JPH08266709A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable diversified control of sounds to match the positions of game by generating effect sounds corresponding to the positions of game by a voice synthesizing means according to the control of a game control means based on various sounds containing a natural sound and in a stereo sound. CONSTITUTION: When a ball shot enters a specified starting port, a variation display of three patterns is performed by a varying display device and when a combination of the patterns at the stoppage of the variation display gives a specified combination, 'jack pot' is generated to switch a varying prize ball device to an advantageous position. In a control circuit of a pachinko game machine thus arranged, a voice synthesizing circuit 48 is formed to read data for sound control out of an ROM for voice in response to a command applied from a base circuit 32 to synthesize a voice signal according to an ADPCM system. Then. the voice signal is applied to amplifiers 58 and 59 and the voice synthetic signal is amplified by the amplifier 58 and 59 to generate a stereo voice from a pair of left and right speakers connected to a connector 65.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like, and more particularly, to a gaming machine that produces a sound effect according to a gaming state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a game machine of this type, there are the following generally known ones. The gaming machine is equipped with a variable display device having a variable display unit for displaying various images. The variable display device is, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or LCD.
Some are configured using (Liquid Crystal Display).

In this conventional gaming machine, after a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed on the variable display portion of the variable display device, display stop control is performed to display the identification information at the time of stop, and the display result is specified. With the combination of the identification information, it is possible to give a predetermined game value to the player. Then, in the intermediate stage of the derivation display of the plurality of display results of the variable display section, the special intermediate display state (so-called “reach state”) that satisfies the condition that the display result derived earlier is a combination of the specific display modes. In this case, the player's expectation is increased by generating a predetermined special sound effect in monaural from the speaker, and if the display result at the time of stop is a combination of the specific identification information, for example, a fanfare, etc. The sound control is performed such that the sound effect of "1" is generated, and the sound effect of "disappearance" is generated when the combination is other than that.

In the above-mentioned voice control, voice control data is provided in a basic circuit (game control microcomputer) for controlling a gaming machine, which is an example of game control means, and the basic circuit outputs voice based on the voice control data. I was in control.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional gaming machine, the sound effect according to the gaming state is generated, but the sound is, for example, a complete synthesized sound generated by the sound generator, and Since it is monaural, it has the drawback of being a flat plate. Since the interest of the game of the player is greatly changed by the sound effect, it is desirable to generate a more effective sound effect. Also, by using the above-mentioned display device such as CRT or LCD for the variable display unit, it is possible to display a very wide variety of images, and it is necessary to make the sound effects more effective in accordance with such various displays. There was a problem that there was.

If it is possible to generate such a variety of sound effects in a conventional game machine, sound control becomes complicated and design regarding sound control becomes difficult. Further, as the sound control becomes more complicated, the amount of sound data required for the sound control increases and the processing for the sound control performed by the basic circuit increases, resulting in an unfavorable influence on the game control. There was also a problem.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the invention described in claim 1 is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving sound effects and playability.

An object of the invention described in claim 2 is to provide a gaming machine which can improve sound effects and playability and can be easily designed for sound control.

An object of the invention described in claim 3 is to provide a gaming machine which can improve sound effects and playability and which does not adversely affect the game control by the game control means.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A game machine that gives a predetermined game value when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and game control means for controlling the game state of the game machine, and voice controlled by the game control means according to the game state of the game machine. A voice synthesizing means for synthesizing a stereo sound based on various sounds including natural sounds.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, the voice synthesizing means is arranged in the game control means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, for the sound control necessary for the voice synthesizing means to synthesize the voice according to the gaming state of the gaming machine. It includes sound control data storage means for storing data, and sound control means for performing stereo sound control by reading data from the sound control data storage means based on a command sent from the game control means. It is characterized by

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the voice synthesizing means generates the sound effect corresponding to the game state based on various sounds including the natural sound and the stereo sound under the control of the game control means. More diverse sound control is possible according to the state.

According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the operation of the invention of claim 1, since the voice synthesizing means is arranged in the game control means, the voice synthesizing means is called the game control means. The contents of the processing performed by the voice synthesizing means can be easily changed as compared with the case where the mask is provided on another substrate.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the operation of the invention of claim 1, sound control necessary for the sound control data storage means to synthesize a sound according to the gaming state of the gaming machine. Data is stored, and the sound control means reads the data from the sound control data storage means and controls the stereo sound based on the command sent from the game control means. Therefore, the game control means for sound control. It is possible to reduce the amount of data that must be stored inside and reduce the processing for the sound control that the game control means should perform.

[0016]

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 other coin gaming machines, slot machines, etc. Applicable to all gaming machines that can be given a certain gaming value when the display result becomes a predetermined specific display state and that generate sound effects according to the gaming state It is possible. Also, in the following examples, ADPC
M (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
Although a sound source is used, a normal PCM sound source may be used. Further, the gaming machines of the following embodiments use only the PCM sound source, but the present invention is applicable not only to those having only the PCM sound source, but also to those having the sound generator at the same time.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a structure of a game board of a pachinko game machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A game area 3 is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine body 102 of the pachinko gaming machine, and a front frame 103 that can be opened and closed is further provided.

A left speaker 60 and a right speaker 61 for generating a stereo sound effect are provided on the left and right of the upper part of the game area 3 of the front frame 103. A game handle 106 for the player to operate the driving of a pachinko ball is provided at the lower front part of the pachinko gaming machine. By operating the game handle 106 by the player,
Pachinko balls are fired one by one. The shot pachinko balls are guided into the game area 3 by a guide path formed between an outer rail and an inner rail, which will be described later with reference to FIG. The pachinko balls that are hit in the game area 3 are called "hit balls" in the following description.

At the center of the game area 3, there is provided a variable display device 4 for variably displaying a plurality of types of images containing identification information. The variable display device 4 has a variable display section 5 which is a CRT in the case of the present embodiment. Below the variable display device 4, a variable winning ball device 11 is provided.
A variable starting port device 16 formed of a so-called electric tulip is provided at a position commonly called “sleeve” on the left side of the variable winning ball device 11. A side lamp 18 is provided at the right end of the game area 3.

On the lower part of the front surface of the front frame 103, an upper plate 107 for storing the paid out pachinko balls and an upper plate 1
Lower plate 10 for storing pachinko balls discharged from 07 by operating the upper plate beading lever 105
And 8 are provided. The pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 108 can be discharged by operating the lower plate beading lever 110. In the figure, 104 is a key for preventing the front frame 103 from being opened and closed, and 107 is an ashtray used by the player.

The configuration of the game board 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. On the front surface of the game board 1, two partition rails 2 are planted in a circular shape. Partition rail 2
It consists of an outer rail and an inner rail. A circular area surrounded by the partition rails 2 is called a game area 3.

The variable display device 4 provided at the center of the game area 3 has the variable display section 5 composed of a CRT as described above. The variable display unit 5 includes three variable display units 5a and 5a.
It is divided into b and 5c. Each variable display section 5a,
5b and 5c variably display a plurality of types of images including identification information. A winning opening 9 is provided on the upper portion of the variable display device 4. A winning opening 10 is provided at the lower right of the game area 3, which is called a "sleeve".

The variable winning ball device 11 will be described. The variable winning ball device 11 is provided with an opening / closing plate 14 which can be tilted in a predetermined range in the front-back direction of the game area 3. Opening plate 1
4 is driven by a solenoid 24 (illustrated by a broken line) provided on the back surface of the game board 1.

The variable winning ball device 11 normally closes the opening / closing plate 14 and is in a disadvantageous state for the player who is hard to win the ball (hereinafter, this state is referred to as "second state"). ing. On the other hand, on the display unit 5 of the variable display device 4, three balls are struck based on the fact that the hitting ball is won in the starting port 19 of the variable starting port device 16 or the starting port 13 provided on the upper part of the variable winning ball device 11. The variable display of the symbols is performed. When this variable display is stopped, a "big hit" occurs when the combination of the three symbols becomes a predetermined specific combination. This state is called a specific game state. When a big hit occurs, the variable winning ball device 11 is in an advantageous state for the player who easily wins a ball from the second state (hereinafter, this state is referred to as "first state").
Becomes When the above-described big hit occurs, the variable winning ball device 11 is advantageous for a player who can open the opening / closing plate 14 and hit a ball at the special winning opening of the variable winning ball device 11. It becomes the state of.

The first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is that a predetermined time, for example, 29.5 seconds has elapsed after the opening / closing plate 14 is in the open state, or the large winning of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is achieved. The process ends when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hitting balls in the mouth is won, whichever comes first. That is, when the above conditions are established, the opening / closing plate 14 is closed and the variable winning ball device 11
Is the second state.

The hit balls that have won the special winning opening are detected by a prize-ball detector 23 provided on the back surface of the game board 1, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out. On the other hand, in the central portion inside the special winning opening, a specific area commonly called "V pocket" is provided. When the hit ball that has entered the special winning opening wins this specific area, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific ball detector 22 provided on the back surface of the game board 1. When a specific winning ball is detected, the variable winning ball device 11 for that time
After the completion of the first state, the repetitive continuation control for driving and controlling the variable winning ball apparatus 11 to the first state is performed again. By this repeated continuation control, the variable winning ball device 11 is continuously in the first state a predetermined number of times, for example, 16 times at maximum.

The number of hit balls that have been won in the variable winning ball device 11 is displayed by the number indicator 15.

Next, the above-mentioned starting prize will be described.
Winning a ball at the starting opening 13 or 19 is particularly called "starting winning". The ball hitting the starting opening 13 or 19 is detected by a starting ball detector 21 or 25 provided on the back surface of the game board 1, respectively. As a result of a ball hitting the starting opening 13 or 19, the variable display of symbols is started on the display unit 5 of the variable display device 4. When a specific combination of symbols is displayed when the variable display is stopped, the variable winning ball device 11 is in the first state as described above. If a ball hits the starting opening 13 or 19 while the variable display of the symbols is being performed and while the variable winning ball device 11 is in the first state based on the result of the variable display of the symbols, Starting winnings are remembered. This is called a starting memory. The number of starting memories is notified to the player by turning on the starting memory indicator 6. The upper limit of the starting memory is set to a predetermined number, four in this embodiment. When the start memory is stored, after the variable display of the symbols on the display unit 5 is stopped or after the first state of the variable winning ball device 11 is finished, the display variation of the symbols on the display unit 5 is started again.

Next, the structure of the variable starting port device 16 will be described in detail. The variable starting port device 16 has the starting port 19 as described above, and when the ball hitting the starting port 19 is detected by the starting ball detector 25, the variable display device 4 starts the variable display. . This variable starter device 16 is
It has a movable member 17 which can be opened and closed, and when the movable member 17 is opened, a hit ball can be won in the starting opening 19. Whether to open the movable member 17 is determined as follows. Passage port 2 in the left area of the game area 3
0 is provided. If the hit ball passes through the passage opening 20,
The hit ball is detected by the passing ball detector 27, and the variable display of the normal symbol variable display device 28 provided in the variable start port device 16 is started based on the detection output. Normally, when the display result at the time of variable stop of the variable symbol display device 28 becomes predetermined specific identification information (for example, "7"), the left and right movable members 17 of the variable starter device 16 are driven by the solenoid 26. Opening and hitting the ball 19
It becomes an advantageous state for the player who can win the prize. When a ball hits in the starting port 19 of the variable starting port device 16, the ball is detected by the starting ball detector 25, and based on the detected output, the variable display of the variable display unit 5 of the variable display device 4 is displayed. Is started.

If the ball hitting the ball again passes through the passage opening 20 and is detected by the passing ball detector 27 while the normal variable design display 28 is variably displaying, the passing ball is stored and the normal design is changed. After the variable display of the display device 28 is stopped, the variable display of the normal symbol variable display device 28 is started again based on the memory of the passing ball after the variable display can be started again. The memory of the passing balls is configured to be able to store up to a predetermined number, for example, up to "4", and the memory of the passing balls is normally displayed by the symbol start memory display 29.

On the left and right of the lower position of the variable display device 4, there are provided warp entrance 7 members for guiding a hitting ball. The pachinko balls that entered this warp entrance 7
It is guided to the warp exit 8 provided above the starting opening 13 and is discharged into the game area 3 again and falls. Therefore, the ball hitting the warp entrance 7 is likely to win the starting opening 13, and the player's interest is further enhanced as compared with the case where the warp entrance 7 and the warp exit 8 are not provided.

A winning opening 12 is provided on the left and right of the variable winning ball device 11, and an out opening 30 for accommodating an out ball is provided in the lower center of the game area 3.

While the game is being played, the left speaker 60
Also, stereo sound based on various sounds including natural sound is reproduced from the right speaker 61, and a predetermined sound effect is generated during variable display by the variable display device 4 or when a big hit occurs. In this case, due to the characteristics of the stereo sound, the localization of the sound source can be moved with respect to the player, and an effect that the sound source orbits around the player can be generated. Therefore, there is an effect that the interest of the game is higher than that in the case of the conventional monaural voice.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the gaming machine body 102. A ball tank 111 is arranged above the center of the back surface. The key 104 shown in FIG. 1 is provided on the lower left portion of the back surface, and the ball striking unit 114 provided with the game handle 106 shown in FIG. 1 is fixed further below the key 104. Also, near the center on the right side of the back surface, the prize ball unit 11
3 is provided.

At the central portion of the rear surface, a CRT display 4 which constitutes a variable display section 5 of the variable display device 4 shown in FIGS.
4 is fixed, and the CRT display 44
Image display control circuit 11 for controlling image display by
2 is provided with the sub-board 125.
A board box 115 is provided in the lower center of the back surface of the game machine, and a game control board 71 is housed inside the board box 115. The game control board 71 and the sub-board 125 are connected by a cable via the connector 118. A payout control board 117, on which a payout control circuit for controlling the prize ball unit 113 is mounted, is provided in the lower right portion of the back surface of the game machine.

FIG. 4 shows a component mounting diagram on the game control board 71. Referring to FIG. 4, connectors 63 to 68, a power connector 73 and a power connector 74 for the image display are provided along the right end side of the game control board 71. On the left edge of the game control board 71, a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which programs and data for game control are stored
69, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 70 that constitutes a basic circuit that executes a game control program,
A voice ROM 47 storing voice control data is mounted, and an amplifier 72 is provided below the ROM 47. Further, on the game control board 71, a voice synthesizing circuit 48 for receiving a command from the CPU 70, reading voice control data from the voice ROM 47, and synthesizing a voice according to the ADPCM system is mounted.

Next, the control circuit used in the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control circuit on the game control board 71 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the control circuit described below controls the pachinko game in a predetermined order.

Referring to FIG. 5, the control circuit is the basic circuit 3
2, input circuit 33, initial reset circuit 36, regular reset circuit 37, address decode circuit 38, amplifier circuit 40, LED circuit 34, solenoid circuit 3
9, an information output circuit 35, an illumination signal circuit 42, an image display circuit 43, an award ball number signal output circuit 131, a voice synthesis circuit 48 by the ADPCM system described above, and amplifiers 58 and 59.

The basic circuit 32 controls various devices of the pachinko gaming machine according to the control program. Basic circuit 32
A ROM that stores control programs, etc.
And a RAM for temporarily storing control data, and a CP for performing control operation according to the control program.
A U (CPU 70 described above), an I / O port, and a clock generation circuit are provided. Illustration of the internal configuration of the basic circuit 32 is omitted.

The input circuit 33 is the starting ball detector 2 described above.
1 and 25, specific ball detector 22, winning ball detector 2
3 and the passing ball detector 27 are connected via a connector 64. The input circuit 33 transmits the detection signal output from each detector to the basic circuit 32.

The prize ball number signal output circuit 131 is connected via a connector 63 to a detector (not shown) for the prize ball number signal delivered by the prize ball unit 113, and is output from the detector. The detection signal is transmitted to the basic circuit 32.

The initial reset circuit 36 is a circuit for generating an initial reset pulse for resetting the basic circuit 32 when the power is turned on. In response to the initial reset pulse sent from the initial reset circuit 36, the basic circuit 32 initializes the pachinko gaming machine.

The regular reset circuit 37 is a circuit for periodically (for example, every 2 msec) applying a reset pulse to the basic circuit 32 to repeatedly execute a predetermined game control program from the beginning.

The address decoding circuit 38 is the basic circuit 3
2 is a circuit that decodes the address signal sent from 2 and outputs a signal for selecting any one of the ROM, RAM, I / O port, etc. included in the basic circuit 32.

The lamp circuit 40 and the LED circuit 34 are
It is connected via connectors 66 or 67 to lamps such as the side lamp 18 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and LEDs such as the start memory indicators 6 and 29, respectively. More specifically, the lamp circuit 40 is connected to a frame lamp (not shown), a side lamp 18, a rail decoration lamp (not shown), a windmill lamp (not shown), and a sleeve lamp (not shown). The lamp circuit 40 controls the lighting state of each lamp according to the control signal output from the basic circuit 32.

The LED circuit 34 is, in addition to the starting memory indicator 6 and the ordinary symbol starting memory indicator 29, various decorative LEDs.
(Not shown). The LED circuit 34 is responsive to the control signal output from the basic circuit 32 to generate the LEDs.
Control the lighting state of.

Solenoid circuit 39, information output circuit 35,
And the illumination signal circuit 42 is connected to the connector 67, respectively.

The solenoid circuit 39 is connected to the solenoids 24 and 26 via a connector 67, and is shown in FIG.
It is a circuit for controlling solenoids 24 and 26 for driving the opening / closing plate 14 and the movable member 17 shown in FIG. The solenoid circuit 39 operates the solenoids 24 and 26 at a predetermined timing in response to the control signal output from the basic circuit 32.

The information output circuit 35, on the basis of the data signal given from the basic circuit 32, the big hit information for showing the information about the big hit by the variable display of the display unit 5 of the variable display device 4, and the starting opening 13. And the effective start information for indicating the number of hits of 19 hit balls actually used to start the variable display of the symbols on the variable display portion 5 to the hall management computer or the like which is the host computer. It is a circuit for outputting.

The illumination signal circuit 42 is connected to various illuminations through the connector 67, and is for controlling the lighting state of each illumination in accordance with the control signal output from the basic circuit 32. Is.

The image display circuit 43 is connected to the image display control circuit 1 on the sub-board 125 (see FIG. 3) via the connector 68.
It is connected to 12. The image display circuit 43 gives a command for image display to the image display control circuit 112 according to the control signal output from the basic circuit 32.

The voice synthesizing circuit 48 is responsive to a command given from the basic circuit 32 to read sound control data from the voice ROM 47, synthesize a voice signal according to the ADPCM system, and give it to the amplifiers 58 and 59. Is. Amplifiers 58 and 59 amplify this voice synthesis signal to generate stereo voice from speakers 60 and 61 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a circuit block diagram of the voice synthesis circuit 48 and peripheral circuits. Referring to FIG. 6, the voice synthesis circuit 48 includes a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 76,
A memory interface 75, a microcomputer interface 85, a reset circuit 86, a clock oscillator 87,
ADPCM decoder 77 and electronic volume 81a, 8
1b and 81c, a pan pod circuit 82, mixing circuits 83a and 83b, and digital / analog converters (D / A) 84a and 84b. D / A8
The outputs of 4a and 84b are passed through low-pass filters 93a and 93b, respectively, to the amplifier 58 for the left channel.
And to the right channel amplifier 59.

The ADPCM decoder 77 is a channel 0 (CH0) ADPCM decoder 78 for synthesizing a left channel audio signal from the audio control data given from the memory interface 75 according to the ADPCM system, and a right channel audio signal. ADPCM decoder 79 for synthesizing audio for channel 1 (CH1) and ADP for synthesizing audio for channel 2 (CH2)
The CM decoder 80 is included.

The reset circuit 86 is for resetting the voice synthesis circuit 48 in response to the reset signal from the basic circuit 32. The clock oscillator 87 is for oscillating a clock signal used in the voice synthesis circuit 48 and the basic circuit 32.

The microcomputer interface 85 is for receiving a voice control command from the basic circuit 32 and giving it to the DSP 76. Microcomputer interface 85
Separately from this, when the basic circuit 32 tries to perform a special voice control, the control data for that is received and given to the DSP 76.

The DSP 76 is a microcomputer interface 8
In response to a command given from the basic circuit 32 via 5, the address of data to be read from the voice ROM 47 is given to the memory interface 75, and the voice ROM is given.
Data for voice synthesis is read from 47. Voice ROM 4
The data stored in 7 will be described later. DSP7
6 further includes electronic volumes 81a, 81b and 81c according to a command given from the basic circuit 32,
The pan pod circuit 82 is controlled to adjust the volume of the synthesized voice of each channel. By appropriately controlling these electronic volume and pan pod circuits as described later, stereo sound is used so that the sound source circulates around the player and the sound source moves back and forth and left and right with respect to the player. Voice control can be performed.

The memory interface 75 is a DSP 76.
ADPCM data is read from the voice ROM 47 in accordance with a control signal and an address given from the ADPC.
The data is supplied to each of the decoders 78, 79 and 80 of the M decoder 77, and data necessary for reproduction control such as reproduction control data is read and supplied to the DSP 76.

ADPCM decoders 78, 79 and 80
Performs ADPCM decoding on channel 0, channel 1 and channel 2 data, respectively, to generate a 16-bit digital audio signal, which is applied to electronic volumes 81a, 81b and 81c, respectively.

Electronic volumes 81a, 81b and 81
Each c adjusts the volume of the given digital audio data based on the control performed by the DSP 76 according to the reproduction control data. Normally ROM 47 for voice
Since the audio data in the maximum volume is stored in, the electronic volumes 81a, 81b and 81c attenuate the audio data by a predetermined amount. Since the data of interest is actually digital, this control is performed by multiplying by a coefficient of 1 or less.

The pan pod circuit 82 distributes the audio data of channel 2 to the right channel and the left channel by a predetermined amount under the control of the DSP 76. By adjusting the audio data of channel 2 which is distributed to both channels by the pan pod circuit 82, stereo sound reproduction such as moving the localization of the sound source or circling around the player, that is, the sound source fixed position of the reproduction sound It is possible to perform the processing of moving (panning).

The mixing circuit 83a mixes (actually adds) the audio for the left channel of channel 2 provided from the pan pod circuit 82 with the audio signal of channel 0 provided from the electronic volume control 81a, and the D / A 84a. Give to. The mixing circuit 83b adds the audio data for the right channel of the channel 2 supplied from the pan pod circuit 82 to the audio data for the right channel supplied from the electronic volume 81b, and D / A
84b.

D / A's 84a and 84b respectively convert the digital 16-bit audio data supplied from the mixing circuits 83a and 83b into analog signals and supply them to the low pass filters 93a and 93b. The low-pass filters 93a and 93b pass only the low-frequency component of the applied audio signal, apply the amplified audio signal to the left channel amplifier 58 and the right channel amplifier 59, and amplify the audio signal to generate stereo audio from the speaker.

AD obtained by recording various sounds including natural sounds stored in the voice ROM 47 by using the voice synthesizing circuit as shown in FIG.
The PCM data can be decoded and then synthesized as stereo voice. Furthermore, by making the component of channel 2 monaural and distributing this to the left and right channels by the pan pod circuit 82, the sound source localization can be moved as described above. Further, as will be described later in detail, the voice ROM 47 includes not only ADPCM voice data but also data for reproduction control. DSP7
According to the reproduction control data, AD is performed by the function of 6.
By controlling the reproduction of PCM data, various sound effects can be generated. In this case, the basic circuit 32 can reproduce the sound only by giving to the sound synthesis circuit 48 information indicating which sound should be reproduced and a command indicating the start of reproduction. The load is very small. The basic circuit 32 is
Since a large ability can be distributed by the game control, there is an effect that more advanced game control can be performed.

FIG. 7 shows a circuit block diagram of the image display control circuit 112 formed on the sub-board 125. Figure 7
The image display control circuit 112 refers to the CPU 46,
Work RAM 53, mask ROM 94, video color encoder (VCE) 52, video display controller (VDC) 55, V (video) RAM 56
And The CPU 46 is connected to the basic circuit 32 via the connector 118. The VCE 52 is connected to the CRT display 44 via the connector 101.

The CPU 46 receives a command for image display from the basic circuit 32 via the connector 118, and uses the WRAM 53 as a work area based on the image display program and data stored in the mask ROM 94. The image is displayed. The procedure is as follows. The CPU 46 reads the display data from the mask ROM 94 in accordance with the received command, and VDC
Give to 55. At this time, the CPU 46 determines not only the image data but also the coordinates for display and VRA for scrolling.
Data for M control is also provided to VDC 55.
The VDC 55 receives the image display data and outputs them to V
It is assigned to the RAM 56 and processed in terms of color, brightness and the like. The VDC 55 gives the image display data thus created to the VCE 52. VCE
52 indicates the data provided from the VRAM 56 by the CRT.
44 (see FIG. 2) and converts it into a decoded sync signal for display and gives it to the CRT 44 via the connector 101.

Since the image display is performed by the image display control circuit on the image display sub-board different from the basic circuit 32, the control processing for the image display by the basic circuit 32 is minimal. , Game control can be made more sophisticated.

FIG. 8 shows a map in the voice ROM 47 (see FIGS. 4 and 6). This RO as shown in FIG.
M has a storage capacity of 2 mega (M) bytes in total, and an address table is provided from address 000000 (hexadecimal notation) to 0007FF, and addresses 000800 to 0
029FF has a reproduction block table at address 00.
ADPCM data and reproduction control data are stored in 2A00 to 1FFFFF, respectively.

FIG. 9 shows the structure of the reproduction block table shown in FIG. This reproduction block table stores a maximum of 128 reproduction blocks from FB0 to FB127. When starting reproduction, the number of this reproduction block is specified by the start command from the basic circuit, and reproduction is performed based on the data of the specified block.

The first 2 bytes in one block are NO
The F field indicates the number of phrases in one playback block. The lower 6 bits (L5
To L0 and R5 to R0) are L7 to L0 and R7 to R0 in the phrase number designation (F0 to F31) column, respectively.
Indicates the number of phrases specified by. DSP76 (see Figure 6)
Reads this numerical value and continuously plays the number of phrases indicated by the numerical value. However, as the method of reproduction in this case, there are chain reproduction and looping reproduction as will be described later.

The M0 bit in the MODE (mode) column is information for designating this chain reproduction or looping reproduction. When the M0 bit is 0, the chain reproduction mode is set, and when it is 1, the looping reproduction mode is set.

The chain reproduction means to end the reproduction when the reproduction of the designated number of phrases is completed.
With looping reproduction, when the reproduction of a specified number of phrases is completed, the process returns to the beginning and repeats the reproduction.

The columns indicated by F0 to F31 are the numbers of phrases to be reproduced, and there are 32 in total. Each phrase is played continuously in this order. L7 of each column
The 1 byte indicated by L0 specifies the address table number of the phrase reproduced and output from channel 0 or channel 1. Whether to specify channel 0 or channel 1 is specified by specific 2 bits in ADPCM data / reproduction control data. For example, this 2
If the bit is 00, play from channel 0, if 01, play from channel 1, and if 10, channel 2
Play from. When these 2 bits are 11, it is undefined and normal reproduction is not performed.

Similarly, R7 to R0 designate the address table numbers of phrases reproduced and output from channel 0 or channel 1.

For the phrases F0 to F31, the number of data designated by L5 to L0 and R5 to R0 in the NOF column is required.

In the reproduction block data for the sub-channel (for channel 2), R0 to R5 in the phrase number data (NOF) column are all set to "0", and R0 to R0 in the phrase number data (F0 to F31). R7 is also set to "0". Therefore, during playback on the sub-channel, the number of phrases is specified by L0 to L5 in NOF, and F
Phrase number (address table) with L0 to L7 in n
Is specified and playback is performed. To specify the playback channel, as in the case of channel 0 and channel 1,
It is specified by 2 bits of the reproduction channel specification data in the ADPCM reproduction control data.

For example, in the reproduction block table shown in FIG. 9, the phrase R0 to R7 or L0 to L7 of the phrase to be reproduced is used as an address, and the address table shown in FIG. 8 is referred to. The start address and end address of the storage area in which the ADPCM data / reproduction control data is stored can be known.

FIG. 10 shows details of the ADPCM data / reproduction control data shown in FIG. Referring to FIG.
The reproduction control data is stored in the first block of the ADPCM reproduction control data for one phrase, and subsequent blocks contain various natural sounds obtained by sampling various sounds including natural sounds. AD based on sound
PCM data is stored. As the reproduction control data, the channel to be reproduced is designated as described above. 2
Bits, 4 bits for setting the electronic volume at the time of reproduction, 4 bits for setting the pan pod direct, and 4 bits for setting the auto panning (automatic sound source movement) are included. .

Assuming that the two bits designating the channel to be reproduced are C1C0, as described above, if 00, the channel 0 is reproduced, if 01, the channel 1 is reproduced,
If it is 10, reproduction is performed from channel 2.

The 4 bits for setting the electronic volume specify the attenuation in 3 dB units starting from 0 dB. Therefore, if the set value of the electronic volume is increased, the amount of attenuation increases and the volume decreases.

The 4 bits of the direct setting of the pan pod can specify the sound source localization in 13 steps, with "0110" as the center, "0000" as the leftmost end and "1100" as the rightmost end. However, the pan pod processing cannot be performed for channels 0 and 1, and in this case, the bit for direct setting of the pan pod is set to "0110". Even if another value is set, "0
110 ". This setting is valid only for channel 2.

The automatic panning (automatic sound source movement) is performed by having a table of control data dedicated to the automatic sound source movement. The first 1 bit of the 4 bits specifies whether or not auto panning is performed. If it is 0, auto panning is not performed, and if it is 1, auto panning is performed. The second bit specifies the panning direction. If 0, panning is performed in the order center, right, center, right, and if 1, panning is performed in the order center, left, center, left.

The last 2 bits specify the panning time for one loop. The “1 loop” mentioned here means the following. After moving the sound source position one step to the right end with the center as the start position,
Similarly, the process of returning to the first position on the right one step at a time is called one loop in the right direction. Similarly, set the center to the start position,
Panning in which the sound source is moved to the leftmost end by moving one step to the left and then returning to the right again by one step to return to the left first position is called a leftward one loop. This 2
If the bit is 00, 1 loop is performed in 1.0 second, and 0
If 1 is set to 2.0 seconds, if 10 is set to 3.0 seconds, and if 11 is set to 4.0 seconds. The settings of the electronic volume and the pan pod can be changed by a command from the basic circuit. That is, regarding these settings, the command from the basic circuit has priority over the reproduction control data in the audio ROM, so that it is necessary to change the settings after the audio ROM is masked. Even if there is, you can handle it by adding commands,
The effect is that design is easy.

In this embodiment, the ADPCM data has 4 bits, and the ADPCM data is stored in units of 4 bits in the ADPCM data area. In the device of this embodiment, the reading of data from the ROM is performed in units of 16 bits. Therefore, four ADPCMs can be read by one read.
The data is read. Therefore, ADP in one phrase
When the total number of CM data is not an integral multiple of 4, "0" is written in the remaining 16 bits, which is not ADPCM data. FIG. 11 shows a list of sound effects according to the game state. In FIG. 11, sound effects are assigned a to o, and different characters represent different sound effects.

With reference to FIG. 11, sound effects a to e are generated during symbol fluctuation, symbol stop, reach, special reach 1 and special reach 2, respectively. In addition, "reach" means that a certain combination of symbols occurs when a part of the display areas that are variably displayed independently in a plurality of display areas is stopped as described above. As for the case, the special reach 1 and the special reach 2 respectively represent cases in which the expectation that a specific combination of symbols will occur is higher than in the normal reach. Also, as the combination of stop symbols becomes more advantageous to the player, the special reach 1
(For example, when the expectation of a big hit is high among the reach in the same symbols other than 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 described later), special reach 2 (for example, in the same symbol of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 described later) If the expectation of a big hit is high), it may be configured.

In 0.500 seconds from the stop of all symbols to the determination, the sound effect f at the time of stopping each symbol is generated.

When the symbols are stopped so that a big hit occurs, a sound effect called fanfare g is generated for 6.500 seconds after the opening of the special winning opening, between the opening of the special winning opening and the next opening. 11, different sound effects h to m are assigned to each period as shown in FIG.
It should be noted that the interval means an interval from the closing of the special winning opening until the opening next time, and “R” means an opening period of the special winning opening. The number in front of "R" is 16 consecutive
Indicates the number of times the opening is performed.

When the final opening is finished, the sound effect n is issued to notify the player that the opening is the final opening.

When a further abnormality occurs, the sound effect o
The occurrence of the abnormality can be easily detected.

In FIG. 12, from the start of fluctuation to the occurrence of reach,
A volume pattern showing an example of what kind of sound is assigned to each of the special reach 1 and the special reach 2 at the time of reach. In FIG. 12, 1 indicates that the sound effect is generated at a low volume or low range, and 2 indicates that the sound effect is generated at a high volume or a high range compared to 1.
Indicates that a sound effect is generated at a louder volume or higher range than 2.

For example, according to the pattern A, the sound effect is generated in the low volume or low sound range from the start of the fluctuation to the occurrence of the reach, but in the case of the reach, the sound effect is generated in the medium sound volume or the middle sound range. In the case of pattern D, the volume is low or low in the range from the start of fluctuation to the occurrence of the reach, medium or high in the reach and special reach 1, and high in the special reach 2. Generates sound effects in the high range. Generally, by increasing the volume and increasing the range as the expectation of a big hit increases, the expectation of the player is increased, the interest of the game is increased, and the attention of the surroundings is also received. , It is effective in improving the atmosphere of the entire game hall. In this embodiment, in order to reduce the volume of the sound effect, it is sufficient to increase the set value of the electronic volume in the reproduction control data described with reference to FIG. You can reduce the value. Further, in order to lower the sound effect, it is sufficient to sample the sound having the low frequency range as a main component, store it in the voice ROM 47 as ADPCM data, read the data, and reproduce it by the system shown in FIG. In order to make the sound effect treble, the sound having the high frequency range as the main component is sampled and stored in the voice ROM 47 by the ADPC.
The data may be stored as M data, read out, and reproduced by the system shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 shows a timing chart for varying the probability that the variable winning ball device is in the first state, which is performed in the gaming machine of this embodiment. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, a big hit occurs when the symbols displayed on the variable display portions 5a, 5b and 5c of the variable display device 4 shown in FIG. 2 are the same, but in particular, "11"
1 ”,“ 333 ”,“ 555 ”,“ 777 ”and“ 999 ”
When the big hit occurs, at least until after the big hit ends, the display result of the variable display device 4 becomes a combination of specific symbols and the big hit occurs.
Normally, the probability that the display result of the variable symbol display device 28 becomes specific identification information is set to a high probability, and the movable member 17 of the variable starter device 16 is frequently opened. For this reason, there is a possibility that a hitting ball is won not only in the starting opening 13 but also in the starting opening 19, and the variable display by the variable display device 4 is frequently started. Therefore, as a result,
The number of times the symbols are variably displayed on the variable display portions 5a to 5c of the variable display device increases, and the probability that the variable winning ball device 11 becomes the first state advantageous to the player increases.

In addition, the variable winning ball device 11 is the above-mentioned 5.
When the big hit is caused by a combination other than the street combination, the process for opening the movable member 17 of the variable starting opening device 16 with a high probability as described above is not performed after the end of the big hit.

FIG. 14 shows variables for random numbers used in the game control program for controlling the gaming machine of the present embodiment, their possible ranges, their uses, and at what time they are. The table below shows whether the value of is added. With reference to FIG. 14, the random number WC_RND1 for jackpot determination is incremented by one every 0.002 seconds and varies in the range of 0 to 1499.

Random number WCRND_L for left symbol display
Can change in a range of 0 to 14 by repeatedly performing a process of adding 1 to the interrupt process surplus time. The random number WCRND_WC for medium symbol display is incremented by 1 when carrying the above-mentioned random number WCRND_L for left symbol display, and may take a range of 0 to 14. The random number WCRND_R for displaying the right symbol is incremented by 1 when carrying the above-mentioned random number WCRND_C, and can take a range of 0 to 14. These WCRN
The value of D_L, WCRND_C and WCRND_R is 0
The reason for being ~ 14 is that there are 15 kinds of symbols to be displayed.

In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the symbol display is first stopped in the left symbol and the right symbol, and in the case of the reach state, two opponents of the martial arts of the game are displayed and compete. And when the last symbol is stopped and displayed, when the combination of big hits is reached, the player side opponent wins the opponent, and when it is out, the player side opponent loses the opponent display Control is in place. The opponent in the reach at this time is designated by a random number WCRND_ENEMY. This random number is 1 in the remaining time of interrupt processing
It is updated by continuously executing the process of adding each value, and the range of 0 to 3 can be taken.

A random number WCRN for determining whether or not to reach the state when a part of the symbol is stopped and displayed
D_RCH is incremented by 1 at the time of carry of WCRND_ENEMY described above, and can take a range of 0 to 144. Furthermore, a random number WC for determining the reach operation
RND_ACT is designed to be incremented by 1 when carrying the above reach determination random number, and 0 to 1 are added.
It can range from 27. Finally, the random number WCRND_FVR for determining the big hit symbol is updated by repeating the process of adding 1 to the interrupt process surplus time, and can take a range of 0 to 9.

FIG. 15 shows a flowchart for deciding whether or not to make a big hit. First, as shown in FIG. 15, WC_RND1 is sampled, and 3, 41, 3 are sampled.
There are two branches at 11, 601, 907, and 1231 and at other times. WC_RND1 is 3, 41,
In the case of 311, 601, 907, 1231, further W
C_RND1 is 41 or 311 or 3, 601, 90
A decision is made as to whether it is 7 or 1231. 41
Or when it is 311, it is judged as a big hit and WCRND
By _FVR, a specific symbol to be a jackpot symbol is determined. The specific symbol in this case means a symbol which causes a probability variation as described with reference to FIG. WC_RN
Even when D1 is 3, 601, 907, 1231, it is a big hit, and the symbol to be a big hit symbol is determined by WCRND_FVR. The design in this case is such that the probability variation described with reference to FIG. 13 does not occur. WC_
RND1 is 3, 411, 311, 601, 907, 123
When it is other than 1, it is determined to be out, and the left, middle, and right symbols are determined using WCRND_L, C, and R, respectively. If it coincides with the jackpot pattern, WC
1 is added to RND_C to forcefully display it as a symbol.

FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of processing for determining whether or not the symbol should be in the reach state at the time of stop control in the case other than the big hit. This judgment is a random number W
This is done using CRND_RCH. More specifically, when WCRND_RCH is 60 to 69, display control is performed so that the right symbol and the left symbol are the same symbol and the reach state is reached. The symbol is determined using the value of the random number WCRND_L. WCRND_RCH is 60-69
Otherwise, stop control other than reach is performed. In this case, the random numbers WCRND_L and R are used to make left and right symbol decisions, respectively. When the left symbol and the right symbol determined in this way coincide with the reach symbol by chance, by adding 1 to WCRND_R, the symbol is forcibly displayed as a state other than the reach.

In FIG. 17, a random number WCRND_L,
The relationship between C, R and the left, middle, and right symbols is shown. WCRND_
Depending on the values of L, C, and R, the symbols of the left, middle, and right symbols are determined as shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 shows the random number WCRND_FVR.
WCRND_FV when determining special symbols using
A combination of R and a special symbol is shown. WC is shown in FIG.
A combination when _RND1 is 3, 601, 907, and 1231 is shown, and a random number WC_RND is shown in FIG.
The combination when 1 is 41 or 311 is shown. FIG.
(1) shows a combination of special symbols when a normal big hit occurs, and FIG. 18 (2) shows a combination of symbols that causes a probability change at the end.

As described above, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, the sound control data necessary for synthesizing the stereo sound based on various sounds including the natural sound is stored in the sound ROM which is the sound control data storage means. Is stored and the command for sound reproduction is given from the basic circuit which is the game control means to the voice synthesis circuit which is the sound control means, and the voice synthesis circuit outputs data from the voice ROM based on the command. Read out and perform stereo sound control. Therefore, compared to monaural sound effects, a wider variety of sound effects can be generated as stereo sounds, and the sound source localization can be moved.
Therefore, for example, it is possible to generate a sound effect in which a sound source circulates around the player or a sound source moves to the front, rear, left and right with respect to the player. Therefore, the sound effect corresponding to the game state can be reproduced in various sounds including natural sound and in stereo, so that the acoustic effect and the game play can be further improved.

Further, in the above embodiment, the voice synthesizing circuit which is the voice synthesizing means is arranged on the game control board together with the basic circuit which is the game controlling means. When arranging peripheral circuits such as a voice synthesis circuit on a board different from the basic circuit (for example, a sub board for image control), RO is used for cost reduction
M is often realized by using a common mask ROM for image control and voice control, and the contents cannot be changed once it is manufactured in this way. Therefore, by arranging the voice synthesizing circuit on the game control board as in the present embodiment, it becomes possible to easily change the design and the like, and there is an effect that the design relating to the sound control is facilitated.

Further, in the gaming machine of the above-mentioned embodiment, the data for voice synthesis is stored in the voice ROM which is the data storage means for sound control, and the voice synthesis circuit different from the basic circuit is the basic circuit. R for voice based on commands from the circuit
Data is read from the OM and stereo sound control is performed. Therefore, the sound data to be stored in the game control means can be reduced, and the amount of sound control processing to be performed in the game control means can be reduced. Therefore, new data for improving the game playability can be stored in the game control means, and other game control can be performed by the amount that the sound control is not required, thereby realizing a more advanced game control. be able to.

The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The gaming machine of this embodiment is characterized in that the voice synthesis circuit is arranged not on the same game control board as the basic circuit but on the sub-board 125 shown in FIG. Also in this embodiment, it is possible to generate a stereo sound effect based on various sounds including natural sounds, so that it is difficult to change the design when the voice ROM is a mask ROM. Except for this, the same effects as in Example 1 are obtained. The arrangement on the game board, the arrangement of the game control board and the sub-board, and the program executed in the basic circuit of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment. The illustration and description of are omitted.

Referring to FIGS. 19 and 20, this second
The control circuit of the gaming machine of the embodiment is a basic circuit 32, an input circuit 33, an LED circuit 34, an information output circuit 35,
An initial reset circuit 36, a regular reset circuit 37, an address decode circuit 38, a solenoid circuit 39, an illumination signal circuit 42, a CRT circuit 43, and a lamp circuit 40.
And a power supply circuit 41. 19 and 20, circuits corresponding to the circuits shown in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals and given the same names. Their functions are also the same. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted here, except for matters to be particularly noted.

The input circuit 33 is connected to the specific ball detector 22, the winning ball detector 23, the passing ball detector 27, the starting ball detector 21, and the starting ball detector 25, and from these detectors. The output detection signal is transmitted to the basic circuit 32.

The LED circuit 34 includes the number indicator 15, the starting memory indicator 6, the ordinary symbol variable display device 28 of the variable starting port device 16 (see FIG. 2), and the ordinary symbol starting memory indicator 29.
Connected to. The LED circuit 34 is the basic circuit 32.
The lighting state of each of the LEDs is controlled in accordance with a control signal given from.

The power supply circuit 41 is connected to a power supply of AC 24V, generates DC 30V, 21V, 12V, 5V and supplies them to each circuit on the game control board, and 30V.
The DC power source and the ground potential GND are applied to the CRT unit. Although the power supply circuit is not shown in FIG. 5, the circuit shown in FIG. 5 naturally includes the power supply circuit.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of the image display control circuit 112 on the sub-board 125 according to the second embodiment. Referring to FIG. 21, the image display control circuit 112 includes a voice synthesis circuit 48A, a voice ROM 47A, an amplifier 4 in addition to the voice control circuit on the sub-board 125 shown in FIG.
Including 9 and. The voice synthesis circuit 48A is a circuit similar to the voice synthesis circuit 48 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
Therefore, its details are omitted here. The output of the amplifier 49 is connected to a left channel amplifier 58 and a right channel amplifier 59 via a connector 50 and a connector 57, and is further connected to a left channel speaker 60 and a right channel speaker 61 via a connector 62. .

In the image display control circuit shown in FIG. 21,
The command for voice control sent from the basic circuit via the connector 118 is given to the voice synthesis circuit 48A via the CPU 46. The voice synthesizing circuit 48A changes the voice ROM 47A from the ADP according to the given command.
The first embodiment after reading the CM data and the reproduction control data, and also reading the data of the right channel and the left channel and further the sub-channel (channel 2) according to the given command and the read reproduction control data. The processing described in the example is performed, and finally the left and right analog audio signals are supplied to the amplifier 49.

Also in the second embodiment, since the sound effect corresponding to the game state can be generated in various sounds including natural sound and in stereo, the sound effect and the amusement effect are improved. . The voice ROM 47A stores the ADPCM data for voice synthesis and the reproduction control data, and the voice synthesizer circuit 48A reads and reads them from the voice ROM 47A based on a command given from the basic circuit. Generates various sounds including natural sounds and stereo sound based on the data. Since it is not necessary to store the sound control data in the basic circuit, the storage area of the ROM in the game control circuit can be used for other purposes. Further, since the amount of processing to be performed by the basic circuit for sound control is greatly reduced, there is an effect that more advanced game control can be performed to improve the playability.

The configuration of the present invention has been described above by taking the pachinko gaming machine as an example. The features of the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment are listed below.

(1) In each of the embodiments described above, the variable display device 4 constitutes a variable display device. The game control board 71 on which the basic circuit 32 is mounted constitutes a game control means for controlling the game state of the gaming machine. Further, the voice ROMs 47 and 47A constitute a sound control data storage means for storing the sound control data necessary for synthesizing the voice corresponding to the gaming state of the gaming machine. Also, with the voice synthesis circuits 48 and 48A,
Based on the command sent from the game control means, data is read from the sound control data storage means, and a sound control means for performing stereo sound control is configured. Further, the voice ROM 47 and 47A and the voice synthesizing circuits 48 and 48A are controlled by the game control means to synthesize a voice corresponding to the game state of the gaming machine as a stereo sound based on various sounds including natural sounds. Means are configured.

When generating a sound effect, the basic circuit 32 gives to the voice synthesizing circuit 48 a command designating in which mode and which phrase stored in the voice ROM 47 is reproduced. The synthesizing circuit 48 reads the ADPCM data and the reproduction control data from the voice ROM 47 in accordance with the command, and reproduces the specified phrase in the specified mode. In this way, the sound control means reads data from the voice ROM, which is the sound control data storage means, based on the command sent from the game control means, and performs stereo sound control.

(2) Further, as shown in FIG.
The CM decoder is an A stored in the voice ROM 47.
The DPCM data is reproduced as a sub channel (channel 2) in addition to the two main channels, that is, channel 0 and channel 1. The data of each of these channels is amplified (attenuated) by a predetermined value by the electronic volume, and the data of channel 2 is distributed to channel 0 and channel 1 by the pan pod circuit 82 and mixed. By changing the data distribution of channel 2 to both channels by the pan pod circuit 82, the localization of the sound source can be freely changed. Thus, the voice synthesis circuit of the gaming machine of this embodiment,
It includes means for reproducing ADPCM data of at least three channels, means for amplifying (attenuating) the audio signal of each channel, and means for moving the sound source localization.

(3) As shown in FIG. 8, a voice ROM
Address table, playback block table and AD
An area for PCM data / reproduction control data is provided. As shown in FIG. 9, the reproduction block table stores a column for designating the number of phrases, a column for designating the reproduction mode, and data for designating the storage position in ROM of the data of each phrase. There is. Further, this data shows the addresses in the address table shown in FIG. 8, and the data L0 to L7 and R0 to R in each phrase are shown.
By searching the address table based on 7,
It is possible to know in which area of the audio ROM the corresponding ADPCM data / reproduction control data is stored. In this way, the audio ROM specifies in which part the data specifying the number of phrases in the reproduction block, the data specifying the reproduction mode, and the ADPCM data / reproduction control data corresponding to the phrase are stored. And information for doing so.

(4) Further, as shown in FIG. 11, in the above-described embodiment, different sound effects are generated depending on the game state. Also, for example, change the sound effect in Reach, Special Reach 1, Special Reach 2,
Also, when a big hit occurs, by changing the sound effect according to the state, the interest of the player is improved and
It also has the effect of attracting the attention of the surroundings and improving the atmosphere of the game in the game hall.

(5) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the volume of the effect sound to be reproduced is changed according to the game state. There are several possible patterns as shown in FIG. By changing the volume pattern according to the game state in this way, the interest of the game by the player becomes more exciting, and if a particular state occurs, the surrounding attention will also be gathered and the atmosphere of the entire game hall will be improved. Produce an effect.

(6) As shown in FIG. 15, in the above-described embodiment, two-step judgment is performed when determining a big hit. By performing such a two-stage determination,
There is an effect that a wave is generated for the occurrence of the big hit and the kind of the big hit.

[0121]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the sound synthesizing means generates the sound effect according to the game state based on various sounds including natural sound and in stereo sound. As a result, the sound effect and the playability in the game are improved.

According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, since the voice synthesizing means is arranged in the game control means, the voice synthesizing means is not the game control means. Compared with the case where the mask ROM is provided on another substrate, the contents of the processing performed by the voice synthesizing means can be easily changed.

According to the gaming machine of the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, the sound control data storage means synthesizes the voice corresponding to the gaming state of the gaming machine. The necessary sound control data is stored, and the sound control means reads the data from the sound control data storage means and controls the stereo sound based on the command sent from the game control means. The data that must be stored in the game control means can be reduced, and the amount of processing that the game control means should perform can be reduced. Therefore, it becomes possible to perform more advanced game control by the game control means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a front surface of a main body of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board of the same pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a component mounting diagram on the game control board.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a circuit block diagram showing a speech synthesis circuit and its peripheral circuits.

7 is a circuit block diagram of an image display control circuit on a sub-board 125. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a map of a voice ROM.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of reproduction block data in a voice ROM.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of ADPCM data / reproduction control data in a voice ROM.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a list of sound effects in the embodiment in a table format.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a sound pattern in a table format in the example.

FIG. 13 is a timing chart showing the probability variation of the operation of the variable winning ball device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the use and range of random numbers in the game control program and the addition timing thereof in a table format.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for determining a big hit in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a process for reach determination in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing, in a tabular form, random numbers for determining symbols in the embodiment, and symbols corresponding to the values of the random numbers.

FIG. 18 is a view showing a combination of a random number and a corresponding special symbol when a big hit occurs in a table format.

FIG. 19 is a circuit block diagram showing a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a part of a control circuit of the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a circuit block diagram of an image display control circuit in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game board, 3 is a game area, 4 is a variable display device, 5 and 5a to 5c are variable display parts, 11 is a variable winning ball device, 1
6 is a variable starter device, 32 is a basic circuit, 47 and 47
A is a voice ROM, 48 and 48A are voice synthesis circuits,
Reference numeral 58 is a right channel amplifier, 59 is a left channel amplifier, 60 is a left channel speaker, 61 is a right channel speaker, 76 is a DSP, and 77 to 80 are ADPCs.
M decoders, 81a to 81c are electronic volumes, and 82 is a pan pod.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine which gives a predetermined game value when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a game control means for controlling a game state of the game machine, and a game of the game machine controlled by the game control means. A voice synthesizing unit for synthesizing a voice according to a state, wherein the voice synthesizing unit has a PCM sound source, and synthesizes a stereo sound based on sound data read from the PCM sound source according to a game state. Let's say a game machine. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the voice synthesis unit is arranged in the game control unit. 3. The sound synthesizing means, sound control data storage means for storing sound control data necessary for synthesizing the sound according to the game state of the gaming machine, and the sound control data sent from the game control means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: sound control means for performing stereo sound control by reading data from the sound control data storage means based on the received command.