JP6066407B2 - Operation effect device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an operation effect device that is mounted on, for example, a gaming machine and operated by a player.

In pachinko gaming machines and the like, in almost all models, an effect button operated by a player is mounted and used for a game effect. For example, in the game process, the effect is switched according to the operation of the effect button at a predetermined timing when the decorative symbol reaches the reach state on the effect display device of the gaming machine, or a plurality of options are selected on the effect display device. The player is allowed to participate in the game by displaying and selecting one of the options according to the operation of the effect button.

In recent years, in order to enhance the production effect by the production buttons, a blower (for example, a blower fan or a blower) is provided on the glass frame forming the front portion of the gaming machine, and the fan is separated from the blower by a certain distance. 2. Description of the Related Art A gaming machine having a configuration in which a grip-type production button is arranged on a lower plate and an air flow from a blower is blown toward the back of a player's hand holding the production button at a predetermined opportunity is known (for example, a patent Reference 1).

JP 2012-10953 A

However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, the effect button and the air blower are arranged apart from each other, so that the player feels the air flow from the air blower depending on the air volume and direction of the air blower. There is a problem that it cannot be performed or the air flow from the air conditioner (air conditioner) in the amusement facility is confused, so that the effect of the airing effect cannot be fully exhibited.

This invention is made | formed in view of such a subject, and it aims at providing the operation production apparatus which can implement | achieve the ventilation production which is easy for a player to identify.

In order to achieve such an object, the air blowing effect device according to the present invention is configured to be operated by pressing an operation unit (
For example, the effect button 110 in the embodiment, the support member (for example, the case housing 140 in the embodiment) that supports the operation unit movably in a predetermined operation direction, and the support member or the support member are provided. Blower means for generating an air flow (for example, the blower 1 in the embodiment)
70) and an air passage that is formed inside the operation portion and the support member and guides the air flow from the blower means to the blower discharge opening formed on the surface side of the operation portion. Operation effect device configured to be able to discharge from the air outlet through the air passage to the outside of the operation unit (for example,
In the embodiment button unit 100), when the surface of the operation unit is covered, an escape passage (for example, for releasing the air flow supplied from the blower means to the blower discharge port from the blower discharge port)
The escape pipe 116) in the embodiment is configured to be formed in the operation portion.

According to the operation effect device according to the present invention, it is possible to realize an air blowing effect that is easy for a player to identify.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to a first embodiment. It is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine. It is a perspective view of the production button unit concerning this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view of the effect button unit. It is a front sectional view of the effect button unit. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the said effect button unit, Comprising: An example of the structure which has arrange | positioned the convex structure which displays a character on an effect button is shown. It is a front sectional view showing a modification of the production button unit, and shows a circulation path of the air flow. It is a functional block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a main flowchart on the main control board side. It is a flowchart of the winning process on the main control board side. It is a flowchart of the normal game control process (normal symbol) on the main control board side. It is a flowchart of the normal game control process (special symbol) on the main control board side. It is a flowchart of the special game transfer determination process on the main control board side. It is a main flowchart on the sub-control board side. It is a flowchart of hold information management and hold display control processing on the sub-control board side. It is a flowchart of the decoration symbol display content determination process on the sub-control board side. It is a flowchart of a decoration symbol display control process on the sub-control board side. It is a flowchart of the ventilation effect control process by the sub-control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 1st ventilation effect process by the sub-control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 2nd ventilation effect process by the sub-control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 3rd ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 4th ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 5th ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 6th ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 7th ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a flowchart of the 8th ventilation effect process by the sub control board | substrate side. It is a schematic diagram of the air volume selection table referred in the said ventilation effect process. It is a time chart of the electricity supply pattern performed by the said ventilation effect process. (A) is a schematic diagram of the ventilation effect pattern selection table referred in the said ventilation effect process, (b) is a schematic diagram of the air volume selection table referred in the said ventilation effect process. It is a front view of the slot machine based on 2nd Embodiment. It is a front sectional view of an effect button unit provided with an adsorption structure. It is a front view of the modification of the said pachinko game machine, Comprising: An example of a structure provided with the air blower in the glass frame is shown.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Overall configuration of pachinko machines]
As a gaming machine according to the first embodiment to which the operation effect device according to the present invention is applied, a front view and a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine PM are shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The overall configuration of the pachinko gaming machine PM will be outlined.

First, the basic structure of the front side of the pachinko gaming machine PM will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine PM is configured with a rectangular frame size adapted to the front of the opening of the outer frame 1 which forms a vertically fixed holding frame configured in an outer rectangular frame size, and can be opened and closed. The front frame 2 that forms a frame is attached to the front left side edge portion of the front left and right hinge mechanism 3 so that it can be opened and closed sideways and detachable, and is called a double lock provided on the front right side edge portion. Device 4
Is always held in a closed state engaged and connected to the outer frame 1.

On the front frame 2, a rectangular glass frame 5 fitted to the upper front area of the front frame 2 is assembled so as to be opened and closed laterally and detachable using the upper and lower hinge mechanisms 3, and using the locking device 4 It is always kept in a closed state covering the front surface of the front frame 2. In the front frame 2, the game board 20 is detachably set and held, and the game area PA in front of the game board 20 is faced through the double-layer glass of the glass frame 5 that is always held closed. Yes.

On the front side of the glass frame 5, there are provided an effect lamp 10 that emits light according to the game development status and a speaker 11 that generates sound effects according to the game development status. At the bottom of the glass frame 5, there are provided upper and lower ball dishes (upper ball dish 8 and lower ball dish 9) for storing game balls, and an effect button unit 100 is provided at the front center of the upper ball dish 8. On the front right side of the lower ball tray 9, a launch handle 12 for performing a launch operation of the game ball is provided.

The game board 20 is configured with a decorative board formed by attaching a cell printed with a predetermined pattern on a rectangular laminated plywood subjected to router processing or the like. On the front surface of the game board 20, an outer rail and an inner rail are fixed in an arc shape, and a substantially circular game area PA on which a game ball can roll is defined, and a windmill and a large number of games are formed in the game area PA. Along with the nail, the first special symbol display device 71, the second special symbol, in addition to the various special prize openings such as the first special figure start opening 61, the second special figure start opening 62, the general figure start opening 63, the big winning opening 64, etc. Various display devices such as a display device 72, a first special figure holding lamp 73, a second special figure holding lamp 74, a normal symbol display device 75, and a general figure holding lamp 76 are provided. A center ornament 22 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area PA, and a screen of an effect display device (for example, a liquid crystal panel) is provided through the center opening of the center ornament 22 so as to be visible. At the lower end of the game area PA, the game balls 2 that tumbled down without entering each prize opening are played on the game board 2
An out port 29 for discharging to the back side of 0 is provided. Hereinafter, each component provided in the game board 20 is demonstrated in order.

The first special figure starting port 61 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to the first special symbol game (hereinafter simply referred to as “first special figure game”), and is used for detecting the entry of a game ball. A first start winning detector 611 is provided. The first start winning detector 611 is, for example, a so-called pass-type sensor that detects a game ball entering the first special figure starting port 61, and first start winning information indicating the ball entering when the game ball enters. Is generated.

The second special figure start port 62 is provided as a start winning opening corresponding to a second special symbol game (hereinafter simply referred to as “second special figure game”). The second special figure start port 62 includes a second start winning detector 621, an electric accessory 622 called a so-called electric chew (electric tulip), and an electric accessory solenoid 623 for opening and closing the electric accessory 622. With. The second start winning detector 621 is, for example, a so-called pass-type sensor that detects a game ball entering the second special figure start port 62, and second start winning information indicating the ball entering when the game ball enters. Is generated. Electric character 62
2 is variable between a closed state in which a game ball is less likely to enter the second special figure starting port 62 and an open state in which the game ball is easier to enter.

The normal start port 63 includes a general start prize detector 631. Regular start prize detector 63
For example, 1 is a so-called passing type sensor that detects the passing of a game ball to the normal opening 63.
When the game ball passes, the normal start opening passage information indicating the passage is generated. Note that the passage of the game ball to the general figure start port 63 triggers the normal symbol lottery for determining whether or not to expand the electric accessory 622 of the second special figure start port 62.

The big winning opening 64 is a winning opening which is in a horizontal rectangular shape and is located below the game area PA, which is opened as a “big hit” when the first special symbol or the second special symbol is suspended in a predetermined manner. . The big prize opening 64 includes a big prize detector 641, an electric accessory 642, and a big prize opening solenoid 643 for opening and closing the electric accessory 642. The big prize detector 641 is a so-called passing type sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big prize opening 64, for example, and generates great prize information indicating the prize when the game ball is entered. The electric accessory 642 changes the big prize opening 64 between a normal state in which a game ball cannot be entered or difficult to enter in the big prize opening 64 and an open state in which a game ball can easily enter.

Subsequently, the first special symbol display device 71 (second special symbol display device 72)
The variable display and stop display of the first special symbol (second special symbol) corresponding to the second special figure game) are performed. The first special symbol display device 71 (second special symbol display device 72) is composed of, for example, eight lamps, and the special symbol variation display is expressed according to the lighting pattern of the lamp. The first special figure hold lamp 73 (second special figure hold lamp 74) is composed of, for example, two lamps, and the first special figure game (second special figure game) is held by lighting / flashing display of the lamp. Number (up to 4
). The number of holds of the first special figure hold lamp 73 (second special figure hold lamp 74) is the first
While the special symbol (second special symbol) is changing, during the execution of the first special figure game and the second special figure game, to the first special figure start port 61 (second special figure start port 62) The number of lottery results won,
Indicates the number of winning balls that have not yet been subjected to symbol variation.

The normal symbol display device 75 performs normal symbol variation display and stop display. General map hold lamp 7
6 is composed of, for example, four lamps, and the number of lighting of the lamps corresponds to the number of normal symbol fluctuations held (the number of normal symbol fluctuations not yet executed).

The effect display device 70 mainly performs change display and stop display of the effect image including a decoration symbol that changes / stops in conjunction with the first special symbol and the second special symbol, and a notice display, and also displays the decorative symbol on hold. Do. Specifically, on the screen of the effect display device 70, a decorative symbol display unit 700 on which a decorative symbol change display, stop display, and notice display are executed, and a decorative symbol hold display corresponding to the first special symbol is executed. The first figure hold display part 701 to be displayed and the second figure hold display part 702 for executing the hold display of the decorative symbol corresponding to the second special symbol are formed. Although the liquid crystal panel is used in the present embodiment, it may be formed of other display means such as a mechanical drum or LED.

Finally, the center decoration 22 is installed around the effect display device 70 and has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the screen of the effect display device 70, and decoration. The center ornament 22 is provided with a movable accessory 24 for performing a production operation according to the game development status.

Next, the basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine PM will be described with reference to FIG. On the back side of the front frame 2, there is a back set board 30, which has a window that communicates with the front and rear in the center and is based on a base frame that is formed in a rectangular frame shape somewhat smaller than the front frame 2. Via the hinge mechanism 3, it is connected to the back of the front frame 2 so that it can be opened, closed, and detached. A back set cover 30C having a rectangular box shape with an open front is detachably attached to the back set board 30 and is always attached to the front frame 2.
(The main control board 1000 and the sub control board 2000 described later are covered with the back set cover 30C).
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In each part of the back set board 30, a storage tank 31 for storing a large number of game balls, a storage tank 3
A tank rail 32 extending from 1 to the right with a gentle downward slope, a ball supply passage portion 33 extending to the right end portion of the tank rail 32 and extending downward, and a game ball guided by the ball supply passage portion 33 is paid out. A ball dispensing unit 34, a prize ball passage 35 for guiding the game balls dispensed from the prize ball dispensing unit 34 to the upper ball tray 6, and the like are provided.

On the back side of the game board 10, there is a main control board (main control board unit) 1000 that comprehensively controls the operation of the pachinko machine PM, and effects such as image display, effect lighting, and sound effects according to game development. A sub-control board (sub-control board unit) 2000 that controls the above is attached. On the other hand, on the back side of the back set board 30, a payout control board (payout control board unit) 3000 that performs control related to the launch and payout of game balls, various control boards, A power supply board (power supply board unit) 4000 for supplying power to the electronic components is attached. In order to prevent unauthorized modification, these control boards are respectively arranged at predetermined positions on the back of the game board 20 or the back set board 30 in an assembled state accommodated in a transparent resin board case having a caulking structure and a sealing structure. Established. These control boards and the electrical and electronic components of each part of Pachinko machine PM are harnesses (connector cables)
The pachinko gaming machine PM is configured to be operable.

The pachinko gaming machine PM is used for a game in which the outer frame 1 is fixedly installed on the gaming island (installation frame base) of the gaming facility, the front frame 2, the glass frame 5 and the like are closed and locked, and the upper base plate 8 The game is started by storing the game ball and rotating the launch handle 12. When the firing handle 12 is turned, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 8 are sent to the launching mechanism one by one by the ball feeding mechanism disposed on the back side of the glass frame 5, and the launching mechanism 12 After being launched into the game area PA, a pachinko game is developed thereafter.

[Configuration of production button unit]
Next, the configuration of the effect button unit 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a perspective view of the effect button unit 100, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the effect button unit 100, and FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the effect button unit 100. In the following description, for convenience of description, the vertical and horizontal directions are defined with reference to the state of FIG. 3 as the state of attachment to the pachinko gaming machine PM. The directions will be referred to as front and rear, left and right, and up and down, respectively.

The effect button unit 100 is broadly divided into an effect button 110 that is pressed, an annular decorative frame 130 that surrounds the outer peripheral edge of the effect button 110, and a case that supports the effect button 110 so as to be movable up and down. The casing 140 and the air blowing mechanism 160 for blowing an air flow to the surface side of the effect button 110 are mainly configured, and the effect button 110 is disposed to be exposed on the front side of the gaming machine PM. Thus, a pressing operation by the player is possible.

The effect button 110 includes a substantially dome-shaped button main body 111 and a sliding body 120 that is attached to the lower portion of the button main body 111 and is integrally movable with the button main body 111 and is movable in the vertical direction. It is disposed at an initial position (upper position) where a pressing operation can be performed by an elastic force of a coil spring 143, which will be described in detail later, supported by 140. The button main body 111 and the sliding body 120 are formed in the shape shown in the figure by molding means such as injection molding using a resin material such as polycarbonate (PC). In the present embodiment, a colorless and transparent resin material is used for the button body 111, and a colored and transparent resin material that makes it difficult to see through the internal structure is used for the sliding body 112.

The button body 111 has an operation wall portion 112 that is formed in a gently curved shape with a convex upward, and a peripheral wall portion 113 that protrudes downward and surrounds the outer periphery of the operation wall portion 112. It has a bottomed container shape with an opening below. The operation wall 112 is always the decorative frame 13.
It is a portion that is exposed upward from 0, and is a portion that faces the palm of the player when the presentation button 110 is pressed.

The sliding body 120 is formed with a side wall 121 that can be fitted to the peripheral wall 113 of the button main body 111. Therefore, the button body 111 is covered on the sliding body 120 from above, and the peripheral wall 113 of the button body 111 is fitted to the side wall 121 of the sliding body 120 (the button body 111 and the peripheral wall 113 (not shown) are appropriately provided). The effect button 110 is integrally configured by fitting the fitting groove and the fitting claw). A light diffusion portion 122 is formed on the upper surface side of the sliding body 120 so as to be surrounded by the side wall portion 121. The light diffusing portion 122 has been subjected to surface processing (light diffusing treatment) for forming irregularities on the surface of the sliding body 120, and will be described later in detail.
It is configured so that a high light decoration effect can be obtained by diffusing light irradiated from 0 over a wide range. The sliding body 120 is provided with a window portion 123 penetrating vertically, and an air passage 180 described later in detail extends through the window portion 123 in the vertical direction. In addition, a hollow sliding boss 124 for guiding the sliding operation of the effect button 110 is provided at the center of the sliding body 120 so as to protrude downward. The sliding body 120 has a plate-like detection piece (not shown) that protrudes downward to detect a pressing operation of the effect button 110 by an operation detection sensor 152 described later in detail.

The case housing 140 is formed by combining a base portion 141 that supports the effect button 110 so as to be movable up and down, and a substrate holding portion 145 held on the upper surface side of the base portion 141. In the center of the base part 141, the sliding boss 124 of the effect button 110 is inserted and supported.
A hollow support tube 142 is provided so as to project upward and downward smoothly. A coil spring 143 that is interposed between the base portion 141 and the sliding body 120 and that constantly biases the effect button 110 upward is attached to the inside of the support cylinder 142. On the upper surface side of the substrate holding part 145, the electric decoration board 1 whose light emission is controlled by the sub-control board 2000.
50 is held. In addition, a stopper portion 146 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the substrate holding portion 145 to abut the effect button 110 and define a pressing position (lower end position) of the effect button 110.

The illumination board 150 is configured as an electrical board on which a plurality of light emitters 151 for illuminating the effect button 110 and an operation detection sensor 152 for detecting a pressing operation of the effect button 110 are mounted. In the present embodiment, a surface mount (SMD) type full color LED is applied as the light emitter 151. The operation detection sensor 152 has a light projecting unit that projects light and a light receiving unit that receives light from the light projecting unit, and has a slit into which a detection piece (not shown) of the sliding body 120 can be inserted. It is a photo sensor that is arranged in a substantially U shape. The operation detection sensor 152 is turned off when the effect button 110 is not operated and the detection piece of the sliding body 120 is not interposed between the light projecting portion and the light receiving portion of the sensor 152 (not shielded from light), When the effect button 110 is pushed downward and the detection piece is interposed (light-shielded) between the light projecting portion and the light receiving portion of the sensor 152, the effect button 110 is turned on. The detection signal (on / off signal) of the operation detection sensor 152 is input to the sub control board 2000, and the sub control board 2000 detects the on / off operation of the effect button 110.

The blower mechanism 160 includes a blower 170 as a blower and a pair of blower passages 180 and 180 for blowing an air flow generated by the blower 170 to the surface side of the effect button 110. Since each air passage 180 has the same structure, only the structure of one air passage 180 will be described below as a representative.

The blower 170 is attached to the lower end portion of the case housing 140, and an impeller 171 including a plurality of blades arranged in a cylindrical shape, a blower motor 172 for rotating the impeller 171, and rotation of the impeller 171. The generated air flow is in one direction (upward in FIG. 5)
And a blower case 173 for rectifying the current. In this embodiment, it is attached to the lower end portion of the case housing 140, but it is attached to the main body and the attached member of the upper ball tray 8 supporting the effect device directly or via the attachment member in the vicinity of the case housing 140. You can also. Moreover, it is also possible to attach to the front frame 2 or the glass frame 5 by providing a separate ventilation path.

The blower case 173 is formed with a circular air intake 174 through which air is taken into the blower 170, and air sucked from the air intake 174 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the air intake 174. An air discharge port 175 for discharging is provided. The air discharge port 175 may be provided with an air filter for air purification for filtering dust or dust of air taken in from the air intake port 174. Blower motor 172 and sub control board 2000
Are electrically connected, and the rotational speed of the blower motor 172 can be controlled continuously or stepwise based on a control signal from the sub-control board 2000 to adjust the air volume of the air flow generated by the blower 170. .

The air passage 180 is a passage for guiding the air flow generated by the blower 170 over the inside and outside of the effect button 110. The air passage 180 includes an upstream passage 181 provided on the case housing 140 side and a downstream passage 182 provided on the effect button 110 side, and the effect button 110 is assembled to the case housing 140 and integrated. In this state, the upstream passage 181 and the downstream passage 182 are configured to communicate in series. The production button 110
In the state in which the case housing 140 is assembled, an exhaust space 183 communicating with the downstream passage 182 is formed between the effect button 110 and the case housing 140.

The upstream passage 181 is inserted into the case housing 140 and extends in the up-down direction.
9. The first blower pipe 149 is connected to an air discharge port 175 of the blower 170 via a pipe joint (not shown), and an air flow discharged from the air discharge port 175 of the blower 170 is introduced into the first blower pipe 149. It is like that.

The downstream-side passage 182 is bent and formed in a U shape as a whole, and is recessed on the surface side (operation surface side) of the button body 111 and extends in the left-right direction along the curved shape of the operation wall portion 112. A second air pipe 114 that extends in the vertical direction and communicates the air outlet 115 and the first air pipe 149, and a escape pipe 11 that extends in the vertical direction and communicates the air outlet 115 and the exhaust space 183.
6 are connected continuously. Here, the air outlet 115 is formed, for example, when it is blocked by a player's hand. Therefore, when the air outlet 115 is shielded by the player's palm (the operation wall 112 is covered by the player's palm), the air flow from the blower 170 flows through the air outlet 115. , The escape pipe 116 communicating therewith
Therefore, it is configured such that a feeling of airflow can always be given to the palm of the player.

The first blower pipe 149 of the upstream passage 181 and the second blower pipe 114 of the downstream passage 182 are each formed in a circular tube having a circular cross section and are arranged concentrically with each other. And the second blower pipe 114 are connected in the vertical direction, so that the air flow from the blower 170 is the first
The air is discharged from the air outlet 115 through the air duct 149 and the second air duct 114. The first blower pipe 149 has a large diameter pipe part 149a formed to have substantially the same diameter as the second blower pipe 114, and a small diameter pipe part 149b formed to be somewhat smaller in diameter than the second blower pipe 114. Thus, the large-diameter pipe portion 149a and the small-diameter pipe portion 149b have a stepped cylindrical shape in which the step portions are continuous. The small-diameter pipe portion 149a of the first blower pipe 149 is formed so as to be insertable into the second blower pipe 114, and the second blower pipe 114 is connected to the first blower pipe 149 in conjunction with the vertical movement of the effect button 110. The relative movement (sliding movement) is possible in the vertical direction.

Thus, although the 1st ventilation pipe 149 and the 2nd ventilation pipe 114 are connected so that sliding in the up-and-down direction is carried out, while making the 1st ventilation pipe 149 (small diameter pipe part 149b) of the upstream side into a small diameter, it is downstream. The second blower pipe 114 is made larger in diameter (matching the pipe diameters of the joint portions of the two blower pipes 114 and 149),
By adopting a configuration in which the small-diameter pipe portion 149b of the first blower pipe 149 is inserted into the second blower pipe 114,
With respect to the airflow from the blower 170, the flow loss at the connecting portion between the first air duct 149 and the second air duct 114 is reduced. That is, the gap of the connection portion between the first air duct 149 and the second air duct 114 is disposed at a position opposite to the air flow direction from the first air duct 149 to the second air duct 114. Thus, a reduction in air volume due to air escape from the gap is prevented. Further, at the connecting portion between the first air duct 149 and the second air duct 114, the second air duct 1
14 end walls 114a are arranged outside the first air duct 149, so that the air flow from the first air duct 149 is not hindered by the end walls 114a of the second air duct 114,
Ventilation resistance can be reduced. In addition, in the upstream passage 181 (boundary portion between the large-diameter pipe portion 149a and the small-diameter pipe portion 149b), in order to smoothly guide the air flow from the large-diameter pipe portion 149a to the small-diameter pipe portion 149b, the upward direction A tapered surface 149c having a gradually decreasing diameter is formed.

The air outlet 115 is formed in a concave groove shape that opens on the surface side of the effect button 110. Since the air outlet 115 is disposed so as to face the palm of the player who operates the effect button 110, when the player's palm approaches the operation wall portion 112 of the effect button 110, A feeling of ventilation (airflow feeling) can be imparted to the player by the discharged airflow.

The escape pipe 116 serves as a passage for allowing the airflow to escape to the exhaust space 83 when the air outlet 115 is blocked by the palm of the player. The escape pipe 116 has an upper end communicating with the blower opening 115 and a lower end communicating with the exhaust space 183. Here, when the air vent 115 is opened (the operation wall 112 is not covered by the player's palm), the air flow sent from the blower 170 is directly outside the effect button 110 through the air vent 115. It is blown toward. On the other hand, when the air blowing port 115 is shielded by the palm of the player (the operation wall 112 is covered by the palm of the player), the air flow from the blower 170 is between the palm of the player. The air flows along the longitudinal direction in the substantially sealed air outlet 115, and escapes from the escape pipe 116 communicating with the air outlet 115 toward the exhaust space 183. Therefore, in this embodiment, even when the air outlet 115 is blocked by the player's hand, the air flow from the blower 170 flows in the air outlet 115 toward the escape pipe 116. It is comprised so that an airflow feeling can be provided with respect to the palm of the hand. Note that a heat-limiting component such as an LED (light-emitting body 151) current limiting resistor and an LED driver may be arranged in the exhaust space 183 so that the cooling effect of the heat-generating component is enhanced by exhaust air.

Next, the operation of the effect button unit 100 having such a configuration will be described. When a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 61 or the second special figure starting port 62, special symbols and decorations are displayed on the special symbol display devices 71 and 72 and the effect display device 70 to show the lottery result of the special symbol lottery. Each symbol is displayed in a variable manner. When a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when the reach state is reached) during the variation display of the decorative symbol, the image of the effect button 110 is displayed on the effect display device 70 as part of the notice effect, and “Let's push the button” Is displayed.

In response, when the player presses the effect button 110 from the initial position (upper end position) to the final position (lower end position) by pressing downward against the elastic force of the coil spring 143, the effect button 110 is displayed. The detection piece (not shown) shields the optical path between the light projecting portion and the light receiving portion of the operation detection sensor 152, and this detection signal (ON signal) is output toward the sub-control board 2000. When the effect button 110 is operated in this way, a message indicating a big hit transition probability (reliability) such as “hit probability 80%” is displayed on the effect display device 70 as a balloon from the character, and the player's expectation is enhanced. It is done. And the production button 11 by the player
When 0 is released, the effect button 110 is moved up by the elastic force of the coil spring 143 and returned to the original initial position (upper end position).

In the present embodiment, in conjunction with such an on / off operation of the effect button 110, a fan effect process (detailed later) by the effect button unit 100 is executed based on the effect control by the sub control board 2000. First, when the blower motor 172 is driven to rotate based on a control signal from the sub-control board 2000, an air flow generated by the rotation of the impeller 171 is discharged from the air discharge port 175 of the blower 170.

The air flow discharged from the blower 170 is blown from the blower opening 115 to the surface side (upward outside) of the effect button 110 through the first blower pipe 149 and the second blower pipe 114. This
When the player tries to operate the effect button 110 and brings the palm into contact with the effect button 110, the airflow from the air blowing port 115 is blown toward the player's palm, and the player can feel the airflow. Here, even if the production button 110 is operated to move up and down, the first air duct 1
49 and the second blower pipe 114 smoothly move relative to each other in the vertical direction while maintaining the connected state, so that the air flow from the blower 170 is continuously discharged from the blower opening 115.
At this time, when the air outlet 115 of the effect button 110 is shielded by the player's palm or the like, the air flow flows through the air outlet 115 toward the escape pipe 116, so that the air flow is within the air outlet 115. Therefore, it is possible to always give the player a feeling of airflow.

As described above, according to the effect button unit 100 according to the present embodiment, the player directly blows an air flow from the air blowing port 115 of the effect button 110 that the player directly touches, thereby allowing the player to operate the air conditioner (
The airflow effect can be clearly identified without causing confusion with the air conditioner), and the operation feeling of the effect button 110 and the airflow feeling can be experienced at the same time. Thus, it is possible to obtain a production effect that arouses the player's willingness to play.

Further, when the player operates the effect button 110, the blower opening 115 is formed by the palm of the player.
Even if the air is blocked, the air flow from the blower 170 flows through the air outlet 115 toward the escape pipe 116, and the player can always obtain a feeling of air flow. There is no player, and the player participation type production function is enhanced.

Further, by disposing the air outlet 115 at an intermediate position of the operation wall 112 and disposing an escape pipe (escape channel) 116 for releasing the air flow from the air outlet 115 toward the inside of the effect button 110, Compared with the case where the escape passage is extended to the outside of the operation wall portion 112 along the operation wall portion 112 (when the air flow is made to escape to the outside of the operation wall portion 112), the air blowing port 115 is used. Therefore, there is no possibility that the degree of freedom in design of the surface of the effect button 110 is hindered by the presence of the air outlet 115.

In addition, a convex structure such as a character or a pattern is formed on the surface of the effect button 110, and even when the player's palm touches the effect button 110, the blower opening 115 cannot be completely shielded. You may comprise so that the flow path of the airflow from 170 may be ensured. In addition,
In FIG. 6, as an example of the convex structure, the effect button 11 is displayed on the surface of the effect button 110 to the player.
A configuration in which a notification character M of “PUSH” for prompting a pressing operation of 0 is provided is illustrated.
In addition, you may form the ventilation port 115 as at least one part of the decoration groove | channel showing a pattern, a character, etc. (Thereby, the ventilation port 115 does not stand out integrally with the design of a pattern etc.).
.

Further, in order to increase the circulation efficiency of the air flow, as shown in FIG.
16A, 116B) is disposed near the air intake port of the blower 170,
You may comprise so that the air flow exhausted from the ventilation path 180 can be directly taken in by the blower 170. FIG. In the case of this configuration, the escape pipe 116 includes a movable first escape pipe 116A and a fixed second escape pipe 116B. In FIG. 7, the air flow circulation path is indicated by a broken line. That is, the circulating flow of the blower (air discharge port) 170 → the first blower tube 149 → the second blower tube 114 → the blower port 115 → the escape tube 116A → the escape tube 116B → the blower (air intake port) 170 By generating, it is possible to improve the circulation efficiency of the air flow.

[Function configuration]
Next, with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 8, the pachinko gaming machine PM according to the present embodiment.
Various functions of (mainly main control board 1000 / sub control board 2000) will be described.

<Main control board>
The main control board 1000 includes a CPU serving as a control center, a ROM that preliminarily stores a program that prescribes arithmetic processing of the CPU, data handled by the CPU (for example, various data generated during games and computer programs read from the ROM) Etc.) as a work area for temporarily storing, etc., and each drive circuit and the like operate according to a control program stored in the ROM, thereby performing main control relating to the game in the pachinko gaming machine PM. It is configured as follows.

The main control board 1000 includes a first special symbol starting port 61, a second special symbol starting port 62, a universal drawing starting port 63, a grand prize winning port 64, a first special symbol display device 71, a second special symbol display device 72, Normal symbol display device 75, first special figure hold lamp 73, second special figure hold lamp 74, ordinary figure hold lamp 76
Are electrically connected to each other to enable transmission and reception of various control signals.

In the present embodiment, the main control board 1000 is a game control means for controlling the main game (first special figure game, second special figure game, special game, etc.), auxiliary game (common figure game, etc.) and general game. 1100, information transmission means 1200 for transmitting various game information (for example, symbol information, hold information, various commands, etc.) to the sub-control board 2000 side, and a payout control board 300
And a prize ball payout determining means 1300 for controlling so as to pay out a predetermined prize ball based on a game ball entering into various prize openings in cooperation with 0.

The game control means 1100 is a ball entry determination means 1 for determining whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening.
110, a lottery random value acquisition means 1120 for acquiring a lottery random value, a hold control means 1130 for temporarily storing a ball entering each start port during a variable display as a hold ball, A right / wrong lottery means 1135 for lottering whether or not the electric accessory 622 can be opened; a symbol variation start condition satisfaction determining unit 1138 for determining whether or not a variation start condition for the first special symbol and the second special symbol is satisfied; Symbol content determining means 1140 for determining a stop symbol and a variation pattern of each symbol, and display control means 1 for performing control of variation and stop display of each symbol
150, an electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 for performing various processes directly related to the opening / closing determination of the electric accessory 622, a special game control means 1170 for controlling a special game advantageous to the player over the normal game, Small hit game control means 1175 for controlling the small hit game;
Regarding the first special figure game, the second special figure game, and the general figure game, the specific game control for performing the process of changing the game state based on the determination as to which game state the current game state is transferred to Means 1180 and game related information temporary storage means 1190 for temporarily storing general game information (including flags) relating to processing executed on the main control board 1000 side. In addition, the information transmission unit 1200 includes, for example, stop symbol information, stop symbol attribute information {for example, 15R big hit (with a ball),
2R big hit (no play), small hit, out of order}, information on fluctuation pattern (for example, fluctuation time), special game start signal, status information, end signal, hold information, etc. are transmitted. Hereinafter, each means will be described in detail.

First, the entering determination means 1110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When the first start winning information is acquired, the winning determination means 1110 determines that the game ball has won the first special figure starting port 61, and when the second starting winning information is acquired, the game ball has the second special figure starting port 62. Judge that he won a prize. In addition, the winning determination means 1110 determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 64 when the big winning information is acquired. Further, the winning determination means 1110 determines that the game ball has won the universal drawing start port 63 when the universal drawing winning information is acquired.

Next, the lottery random number acquisition means 1120 receives a random number value related to the first special figure lottery (referred to as a “first lottery random value”) triggered by the game ball entering the first special figure start port 61. 1st special figure which determines whether it acquires, and acquires the said random number value (1st determination lottery random value, 1st special symbol lottery random value, 1st fluctuation pattern lottery random value) according to this determination result Lottery random value acquisition means 112
1 and a random number value related to the second special figure lottery triggered by the game ball entering the second special figure starting port 62 (
It is determined whether or not “second lottery random value” is acquired, and according to the determination result, the random number value (second successful lottery random value, second special symbol lottery random value, second variation pattern) The second lottery random value acquisition means 1122 for acquiring the lottery random number value) and the random number value related to the normal symbol lottery triggered by the passing of the game ball to the usual figure starting port 63 (referred to as “normal lottery random value”) And a random number lottery value acquisition unit 1123 for acquiring the random number value (a normal lottery lottery random value, a normal symbol lottery random value, a common symbol variation pattern lottery random value) based on the determination result. And having.

Here, the “random number” in the claims and the description including the above is randomly determined from a predetermined range such as “0” to “65535” or “0” to “255” allocated according to the type of random number. Is the selected value. The random number may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. For example, the expression method of each value in the random number is a method in which the value is expressed in order along the random number sequence (plus one method), the next value when the final value of the random number sequence is expressed (initial value) ) With a contingent value (initial value update method), a combination of these, and the like.

Next, the hold control means 1130 determines whether or not to temporarily store the first lottery random value acquired in a situation where the first special symbol variation permission is not granted, and based on the determination result, the random number value is subjected to symbol variation. The first special figure holding means 1131 for holding until permission is granted and whether or not to temporarily store the second lottery random number value acquired in a situation where the second special symbol variation permission is not given, and the determination result Based on the second special figure holding means 11 for holding the random number value until the symbol variation permission is granted
32, for determining whether or not to temporarily store the common drawing lottery random value acquired in a situation where the normal symbol variation permission has not been granted, and for holding the random number value based on the determination result until the symbol variation permission has been granted And an ordinary map holding means 1133. Here, the first special figure holding means 1131, the second special figure holding means 1132, and the universal figure holding means 1133 can temporarily store up to four random numbers combined with the holding order.

Next, the first lottery lottery means 1135 for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game based on the first lottery random value as a result of the winner lottery 1135. A means 1135a, a second special figure determination lottery means 1135b for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the base game based on the second lottery random value, and a normal lottery random value Based on a lottery means 1135c for determining whether or not to open the electric accessory 622 of the second special figure starting port 62. The first special figure success / failure lottery means 1135a and the second special figure success / failure lottery means 1135b hold a plurality of special figure success / failure lottery tables to be referred to in the success / failure lottery (first special figure success / failure lottery table, second special figure success / failure lottery table). . In the special figure winning / losing lottery table, the winning / losing lottery value and the determination result of the big hit, the small hit, and the loss are associated with each other, and the probability of success / failure is determined according to the corresponding range setting of the big hit. The first special figure success / failure lottery means 1135a and the second special figure success / failure lottery means 1135b normally refer to the special figure success / failure lottery table based on the normal probability,
When the probability changes, the special figure winning / losing lottery table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability is referred to. On the other hand, the normal / non-win lottery table 1135c holds a normal / non-win lottery table which is referred to when the electric accessory 622 of the second special figure starting port 62 is opened. The result of the open lottery is determined. For example, in the normal state, the lottery means 1135c refers to the universal symbol lottery table that wins with a probability of 1/256, and in the normal symbol time-short state (electric chew support state), for example, the probability is 250/256. Refer to the “Drawing lottery table”.

Next, the symbol variation start condition satisfaction determining means 1138 determines the variation start condition for the first special symbol and the second special symbol (not being in a special game, not being varied in the first special symbol or the second special symbol, etc.) Judgment processing of whether or not is satisfied. In addition, symbol variation start condition satisfaction determining means 113
8 reserves the start of the other variable display while one of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is variably displayed. In the present embodiment, the symbol variation start condition satisfaction determining means 1138 preferentially executes variation display of the second special symbol over the first special symbol. That is, while the second lottery random number value is held in the second special figure holding means 1132, even if the first lottery random value is held in the first special figure holding means 1131, the second special figure holding means 1132 is held. The second lottery random number value that is held in is preferentially digested. Thereby, as long as the state that the second lottery random number value is held by the second special figure holding means 1132 is maintained, the second special drawing lottery can be continuously executed.

Next, the symbol content determining means 1140 includes a first special symbol content determining means 1141 for determining a stop symbol and a variation pattern of the first special symbol based on the acquired first lottery random value, and the acquired second lottery. Based on the random number value, the second special symbol content determining means 1142 for determining the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the second special symbol, and the normal symbol for determining the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the normal symbol based on the acquired general drawing lottery random value. Figure content determination means 1143.

The first special symbol content determination means 1141 includes a first special symbol lottery table and a first special symbol variation pattern lottery table which are referred to when determining a stop symbol and a variation pattern related to the first special symbol. Similarly, the second special symbol content determination means 1142 has a second special symbol lottery table and a second special symbol variation pattern lottery table which are referred to when determining the stop symbol and the variation pattern related to the second special symbol. Here, the stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. There are a plurality of jackpot symbols. Based on the types of symbols, the profit state at the time of the special game and the game state after the special game are determined. In addition, the plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that the variation patterns have long and short variation times, and that the variation of symbols by the decorative symbols composed of a plurality of symbols is also executed at the variation times. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation time elapses.

Next, the common symbol content determination means 1143 has a normal symbol lottery table and a common symbol variation pattern lottery table which are referred to when determining a stop symbol and a variation pattern related to a normal symbol.
In addition, the ordinary figure content determination means 1143 refers to the ordinary symbol lottery table, and the ordinary figure lottery random value (
When winning is determined based on a random number value (win / no lottery value), a predetermined winning symbol “7” is assigned, whereas when a lose is determined, a predetermined lost symbol “−” is assigned. . Further, the ordinary figure content determining means 1143 refers to the ordinary figure fluctuation pattern lottery table, and in the normal symbol fluctuation display in the normal state, the relatively long fluctuation time X (“30 seconds”).
) Is selected. On the other hand, in a short time state of a normal symbol, a considerably short fluctuation time Y (“1 second”) is selected.

Next, the display control means 1150 includes a first special symbol control means 1151 that performs control to stop and display the first special symbol after the first special symbol is changed for a predetermined time on the first special symbol display device 71, and a second special symbol. On the display device 72, the second special symbol control means 1152 for controlling the display to stop after the second special symbol is displayed for a predetermined time, and the normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 75 are variably displayed for a predetermined time. And a general-purpose control means 1153 for performing a control to stop and display.

Here, the first special figure control means 1151 is a first special figure fluctuation time management means 1151 for managing the fluctuation time related to the fluctuation pattern determined by the first special figure content determination means 1141.
a. The first special figure fluctuation time management means 1151a further includes a first special figure fluctuation management timer that can be cleared to zero. The second special figure control unit 1152 is a second special unit for managing the variation time related to the variation pattern determined by the second special figure content determination unit 1142.
Special figure variation time management means 1152a is provided. The second special figure fluctuation time management means 1152a further has a second special figure fluctuation management timer that can be cleared to zero. Furthermore, the usual map control means 1
Reference numeral 153 has a normal figure fluctuation time management means 1153a for managing the fluctuation time of the normal symbol on the normal symbol display device 75. The common figure fluctuation time management means 1153a further has a common figure fluctuation management timer capable of measuring time.

Next, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 determines whether or not a condition for performing control to open and close the electric accessory 622 of the second special figure starting port 62 is satisfied. Electric Chu open / close control means 11
Reference numeral 60 denotes an electric chew opening time determination reference table which is referred to when determining the opening time of the electric accessory 622 at the second special figure starting port 62, and the opening of the electric accessory 622 at the second special figure starting port 62. And an electric chew release time management timer for managing time. Electric Chu open / close control means 116
0 refers to the electric chew release time determination reference table, and when the winning lottery is won in the short time state of the normal symbol (electric chew support state), it is released for a relatively long time compared to the normal state {electric chew Opening time α in the support state = 3 seconds (long time), opening time β in the normal state = 0.1 seconds (short time)}.

Next, the special game control means 1170 determines whether or not the condition for shifting to the special game (big hit) is satisfied, specifically, whether or not the big win is won.
71 and the special game transition conditions, the contents of the special game (specifically, the big winning opening, the number of rounds, the round time, etc. to be opened) are stored in the special-purpose game related information temporary storage means 11.
91, a special game content determining means 1172 set to 91, a special game executing means 1173 for executing a special game in which the special winning opening 64 is opened under a predetermined condition, and time management of various processes related to the special game (for example, Special game time management means 1174 for managing the opening / closing time of the big prize opening 64. Here, the special game time management means 1174 further includes a round execution timer for managing the round time. Also, special game content determination means 11
72 further includes a special game content reference table that is referred to when the content of the special game to be set in the special figure game related information temporary storage unit 1191 is specified.

The special game control means 1170, when the lottery result relating to the first and second special figure lottery results in the transition to the special game, the special game operation condition when the special symbol is stopped in a predetermined hit mode Is determined and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 64. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special prize opening 64 is continuously continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by a plurality of unit games (rounds) with one opening / closing as a unit. Special game control means 1170
When the set number of rounds of the unit game (for example, 15 rounds or 2 rounds) is consumed, the special game is terminated.

If the lottery result relating to the first and second special drawing lottery results in the transition to the small hit game, the small hit game control means 1175 will receive a small hit when the special symbol is stopped in a predetermined hit mode. It is determined that the game operating condition is established, and the big winning opening 64 is opened to execute the small hit game. The small hit game is different from the special game in that it is composed of one unit game.

Next, the specific game control means 1180 includes a specific game availability / content determination means 1183 that determines the content of the specific game, and a specific game end condition determination means 1181 that determines whether or not the specific game state end condition is satisfied. And having. Here, the specific game end condition determining means 1181
It has a short time counter that can count the special symbol short time (normal symbol short number). Here, the “specific game” is, for example, a probability variation state in which a lottery probability for a special game is higher than that in the normal game, a short time state in which the variation time of the special symbol is relatively shorter than that in the normal game, and the second special figure. It refers to a normal game such as an electric chew support state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced.

The specific game control means 1180 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the electric chew support state. The specific game control means 1180 shifts the game state to the short-time state and the electric chew support state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the special symbol determined by the symbol content determination means 1140 is a jackpot symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-open state are continued until the number of times that the special symbol fluctuates reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. However, when shifting to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the time reduction state and the electric chew support state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit. As described above, the end of the time reduction state and the electric chew support state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short-time state, a variation pattern with a particularly short variation time tends to appear. In the electric chew support state, the normal symbol is shortened, the normal symbol is changed, and the opening time of the electric accessory 622 is extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed.
During the probability change state, the probability that the success / failure lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 1135 becomes a big hit is maintained at a high value.

Next, the game related information temporary storage means 1190 is a special chart for temporarily storing information related to special figure games (main game) such as control related to special symbols and control related to special games and small hit games. Game-related information temporary storage means 1191 and control related to normal symbols and the second start port 62
A temporary game related information temporary storage means 1192 for temporarily storing information related to the general game, such as information related to the electric accessory 622.

<Sub control board>
The sub-control board 2000 includes a CPU as a control center, a ROM that stores in advance a program that defines the arithmetic processing of the CPU, a RAM as a work area that temporarily stores data handled by the CPU, and the like. By controlling each drive circuit and the like according to the control program stored in the control program, the control related to the overall effects in the pachinko gaming machine PM is performed.

The sub control board 2000 is electrically connected to each of the effect lamp 10, the speaker 11, the effect display device 70, the operation detection sensor 152, the blower motor 172, and the like, and enables transmission and reception of various control signals.

In the present embodiment, the sub-control board 2000 controls information related to the overall effect based on the information receiving means 2100 for receiving commands and various information from the main control board 1000 side, and the commands from the main control board 1000 side. Production control means 2200 and production related information temporary storage means 2300 for temporarily storing production general information (including flags) related to processing executed on the sub-control board 2000 side.

The information receiving means 2100 has main-side information temporary storage means 2110 for temporarily storing symbol information related to the special figure game from the main control board 1000 side. The information temporarily stored here is appropriately referred to as necessary by each means described later in each process described below.

The effect control means 2200 is mainly related to the effect display control means 2210 for controlling the effect display on the effect display device 70, and the display processing of the hold information, such as the decision processing and display processing of the hold information of the decorative symbols and the hold prefetching. Holding information display control means 2220 for controlling the display
And air blowing control means 2230 for controlling the air blowing effect by the effect button unit 100.

The effect display control means 2210 is an effect pattern storage means 221 for storing all data related to the effect display including data related to the decorative symbols and the variation effect patterns of the decorative symbols.
1, effect content determination means 2212 for determining a stop symbol of a decorative symbol, a variation effect pattern, and the like based on symbol information from the main control board 1000 side, and control related to image display on the effect display device 70 And image display control means 2213 for the purpose. Further, the effect display control means 2210 determines the contents of the jackpot effect including the start demonstration and the end demo to be displayed during the special game prior to the execution of the special game. Further, the effect display control means 22
00 determines the contents of the small hit effect including the start demonstration and the end demo to be displayed during the small hit game prior to the execution of the small hit game.

The effect pattern storage unit 2211 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 70 in the variation of the decorative design and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from the variation display pattern of the decorative design, the change process from the start to the stop of the change and the change process of the effect design, and the display of the decorative design change display of the expectation to the jackpot A plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height in advance before stopping the variable display are included.

The effect content determination means 2212 receives special symbol information (from the main control board 1000 side) (
The effect content to be displayed on the effect display device 70 by the effect image display control means 2213 is determined based on the stop symbol information and the variation pattern information). The effect content determination means 2212 shows the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols, their arrangement, and the change effect pattern. To be decided. The effect pattern storage unit 2211 reads the variation effect pattern corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the symbol content determination unit 1140 from the effect pattern storage unit 2211, and the information on the variation effect pattern is transmitted to the effect image display control unit 2213. send. Further, the effect content determination unit 2212 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the image display control unit 2213. The effect content determination means 2212 has a lottery table for reference when determining a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a variable effect pattern.

The decorative design variation effect pattern defines a variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, a series of effect display processes from the start of variation of the decorative symbol to the end of variation. The variation effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal lose symbol, and a pattern for displaying a lose symbol or a jackpot symbol through a reach state that is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned. In particular,
The pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. For example, normal reach is a low-expectation reach effect that has a relatively short variation time and is a big hit, and after one of the three symbol sequences temporarily stops, the remaining one symbol sequence varies ( A mode in which the fluctuation time is relatively short), and super reach is a reach production that has a longer fluctuation time than normal reach and has a higher expectation of a big hit than normal reach.
A mode in which one of the three symbol sequences temporarily stops and then the remaining one symbol sequence fluctuates frame-by-frame (
A mode in which the fluctuation time is relatively long). Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped after the variation time has elapsed. The effect content determination means 2212 selects a change effect pattern of effect images having the same change time according to the change pattern of the special symbol.

The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the result of winning / not-winning lottery means 1135 indicates a transition to 15R special game, a specific combination such as “777” or “111” is used. Thus, a combination of three symbols is selected.
A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357”, is also selected when the result of the lottery result indicates a shift to 2R special game or a small hit. That is, the specific combination of 2R big hit or small hit does not necessarily have to be a combination of three symbols. If the winning / losing lottery result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946”, and is a specific combination that is selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the result of lottery determination is not 15R big hit and a variation effect pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, “191” is selected.
Or a combination that does not have only one symbol, such as “727”.

The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound.
The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen.

The effect content determination means 2212 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 70 according to the result of the lottery determination by a predetermined notice lottery, sets a prior effect, and sets a notice effect pattern to be displayed. decide. The effect content determination means 2212 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the result of the lottery is a win, it is determined that the notice effect will be displayed with a higher probability than the case of losing. Correspondence between whether to display the lottery result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, it is possible to suggest a high expectation for the big hit by displaying the notice effect itself. In this embodiment, a player intervention-type notice effect is set, and the air blowing effect process is executed in cooperation with the on / off operation of the effect button 110 as the notice effect. When the notice effect (fan effect process) is executed, an input screen (for example, an image showing the effect button 110) for requesting an operation input of the effect button 110 by the player is displayed on the effect display device 70.

The image display control means 2213 variably displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 70 according to the change effect pattern selected by the effect content determination means 2212. The image display control means 2213 starts a new symbol variation when receiving a decorative symbol variation start command from the main control board 1000, and stops the symbol variation when receiving a variation stop command, and determines the stop symbol. Display.

The image display control means 2213, when the effect content determination means 2212 determines to display the notice effect, the effect display device 70 in such a manner that the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern is superimposed on the design variation effect. To display. Note that the image display control means 2213
Further control of effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the effect lamp 11, sound output from the speaker 12, and effect operation by the movable accessory 24 is performed.

Next, the drawing hold information display control means 2220 has a hold information temporary storage means 2221 for temporarily storing various information related to the hold.

Next, the air blow control unit 2230 performs air blow control of the blower 170 in cooperation with the on / off operation of the effect button 110. In the present embodiment, by controlling the voltage applied to the blower motor 172, the rotation of the blower motor 172 (impeller 171) can be changed to low rotation, medium rotation, and high rotation, and the air volume of the blower 170 is set to “small” / “medium”.・ Adjustable to 3 levels of “Large” (
Specific processing will be described later in detail). The air blow control means 2230 has air blow pattern storage means 2231 that holds various selection tables that are taken into consideration when determining the content of the effect related to the air blow effect. The blower pattern storage unit 2231 is a production pattern storage unit 22.
11 airflow patterns linked to the effect contents (for example, the notice effect and the pseudo continuous change display) are also stored, and the airflow patterns are associated with the effect change pattern selected by the effect pattern storage means 2211. Is selected.

[Processing of pachinko machines]
Next, the flow of processing of the pachinko gaming machine PM according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

<Processing on the main control board>
First, the flow of processing on the main control board 1000 side will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, FIG. 9 is a main flowchart showing a general processing flow executed on the main control board 1000 side. First, in step S1100, the main control board 1000 executes a winning process. Next, in step S1400, the main control board 1000 executes a normal game control process (normal symbol). Next, step S1600
Thus, the main control board 1000 executes a normal game control process (special symbol). Next, in step S1800, the main control board 1000 executes a special game control process. Next, in step S1900, the main control board 1000 executes a small hit game control process. In step S1950, the main control board 1000 transmits a prize ball payout command to the payout control board 3000 based on the winning opening where the game ball has won, and performs a payout process for a predetermined number of prize balls. Return to S1050. Note that the special game of S1800 and the small hit game of S1900 are not executed simultaneously, and when one is executed, the other is avoided. Here, in command transmission processing from the main control board 1000 to the sub control board 2000, transmission information is set in each subroutine (S1100 to S1950 described below), and information to be transmitted in a separately provided transmission processing subroutine. May be set and transmitted. Hereinafter, the processing related to each subroutine will be described in detail (the special game control process in S1800, the small hit game control process in S1900, and the prize ball payout process in S1950 are general processes, and the description thereof will be omitted). .

Next, FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the winning process according to the subroutine of step S1100 in FIG. First, in step S 1102, the ball entering determination unit 1110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered (passed) the universal winning prize opening 63. In the case of Yes in step S1102, in step S1104, the general drawing lottery random value acquiring unit 1123 displays the general drawing holding unit 113.
With reference to 3, it is determined whether the number of reserved balls is within the upper limit number (4). Step S110
If the result is Yes in step 4, the ordinary drawing lottery random value acquisition unit 1123 obtains the ordinary drawing lottery random value in step S1106. Subsequently, in step S 1108, the general figure holding means 1133 adds 1 to the number of reserved balls in the form of setting the random number value in the general figure holding means 1133 together with the order information indicating what number is held. Subsequently, in step S1110, the ball entering determination unit 1110
It is determined whether or not the start winning information is received from the first start winning detector 611 (second start winning detector 621) of the first special figure starting port 61 (second special figure starting port 62). Y in step S1110
In the case of es, in step S1112, the lottery random number acquisition unit 1120 determines whether or not the number of reserved balls is within the upper limit number (4). In the case of Yes in step S1112, in steps S1114 and S1116, the lottery random value acquisition means 1120 acquires a special drawing lottery random value (whether or not lottery random value, special symbol lottery random value, variation pattern lottery random value, etc.) The special control lottery value 1130 or the second special figure hold together with the order information indicating how many pieces of the hold control means 1130 hold for the first special symbol (second special symbol). The number of reserved balls is incremented by 1 in the form set in the means 1132. Next, in step S1118, the information transmission unit 1200 refers to the hold control unit 1130, and information on the number of holds stored for the special symbol lottery random value for the first special symbol or the second special symbol. In addition to acquiring the stored information (whether or not lottery random value, special symbol lottery random value, variation pattern lottery random value, etc.), the information is transmitted to the sub-control board 2000 side, and the next process {normal in step S1400 The game control process (ordinary symbols)} is entered. Steps S1102, S1104, S1
Also in the case of No in 110 and step S1112, the process proceeds to the next process {normal game control process (normal symbol) in step S1400}.

Next, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a normal game control process (a process related to normal symbols) according to the subroutine of step S1400 in FIG. First, in step S1402, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 determines whether the electric chew opening flag is off. In the case of Yes in step S1402, in step S1404, the universal control means 1153
Determines whether or not the normal symbol changing flag is off. Yes in step S1404
In this case, in step S1406, the general map content determination means 1143 determines whether or not there is a reserved ball related to the normal symbol. In the case of Yes in step S1406, in step S1408,
The electric chew release availability determining means 1135c obtains the game state information (whether or not the current game state is the electric chew support state) on the normal game side, and then based on the general drawing lottery random value to be digested this time, The winning determination is determined with reference to the electric chew opening / rejecting lottery table, and subsequently, the normal symbol content determining means 1143 determines the stop symbol with reference to the normal symbol lottery table based on the determination result. Next, in step S1410, the diagram contents determining means 1143 obtains the game status information on the diagram game side, and then refers to the diagram variation pattern lottery table and sets a predetermined time in the diagram variation management timer. Yes (determine the fluctuation time of normal symbols). Subsequently, in step S1412, the general symbol control means 1153 turns on the normal symbol changing flag. Next, step S14
14, the universal figure holding means 1133 updates the holding information recorded in the universal figure holding means 1133 after subtracting 1 from the reserved ball relating to the normal symbol, and the universal figure control means 1153
After starting the normal symbol variation management timer, the normal symbol variation display on the normal symbol display device 75 is started. Next, in step S1416, the common figure fluctuation time management unit 1153a refers to the common figure fluctuation management timer to determine whether or not the predetermined time has been reached. Step S14
If the answer is yes, the universal symbol control means 1153 finalizes and displays the stop symbol determined by the universal symbol content determination means 1143 in step S1408 on the normal symbol display device 75 in step S1418. In step S1420, the normal symbol control means 1153 turns off the normal symbol changing flag. Next, in step S1422, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 determines whether or not the stop symbol is “winning”. In the case of Yes in step S1422, in step S1424, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 obtains the game state information on the normal game side, and on the basis of the game state, the electric actor 622 of the second special figure starting port 62 After determining the opening time, the opening time is set in the ordinary game related information temporary storage means 1192. Next, in step S1426, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 turns on the electric chew opening flag. In step S1428, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 opens the electric accessory 622 of the second special figure starting port 62.

Next, in step S1430, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 refers to the electric chew release time management timer and determines whether or not the end time of the opening time temporarily stored in the ordinary game related information temporary storage means 1192 has been reached. Determine. In the case of Yes in step S1430, in step S1432, the electric chew opening / closing control means 1160 determines that the electric accessory 6 of the second special figure starting port 62 is used.
22 is closed. Next, in step S1434, the electric chew release control means 1160 turns off the electric chew release flag, and proceeds to the next process {normal game control process (process related to special symbols) in step S1600}.

If No in step S1402, the process proceeds to step S1430, and step S1
In the case of No in 404, the process proceeds to step S1416, and step S1406, step S1.
If No at 416, step S1422, and step S1430, the process proceeds to the next process {normal game control process (process related to special symbol) of step S1600}.

Next, FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a normal game control process (a process related to special symbols) according to the subroutine of step S1600 in FIG. Since this process is common to the first special symbol side and the second special symbol side, the first special symbol side will be mainly described, except for special cases, and the second special symbol side will be written in parentheses. Describe. First, in step S1601,
The first special figure holding means 1131 (second special figure holding means 1132) determines whether or not there is a holding ball. In the case of Yes in step S1601, in step S1602, the symbol variation start condition satisfaction determining unit 1138 determines whether or not a special symbol variation start condition is satisfied.
Here, the change start condition is that the special game or the special symbol is not changing. In the case of Yes in step S1602, in step S1604, the success / failure lottery means 1135 selects the first
The first lottery random value (second lottery random value) related to the current symbol variation, which is temporarily stored in the special figure holding means 1131 (second special figure holding means 1132), is read. Next, in step S1605, the game control means 1100 executes a lottery table setting process. In the lottery table setting process, any one of a normal state table, a probability variation state table, and a time reduction state table is set as the lottery table according to the gaming state. Next, in step S1606,
The success / failure lottery means 1135 is based on the first lottery random value (first success / failure lottery random value) {second lottery random value (second success / failure lottery random value)} and the gaming state, and the first special figure success / failure lottery table (second With reference to the special symbol winning lottery table), a special symbol winning lottery (big hit, small hit) lottery is executed. In step S1608, the special game transition determining unit 1135a determines whether or not the lottery result is a win. In the case of Yes in step S1608, in step S1610, the special game transition determining unit 1135a turns on the hit flag in the special figure game related information temporary storage unit 1191.
On the other hand, if No in step S1608, step S1610 is skipped.

Then, in step S1612, the first special figure content determination means 1141 (second special figure content determination means 1142) determines each lot in the first special figure content determination lottery table (second special figure content determination lottery table). Referring to the lottery table, the first lottery random value (first special symbol lottery random value, first variation pattern lottery random value) {second lottery random value (second special symbol lottery random value, second variation pattern lottery random value) )} Is determined based on the first special symbol (second special symbol) and the variation pattern, and these are temporarily stored in the special figure game-related information temporary storage means 1191. The table to be referred to is determined based on the result of the success / failure and the gaming state (probability variation gaming state and limited frequency gaming state) (and so on). Next, in step S1614, the information transmission means 120 is displayed.
0 is symbol information about the first special symbol (second special symbol) determined in step S1612 (
Stop symbol information, stop symbol attribute information, variation pattern information, and the like) are transmitted to the sub-control board 2000 side together with a variation start command. Next, in step S1616, the first special figure fluctuation time management means 1151a (second special figure fluctuation time management means 1152a) sets the predetermined time (the fluctuation time related to the fluctuation pattern determined in step S1612) to the first special figure. It is set in the fluctuation management timer (second special figure fluctuation management timer 1152). In step S1618, the first
The special figure control means 1151 (second special figure control means 1152) is a variation pattern stored in the special figure game related information temporary storage means 1191 on the first special symbol display device 71 (second special symbol display device 72). Follow the instructions to start displaying special symbols. Next, in step S1620, the first
The special figure control means 1151 (second special figure control means 1152) turns on the changing flag in the special figure game related information temporary storage means 1191.

In step S1622, the first special figure fluctuation time management means 1151a (second special figure fluctuation time management means 1152a) determines whether or not a predetermined time has been reached. Step S162
2 is Yes, in step S1624, the information transmission unit 1200 determines that the sub-control board 20
A variable stop command is transmitted to 00 side. Next, in step S1626, the first special symbol control means 1151 (second special symbol control means 1152) displays the special symbol variation display on the first special symbol display device 71 (second special symbol display device 72). Stop, special figure game related information temporary storage means 119
Display control is performed on the stop symbol stored in 1 as a fixed stop symbol. Next, step S163
At 0, the first special figure control means 1151 (second special figure control means 1152) turns off the changing flag in the special figure game related information temporary storage means 1191. Next, in step S1700, the main control board 1000 executes special game transition determination processing, and performs the next processing (step S1800).
(Special game control processing).

In the case of No in step S1601 and step S1602, step S1638
Thus, the first special figure control means 1151 (second special figure control means 1152) determines whether or not the changing flag is ON. If Yes in step S1638, the process proceeds to step S1622, and if No, the process proceeds to the next process (special game control process in step S1800). Further, in the case of No in step S1622, steps S1624, S1626, S163
0, S1700 is skipped, and the process proceeds to the next process (special game control process in step S1800).

Next, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the special game transition determination process according to the subroutine of step S1700 in FIG. First, in step S1702, the game control means 11
00 determines whether or not the hit flag is on. In the case of Yes in step S1702, in step S1704, the game control means 1100 turns off the hit flag. Next, in step S1706, the success / failure lottery means 1135 determines whether or not the result of the success / failure lottery is a big hit. In the case of yes in step S1706, in step S1708, the specific game control means 1180 determines whether or not the stopped symbol is a symbol accompanied by a short time (electric chew support state). In the case of Yes in step S1708, in step S1710, the specific game control unit 1180 turns on the setting of time reduction. Subsequently, in step S1712, the specific game control means 1180 determines whether or not the stop symbol is a symbol accompanied by a probability change. Step S171
In the case of Yes in 2, the specific game control means 1180 turns on the probability change setting in step S1714. Subsequently, in step S1718, the special game content determination unit 1172 sets the content of the special game in the game related information temporary storage unit 1190 by referring to the special game content reference table. In step S1720, a special game (step S180).
Move to 0). Note that the probability change ON setting and the time-saving ON setting set here are valid after the special game ends.

On the other hand, if No in step S1706, that is, if it is not a big hit,
At 1722, the specific game control means 1180 determines whether or not the current game state is in a short time. In the case of Yes in step S 1722, the specific game control means 1180 determines whether or not it is the end of a short time. Here, the end of the short time is the same as the end of the probability change, or the time when the end number of times (for example, 100 times) is reached. In the case of Yes in step S1724, in step S1728, the specific game control unit 1180 turns off the setting of the time reduction. In step S1728, the success / failure lottery means 1135 determines whether or not the result of the success / failure lottery is a small hit. In the case of Yes in step S1728, the process proceeds to small hit game (small hit game control process in step S1900) in step S1730. Note that No in step S1728.
In this case, that is, when it is a loss, step S1730 is skipped.

<< Sub-control board side processing >>
Next, a processing flow on the sub-control board 2000 side will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, FIG. 14 is a main flowchart showing the flow of processing on the sub-control board 2000 side. First, in step S6100, the sub-control board 200 is displayed.
0 executes hold information management / hold display control processing. Next, in step S6200, the sub-control board 2000 executes a decorative symbol display content determination process. Next, step S6300
Thus, the sub-control board 2000 executes the decorative symbol display control process. Next, step S64
At 00, the sub-control board 2000 executes a special game display control process. Next, in step S6500, the sub-control board 2000 executes a small hit game display control process. In step S6600, the sub control board 2000 executes the air flow effect control process and repeats the process of returning to step S6100. It should be noted that the special game display in step S6400 and the small hit game display in step S6500 are not executed concurrently, and when one is executed, the other is avoided. Hereinafter, the processing relating to each subroutine will be described in detail (S
Since the display control process during special game 6400 and the display control process during small hit game at S6500 are general processes, the description thereof is omitted).

Next, FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the hold display process according to the subroutine of step S6100 in FIG. First, in step S6102, the drawing hold information display control unit 2220 refers to the main side information temporary storage unit 2110 and determines whether or not hold information is received from the main control board 1000 side. If Yes in step S6102, the drawing hold information display control unit 2220 displays the drawing hold information temporary storage unit 222 in step S6104.
1 is added to the drawing hold counter value of 1. Then, in step S6105, the drawing hold information display control means 2220 performs the same number of hold display as the drawing hold counter value in the drawing hold information temporary storage means 2221, and performs the next process {decoration of display contents of decoration symbol display in step S6200. Process}. On the other hand, in the case of No in step S6102, in step S6106, the drawing hold information display control unit 2220 refers to the main-side information temporary storage unit 2110, and the main control board 1
It is determined whether a change start command (and new symbol information) is received from the 000 side.
In the case of Yes in step S6106, the drawing hold information display control means 2220 subtracts 1 from the drawing hold counter value in the drawing hold information temporary storage means 2221 in step S6108.
In step S6110, the effect display control unit 2200 accesses the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage unit 2300, turns on the symbol content determination permission flag, and performs step S61.
6105 is entered. In addition, also when it is No at step S6106, it transfers to step S6105.

Next, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the decorative symbol display content determination process according to the subroutine of step S6200 in FIG. Here, since the process related to the first decorative design and the process related to the second decorative design are common, both will be described together. First, in step S6202, the effect display control means 2210 refers to the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300 and determines whether or not the symbol content determination permission flag is on. In the case of Yes in step S6202, in step S6203, the effect display control means 2210 accesses the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300 and turns off the symbol content determination permission flag. Next, in step S6204, the effect content determination unit 2212 performs step S620.
Based on the symbol information received in 6202, the stop symbol and variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol are determined with reference to the drawing stop symbol determination lottery table and the drawing variation content determination lottery table. In step S6206, the effect display control means 2210 accesses the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300, turns on the symbol content determination flag, and proceeds to the next process (decorated symbol display control process in step S6300). To do. On the other hand, also in the case of No in step S6206, the process proceeds to the next process (decorated symbol display control process in step S6300).

Next, FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the decorative symbol display control process according to the subroutine of step S6300 in FIG. Here, since the process related to the first decorative design and the process related to the second decorative design are common, both will be described together. First, in step S6302, the effect display control means 2210 determines whether or not the decorative symbol variation display is in progress. In the case of Yes in step S6302, in step S6304, the effect display control means 2
210 refers to the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300 to determine whether or not the symbol content determination flag is on. If Yes in step S6304, step S63
In 06, the effect display control means 2210 turns off the symbol content determination flag in the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300. Next, in step S6308, effect display control means 2210 starts variable display of decorative symbols on effect display device 70 in accordance with the determination contents temporarily stored in the symbol related information area of effect related information temporary storage means 2300. .

Subsequently, in step S6310, the effect display control means 2210 executes a decorative symbol variation display process. In step S6314, effect display control means 2210 determines whether or not a change stop command (determined display command) has been received from the main control board 1000 side.

In the case of Yes in step S6314, in step S6316, the effect display control means 221 is displayed.
0 confirms and displays the stop symbol of the decoration symbol on the drawing display unit 700 of the effect display device 70 according to the determination content temporarily stored in the symbol related information area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300. In step S6318, the effect display control means 2210 turns off the symbol changing flag in the flag area of the effect related information temporary storage means 2300, and performs the next process (step S6).
400 special game display control processing).

If NO in step S6302, the process proceeds to step S6314, where
If No in 6304 and No in step S6314, the process proceeds to the next process (the display control process during special game in step S6400).

Next, FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the ventilation effect control process according to the subroutine of S6600 in FIG. First, in step S6602, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether it is the airing effect determination timing. Specifically, the air blowing control means 2230 determines whether or not to execute the air blowing effect according to various control processing contents executed on the side of the sub-control board 2000 such as symbol variation (including pseudo-ream), hold display, and notice effect. It is determined whether or not it is a timing for determining execution (the above-mentioned various control processes and the execution timing of the air blowing effect process are linked)
. In the case of Yes in step S6602, in step S6604, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not to perform the air blowing effect and the air blowing effect (contents) according to the contents of the various control processes. If No in step S6602, skip step S6604 and
The process proceeds to step S7100. In step S7100, the air blowing control unit 2230 is used.
Performs a ventilation effect process.

Next, FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the air flow effect process (first air flow effect process) according to the subroutine of step S7100 in FIG. In this example, the air flow effect with the air volume “small” is started at the operation request timing of the effect button 110, and the air flow effect with the air volume “large” is changed when the effect button 110 is turned on. There is. That is, control for changing the air volume is performed in cooperation with the on / off operation of the effect button 110.

First, in step S7102, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7102, step S7
At 104, the image display control means 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7106, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a low rotation, and executes the air blowing effect with the air volume “small”. Subsequently, in step S7108, the air blow control unit 2230 determines whether or not the operation detection sensor 152 is turned on, that is, whether or not the effect button 110 is turned on by the player.
If Yes in step S7108, that is, if the effect button 110 has been turned on, in step S7110, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high speed to produce an air blowing effect with a large air volume. Run. On the other hand, in the case of No in step S7108, that is, if the effect button 110 is not turned on, step S7110 is skipped (while the airflow effect with the air volume “small” is continued), and the process proceeds to step S7112.
Subsequently, in step S7112, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7112, step S7
At 114, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next processing. In addition, when it is No at step S7112, step S711 is performed.
Skip 4 and go to the next process.

Next, as a modification of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a second air flow effect process S7200 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 2nd ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7200 in FIG. In this example, the air flow effect with the air volume “large” is started at the operation request timing of the effect button 110, and the air flow effect with the air volume “small” is changed when the effect button 110 is turned on. There is. That is, the point that the air volume is changed in cooperation with the on / off operation of the effect button 110 is the same as the first air blowing effect process described above. In order to make the change easier to recognize, the air volume is changed according to the position of the player's hand (specifically, the air volume is set to “large” because the hand is separated when the effect button 110 is not pressed). When the effect button 110 is pressed, the hand is in the vicinity, so the air volume is “small”.

First, in step S7202, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7202, step S71
In 04, the image display control means 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7206, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a low rotation, and executes the air blowing effect with the air volume “large”. Subsequently, in step S7208, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the operation detection sensor 152 is turned on, that is, whether or not the effect button 110 is turned on by the player.
In the case of Yes in step S7208, that is, when the effect button 110 is turned on, in step S7210, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high speed to produce an air blowing effect with the air volume “small”. Run. On the other hand, in the case of No in step S7208, that is, if the effect button 110 is not turned on, step S7210 is skipped (while the airflow effect with the air volume “small” is continued), and the process proceeds to step S7212.
Next, in step S7212, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7212, step S72
14, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172 to end the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next processing. Note that in the case of No in step S7212, step S7214.
Is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process. Here, in this example (S7100, S7200),
Although the air volume is simply changed from small to large or large to small by pressing the effect button 110, this may be changed in multiple stages (for example, small to medium to large, large to medium to small, etc.). . Further, for example, a human sensor such as an infrared sensor may be separately installed in the vicinity of the effect button 110 and the air volume may be changed every time the player's hand approaches.

Next, as a modified example of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a third air blowing effect process S7300 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 3rd ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7300 in FIG. This example is characterized in that the air volume is determined according to the big hit reliability and that the air volume is re-determined when the player operates the effect button. Here, the “reliability” is a degree at which a big hit can be expected according to the performance mode executed by the player. Accordingly, in the production mode with high reliability (for example, the fluctuation production pattern and the ventilation production pattern), the ratio selected at the time of the big hit is set relatively high, and the ratio selected at the time of the loss is set relatively low. On the other hand, in the production mode with low reliability, the ratio selected at the time of big hit is set relatively low, and the ratio selected at the time of loss is set relatively high. If the probability of jackpot is low (1/300) as in a general pachinko game machine, the reliability is the ratio (probability) selected at the time of loss from the level of the ratio (probability) selected at the time of jackpot ) Will depend on the height.

First, in step S7302, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7302, step S7
In 304, the image display control means 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7306, the air blow control unit 2230 determines the relative jackpot reliability in the variation (expectation when the variation effect during execution is performed).
Is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7306 that the reliability is low, in step S7308, the blower control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a low speed to execute a blower effect with an air volume “small”. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7306 that the reliability is high, in step S7310, the blower control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high rotation speed, and executes a blower effect with a large air volume. Subsequently, in step S7312, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the operation detection sensor 152 is turned on, that is, whether or not the effect button 110 is turned on by the player. If Yes in step S7312, that is, if the effect button 110 has been turned on, in step S7314, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). . If it is determined in step S7314 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7316, the air blowing control unit refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, and the air volume is “small” or “medium” by lottery. Decide on one of the
The air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7314 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7318, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. It is determined as “large”, and the air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7322, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110 or not. In the case of Yes in step S7322, in step S7324, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next process. If NO in step S7322, step S7324 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, as a modified example of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a fourth air blowing effect process S7400 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 4th ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7400 in FIG. In this example, in the case where the air volume is changed by turning on the effect button 110 after the air blow is started at the operation request timing of the effect button 110, if the effect button 110 is turned on immediately after the operation request timing, the player However, there is a possibility that a change in the air volume cannot be recognized, and therefore, there is a feature in that a WAIT of a predetermined time is inserted between the start of the air blowing and the change of the air volume.

First, in step S7402, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7402, step S7
In 404, the image display control unit 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7406, the air blow control unit 2230 determines whether the big hit reliability (hereinafter simply referred to as “reliability”) is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7406 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7408, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a low speed to execute the air blowing effect with the small air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7406 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7410, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high speed to execute the air blowing effect with the large air volume. To do. Then, step S
At 7412, the air blow control means 2230 starts a WAIT timer. In this WAIT timer, a predetermined value is set as a waiting time. Subsequently, in step S7414,
The air blow control means 2230 determines whether or not the waiting time set by the WAIT timer has expired. In the case of Yes in step S7414, that is, when the waiting time has timed up, in step S7416, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines that the operation detection sensor 1
It is determined whether or not 52 is turned on, that is, whether or not the effect button 110 is turned on by the player. In the case of Yes in step S7416, that is, the effect button 110
Is operated, in step S7418, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7418 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7420, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to, for example, the air volume selection table shown in FIG. The medium is determined to be “medium”, and the air blowing effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7418 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7422, the air blowing control unit 223 is selected.
0 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, and the air volume is “medium” or “large” by lottery.
And the air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, step S742.
4, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110. In the case of Yes in step S7424, in step S7426, the air blowing control means 2
230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172 to end the blowing effect, and proceeds to the next processing. If NO in step S7424, step S7426 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, as a modified example of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a fifth air blowing effect process S7500 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 5th ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7500 in FIG. In this example, WAIT between the start of air blowing and the change of air volume
Is the same as the fourth airflow effect process, but in the fourth airflow effect process, WA
While the operation of the effect button 110 is invalid during the IT, in the fifth air flow effect process, the fact that the effect button 110 is operated during the WAIT is stored as a history, and after the waiting time has elapsed, It is characterized in that the air volume is changed according to the big hit reliability with reference to the history.

First, in step S7502, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7502, step S7
In step 504, the image display control unit 2213 displays an image prompting the user to operate the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7506, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7506 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7508, the air blowing control unit 223 is selected.
No. 0 drives the blower motor of the blower device at a low speed to execute the air blowing effect with the air volume “small”. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7506 that the reliability is high, step S751 is performed.
At 0, the air blow control means 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high speed to execute the air blowing effect with the air volume “medium”. Subsequently, in step S7512, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines that the WA
Start the IT timer. In this WAIT timer, a predetermined value is set as a waiting time. In step S7514, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the operation detection sensor 152 is turned on, that is, whether or not the effect button 110 is turned on by the player. In the case of Yes in step S7516, that is, when the effect button 110 is turned on, the air blowing control means 2230 turns on the effect button pressing flag. The effect button pressing flag is a flag for leaving a history that the effect button 110 has been operated within the waiting time of the WAIT timer. In step S7518, blower control means 2230 determines whether or not the waiting time set by the WAIT timer has expired. In the case of Yes in step S7518, that is, when the waiting time has timed up, in step S7520, the air blowing control unit 2230 has a reliability value of a predetermined value (for example, 50).
%) Is higher or lower. If it is determined in step S7520 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7522, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, and the air volume is set to “small” or “medium” by lottery. The air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7520 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7524, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. It is determined as “large”, and the air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7526, the air blowing control means 223
0 turns off the effect button press flag. On the other hand, if No in step S7514, that is, if the effect button 110 has not been turned on, in step S7528, the air blow control means 2230 determines whether or not the waiting time set by the WAIT timer has timed out. judge. In the case of Yes in step S7528, that is, when the waiting time has timed up, in step S7530, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the effect button pressing flag is off. In the case of Yes in step S7530, that is, in the case where the effect button pressing flag is off (when there is no history of on operation), step S7.
532. On the other hand, in the case of No in step S7530, that is, when the effect button pressing flag is on (when there is an on-operation history), the process proceeds to step S7520 and, as described above, according to the big hit reliability. Execute the blow effect. Then, step S
In 7532, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110. In the case of Yes in step S7432, in step S7534, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next process. If No in step S7532, step S7534 is skipped,
Move on to the next process.

Next, as a modified example of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a sixth air blowing effect process S7600 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 6th ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7600 in FIG. In this example, a first operation detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the operation position of the effect button 110 and a second operation detection sensor 152 are provided, and the press of the effect button 110 is performed by these two operation detection sensors. The operation is detected in two stages of the first operation position and the second operation position, and the air volume is changed according to the detection position. Here, the first operation detection sensor (not shown) detects that the effect button 110 has been pressed (half-pressed) to the middle position of the shallow pressing depth as the first operation position. Second operation detection sensor 152
Detects that the production button 110 has been pressed to the final position as the second operation position beyond the intermediate position.

First, in step S7602, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7602, step S7
In step 604, the image display control unit 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. Subsequently, in step S7606, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7606 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7608, the air blowing control unit 223 is selected.
No. 0 drives the blower motor 172 at a low speed to execute a blowing effect with a small air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7606 that the reliability is relatively high, step S76 is performed.
10, the air blowing control means 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, determines the air volume to be “small” or “medium” by lottery, and executes the air blowing effect with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7612, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not a first operation detection sensor (not shown) is turned on, that is, whether or not a first operation position (intermediate position) is detected. To do. In the case of Yes in step S7612, that is, when the first operation position is detected, in step S7614, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). To do. If it is determined in step S7614 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7616, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. The air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7614 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7618, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. It is determined as “large”, and the air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7620, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the second operation detection sensor 152 is turned on, that is, whether or not the second operation position (final position) is detected. In the case of Yes in step S7620,
That is, when the second operation position is detected, in step S7622, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7622 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7624, the blower control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 with medium rotation, and performs a blower effect with the air volume “medium”. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7622 that the reliability is relatively high,
In step S7626, the air blowing control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a high rotation speed, and executes the air blowing effect with the air volume “large”. Subsequently, in step S <b> 7628, the air blowing control unit 22230 determines whether or not it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110. In the case of Yes in step S7628, in step S7630, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next process. If No in step S7628, step S7630 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, as a modification of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, a seventh air flow effect process S7700 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 7th ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7700 in FIG. This example is characterized in that the air volume is changed according to the number of operations (the number of pressings) of the effect button 110.

First, in step S7702, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7702, step S7
In step 704, the image display control unit 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70. In this example, as the notice effect, for example, the effect button 110
An effect image that allows the enemy character to be defeated as the character is repeatedly hit is displayed thereafter. continue,
In step S7706, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7706 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7708, the blower control unit 2230 drives the blower motor 172 at a low speed to execute a blower effect with the air volume “small”. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7706 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7710, the air blowing control unit 2230
Referring to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, the air volume is determined to be either “small” or “medium” by lottery, and the air blowing effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7712,
The air blow control unit 2230 determines whether or not the effect button 110 is pressed and the operation detection sensor 152 is switched from OFF to ON. In the case of Yes in step S7712, that is, if it is the timing when the operation detection sensor 152 is switched from off to on, in step S7714, the air blow control unit 2230 increments the number of times the effect button is pressed. Subsequently, in step S7716, the air blowing control unit 2230 displays the effect button 110.
It is determined whether or not the number of times of pressing is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. In the case of Yes in step S7716,
That is, if the number of times of pressing is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, in step S7718, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7718 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7720, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG.
Alternatively, it is determined to be “medium” and the air blowing effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7718 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7722, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG.
The medium is determined to be “medium” or “large”, and the air blowing effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7724, the air blow control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7724, in step S7726,
The air blow control means 2230 clears the number of presses of the effect button 110 to zero. Subsequently, in step S7728, the air blowing control means 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next process. If No in step S7724, step S77
7726 and S7728 are skipped, and the process proceeds to the next process.

Next, as a modification of the air blowing effect process (first air blowing effect process) S7100, an eighth air blowing effect process S7800 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
It is a flowchart of the 8th ventilation effect process based on the subroutine of step S7800 in FIG. This example is characterized in that the air volume is changed according to the operation time (pressing time) of the effect button 110.

First, in step S7802, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation request timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7802, step S7
In 804, the image display control unit 2213 displays an image prompting the operation of the effect button 110 on the effect display device 70 as a notice effect. In this example, as a notice effect, for example,
An effect image in which power is accumulated in the character as the depressing time of the effect button 110 is longer is displayed thereafter. Subsequently, in step S7806, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7806 that the reliability is relatively low, in step S7808, the air blowing control unit 2230
The blower motor 172 is driven at a low rotation, and the air blowing effect is executed with the small air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7806 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7810, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. The medium is determined to be “medium”, and the air blowing effect is executed with the determined air volume. Subsequently, in step S7812, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether or not the effect button 110 is pressed and the operation detection sensor 152 is switched from off to on. Step S
In the case of Yes in 7812, that is, when it is the timing when the operation detection sensor 152 is switched from OFF to ON, in step S7814, the air blowing control means 2230 measures the operation time (pressing time) of the effect button 110. The measurement timer is started and the process proceeds to step S7830. On the other hand, if No in step S7812, that is, if it is not the timing when the operation detection sensor 152 is switched from OFF to ON, step S78 is performed.
16, the air blowing control means 2230 determines whether or not the time for pressing the effect button 110 is being measured. In the case of Yes in step S7816, that is, when the measurement timer is started and the pressing time is being measured, in step S7818, the air blow control unit 2230 determines whether or not the operation detection sensor 152 is on. To do. If Yes in step S7818, that is, if the operation detection sensor 152 is on, in step S7820, the blower control unit 2230 determines whether or not the measured value of the measurement timer is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. In the case of Yes in step S7820, that is, when the measured value of the measurement timer is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the air blowing control unit 2230 determines whether the reliability is higher or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 50%). If it is determined in step S7722 that the reliability is relatively low, step S7
In 824, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. 27, determines the air volume to be “small” or “medium” by lottery, and executes the air blowing effect with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7722 that the reliability is relatively high, in step S7826, the air blowing control unit 2230 refers to the air volume selection table shown in FIG. It is determined as “large”, and the air flow effect is executed with the determined air volume. On the other hand, if No in step S7820, that is, if the measured value of the measurement timer is less than the predetermined value, steps S7822 to S7826 are skipped and step S783 is skipped.
Move to 0. In the case of No in step S7818, that is, if the operation detection sensor 152 is turned off before the measurement timer reaches the predetermined value, in step S7828,
The blower control unit 2230 clears the measurement time to 0, and proceeds to step S7830.
Subsequently, in step S7830, the air blow control unit 2230 determines whether it is the operation end timing of the effect button 110 or not. If Yes in step S7830, step S7
In 832, the air blowing control unit 2230 stops the rotation of the blower motor 172, ends the air blowing effect, and proceeds to the next processing. In the case of No in step S7830, step S783
2 is skipped and the process proceeds to the next process. Here, the above-described air flow effect process (step S7).
100 to S7800), the operation timing of the effect button 110 and the airflow effect process are linked, but in addition to this, the execution timing of the airflow effect process may be set to a predetermined change point in the symbol variation. As the change point of the symbol variation, for example, in the effect display device 70, the timing when the decorative symbol shifts from the normal reach to the super reach, and once the ornamental symbol temporarily stops at the losing symbol after the reach variation, the one symbol changes again. Timing of temporary stop in the pseudo continuous variation display, execution timing of effects linked to the other character and symbol variation display, and the like.

Next, the energization pattern to the blower 170 in the first to eighth air blowing effects described above will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 28 is a time chart showing an energization pattern to the blower 170. In FIG. 28, the duty is 12.5% in order from the top.
, 25%, 50%, and 100%. At this time, duty 12.
In the case of 5%, 25%, and 50%, the blower 170 is intermittently operated (intermittent energization), and airflow is intermittently discharged from the air outlet 115 of the effect button 110. On the other hand, duty 100
In the case of%, the blower 170 is continuously operated (continuous energization), and the air flow is blown from the air blowing port 115 of the effect button 110. The energization interval T is, for example, 100 ms to 300 ms.
Degree is desirable. Under such conditions, in the air blowing effect process, intermittent energization or continuous energization may be performed according to the big hit reliability. Further, as the big hit reliability increases, the ratio of selecting the energization pattern having a large duty may be increased. Furthermore, by performing energization control in combination with the voltage applied to the blower 170 (air volume “small”, “medium”, “large”), variations in the air blowing effect can be increased and the effect of the effect can be enhanced.

Further, in the above-described air flow effect process, the pattern (air volume) related to the air flow effect is determined based on the lottery result corresponding to the jackpot reliability in the variation, but when the continuous variation is performed by digestion of a plurality of reserved balls. In this case, a big hit exists in the holding ball by a so-called pre-reading process (a process performed in the sub-control board 2000 based on the information transmitted by the information transmission unit 1200 (the process in step S1118) of the main control board 1000). It may be configured to determine in advance whether or not, and based on the determination result, a pattern related to the airflow effect of each variation is determined. Here, FIG. 29 (a) is a diagram schematically showing a ventilation effect pattern selection table, and FIG. 29 (b) is a diagram showing an air volume selection table. Note that the selection table of this example is a table that is referred to when performing continuous variation when there are four reserved balls.

First, in FIG. 29 (a), the setting range of the lottery random value varies depending on whether the objective change (fourth) is a hit or a loss (the column to be referenced is different), and is associated with this lottery random value. A plurality of types of blast effect patterns A, B, and C are defined in a form. As the big hit reliability, production pattern A has the lowest reliability and production pattern C has the highest reliability, such as production pattern A <production pattern B <production pattern C. In this example, if the result of the pre-fetch process is a loss, it is easier to select a blast effect pattern with lower reliability.
When the result of the pre-fetching is a win, it is easier to select a highly reliable air blowing effect pattern.

Subsequently, based on the air flow effect pattern determined by the air flow effect pattern selection table in FIG. 29 (a), the air volume in each variation is selected by the air volume selection table in FIG. 29 (b),
The air flow control is performed in each variation according to the selected air volume. For example, when the air blowing effect pattern C which is a highly reliable effect is selected, the air volume is changed from “small” to “medium” by the first fluctuation, and the air volume is changed from “medium” by the second fluctuation. Change to “Large” and keep the air volume “Large” for the third change. In this way, the player's expectation can be enhanced by gradually increasing the air volume from “small” → “medium” → “large”. And in the fourth fluctuation, the air volume is “large”
Since the wind suddenly becomes no wind, the player can be surprised and surprised, and the effect of the airing effect can be further enhanced. In addition, in the continuous production determination method in this example,
Although the number of holdings was 4, the number of holdings may be 1, 2 or 3, and the first special figure starting port 6
The selection table may be set differently depending on the number of reservations of the first and second special figure starting ports 62. Furthermore, you may utilize a ventilation effect process for the confirmation effect and suggestion effect which show to transfer to a special game state, a probability fluctuation state, an electric Chu support state etc., for example.

[Overall configuration of slot machine]
Next, as a gaming machine according to the second embodiment to which the operation effect device according to the present invention is applied, a front view of the slot machine SM is shown in FIG. 30, and the overall configuration of the slot machine SM is shown with reference to this figure. An outline will be described.

As shown in FIG. 30, the slot machine SM includes a front door 10002 attached to the front surface of a main body housing 10001 so as to be openable and closable. An upper panel assembly 10010 is arranged on the front surface of the front door 10002 in order from the top. A middle panel assembly 10020, a lower panel assembly 10030, and a tray assembly 10040 are attached.

At the center of the upper panel assembly 10010, the display screen 10 of the image display device 10011 is displayed.
011a is disposed so as to face the front, and an effect lamp 10012 is disposed in the periphery thereof.

The middle panel assembly 10020 is provided with a display window W facing the surface of three reels 10003a, 10003b, and 10003c arranged side by side in the main body housing 10001 at the center. Includes a medal slot 10021 into which game medals to be used for games are inserted, a 1-BET switch 10022 for inserting one game medals to be used for games within the credited range, and maximum allowable insertion of game medals for games. MAX-BET switch 10023 for inserting the number of sheets (for example, three), stored medal settlement switch 10024 for paying out a credited game medal, and all reels 10003a, 1000
3b, 10003c start lever 10025 for starting rotation at the same time, three stop switches 10026a, 10026b, 10023c for individually stopping the rotation of each reel 10003a, 10003b, 10003c, and medal slot 10021
Are provided with a reject switch 10027 for returning the game medal inserted in the above, the above-described effect button 100, and the like. In addition, an insertion medal sensor (not shown) for detecting a game medal is provided inside the medal insertion slot 10021.

The display window W is configured such that when all three reels 10003a, 10003b, and 10003c are stopped, three symbols for each reel, a total of nine symbols, are displayed so as to be visible to the player. Yes. In addition, the display window W is provided with a single winning line 1000029 that can connect the respective symbol display areas in the left middle, middle middle, and right middle in the display window W in a horizontal line. This winning line 1000029 is activated by betting a prescribed number of game medals. Hereinafter, the activated winning line 1000029 is referred to as an “effective line 1002” as appropriate.
Also referred to as “9”.

A transparent lower panel cover 10031 is attached to the center portion of the lower panel assembly 10030. A translucent lower panel base provided with a predetermined pattern and a fluorescent lamp for lower panel illumination (both not shown) are attached to the back side of the lower panel cover 10031. This fluorescent lamp for lower panel illumination By lighting up, the lower panel base pattern is illuminated from the rear side.

In the tray assembly 10040, a game medal payout opening 10 for paying out game medals is provided.
041 is established, and a game medal storage tray 10042 for storing game medals is provided so as to face the game medal payout outlet 10040, and an ashtray 10034 is provided on the left of the game medal storage tray 10042. ing. In addition, game medal payout exit 1
A pair of speakers 10045 are provided on the left and right of 0041.

Although not shown in detail, the slot machine SM is provided with a main control board for executing main control relating to the game, a sub control board for executing control relating to all effects.

Further, a hopper (not shown) for paying out game medals when a predetermined prize mode is configured is provided in the main body housing 10001, and this hopper is for detecting game medals. A medal detection unit (not shown) is provided.

In order to play a game with the slot machine SM having such a configuration, first, the medal slot 1002 is actually used.
The winning line 1000029 is activated by inserting a gaming medal into 1 or operating either the 1-BET switch 10022 or the MAX-BET switch 10027 to bet a prescribed number of gaming medals within the credit range. . In the present embodiment, for example, the prescribed number of game medals required to activate the winning line 1000029 is set to 3 in the non-RT gaming state, the RT1 gaming state, and the RT2 gaming state, which will be described later. In the BB gaming state to be performed, it is set to two, but the prescribed number is not limited to this and can be changed as appropriate. Further, a plurality of pay lines may be provided, and the pay lines to be activated may be changed according to the number of bets of game medals.

Next, when the player operates the start lever 10025, each reel 10003a, 100003
003b, 10003c starts rotating, and the reels 10003a, 10003b, 1000
A plurality of kinds of symbols displayed on the outer peripheral surface of 3c move up and down in the display window W (usually from top to bottom)
Moved and displayed. Then, when the rotation of the reels 10003a, 10003b, 10003c reaches a predetermined speed, the respective stop switches 10026a, 10026b, 10026c are activated, and when the player operates the respective stop switches 10026a, 10026b, 10026c, the corresponding reels 10003a, 10003c, The rotations of 10003b and 10003c are stopped.

Here, the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the active line 10027 is a predetermined winning mode (
If the game medal can be obtained, the number of game medals corresponding to each winning mode is paid out by a hopper (not shown) or added as a credit. .

In the slot machine SM configured as described above, the effect buttons 110 are arranged in a state of being exposed on the front side of the gaming machine and can be pressed by the player. In addition,
Since the specific configuration of the effect button unit 100 has already been described in the first embodiment, a duplicate description will be omitted. In addition, as the fan effect in the slot machine SM, for example, it is executed in conjunction with an expectation effect, ART, special games (big bonus, regular bonus, single bonus, AT (assist time), ART (assist replay time)), etc. May be.

Next, as another effect device using an air flow, an adsorption structure of the effect button unit 200 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 31 is a front sectional view of the effect button unit 200. The production button unit 200 of this example is different from the above-described production button unit 100 in that it sucks air (uses negative pressure), but the other configurations are almost the same. The difference from the button unit 100 will be mainly described.

The effect button unit 200 is roughly divided into an effect button 210 to be pressed, a decorative frame 230 arranged so as to surround the outer peripheral edge of the effect button 210, and the effect button 21.
It is composed mainly of a case housing 240 that supports 0 in a vertically movable manner, and a suction mechanism 260 for sucking air, and the effect button 210 is exposed and arranged on the front side of the gaming machine PM. Thus, a pressing operation by the player is possible.

The effect button 210 includes a substantially dome-shaped button main body 211 and a sliding body 220 that is attached to the lower portion of the button main body 211 and is integrally movable with the button main body 211 and is movable in the vertical direction. It is disposed at an initial position (upper position) where the pressing operation can be performed by the elastic force of a coil spring, which will be described later in detail, supported by 240.

The button body 211 has an operation wall 212 that faces the palm of the player when the presentation button 210 is pressed. The operation wall portion 212 has a gently curved concave surface 212a with a concave upward facing to make it easier to attract the player's hand.
A space in which a negative pressure is formed is defined at the top of the. In addition, the button main body 211 is formed in the shape shown in figure using materials, such as hard rubber and urethane, so that the palm of a player may contact | adhere. Further, in this example, since the button body 211 has a concave structure as described above, the contact area between the player's hand and the button body 211 may be reduced and a large impact may be transmitted during button operation. A buffering effect can be expected by adopting the material.

The suction mechanism 260 includes a blower 270 as an intake unit and an intake passage 280 for taking in air sucked by the blower 270. The blower 270 is attached to the button case housing 240 side in order to reduce the impact caused by the button operation, and includes an impeller, a blower motor, and a blower case, similar to the blower 170 described above. Here, in the above-described effect button unit 100 that blows air (using positive pressure), the blower air discharge port is connected to the air passage, but the effect button unit 200 of this example that sucks air (uses negative pressure). Then, the air intake port of the blower 270 is connected to the intake passage 280. Note that a plurality of blowers 270 may be connected in series to increase the suction force.

The intake passage 280 is a passage for guiding the air flow sucked by the blower 270 over the inside and outside of the effect button 210. The intake passage 280 includes an upstream passage 281 provided on the effect button 210 side and a downstream passage 282 provided on the case housing 240 side, and the effect button 210 is assembled and integrated with the case housing 240. In this state, the upstream passage 281 and the downstream passage 282 are configured to communicate in series.

The upstream passage 281 includes an intake port 215 opened to the effect button 210 and the intake port 21.
5 and a substantially L-shaped first intake pipe 214 that communicates with the first intake pipe 214. The downstream passage 282 is formed by a second intake pipe 249 that is inserted into the case housing 240 and extends in the vertical direction. The second intake pipe 249 is connected to an air intake port of the blower 270 via a pipe joint (not shown), and external air sucked through the upstream passage 281 and the downstream passage 282 is blown from the air intake port to the blower. The air is sucked into the air outlet 270 and exhausted from the air discharge port.

The first intake pipe 214 of the upstream passage 281 and the second intake pipe 249 of the downstream passage 282 are each formed in a circular tube having a circular cross section and are arranged concentrically with each other. By connecting the second intake pipe vertically, the air flow sucked by the blower 270 is changed to the first.
The air is drawn into the blower 170 through the intake pipe 214 and the second intake pipe 249.

In the effect button unit 200 having such a configuration, driving of the blower 270 is started when the ON of the effect button 210 is detected, and driving of the blower 270 is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed. When the blower 270 is driven, air on the surface side of the effect button 210 is sucked from the intake port 215 and exhausted to the outside via the first intake passage 281, the second intake passage 282, and the blower 270. At this time, when the player touches the button 210 in order to depress the effect button 210, the player's hand is sucked into the curved concave surface 212a by the suction action by the blower 270, so that the player has a fresh feeling. Production is possible.

Here, there is a certain time lag from the start of driving the blower 270 to the maximum output, so even if the operation of the blower 270 is started after detecting the pressing operation of the effect button 210, it is effective. May not be able to be absorbed properly. Thus, the blower 270 is started by detecting that the player's hand has approached the effect button 210 by a capacitance sensor or the like, and the minute operation of releasing the hand from the effect button 210 is detected to detect the blower 270. May be stopped. Whether or not to perform the suction effect processing by the effect button unit 200 may be determined by lottery based on the jackpot reliability, the possibility of promotion during the jackpot, or the like. In addition, as the adsorption effect process by the effect button unit 200, the above-described first to eighth air blowing effect processes S7100 to S7800 can be diverted.

The suction structure is not limited to the effect button, and may be applied to various buttons of the sparrow ball game machine and various buttons (such as the stop switch 26) of the slot machine SM. Further, the suction structure may be applied to the launch handle 12 of the pachinko gaming machine PM. For example, when it is applied to the launch handle 12, an air inlet is opened at a portion facing the palm of the player or a portion where the finger is caught, and the player is synchronized with the effect (notice effect, etc.) of the effect display device 70. Can be adsorbed to the intake port of the firing handle 12. Further, an air blower and an air intake blower may be provided side by side, and air blowing and air intake may be performed alternately or simultaneously.

Next, a blower 300 for the glass frame 5 ′ in the pachinko machine PM ′ will be described as another effect device using airflow with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 32 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine PM ′. The blower 300 includes a blower window 301 opened in the glass frame 5 ′, a blower 370 swingably mounted in the blower window 301, and a blower 37.
And a drive source (not shown) for swinging 0. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted in FIG. 32, the ventilation window 301 is covered with the cover which can ventilate. In addition,
A louver for changing the wind direction may be attached to the air outlet 301 so that the angle of the louver can be arbitrarily adjusted.

The blower 370 includes an impeller, a blower motor, and a blower case in the same manner as the blower 170 described above, and an air discharge port 375 for discharging an air flow is disposed so as to face the player. The blower 370 is attached so as to be swingable in a vertical plane with a horizontally extending support shaft 390 as a center, whereby the blowing direction (wind direction) can be changed in the vertical direction. A drive source (not shown) is composed of, for example, a stepping motor, and can rotate the entire blower 370 around the support shaft 390 by, for example, a gear mechanism or the like by being rotationally driven by a predetermined angle in both forward and reverse directions.

According to the air blower 300 having such a configuration, the air flow generated by the blower 370 can be directly blown toward the player's body, and the effect of the air blowing effect can be further enhanced by changing the air direction of the air flow. Is possible.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be improved as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the blower has been described as an example of the blower. However, the blower is not limited to this configuration, and other blowers such as a fan, an air pump, and a micro blower may be applied.

In the above-described embodiment, the effect button is illustrated as an effect device using airflow, but it may be applied to an operation body that can be directly operated by a player, such as a launch handle of a pachinko game machine or a ball removal lever. If it is a slot machine, it can be applied to a start switch, a bet switch, a stop switch, a settlement switch, and the like. In addition, it may be provided in a plurality of operation units of the gaming machine,
It can also be provided as an air blowing effect device alone in the vicinity of the operation unit or at a position where the player can directly touch it. In addition, in the case where a fan directing device is provided in an operation switch that is indispensable for the progress of a game, it is desirable to execute an effect in cooperation with the operation, but timing (operation is completed) that does not hinder the player's operation. It is more desirable to perform the production immediately after).

In the above-described embodiment, the form in which the air volume is changed according to the reliability of the jackpot or according to the operation timing of the effect button, but the content of the game result (if it is a pachinko gaming machine,
For slot machines, such as per probability fluctuation, normal, 16 rounds, or 8 rounds, the effect of increasing the number of advantageous games, such as assist time, is more or less advantageous. Depending on the number of times of addition in the so-called “addition effect”), the execution mode may be set (for example, a stronger air volume is set as it is more advantageous or more advantageous).

In the above-described embodiment, the form in which other effects such as images and the air blowing effect are drawn and executed in an independent manner has been described. For example, when one effect pattern is selected, an image of this effect pattern is displayed. A lottery may be performed as a series of performance patterns in which a part or all of these are performed so that the progress and the execution of the blowing effect are executed at a predetermined timing, and the lottery is executed according to the lottery result. They may be executed in combination.

In the above-described embodiment, the execution of the air blowing effect is determined by the sub-control board. However, for example, the effect of temporarily stopping the reel rotation operation and the stop reception operation of the main reel of the slot machine (so-called freeze effect) As described above, the execution of the air blowing effect may be determined on the main board so that the air blowing effect is performed in synchronization with the effect executed based on the lottery of the main board.

In the above-described embodiment, the air blowing effect performed in the normal gaming state has been described.
It is desirable to perform a test of the air flow effect when the power is turned on, and when power interruption is detected, it is desirable to stop the blower drive as soon as possible to ensure power for other processing at the time of power interruption.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a mechanism for detecting the operating state of the blower is not illustrated, but for example, a sensor for detecting the air volume is provided at an appropriate position of the first blower pipe 149 or the second blower pipe 114. By detecting the amount of air flowing into the exhaust space 183 or monitoring the current of the blower (blower 160) under predetermined conditions (for example, on condition that the pressing state of the effect button is maintained), the blower It may be detected whether or not is operating properly. Also, in that case, when it is determined that it is not operating properly, a predetermined release condition is achieved (for example, when it is determined that the operation has been restored by performing the operation check again at power-off or retry) Etc.) is preferably controlled so as to prohibit the execution of the air blowing effect.

In the above-described embodiments, examples of applying the present invention to pachinko gaming machines and slot machines have been described. For example, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball game machine, an enclosed game machine (a predetermined number of game balls are installed in the machine). Other gaming machines such as enclosed and circulating machines), medal gaming machines,
It can be applied to an amusement device such as a game machine, and the same effect can be obtained.

PM Pachinko machine (first embodiment)
SM slot machine (second embodiment)
100 effect button unit (operation effect device)
110 Production button (operation unit)
114 2nd ventilation pipe (2nd ventilation cylinder)
115 Air outlet (air outlet)
116 Escape pipe (Escape channel)
140 Case housing (supporting member)
149 First air duct (first air cylinder)
160 Blower mechanism 170 Blower (Blower unit)
180 air passage 181 first air passage 182 second air passage 1000 main control board 2000 sub control board 2230 air blow control means

Claims (4)

An operation unit to be pressed;
A support member that movably supports the operation unit in a predetermined operation direction;
An air blower that is provided in the vicinity of the support member or the support member and generates an air flow;
An air passage that is formed inside the operation portion and the support member and guides an air flow from the air blowing means to an air discharge outlet that is formed open on the surface side of the operation portion, and
An operation effect device configured to be able to discharge an air flow from the air blowing means through the air passage from the air outlet to the outside of the operation unit,
An operation effect characterized in that when the surface of the operation section is covered, an escape passage is formed in the operation section for escaping the air flow supplied from the blower means to the blowout outlet from the blowout outlet. apparatus. Operation detecting means for detecting an on / off operation of the operation unit;
The operation effect device according to claim 1, further comprising: an air blowing control unit that variably controls the air volume of the air blowing unit in cooperation with an on / off operation of the operation unit. The air passage is formed to include a first air cylinder provided in the support member, and a second air cylinder provided in the operation unit and into which the first air cylinder is inserted.
The second blowing barrel, in conjunction with the movement of the said operating direction of the operation unit, the first blower tube is moved relative to the operating direction with respect to the first blower tube in a state of being inserted therein The operation effect device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The blower outlet is formed in a groove shape extending in the in-plane direction of the operation surface in the operation portion and terminating in the operation surface,
The operation according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the escape passage communicates with the blower discharge port and extends from the terminal portion of the blower discharge port to the inside of the operation unit. Production device.

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