JP3512083B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a so-called fever machine, a property or an arrangement gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a recent game machine, a so-called fever machine, a game machine having various game contents called a property or an arrangement, etc. have been widely used. When the display state of the variable display device is changed and the specific symbol is statically displayed after the variable display device is displayed, for example, a so-called reach display in which the two-digit display portion of the three-digit display portion is the same symbol is displayed, and then the remaining display is performed. A combination of the same symbols on the display unit as the other display units, specifically, "7,
When a specific combination of doublet such as "7, 7" is displayed, a special winning opening called an attacker is opened in a so-called big hit state. The special winning opening is closed once a predetermined number of game balls have won or a predetermined time has passed, but if the game balls pass through a specific area formed inside the special winning opening during the opening, it will be closed again. It is configured to open and repeat the opening and closing operations up to 16 times.

Next, in the property and arrangement game machine, when the variable display device is brought into the above-described specific flattened eye display state, the specific winning opening (specific entrance) of the tulip type electric auditors' product is opened for a predetermined time. Then, the game ball passes through the specific area in the opened specific winning opening, and the big hit state is achieved. In the big hit state, the normally-not-winning prize holes become valid until a predetermined number of game balls are won or until a predetermined game elapses, and when the game balls are won at these valid prize holes, an attacker, etc. Are configured to open. In this way, when it comes to an advantageous state for the player due to the fact that the predetermined doublet condition is satisfied, in the fever machine etc., the special winning opening (in this case, the attacker) is opened for a predetermined time, and it becomes a big hit state. Become. In this big hit state, the player passes the game ball to a specific area in the special winning opening to continue the big hit state, and wins a lot of game balls in the open big winning opening to obtain a large amount of prize balls. And The symbols or images displayed on the variable display device of these gaming machines are displayed in a variable manner when the game ball enters a specific winning opening or the like, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, for example, a right display part, a middle display part, and a left display part. It is configured to stop in order and display a still symbol or a still image. Generally, the static symbol or the static image displayed on each display unit is determined by a random number selected when the game ball wins a specific winning opening or the like.

[0004]

However, the symbols and the like that are variably displayed on the respective display portions of the variable display device may change the display speed in the middle, but the symbols of a constant array are sequentially arranged in time series. It is configured to feed frames in sequence.
For example, "0", "1", "2", "3" to "9",
It is a configuration in which numerical symbols such as "10" are sequentially displayed in this order in a time series. Therefore, for the player,
The next display mode was predicted from the current display mode, and the problem of lack of interest was considered. This problem is particularly great in the reach display state in which one display unit is changing and the other displays are statically displayed with the same symbol. That is, when the changing speed of the changing display unit in the reach state is approaching the stop state, the static symbol of this display unit is easily predicted, and it is possible to easily determine whether or not it is a big hit. In order to solve this problem, it is suggested that the changing pattern etc. be stopped and then start changing again. Proposals have also been made for a configuration that reverts to (passes through) the symbols and stops. However, the regular display pattern does not change much. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a display mode of a variable display device, in particular, a reach state is changed to give a player a sense of expectation for a fresh big hit and to further enhance the interest.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is caused by variable display means whose display state can be changed and entry or passage of a game ball on a game board surface. Display control means for determining the symbol or image displayed on the variable display means, and the second state which is disadvantageous to the player based on the display state of the variable display means is changed to the advantageous first state. In a gaming machine configured to include a possible variable ball entering means, the display control means selects each type of each symbol that is sequentially and variably displayed in time series on the display portion of the variable display means. Display symbol determining means for determining each according to the random number value, and frame feed number determining means for determining the frame feed number of the symbol determined by the display symbol determining means according to the random number value, and determined by the display symbol determining means. Was done A pattern, other than the symbols to the end to change display
The statically displayed patterns of all match, and the variable display is finally displayed.
The variable display of the symbols is displayed at a speed that allows the player to visually identify
Is during development reach are sequentially variable display in accordance with said frame frame advance speed determined by the number determining means feeding the
The pattern at the end of the variable display of the variable display is the display system
It is characterized in that it is a design determined in advance by the means . The invention according to claim 2, in the gaming machine according to claim 1, frame feeding number of symbols to be determined by the frame feed speed determining means includes a frame feed speed of the symbols to be displayed from the time of occurrence of the reach It is characterized by doing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, the types of symbols determined by the display symbol determining means are sequentially determined in time series. To do.

Here, the display symbol determining means means each symbol or image (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a symbol) sequentially displayed in time series on at least one display portion of the variable display means, It may be any means that determines each according to the selected random number value, and each selected due to the entry or passage of the game ball on the game board surface that becomes the factor that determines the symbol etc. that is statically displayed on the display unit. It may be configured to determine each in accordance with a random number value, or may be configured to sequentially determine each in accordance with a random number value selected before displaying a variable pattern of one frame. Furthermore, it is configured to determine the number of frames to be sequentially displayed in accordance with a random number value selected due to the entry or passage of a game ball on the game board surface, which is a factor in determining the symbols and the like that are statically displayed on the display unit. But there is no problem. In addition, it is basically configured that the number of symbols of the symbols and the like that are sequentially changed and displayed and the random number value that determines the symbols and the like are the same number, but the number is not the same number, for example, one for two symbols and the like. It may be configured to use a random number value, in short, as in the conventional case, not only is a static symbol after fluctuation stop determined by a random number value, but also a symbol that is sequentially displayed in a variable manner is determined by a random value. good. Further, it is also possible to use a design or the like that is determined by a random number value during medium speed or low speed variation that can be visually recognized, without using a design or the like that is determined by a random value during high-speed fluctuations in which the player cannot visually determine a design or the like. good. In each claim, the word "entering a game ball" is used, but this is a word for the game ball passing through the passage gate, and whether or not there is a prize ball by entering. Regardless of whether it is a game ball, it is used to mean that the game ball is taken into the back of the board.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The gaming machine according to claims 1 to 3 of the present invention is provided with a display symbol determining means in the display control means for making the variable ball entering means in an advantageous state for the player. display symbol determination means, each of the symbols or movies images are displayed sequentially in time series to at least one display portion of the variable display means
, Respectively, according to the selected random number value. In the gaming machine according to claim 1, the random number value for determining each variable symbol is due to the entry or passage of a game ball on the game board surface that is a factor that determines the symbol or the like that is statically displayed on the display unit. To be selected. In the gaming machine according to claim 3, the random number value for determining each variable symbol is sequentially selected in time series. Thereby, the symbols or images sequentially displayed in a variable manner on at least one display section of the variable display means are displayed in a completely irregular pattern based on the random number value selected due to the entry or passage of the game balls. It

[0009]

Specific Example This specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine 10 as a game machine of the present invention. At the center of the game board 12 provided in the pachinko machine 10, a liquid crystal display board 52 constituting a display screen of a variable display device 50 as variable display means including three symbol display sections 52a to 52c is assembled. There is.

A starting opening 54 is provided below the liquid crystal display panel 52, and a large winning opening 56 as a variable entrance means called an attacker is arranged below the starting opening 54. Also,
On the game board 12, well-known windmills, winning openings, etc., which are not shown, are installed. In addition, the pachinko machine 10 is the pachinko machine 1
0 is provided with a control board 15 (see FIG. 2) in which a circuit for controlling the overall operation of the control board 0 is incorporated.
Is detachably attached to a mechanism board (not shown) to which a prize ball device or the like on the back side of the pachinko machine 10 is attached. still,
Since the overall structure of the pachinko machine 10 is in accordance with the conventional technique, its illustration and description will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control board 15 has a CPU 5 for main control which is the center of the control system of the pachinko machine 10.
8 are provided. This CPU 58 has a CPU 58
ROM and C that store the operating programs of
A RAM 61 serving as a work area of the PU 58 is connected, and the CPU 58 can control each unit of the pachinko machine 10 according to a program stored in the ROM 60.

The CPU 58 has an input / output port (I / O)
62 is connected, and the input / output port 62 includes a detection sensor 64 built in the above-mentioned starting port 54 and a special winning opening 5
6 is a solenoid 66 for opening and closing the special winning opening 56 installed on the back, and sensors, lamps, speakers, etc. installed at various places of the pachinko machine 10 (all not shown)
Are connected.

The detection sensor 64 outputs a start signal when it detects a game ball that has entered the starting opening 54, and this start signal is input to the CPU 58. Also, the CPU 58
Can send the opening signal to excite the solenoid 66 to release the special winning opening 56, and stop the release signal to close the special winning opening 56.

The CPU 58 is provided with a win / fail decision counter 68,
The left symbol stop counter 70, the middle symbol stop counter 72, the right symbol stop counter 74 and the symbol determination counter 76 are connected, and the CPU 58 can read these count values. The win / fail determination counter 68 is 0 to 255
256 integer values are repeatedly counted in ascending order at every minute time, and are used for determination of special game execution (big hit).

The left symbol stop counter 70, the middle symbol stop counter 72, and the right symbol stop counter 74 are all 0 to 1.
16 integer values of 5 are repeatedly counted in ascending order, but the count value C1 of the left symbol stop counter 70 is 1
When the round (count up), the count value C2 of the middle symbol stop counter 72 is incremented by 1, and the count value C2 of the middle symbol stop counter 72 makes one round (count up).
Then, the count value C3 of the right symbol stop counter 74 is incremented by 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol determination counter 76 is composed of a frame feed number counter 76a and 20 frame 1 counters 76b to n counters 76e (in this example, n = 20). ing. The frame feed number counter 76a is configured to repeatedly count 20 integer values of 0 to 19 in ascending order at every minute time. 20 frames 1 counter 76b~ frame n counter 76e is both is to count repeatedly 16 integer values from 0 to 15 in ascending order, the count value m1 of frame 1 for counter 76b is one-round (Count up) then a counter for top 2
Count value m2 of the motor 76c is incremented by 1, the count value m2 is 1 round count (count up) Then counter 76d coma 3 m3 of frame 2 for counter 76c is incremented by 1, thus, before the frame count is one-round (counts up) the next frame count for each you are configured increments the count value of the last frame (n-1) for counting m (n-1) is 1
Tour (count-up) Then count value mn of counter 76e coma n is configured to is incremented by one.
In addition, 16 kinds of count values “0” to “15” of each of the left symbol stop counter 70, the middle symbol stop counter 72, the right symbol stop counter 74, and the counters 76b to 76e for the 20 pieces of frames n are variable. Numerical symbols "0" to "1" displayed on the three symbol display parts 52a to 52c of the display device 50.
5 ".

Returning to FIG. 2 again, an input / output port (I / O) 78 is connected to the CPU 58, and the input / output port 78 is an input / output port (I / O) of the symbol display device 50.
Connected to 80. A CPU 82 that controls the symbol display device 50 is connected to the input / output port 80, and data and the like can be transmitted and received between the CPU 82 and the CPU 58.

A RAM 84 and a ROM 86, which serve as a work area for the CPU 82, are connected to the CPU 82. The ROM 86 stores the operation program of the CPU 82, image data, and the like. In addition, the CPU 82
The liquid crystal display panel 52 is connected via the drive circuit 88, and the CPU 82 can read image data from the ROM 86, transfer the image data to the drive circuit 88, and instruct the drive circuit 88 of the display form thereof. Drive circuit 88
Is a configuration that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 52 in accordance with the instruction of the image data sent from the CPU 82.

Next, the liquid crystal display panel 52 of the symbol display device 50 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Liquid crystal display board 52
Left, center and right symbol display portions 52a, 52b and 52c
Are time-sequentially variable display (scroll display) of numerical symbols composed of 16 kinds of numbers "0" to "15" respectively, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the predetermined numerical symbols are statically displayed. Is configured. This gives three figures
As a combination of the numerical symbols displayed on the pattern display portions 52a, 52b and 52c, "0,0,0" to "15,15,1"
There will be 4096 types up to 5 ”. The symbols to be variably displayed are stopped in the order of symbols A, B, and C.

Next, the characteristic operation of this example will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the gaming machine 10 is connected to a power source and power is supplied to each circuit from a power source (not shown), the CPU 58 performs a series of initial settings such as flags and counters, and starts a main routine (not shown). After this, this processing is executed while executing other processing.

First, when this processing is called, the game board surface 1
2 it is judged whether or not the starting signal of the detection sensor 64 of the starting port 54 on the upper side is output (S200), and if a negative judgment is made that it is not output, the process returns to the original state and continues to wait for the starting signal. become. On the other hand, when a game ball is won in the starting opening 54, the detection sensor 64 generates a starting signal (ON signal), so an affirmative judgment is made, and each counter value at this time, that is, the winning / deciding determination counter 68, the left symbol stop counter 70, and the middle. Symbol stop counter 72, right symbol stop counter 74, frame feed number counter 76a and 20 frame n counter 76
Each count value of the symbol determination counter 76 composed of b to 76e is taken out and stored in the RAM 61 (S20).
5). These count values are regularly incremented by the above-described method to repeatedly create a value within a predetermined range, but the timing at which the game ball shot by the player on the game board surface 12 wins the starting opening 54 is minute. Since it is irregular in terms of time, it functions as a random value.

When each count value is stored in the RAM 61, the liquid crystal display panel 52 is instructed to start the variable display of the symbols, the sound output, the turning on of various LEDs, and the like.
After the elapse of a minute time since fluctuation start of symbol display in 2 extracts the count value of spruce determination counter 6 8 out of the count value of the aforementioned stored in RAM 61, jackpot numbers (eg 7 whose value is predetermined ) Is determined, it is determined that it is a big hit, and when it is not, it is determined that it is out (S210).

In case of big hit, big hit design is decided according to the count value of the left stop design decision counter 70 which is housed in RAM61 (S215). Next, the left symbol display portion 52a and the middle symbol display portion 52b of the liquid crystal display board 52 are stopped in this order, and these two display portions are left left symbol determination counter 7
The reach display is performed by statically displaying the big hit symbol corresponding to the count value of 0 (S220). This processing will be described with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG . 6, when a game ball wins the starting opening 54, the left, middle and right symbol display portions 5 after a lapse of a minute time.
2a, 52b and 52c, 4.00 seconds on the left symbol display portion 52a, 4.096 seconds for the middle symbol display portion 52b at such a high speed that the player cannot distinguish the contents of the symbols in ascending numerical symbols "0" to "15". For 5.177 seconds, the right symbol display portion 52c is scrolled for 6.619 seconds, and each is displayed for 4.096 seconds.
After the lapse of seconds, the left symbol display portion 52a is variably displayed for 1.081 seconds at a medium speed at which the player can determine the content of the symbol, and then is statically displayed. When shifting from this high speed to the medium speed, the symbol before the big hit symbol is replaced by the symbol 3 symbols before, for example, when the big hit symbol is "7", it is replaced with "5" and the 1 symbol is 0.
At the speed of 364 seconds, "5", "6", and "7" are scroll-displayed in order and the big hit symbol is statically displayed on the left symbol display portion 52a. Similarly, after the middle symbol display portion 52b is changed at a high speed for 5.177 seconds, it is changed to a symbol 4 symbols before the big hit symbol, and is changed at a medium speed for 1.442 seconds to be statically displayed as a big hit symbol. Of. For example, when the big hit symbol is "7", "4", "5",
The symbols "7" are displayed statically by scrolling at "6" and "7" at medium speed.

[0025] reach display is performed, numerical symbol is scrolled on the reach rate of 1 symbol 0.451 second to the right symbol display unit 52 c according to the counter value of the symbol determination counter 76 stored in the RAM 61 (S225) . The scroll display of the right symbol will be described. As described above, each count value of the symbol determination counter 76 is stored when the game ball wins the starting opening 54, but the frame transfer number counter 76a determines how many symbols are scrolled at the reach speed. It In this specific example, the minimum frame feed number is 0 symbol and the maximum frame feed number is 20 symbol.
Then, after the scroll display of the determined frame feed number, the big hit symbol is forcibly displayed statically. Therefore, the right symbol display portion 52c, after variably displaying at high speed for 6.619 seconds,
In some cases, the big hit symbols may be displayed statically at the reach speed, and in some cases, the big hit symbols may be displayed statically after being changed at the maximum symbol reach speed of 20. Here, each numerical symbol until the big hit symbol is displayed is individually determined by the counters 76b to 76e for the frame n described above. Therefore, in the left and middle symbol display portions 52a and 52b, the display mode is scrolled in a fixed pattern in ascending order so as to be displayed at medium speed, and randomly at the timing when the game ball wins the starting opening. It is determined. As a result, until the big hit design is displayed, the big hit design may be displayed several times or may not be displayed at all, and the patterns of the numerical designs that are scrolled have individual irregularities. It will be.

Thus, the specific game (big hit) state,
While displaying a big hit symbol on the liquid crystal display board 52,
The speaker (not shown) is instructed to output a big hit sound, turn on various LEDs and the like (not shown), open the special winning opening 56, and perform big hit processing (S230). The big hit processing is the same as the prior art, until the game ball is winning 10 solenoid 66 is turned on to, or to open the special winning opening 56 until after Izure or earlier until after 29 seconds, the game during the opening This is a process in which if the ball has passed through a specific area within the special winning opening, it is closed once and then opened again up to 16 times. As a result, 15 game balls are paid out to the player for each winning, so that a maximum of 10 × 16 × 15 = 2400 game balls are paid out as a prize ball at the time of a big hit. Judge whether the jackpot processing is finished or not
(S235) If the affirmative judgment (YES), the big hit process is ended , and the process is not returned , while the negative judgment (N
If it is O), return to the jackpot processing .

[0027] If a negative determination is not a big hit in step S 210 is performed, a predetermined out processing (S25
0 to S275) and the process goes to return. That is, in the case of disengagement, the left stop symbol determination counter 70, the middle stop symbol determination counter 72, and the right stop symbol determination counter 7
The deviation symbol is determined according to the count value of 4 (S25).
0). Next, whether or not it is reach display, that is, the value of the left stop symbol determination counter 70 and the middle stop symbol determination counter 72
Is determined (S255), and if the negative determination is not reach, the left symbol display unit 5
2a is replaced with the symbol 3 symbols before the determined off symbol, and is displayed still after 1.081 seconds after changing at medium speed, and the middle symbol display portion 52b and the right symbol display portion 52c are the 4 symbols of the determined out symbol. It is replaced with the previous symbol and displayed still at 1.442 seconds after the change at medium speed. For example, if the left, middle, and right symbol display portions 52a, 52b, and 52c are determined to be "4", "5", and "9", then the left symbol display portion 52a displays "2". , "3", "4" and "2", "3", "4", "5" in the middle symbol display portion 52b.
"6", "7", "8" on the right symbol display portion 52c,
After the scroll display at the middle speed in the ascending order of “9”, the detachment symbol is statically displayed (S275), and the detachment process is performed (S27).
0) and return .

On the other hand, when an affirmative decision is made that the reach display is made in step S255, the reach display is carried out according to the value of the symbol determination counter 76 in the same manner as the reach display in the big hit process described above (S260). . At this time, it goes without saying that the deviation symbol determined by the right symbol determination counter 74 is displayed statically at the end instead of the jackpot symbol (S265) . If the values of the left, middle, and right symbol determination counters 70, 72, and 74 happen to be the same in the reach display when the jackpot is not a big hit, the right symbol determination counter 74
The process of incrementing the value of by 1 is executed.

In the specific example described in detail above, the individual symbols variably displayed on the right display portion 52c in the reach display are individually determined by the counters for frame n 76b to 76e. Therefore, the left and the middle symbol display portions 52a and 52b are displayed in a scrolling manner in ascending order so as to be variably displayed at a medium speed, which is different from the display mode in which the game balls randomly enter the starting opening 54. Is decided. As a result, the same numerical pattern may be displayed several times or may not be displayed at all, and the patterns of the numerical patterns scroll-displayed have individual irregularities. As a result, the symbols displayed at reach speed have no regularity, so it is not possible to predict the symbol that will be displayed next, and the expectation for a big hit that the symbol that will be displayed next is a big hit symbol. It has an extremely excellent effect that the player can be always held. As a result, it is possible to make the pachinko game more entertaining. Further, in this specific example, the number of symbols to be frame-fed by the frame-feed number counter 76a is also randomly determined by a random number, so that there is an effect that the expectation for a big hit can be further increased.

Incidentally, the game ball wins the starting opening 54 on the game board surface 12, and the game ball wins the starting opening 54 again while the symbols of the respective symbol display portions of the liquid crystal display board 52 are changing or the big hit process is being executed. In this case, as in the conventional case, it is stored that a maximum of four prizes have been won, and after the variable display of the symbols is finished and after the jackpot process is finished, the above-mentioned “symbol display process” is similarly executed. In this specific example, the liquid crystal display panel 52 is a variable display means,
The special winning opening 56 corresponds to the variable ball entering means, the symbol display device 50 corresponds to the display control means, and the symbol determination counter 76 corresponds to the display symbol determining means.

Next, a specific example 2 corresponding to claim 2 will be described. In Specific Example 2, the symbol determination counter 76 shown in FIG. 7 is used as the symbol determination counter 76 shown in FIG. 3 used in Specific Example 1, and the other configurations are substantially the same as those in Specific Example 1. Symbol determination counter shown in FIG. 7 76 is composed of a frame transmission counter 76f and coma symbol counter 76 g. Frame transfer number counter 7
6f is a counter that increments every minute time (2.048 ms) and repeatedly creates 20 kinds of integers 0 to 19. The frame symbol counter 76g is the RAM 61
0 to 15 in accordance with a certain calculation formula (simply adding or subtracting) the value of the memory stored in the work area in the predetermined range (preferably setting a plurality of memory spaces in the range of about 100 addresses) 16 types of integer values are replaced.

In the specific example 2, in the reach display (step S 220 or S 260) shown in the specific example 1, the frame feed number is determined at the timing when the game ball wins the starting opening 54. The numerical pattern displayed at the reach speed is
Each time, it is determined by the frame symbol counter 76g. That is, the symbol symbol counter 76 immediately before the symbol fluctuation speed of the right symbol display portion 52c is shifted from the high speed to the reach speed.
The value of g is read, the numerical design corresponding to this read value is the numerical design at the first reach speed, and the next design is the frame design at that time while this first numerical design is displayed. Determined by the counter 76g, the symbols displayed next one after another in this manner are determined by the frame symbol counter 76g, and in the case where the final symbol stops when the stationary symbol is a big hit, it is determined from the count value of the left symbol stop counter 70. In the case of deviation, it is determined by the count value of the right symbol stop counter 74.

The second specific example has the same effect as the first specific example, and also has the effect that the structure of the symbol determination counter 76 can be simplified and the memory can be reduced.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described according to the specific examples, the present invention is not limited to the specific examples and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Needless to say. For example, in the two specific examples, the arrangement of the symbols scroll-displayed by the symbol determination counter 76 is irregularly displayed only on the right symbol display portion 52c.
The two display units may be similarly configured. Further, in the reach display, the pattern determination counter 76 is always configured to display irregularly, but the conventional regular display and the symbol determination counter 7 are used.
The irregular display by 6 may be configured to be executed at a fixed rate. In short, the gist of the present invention is to irregularly display the contents of the symbols or images that are sequentially displayed in time series, and this irregular display should be included at least as part of the configuration of the display mode. .

[0035]

As described above, claims 1 to 1
According to the gaming machine described in 3 , the display pattern of the symbols or images sequentially displayed in time series on the display unit of the variable display means is various, and it is difficult for the player to predict.
It has an excellent effect of giving the player a fresh interest. Therefore, it is different from the display mode in which it is variably displayed in a certain pattern, the same symbol may be displayed several times, may not be displayed at all, and the patterns such as symbols to be scroll-displayed may be different. Will have irregularities. As a result, since the symbols that are displayed in a variable manner have no regularity, it is impossible to predict the symbol that will be displayed next, and the expectation for the jackpot that the symbol that is displayed next is a jackpot symbol It has an extremely excellent effect that it can be held by a person at all times. As a result, it is possible to make the pachinko game more entertaining.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine of this specific example.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a gaming machine of this specific example.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a symbol determination counter 76 of this specific example.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a liquid crystal display panel of the gaming machine of the present specific example provided with a symbol display portion.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a jackpot processing routine performed by the electronic control device of the gaming machine of the present specific example.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing the display timing of the symbols displayed on the symbol display unit of this specific example.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a symbol determination counter 76 of the second specific example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ··· Gaming machine 12 ··· Gaming board 15 ··· Control board 50 ··· Design display device (display control means) 52 ··· Liquid crystal Display board (variable display means) 52a , 52b, 52c .... Symbol display section 54 ... Start opening (electric accessory) 56 ... Large winning opening (variable entrance means) ) 76 ··· Design determination counter (design determination means)

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A variable display means capable of changing a display state, and a display control means for determining a symbol or an image displayed on the variable display means due to entry or passage of a game ball on a game board surface. A variable game ball entering means capable of changing from a second state, which is disadvantageous to the player, to a first state, which is advantageous based on the display state of the variable display means, wherein the display control The means determines the type of each symbol that is sequentially displayed in a time-series variation manner on the display unit of the variable display means, the display symbol determining means that determines each according to the selected random value, and the display symbol determining means. And a frame feed number determination means for determining the frame feed number of the symbol according to a random number value, and finally the symbol determined by the display symbol determination means
All the statically displayed symbols other than the variable symbols are matched.
And at the end, the variable display of the variable display that is displayed at the end is visually recognized by the player.
During the occurrence of the reach displayed at a distinguishable speed, the symbols are sequentially displayed in a variable manner according to the frame feed number determined by the frame feed number determination means , and the symbols that are displayed in the final variable display are the same as the table above.
A game machine characterized in that it is a design that is predetermined by the display control means . 2. A gaming machine according to claim 1, frame feeding number of symbols to be determined by the frame feed speed determining means, that the frame advance speed of the symbols to be displayed from the time of occurrence of the reach Characteristic gaming machine. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the type of symbol determined by the display symbol determining means is:
A gaming machine characterized by sequentially determining in time series .