specific area winning flag is cleared, the winning number counter is cleared, and the specific area winning timer is cleared. Then, the process flag is set to "1" in S68.
When the main program is added next time and the value becomes "08H", the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening process is started in the process control.

The specific area winning flag shown in S67 is a flag for storing that the hitting ball has won in the specific area (V pocket) 61 of the variable winning ball device 4 (FIG. 1). . 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. The specific area winning timer is a timer for measuring a display time for displaying that the hit ball has won in the specific area (V pocket) 61 by the electrically variable display device 3 (FIG. 1). When the winning ball device 4 is in the first state, it is set based on the ball hit first in the specific area 61.

On the other hand, if the number of times of opening the variable winning ball device 4 is the second or later, the process proceeds to S65, the round data corresponding to the number of times of opening is set in D_COM0, and the process timer is set to 1000. And proceed to S66. This round data is data for displaying the number of times of repetition at which the variable winning ball device 4 is repeated to the first state by the electrically variable display device 3. Then, it is determined in S66 whether or not the process timer set in S65 has expired. As a result of the process of S68, the process flag becomes "08H", so that the next time the main program is executed, the process shown in FIG.
In the process control, the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening process is started.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of a subroutine of processing during opening of the special winning opening. First, S
Based on 69, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter is 10 or more. If there are less than 10 winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 4 in the first state, S
Proceeding to 70, a determination is made as to whether the process timer is running. In this case, since it is not operating, S72
Then, the process for setting the corresponding time in the process timer is performed, and in S73, it is determined whether or not the set process timer has ended. In this case, since it has not ended, the process ends as it is. To do.

On the other hand, in the next execution of the subroutine of the process for opening the special winning opening, the determination of YES is made in S70, and the process of subtracting "1" from the process timer is made in S71. When the process timer becomes 0 as a result of executing the processing for opening the special winning opening a plurality of times and performing the subtraction processing in S71 each time, YE is executed in S73.
The determination of S is made and the process proceeds to S74. In S74, the process flag is incremented by "1", and the specific area valid timer is set in S75. 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. Even when a hit ball that has just won 4 enters the specific area (V pocket) 61, it is detected that the winning is valid and control based on the specific winning is effectively performed. It is for. S7
As a result of the process of 4, the process flag becomes “09H”,
When the main program is executed next time, the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening post-processing is started in the process control.

FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of post-opening processing for the special winning opening. First, S
Based on 76, it is determined whether or not the winning number counter is "0". If it is judged as "0", S
Proceeding to 77, the switch abnormality flag is set. This is a case where even one 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 S77 in order to cope with it.

On the other hand, if the winning number counter is not "0", the process proceeds to S78, the switch abnormality flag is cleared, and in S79, it is judged whether or not the specific area valid timer is finished, and if it is not finished. Is processed to subtract "1" from the specific area effective timer in S80,
By S81, it is determined whether or not the specific area winning flag is set. Then, if the winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device 4 has won the specific area (V pocket) 61, the specific winning flag is set,
In step S82, the process flag is set to "07H", the open counter is incremented by "01H", and the subroutine program ends.

As a result of the processing in S82, the subroutine program of the special winning opening opening preprocessing is executed again thereafter. On the other hand, if it is determined in S81 that the specific area winning flag is not set, the process proceeds to S83, and it is determined whether or not the process timer is operating. In this case, since it is not in operation, the process proceeds to S85,
The sound, lamp, and display process data at the end of the big hit are set, and the process proceeds to S86. In S86, the process of setting the time corresponding to S85 in the process timer is performed and S8 is executed.
In step 7, it is determined whether or not the set process timer has expired. If this subroutine program is executed for the first time, a NO determination is made and the subroutine ends.

At the next execution of the subroutine program for the processing for opening the special winning opening, YES is obtained in S83.
Is made, the process of decrementing the process timer by 1 is performed in S84, and the subtraction process in S84 is performed every time the subroutine program is executed a plurality of times. As a result, when the process timer becomes 0, S87 is executed.
Therefore, a YES determination is made and the process proceeds to S88.

In S88, after the special winning opening is opened (process flag = 09H), 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 S85 has been completed, and it is still completed. If not, each data of the next address is set in S92. Then, when all the data in the corresponding data area are completed, YES is determined in S88, the process proceeds to S89, the process flag is cleared, and the process flag becomes "00H".

Next, in S90, the C_RND storage area is shifted and the winning storage counter is decremented by "1". Next, in S91, the jackpot flag is cleared, the open count counter is cleared, and the winning number counter is cleared, and the subroutine program ends. As a result of the processing in S89, when the main program is executed next time, the subroutine program for normal processing shown in FIG. 23A is started in process control.

FIG. 30 shows the main basic circuit 67 to the LCD.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the types and contents of LCD control commands sent to the LCD display 29 via the circuit 70. L
The CD control command includes comH, com0-com
There are 9 commands, 6, comC.

ComH is a command header,
It is fixed at "0CAh". The main status data indicating the control state at that time is set in com0. For com1 to com3, left,
The numbers of the middle and right patterns are set. The number to be set is represented by data of 00 to 0Eh corresponding to the above-mentioned 10 numbers and 5 alphabets.

In com4, the number of times the UFO image is moved on the pattern matching screen, etc.
It is set in the range of ~ 05h. In com5, the number of continuous symbol fluctuations of the display unit 60 at that time is 00 to 0.
It is set in the range of Fh. In com6, the 10 count number at that time is set in the range of 00 to 0Ah.

ComC is a checksum for detecting a data error, and the lower 7 bits of the sum of comH to com6 are set. The sum of comH to com6 is compared with the checksum bit, and if they do not match, it is determined that there is some error in the data.

FIG. 31 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the NMI interrupt processing program for controlling the LCD display 29. This NMI interrupt processing program is a processing program for sending an LCD command from the main basic circuit 67 to the LCD display 29 via the LCD circuit 70, and is executed periodically every 2 msec. One command is transferred by one interrupt process.

As a result of S93, the main basic circuit 67 co
The header (0CAh) is set to the mH output port. Then, by S94, LC of com0 to com6
The D control command is transferred. Then, by S95,
The checksum of the sum of comH to com6 is added. Next, in S96, the most significant bit of the checksum is cleared. Next, in S97, the LCD control INT for initializing the LCD display 29 is set. By setting this INT, an interrupt signal for initialization is sent to the LCD display 29. This S97
500 μs after the processing of step S98, LCD control IN
T is cleared.

FIG. 32 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for controlling the LED lighting display and sound generation in the sub control circuit shown in FIG. First, S9
9, the stack set is performed. Next, S10
With 0, initialization processing is performed. In this initialization processing, it is determined whether or not the RAM included in the sub basic circuit 75 is normal, and if the data stored in the RAM is not normal, processing for initializing the data is performed.

Next, in S101, the main basic circuit 6
A process of inputting command data from 7 to the sub basic circuit 75 is performed. Next, in S102, display data for controlling the LED is set. L set
The ED display data is output to the LED circuit 74 in S103. Next, in S104, the speech synthesis circuit 76
An instruction to output the channel 1 sound is sent to. Then, in step S105, the channel 2 is sent to the voice synthesis circuit 76.
A command to output sound is sent. Thereafter, the execution of the program for controlling the sub control circuit is awaited until the next interrupt processing is input.

Next, the process of selecting an image to be displayed on the display section 60 will be described. In the above description, U is displayed on the display unit 60.
Although the configuration for displaying the image of the FO is shown, the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment is provided with a selection button 90 for selecting a character to be displayed on the display unit 60, and the selection button 90 allows a plurality of types of characters to be displayed. It is configured so that the character can be freely selected from among. FIG. 33
When the selection button 90 is pressed while the demonstration screen is displayed on the display unit 60 as shown in (a), the screen of the display unit 60 is switched to the character selection screen as shown in FIG. 33 (b). In the character selection screen,
Images of a plurality of types of characters 91 to 93 are displayed.
The background color of the image of the character selected at that time is different from the background colors of other characters, and the selection button 9
Each time 0 is pressed once, the selected character is sequentially switched, and the background color of the selected character is changed.

The character may be selected by the player himself or may be selected by the game hall side. Also, this character selection process not only switches the displayed character,
The game content may be changed corresponding to the character.

[0156]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of images are simultaneously displayed in the same display area of the image display device, the images are displayed according to the display priority order. The display can be easily controlled.

[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 back side of the game board of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of various mechanical parts on the back surface of the game board of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a detailed configuration on the front side of the variable display device.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a variable display device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of a center ornament.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of an LCD display.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the liquid crystal display plate as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an arrangement configuration of components of a display control board.

FIG. 10 is a front view including a partial internal configuration showing the detailed configuration of the variable winning ball device.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view including a partial internal configuration showing a detailed configuration of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sub control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 14 is a screen configuration diagram showing a configuration of a symbol matching screen displayed immediately after a start winning.

FIG. 15 (a) shows an example of a screen displayed at the end of the symbol matching screen, (b) shows an example of a screen displayed when a big hit occurs, and (c) shows a big hit round. It is a screen block diagram which each shows an example of a round display screen.

FIG. 16 is a screen configuration diagram showing a state of variable display on a round display screen.

FIG. 17 is a screen configuration diagram showing a configuration of a 10-count screen.

FIG. 18A is an explanatory diagram showing types of random counters and their contents, and FIG. 18B is an explanatory diagram showing contents of a table for determining a medium symbol when a reach occurs.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining a big hit using a random counter.

FIG. 20 is a timing chart showing a procedure for controlling variable display on the symbol matching screen.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a main program.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a process control subroutine program.

FIG. 23 (a) is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a subroutine program of normal time processing, (b) of symbol variation processing, and (c) of symbol left (right) stop processing.

FIG. 24A is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a subroutine program of stop processing in a symbol, and FIG.

FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of a disconnection waiting time processing subroutine program.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a special winning opening opening preprocessing subroutine program.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a special winning opening opening processing subroutine program.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a special winning opening post-processing subroutine program.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a display process flag.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of an LCD control command.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an NMI interrupt processing program.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a sub control circuit.

FIG. 33 is a screen configuration diagram showing an example of a character selection screen.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 is a game board, 2 is a game area, 3 is a variable display device, 4 is a variable winning ball device, 29 is an LCD display, 39 is a liquid crystal display plate, 45 is a display control board, and 60 is a display section. , 67 is a main basic circuit, 70 is an LCD circuit, 79a, 79b and 84 are UFO images, 80 is a turret image, 81a, 81b and 81c.
Are left, middle, and right number (design) images, 82 is a title image, 83 is a round number display image, 85 is a large UFO image, 86 is a small UFO image, 87 is a shell image, and 88 is V.
Display image, 105 is a display controller, 106
Is ROM, 107 is RAM, and 108 is character ROM
Is.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game machine having an image display device for displaying an image, the image display device generating an image to be displayed on the image display device, and the image display device for the image generated by the image generation device. And a display control unit for displaying the image generated by the image generation unit on the image display device, wherein the display control unit displays a plurality of images in the image display unit. A game machine, wherein images are displayed according to the priority order of the display when they are simultaneously displayed in the same display area of the device.