JP2920528B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a pachinko machine which generates a right advantageous to a player in accordance with a winning of a starting winning opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The playability of a pachinko machine mainly depends on the adjustment of obstacle nails provided on a game board, and the fine adjustment of the obstacle nails slightly changes the flow of pachinko balls hit on the game board to win a prize. Make the player have the expectation of In some pachinko machines, the probability of winning a shooting ball increases for a certain period of time when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A conventional example of this kind of pachinko machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a variable display device. The variable display device 1 includes a three-digit display element 2 composed of an LED or an LCD. The variable display device 1 is provided on the game board 4 of the pachinko machine 3 and displays a plurality of types of predetermined identification information on the display element 2.

[0003] The identification information displayed by the display element 2 is numerical information, characters, design information, and the like, and the variable display device 1 is activated based on the winning of the pachinko ball into the starting winning opening 5 provided on the game board 4. At the same time, a prize ball is paid out as a normal winning process for the pachinko ball that has won the start winning port 5. Then, the variable display device 1 causes the identification information to fluctuate and display for a predetermined fluctuating display time for each display element 2 of each digit by the activation. When the variable display time elapses, the variable display device 1 stops the variable display of the identification information,
At about the same time, any one of the plurality of types of identification information is stopped and displayed for a predetermined stop time.

The above-described variable display time and stop time are almost constant, and the variable display time of the display element 2 which is first stopped and displayed is generally set to about 5 to 6 seconds. The identification information thus stopped and displayed on the display element 2 by the variable display device 1 is hereinafter referred to as stop identification information. In addition, the identification information which is stopped and displayed by the variable display device 1 is variably displayed,
A game until shifting to the next stop display is called a game. The description of the display of the stop identification information will be described later.

[0005] Reference numeral 6 denotes a variable winning ball device.
Are arranged below the variable display device 1. The variable winning ball device 6 includes a special winning opening 7, and when the stop identification information is specific, the special winning opening 7 is continuously opened for a predetermined time. Then, winning processing is performed on all the pachinko balls that have won the special winning opening 7. Therefore, when the stop identification information is a specific one, that is, the variable winning ball device 6
When the player has opened the special winning opening 7, the winning probability is expanded for a certain period of time, so that a right advantageous to the player is generated for a predetermined period of time. Note that the above-described specific stop identification information for generating a right advantageous to the player is hereinafter referred to as specific identification information, and the other stop identification information is hereinafter referred to as non-specific identification information.

[0006] Reference numeral 8 shown in FIG. 30 is an identification information determination circuit, and 9 is a determination circuit. The identification information determination circuit 8 determines one of the above-described plurality of types of identification information based on a predetermined procedure based on the winning of the pachinko ball into the start winning opening 5, and replaces the determined identification information with the stop identification information. And The identification information determination circuit 8 includes an infinite counter or a random number table. Based on the winning timing of the starting winning opening 5, the infinite counter or the random number table uses the above-described numerical data (hereinafter, referred to as a symbol stop time of each digit). Is simply referred to as stop numerical data), and the determined stop numerical data is imported.

The symbol stop time is a time for setting a timing for shifting the identification information which is variably displayed by the variable display device 1 to the stop display. The stop numerical data of each digit captured by the identification information determination circuit 8 corresponds to the symbol stop time of each digit, and the identification information of each digit is stopped and displayed as the symbol stop time elapses, and the stop identification information is displayed. , The specific identification information is determined.

The determination circuit 9 has a CPU as a main configuration, and determines whether or not the stop identification information determined by the identification information determination circuit 8 is the specific identification information, and is connected to the identification information determination circuit 8. . Generally, the case where the stop identification information of all digits is the same is defined as the specific identification information. If the stop identification information is the specific identification information, the determination circuit 9 controls the variable winning ball device 6 to continuously open the closed special winning opening 7. The determination circuit 9 controls the components of the pachinko machine 3 such as the ball hitting device 10 for hitting the pachinko balls on the game board 4 in addition to the control of the variable winning ball device 6.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a starting ball number display.
Indicates the number of pachinko balls that have won the start winning opening 5 (hereinafter, referred to as start winning balls). Starting ball number indicator 11
Is composed of elements such as LCD or LED, and a single element is provided corresponding to the display ball number data,
It is provided in the shape. The starting ball number display 11 is connected to the determination circuit 9, and a driver (not shown) is interposed between the determination circuit 9 and the starting ball number display 11.

Generally, the starting ball number display 11 is a variable display device 1.
Is started, in other words, the state is shifted from the stop display state to the variable display state, and the number of the winning prize balls at the start of the game is not displayed. More specifically, the starting ball number indicator 11 displays the starting winning ball number data during a game, that is, from when the variable display device 1 variably displays the identification information to when it is stopped, for each game. . Then, the variable display device 1 stops and displays the identification information during the variable display, determines whether the stopped identification information is the specific identification information or the non-specific identification information, and ends the execution of the game process based on the determination. At this point, if the starting prize ball number data is lit by the starting ball number display 11, the starting ball number display 11 reduces the starting prize ball number data by one ball.

As a result, at the same time when the current game ends,
It shifts to the next game. The time required for one game depends on the sum of the variable display time and the stop time, and is almost constant (about 5 to 7 seconds). Hereinafter, the time required for one game is simply referred to as a game time, and the game time is measured by the determination circuit 9 or a measuring unit (not shown) provided separately from the determination circuit 9.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a start detection switch. The start detection switch 12 detects a start winning ball. Since the start detection switch 12 is connected to the determination circuit 9, the determination circuit 9 can count the number of winning balls to start, and can drive the number-of-starting-balls indicator 11 via the driver.

By the way, the maximum value of the starting winning ball number data displayed by the starting ball number indicator 11 is generally set to four balls conventionally, and the maximum value of the starting winning ball after the fifth ball during the game is displayed. Is not performed, and only normal winning processing is performed. In general, the number of prize balls for the start winning ball is set to be smaller than the number of prize balls for the pachinko ball that has won the general winning port.

On the other hand, if there are five or more starting winning balls during the game, the identification information determining circuit 8 holds the right to start the game for each starting winning ball up to the fourth ball. Then, the stop numerical data corresponding to each starting winning ball in which the right is held is determined by the identification information determining circuit 8, and the stopping numerical data corresponding to the starting winning balls after the fifth ball is not determined.

That is, since the identification information determination circuit 8 ignores the winning prize ball after the fifth ball for starting the game, only the normal prize processing is performed on the starting prize ball. . The starting winning ball after the fifth ball in the game is effective for starting the game (hereinafter, referred to as “starting prize ball”).
In order to be effective, it is only necessary that the player wins the start winning port 5 after the current game ends, or that the player wins the start winning port 5 simultaneously with the end of the current game.

Since the game time of the pachinko machine 3 of the above-mentioned model is determined to be substantially constant as described above, the timing relating to the end of the game and winning of the start winning port 5 is accidentally controlled. You can't do what you want. Therefore, a pachinko machine 3 provided with a stop switch for shortening the fluctuation display time by the operation of the player has been proposed, but a skilled player in the operation of the stop switch can reduce the frequency of occurrence of the specific identification information by training. It will be possible to dramatically increase it compared to a player.

[0017] A skilled player who has acquired such a game technique may increase the number of occurrences of the specific identification information per unit game time due to a technical difference from a general player who has not acquired the same skill. become. This causes a very large difference in the number of prize balls obtained by ordinary players and skilled players, which not only causes unfairness between ordinary players and skilled players, but also causes disadvantages in game stores. As a result, models without a stop switch have become the mainstream.

[0018]

In the pachinko machine 3 of such a model, if the number of winning balls to start exceeds four during the game, the winning balls after the fifth ball become invalid. Of course, it is impossible to enable the winning prize ball after the fifth ball by the will of the player, and by shortening the time required for the game to speed up the end of the current game, Neither can the possibility of starting the game be increased. Furthermore, as described above, the number of prize balls for the starting prize ball is set to be smaller than the number of prize balls for the pachinko ball that has won the general prize port. It is adjusted so that it is easy to lead to 5. For this reason, it is easy for the winning prize ball number to exceed four during the game to frequently occur, and the starting prize ball after the fifth ball has no possibility of generating the above advantageous right. In addition, the player feels that the winning prize ball after the fifth ball is useless, which causes a decrease in the willingness to play the game.

On the other hand, depending on the pachinko machine 3, the obstacle nail is adjusted so that the pachinko ball does not easily enter the winning opening 5, and the possibility of starting the game is good when the obstacle nail is well adjusted. There may be less compared to.
In such a case, the non-game time is longer than the game time, so that the player can have a sense of expectation when the variable display device 1 shifts the identification information from the variable display to the stop display. Is extremely low. Therefore, the desire to play the game decreases because the expectation of the advantageous right decreases.

Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a pachinko machine 3 which changes the ratio of the time during the game and the time during the non-game according to the possibility of winning of the starting winning opening 5.

[0021]

According to the present invention, as a means for achieving the above object, a pachinko machine according to the present invention comprises a plurality of kinds of pachinko balls for a predetermined variable display time based on detection of a pachinko ball to a starting port 5. The variable display device 1 for displaying the identification information in a variable manner and stopping display of any of the identification information for a predetermined stop display time based on the stop of the variable display, and the stop identification information stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1 According to the number of pachinko balls detected to the starting port 5 during the variable display of the variable display device 1, in a pachinko machine that sets a game state advantageous to a player when the specific identification information is determined. The variable display time is shortened in accordance with the increase in the number of detections, and is extended in accordance with the decrease in the number of detections.

With such a configuration, during the variable display of the variable display device 1, the variation is determined in accordance with the number of pachinko balls whose winning in the starting opening 5 is detected (ie, the number of winning balls in the starting). The display time is reduced in accordance with the increase in the number of detections, and is extended in accordance with the decrease in the number of detections, to change the time required until the next activation of the variable display device 1.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The same members as those in FIGS. 22 and 29 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 1 shows a main configuration of a pachinko machine 3 according to the present invention, which is housed in a display frame 13 shown in FIGS. In this embodiment, the variable display device 1 and the variable winning ball device 6 are integrally provided by the display frame 13, and the variable winning ball device 6 is located below the display element 2. The members constituting each part of the pachinko machine 3 are controlled by a CPU (not shown) provided in the determination circuit 9.

In this embodiment, the judgment circuit 9 constitutes a starting ball number calculation circuit 14 together with the start detection switch 12, and the judgment circuit 9 includes a variable display device 1, a variable winning ball device 6, a hit ball device 10, A ball number display 11, a memory 15, a decoration device 16, and a clock circuit (identification information determination circuit 8) 17 are connected. Also, a ball hitting device 10, a starting ball number display 11, and a decoration device.
The illustration of the driver for driving 16 is omitted. The display element 2 and the starting ball number display 11 are constituted by LED elements, and the starting ball number display 11 is located immediately below the display element 2. The decoration device 16 includes a lamp, an LED, a speaker, and the like (not shown), and displays a major role, an error, and the like by light and sound.

Each digit display element 2 is controlled by a judgment circuit 9, and a driver is interposed between each digit display element 2 and the judgment circuit 9. The judgment circuit 9 variably displays a plurality of types of identification information on each digit display element 2 for a predetermined variance display time based on the winning of the starting prize port 5. After the lapse of the variable display time, the determination circuit 9 stops and displays stop identification information on each digit display element 2 for the stop time (described later).

The variable winning ball device 6 includes a pair of opening and closing blades 18 for opening and closing the special winning opening 7, a motor 19 for controlling the opening and closing of the opening and closing blades 18, 18, and an opening and closing blade driver for driving the motor 19.
20 (see FIG. 1). A pair of opening and closing blades 18, 18
Are each composed of two pieces and are rotatably connected to each other by pins 21. Slots 22, 22 on both sides of the grand prize mouth 7
Are provided, and the longitudinal direction is arranged vertically. One end of each of the opening and closing blades 18 and 18 is rotatably attached to the lower end of each of the long holes 22 and 22 by a pin 21, and the other end of each of the opening and closing blades 18 and 18 is attached to the upper end of each of the long holes 22 and 22. It is provided movably in the long holes 22, 22 via a part of the link mechanisms 23, 23.

With this arrangement, the other ends of the opening / closing blades 18 are elongated holes.
When it is at the upper end of 22, 22, the special winning opening 7 is closed by the opening and closing blades 18, 18 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the other ends of the opening and closing blades 18 and 18 are at the lower ends of the long holes 22 and 22, the special winning opening 7 is opened by the opening and closing blades 18 and 18 as shown in FIG.

The inside of the special winning opening 7 has a bottom plate 24 indicated by a broken line,
The front side is inclined so as to be higher than the rear side. The continuous winning opening 25 and the normal winning openings 26, 26
Are provided. The regular winning opening 26, 26 is a continuous winning opening 25
Are located on both sides. The continuation winning opening 25 is provided with a continuation switch 27 for continuing the main role processing, and the large winning opening 7 is provided with a 10-count switch 28 for counting all the pachinko balls winning the large winning opening 7. (See FIG. 1). Both switches 27 and 28 are proximity switches for detecting a winning ball to the special winning opening 7 by the proximity of a pachinko ball. The detection signals of these switches 27 and 28 are input to the opening and closing blade driver 20. 3 and 4, the continuation switch 27 and the 10-count switch
The illustration of 28 is omitted.

The opening / closing blade driver 20 has a counter function and, based on an input signal from a ten-count switch 28,
The winning ball number data to the special winning opening 7 is counted. Then, when the winning ball number data detected by the 10 count switch 28 reaches a predetermined number (10 balls in this embodiment), the opening / closing blade driver 20 causes the motor 19 to generate a signal for closing the opening / closing blade 18. The opening and closing blade driver 20 is
If the 0-count switch 28 does not count 10 winning balls, it takes about 20 seconds after opening the big winning opening 7
Until the passage, the opening of the special winning opening 7 is continued. This one
The winning ball count data to the special winning opening 7 counted by the 0 count switch 28 is temporarily stored in a memory 29 connected to the opening and closing blade driver 20. The opening time of the special winning opening 7 described above is hereinafter referred to as a large winning time.

During such a large role process, the opening and closing blade driver
When 20 detects a winning ball by the continuation switch 27, the continuation mode is set. Then, the opening / closing blade driver 20 waits for a long time from the start of the big role processing or after winning 10 balls,
After driving the motor 19 to close the opening and closing blade 18 once,
Regardless of the winning ball count data, the role and the process are continued (restarted) only once, and at the same time, the continuation mode already set is released. The continuation mode is not set when the continuation switch 27 does not detect a winning ball,
Also, when the main role processing has been continued up to the predetermined number of times, it is not set again. In the present embodiment, the maximum value of the number of times that the continuation mode is set is set to nine.

Reference numeral 30 shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 is a continuation number display. The continuation number display 30 is provided on the periphery of the opening of the continuous winning opening 25. The continuation number display 30 indicates the number of times the large winning opening 7 has been opened by turning on an LED. 31
Is a prize ball number display 31 composed of 7-segment LED elements in the shape of a figure 8, and the prize ball number display 31 detects the number of prize balls to the special prize port 7 during the main role processing and detects a prize ball by the 10 count switch 28. Lighting display based on In addition, continuation number display
The illustration of the 30 and the winning ball number display 31 is omitted in FIG. 1, and the drivers of both the display 30 and 31 are not shown.

The identification information determining circuit 8 is for generating a symbol signal for variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information and a symbol signal for stopping and displaying stop identification information. The identification information determining circuit 8 includes a clock circuit 17, a symbol generating circuit 32, an infinite counter 33, and a memory. A start detection switch 1 is provided on the input side of the symbol generation circuit 32.
2. The display timer circuit 35 and the memory 34 are connected, and the judgment circuit 9 is connected to the output side.

The symbol generation circuit 32 generates a symbol signal representing the symbol of the identification information, and determines the generated symbol signal by the judgment circuit 9.
To enter. In the present invention, the symbol generation circuit 32 is determined so as to sequentially display one piece of identification information (symbol) every 24 msec during the variable display time based on winning in the starting winning opening 5, and the symbol is generated every 24 msec. Is generating a signal. The infinity counter 33 is provided corresponding to the display element 2 of each digit. The infinity counter 33 for the left display element 2 and the right display element 2 counts from "0" to "19", and the middle display element. Infinity counter 33 for 2 is "0" to "20"
Count up to. That is, the former generates a total of 20 types of stop numerical data corresponding to the total of 20 types of symbols, and the latter generates a total of 21 types of stop numerical data.

The clock circuit 17 generates a basic clock for each circuit of the pachinko machine 3 including the determination circuit 9 and each infinite counter 33. The cycle of the clock signal generated by the clock circuit 17 is about 4 msec. The determination circuit 9 executes the control program of the pachinko machine 3 stored in the memory 15 based on the clock signal of the clock circuit 17. The memory 15 is provided with an area (ROM) for storing the control program and an area (RAM) used temporarily when executing the gram.

In the above-described control program, the processing time T _P required for executing one cycle from start to end is as follows:
Is configured so as not to exceed the 4msec (T _P <4msec), the CPU of the decision circuit 9 other words will be reset approximately every 4 msec. And the infinity counter 33
A series of processing of the control program of the pachinko machine 3 is completed, and count or stop numerical data is generated (updated) using the time in which a reset signal is input every 4 msec.

More specifically, the infinity counter 33
Indicates that the processing of the control program of the pachinko machine 3 has been completed for one cycle, and the stop numerical data is updated by using the input standby time of the reset signal of the 4 msec cycle.
Stop numerical data in the range of "9" or in the range of "0" to "20" is generated for each digit display member 2. There are N = 20 × 21 × 20 = 8400 8400 combinations N of stop numerical data of each digit display member 2.

In this embodiment, among the combinations N, the combinations as the specific identification information are determined in 30 ways, so that the probability of occurrence of the combination of the specific identification information is set to 1/280. Become. The stop numerical value data thus obtained is temporarily stored in the memory 34 from the infinite counter 33.

The display timer circuit 35 is used to determine the timing at which arbitrary identification numerical data is determined by the identification information determination circuit 8 and to determine the timing at which the identification information changes from the variable display state to the stop display state. The display timer circuit 35 includes an automatic stop timer 36 and a symbol stop timer 37.
The operation of the automatic stop timer 36 and the operation of the symbol stop timer 37 are synchronized with each other. The automatic stop timer 36 is a single system. When the start detection switch 12 detects a winning in the start winning opening 5, the automatic stop timer 36 starts measuring a preset automatic stop time. This automatic stop time is constant, and in this embodiment, 5 seconds is set as the automatic stop time.

When the automatic stop timer 36 is started, the determination circuit 9 and the driver drive the display element 2 so that the identification information is displayed on the variable display device 1 in a bright and fluctuating manner. In other words, the symbol generating circuit 32 generates a symbol signal every 24 msec, thereby causing the variable display device 1 to sequentially update and display the identification information every 24 msec. Then, when the automatic stop timer 36 times out, the symbol stop time determined by the identification information determination circuit 8, in other words, the stop numerical data taken from the infinity counter 33 is set as the symbol stop time.

On the other hand, three symbol stop timers 37 are provided corresponding to the left, middle and right digit display elements 2 respectively. The symbol stop time of each digit is the number of pachinko balls that have won the starting winning opening 5 during the game, in other words, the starting ball number display 11
Is shortened or extended in accordance with the number of starting balls displayed in.
Therefore, the symbol stop time of the symbol stop timer 37 becomes indefinite. It should be noted that the symbol generation circuit 32 normally causes the display element 2 to stop and display brightly by generating and holding stop identification information as a symbol signal when a pachinko ball does not win in the starting winning opening 5.

The symbol stop timer 37 is provided with a memory (not shown), and stores three types of time tables for each three-digit display element 2, that is, nine types of time tables in total. In the present embodiment, the left symbol stop timer 37 is in the time tables of Tables 1 to 3, the middle symbol stop timer 37 is in the time tables of Tables 4 to 6, and the right symbol stop timer 37 is in the time tables of Tables 7 to 9. Each corresponds to a timetable (Nm _n ; stop numerical data, Tm
_n ; fluctuation display time / ms).

N1 ₁₀ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1 ₁ 5200 5224 5248 5272 5296 5320 5344 5368 5392 5416 N1 ₁ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 T1 ₁ 5440 5464 5488 5512 5536 5560 5584 5608 5632 5656 (Table _{1) N1 2 0 1 2 3} 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1 2 2700 2724 2748 2772 2796 2820 2844 2868 2892 2916 N1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 T1 2 2940 2964 2988 3012 3036 3060 3084 3108 3132 3156 (Table 2) N1 ₃ 0 12 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1 ₃ 100 124 148 172 196 220 244 268 292 316 316 N1 ₃ 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 T1 ₃ 340 364 388 412 436 460 484 508 508 532 556 (Table 3) N2 ₁₀ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2 ₁ 2000 2024 2048 2072 2096 2120 2144 2168 2192 2216 N2 ₁ 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 T2 ₁ 2240 2264 2288 2312 2336 2360 2384 2408 2432 2456 2480 (Table 4) N2 ₂ 0 1 ₂ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2 ₂ 1000 1024 1048 1072 1096 1120 1144 1168 1192 1216 N2 ₂ 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 T2 ₂ 1240 1264 1288 1312 1336 1360 1384 1408 1432 1456 1480 (Table 5) N2 _{3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6} 7 8 9 T2 3 400 424 448 472 496 520 544 568 592 616 N2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 T2 3 640 664 688 712 736 760 784 808 832 856 880 ( Table _{6) N3 1 0 1 2 3} 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3 1 1000 1024 1048 1072 1096 1120 1144 1168 1192 1216 N3 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 T3 1 1240 1264 1288 1312 1336 1360 1384 1408 1432 1456 (Table _{7) N3 2 0 1 2 3} 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3 2 400 424 448 472 496 520 544 568 592 616 N3 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 T3 2 640 664 688 712 736 760 784 808 832 856 (Table 8) N3 ₃ 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3 ₃ 3000 3120 32 40 3360 3480 3600 3720 3840 3960 4080 N3 ₃ 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 T3 ₃ 4200 4320 4440 4560 4680 4800 4920 5040 5160 5280 (Table 9)
When the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is “0”, the symbol stop time is stored in the symbol stop timer 37 of each digit by the time table (timer table) of Tables 1, 4 and 7 described above. It is set based on 1). When the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is “one ball” or “two balls” at the time when the automatic stop timer 36 expires, the symbol stop time of each digit is shown in Tables 2 and 5. The symbol stop timer 37 for each digit is set based on the time table (timer table 2) in Table 8 and the time table. Similarly, when the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is “3 balls” or “4 balls” at the time of the time up of the automatic stop timer 36, the left, middle and right symbol stop times are as shown in Table 3, The left, middle, and right symbol stop timers 37 are set based on the time tables (timer table 3) in Tables 6 and 8.

Further, when the left stop identification information and the middle stop identification information are the specific identification information, the right symbol stop time is set in the right symbol stop timer 37 based on the time table of Table 9. The upper row of Tables 1 to 9 above shows the numerical stop data of each digit, and the lower row shows the symbol stop time (msec) corresponding to the numerical stop data.

Note that the starting ball number display 11 does not display the starting winning ball that started the game from the state where the game is not in progress and the starting winning ball number data is not stored. The starting ball number display 11 subtracts the starting winning ball number of "one ball" from the stored starting winning ball number data every time the game is over, and at the same time, the LED lighted on the starting ball number display 11
The element is turned off for one ball.

In this embodiment, when all pieces of stop identification information input from the symbol generation circuit 32 are the same, the determination circuit 9 generates an open signal as a major role process (big hit). In this case, the same specific identification information corresponding to the stop identification information is brightly stopped and displayed on the display elements 2 of all three digits. On the other hand, when the stop identification information input from the symbol generation circuit 32 is not the same, the determination circuit 9 determines that the piece is out of position, and the non-specific identification information is brightly stopped and displayed on the display element 2.

The determination circuit 9 operates the variable winning ball device 6 based on the stop identification information to open the special winning opening 7. When the special winning opening 7 is opened, the probability that the pachinko ball wins the special winning opening 7 is increased, so that a right advantageous to the player is generated (hereinafter, this right is referred to as a major role). A plurality of types of display timer circuits for determination are built in the determination circuit 9, which are conventionally used for determining the timing of determining the stop numerical data and for controlling the variable winning ball device 6. Therefore, the description is omitted.

The determination circuit 9 generates the above-mentioned open signal in order to execute the big role processing when the big role is determined, and inputs this open signal to the variable display device 1. When the main role processing is performed, a signal indicating the main role processing is generated together with the release signal, so that the fact is notified by sound or light.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the four game boards, a guide rail 38 for guiding pachinko balls to the four game boards, a windmill 39,
A normal winning port 40 and an out port 41 are provided, and obstacle nails are not shown. 42 is a prize hole provided in the variable display means 3,
Further, outside the game board 4 and the variable display means 3 are provided with a winning indicator light 43 for displaying a winning state, and a hitting lamp 44 is provided on the upper left of the game board 4. In FIG. 2, illustration of the upper plate, the lower plate, and the ball hitting device is omitted.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 3 according to the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, it is determined at s1 whether or not the power of the pachinko machine 3 is turned on (not shown). When the power of the pachinko machine 3 is turned on for the first time, s2 is executed, while the power is already turned on. Jumps to s3. In s2, the pachinko machine 3 is initialized by clearing the memories 15, 29, and 34, and initial values are set and stored in the cleared memories 15, 29, and. Next, at s3, a self-check of the hardware system including the switches 12, 27, and 28 of the pachinko machine 3 is started.

Thereafter, it is determined in s4 whether or not a hardware error has occurred. If an error has occurred, the error mode is set in s5. If not, the process related to the starting ball is performed in s6. This is performed based on FIG. The processing related to the starting ball in the present embodiment
At 6-1 it is determined whether or not the starting ball has been detected by the starting detection switch 12. If the starting ball has not been detected, the process jumps to s7.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15A, when a starting ball is detected, s6-2 is executed. In s6-2, "large winning combination mode (see FIG. 11 s36)", "combination ending mode", "symbol stop mode", and "symbol variation mode" described later.
Is set. If none is set in s6-2, the start mode is set in s6-3, and if any mode is set, s6-4 is executed. In s6-4, it is determined whether or not the lighting number (starting ball memory number) of the starting ball number display 11 is “4 balls”. If “4 balls”, the process jumps to s7. Adds “1” to the lighting number of the starting ball number display 11 in s6-5, and at the same time,
Is lit for "one ball".

In s7, the left during the variable display,
The symbol (identification information) of each digit in the middle and right is updated (see FIG. 10). The symbol generation circuit 32 first determines whether or not the symbol variation mode or the symbol stop mode has been set in s7-1, and if not, s8.
Jump to If the symbol variation mode or the symbol stop mode has already been set, it is determined in s7-2 whether or not the left symbol stop flag has been set, and the set, that is, the left display element 2 stops and displays the identification information. If the left symbol stop flag is not set, s7-3 is executed. In s7-3, it is determined whether or not the time of a left symbol updating timer (not shown in the drawings to be described later; see s7-5 and s13-4) has expired.

If the left symbol updating timer has timed out in s7-3, the identification information determining circuit 8 updates the left symbol currently displayed in s7-4 to the symbol to be displayed next. Inputs a new symbol signal to the judgment circuit 9. On the other hand, if the left symbol update timer has not timed out in s7-3, a subtraction process of the left symbol update timer is performed in s7-6.

Next, in s7-5, a left symbol update timer is set to update the symbol to be displayed next, and then the processes in and after s7-7 are executed. In s7-7 to s7-11, the processing related to the updating of the middle symbol is performed in the same manner as the above-described left symbol, and therefore, the description is omitted.

Next, in FIG. 9 s 7-12, it is determined whether or not the right symbol stop flag is set. If the right symbol stop flag is set, the process jumps to s8 in FIG. 5; if it is not set, in s7-13, the left symbol and the middle symbol match (the same symbol), that is, whether or not it is the specific identification information. Is determined. Here, the left symbol and the middle symbol are stopped, and only when the stopped symbols (stop identification information) match, jump to s7-18,
The processing from s7-18 to s7-21 is executed. On the other hand, when the left symbol and the middle symbol do not match in s7-13, the processes in s7-14 to s7-17 are executed.

In s7-14, s7-16 or s13 described later is used.
It is determined whether the first right symbol update timer set in the step -4 has timed out. When the first right symbol update timer has expired, s7
In order to update the currently displayed right symbol to the next symbol to be displayed in step -15, the identification information determination circuit 8 inputs a new symbol signal to the judgment circuit 9. Then, the first right symbol update timer for updating to the symbol displayed next is s.
Jump to s8 after setting in 7-16. On the other hand
If the first right symbol update timer has not timed out in 7-14, a subtraction process of the first right symbol update timer is performed in s17-7. Then, jump to s8.

If the left symbol and the middle symbol match in s7-13, the second right symbol update timer (set in s7-20 and s36-12 described later) times out in s7-18. It is determined whether it has been done. s7-
If it is determined at 18 that the second right symbol update timer has timed out, the identification information determination circuit 8 is used to update the currently displayed right symbol to the next symbol to be displayed at s7-19.
Inputs a new symbol signal to the judgment circuit 9. And s7
In step -20, a second right symbol update timer for updating to the next symbol to be displayed is set, and then the process jumps to s8. On the other hand, when it is determined in s7-18 that the second right symbol update timer has not timed out, the right symbol update timer performs a subtraction process in s7-21, and then jumps to s8.

In this embodiment, the measurement time set in the first right symbol update timer is shorter than the measurement time set in the second right symbol update timer. The display time per symbol is set to be about five times the first right symbol update timer. Therefore, when there is a possibility that the left symbol and the middle symbol coincide with each other and the specific identification information is displayed (big hit), the right symbol is slowly changed and displayed on the right display element 2 one by one.

Next, in s8, processing relating to the display of the identification information of the variable display device 1 is performed. In this embodiment, the processes shown in FIG. 10 are sequentially executed. First, in s8-1, it is determined whether or not the current mode is the symbol variation mode based on the determination result in s6 in FIG. The symbol variation mode is performed based on whether or not the variable display device 1 is performing variable display. If the symbol variation mode is not set in s8-1, the process jumps to s9 (see FIG. 5), which will be described later. Otherwise, s8-2 is executed. In s8-2, the automatic stop timer 36, which has been set in s12-3 to be described later, is subjected to a subtraction process. When the automatic stop timer 36 has timed out, that is, measured about 5 seconds as shown in FIG. 3) After the symbol variation mode is cleared in s8-4, the symbol stop mode is set (s8-5). Next, the identification information determining means 8 selects and determines the stop numerical data created by the infinite counter 33 in s8-6, and then in s8-6.
At -7, it is determined whether or not the lighting number of the starting ball number display 11 is "0 ball". If it is "0 ball", s8-8 is executed, otherwise, s8-9. Is executed.

In s8-8, Tables 1, 4 and 7 (timer table 1) corresponding to "0 ball" are determined.
Jump to s8-12. On the other hand, in s8-9, it is determined whether or not the lighting number of the starting ball number indicator 11 is "one ball or two balls".
8-10 is executed, otherwise s8-11
Is executed. And in s8-10, "one ball or two balls"
Tables 2, 5 and 8 (timer table 2) corresponding to the above are determined. In s8-11, "3 balls or 4 balls
Tables 3, 6, and 8 (timer table 3) corresponding to "ball" are determined.

In s8-12, s8-8, s
Based on Tables 1 to 3 determined in any one of 8-10 and s8-11 and the stop numerical data selected and determined in s8-6, a left symbol stop time is set in a symbol stop timer 37, Thereafter, s9 is executed. In other words, the display timer circuit 35 detects the starting winning ball shown in FIG. 15A by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14 in FIG. It can be detected by the starting ball number calculation circuit 14. The symbol stop time as an uncertain element of the variable display time is determined according to Tables 1 to 8 according to the number of winning balls at the time when the automatic stop timer is determined to be "0" (time up) in s8-3. Will be done.

Returning to FIG. 5, in s9, it is determined whether or not the error mode has been set. If the error mode has been set, the process jumps to s42 in FIG. 11, while if not, it is determined in s10 whether or not the major role mode has been set. . If it is determined that the major role mode is not set in s10, s11
During the game, in other words, "large role mode", "completion mode", "symbol stop mode" and "symbol variation mode"
It is determined whether any of the above is set.
If it is determined in s11 that the game is in progress, FIG.
In step S28, whether the start mode is set or not is determined in step S12.

If it is determined in s12 that the starting mode is set in s6-3 described above,
After performing the game start process in s13, the process jumps to s28 in FIG. 11; otherwise, the process jumps from s12 to s28 in FIG. In s13, in this embodiment, the symbol variation mode is set first (see FIG. 12s13-1), the start mode is cleared (see FIG. 12s13-2), and the automatic stop timer 36 is set (FIG. 12s).
See 13-3). Then, in s13-4, the update timers for the left, middle and right symbols are set.

Returning to s10, if it is determined that the large winning combination mode is set, the process jumps to s14 in FIG. 6 and the variable winning prize ball device (opening / closing blade driver 20) 6 receives all the winnings in the big winning opening 7. Is counted by the 10-count switch 28. Then, in s15, when the counted number of the winning balls in s14 is 10 or more, s16 is executed. Otherwise, the process jumps to s17.

Next, at s16, the opening and closing blade driver 20 stops the opening output of the special winning opening 7 and terminates the measurement of the large winning time (reset or clear). At s17, it is determined whether or not the current major winning process is the tenth. judge. If the current main role processing is the tenth, the process jumps to s20. If not, it is determined in s18 whether or not the continuation switch 27 detects a winning ball. In s18, if the continuation switch 27 detects a winning ball, the main role continuation flag is set in s19, otherwise, the process jumps to s20.

Next, in s20, the continuation switch is performed in s18.
The winning ball detected by 27 is counted by 10 count switch 28
If s21 is detected, s21 is executed; otherwise, the process jumps to s27 and an error is set.
And in s21, the combination output ends, that is, the major combination time (20sec)
Is determined by the opening / closing blade driver 20 as to whether or not the output timer has been cleared at s15 because the number of winning balls in the special winning opening 7 has reached 10 balls.

If it is determined in s21 that the combination output has been completed, the process jumps to s23 to set the combination termination mode, and stops the open output of the special winning opening 7, whereby the opening and closing blade driver 20 The opening / closing blade 31 is closed, and if it is determined that the opening / closing blade 31 is not closed, the output timer is decremented in s22, and the opening / closing blade driver 20 continues to open the opening / closing blade 31, and then jumps to s28 in FIG.

Next, in s24, the number of continuations of the current role processing is 1
It is determined whether or not it is the 0th time (maximum number of times of continuation). If the number of times of continuation is the 10th time, the large role mode is cleared in s25. If not, s26 of FIG. 11 is executed.
Then, in s26, the big winning opening 7 with 10 count switch
It is determined whether or not a winning ball has been detected. If a winning ball has been detected, the process jumps to s28 in FIG. 11; otherwise, the error mode is set in s27 and then s28.
Jump to

In s28 of FIG. 11, s23 or s40
In (described later), it is determined whether or not the combination end mode has already been set. If the combination end mode has been set, s29 is executed. If not, the process jumps to s35. At s29, it is determined whether or not the major role continuation flag is set. If it is determined that the major role continuation flag is set, the opening and closing blade driver 20 adds “1” to the current continuation count in s30, sets the major role mode again, and
After the open output signal of the special winning opening 7 is generated and the output timer is set, the process of s35 is performed. On the other hand, if it is determined in s29 that the main role continuation mode has not been set,
After clearing the winning combination end mode in s31, it is determined in s32 whether the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball display 11 is "1" or more.

If the number of starting balls is equal to or more than "1" at s32, "1" is subtracted from the number of starting balls displayed at s33, and then the starting mode is set at s34. On the other hand, at s32, if the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball display 11 is less than "1", the routine jumps to s35.
Next, in s35, it is determined in s8-5 (see FIG. 10) whether or not the symbol stop mode has already been set. If the symbol stop mode is set in s35, s36 is executed, and if not, s42 is executed.

In s36, processing relating to the operation of stopping the identification information is performed based on the steps shown in FIG. First, in s36-1, the determination circuit 9 determines whether or not the symbol stop flag of the left display element 2 is set. If the symbol stop flag has not been set, the symbol stop timer 35 is set in s8-12 (see FIG. 10) in s36-2.
It is determined whether or not the left symbol stop time that has been set is already measured.

If the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the left symbol stop time as shown in FIG. 15c at s36-2, the judgment circuit 9 sets the left symbol stop flag at s36-4 and simultaneously sets the left symbol stop flag. The update timer is cleared, the identification information displayed on the left display element 2 at that point is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and a signal representing the identification information is input to the determination circuit 9 as stop identification information. I do.

Thereafter, step s36-5 is executed. On the other hand, s36
If the symbol stop timer 35 has not yet measured the left symbol stop time in step-2, the process jumps to step s42 after continuing the measurement of the left symbol stop time in step s36-3.

Next, in s36-5, s8-8, s
Based on any of Tables 4 to 6 determined in any one of steps 8-10 and s8-11, it corresponds to the middle stop numerical data selected and determined in s8-6 (see FIG. 10) described above. The middle symbol stop time is set in the symbol stop timer 35. Then jump to s42. When it is determined in s36-1 that the symbol stop flag of the left display element 2 is set, in s36-6, the determination circuit 9 determines whether the symbol stop flag of the middle display element 2 is set. I do. If the symbol stop flag is not set, the above-described s36-5 is executed in s36-7 (see FIG.
At 10), it is determined whether or not the middle symbol stop time set in the symbol stop timer 35 has been measured.

If the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the middle symbol stop time at s36-7 as shown in FIG. 15D, the judgment circuit 9 sets the middle symbol stop flag at s36-9 and simultaneously sets the middle symbol stop flag. The update timer is cleared, the identification information displayed on the middle display element 2 at that time is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and a signal representing the identification information is sent to the determination circuit 9 as stop identification information. input.

Thereafter, at s36-10, the determination circuit 9 determines whether or not the left and middle stop identification information brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1 match. Executes s36-11, otherwise executes s36-13. On the other hand, if the symbol stop timer 35 has not measured the middle symbol stop time in s36-7, the process jumps to s42 after continuing the measurement of the middle symbol stop time in s36-8.

Next, in s36-11, a timer is set in order to display the stop identification information on the right side on the variable display device 1 in a bright stop state.
Based on Table 9, the right symbol stop time is set in the symbol stop timer 35. Then, in s36-12, the second symbol update timer is set. In s36-10, s8-8, s8-
Tables 7 and 8 determined in either step 10 or s8-11 are not used. Then jump to s42.

In s36-13, s8-8 and s8 described above are used.
S8-6 based on either Table 7 or Table 8 determined in any of steps -10 and s8-11.
The right symbol stop time corresponding to the right stop numerical data selected and determined in (see FIG. 10) is set in the symbol stop timer 35.
Then jump to s42.

If it is determined in s36-6 that the symbol stop flag of the middle display element 2 is set,
In step 36-14, the determination circuit 9 determines whether the symbol stop flag of the right display element 2 is set. And if the symbol stop flag is not set, s36-15
S36-11 or s36-13 mentioned above (see FIG. 10)
It is determined whether or not the right symbol stop time set in the symbol stop timer 35 has already been measured. On the other hand, if it is determined in s36-14 that the symbol stop flag of the right display element 2 is set, the process jumps to s37.

If the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the right symbol stop time at s36-15 as shown in FIG. 15e, the judgment circuit 9 sets the right symbol stop flag at s36-17, The first right symbol update timer or the second right symbol update timer is cleared, and the identification information displayed on the right display element 2 at that time is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and the identification information is displayed. After the inputted signal is inputted to the judgment circuit 9 as stop identification information, s42
Jump to On the other hand, if the symbol stop timer 35 has not measured the right symbol stop time in s36-15, the process jumps to s42 after continuing the measurement of the right symbol stop time in s36-16.

Returning to FIG. 11, at s37, the determination circuit 9 determines whether the combination of the digit stop identification information brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1 is a major combination, that is, whether or not the combination is the specific identification information (FIG. 15e). If it is determined in s37 that the combination is a large combination, the large combination mode is set in s38. If not, s40 is executed. When the large winning combination mode is set in s38, the determination circuit 9 sends the opening signal of the large winning opening 7 to the variable winning ball device 6
To the opening / closing blade driver 20.

As a result, the opening / closing blade driver 20 sets the built-in timer to a large duty time.
Clear the symbol stop flag of each digit set in -17. Then, jump to s42. In s40,
The judgment circuit 9 sets the hand end mode and sets s41
In, the symbol stop mode and the symbol stop flag of each digit set in s36-4, s36-9 and s36-17 are cleared. Then, jump to s42. Then, in s42, the determination circuit 9 drives the decoration device 16 in correspondence with various modes, and notifies s43, and then executes s43. However, error mode is excluded.

In s43, it is determined whether or not an error has been set in s5 and s27 described above. If an error has been set, the operation in s42 is stopped in s44, and at the same time, the decoration device 16 is driven. To display the error. On the other hand, if no error has been set in s43, the determination circuit 9 determines, in s45, one of various sound effects set in advance that corresponds to the various modes driven in s42. Then, after generating the sound effect determined in s46, the determination circuit 9 loops s47 while updating the stop numerical data until a reset signal is input. The update procedure of the numerical data of stop in this s47 is shown in FIG.
This is performed by the identification information determination circuit 8 according to the procedure shown in FIG.

First, the identification information decision circuit 8 sets "1" to the current stop numerical data on the right side by the infinite counter 33 at s47-1.
Is checked, and it is checked whether the stop numerical data on the right side obtained by the addition is equal to or more than "20" (s47-2). If the current stop numerical data on the right side is equal to or larger than "20", the current stop numerical data on the right side is cleared, that is, rewritten to "0" in s47-3, and then s47-4.
Execute On the other hand, in s47-2, if the current stop numerical data on the right side is less than “20”, the process jumps to s47-4, and
At 47-4, the stop numerical data on the right side is updated and set from the infinity counter 33 to the memory.

Next, at s47-5, the infinity counter 33 determines whether or not the current stop numerical data on the right side set at s47-4 is "0". If it is "0", the process proceeds to s47-6. Is executed, and if it is not "0", s47-1 is executed.

In s47-6, after adding "1" to the middle current stop numerical data set in the identification information decision circuit 8, the middle current stop numerical data obtained by addition is "21". It is checked whether it is the above or not (s47-7). If the current stop numerical data on the middle side is equal to or larger than "21", the current stop numerical data on the middle side is cleared in s47-8, and then s47-9 is executed. On the other hand, s47-7
If the middle stop numerical data is smaller than "21", the process jumps to s47-9. Then, at s47-9, the infinity counter 33 updates and sets the middle stop numerical data in the memory 34.

Next, in s47-10, the infinity counter 33 determines whether or not the numerical value of the current stop value on the middle side set in s47-9 is "0". Step 11 is executed, and if it is not "0", Step s47-1 is executed.

Next, the infinite counter adds "1" to the current stop numerical data on the left in s47-11, and checks whether or not the stop numerical data on the left obtained by the addition is "20" or more. (S47-12). If the current stop numerical data on the left side is equal to or larger than "20", the current stop numerical data on the left side is cleared in s47-13, and then s47-14 is executed. On the other hand, if the current stop numerical data on the left side is less than “20” in s47-12, the process jumps to s47-14 and proceeds to s47-12.
In step -14, the stop numerical data on the left side is updated and set from the infinity counter 33 to the memory. Thereafter, s47-1 is executed.

In the above embodiment, the variable display time of the identification information displayed on the variable display device 1 is constituted by the automatic stop time and the symbol stop time, the automatic stop time is set to be constant, and the symbol stop time is varied. By changing the variable display time according to the starting winning ball number displayed on the starting ball number display 11,
The case of extension or contraction has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an automatic stop time may be provided to be varied.

Next, an embodiment different from the above embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, 1 to 5
A total of five systems of automatic stop timers 36 are provided, and each automatic stop timer 36 has different automatic stop timers as shown in Table 10 below according to the number of winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11. The stop time is set (see f in FIG. 16). Thus, different from the above embodiment, by changing the automatic stop time, the variable display time is changed. The same members and the same operations as in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted (Nm; stop numerical data, T
m; fluctuation display time / ms).

Number of winning balls at start 0 balls 1 ball 2 balls 3 balls 4 balls Automatic stop time 10.1s 7.6s 6.6s 5.6s 5.0s (Table 10) N1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 N1 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 T1 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 432 456 (Table 11) N2 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 T2 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 216 N2 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 T2 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 480 480 (Table 12) N3 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 T3 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 N3 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 T3 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 (Table 13) N3 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3 00 120 240 360 480 600 720 840 960 1080 N3 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 T3 1200 1320 1440 1560 1680 1800 1920 2040 2160 2280 ( 14) symbol stop time for which Table 1 as in the above Example
It is determined on the basis of Table 1 to Table 14 (see g of FIG. 16 to i of FIG. 16). In this embodiment, as a component of the variable display time, in addition to the automatic stop time and the symbol stop time, the fixed time is also fixed. Is provided. As the fixed time, a predetermined time is set in the symbol stop timer 37 corresponding to the display element 2 of each digit. The fixed time corresponding to the left display element 2 is 100
msec (see j in FIG. 16) is similarly 4 for the middle fixed time.
00 msec (see k in FIG. 16) is set. Further, two types are set for the fixed time on the right side, and 3 seconds when the stop display data on the left and middle sides is the specific identification information.
Otherwise, 400 msec is set (see l in FIG. 16).

The variable display time for displaying the identification information is s8-13 in FIG. 17, s13-1 in FIG. 18, and s36 in FIG.
In each step from -18 to s36-21, the display timer circuit 35
It is calculated by First, after the end of the step s8-6 shown in FIG. 10, the symbol stop timer 37 calculates the sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the left stop display data in Table 11.
(See s8-13 in FIG. 17). And s9
After the processing of s12 is completed, if the game start processing is performed in s13, the symbol variation mode is set in s13-1 in FIG. 18, and then the start mode is cleared in s13-2.

At s13-3, it is determined whether or not the starting winning ball number displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is "0". If it is "0", a predetermined value is determined based on Table 10. The automatic stop timer 36 in which the automatic stop time is set is determined (s13-6). Hereinafter, similarly, in any one of the steps s13-7, s13-9 and s13-11, the number of the winning prize balls of any one of "1" to "4" displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is detected. The automatic stop timer 36 of any of 2 to 5 is appropriately determined based on Table 10 (see s13-6, s13-10, s13-12 and s13-13).

After the steps s28 to s35 are completed, the symbol stop processing shown in FIG. 19 is performed to complete the setting of the left symbol stop flag (s36-4). Based on Table 12, the sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the middle stop display data is calculated and set as the middle fluctuation display time. Also s36
If the symbol stop flag on the middle side is set in -9 and it is determined in s36-10 that the identification information on the left side and the middle side corresponds to the specific identification information, the symbol stop timer 37 is set in s36-19 based on Table 14. The sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the right stop display data is calculated and set as the right variable display time.

Then, at s36-20, the second right symbol updating timer is set. Furthermore, when it is determined in s36-10 that the left and middle identification information corresponds to the non-specific identification information, the symbol stop timer 37 determines the symbol corresponding to the right stop display data based on Table 13 in s36-21. The sum of the stop time and the fixed time is calculated and set as the variable display time on the right.

In this way, the display timer circuit 35 changes the automatic stop time, thereby shortening the change display time of the identification information when the number of winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 increases, When the number of winning balls to be started decreases, the variable display time of the identification information can be extended. In the case where the starting winning ball number displayed on the starting ball number display 11, in other words, the holding number of the starting winning ball that enables the activation of the variable display device 1 is set to a maximum of four balls, the present embodiment automatically sets If the stop time is set to the shortest "0 sec", the automatic stop timer 36 can make the variable display time extremely short. As a result, the required time per game is shortened, so that the fifth winning ball for the fifth ball is used as the starting winning hole 5.
, It is possible to increase the possibility of ending the current game before winning.

As another means for increasing the possibility of terminating the current game before the fifth winning prize ball of the fifth ball enters the starting prize port 5, there is a holding start prize after the automatic stop processing of s8 in FIG. The symbol stop mode may be set immediately when the number of balls is four. That is, in s8-1 in FIG. 20, the symbol change mode is set by the starting winning ball shown by m in FIG. 21, and a total of four starting winning balls (n to n in FIG. 21) are set during the game caused by the starting winning ball m. q), and immediately after the end of the game with the winning prize ball shown in FIG.
Steps relating to the measurement of the automatic stop time by 36, that is, s8-2 and s8-3 are omitted, and the process jumps to s8-15.

In s8-15, the automatic stop timer 36 is cleared, and after the stop display data of each digit is determined in s8-6 (FIG. 21s), the symbol stop timer 37 displays the symbol stop time in s8-16. Incorporate based on 3. The determination of the stop display data is based on the starting winning ball n, and is determined after the elapse of xsec from the end of the game with the starting winning ball m, that is, when the starting winning ball m is detected (FIG. 21t).
reference).

Further, after the step relating to the clearing of the start mode in the game start processing of FIG. 12 ends (s13-2), the automatic stop timer 36 sets a predetermined automatic stop time, for example, 5 seconds.
Is set in the automatic stop timer 36 (see s13-3 in FIG. 12). The automatic stop time set in s13-3 is shown in the figure.
If the number of the reserved start winning balls is less than 4 in s8-14 of s20, it is counted by the automatic stop timer 36 in s8-2.

In this embodiment, the case where the variable display time of the identification information is set in accordance with the number of winning balls to be started is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of the variable display time, the stop display of the identification information is performed. The time may be set according to the number of winning prize balls (see FIG. 23).

In the case of the pachinko machine 3 having such a configuration, in the automatic stop processing in s8 in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 24, in s8-1, the symbol variation mode is set based on the determination result in s6 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the symbol variation mode is not set, and the process jumps to s9 in FIG. 5; otherwise, s8-2 is executed. In s8-2, a subtraction process is performed on the automatic stop timer 36 (not shown) which has been set in the above 12-3. When the automatic stop timer 36 has timed out, that is, measured about 5 seconds as shown in FIG. (S8-3), s8-4
After the symbol variation mode is cleared, the symbol stop mode is set (s8-5).

Next, the identification information determining means 8 selects and determines the stop numerical data created by the infinity counter 33 in s8-6, and sets the time corresponding to the left symbol random number determined in s8-12 to the left symbol stop timer. After that, s9 is executed. The display timer circuit 35 detects the starting winning ball shown in FIG. 28A by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14 in FIG.
The number of start winning balls displayed in 11 can be detected by the starting ball number calculation circuit 14.

Then, after determining whether or not it is a major role in s37 of FIG. 11, if the role is not a major role as shown in FIG. 25, the number of starting winning balls (number of stored memories) is determined in s101 to s103, and the starting winning ball is determined. The symbol stop holding time according to the number,
In s104 to s106, the stop holding timer is set as shown in Table 15 (see FIG. 28A). Number of starting balls 1 2 3 4 Right symbol stop holding time 1500 1000 700 700 (unit; msec.) ( Table 15) After the execution of s29 as shown in FIG.
After determining whether or not the main role flag has been set in s107, after determining whether or not the time of the stop holding timer has expired (s108),
When the time is not up, the subtraction is started in s109. When the time is up by this subtraction (see a in FIG. 28), the stop display of the right symbol is ended, and the display can shift to a variable display, for example, a demonstration screen. As a result, since the stop display time of the identification information changes according to the number of winning balls, the player can be more visually changed.

In this embodiment, since the variable display time is fixed and the stop display time is changed, no random time other than one kind of random time corresponding to each symbol random number is provided. Thus, in the s36 processing shown in FIG.
After the execution of 36-4, as shown in FIG. 27S36-5, the time corresponding to the random number for the medium symbol is set in the middle symbol stop timer, and the process jumps to s42. In addition, when the left middle symbol is the same, the predetermined time is set in the timer for performing a specific display as shown in s36-11.

[0105]

As described above, the present invention reduces the required time per game by arbitrarily setting the variable display time according to the number of winning balls detected during the variable display of the variable display device. Can be varied. Therefore, if the required time per game is reduced along with the increase in the number of winning prize balls during the game, the time required to obtain the result of the current game is reduced, and the expectation for the next game is raised. The willingness to play can be increased.

When the number of winning balls to be started reaches the maximum number of balls that can be activated during the game, the time required for the current game is shortened as much as possible to further start from the current number of winning balls. Even in the case of winning a winning opening, the possibility of invalidating the start of the game by the number of the winning prize balls is extremely reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a decrease in willingness to play due to an increase in the number of winning prize balls during the game that occurs for the player.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the pachinko machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the variable display device and the variable winning ball device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the variable display device and the variable winning ball device showing a state different from that of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of a control procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 5;

11 is a flowchart illustrating another part of FIG. 6.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a part of the details of FIG. 11;

14 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 11;

15 is a diagram showing operation timings of the device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 10;

18 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 13;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 17;

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG. 16;

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 18;

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG. 16;

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 10;

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 11;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 11;

27 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 25.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment different from FIG. 21;

FIG. 29 is a front view showing a conventional example of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 30 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the pachinko machine of FIG. 29.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Variable display device 4 Game board 5 Starting winning opening 6 Variable winning ball device 8 Identification information determination circuit 11 Starting ball number display 14 Starting ball number calculation circuit 35 Display timer circuit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed for a predetermined variable display time based on detection of a pachinko ball to a starting port, and any one of the identification information is displayed for a predetermined stop display time based on the stop of the variable display. A variable display device that stops and displays only the variable display device; and a pachinko machine that puts the player in a gaming state advantageous to the player when the stop identification information that is stopped and displayed on the variable display device is predetermined specific identification information. During the fluctuation display, the fluctuation display time is shortened according to the increase in the number of detections, and is extended according to the decrease in the number of detections, in accordance with the number of pachinko balls detected to the starting port. A pachinko machine characterized by the following.