JP4954533B2 - Video pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention includes a launch operation unit similar to a conventional mechanical pachinko machine (actual pachinko machine), and the board surface components such as a prize opening, an out port, and a game nail imitate the game board surface form of the actual pachinko machine. This invention relates to a video pachinko machine that virtually displays a game board surface and game balls that are driven into a game area on the game board surface and flow down to display on an image display.

Conventionally, this type of pachinko machine determines what is necessary for a game, such as a big hit / loss when a game ball (hereinafter simply referred to as a ball) displayed as an image is launched.
For example, in the video pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, a big hit lottery using random numbers is performed at the timing of launching a game ball displayed as an image. Specifically, the counter value on the main control side (random number for jackpot determination) is read and acquired, and it is determined whether or not the read random number value matches a predetermined jackpot value. As a result, a game state advantageous to the player is generated.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-9766

  However, in the above prior art, a counter that repeats the operation of counting up between two different numerical values at predetermined time intervals is used as the counter for performing the big hit lottery. Moreover, since the random number value for the big hit lottery is acquired at the timing of the game ball launch, it is easy to guess the timing of the launch operation (the big hit value acquisition timing) for acquiring the random value that makes the lottery result the big hit Met.

In order to make a big hit lottery, winning at the start winning opening is premised, but game balls are fired at regular time intervals, and the amount of launch operation to obtain the ball route to the starting winning opening is adjusted, In the case of a video pachinko machine, it is possible by gaining experience as in the case of an actual pachinko machine.
For this reason, the easy estimation of the jackpot acquisition timing as described above induces fraud, and there has been a demand for improvement in this regard.
The present invention has been made in view of the above demands, and an object of the present invention is to provide a video pachinko machine that makes it difficult to estimate the acquisition timing of the jackpot value and prevents the injustice.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention described in claim 1 of the claims is determined to be a big win in the big winning lottery performed on condition that the starting winning opening and the game ball enter the starting winning opening. Multiple winning entrances where game balls are paid out by entering a game ball, including special prize openings that allow more game balls to enter than other prize openings. Including a display unit for effect display, which is started by entering the start winning port and the special winning port is opened by a display form at the end after a predetermined time. An image in which a game board surface on which a board surface component is arranged and a game ball that is fired by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the game board surface with the winning port or the out port as an extinction position is mounted on the gaming machine frame Play on the display An image-type pachinko machine having main control means for controlling a gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display, and image display control for performing display control on the game board surface image based on control of the main control means And the main control means includes a disappearance position on the game board surface image of the game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit, and a survival time from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears. A plurality of different values for the same extinction position are set, and a spherical attribute determining means for determining a specific survival time corresponding to one type of extinction position determined by lottery among the plural types as a spherical attribute; For the start winning ball whose game position is determined to be the start winning port, a jackpot lottery to open the special winning port is performed, and an effect table according to the lottery result A jackpot lottery means for selecting an effect display start / display pattern designation signal including pattern designation, and a launch signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be fired, and for the effect display relating to the start winning ball And a signal transmission means for transmitting an effect display start / display pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means, and the jackpot lottery in the jackpot lottery means is a predetermined time interval between two different numerical values. Using a counter that repeats the counting operation, the count value of the counter at the time of disappearance at the start winning opening of the start winning ball is read and acquired as a random value for jackpot determination, and the acquired count value is a predetermined jackpot value The image display control means receives the firing signal and receives the firing signal in the firing signal. Based on the ball attribute, a ball route representing a path from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning port or the out port is acquired, and each game ball along the acquired ball route And a game ball movement display means for moving and displaying on the game board surface image, and an effect display pattern designated by the effect display start / display pattern designation signal on the display unit upon receipt of the effect display start / display pattern designation signal. And an effect display control means for starting an effect display in response to the display and ending the display in a display form corresponding to the effect display pattern after a predetermined time.

The invention according to claim 2 of the claims includes a game winning ball including a start winning port and a variable winning port in which a game ball can be easily entered as compared to other winning ports by opening the opening and closing body. Since the start of the change of the design due to the entrance of the game balls to the start winning opening, the plurality of winning entrances where the winning balls are paid out by entering the game, the out entrance where the winning balls are not paid out by entering the gaming balls After a predetermined time, the fluctuation is stopped, and the opening / closing body can be opened by the stop pattern. A video pachinko machine that displays a game ball that moves on the surface of the game board with the winning port or the out port as an extinguished position on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame, Game board surface displayed on the image display Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the image, and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means, wherein the main control means is operated by operating the firing operation section. The erasure position on the game board surface image of the game ball to be fired, and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears, a plurality of different values are set for the same annihilation position. Sphere attribute determining means for determining a specific survival time corresponding to one type of annihilation position determined by lottery among the types as a ball attribute, and a start winning that is a game ball in which the annihilation position is determined as the start winning opening For the ball, a jackpot lottery is performed to determine whether to change to a special game state in which the opening / closing body of the variable winning opening is opened or not to be moved out. The jackpot lottery means for selecting the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal including designation of the symbol variation pattern according to the lottery result, and transmitting a firing signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be launched, When displaying the variation of the symbol relating to the start winning ball, the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means is transmitted, and the jackpot lottery in the jackpot lottery means is predetermined. Using a counter that repeats the operation of counting between two different numerical values at regular time intervals, and reading and acquiring the count value of the counter at the time of disappearance at the starting winning opening of the starting winning ball as a random value for jackpot determination, The obtained count value is determined by determining whether or not it matches a predetermined jackpot value, and the image display control means Upon receiving the launch signal, a ball route representing a path from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the out mouth is acquired based on the ball attribute in the launch signal. The game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route, and the symbol change on the symbol display unit by receiving the symbol change start / variation pattern designation signal. The display of the variation of the symbol is started according to the variation pattern of the symbol designated by the start / variation pattern designation signal, and after a predetermined time, the variation pattern of the symbol designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal It is provided with the symbol display control means to stop by a stop symbol.

The invention according to claim 3 of the claims is the start winning ball in the invention according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein whether or not the count value read and acquired from the counter matches the jackpot value is determined. It is characterized in that it is performed at the start of the variable display of the symbol according to.

The invention described in claim 1 (or claim 2) in the scope of claims (in the "effect of the invention" of the present invention, the description following "or" in parentheses corresponds to claim 1) ),
It is activated by being determined as a big win in the big win lottery that is performed on the condition that the starting winning opening and the game balls enter the starting winning opening, and it is possible to enter more game balls than other winning openings Including a special prize opening,
(Or, including a start winning opening and a variable winning opening that makes it easier to enter a game ball than other winning holes by opening and closing the opening body)
Starts by entering a plurality of winning entrances where prize balls are paid out by entering game balls, out exits where no winning balls are paid out by entering gaming balls, and starting winning entrances, and at the end after a predetermined time A game board surface on which board surface components including a display unit for effect display, which can open a special winning opening according to the form,
(Alternatively, multiple game entrances where prize balls are paid out by entering game balls, out entrances where prize balls are not paid out by entering game balls, and changes in symbols due to game balls entering start prize entrances. A game board surface on which a board surface component member including a symbol display unit for displaying the symbol variation is displayed, which stops the variation after a predetermined time from the start and can open and close the opening / closing body by the stopped symbol.)
A video pachinko machine that is played by the operation of the launch operation unit and displays a game ball that moves on the game board surface with the winning or out port as the extinction position on an image display mounted on the gaming machine frame. Because
Main control means for controlling the game state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display, and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means determines the ball attribute that determines the extinction position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit and the survival time from when it is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears as the ball attribute Means, a jackpot lottery means, and a launch signal including a ball attribute is transmitted for each game ball to be launched, and the effect display (or symbol variation display) related to the start winning ball is selected by the jackpot lottery means. Production display start / display pattern designation signal (or symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal)
And a signal transmission means for transmitting
The image display control means receives the launch signal, and based on the ball attribute in the launch signal, the ball route representing the path from the game ball displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning mouth or the outlet Game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route;
Upon receiving the effect display start / display pattern designation signal, the display unit starts the effect display according to the effect display pattern designated by the effect display start / display pattern designation signal, and after a predetermined time, according to the effect display pattern Effect display control means for ending the display in the displayed form,
(Or, by receiving the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, the symbol display unit starts symbol variation display according to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, and for a predetermined time. After that, the symbol display control means for stopping at the stop symbol corresponding to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal)
The video pachinko machine equipped with was constructed as follows.

That is, the jackpot lottery means is
For extinction position is a game ball that has been determined to start winning opening start winning ball, have a row the jackpot lottery to open the special winning opening, the effect display start and display, including the designation of the effect display pattern in accordance with the lottery result pattern To select a specified signal,
(Or, if the starting winning ball is a gaming ball whose annihilation position is determined as the starting winning port, it is a big hit to shift to a special gaming state in which the opening / closing body of the variable winning port is opened or it is a shift that does not shift or have rows big hit lottery to determine, to select a symbol variable start-variation pattern designation signal including the designation of the variation pattern of symbols corresponding to the lottery result,)
Configured.
Then, using the counter that repeats the operation of counting the big hit lottery means in the big hit lottery means at predetermined time intervals between two different numerical values, the count value of the counter at the time of disappearance at the starting winning opening of the starting winning ball is a big hit The configuration is such that it is read and acquired as a random number value for determination, and it is determined by determining whether or not the acquired count value matches a predetermined jackpot value.
In other words, since the random number value for determining the big hit in the big hit lottery is acquired at the timing of the game ball firing in the prior art, the timing of the launch operation for acquiring the random value that makes the lottery result the big hit (the big hit value The estimation of the acquisition timing was easy. However, in the first and second aspects of the invention, the random number value for determining the big hit is acquired when the starting winning ball disappears at the starting winning opening (when the game ball lifetime expires). Even when the acquisition means (random value generation means) is used, there is no regularity in the acquisition timing of the jackpot value, and it is difficult to estimate the same timing, so that it is possible to prevent induction of fraud. For example, fraud using electronic / electric appliances that generate vibrations synchronized with the above timing can be prevented.
In addition, when the game ball is launched, there are many processes executed by the main control means, such as a determination process of a ball attribute such as the disappearance position and survival time of the game ball, and a transmission process thereof. According to the invention, since the acquisition of the random number is not performed when the game ball is launched, the burden on the main control means during the launch can be reduced.
Furthermore, when the starting winning ball is extinguished at the starting winning opening, that is, the operation for obtaining a random number value at the time of starting winning is the same as in the case of a real pachinko machine, the operation of the video pachinko machine and the game procedure are made more realistic. It can be matched with the idea of approaching.
In addition, since any of the random value generation means (random value acquisition means) can be prevented from being induced, the inexpensive counter is used for the random value generation means. A video pachinko machine can be configured at low cost.

Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 3 of the scope of claims, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2 , the determination as to whether or not the count value read and acquired from the counter matches the jackpot value is started. We decided to do it at the start of the variable display of symbols related to winning balls.
According to this, in a configuration in which the starting winning ball can be held and digested and the jackpot probability changes between high and low, at the start of the symbol variation display related to the starting winning ball (holding ball), that is, the starting winning ball Even if the probability changes by the time of digestion, there is an advantage that a big hit lottery is made with a normal big hit probability (same timing as an actual pachinko machine: at the start of symbol variation display) for the starting winning ball.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol shows the same or an equivalent part between each figure.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of one embodiment of a video pachinko machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main part in FIG.
In FIG. 1, a machine frame (game machine frame) 1 of a video pachinko machine includes a fixed frame 2 for attaching to a so-called island pachinko machine installation facility in a pachinko game hall. A movable frame 3 is attached to the fixed frame 2 by a hinge 4 located on the left side so as to be able to open one side. An image display 5 is attached inside the movable frame 3 with the screen (image display area) facing forward. The image display 5 includes a liquid crystal display, an EL display, and the like, and can display an image whose display form can be electrically changed. A main controller 6, an image display controller 7, and a card controller 8 are attached to the back side of the movable frame 3.

Among these, the main control device 6 displays the game board surface as an image on the image display 5 through the control of the image display control device 7, and controls the gaming state and prize ball control in the displayed board image, etc. It is a device that controls the entire system.
Here, the board surface image is an image simulating a game board surface form of a real pachinko machine (a pachinko machine that uses a real ball to play a game). That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the guide rail 39, the launch passage 40, the game area 41, the center decoration 42, the symbol display unit (display unit) 43, the general winning ports 44 to 47, the starting winning port 48, and the big winning port (Variable winning opening: special winning opening) 49, opening / closing body 50 in front of the large winning opening 49, windmill 51, side lamp 52, out opening 53, and a number of game surface nails, etc. (not shown). It consists of images that represent etc.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes, for example, a CPU 6a, a RAM 6b, a ROM 6c, and an input / output interface 6d. The ROM 6c stores a control program 6c1, a data group 6c2, and a winning rate table 6c3.
In the main controller 6, the CPU 6a executes the control program 6c1 using the RAM 6b as a work area, and controls the gaming state and the like described above while appropriately reading the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c.

In the winning rate table 6c3, the proportion of game balls that enter each of the winning ports 44 to 49 shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the winning proportion for each winning port) is made to correspond to the launch intensity of the game balls. It is expressed as The launch intensity of the game ball is associated with an operation amount of a launch operation unit described later.
Hereinafter, the winning rate table 6c3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the winning rate table 6c3. In this figure, the disappearance position refers to the entry position of the game ball. In this example, since only the winning opening is shown as the winning position, the disappearance position indicates the winning opening.
As shown in the figure, the winning rate table 6c3 represents the winning rate for each winning port, that is, the winning rate, according to the launch intensity (value) of the game ball. For example, when the game ball firing strength is within the range of 11 to 20, the winning openings 44 and 45 shown in FIG. 1 are 0.01%, the winning openings 46 and 47 are 0.00%, and the starting winning opening 48 is 4.00. %, The big winning opening 49 enters the ball (wins) at 35.00%. The player enters the out port 53 at the remaining rate.

In this example, the winning percentage according to the above-mentioned launch intensity is 1111 in 10 increments of the launch intensity range, such as 21 to 30 next to the range of 11 to 20 and 31 to 40 next. Up to 1120, a set of winning percentages for each set of winning prizes is set. The winning rate of the big winning port 49 is 0.00% when the opening / closing body 50 is not opened, and the winning rate of the big winning port 49 here is added to the winning rate to the out port 53 as it is. The
Note that the opening operation (opening) of the opening / closing body 50 includes continuous opening or intermittent opening that repeats the opening / closing operation at an appropriate time interval. Any of these may be applied, but in this embodiment, continuous opening is performed. Is applied.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main controller 6 includes a ball attribute determination means 6e, an opening / closing body opening / closing signal generation means 6f, a signal transmission means 6g, a big hit lottery means 6h, a probability variation means 6i, and a starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j. Also equipped.
Here, the ball attribute determining means 6e disappears on the board image of the game ball (launched ball) that is fired by the operation of the launching operation section described later according to the winning percentage for each winning mouth shown in the winning percentage table 6c3. The position and the survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed on the board image until it disappears are determined as the ball attributes.

The opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating means 6f generates an opening signal (opening operation start signal) S2 for opening the opening / closing body 50 when the predetermined first condition is satisfied, and the opening operation start of the opening / closing body 50 is started. After that, it is means for generating a closing signal (opening operation end signal) S3 for performing a closing operation when a predetermined second condition is satisfied.
Here, “predetermined first condition is satisfied” means that a plurality of symbols to be described later stop at a big hit symbol, or a big hit state (when the opening / closing body 50 is opened, This means that a special gaming state in which a game ball can be entered more easily than the winning holes 44 to 48 continues.
Further, “a predetermined second condition is satisfied” means that a predetermined number of game balls enter the special winning opening 49 or the opening / closing body 50 starts to open. Refers to the passage of time. The “predetermined number” is set to 10 here, and the “predetermined time” is set to 30 seconds here.

The signal transmission unit 6g is a unit that transmits a game ball launch signal (hereinafter abbreviated as a launch signal) S1 including the ball attribute determined by the ball attribute determination unit 6e to the image display control device 7 for each shot ball. is there.
The signal transmission means 6g includes an opening signal S2 and a closing signal S3 of the opening / closing body 50 generated by the opening / closing body opening / closing signal generation means 6f, a symbol variation start signal S4 for starting symbol variation display (big hit / losing effect image display), In addition, a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 selected by the big hit lottery means 6h described later is also transmitted to the image display control device 7.
The symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 is a signal including designation of a symbol variation pattern according to the lottery result in the jackpot lottery means 6h described later.
The “symbol variation pattern” is a symbol variation display in which the three symbols (L, C, R) displayed on the symbol display unit 43 are appropriately combined with the variation time, stop order, stop symbol type, and the like. Refers to the form. The three symbols L, C, and R are each composed of a plurality of types of symbols, for example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9, and are cyclically displayed one symbol at a time. A plurality of symbol variation patterns (symbol variation patterns) are set in advance.

  If the symbol variation pattern designating signal S5 for designating such a symbol variation pattern type is transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the symbol variation start signal S4, the symbol variation from the time of reception of both signals in the symbol display unit 43. The symbol variation display starts in accordance with the symbol variation pattern designated by the pattern designation signal S5. The symbol variation display stops with the type of the stop symbol when the variation time set in the symbol variation pattern expires.

The big hit lottery means 6h is means for performing a big hit lottery. This big hit lottery is a big hit that opens and closes the opening / closing body 50 of the big winning opening 49 for the starting winning ball, which is a game ball whose annihilation position is determined by the starting winning opening 48 by the ball attribute determining means 6e (start winning winning decision). This is a lottery for determining whether to make a big hit to shift to a state or to make a big hit that does not make a transition (separate big hit / miss).
The jackpot lottery means 6h is a jackpot value for which a random number for determining the jackpot is obtained in advance when such a jackpot lottery is extinguished at the start winning opening 48 of the starting winning ball (when the survival time of the starting winning ball expires). This is done by determining whether or not the above matches.
As described above, when the random number value for determining the big hit is acquired at the start winning opening 48 of the starting winning ball, the acquisition timing of the random value becomes indefinite, and it is difficult to estimate the acquisition timing of the big win value. To do. In addition, the acquisition timing of the random value for jackpot determination corresponds to the timing at which the game ball wins the start winning opening 48 in the actual pachinko machine, and is consistent with the procedure for the actual pachinko machine. It also matches the idea of bringing the machine closer to an actual pachinko machine.

The determination as to whether or not the random value matches the jackpot value may be performed simultaneously with the acquisition of the random value for the starting winning ball (when acquiring the random value), that is, at the time of starting winning. Then, the random number value is obtained at the start of the variable display of the symbol related to the starting winning ball. In other words, the start winning ball generated in the state where there is no holding ball, which will be described later, is performed at the start of the symbol variation display by the start winning (at the same time as the starting winning ball). This is performed at the start of the symbol variation display related to the reserved ball (when the start winning ball is digested).
According to this, since it takes time to understand the jackpot lottery result by the random number value from the acquisition timing of the random number value for the jackpot determination for the starting winning ball that becomes the holding ball, the time is also indefinite, Making the estimation of the big hit value acquisition timing more difficult.

The result of the jackpot lottery (the jackpot lottery result) is reflected in the contents of the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. In other words, the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 selected by the big hit lottery means 6h and given to the signal transmission means 6g is a signal for stopping at a symbol corresponding to the big hit / out of the big hit lottery result, and is sent to the signal transmission means 6g. And is transmitted to the image display control device 7 together with the symbol variation start signal S4.
Furthermore, the big hit lottery result is reflected in the gaming state set by the main controller 6. Specifically, the main controller 6 controls each part of the pachinko machine to a gaming state according to the big hit lottery result. For example, if the big hit lottery result is a big hit, the main controller 6 sets the gaming state to the big hit state at the end of the symbol variation display by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5.

  In the present embodiment, a counter that repeats the operation of counting between two predetermined different numerical values at a constant time interval, here, a jackpot lottery counter (not shown) that loop-counts numerical values from “0 to 592” at an interval of 2 msec. Z) is used as a random number generation means, and the count value read when the start winning ball is extinguished at the start winning opening 48 is used as the random number for determining the big hit. Then, by determining whether or not the random number value matches a jackpot value recorded in advance in a lottery table (not shown), it is determined whether the jackpot / miss is made. According to this, the jackpot probability can be changed by changing the number of jackpot values.

Here, two types of jackpot values, “3, 103”, are set when the probability is low, and “7, 37, 53, 73, 97, 103, 127, 139, 157, 181, 199, 211 are set when the probability is high. , 239, 271, 307, 331, 359, 373, 457, 521 ".
That is, the hit probability is 2 / 593≈1 / 300 when the probability is low, and the hit probability is 20 / 593≈1 / 30 when the probability is high.

In the present embodiment, whether or not the random number for jackpot determination matches the jackpot value is determined at the start of the variable display of the symbol related to the starting winning ball from which the random value is acquired.
Therefore, even if the big hit probability changes as described above before the symbol variation related to the start winning ball is started (the symbol variation start signal S4 is transmitted from the main control device 6), the starting prize is changed. A jackpot lottery will be made with a normal jackpot probability for the ball.
The period until the start of the symbol variation related to the starting winning ball refers to the time until the starting winning ball actually wins the starting winning port 48, and the starting winning ball is stored as a holding ball. In some cases, the time until the start of the symbol variation by the start winning ball (holding ball) is included. That is, at the time of winning the start winning opening 48 (at the time of starting winning), because the symbol related to the other starting winning ball preceding is changing, or during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50, that is, the big hit state, The starting winning ball is stored as a holding ball, and thereafter, the symbol variation related to the other preceding starting winning balls is terminated and the symbol variation by itself (the subsequent starting winning ball that is a holding ball) is started. Including the period until.
The regular jackpot probability refers to the jackpot probability at the same timing as the actual pachinko machine (at the start of symbol variation display).

The change of the jackpot probability as described above is performed by the probability changing means 6i.
That is, the probability changing means 6i is a means for changing the probability determined to be a big hit in the big hit lottery (the big hit probability) between high and low. As described above, for example, if the jackpot probability at a low probability is 1/300, the probability is increased to 1/30 at a high probability.
The probability changing means 6i is determined to be a big hit in the big hit lottery at the low probability, and when the stop symbol after the symbol change is a specific symbol (specific symbol) among the big hit symbols, the low probability state changes to the high probability state. Let The probability changing means 6i continues such a high probability state, for example, until the next big hit lottery up to a certain number of times, or until a big hit is determined for a non-specific symbol. Return to probability state.
Of the jackpot symbols, symbols other than the specific symbols are referred to as non-specific symbols.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j is a predetermined number (a certain number) when a new starting winning ball is generated during the display of variation of the symbol related to the starting winning ball or when the big hit state continues, This is means for performing start winning ball holding processing for accumulating and storing up to four new starting winning balls as holding balls.
The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j designates the symbol variation pattern relating to the starting winning ball after the display of variation or display of the symbol relating to the preceding starting winning ball or holding ball or the end of the big hit state as the starting winning ball. The signal S5 is selected by the big hit lottery means 6h and transmitted to the image display control device 7 from the signal transmission means 6g together with the symbol variation start signal S4.

The number of stored balls is decremented by one each time the symbol variation display for the start winning ball related to the stored balls is performed. The change display of the symbol related to the reserved ball and the subtraction of the stored ball memory number are referred to as the reserved ball digestion process. When the number of stored balls is subtracted and becomes less than 4, the accumulated number can be stored again up to 4 from that point.
Reference numerals 54 in FIG. 1 denote lamps (holding ball lamps) each indicating a holding ball, which are turned on one by one in order from the left lamp 54 according to the generation of the holding ball, and according to the digestion of the holding ball, for example, on the right side The lamps 54 are turned off one by one in order, and the number of lamps that are turned on represents the current number of stored balls.

  In the present embodiment, each of the above means 6e to 6j uses the RAM 6b as a work area, and the control program 6c1 is executed by appropriately reading out the data group 6c2 and the winning rate table 6c3 in the ROM 6c. Function is realized.

Next, the image display control device 7 will be described.
The image display control device 7 receives the emission signal S1 from the main control device 6 and other various signals based on the control of the main control device 6, and displays the board image on the image display 5 by these signals. And display control on the displayed board image.
Here, “to perform display control on the displayed board image” specifically means that the image display 5 is controlled to display control display of the board image itself, for example, a plurality of symbols variation display and figure described later. The moving image display etc. of the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 shown in FIG. 1 or the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image.
These displays under the control of the image display control device 7 are based on the control of the main control device 6. In particular, the control display of the board image itself by the image display controller 7 is based on the control of the gaming state in the board image by the main controller 6.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the image display control device 7 includes, for example, a CPU 7a, a RAM 7b, a ROM 7c, an arithmetic processing unit (GPU: graphics processing unit) 7d, a video RAM 7e, an input interface 7f, and an output interface. 7g is provided.

In the ROM 7c, the control program 7c1, game nail data 7c2 representing the position / shape (including size) of the game nail, and the ball attribute, here, the game ball extinction position / survival time based on the launch intensity A sphere route table 7c3 and other data group 7c4 are stored.
The data group 7c4 includes a guide rail 39 for displaying a board image together with the game nail data 7c2, a center decoration 42, a symbol display unit 43, various winning holes 44 to 49, an opening / closing body 50, a windmill 51, a side lamp 52 and an out. Data for display of board surface components such as the mouth 53, board surface background data, and the like are included.
The display data is data representing the position and shape (including size) of each board surface component to be displayed. From these data, the game ball is moved along the ball route (position coordinate data group). It can be moved and displayed and disappeared at the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53.

  In the image display control device 7, the CPU 7a executes the control program 7c1 using the RAM 7b as a work area, appropriately reads out the game nail data 7c2 and the data group 7c4 in the ROM 7c, and controls the GPU 7d to transmit drawing data to the video RAM 7e. Let it be written. As a result, the image display control device 7 displays the board image on the image display 5 as described above, and performs display control on the displayed board image.

In the present embodiment, the image display control device 7 includes a game ball movement display means 7h, an opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i, and a symbol display control means 7j.
The game ball movement display means 7h receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g of the main controller 6 shown in FIG. 3, and acquires the ball route of each game ball based on the ball attribute in each firing signal S1 ( Generated or selected), and each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image by the ball route.
The ball route is a position coordinate data group that represents a path from when each game ball is displayed (launched) on the board image until it disappears at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53 (see FIG. 1), that is, the path to enter the ball. Become.
Of course, the disappearance of the game ball at the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out mouth 53 which is the end point of the ball route is at the end of the survival time, and each position coordinate data in the position coordinate data group is the elapsed time. Correspondingly, here, it is expressed every unit time = 16 milliseconds.

  The ball route indicates a route at the center position of the game ball. In the video pachinko machine, the game balls, winning holes 44 to 49, and out holes 53 are displayed as images, so the positions of the winning holes 44 to 49 and the out holes 53, that is, the end points of the ball route, When the display is completed and the game ball disappears from the board image, it means that the game ball enters the winning ports 44 to 49 and the out port 53.

The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i is a means for displaying the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image by receiving the opening signal S2 or the closing signal S3 from the signal transmission means 6g.
The opening / closing body opening / closing display means 7i receives an open signal S2 transmitted from the signal transmitting means 6g when the symbol variation display related to the start winning ball whose winning game lottery result is determined to be a big win is ended, that is, when the symbol is stopped. Then, the opening operation display of the opening / closing body 50 on the board image is performed.

  By receiving the symbol variation start signal S4 and the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, the symbol display control means 7j includes a start winning ball (holding ball) related to the symbol variation start signal S4 in the symbol display unit 43 on the board image. ) Is started to display the symbol variation. Then, after a predetermined time, it is means for stopping at a stop symbol corresponding to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 related to the start winning ball, that is, according to the big hit lottery result.

Returning to FIG. 1, the front decorative frame 11 is attached to the front surface of the movable frame 3 by the hinge 4 so that the movable frame 3 can be opened in one side.
The front decorative frame 11 is provided with a round opening 12, and the round opening 12 is closed by an image display protection panel 13 made of colorless transparent glass or synthetic resin provided on the back side of the front decorative frame 11. It is.
On the front face of the front decorative frame 11 surrounding the round opening 12, a card insertion slot 14, a lending operation mechanism 15, a return operation mechanism 16, a firing operation mechanism 18, a ball count indicator 19, a balance indicator (not shown). Etc.). Further, a settlement operation mechanism 17 is provided on the back surface of the front decorative frame 11.

When playing a game, the card insertion slot 14 is a card-like recording medium in which valuable information such as points and amount information is written, here a prepaid card or the like (hereinafter referred to as a card) 22 in which amount information is written. It is a slit-shaped mouth to be inserted. On the back side of the card insertion slot 14, a card detector 23, a card transport mechanism 24, an information reader 25 and an information rewrite device 26 are positioned in a state where they are attached to the back of the front decorative frame 11.
The lending operation mechanism 15 includes a lending operation unit 27 operated by the player, and a lending switch 28 operated via the lending operation unit 27.
The return operation mechanism 16 includes a return operation unit 29 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a return switch 30 that is operated via the return operation unit 29.

  The settlement operation mechanism 17 includes a settlement operation unit 31 that is operated by the player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, and a settlement switch 32 that is operated via the settlement operation unit 31. The settlement switch 32 itself may be arranged on the front side of the front decorative frame 11 so that the player can directly operate the settlement switch 32. In this case, the settlement operation unit 31 can be omitted. In the present embodiment, the settlement switch 32 is a push button type switch. When the settlement switch 32 is pressed once, it is turned on and then automatically returned to the off state.

The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a firing operation unit (launching lever) 33 that is turned by a player from the front side of the front decorative frame 11, a variable resistor 34 that is operated by the operation of the firing operation unit 33, and a player. A launch stop operating unit 35 operated from the front side of the front decorative frame 11 and a launch stop switch 36 that is turned ON / OFF by the launch stop operating unit 35 are provided. The firing operation mechanism 18 includes a touch sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not the player is touching the firing operation unit 33.
The ball count indicator 19 is attached to the front decorative frame 11 or the movable frame 3 so that the numerical display surface can be seen from the front side of the front decorative frame 11.

Hereinafter, the basic operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 1, 3, and 6.
First, when the main control device 6, the image display control device 7, and the card control device 8 are activated by being supplied with DC power from a power supply device (not shown) provided in the machine casing 1, Based on the control, the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5 to display a board image on the image display 5.
As described above, this board surface image includes various board surface constituting members 39, 42 to 54, and images representing a large number of game nails that are not shown.

  Now, when playing a game, when the player inserts the card 22 into the card insertion slot 14 (see arrow A in FIG. 1), the card detector 23 outputs a card detection signal to the card control device 8, and the card transport mechanism 24 is pulled-in and controlled. As a result, the card 22 is transported into the machine (see arrow B in FIG. 1), and the information reader 25 reads the amount information of the card 22 and outputs it to the card control device 8. The card control device 8 displays the read amount information on a balance display (not shown).

  Thereafter, when the player inputs an investment amount corresponding to the number of balls to be borrowed by operating the lending operation unit 27, investment amount information corresponding to the input investment amount is sent from the lending switch 28 to the card control device 8 as a lending signal. Is output. The card control device 8 calculates investment amount information corresponding to the lending signal from the lending switch 28, and whether the amount information (card reading amount information) read and stored from the card 22 is equal to or greater than the investment amount information. Determine whether or not.

Next, the card control device 8 uses the investment amount information as it is when the card read amount information is equal to or greater than the investment amount information, and the card read amount information as the investment amount information when it is less than the investment amount information. Output to the control device 6.
The main control device 6 outputs the number-of-balls information corresponding to the investment amount information output from the card control device 8 to the number-of-balls display 19 and causes the number-of-balls display 19 to numerically display the number of balls held.

Specifically, when it is assumed that one lending signal of the lending switch 28 corresponds to 500 yen, the amount information of an integral multiple of 500 yen is written in the card 22. And, for example, when the amount information of 1000 yen is written on the card 22 inserted into the card insertion slot 14 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 once, it is 500 yen. When the operation is performed twice, the number of balls corresponding to 1000 yen is displayed on the ball number display 19. If the amount information of 500 yen is written on the card 22 and the player operates the lending operation unit 27 twice, the ball number indicator has a number of balls equivalent to 500 yen regardless of the two operations. 19 is displayed.
The card reading amount information may be displayed as frequency information on a frequency display (not shown) connected to the main controller 6.

In parallel with the display of the number of balls by the number-of-balls display 19, the card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 by subtracting the investment amount information corresponding to the number of balls as a loan from the card read amount information. Then, the amount information of the card 22 is rewritten to the remaining amount information as a result of the subtraction.
When the remaining amount information is “0”, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. When the player operates the return operation unit 29, the card control device 8 receives the return signal from the return switch 30 and controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return.
By these return controls, the card transport mechanism 24 transports the card 22 and causes a part of the card 22 to protrude from the card insertion slot 14 so that the card 22 can be taken out from the machine frame 1 (discharged outside the machine).

  When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 in the state where the number-of-balls display 19 displays the number of balls, a touch sensor (not shown) is turned on and the variable resistor 34 corresponds to the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33. The variable resistance value is output to the main controller 6. It is assumed that the firing stop operation unit 35 is not operated and the firing stop switch 36 is OFF.

The main control device 6 determines whether or not to fire depending on whether or not the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds a so-called play range, specifically, whether or not the variable resistance value of the variable resistor 34 is a certain value or more. Do.
The main control device 6 determines whether or not to fire depending on whether or not the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds a so-called play range, specifically, whether or not the variable resistance value of the variable resistor 34 is a certain value or more. Do. When the determination result indicates that firing is possible, the main controller 6 generates a firing ON signal at a rate of, for example, 100 per minute, and for each firing ON signal, the variable resistance value at the time of signal generation, In other words, the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33 is acquired.
In addition, the main control device 6 sets the ball attribute which is basic information on what route the game area 41 flows and moves after the game ball drawn as an image is displayed on the image display 5 to be flown and moved. It is determined for each launch ON signal, that is, for each launch ball (game ball launched by the operation of the launch operation unit 33).

The sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e provided in the main control device 6.
That is, the ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the launch intensity of the game ball according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and based on this launch intensity, the disappearance position on the board image of the game ball to be fired and the board face image The survival time of the game ball from when it is displayed until it disappears is determined as a ball attribute.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the relationship between the launch intensity of the game ball and the survival time determined based on the launch intensity. Here, an example in which the survival time obtained based on the launch intensity has a certain width is shown. A lottery or the like is used as a method for obtaining a specific survival time from a survival time having a certain width.
The survival time of the game ball is based on the launch intensity of the game ball, but may be obtained directly according to the disappearance position. In addition, the launch strength of the game ball may be included in the ball attribute. In this case, the launch strength is used to determine the position of the board surface component member where the game ball first strikes the game area 41, that is, the landing position. Is done.

The above-mentioned launch intensity is information indicating the strength of launch of the game ball, and is used as basic information for obtaining the disappearance position and survival time of the game ball as described above.
The disappearance position of the game ball indicates a winning ball (entering a ball) in the winning ports 44 to 49, a winning port when winning, or a winning ball indicating whether or not to enter the out port 53 without winning. It is a sphere attribute related to the position. The display of the game ball ends when winning in the winning openings 44 to 49 or entering the out opening 53, and disappears from the board image.
The survival time of the game ball is a ball attribute related to the elapsed time from when the launch operation unit 33 is operated and the game ball is fired until it disappears, that is, from when the display on the board image is started to when it is finished.

The firing signal S1 including each sphere attribute determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e is transmitted from the signal transmitting means 6g to the image display control device 7.
The image display control device 7 receives the firing signal S1 from the signal transmission means 6g, and acquires (generates or selects) a moving route of each game ball, that is, a ball route, based on the two ball attributes in the firing signal S1. Then, each game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5 by the ball route.
The ball route is information representing a route from when a game ball is shot and moved onto the board image to when the ball enters the winning openings 44 to 49 or the out opening 53. Specifically, after the game ball is launched (displayed) and driven into the upper part of the game area 41 along the guide rail 39, it hits the windmill 51 or a game nail (not shown) while flowing down and moving, and the winning holes 44-49. Is information including a group of position coordinate data representing a path from winning a prize to any of the above, or not going to win and entering the out mouth 53. Many types of spherical routes are set according to the firing signal S1.

In the winning, the game balls moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 are the winning holes 44 to 48 (the opening / closing body 50 is closed in the illustrated example, so the large winning hole 49 is not included). ) Is information representing entering a ball.
Non-winning is information indicating that a game ball moving down the game area 41 in the board image displayed on the image display 5 enters the out port 53 without winning any of the winning ports 44-49. is there.
Note that only when winning at the start winning opening 48 is determined, jackpot / losing information (separate jackpot / losing: lottery result) is determined.
For the big hit / miss information, the main control device 6 acquires the count value of the big hit lottery counter (not shown) at the timing when the fired ball disappears at the start winning opening 48 (start winning prize), and this count value is determined as the big hit As a random value for use, it is determined by whether or not it matches the jackpot value, and is stored in the RAM 6b together with the random value.

When the game ball is moved and displayed on the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 subtracts the ball number information for each of the firing ON signals, and has the subtracted ball number information. Output to the ball number display 19.
When the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute is sequentially transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each launch ON signal, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5, the image display 5 can play the game ball moving image. (Game ball images moving along the ball route) are displayed one after another.
This game ball moving image is a moving image in which a game ball is shot into the game area 41 from the launch passage 40 in the board image at a rate of 100 shots per minute, and moves down the game area 41.

The number-of-balls display 19 displays numerically the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted ball number information from the main controller 6. That is, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value that is subtracted every time a game ball is launched.
When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the general prize opening 44 to 47 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main control device 6 moves to the general prize opening 44 to 47. The added ball number information obtained by adding the corresponding constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the held ball number display 19 is the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information. Is displayed numerically.
Thereby, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value obtained by adding the numerical value subtracted each time a game ball is fired and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning openings 44 to 47. .

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the general winning openings 44 to 47 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 corresponds to the general winning openings 44 to 47. A constant, in this example, 10 pieces of prize ball number information is added to the ball number information at that time, and the added ball number information is output to the ball number display unit 19, and the ball number display unit 19 corresponds to the added ball number information. The number of balls to be played is displayed numerically.
The numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a numerical value obtained by adding a numerical value subtracted each time a game ball is launched and a constant number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning openings 44 to 47.

When the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the start winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5, the main controller 6 responds to the symbol variation start signal S4 and the big hit lottery result. The symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 is transmitted to the image display control device 7.
The image display control device 7 that has received the signals S4 and S5 controls the image display 5 (performs display control on the board image). By this control, the image display unit 5 causes the symbol display unit 43 to start displaying variation of the three symbols (L, C, R), and after a predetermined time, the big hit lottery result (big hit) included in the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 In other words, it is stopped at the stop symbol corresponding to the big hit lottery result related to the start winning ball.

  The symbols (stop symbols “L, C, R”) displayed on the symbol display unit 43 by the symbol stop are, for example, “2, 2, 2”, “3, 3,” when the big hit lottery result is a big hit. 3 ”,...,“ 7, 7, 7 ”,...,“ 9, 9, 9 ”, the display form (big hit symbol) in which all the same numbers are arranged in a line. Also, if the big hit lottery result is out of place, numbers such as “1, 3, 3”, “5, 9, 1”, “7, 6, 7” are not all the same. Are displayed in a line.

The probability changing means 6i is a big hit at a low probability, and the stop symbol “L, C, R” is a specific symbol out of the big hit symbol, here an odd number of the same number of symbols, that is, “1, 1, 1”. , “3, 3, 3”, “5, 5, 5”, “7, 7, 7”, “9, 9, 9”, the jackpot probability is changed from low probability to high probability.
Further, the probability changing means 6i continues the high probability state, for example, from the next time until it is determined again as a big hit in a big hit lottery up to a certain number of times, or until it is determined as a big hit with a non-specific symbol, and then the low probability state. Return to.
Regardless of whether the probability state is high or low, the probability of winning a jackpot follows the jackpot probability currently set by the probability changing means 6i.

When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is a big hit symbol, the main control device 6 transmits an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the opening operation to the image display control device 7, and the received image The display control device 7 controls the image display 5. By this control, the image display 5 displays an opening operation image of the special winning opening 49.
The opening action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image that opens obliquely forward from a state in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 is vertically closed with the lower side as a fulcrum. When the opening / closing body 50 is opened in this manner, the big winning opening 49 becomes easier to enter the game ball than the other winning openings 44 to 48. More game balls can be won as compared to 48.

  If the game ball wins the big prize opening 49 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5 while the big hit state is continuing, the main controller 6 determines a constant corresponding to the big prize opening 49, in this example. The added ball number information obtained by adding the 15 prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the held ball number display 19, and the held ball number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information. Display numerical values. In other words, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is a value obtained by adding the numerical value at the time of winning to the big winning opening 49 and the constant number of winning balls corresponding to the big winning opening 49.

  A game ball that is driven into the game area 41 and wins the big prize opening 49 wins in a normal area or a specific area called a V zone (both not shown) set in the big prize opening 49. It has become. Further, the main control device 6 counts up the elapsed time from the start of the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 and counts up the number of game balls won in the special winning opening 49.

When the elapsed time counted up reaches a specified time, here 30 seconds, or when the number of winning prizes in the counted up large winning opening 49 reaches the specified winning number, here 10, the main controller 6 opens and closes. A closing signal S3 for displaying the body 50 in a closing operation is transmitted to the image display control device 7, and the image display control device 7 controls the image display 5.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a closing operation image of the special winning opening 49. The closing action image of the special winning opening 49 is a moving image in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 closes in the vertical state shown in FIG.

If the game ball wins in the specific area of the big winning opening 49 during the opening and closing operation of the opening / closing body 50, that is, during the opening operation, the main controller 6 makes a winning in the specific area. Count up (+1) what happened. Even if there are a plurality of winning numbers in the specific area during one opening operation (big hit state) of the opening / closing body 50, the number is not counted up after the first +1 count up (it remains +1).
When this count-up occurs, the main control device 6 contains the opening information for opening the opening / closing body 50 again after the image display control device 7 completes the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 once. Is transmitted to the image display control device 7 to control the image display 5 again.
By this control, the image display 5 displays a moving image in a form in which the opening / closing body 50 of the special winning opening 49 opens obliquely forward with the lower side as a fulcrum.

  The continuation of the big hit state (so-called round) in which the opening / closing body 50 opens again may be performed until the number of winnings in the specific area that has been counted up reaches a preset maximum number of times, for example, 16 times (expiration times). is there. If there is no winning in a specific area during one opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 before reaching the expiration time, that is, if the continuation condition is not satisfied, the big hit state is continued at that time (halfway) Therefore, it is only possible that the big hit state will continue until the 16th time.

When the stop symbol in the symbol display unit 43 is not a big hit symbol (is a dismissal symbol), the main control device 6 does not transmit an open signal S2 for displaying the opening / closing body 50 to the image display control device 7. And the gaming state will not be a big hit.
Note that the main controller 6 also corresponds to the start winning opening 48 even when the game ball that has been driven into the game area 41 wins the starting winning opening 48 and disappears from the board image displayed on the image display 5. The added ball number information obtained by adding the constant prize ball number information to the current ball number information is output to the possessed ball number display 19, and the possessed ball number display 19 displays the number of balls corresponding to the added ball number information as a numerical value. indicate. In this case as well, the numerical value displayed on the number-of-balls display 19 is an added value of the numerical value subtracted each time a game ball is fired and a constant number of winning balls corresponding to the start winning opening 48.

The starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j holds up to four new starting winning balls when a new starting winning ball is generated during the opening operation of the opening / closing body 50 or the change display of the symbol as described above. The accumulated balls are stored as spheres, and the number of holding sphere lamps 54 corresponding to the number is turned on.
Then, the starting winning ball holding / digesting means 6j displays the symbol variation pattern related to the starting winning ball as the starting winning ball after the change display of the symbol relating to the preceding starting winning ball or the holding ball or the end of the big hit state. The designation signal S5 is selected by the big hit lottery means 6h and transmitted to the image display control device 7 from the signal transmission means 6g together with the symbol variation start signal S4.

The image display control device 7 that has received the signals S4 and S5, specifically, the symbol display control means 7j, causes the symbol display unit 43 to start the variable display of the three symbols (L, C, R), and after a predetermined time. Then, it stops at the stop symbol corresponding to the big hit lottery result related to the starting winning ball. The main controller 6 performs control according to the stop symbol.
The number of stored balls is decremented by one each time the start or end of the variable display of symbols for the starting winning ball related to the stored balls, that is, every time the balls are digested, Accordingly, the holding ball lamps 54 are also turned off one by one.

  When ending the game, the player operates the settlement switch 32 via the settlement operation unit 31. As a result, the settlement signal is output from the settlement switch 32 to the card controller 8, and the card controller 8 outputs the settlement signal to the main controller 6. The main control device 6 outputs ball number information corresponding to the number of balls displayed on the held ball number display 19 to the card control device 8 and sets the value of the held ball number display 19 to “0”. The number-of-balls display 19 is controlled to clear the number of balls held.

  The card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 after adding the money amount information corresponding to the ball number information inputted from the main control device 6 to the money amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1. To do. By this control, the information rewriter 26 rewrites the amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1 to the amount information added.

The card control device 8 controls the information rewriter 26 after adding the money amount information corresponding to the ball number information inputted from the main control device 6 to the money amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1. To do. By this control, the information rewriter 26 rewrites the amount information of the card 22 taken into the machine casing 1 to the amount information added.
Thereafter, the card control device 8 controls the card transport mechanism 24 to return. That is, the card 22 with the amount information rewritten is transported by the transport mechanism 24, a part of the card 22 is projected from the card insertion slot 14, and the card 22 can be taken out from the machine casing 1. That is, the card 22 is discharged out of the machine and the settlement process is completed.

  Note that the valuable information rewritten and recorded on the card 22 at the time of settlement is converted into money amount information in the present embodiment, but without performing this conversion, the number of possessed balls at the time of the settlement switch operation, that is, The numerical information may be left as it is.

Hereinafter, FIG. 7, FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 are used together, and the ball route table for each of the above-mentioned game ball firing strength, ball attributes (game ball disappearance position, survival time), launch signal S1, and ball attributes. The relationship 7c3 will be described.
Among the ball attributes, the extinction position of the game ball is determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e of the main controller 6 based on the launch strength of the game ball. Here, an extinction position determination counter (not shown) that counts a numerical value from 0 to 9999 as the disappearance position of the game ball is used, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by this counter and the game ball Determined based on firing intensity.

Now, it is assumed that the launch intensity value 505 is acquired by the ball attribute determining means 6e, and the count value when the firing ON signal is generated by the disappearance position determining counter is 250. In such a case, the ball attribute determining means 6e searches for the winning rate in the column of the firing strengths 501 to 510 of the winning rate table 6c3 shown in FIG. 4, and determines the extinction position of the game ball from here using a random number.
Specifically, numerical values 1, 2, 2, 1, 450... Are sequentially obtained by multiplying the winning ratios of the winning ports 44 to 49 in this column by 10,000 respectively in order from the winning port 44 side toward the large winning port 49 side. Add. Then, a total value of 6 is obtained at the position of the winning prize opening 47 and a total value 456 is obtained at the position of the start winning prize opening 48.
The count value of the annihilation position determination counter is 250, and this value exceeds the total value 6 of the position of the winning opening 47 and is within the range of the total value 456 of the position of the starting winning opening 48. The mouth 48 is determined as the disappearance position of the game ball.

  Thereby, the extinction position of the game ball is determined based on the launch strength of the game ball and according to the win rate set in the win rate table 6c3, but based on the launch strength of the game ball and in accordance with the win rate. If there is, the extinction position of the game ball may be determined by a method other than the above method.

Among the ball attributes, the survival time of the game ball has a certain width as shown in FIG. 6, but a specific survival time within the width is determined according to the disappearance position of the game ball. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of types of survival times having different values are set even in the same extinction position. In this case, a plurality of types of random times determined by lottery using an extinction position determination counter are used. A specific survival time is determined according to one of the annihilation positions.
The ball attributes (annihilation position, survival time) determined in this way are included in the firing signal S1 and transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 to the image display control device 7. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the four-digit number with the initial “S1” represents the firing signal S1 including the ball attribute.

The sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is stored in the ROM 7c of the image display control device 7. This ball route table 7c3 is a combination of a ball attribute in the firing signal S1, which is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6, here a disappearance position and a survival time, and a game ball movement display of the image display control device 7. It is a comparison table | surface with the movement path | route of the game ball which the means 7h displays on a board surface image, ie, a ball | bowl route.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, a specific sphere route, that is, one type of sphere route corresponds to a specific launch signal (a set of sphere attributes: extinction position and survival time). It may be set so that a plurality of types of sphere routes correspond to a specific launch signal (sphere attribute).

In the example shown in FIG. 7, the ball route is represented by a 4-digit number with an initial “RT”. Specifically, the game route is displayed on the board image and disappears. This is a set of position coordinate data (position coordinate data group) every unit time, for example, every 16 milliseconds.
The position coordinate data is, for example, the image display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the image display 5 including the game board surface as the X and Y planes, taking the X axis in the horizontal direction and the Y axis in the vertical direction in FIG. The lower left corner of the display surface in FIG. 1 is represented as a reference position, that is, X = 0, Y = 0.
The Z-axis may be taken in the direction of the front side (player side) of the game board surface orthogonal to the game board surface, and the position coordinate data may be represented by three-dimensional coordinates of X, Y, and Z.
FIG. 7 illustrates a part of the sphere attribute. A part of the sphere route table 7c3 for each sphere attribute is also exemplified.

When the player operates the firing operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 at a certain operation amount, for example, a rotation angle θx between 35 ° and 45 °, the main controller 6 sets a value corresponding to the rotation angle θx. The ball attribute determining means 6e in the apparatus 6 obtains the launch intensity Fx of the game ball according to the launch operation quantity.
The ball attribute determining means 6e obtains the game ball extinction position Px corresponding to the calculated launch strength Fx by lottery using the winning rate table 6c3 and the extinction position determination counter, and subsequently, this extinction position Px (specifically, From the firing intensity Fx and the extinction position Px), the game ball survival time Tx to each extinction position is obtained.

The signal transmission means 6g of the main control device 6 transmits to the image display control device 7 a firing signal S1 including a ball attribute consisting of the game ball extinction position Px determined by the ball attribute determination means 6e and the survival time Tx.
The firing signal S1 is transmitted to the image display control device 7 for each game ball to be fired, but the game ball movement display means 7h of the control device 7 receives the launch signal S1 in each launch signal S1. The ball route corresponding to the ball attribute of the game ball is read out (selected) from the ball route table 7c3 by game ball extinction position and survival time.
As described above, when the ball route table 7c3 is set so that a plurality of types of ball routes correspond to a specific launch signal (a set of the ball attribute: disappearance position and survival time), the game ball movement display means 7h selects one of the sphere routes from the sphere route table 7c3 sequentially or randomly, or using a normal distribution random number or the like.

The image display control device 7 controls the display of the image display 5 and moves and displays the game ball along the ball route selected from the ball route table 7c3.
In the above example, the sphere route (position coordinate data group) is set in advance. However, when the sphere attribute is received, the image display control device 7 may generate a sphere route according to the received sphere attribute. . A part of one type of sphere route may be generated when a sphere attribute is received, and the remaining part may be selected from a preset sphere route part.

  Next, in the present embodiment, a series of processing operations from when the launch operation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 is operated until the game ball is displayed on the board image and then disappears (display ends) from the board image. 8 and 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7. FIG.

First, FIG. 8 is used in conjunction with FIG. 1 and FIG.
In FIG. 8, in step 301, it is determined whether or not the launch operation mechanism 18 is ready to launch a game ball.
That is, it is determined whether or not the touch sensor (not shown) of the firing operation unit 33 is ON, the firing stop switch is OFF, and the operation amount of the firing operation unit 33 exceeds the range of play. This is to determine whether or not the player is actually operating the launch operation unit 33 to launch the game ball. If the determination result in step 301 is No (negative), the firing process is terminated, and if Yes (positive), the process proceeds to the next step 302.

In step 302, it is determined whether or not a fixed time has elapsed since the previous launch. This is in order not to fire more than 100 shots per minute, for example, and the fixed time is 0.6 seconds here. If it is determined in step 302 that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the firing process is terminated. That is, the main controller 6 does not perform any processing regarding the launch of the game ball. If it is determined that a certain time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 303.
In step 303, it is determined whether or not there is a number of balls held (whether the number of balls displayed by the ball holding number display 19 is 1 or more). An idle sound generation signal for generation is transmitted to the voice control device (step 304).

  If the determination result in step 303 is Yes, the sphere attribute is determined by the sphere attribute determining means 6e (step 305). Here, the launch intensity of the game ball is obtained according to the operation amount of the launch operation unit 33, and the survival time is obtained based on the launch intensity and the extinction position of the game ball. Is done.

When the sphere attribute is determined, the process proceeds to step 306, where the firing signal S1 including the determined sphere attribute is transmitted from the signal transmission means 6g to the image display control device 7, and the firing process is terminated.
The above processing is performed for each shot ball.
In addition, in the prior art, the random number value for the big hit lottery (the random number value for the big hit determination) is acquired at the timing of launching the game ball. This is performed when the winning ball is extinguished at the starting winning port 48 (when the survival time of the starting winning ball expires). Details thereof will be described later.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining display processing by the image display control device 7 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the display processing by the image display control device 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 7 in FIG. 9.

First, in step 501, the image display control device 7 receives various signals from the main control device 6. In addition to the firing signal S1 transmitted in step 307 in FIG. 8, the signal includes a symbol variation start signal S4, a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, an opening signal S2 of the opening / closing body 50, and a closing signal S3 transmitted in a timely manner. There are signals for effect display control.
The firing signal S1 is received by the image display control device 7 for each launch ball, and the other signals are received every time they are transmitted according to the gaming state controlled by the main control device 6.

In step 502, the game ball movement display means 7h obtains a ball route based on the ball attribute in the received launch signal S1, and here selects the ball route RT from the ball route table 7c3 (see FIG. 7), and the ball A game ball is displayed on the image display 5 at position coordinates corresponding to the route RT.
Specifically, based on the ball route RT selected by the CPU 7a shown in FIG. 5 from the ball route table 7c3, the GPU 7d reads out the position coordinate data of the game ball that moves when the next frame is updated, and writes it into the video RAM 7e.

In step 503, it is determined whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed, that is, whether or not the current frame has been moved. If not completed, the processing in step 503 is repeated, and if completed, step 504 is executed.
When a plurality of game balls are displayed on the board image, the above-described display processing is performed in parallel. In such a case, the determination in step 503 is a determination as to whether or not the processing in step 502 has been completed for all the positions of the plurality of game balls, and if completed, step 504 is executed.

In step 504, effect display control to a gaming state that can cause a big hit state or a big hit state, such as a symbol change / stop in the symbol display unit 43 on the board image, an opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the big prize opening 49, is performed.
In step 505, other than the display control performed in step 504, for example, the side lamp 52 in the board image, and lighting / extinguishing control such as electric decoration attached to the front face of the front decorative frame 11 (not shown) (general effect control processing) I do.
In step 506, the processing (control) results of steps 502, 504, and 505 are combined and drawn on the image display 5, that is, displayed.

  Since steps 501 to 506 are repeated at a constant cycle, the image display 5 displays various effects such as opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 50 of the prize winning opening 49, symbol variation, blinking of the side lamp 52, and the like. A game ball (image) is superimposed and displayed on the image.

Next, the details of the jackpot lottery process will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the big hit lottery means 6h of the main controller 6 when the ball attribute (disappearing position) is determined at the start winning opening 48, that is, when a starting winning ball is generated. The processing shown in this figure is executed after the step after step 306 in FIG. For convenience of explanation, steps 305 and 306 in FIG. 8 are shown redundantly in FIG.

The big hit lottery means 6h first has a jackpot lottery counter at the timing when the launch ball whose extinction position is determined to be the start winning opening 48 by the ball attribute determining means 6e, that is, the start winning ball disappears (start winning prize) at the start winning opening 48. A random number for jackpot determination is acquired from (not shown) (step 701).
The start winning timing is when the survival time of the start winning ball expires, and the survival time is one of the ball attributes determined by the ball attribute determining means 6e, and is therefore managed by the main controller 6. The jackpot lottery means 6h can be recognized.

In step 702, it is determined whether or not the random number for jackpot determination acquired in step 701 matches the jackpot value.
The determination as to whether or not the jackpot determination random number value matches the jackpot value is made at the start of the variable display of the symbol related to the starting winning ball from which the random value has been acquired.
In other words, for the start winning ball generated in the absence of the holding ball, the above determination is made at the start of the symbol variation display by the starting winning ball (start winning = same as random number acquisition), and the ball once becomes a holding ball For the starting winning ball, the above determination is made at the start of the symbol variation display related to the reserved ball (when the starting winning ball is digested).
In short, if there is no holding ball at the time of acquisition of the above random number value, at the same time as acquisition of the random number value, for the starting winning ball that is set as the holding ball, for each jackpot determination at the time of the symbol variation related to the starting winning ball (holding ball) It is determined whether or not the random number value matches the jackpot value.

  The determination result, that is, the big hit lottery result is reflected in the contents of the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. Specifically, a symbol variation pattern designating signal S5 to be stopped at a symbol corresponding to the big hit / off of the big hit lottery result is appropriately selected (step 703), and is given to the signal transmission means 6g together with the symbol variation start signal S4. It is transmitted to the image display control device 7 (step 704).

  The image display control device 7 that has received the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5 and the symbol variation start signal S4 changes the symbol in the symbol display unit 43 according to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5. Start display. Then, after a predetermined time, the symbol variation is stopped at a stop symbol corresponding to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation pattern designation signal S5, that is, the big hit lottery result.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the random number value for jackpot determination is acquired when the starting winning ball is extinguished at the starting winning opening 48 (when the survival time of the game ball expires), the random number value is generated. Even when an inexpensive loop counter is used as the means, regularity does not occur in the acquisition timing of the jackpot value, and it is difficult to estimate the timing, thereby preventing illegal acts from being induced.
In addition, when the game ball is launched, there are many processes executed by the main control device 6 such as a determination process of the ball attributes such as the extinction position and the survival time of the game ball, and a transmission process thereof. Since the acquisition of the random number value is not performed when the game ball is launched, the burden on the main control device 6 during the launch can be reduced.
Further, when the starting winning ball is extinguished at the starting winning opening 48, that is, when the starting winning prize is obtained, the operation for obtaining the random number value is the same as that of the actual pachinko machine. It can be matched with the idea of approaching
In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the count value read and acquired from the counter matches the jackpot value at the start of the variable display of the symbol related to the starting winning ball. According to this, in a configuration in which the starting winning ball can be held and digested and the jackpot probability changes between high and low, at the start of the symbol variation display related to the starting winning ball (holding ball), that is, the starting winning ball Even if the probability changes by the time of digestion, there is an advantage that a big hit lottery is made with a normal big hit probability (same timing as an actual pachinko machine: at the start of symbol variation display) for the starting winning ball.

Although omitted in FIG. 1, in addition to the special symbol display unit 43, another symbol display unit (a normal symbol display unit for displaying a normal symbol) is arranged in the board image.
The normal symbol fluctuates when the game ball passes through a game ball passing gate (not shown) that is simultaneously arranged in the board image, but the game ball passes again through the game ball passing gate during the fluctuation of the normal symbol. For example, up to four passing balls can be accumulated and stored as reserved balls for normal symbol operation.
Then, a lamp (holding ball lamp) is turned on according to the number of the holding balls, and the number of the holding balls is subtracted (the holding ball is digested) every time the normal symbol variation by the holding balls is performed. The lamp goes off.
In such a pachinko machine having a normal symbol display portion, a lottery is performed when a game ball passes through the game ball passage gate, and a movable body (not shown) incorporated in the start winning opening 48 is provided when the lottery is won. It is configured so that it is easy to open and win the start winning opening 48.
The present invention can also be applied to a video pachinko machine having a variable winning opening (a start winning opening 48 in the present embodiment) in which such a movable body is incorporated.

In the above-described embodiment, the symbol variation start signal S4 is used as a control signal for starting symbol variation, and the symbol variation pattern designation signal is used as a control signal for stopping symbols in the designated order and type when the designated variation time expires. Although S5 (refer FIGS. 1-3, FIG. 5) was used, it is not limited only to this.
For example, as such a control signal, a single control signal in which both signals S4 and S5 are combined may be used, or a symbol variation start signal, a symbol stop order designation signal, a stop symbol designation signal, and a symbol variation stop signal. Thus, three or more signals may be used.
The “symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal” (effect display start / display pattern designation signal) is a general term for the above-described various forms of control signals.

In the above-described embodiment, the special winning opening is a large winning opening (variable winning opening) 49 in which a game ball can be entered more easily than the other winning openings 44 to 48 by opening the opening / closing body 50. As described in a certain case, it operates by being determined as a big win in the big win lottery performed on the condition that the game balls enter the start winning opening 48, and more game balls than the other winning openings 44 to 48 are operated. Any winning opening that allows entry is acceptable.
In addition, the variation of the symbol which can stop the variation after a predetermined time from the start of the variation of the symbol on the game board surface due to the entry of the game ball into the start winning opening 48 and open the opening / closing body 50 by the stop symbol. Although the symbol display unit 43 that performs display is arranged, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, a display unit (not shown) for effect display that starts by entering the start winning opening 48 and can open the special winning opening (large winning opening 49, etc.) according to the form at the end after a predetermined time. Any configuration that includes That is, the effect display is not limited to the symbol variation display. For example, a single or a plurality of lamps (images) may be arranged as the display unit, and the lamps may be displayed with a lighting pattern. In the case where the effect display is performed by the symbol variation display, the effect display start / display pattern designation signal selected by the big hit lottery means 6h and transmitted from the signal transmission means 6h to the image display control device 7 is as described above. Are a symbol variation start signal S4 and a symbol variation pattern designation signal S5.

  The board image displayed on the image display 5 is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the main controller 6 is separated from the main controller 6. However, the main controller 6 may be configured without being separated, that is, the main controller 6 may be incorporated in the main controller 6. Good. It is not limited to providing the settlement processing means 9b in the main controller 6.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the main control device 6 has been shown to include only the image display control device 7 as its control target. A lamp control device that controls the device, for example, electrical decoration (not shown) attached to the front decorative frame 11 is also provided. That is, the main control device 6 can perform not only display of the board image and control of the gaming state in the displayed board image, but also effect control by voice or lamp.

In the gaming state controlled by the main control device 6 shown in FIG. 1, for example, the opening / closing body 50 of the big winning opening 49 opens (opens) so that it is easier for the gaming balls to enter than the other winning openings 44 to 48. There is a basic game state in which a special game state (a big hit state), a normal game state other than this special game state, for example, a game ball is launched and enters the general winning ports 44 to 47 and the out port 53. In addition, even in the normal gaming state, there is a gaming state in which the above-described special gaming state can be invited, such as a gaming state in which a symbol variation display (big hit / losing effect image display) is performed by the symbol display unit 43.
The main control device 6 makes such a gaming state appear by the effect display control on the board image by the image display control device 7, and at the same time, the effect control by the sound and the lamp is added to entertain the player. The game state control includes the start, continuation, and end control of the state.

It is a principal part block diagram of one Embodiment of the image-type pachinko machine which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which takes out and shows the principal part in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the main controller in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the winning rate table in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the image display control apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the launch intensity | strength of a game ball determined as a ball attribute by the ball attribute determination means in FIG. 3, and survival time. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the relationship of the ball | bowl route table according to the launch intensity | strength of a game ball | bowl, a ball | bowl attribute, a launch signal, and a ball | bowl attribute for determining a ball | bowl route in a pachinko machine same as the above. It is a flowchart which illustrates the detail of the launching process of the game ball in the main controller shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the display process by the image display control apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in the big hit lottery means when a start winning ball arises.

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1: machine frame (game machine frame), 5: image display, 6: main control device (main control means), 6e: ball attribute determining means, 6f: opening / closing body opening / closing signal generating means, 6g: signal transmitting means, 6h : Jackpot lottery means, 6i: probability changing means, 6j: starting winning ball holding / digesting means, 7: image display control device (image display control means: effect display control means), 7c3: ball route table, 7h: game ball movement Display means, 7j: Symbol display control means, 33: Launch operation section, 43: Symbol display section (display section), 44 to 47: General winning opening, 48: Start winning opening, 49: Large winning opening (variable winning opening: Special winning opening), 50: Opening / closing body, 53: Out opening, S1: Game ball launch signal, S2: Opening signal of opening / closing body, S3: Closing signal of opening / closing body, S4: Symbol variation start signal, S5: Symbol variation pattern Designated signal.

Claims (3)

It is activated by being determined as a big win in the big win lottery that is performed on the condition that the starting winning opening and the game balls enter the starting winning opening, and it is possible to enter more game balls than other winning openings Including a special winning opening, a plurality of winning holes from which a winning ball is paid out by entering a gaming ball, an out opening where no winning ball is paid out by entering a gaming ball, and starting at the starting winning opening A game board surface on which a board surface component member including a display unit for effect display is arranged, which can open the special winning opening according to a display form at the end after a predetermined time;
A game ball that is launched by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the surface of the game board with the winning opening or the out port as an extinction position,
A video pachinko machine that displays on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame and plays a game,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display;
Image display control means for performing display control in the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
The disappearance position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, and the survival time until it disappears after being displayed on the game board surface image, and different values for the same disappearance position. A plurality of types are set, and a ball attribute determination unit that determines a specific survival time as a ball attribute according to one type of extinction position determined by lottery among the plurality of types ,
For the start winning ball whose game position is determined to be the start winning port, a big hit lottery to open the special winning port is performed, and an effect display start including designation of an effect display pattern according to the lottery result A jackpot lottery means for selecting a display pattern designation signal;
A signal for transmitting a firing signal including the ball attribute for each game ball to be fired, and a signal for transmitting an effect display start / display pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means for the effect display related to the start winning ball A transmission means,
The jackpot lottery means in the jackpot lottery means uses a counter that repeats an operation of counting between two different predetermined numerical values at a constant time interval, and calculates the count value of the counter when the start winning ball is extinguished at the start winning opening. It is read and acquired as a random value for jackpot determination, and is performed by determining whether or not the acquired count value matches a predetermined jackpot value,
The image display control means includes
Upon receiving the launch signal, based on the ball attribute in the launch signal, a ball route representing a route from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the out port is acquired. Game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route;
Upon receiving the effect display start / display pattern designation signal, the display unit starts effect display according to the effect display pattern designated by the effect display start / display pattern designation signal, and after a predetermined time, the effect display An image-type pachinko machine comprising an effect display control means for ending display in a display form corresponding to a pattern. A plurality of winning holes through which a winning ball is paid out by entering a game ball, including a starting winning opening and a variable winning opening that makes it easier to enter a game ball than other winning holes by opening and closing the opening body; Stops the change after a predetermined time from the start of the change of the symbol due to the game ball entering the start winning port and the out opening where the winning ball is not paid out by entering the game ball, and the opening and closing by the stop symbol A game board surface on which a board surface constituent member including a symbol display unit for performing a variable display of the symbol, which can open the body,
A game ball that is launched by the operation of the launch operation unit and moves on the surface of the game board with the winning opening or the out port as an extinction position,
A video pachinko machine that displays on an image display mounted on a gaming machine frame and plays a game,
Main control means for controlling the gaming state in the game board surface image displayed on the image display, and image display control means for performing display control on the game board surface image based on the control of the main control means,
The main control means includes
The disappearance position on the game board surface image of the game ball fired by the operation of the launch operation unit, and the survival time until it disappears after being displayed on the game board surface image, and different values for the same disappearance position. A plurality of types are set, and a ball attribute determination unit that determines a specific survival time as a ball attribute according to one type of extinction position determined by lottery among the plurality of types ,
The starting winning ball, which is the game ball whose annihilation position is determined as the starting winning port, is a big hit that makes a transition to a special gaming state in which the opening / closing body of the variable winning port is opened or is a transition that does not shift A jackpot lottery means for selecting a symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal including designation of a symbol variation pattern according to the lottery result,
A firing signal including the ball attribute is transmitted for each game ball to be fired, and a symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal selected by the jackpot lottery means is transmitted when displaying the variation of the symbol related to the starting winning ball. Signal transmission means for
The jackpot lottery means in the jackpot lottery means uses a counter that repeats an operation of counting between two different predetermined numerical values at a constant time interval, and calculates the count value of the counter when the start winning ball is extinguished at the start winning opening. It is read and acquired as a random value for jackpot determination, and is performed by determining whether or not the acquired count value matches a predetermined jackpot value,
The image display control means includes
Upon receiving the launch signal, based on the ball attribute in the launch signal, a ball route representing a route from when the game ball is displayed on the game board surface image until it disappears at the winning opening or the out port is acquired. Game ball movement display means for moving and displaying each game ball on the game board surface image along the acquired ball route;
Upon receiving the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, the symbol display unit starts symbol variation display according to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal, and after a predetermined time. And a symbol display control means for stopping at a stop symbol corresponding to the symbol variation pattern designated by the symbol variation start / variation pattern designation signal.   3. The video expression according to claim 1, wherein the determination as to whether or not the count value read and acquired from the counter matches the jackpot value is performed at the start of the variable display of the symbol related to the start winning ball. Pachinko machine.

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