JP6547604B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area where a game ball is fired.

  Conventionally, among various types of ball and ball game machines, the so-called first-class pachinko game machines have changed a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided approximately at the center of the game board. Display (Hereafter, such a display is called "pattern fluctuation" or "variation display", etc.). This gaming machine shifts to a so-called big hit special game in which more prize balls are obtained than in the normal game when the combination of symbols when stopping the symbol variation in a plurality of rows becomes a specific mode It is known as a thing. The fluctuation display of symbols in the display area is not only the fluctuation display of a plurality of symbols, but also the time of the fluctuation display in the state of big hit if one more symbol is aligned as in the state called so-called reach screen It is designed to increase the player's expectation, for example, to make it longer than that. In addition, the player's sense of expectation is also enhanced by the effect of giving a story to the variable display by using the character in the image of the symbol or the like, and the notice effect which predicts the height of the transition expectation to the special game in advance. . In addition, there are also those that shift to a specific game (which state is also referred to as an “entering easy state”) that enhances the ease of entering the starting winning opening after the end of the special game. In the easy entry state, the opening time of the expansion type start winning opening is extended, and the fluctuation time of the symbol is shortened from the normal state (this state is also referred to as "time saving"), so the player's sense of expectation (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, in recent years, the need for model development not bound by type has been recognized in order to further improve gameplay, and for example, pachinko games such as mixing a plurality of gaming machines of the same type or mixing different types of gaming machines. Machine development is also in progress. For example, when the first game and the second game are mixed, it is difficult to enter a game after making a game aiming at a hit in the first game first and making a big hit in the game and ending a special game A game machine has been proposed in which a second winning game is performed in which the start winning opening is put into an easy-to-enter state and the fluctuation time of the symbol is shortened. In addition, when it becomes a small hit in the second game, it is promoted from "small hit" to "big hit" by passing the game ball to the specific area (V zone), and a new special game (hereinafter, "small" There has also been proposed a gaming machine that generates a hit development jackpot or "small hit V" (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-230714 JP, 2010-29308, A

  In the above-mentioned "small hit development big hit" game machine, a plurality of small hit types are provided, for example, the time saving state continues after the small hit development big hit and the special game is executed "time hit with small hit" And, there may be provided "time saving no small hit" in which the time saving state ends after the special game is executed. In case of developing from big hit to short hit with a short time, you can expect the continuation of big hit by generating further "small hit development big hit" in the later time short state, but when developing from short hit without big hit to big hit After that, it is difficult to expect a big hit continuation because the short time state ends. Therefore, it can be said that the player's high interest is directed not only to whether or not the small hit will develop into a big hit if it becomes a small hit, but also whether or not time saving will continue after small hit development. The inventor considered that there is room to further improve the gameplay related to the small hit by using the display of the suggestion effect that suggests a short duration during the special game after the small hit development.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine having improved game characteristics related to small hits.

  In order to solve the above problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided at a predetermined position of a game area where a game area is formed and a game area, and is operated to enhance the entry ease of the game ball. It is provided at the starting position having a possible ball entry fluctuation mechanism, the propriety judgment means to execute the propriety judgment based on the lottery value acquired triggered by the entrance to the starting port, and provided at the predetermined position of the game area Depending on the result, the game ball is opened at a predetermined winning position of the game area and the large winning opening that triggers the profit giving to the player, and the variable that can be operated to change to the state where the ball can enter the ball. A ball hitting device, a small hit game control means for executing a small hit game to operate the variable ball entering device into a state capable of entering the ball when the result of the judgment is a small hit, and a small hit game being executed If the player enters a specific area in the variable entry device, the big winning opening is opened. And special game control means for executing a special game involving a special game, and when a special game is executed by entering a specific area during execution of a small hit game, it is easy to enter the starting opening after the end of the special game It is determined whether or not to shift to the ball entry easy state in which the ball entry fluctuation mechanism is activated to be higher than the normal state, and when it is decided to shift to the ball entry easy state, the ball entry is easy after the end of the special game A special game control means for transitioning to a state and a small hit effect indicating that the variable ball entry device can enter the ball is displayed, and a special game indicating that a special game is being executed is displayed. As an effect display device in which an effect is displayed and an effect pattern for determining a display process of a small hit effect, a specific small for determining a display process indicating that the variable ball entry device can enter the ball together with the display of a specific effect object Hit directing pa During the special game, suggestive effects suggesting that the game is transferred to the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game as an effect pattern that holds a plurality of small hit effect patterns including the run and determines the display process of the special game effect Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of special game effect patterns including a specific special game effect pattern that defines a display process to be displayed in at least one of a plurality of suggestion timings of a plurality of An effect display device according to the effect determination means for determining any of a small hit effect pattern and determining any one of a plurality of special game effect patterns when a special game is executed, and an effect according to the contents determined by the effect determination means And an effect display control means for displaying on the display. The pattern storage means holds a plurality of specific small hit effect patterns having different display types of specific effect objects, and the pattern storage means holds a plurality of specific special game effect patterns having different indication timings for displaying indication effects, When the special game is executed and the suggestion effect is displayed, the display type of the specific effect object in which the possibility of the suggestion effect being displayed at each of the plurality of suggestion timings is displayed before the start of the special game Display suggested effects as different depending on.

  Note that any combination of the above-described components, or any of the components and expressions of the present invention replaced by a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing a computer program, a data structure, etc. Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the ball and ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to enhance the playability related to the small hit.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure showing a functional block of a pachinko game machine. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a main board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the success / failure determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success / failure determination table referred by the prior success / failure determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the outline of a portable cooperation system typically. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of a main substrate and a sub substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a production | presentation display control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the main board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of interruption processing. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the sub board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main processing of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing at the time of receiving a command from a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for production display control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when a sub CPU receives a command from display CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for various device control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a decorative symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of the pachinko game machine which concerns on an Example. It is a figure showing a functional block of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows typically the success / failure determination table which concerns on an Example. It is a figure which shows typically the content of specific small hit presentation. It is a figure which shows typically the production pattern of specific special game production. It is a figure which shows typically the production pattern of specific special game production. It is a figure which shows typically the table which defines the correspondence of the presentation object displayed by specific small hit production, and the selection tendency of the presentation pattern selected at the time of small hit development.

(Prerequisite technology)
In the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional first pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not simultaneously executed. In addition, in order to make these game characteristics compatible, a plurality of start winning opening, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps are provided. It is designed such that the jackpot in the second game is substantially greater than the jackpot in the first game. For example, the second game has a high probability of becoming a big hit with a definite change, and the second game has a large number of unit games constituting a special game (a long opening unit with a long opening time of the big winning opening The game and the short opening unit game with a short opening time are mixed in one special game, and the second game has more long opening unit games than the first game even if the number of unit games is the same. For example, the second game is designed to be relatively higher in profit than the first game. On top of that, first the game is aimed at the first hit in the first game, and after the time reduction is awarded in the big game in the first game, the game characteristic of repeatedly aiming the second game and gaining many balls is obtained. To realize.

  FIG. 1 shows the basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 100 mainly includes gaming machine slots and a game board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an outer frame 101, a front frame 102, a transparent plate 103, a door 104, an upper ball tray 105, a lower ball tray 106, a firing handle 107, a speaker 108, an effect button 109, a cross key 110, The decoration lamp 111 is included. The outer frame 101 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 100 at a position where it should be installed. The front frame 102 is a frame that is aligned with the opening of the outer frame 101, and is attached to the outer frame 101 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 102 includes a mechanism for firing game balls, a mechanism for detachably accommodating a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting game balls, and the like.

  The transparent plate 103 is formed of glass or the like, and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is openably and closably attached to the front frame 102 by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 105 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, removing the game balls from the lower ball tray 106, and the like. The lower ball tray 106 has a mechanism for storing and removing game balls. At the top of the door 104, speakers 108 are provided on the left and right, and means for controlling the effect output sound of sound effects and music according to the gaming state and effects. Most of the resin members that make up the appearance of the door 104 are translucent, and the decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decoration lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the game state, the effect, and the like by means for controlling the effect, and plays a role by causing blinking and the like.

  The game board 80 has a first start port 11, a second start port 12, a special winning port 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning port 33 on the game area 81 divided by the rails 82. , An out port 34, an effect display device 60, and a center decoration 64. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over substantially the central portion of the game area 81 and the upper and right portions thereof. It has 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 is formed on the lower part of the center decoration 64, and the falling direction from the stage 65 enters the first starting opening 11 and the first starting opening 11 depending on how it rolls. It is distributed to the side direction that does not enter the ball. At the upper part of the center decoration 64, a movable character 66 which is driven along the effect contents to perform an effect operation is provided. In the game area 81, mechanisms such as a plurality of game nails and a windmill (not shown) for forming flow paths of game balls are installed. In addition, in this specification, "ball entering", "winning", and "dropping" may be mutually synonymous. In addition, each winning opening and each entrance may be configured by a type of "passing opening" (also called "gate" or "through chucker", etc.) through which the game ball passes. "Paid", "dropped in" and "passing" may also be synonymous with each other.

  The first starting opening 11 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a first game, and the second starting opening 12 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a second game. The first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 are configured to be able to aim for entering one of the balls according to the strength of the game ball firing according to the player's intention. The first start opening 11 is provided at a lower central portion of the game area 81, and the second start opening 12 is provided immediately below the first start opening 11. If the player strikes against the left, that is, it aims to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and hits relatively weakly, it is possible or easier to enter the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 while hitting the right In other words, if the ball is aimed to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64 and the ball is hit relatively strongly, it is possible or impossible to enter the second starting opening 12 but not allowed to enter the first starting opening 11 Or, a flow path is formed by the arrangement of the game nail so as to make it difficult to enter the ball. However, since the upper side of the opening of the second start opening 12 is normally covered by the first start opening 11 and the inflow of gaming balls is prevented, the second start opening unless the expansion mechanism of the second start opening 12 is opened. It is impossible to enter or difficult to enter 12 The success or failure lottery is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed each time the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12 is entered. Ru.

  In addition, the first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 may be provided at positions separated from each other to such an extent that a target can be hit by the strength of the game ball. The first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 may be installed separately on the left side and the right side of the game area 81, and it may be difficult for the game ball aiming at one to hardly enter the other. For example, the first starting port 11 is provided at a position where it can enter or easily enter when hitting relatively weakly by aiming to flow to the left passage of the left side, that is, the center decoration 64. The second starting opening 12 is provided at a position where it is possible to enter or easily enter the ball when striking relatively strongly by aiming to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64, that is, to strike the right.

  The first start opening 11 includes a first start winning detection device 16. The first start winning detection device 16 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first starting opening 11, and generates, when entering the ball, first start winning information indicating the entering of the ball. The second start opening 12 includes a second start winning detection device 17, an ordinary electric combination 90 (so-called electric tulip) which is an expansion mechanism, and an ordinary combination electric solenoid 91 for opening and closing the ordinary combination 90. . The second start winning detection device 17 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second starting opening 12, and generates second start winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered.

  When the ordinary electric power part 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric joint solenoid 91, the ease of entering the second start opening 12 is enhanced. One open time of the normal electric character 90 is a short time of about 0.1 second at the short open time, while at the long open time, one open time of the normal electric character 90 is about 6 seconds The game ball is set to be longer than the short opening time, and the game ball can easily enter the second starting opening 12. The long opening of the ordinary motorized part 90 is also called "opening extension". It should be noted that, as a modification, when the normal motorized role 90 is expanded, that effect may be notified in advance, or the suspension of the normal symbol variation may be read ahead and notified before the start of the variation of the normal symbol. , You may be informed during the change of the normal symbol.

  As a modification of the opening mode when opening the normal motorized part 90 of the second start opening 12 for a long time, the total opening time is extended to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds longer than that for the short opening three times. It is good also as an aspect. Further, a plurality of combinations of the open time and the open number may be prepared, and one of them may be selected. For example, in the case of three 2-second releases, the total open time is the same as in the case of one 6-second release, but the former is longer than the latter if the interval period is also included. Therefore, particularly in the configuration of the modification in which the second start opening 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the player who noticed the opening starts from the time when the former matches the second start opening 12 with the hitting direction. It can be said that the chance is long. In addition, it is possible to configure so that there are a plurality of hit types of normal symbols, and the open mode of the spread mechanism may be different according to the type. For example, when the normal design is the first hit, the open state is 0.1 second in the normal state, 1 second in the easy ball entry state is 3 times the open, and the second state is the normal state. In this case, the opening for 6 seconds may be performed once, and the opening for two seconds may be performed twice in the ball entry easy state.

  The three general winning openings 33 each include a general winning detection device 38 for detecting entry of the gaming ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entry of the gaming ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the entry when entering the ball.

  The special winning opening 20 includes a special winning detection device 25 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a special winning opening solenoid 92 for opening and closing the special winning opening 20. The big winning detection device 25 is a sensor that detects the entry of the gaming ball into the big winning opening 20, and generates the winning entry winning information indicating the entry when the ball is entered. The special winning opening 20 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined manner. The special winning opening 20 is provided at the upper right position of the out opening 34. Note that, as a modification, one more large winning opening may be provided above the lower center of the game area 81 or above or below the large winning opening 20, and a plurality of large winning openings may be provided.

  The first special symbol display device 41 corresponding to the first game and the second special symbol display device 42 corresponding to the second game are juxtaposed left and right at the outer lower left position of the game area 81 in the game board 80, The variation of 1 special symbol 51 and 2nd special symbol 52 is displayed. At approximately the center of the game area 81, the effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center ornament 64, and the decorative symbol 61 interlocked with the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is Display the variation of the effect image including. Such a display is hereinafter referred to as "symbol variation" or "variation display".

  The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first hit / off lottery performed with the game ball entering the first starting opening 11 as a trigger, and the variable display is stopped at a predetermined hitting mode. When it happens, a big hit occurs as a special game. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery performed with the game ball entering the second starting opening 12 as a trigger, and the variable display is stopped at a predetermined hitting mode. When it happens, a big hit occurs as a special game. The first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 are, for example, eight segments consisting of seven segments forming an "eight of eight" and eight segments of one segment representing a "dot". Is a display device of The 8-segment LED can express an 8-bit numerical value by combining eight segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by a combination of segments may not necessarily be letters or numbers, but may be generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments. . These symbols are sequentially switched at high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42, whereby symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. Ru. In addition, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol display device 42 using a LED dot array that is not an 8-segment LED, a plurality of first special symbol 51 and a second special symbol 51 and a combination of lighting patterns and lighting colors The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured with a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 61 in a manner interlocked with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually presenting the determination result display of the lottery indicated by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 61, for example, a moving image in which symbols of a plurality of rows imitating a game of a slot machine are varied in the central region of the screen. In the present embodiment, the symbols composed of the numbers “0” to “9” are displayed in three columns and varied, and a hit or a drop is shown by the three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of a plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols with color or pattern decoration. A pattern or symbol common to all the symbols for the numbers, characters, or symbols. It may be configured to be integrated by adding a different pattern for each. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or presentation set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and may be, for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn. In the decorative pattern 61, the case where the pattern including the pattern is variably displayed and the case where the pattern is separated and only the portion of numerals, characters, and symbols are variably displayed are switched along the development of the effect May be configured. On the background of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61, a moving image having an effect related to the theme of the decoration or effect set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol change.

  In addition, since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily need to have a playful role, in the present embodiment, the first special symbol display device 41 and the second special symbol in the lower left of the game area 81 The display unit 42 displays the display in an unobtrusive size. However, in the case of adopting a method of expressing without using a decorative symbol by giving a special role to a special role itself, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 8-segment LED.

  The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display which is a high definition dot matrix type display device, but the width of the display area may be about half of the width of the game area, or a large size exceeding half. It may be. In the case of a large size, the game ball passage on the right side of the effect display device is formed with a passage width enough to allow one game ball to pass, and the player almost certainly strikes the right passage if hit with maximum strength as so-called "right strike". The game ball can be passed through, and so-called "left-hand strike" can be made. The effect display device 60 may be configured not only by a single display device but also by a combination of a plurality of display devices. In the case of a plurality of displays, displays of different sizes such as a combination of main liquid crystal and sub liquid crystal may be combined, the sub liquid crystal may be disposed at a position adjacent to the main liquid crystal, or a position other than the game board, for example, a launch handle It may be installed in the vicinity of When installed in the vicinity of the launch handle, the player may be configured in the form of a touch panel that can be operated. The effect display device 60 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be configured by a display device such as an organic EL display, or may be configured by a mechanical display unit such as a drum rotation type or a display unit such as an LED matrix type. .

  The first operation opening 31 is provided on the left side of the game area 81 and includes a first passage detection device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the first operation opening 31, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The second operation port 32 is provided at the right side position of the game area 81 and includes a second passage detection device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the second operation opening 32, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The passage of the game ball to the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32 is an opportunity for an open lottery to determine whether or not the ordinary motorized jack 90 is to be expanded. When the gaming ball passes through the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32, a normal symbol which is a symbol indicating the determination result of the open lottery is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "normal symbol lottery". The normal symbol display device 45 is provided on the lower right outside of the game area 81, and is composed of two lamps for the sake of convenience, and the display state of the normal symbol is expressed depending on which of the lamps is on. For example, when the lighting of the first lamp indicates the disconnection and the second lamp indicates the hitting, the variation display of the normal symbol is expressed by alternately repeating lighting and extinguishing, and finally, any lighting The stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in a state. After a predetermined time has passed from the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is stopped. When the regular symbol stops at the symbol of the hit, the ordinary motorized symbol 90 is expanded.

  The opening time of the motorized jack 90 is two types, a short opening for 0.1 seconds and a long opening for 6 seconds. In the opening lottery in the normal state, the normal symbol hits with a probability of 1/50 and the long opening is executed, and the normal symbol hits with the probability of 1/100 and the short opening is executed. As described above, in the normal state, the probability of becoming long open is higher than the probability of short opening, but in the modified example, the probability of becoming short open may be higher than the probability of long opening. The specifications may be the same. In the open lottery in the ball entry easy state, the hit probability of the normal symbol is increased to 99/100, and the open time is set only to the long open. As described above, in the ball entry easy state, the ball entry probability to the second starting opening 12 is enhanced by the function of changing the probability of hitting the symbol normally and the extension function of the opening time. In the entry easy state in the modified example, the entry ease into the second starting opening 12 may be enhanced by using three functions to which the function of shortening the fluctuation time of the symbol is added. The variation time of the normal symbol in that case is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state, and is 2 seconds in the easy ball entering state.

  At the lower left position outside the game area 81, a first special view holding lamp 71 corresponding to the first game is provided above the first special symbol display device 41, and a first special symbol display device 42 is provided above the second special symbol display device 42. A second special view holding lamp 72 corresponding to the second game is provided. The first special view holding lamp 71 consists of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the lottery value in the first game by the number of lights or the number of blinks. The number of pending lottery values for the first special view holding lamp 71 is the number of lottery values for which the first starting opening 11 has won during the movement of the first special symbol 51 or during the execution of the special game, and the symbol fluctuation is still Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been run. The second special view holding lamp 72 also consists of two lamps, and displays the number of holdings of the lottery value in the second game by the number of lights or blinks. The number of pending lottery values for the second special view holding lamp 72 is the number of drawing values for which the second starting opening 12 has won during the movement of the second special symbol 52 or during the execution of the special game, and the symbol fluctuation is still Indicates the number of winning balls that have not been run. The number of pending lottery values is also displayed in the lower part of the screen of the effect display device 60 in the form of the number of lighting of the pending lamp image.

  When the number of pending good or bad lotteries is three, the symbol fluctuation time in the case of the disconnection is shortened than usual in order to enhance the gaming efficiency (hereinafter, also referred to as “shortened fluctuation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery prizes is four, the symbol variation time in the case of the disconnection is further shortened than in the case of the above three to further increase the gaming efficiency (hereinafter referred to as "super shortening variation" as well). ).

  In the lower right position outside the gaming area 81, a common view holding lamp 75 is provided on the right side of the normal symbol display device 45. The general drawing reserve lamp 75 also consists of two lamps, and displays the number of reserved symbol variations normally according to the number of lights or blinks. The number of reserved normal symbol variations is the number of gaming balls that have passed through the first operation opening 31 or the second opening 32 during the normal symbol variation, and the number of normal symbol lottery in which the variation of the normal symbol has not been executed yet Indicates

  The effect button 109 is an operation input unit pressed by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine according to the effect content, and the effect content or the like is changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the outer wall near the upper bowl 105. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the gaming machine, and is provided on the left outer wall surface of the upper ball tray 105.

  The flow of the game method and control performed in the above configuration will be outlined. When the player turns the firing handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 105 are guided one by one to the rail 82 at a strength corresponding to the rotation angle and are shot to the game area 81. . When the player manually fixes the pivot position of the firing handle 107, the firing of the game ball is repeated at regular time intervals. The game balls fired to the upper part of the game area 81 fall in the direction according to how they hit while hitting the plurality of game nails and windmills. When the game ball falls into each winning opening of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, and the large winning opening 20, the winning balls corresponding to the type of the winning opening are the upper ball tray 105 or lower. It is paid out to the bowl 106. The game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 33 is treated as a safe ball, and the game ball dropped into the out hole 34 is treated as an out ball.

  When entering the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the first special symbol display device 41, the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 The decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the elapse of the variable display time determined prior to the display. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. The decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation production pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation representation patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation display time is determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol fluctuation, and the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the passage of the fluctuation display time It is stopped.

  As the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, the symbol is changed in all three lines like the reel rotation of the slot machine along with the start of the change, and the line is stopped one by one when approaching the change end timing. Display the symbol combination. When the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 in the stop mode become a stop mode indicating a big hit, it shifts to the special game which is a game state advantageous to the player than the normal game, The opening and closing operation of the winning opening 20 is started. The stop aspect of the decorative symbol 61 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination aspect in which three symbol types coincide.

  The fluctuation effect pattern usually includes an off effect pattern, an off reach effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a normal off symbol combination. The out-of-reach effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a symbol combination out of reach through a reach state in which one more symbol is aligned, which is a big hit. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying the jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, patterns when passing through reach states include patterns with long and short variation times, and reach patterns with relatively short variation times are referred to as "normal reach" and reach patterns with long variation times are "super reach". ". The out-of-normal effect pattern, the out-of-reach effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern each have a normal pattern displayed in the normal state and a time-saving pattern displayed in the time-short state. However, even in the normal state, if it is the second symbol variation corresponding to the ball entering the second starting opening 12, the probability that the big hit is accompanied by a definite change or the probability that the number of unit games of special games will increase Since it can be said that it is a chance state higher than the 1st change corresponding to the 1 ball entry to starting opening 11, it may use the pattern for the chance presentation which displays that it is the chance that a relatively advantageous big hit occurs. In the embodiment, although the time-shortening pattern is used in the time-shortening state, since the time variation is involved in the positive variation state, the time-shorting pattern is also used in the positive variation state. However, in the modification, the specification may be made using a pattern for probability variation different from that for time saving in the probability variation state. Alternatively, a specification may be made that uses a common pattern for time reduction and for probability variation, or a pattern for probability variation may be used in a positive variation state without using a time shortening pattern in particular.

  There are two types of special games, the special game and the shortened special game, and there is a big difference in the profit from the winning balls. The special game is usually started by the display of an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the screen display of the start demonstration time, the big winning opening 20 is opened, and it is closed after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. From opening to closing of such a big winning opening 20 is basically referred to as a unit game, but may be repeated opening of a plurality of short times during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special winning opening 20 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, four times or sixteen times, the special game is usually ended by the display of the effect screen called end demonstration time. In the special game, you can expect 9 balls or more to enter the ball per unit game sufficiently, and you can get enough prize balls (also referred to as “out balls”) by 16 unit games, which is a big profit Is obtained. The special game in which 16 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as "16R big hit", and the special game in which 4 unit games are repeated is also referred to as "4R big hit".

  On the other hand, in the shortened special game, there is neither a start demonstration time nor an end demonstration time, and the large winning opening 20 is opened for only 0.2 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice and the shortening special game is ended. In the shortened special game, since the opening of the special winning opening 20 for a very short time is only repeated twice, it is almost impossible to enter the large winning opening 20, and it is a special game in which the payout is substantially equal to substantially zero is there. The special game in which two unit games are repeated is also referred to as "2R big hit" as appropriate.

  When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stop are in the predetermined small hitting mode, it shifts to the small hitting game composed of one unit game, and the big winning opening 20 The opening and closing operation is performed. In one unit game constituting a small hit game, since the big winning opening 20 repeats the opening for about 0.2 seconds twice, the appearance is the same operation mode as the 2R big hit.

  When the special game is generated and the hit stop symbol at that time is the specific mode, the definite change which is one of the specific games is further started after the end of the special game. During the definite change, a chance lottery with a higher probability of hitting than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game may occur relatively early. In addition, it is good also as a latent probability change state which does not announce explicitly on the external appearance that the determination result of the success or failure lottery is a specific big hit, ie, a big hit with a definite change, as a decoration symbol or an effect content. In that case, the effect display device 60 does not indicate clearly whether the change is a definite change or a non-determinate change.

  In the normal game after the special game is over, the easy-to-enter ball state which is one of the specific game states is started. In the easy-to-place ball entry state, the hit probability of the opening lottery is increased more than usual, and the opening extension is performed, in which the opening time of the ordinary motorized jack 90 is long opening. The number of hits on the regular symbol per fixed time can be increased, and the ease of entering the second starting opening 12 is also increased, so the number of balls entering the second starting opening 12 is also likely to be increased. Therefore, as a chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the second starting opening 12 is increased, it is possible to keep playing with little or few balls.

  In the ball entry easy state, a so-called time saving is further executed as one of the specific gaming states, in which the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened than in the normal state. The fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is returned to the original fluctuation time after the predetermined number of fluctuation, for example, 100 times of fluctuation display is made, but the fluctuation frequency reaches If a big hit occurs before, time will be closed once. Since the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in the short time, until a big hit occurs compared to the case of the normal state in which the symbol variation is made with the normal variation time The time required for the big hit can be relatively improved. In a modification, it is good also as a specification which does not carry out time saving of a special symbol in a ball entering easy state.

  FIG. 2 shows the basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 150 is a switch for turning the pachinko gaming machine 100 on and off. The main substrate 200 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, and processes all game operations such as lottery when winning to the first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12, in particular. The sub substrate 300 includes a liquid crystal unit 151, controls the display content of the effect display device 60, and changes the dramatic display content according to the determination result of the main substrate 200. The back setting mechanism 152 includes a winning ball tank 153, a flow path of the winning balls, a discharging unit 154 for discharging the winning balls, and the like. The payout unit 154 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 153 to the upper ball tray 105 in accordance with the winning on each winning opening. The dispensing control board 155 controls the dispensing operation by the dispensing unit 154. The launcher 156 launches the storage balls of the upper bowl 105 into the game area 81 one ball at a time. The launch control board 157 controls the launch operation of the launcher 156. The power supply unit 158 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The pachinko gaming machine 100 shares functions with the main substrate 200 as a main control device for controlling the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game, and the sub substrate 300 as a sub control device for controlling an operation or process. It is configured in the The main substrate 200 has a first start opening 11, a second start opening 12, a special winning opening 20, a general winning opening 33, a first operation opening 31, a second operation opening 32, a first special symbol display device 41, a second special It is electrically connected to the symbol display device 42 and the normal symbol display device 45, and transmits and receives various control signals with each other. The sub substrate 300 is electrically connected to the effect display device 60, the effect button 109, the speaker 108, and the decoration lamp 111, and transmits and receives various control signals with each other. Since transmission and reception of data between the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 is in one direction from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300, each configuration is such that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission and reception in one direction. The main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 are disposed. Since unidirectionality of data transmission from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 is maintained, data can not be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub substrate 300 to the configuration included in the main substrate 200. It can not be requested. Therefore, the information generated by the main substrate 200 can not be referenced from the sub substrate 300 unless the main substrate 200 transmits to the sub substrate 300 unilaterally.

  Each of the functional blocks included in the main substrate 200 may be mounted on the sub substrate 300 instead of the main substrate 200, and each of the functional blocks included in the sub substrate 300 may be mounted on the sub substrate 300. Alternatively, the main substrate 200 may be mounted.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main substrate 200. As shown in FIG. The main board 200 is the ball entry determination means 201, the first lottery means 211, the second lottery means 212, the spread map lottery means 213, the hold control means 240, the main display control means 250, the special game control means 260, the small hit game control Means 265, specific game control means 270, opening and closing control means 275, and special feature adjustment means 276 are provided.

  Entry determination means 201 determines entry of the game ball to each winning opening. The ball entering judging means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the first starting opening 11 when the first starting winning information is received, and the gaming ball has won the second starting opening 12 when the second starting winning information is received. to decide. The entering judgment means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the special winning opening 20 when receiving the special winning opening winning information, and judges that the gaming ball has won the general winning opening 33 when receiving the general winning information. When the ball entry determination means 201 receives the passage information, it determines that the gaming ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32.

  The first lottery means 211 has a first lottery value acquiring means 216, a first success / failure judging means 221, a first symbol determining means 226, and a first fluctuation pattern determination as a function of executing a first lottery relating to a first game. Means 231 is included, and a first on-off lottery is executed as a on-off lottery corresponding to the entry of the ball into the first starting opening 11. The determination result of the first success or failure lottery is shown in the form of the variation display of the first special symbol 51 in the first special symbol display device 41, and is shown in the form of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60 . The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second success / failure determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entering the second starting opening 12 The second success or failure lottery is executed as the success or failure lottery. The determination result of the second success or failure lottery is shown in the form of the variation display of the second special symbol 52 in the second special symbol display device 42, and is shown in the form of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 in the display area of the effect display device 60 . The first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 transmit the determination result of the lottery corresponding to the symbol variation to the effect determining means 303 together with the control command of the symbol variation when starting the symbol variation.

  The first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 also determine which lottery value range in the judgment of acceptance corresponds to the lottery value as a prior determination process also when entering the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12 Pre-qualification determination is executed, and the determination result is transmitted to the effect determination means 303. After the result of the prior determination process is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, it is sent to the effect determination means 303 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started, and deleted from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. Ru. Therefore, on the side of the sub substrate 300, a so-called "prefetching" process is realized, which allows the success or failure result to be recognized in advance before the sequence of the start of the symbol variation starts.

  The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires the value of the random number as a first chance lottery value for the first chance lottery, triggered by the entry into the first starting opening 11. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires the value of the random number as a second success or failure lottery value for the second success or failure lottery, triggered by entering the second starting opening 12. For example, the values acquired as the first success or failure lottery value and the second success or failure lottery value for the success or failure lottery are acquired from the value range from “0” to “65535”. The values acquired as the first and second lottery values and the second lottery value are temporarily suspended by the suspension control unit 240. However, in the range which does not exceed the predetermined | prescribed holding | maintenance upper limit number, the success or failure lottery value is held. The “random number” mentioned here does not have to be a physical random number generated by the random number generation circuit or a true random number in a mathematical sense, and hardware random number using a 16-bit counter or software using a random number generation algorithm It may be a pseudo random number such as a random number. Alternatively, a combination of hardware random numbers and software random numbers may be used, for example, a plus random number system in which the initial value is changed each time the counter rotates once.

  The first success or failure judgment means 221 judges whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the first success or failure lottery value, and the first success or failure lottery value falls in any lottery value range in the success or failure judgment. Execute the prior judgment whether it corresponds. The second success / failure determination means 222 determines whether or not to shift to a special game or a small hit game based on the second success / failure lottery value, and the second success / failure lottery value is in any lottery value range in the success / failure determination. Execute the prior judgment whether it corresponds. The first pass / fail judgment unit 221 and the second pass / fail judgment unit 222 hold a pass / fail judgment table and a prior pass / fail judgment table which are referred to in the pass / fail judgment. In addition, in order to distinguish the decision on the occasion of starting the symbol variation from the decision on prior decision in particular, it is appropriately referred to as "the decision on the decision as the main decision". In the present specification, when "table" or "selection criterion" is used, the correspondence between the first parameter such as the lottery value and the second parameter such as the value indicating the option is strictly defined by the table structure. Not only pointing to data, but also realizing it by a program structure that derives the second parameter from the first parameter as such a correspondence relationship is widely included. They are appropriately referred to as "selection criteria" as the concept substantially equivalent to "table" including them. When a table structure is used, the selection criteria substantially constituting one type may be constituted by a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables, but in the case of “a plurality of selection criteria”, the subdivision thereof is referred to It indicates the number of substantial types of tables, not the number of standardized tables.

  The first pass / fail judgment unit 221 and the second pass / fail judgment unit 222 hold a plurality of pass / fail judgment tables to be referred to in the pass / fail judgment. In the plurality of success or failure determination tables, the determination results of the big hit and off and the success or failure lottery value are associated, and the success or failure probability is determined in accordance with the range setting of the associated big hit. In the normal probability state, the first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 refer to the success / failure table for the success / failure determination based on the normal hit probability, and in the probability fluctuation state, the big hit probability becomes higher than the normal probability. Refer to the table. The first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 refer to any of the plurality of success / failure tables to determine whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a hit.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a success / failure determination table. In the hit / fail judgment table of this figure, the judgment result of big hit, small hit, out of place and the hit / fall lottery value are corresponded, and according to the corresponding range setting, the hit / fail probability or the small hit success probability Is determined. The first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 refer to the determination table of FIG. In any of the first win lottery by the first hit judging means 221 and the second win lottery by the second hit judging means 222, normally, a big hit occurs only when the win lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299. The range of the big hit is expanded at the time of definite variation, and it becomes a big hit not only when the pass / fail lottery value falls within the range of 0-299, but also when falling within the range of 300-2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, a single hit / fail determination table shows the big hit ranges for both normal time and positive change, but the good / fail determination table may be prepared separately for normal use and for positive change, or (1) It may be prepared separately for the winning lottery and the second winning lottery.

  In the present embodiment, even if the hit / fall lottery value does not fall within the jackpot range, it will be a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, it becomes a small hit when the lottery value acquired by the first validity determination means 221 falls within the range of 56500 to 65535, and the lottery value acquired by the second validity determination means 222 is 64000 to 65535. It becomes a small hit when it corresponds to the range. That is, the range corresponding to the small hit is wider in the first good lottery than in the second good lottery, and the small hit is likely to occur. As described above, when it does not correspond to the big hit, it is originally all "off", but in the example of this figure, the winning lot value range when it does not correspond to the small hit among the cases not corresponded to the big hit. Is expressed as "outside". Although this figure shows an example in which the determination table for big hit or not and the determination table for small hit or not are realized in the form of a single hit / not decision table, even if they are realized as separate tables. Good.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary success or failure determination table referred to in the preliminary success or failure determination. The first success or failure judgment means 221 refers to the table of FIG. 6A and sets the value of “1” indicating that to the case of the judgment result as the judgment result when the success or failure lottery value is “0 to 299”. In the case where the lottery value for the cause or absence is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that is set in the range of the result of the determination. If the lottery value is "3000 to 56499", the value "3" indicating that is set as the determination result in the case of the criteria for the result, and if the lottery value is "56500 to 65535", "4" is displayed. The value of “” is set in the pass / fail range as the determination result. As described above, the first success or failure determination means 221 transmits the value to the effect determination means 303 together with the value indicating the first success or failure lottery and the number of suspension.

  The second success or failure judgment means 222 refers to the table of FIG. 6 (b) and sets the value of “1” indicating that in the case of the success or failure lottery value “0 to 299” in the success or failure range as the judgment result. In the case where the lottery value for the cause or absence is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that is set in the range of the result of the determination. If the lottery value is "3000 to 63 999", the value "3" indicating that is set as the determination result in the case of the criteria for the result, and if the lottery value is "64 000 to 65535", "4" is displayed. The value of “” is set in the pass / fail range as the determination result. As described above, the second success / failure determination means 222 transmits the value to the effect determination means 303 together with the value indicating that it is the second success / failure lottery and the number of reservations.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 determine the stop symbols for the start of variation of the symbols based on the symbol lottery values separately acquired and the result of the pass / fail determination, and the symbol lottery Perform pre-pattern determination to determine which symbol range the value falls under. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables and a preliminary symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a special symbol. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to different symbol determination tables in accordance with the result of the pass / fail determination. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination to be executed when starting symbol variation from the prior symbol determination in particular, it is also referred to as “the symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

  FIG. 7 is a view schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 7 (a) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is a big hit, and FIG. 7 (b) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is out. It is a table to be referred to when the judgment result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of this figure in symbol determination as the main determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the numbers "0" to "10" indicating the types of special symbols and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are respectively matched with the big or small hit, out of place judgment result, “0” to “4” correspond to the big hit, “5” to “9” correspond to the small hit, "10" corresponds to the release. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the special symbol types "0" to "4" are associated with the big hit. Among them, the type "0" indicates a 4R big hit or 16R big hit with a definite variation as a specific big hit, and is associated with "0 to 99" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and "0 to 0" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. 144 ". The type "1" indicates a 2R big hit with a definite variation as a specific big hit, and is associated with "100 to 149" in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and is associated with "145 to 149" in the case of the second symbol lottery value. Be The types "2" to "4" usually indicate 4R big hit or 16R big hit without a definite change as a big hit, and both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value correspond to "150-189" and the type "2" The type "3" is associated with "190 to 229", and the type "4" is associated with "230-255". Thus, the selection probability for each big hit type is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the type “10” is associated with the symbol lottery value of the entire range in the case where the result of the determination of acceptance is out.

  As shown in FIG. 7C, the special symbol types “5” to “9” are associated with the small hits. The type "5" is associated with the range "0 to 49" of symbol lottery values, and the type "6" is associated with the range "50 to 99" of symbol lottery values. The type “7” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the type “8” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the type “9” is the symbol lottery value range It corresponds to "200 to 255".

  In addition, also in prior symbol determination, the table of FIG. 7 is referred to as a prior symbol determination table. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 indicate that the value of “0” to “10” indicating the type of the special symbol as a result of prior symbol determination is that it is the first chance lottery or the second chance lottery It transmits to the effect determination means 303 with the value which shows and the number of suspension.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 separately acquires a variation pattern in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 41 and the effect display device 60 is determined. It determines from among a plurality of change patterns based on. The second variation pattern determination means 232 sets a plurality of variation patterns in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display device 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined based on a second pattern lottery value separately acquired. Determine from among the variation patterns. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively determine the variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. In addition, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 execute prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value falls under. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively hold or share a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation time from the fluctuation start to the stop when fluctuation display of the special symbol is determined, and it has various fluctuation time depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, the variation display time is determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. In addition, in order to distinguish variation pattern determination to be executed when starting symbol variation, in particular, from prior pattern determination, it is also referred to as "variation pattern determination as main determination" as appropriate.

  FIG. 8 is a view schematically showing a fluctuation pattern table. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 refer to the table of FIG. 6A in the normal state, and refer to the table of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8 (a), when the result of determination of acceptance is out in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, "Super 1" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "0" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, "Super 2" which is a super reach of the pattern range number "1" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, "Normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "2" is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, the "normal" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "3" Select 2 ". If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, "reach out of reach" of pattern range number "4" is selected. As "reach not out", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations, and the fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of reservations is 0 to 2, variation pattern of 7 seconds when the number of reservations is 3, the number of reservations When is 4, the variation pattern of 4 seconds is selected respectively.

  In this figure, an example in which five types are mainly classified according to fluctuation time will be described, but a plurality of fluctuation effect patterns are prepared for each of the fluctuation patterns in the sub substrate 300, and several tens of fluctuation expression patterns overall. Is equivalent to being associated with the lottery value range of each classification.

  The range of pattern lottery values assigned to “normal 1”, “normal 2” and “no reach out” also differs according to the number of reservations. When the number of reservations is 0 or 1, it is as shown in the figure (a), but as the number of reservations increases, the lottery value range of “normal 1” and “normal 2” narrows, and the lottery value of “no reach out” The scope is broadened. The smaller the number of reservations, the wider the variation value lottery value range in which the fluctuation time is relatively long, and the higher the probability that the fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time is selected. Therefore, the smaller the number of reservations, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of reservations, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using the variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern differs for each number of reservations, it is possible to realize control in which a variation pattern with a long variation time is easily selected when the number of reservations decreases.

  In the normal state, when the success or failure judgment result is 4R big hit or 16R big hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 123, “Super 1” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “5” is selected and the pattern lottery value is In the case of 124 to 248, "Super 2" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "6" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 249 to 252, "Normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "7" is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 253 to 255, the "normal reach" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "8" Select 2 ".

  In the normal state, when the result of the determination is 2R big hit or small hit, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 122, “Super 3” which is the super reach of the pattern range number “9” is selected, and the pattern lottery value is In the case of 123 to 255, "normal 3" which is a normal reach of the pattern range number "10" is selected.

  When the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 transmit the pre-decision result to the effect determination unit 303 as the so-called pre-reading result, the value (0 to 10) of the pattern range number Send along with the value indicating the lottery or the second success or failure lottery and the number of reservations.

  In the variation pattern table of FIG. 8B referred to in the time saving state, pattern lottery values are assigned to all variation patterns for time shortening. However, the correspondence relationship between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as that in FIG. 8A except “shortening without reach” which is selected in the end. “No reach out shortening” is a relatively short change time fluctuation pattern associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reach no out” in FIG. 8A. Also for “no reach reduction”, different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations, and a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of reservations is 0 or 1 and a fluctuation pattern of 1 second when the numbers of reservations are 2 to 4 Are selected respectively.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the gaming ball passes through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32, the common drawing lottery means 213 executes the lottery by acquiring the lottery value. The determination result of the lottery by the common drawing lottery means 213 is variably displayed in the form of a normal symbol in the normal symbol display device 45. The common drawing lottery means 213 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 45. In the symbol determination table, the correspondence between the lottery value and the normal symbol is defined, and the common drawing lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the symbol determination table. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol corresponds to a hit, and after the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is stopped by the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 275 is the second starting opening 12 Expand the ordinary electric role 90 of the The expansion time is 0.1 seconds at the short opening time and 6 seconds at the long opening time. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily suspended by the suspension control means 240. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined holding upper limit number held by the holding control means 240 is not exceeded.

  The hold control unit 240 includes a special view holding unit 241 and a common view holding unit 242. Special drawing reserve means 241, when the first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value is newly obtained, the symbol variation corresponding to the first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value that was acquired before that When is displayed, the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the newly acquired first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value is suspended, and the success or failure lottery value is stored until the fluctuation display start of the corresponding symbol. Here, with respect to the first special symbol, the first hit lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value are stored at an upper limit of four each, and further, the first hit / fail range as a pre-judgment result, The first symbol range and the first pattern range setting are stored, and the second winning lottery value, the second symbol lottery value, and the second pattern lottery value are stored with an upper limit of four for each of the second special symbols, and further, The settings of the second pass / fail range, the second symbol range, and the second pattern range as the pre-determination results are stored. Alternatively, the result of the prior determination may be stored in an area other than the success or failure lottery value. The common drawing holding means 242 stores the common drawing lottery value acquired by the common drawing lottery means 213 as a holding ball. The number of these holdings is represented by the number of lighting or blinking of the first special drawing holding lamp 71, the second special drawing holding lamp 72, and the common drawing holding lamp 75, respectively. The number of reservations by the special drawing reservation means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The lottery value of the second acceptance lottery held in the special figure suspending means 241 is preferentially digested over the lottery value of the first acceptance lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, as long as the lottery value of the big hit is held as the first success or failure lottery, the symbol variation corresponding to the big hit lottery value of the first success or failure lottery is not displayed as long as the lottery value is held as the second success or failure lottery. Therefore, even if there is a hold of the big hit as the first success or failure lottery, it may be possible to obtain a plurality of consecutive big hits by continuing to hit until the hold of the big hit is entered as the second success or failure lottery.

  The main display control unit 250 includes a first special view control unit 251, a second special view control unit 252, and a common view control unit 254. The first special view control means 251 displays the change of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display device 41 in accordance with the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the first win / fail lottery by the first lottery means 211 Let The first special view control means 251 sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery made previously is ended. The second special view control means 252 displays the change of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display device 42 according to the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery by the second lottery means 212 Let The second special view control means 252 also sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery performed previously is ended.

  The first special view control means 251 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first concurrence lottery when the concession lottery value of the second concession lottery is stored by the special view reservation means 241. On the other hand, the second special view control means 252 starts the symbol variation display corresponding to the second yes or no lottery regardless of whether or not the special lottery value of the first yes or no lottery is stored by the special view holding means 241. As a result, when the lottery value is held in both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the symbol variation is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0.

  The first special view control means 251 and the second special view control means 252 perform the fluctuation start command and the fluctuation stop command at the timing to start and stop the fluctuation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. It transmits to the effect control means 304. When transmitting a change start command, a value indicating the success or failure judgment result or stop pattern determined as the main judgment, a stop symbol, a value indicating the fluctuation pattern, and a value indicating which of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery It is transmitted to the effect control means 304 together with the change start command. When transmitting the change stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is sent to the effect control means 304 together with the change stop command. Thereby, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 synchronizes, and interlocking is maintained. The common drawing control means 254 causes the normal symbol display device 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the common drawing lottery means 213 as the fluctuation display of the normal symbol.

  The special view adjustment means 276 causes the start of the other variable display to stand by while the one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is variably displayed. The special view adjustment means 276 is a second special symbol based on entering the ball into the second starting hole 12 regardless of the order of which of the first starting hole 11 and the second starting hole 12 the game ball entered the ball. The variable display of 52 is prioritized over the variable display of the first special symbol 51 based on the ball entering the first starting opening 11. For example, when both the first and second lottery values are held, the second lottery value is always preferentially prioritized, and the second special symbol 52 is continuously varied and displayed.

  In addition, the special figure adjustment means 276 in a modification is according to the ball entering order to the 1st starting opening 11 and the 2nd starting opening 12 according to the variation indication of the 1st special symbol 51, and the variation indication of the 2nd special symbol 52. It may be selectively changed and displayed. For example, when the ball is thrown in the order of the first start opening 11, the first start opening 11, and the second start opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52 change in order Be done. In this case, the special view adjustment means 276 monitors the hold control means 240 and stores the hold order of the win / loss lottery value. Since which special symbol should be changed is determined in accordance with the order of ball entry, that is, the order of holding the lottery value in the hold control means 240, the player can easily grasp the order of the change visually.

  The special view adjustment means 276 in another modification, even if it displays the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the variation display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digesting order regardless of the entering order Good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52. For example, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed while both the first and second lottery values are held. The player can easily grasp the order of the changes in an intuitive manner, since which special symbol is to be changed is simply alternated regardless of the order of entry of the game balls.

  In addition, when one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in the hitting mode, the special view adjustment means 276 waits the start of the other variable display. In this case, since the variation display of the special symbol is not started while executing the special game, the player can concentrate on the special game.

  The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode, when the first success or failure lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20. Similarly, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, the special game control means 260, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot manner It is determined that the special game operation condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20.

  The special game is a game in which the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 20 is continued a plurality of times continuously, and is constituted by a plurality of unit games each having one opening and closing. Special games include a 16R big hit that repeats unit games 16 times, a 4R big hit that repeats unit games four times, and a 2R big hit that repeats unit games that have a shorter opening time than 16R big hits and 4R big hits. The 16R big hit is a big hit in the second hit lottery, and the 4R big hit is a big hit in the first hit lottery. In the 16R big hit and 4R big hit, the large winning opening 20 is opened in principle for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the 2R big hit, the big winning opening 20 is opened for about 0.2 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the set round number of the unit game is digested. Even in the case of the 2R big hit, when the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the big winning opening 20 may be opened in the same manner as the 16R big hit and the 4R big hit.

  The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. It is determined that the condition is established, and the small hit game is executed by causing the opening / closing control means 275 to open the large winning opening 20. Similarly, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in showing a small hit. It is determined that the hit game operating condition is established, and the small hit game is executed by opening the large winning opening 20 in the opening and closing control means 275.

  In the small hit game, a unit game is executed once, and the large winning opening 20 is opened and closed twice in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the large winning opening 20 for only about 0.2 seconds per opening and closing and closes the large winning opening 20 for about 0.4 seconds for the small hitting game as a whole. End small hit game.

  The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the probability change state, the time saving state, and the easy entry state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to a definite change state, a time saving state and an easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game, when the special symbol is a specific big hit symbol with transition to a definite change. The definite change state, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the short time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. Do. However, in the normal state, the variation pattern table corresponding to the number of pending lottery values by the suspension control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of reservations by the suspension control means 240 decreases, a longer variation pattern of variation time tends to appear. In the ball entry easy state, normally both of the symbol variation and the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 or only the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 is performed. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting opening 12 to be in the open extension state when it becomes the specific big hit, and further, the hit probability of the open lottery is further limited only when the success lottery is the second success lottery. Transition to a probability change state higher than the normal probability state. During the probability variation state, the probability that the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 determine the yes or no determination result in a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  The opening and closing control means 275 controls the opening and closing of the normal motorized prize 90 of the second start opening 12 and the large winning opening 20. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the open / close control means 275 sends an open instruction to the normal electric connector solenoid 91 to open the normal motorized workpiece 90 of the second start opening 12. The opening / closing control means 275 opens the second starting opening 12 in the short opening or the long opening opening time according to the result of the opening lottery in the normal state, and in the easy entering state, the long opening opening time 2 Open the start port 12. The entry ease of the second starting opening 12 is enhanced, and the player can continue the game without reducing the number of balls held. In the special game, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the big winning opening solenoid 92 to open the big winning opening 20.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-substrate. The sub substrate 300 includes a symbol mode determination unit 301, a pattern storage unit 302, an effect determination unit 303, and an effect control unit 304.

  The pattern storage means 302 holds effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative symbol 61 and a plurality of effect patterns in which the display process is defined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of change effect patterns in which the change process from change start to stop and change process in the change display of the decorative symbol 61 are defined, and the change display of the decorative symbol, and the degree of expectation to the big hit And a plurality of preview effect patterns that suggest in advance the height of the variable display before stopping the display.

  The effect determining means 303 is displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect control means 304 according to the determination result of the first acceptance lottery received from the first lottery means 211 or the determination result of the second acceptance lottery received from the second lottery means 212 And the content of the effect to be output to the speaker 108 is determined. The effect determination means 303 selects any one of the plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol determined by the first variation pattern determination means 231 or the second variation pattern determination means 232, and stores the pattern storage means Read from 302. The effect determination means 303 sends the information on the read variation effect pattern to the effect control means 304. The effect determination means 303 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variation effect pattern.

  In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time in accordance with the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol mode determination means 301 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbol 61 and the arrangement thereof, the determination result of the lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212, the stop symbol of the special symbol, the variation pattern of the special symbol, the decoration Determined according to the pattern of the variation effect of the symbol. The symbol mode determination means 301 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect control means 304. The symbol mode determination unit 301 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the result of the determination by the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 indicates a transition to a special game of 4R big hit or 16R big hit Is selected as a specific combination, for example, a combination of three symbols such as "777" and "111". Also in the case of 2R big hit or small hit result of the pass / fail judgment, a specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is selected, but the specific combination thereof is not necessarily a combination of three patterns. It does not have to be. If the result of the judgment is neither a big hit nor a small hit, it is a combination such as “312” or “946” in which the three patterns are not uniform, and it is a specific combination selected when 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. If the result of the judgment is not 4R big hit or 16R big hit, and a variation pattern showing out-of-reach is selected, only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is not aligned Choose

  The variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, the display process from the start of the variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of the variation is defined in the variation symbol pattern of the decorative symbol. The fluctuation effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-pattern, a pattern for displaying a out-of-pattern through a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more pattern is aligned, and a big hit pattern through a reach state Pattern is included. In particular, the patterns when passing through the reach state include patterns having long and short varying times. In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol having the same variation time as the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  In the time saving state, when the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232 is a pattern for time shortening, the effect determining means 303 is a variation in which the effect contents for time shortening are defined. Select a presentation pattern. The time-shortening effect content is an effect in which a background image or sound is output which impresses the player in an advantageous state by time-shortening or a definite change.

  The advance presentation effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video or the like of a specific character or motif, an effect pattern for operating a character, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the advance effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol change, and it is indicated in advance that the expectation that the symbol change stops in the big hit mode is high. For example, there are a normal advance notice effect in which only one image of a character is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a group of many characters is displayed so as to pass from one end of the screen to the other end. In addition, step-up notice effect is further included, in which the display process of the advance effect is divided into a plurality of steps, the number of displayed steps is variable, and the expectation to the big hit is set higher as the number of steps increases.

  In the notice effect pattern, the effect is executed at the timing after the display mode of the decorative symbol 61 is in the reach state, and a pattern for giving a notice of the final stop mode of the symbol and one of the decorative symbols 61 are not stopped There is a pattern for simultaneously announcing that the effect will be executed at the timing and reach the reach state.

  The effect determination means 303 should determine whether or not to display the advance effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the acceptance lottery or the preliminary determination result by a predetermined advance notice lottery, and set the effect as well as displaying it. Determine the notice effect pattern. The effect determination means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to in order to determine whether to display a notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting a type of notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different fields are referred to according to the judgment result of the lottery or the preliminary judgment result, and the notice effect is displayed with a higher probability in the case of the hit lottery than in the case of the omission. As such, the correspondence between the determination result of the acceptance lottery and whether to display the notice effect is determined. As a result, the display of the preview effect can indicate the degree of expectation to the jackpot by itself.

  The effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative symbol 61 according to the selected change effect pattern data as the determination result of the acceptance lottery by the first lottery means 211 or the second lottery means 212. . The effect control means 304 has received a change start command of the decorative symbol 61 and a new symbol that the variable display of the decorative symbol 61 corresponding to the first and second lotterys before and after is finished. It shall be the start condition of fluctuation. When the effect determination means 303 determines that the advance effect is to be displayed, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the advance effect according to the selected advance effect pattern on the effect of the symbol variation. Let

  Whether the effect control means 304 holds the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first false lottery when the false lottery value of the second false lottery is stored, does the first lottery false lottery value stored? The symbol variation display corresponding to the second acceptance lottery is started regardless of whether or not it is not. Thus, when the lottery value is held for both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the variation of the decorative symbol is displayed. . In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the variation of the decorative symbol is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0. As described above, the effect control unit 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display a symbol change effect including the change display of the decorative symbol 61.

  The effect control means 304 further controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decoration lamp 111 and the operation of the movable part 66. The effect control unit 304 has an effect display control unit 305 and an audio control unit 306. The effect display control means 305 controls the display on the effect display device 60, and the sound control means 306 controls the sound output from the speaker 108.

  During the change of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, the effect display device 60 needs to display an image indicating that the symbol is changing. Usually, the decorative pattern 61 of a normal size having a certain size is variably displayed, but in a mode in which the visibility of the fluctuating display of the decorative pattern 61 of the normal size is impaired, Special effects may be displayed. In this case, the player is presented with the fact that symbol variation is in progress by variably displaying an alternative symbol which is a smaller than a normal size symbol. Hereinafter, the term “decorative design” simply refers to a decorative pattern of a normal size, but when it is distinguished from a substitute pattern, a decorative pattern of a normal size is also referred to as a “normal decorative pattern”.

  The alternative design is usually displayed while the visibility of the decorative design is impaired, for example, while the decorative design is not displayed. The substitute symbol is a form of a decorative symbol for suggestively indicating the result of the judgment, and has a display form simplified (in other words, simplified or simplified) than the normal decorative symbol, and the normal decorative symbol It is displayed in a simplified variation process. The alternative symbol usually has a display form on the appearance corresponding to the part indicating the symbol type of the decorative symbol, and for example, has a display form indicating numbers, letters, and symbols indicating the symbol type. In addition, the alternative symbol is variably displayed in an area narrower than the area where the decorative symbol is variably displayed, and typically, at a position where it is difficult to inhibit the main effect by elements other than the symbol, for example, the corner of the screen of the effect display device 60 Varying display. The alternative symbol is displayed relatively smaller than the decorative symbol, but has a display form in which at least symbol types can be identified in appearance. The alternative design may be a reduction of the normal decorative design as it is, or may be identical to the normal decorative design except for the size.

  The plurality of alternative symbols displayed instead of the plurality of normal decorative symbols indicate the degree of expectation that the result of the winning or losing lottery becomes advantageous to the player by the combination of the stop modes at the end of the fluctuation. For example, the plurality of alternative symbols suggests that the jackpot expectation of the variation is high by reaching a state in which two symbol types out of three alternative symbols are aligned. In addition, the left and right symbols in reach state become a symbol of a specific type that suggests that the degree of expectation such as "3" or "7" is relatively high, or the degree of expectation such as "1" or "2" is relative By being a pattern of a type that suggests that the level is low, it may indicate the level of expectation of the reach state. In addition, the alternative symbol does not have a definite stop condition in appearance, but is in a temporary stop condition in which a slight shake is maintained. After temporarily stopping the alternative symbol, a normal decorative symbol may be displayed instead of the alternative symbol, and the normal decorative symbol may be displayed in a state of decision stop. Also, instead of exclusively displaying the decorative symbol and the alternative symbol, there may be overlapping display periods. Furthermore, at the time of a predetermined effect in which the visibility of the decorative symbol is impaired normally, the fluctuation display of the ordinary decorative symbol may be continued and the fluctuation of the alternative symbol may be displayed.

  The clock means 307 is a clock circuit that outputs time information used for playing a game. The clock means 307 is a timer circuit which measures the time from the time of power on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, it may be a real time clock circuit which has a built-in battery and can continue to measure the date and time by the battery even when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned off or during a power failure. In the case of the real-time clock circuit, there may be a slight difference in the time of each game console due to individual differences or time shifts, while in the case of the timer circuit, the time differences among multiple game consoles as long as the power is turned on simultaneously. Is unlikely to occur.

  The effect determination means 303 executes the clock synchronization effect starting at a predetermined timing triggered by the fact that the time information output by the clock means 307 indicates a predetermined time. The clock synchronization effect is an effect to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in a synchronization effect period which is a period substantially asynchronous to the fluctuation period of the symbol variation or the gaming state. The tuning rendition period extends over several minutes, and its length is longer than one symbol variation time, and may include multiple symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the clock synchronization effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and reproduction of a predetermined music and an image is defined in the effect pattern. A plurality of types of effect patterns of the clock synchronization effect are prepared, and different types of effect patterns may be selected depending on the date and time such as the month, date, day of the week, and time.

  The clock tuning effect is executed regardless of whether a normal game or a special game is in progress. Here, "during normal game" also includes display of a so-called standby demo screen. That is, in "normal game", (1) "during normal display during variable display" in which symbols are variably displayed, and (2) not in variable display of symbols nor in standby demonstration screen display And (3) "During standby demo screen displaying normal game", which is not displaying the symbol of the variable but not displaying the standby demo screen. While the clock tuning effect can be executed during any of the periods (1) to (3), the output modes for controlling the volume reduction and the brightness reduction in the clock tuning effect can be performed in the case of (2) and (3) It may be different from 1). In addition, while the stand-by demonstration screen is displayed, the player can input information related to the mobile cooperation system described later by operating the effect button 109 and the cross key 110, and when there is the operation input, the output of the clock synchronization effect video and audio Is suppressed, and screen display such as presentation customization by the mobile cooperation system is prioritized.

  The clock synchronization effect is, for example, an effect of reproducing a performance or an image of a predetermined music at a predetermined time (referred to as “synchronization effect start time”). The time to trigger the reproduction of the clock synchronization effect may be the time to reach from the power on of the pachinko gaming machine 100 across a predetermined time interval, or every hour or half of the hour with reference to the standard time. It may be time. Alternatively, a time may be set which may differ depending on the date or day of the week, and the interval may be different, such as after 1 hour later, 3 hours later, and so on instead of “every hour”. The interval may be different depending on the date or day of the week. It may be a variable setting that can specify a time by a game shop clerk for each game shop. However, it is preset that the same clock tuning effect is performed at least at the same time among a plurality of identical models installed in the same game arcade. For example, in the case of a specification in which the time taken to reach a predetermined time interval from the time of turning on the power is used as a trigger, a plurality of game machines are turned on at the same time. As a result, the same clock synchronization effect is performed simultaneously on the plurality of gaming tables at the time when the predetermined time is reached. As a result, the effects are simultaneously displayed as if synchronized by a plurality of units, and the same music or video flows simultaneously, so that a live performance or a movie is shown on the spot, and there is a synergetic sense of presence A staging effect is obtained.

  The function of the clock synchronization effect is similarly incorporated in another game console of the same model, and a plurality of game consoles on the same game island are simultaneously powered on by the game staff daily. Then, the plurality of game consoles to which power is simultaneously turned on will all arrive at the synchronization effect start time almost simultaneously, and the clock synchronization effect can be executed simultaneously and simultaneously. This is called two or more synchronous effects. In that case, not only will the display of the image be synchronized with a plurality of units, but the output of sound effects and background music will also be synchronized with a plurality of units, and the synergetic effect by executing rendering simultaneously as the number of units synchronized increases. Increase.

  The effect setting means 308 stores the gaming history of the player. The game history includes a history of game results and a history of effect results. The game result history is the result of the game that leads to the balls being obtained as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of winning balls, the number of big hits, the number of definite variations, and the number of time reductions. The history of the rendition result is different from the profit on the game, and the right to be able to change the content and type of the rendition, and the right to be able to easily make the rendition of the specific type be given Information such as the score of For example, in order to score the frequency of appearance of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini game, etc. and give it to a player, encoding information indicating the score and the game history, such as a two-dimensional code, is displayed on the screen. When the player reads and decodes the two-dimensional code with the camera of his portable terminal, information of the score obtained by the decryption and the game history is accumulated in the portable terminal of the player. The cooperation system between the gaming machine and the portable terminal of the player via the two-dimensional code will be described later. In addition, the score said here is needed in order to expand the range of effect customization mentioned later, and a score reaches a predetermined | prescribed accumulation value (for example, reaching 1000 points, every 100 points etc., etc.) The item that can be customized is a specification that is triggered by the

  The effect setting unit 308 stores, as effect customization, setting of which one of a plurality of types of effect contents to be selected as effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and the game history. For example, as the effect pattern to be displayed during the special game, a plurality of effect patterns having different displayed motifs, characters, and music are prepared in the pattern storage unit 302, and the player is allowed to select which effect to be displayed. To be. Alternatively, patterns of a plurality of types of motifs or characters are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as designs of patterns included in a decorative pattern to be varied, and the player is allowed to select which pattern to display. In those cases, when the player operates the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 while the standby demonstration screen is displayed, and the effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting unit 308 selects the selected content. Remember. The effect determination means 303 selects the type of effect pattern in the special game according to the setting stored by the effect setting means 308.

  FIG. 10 is a view schematically showing the outline of the mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player sets the account and password in advance in the game history server 358 provided with the dedicated site by the mobile terminal 354 for user registration. When the player presses the effect button 109 at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 causes the screen of the effect display device 60 to display a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding the address of the dedicated site of the gaming history server 358, The player is made to read it with the camera of the portable terminal, and the dedicated site of the game history server 358 is accessed. Character information (also referred to as “password information”) obtained by encoding the player's identification information and effect score history from the dedicated site is transmitted to the portable terminal and displayed on the screen of the portable terminal. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the input screen of the password information, and causes the player to input via the button operation of the cross key 110 or the like. By the effect setting means 308 decrypting the input password information and registering it as player identification information and effect score history, it is possible to take over the game contents and effect score states of the player up to the previous time. The input of the password information is a recording start instruction of the game history of the player and a start instruction of effect customization for selecting various effect elements. Thereafter, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, along with the progress of the game and the effect, the point which the effect setting means 308 gives to the player as the benefit on the effect is added at any time and accumulated as the effect score history. At any time, it is possible to implement presentation customization and select and set favorite elements as various presentation elements. The point awarding on the presentation is based on addition for each symbol variation, and the higher the expectation type of transition expectation to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the point to the special game is also given a high score.

  As the effect customization, the player uses a part of the points cumulatively obtained, and colors, background, shape, characters, and the like that constitute the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device 60 according to the number of points used. The presentation elements such as music can be changed to the type of preference. The effect setting unit 308 receives an instruction to change an effect element via a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements according to the instruction. As the effect elements that can be customized, a plurality of types of items are prepared for each of the elements, and different values are set as the number of points required for each item. Therefore, the customizable items increase when the accumulated score reaches the predetermined value, or the chance to increase the customizable items is provided. When the player performs a button operation as an instruction to end the game or effect customization, the effect setting unit 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding information such as a benefit on effect or effect score history, and controls this for effect display The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his portable terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to obtain information and store it in the portable terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the portable terminal 354 to the gaming history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, linked with its own account information, and managed. In this manner, information such as presentation privilege and presentation score history is transmitted to the portable terminal 354 via the transmission means such as display and reading of the two-dimensional code 350, and is managed by the gaming history server 358, The contents of the game and the effect can be taken over in the next game. In addition, by continuing the game for a long time, points can be obtained as the number of times of symbol variation and the number of effects increase.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of main substrate 200 and sub substrate 300. Referring to FIG. The main board 200 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 290, a main RAM 291, and a main ROM 292. The main ROM 292 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the entire game operation. The main control program or data is read from the main ROM 292 into the main RAM 291, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 290. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). The ball entrance signal from each ball entrance, the payout signal from the payout control board 155, and the like are acquired by the main CPU 290 via various interfaces (not shown). The main CPU 290 drives and controls external devices such as the winning opening solenoids, the first special symbol display device 41, and the second special symbol display device 42 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, an instruction necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 290 to the sub-substrate 300 together with information such as the result of the acceptance lottery, the determination result of the symbol, and the determination result of the fluctuation pattern. A signal is transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 by one-way communication.

  The instruction data to be transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 has a 2-byte configuration by combining 1-byte instruction type data called so-called MODE data and 1-byte instruction content data called so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send an instruction by transmitting the instruction type data and the instruction content data to the sub board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the type of instruction, and a unique type code is assigned in advance at the development stage for each type of instruction. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the content of the instruction. The most significant bit of instruction type data and instruction content data is an identification bit indicating which of instruction type data and instruction content data, and when the most significant bit is 1, it indicates that it is instruction type data, and is most significant. When the bit is 0, it indicates that it is instruction content data.

  Communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 requires 1 byte of 2 transmissions for transmitting 2 bytes of instruction data because it is a specification to transmit 1 byte of data per data transmission. . The MODE data which is the upper byte is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data which is the lower byte is transmitted in the second communication. In consideration of the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise etc., the main board 200 transmits the same data continuously, and determines that the transmission and reception of the data is completed when the same data is read in two consecutive lines by the sub board 300 . The main substrate 200 repeatedly transmits the same data up to five times, until it is read continuously.

  The sub substrate 300 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 311, a sub ROM 312, an effect display control device 313, and an audio control device 314. The sub ROM 312 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined and display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined. A sub control program including effect pattern data, display pattern data, and sound pattern data is read from the sub ROM 312 to the sub RAM 311, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. The electronic components are connected by a bus such as a system bus or data bus (not shown). Signals from an external device such as the effect button 109 are acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 is an external device such as the effect display device 60, the speaker 108, the decoration lamp 111, and the movable object 66 by the effect display control device 313, the voice control device 314, and various drive circuits and control circuits not shown. Drive to control the display output, voice output, lamp lighting, and effects by the feature operation. The sub CPU 310 transmits the display pattern data to the effect display control device 313, and transmits the sound pattern data to the sound control device 314. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub substrate 300 includes the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 will be described, but the sub substrate 300 and the effect display control device 313 and the voice control device 314 are integrated as a substrate. It may be formed as separate substrates separated and connected to one another without needing to be separated.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313. As shown in FIG. The effect display control device 313 includes a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display in a compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object indicating a determination result of a lottery or not, for example, a sprite image of a decorative symbol used for decorative symbol fluctuation, a sprite image used for advance notice effect, various effects It is a material image such as a moving image used. Motion data is data in which an operation used when adding an effect operation at a predetermined timing to an image used for various effects is defined.

  Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, effect image data and motion data specified in the display pattern data are read from the data ROM 324 to the display RAM 322, and effect display using the effect image data and motion data Is executed by the display CPU 320. As a result, a command relating to effect display, effect image data, and motion data are transmitted from the display CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326.

  The display control circuit 326 includes a decoder 332, a drawing memory 334, a drawing circuit 336, a frame buffer 338, and a display circuit 340, each of which is connected via a bus 330. The bus 330 in the figure comprehensively shows buses such as a system bus, a data bus, and an address bus for the sake of convenience.

  The effect image data and the motion data sent from the display CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data of the data is decoded by the decoder 332. A drawing memory 334 is a VRAM (Video RAM) used as a work area when decoding effect image data and motion data by the decoder 332, or as a work area when drawing processing and image processing by the drawing circuit 336 are performed. ).

  The drawing circuit 336 sequentially executes commands sent from the display CPU 320 using data stored in the drawing memory 334 to generate a display image, and the generated display image is used as a moving image frame to generate a frame buffer. Store in 338. The frame buffer 338 is a VRAM as a buffer memory for temporarily storing a frame of a moving image to be output to the effect display device 60.

  The display circuit 340 outputs the display images stored in the frame buffer 338 to the effect display device 60 in the order of storage in the form of video signals. The frame buffer 338 has, for example, a memory area for two frames, and while the display circuit 340 outputs a display image from the memory area for one frame, the drawing circuit 336 generates the next display image, Store in the memory area for one more frame.

  The data ROM 324 holds “detail display pattern data” in which the display control process performed by the display control circuit 326 is defined. At this time, the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310 can be referred to as "general display pattern data" in which an outline of the effect display process is defined. For example, in the outline display pattern data, a rough flow of a series of effect display processes, such as fluctuation start timing and fluctuation stop timing of a decorative symbol, reproduction order of a plurality of moving pictures, timing of reproduction start and stop, is defined. . On the other hand, the detailed display pattern data includes detailed display control such as the display order of sprite images for realizing variable display of decorative symbols and the display processing order in frame units for displaying moving images based on motion data. Process is defined.

  When effect display control device 313 performs display control based on "general display pattern data" sent from sub CPU 310, "detailed display pattern data" necessary for the processing is read from data ROM 324, and both display pattern data are read. Execute display processing using. Therefore, it can be said that the effect display control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display pattern data including the “general display pattern data” and the “detail display pattern data”. Therefore, in the present specification, unless explicitly referred to, the "general display pattern data" stored in the sub ROM 312 and the "detail display pattern data" stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished from each other. " For example, when the effect control display means performs specific processing based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, the display pattern data includes "general display pattern data" and "detail display pattern data". It shall be In the modification, the display pattern data is not divided into the “schematic display pattern data” and the “detailed display pattern data”, and even if the display pattern data serving as both is held in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. Good.

  In the present embodiment, as a hardware configuration of the effect display control device 313, a configuration including a display CPU 320, a display RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326 is shown. In the modification, the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. In addition, the processing that has been performed by the display control circuit 326 may be performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the display CPU 320 included in the effect display control device 313 may execute the processing performed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the display RAM 322 included in the effect display control device 313 may double as the function of the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the hardware configuration may not include the display control circuit 326 in the effect display control device 313. In this case, the processing performed by the display control circuit 326 is performed by the display CPU 320, the display RAM 322 or the data ROM 324. It may be performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as the hardware configuration of the sub substrate 300, a configuration including the effect display control device 313 in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, and the sub ROM 312 is shown. In the modification, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, the ROM 312, and the effect display control device 313 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. Further, the processing that is to be executed by the effect display control device 313 may be executed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312. For example, the sub CPU 310 may execute the processing of the display CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may double as the function of the display RAM 322, and the sub ROM 312 may double as the function of the data ROM 324. In addition, the sub board 300 may have a hardware configuration in which the effect display control device 313 is not included. In this case, the process performed by the effect display control device 313 is performed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311 or the sub ROM 312 It may be performed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. When the power switch 150 is turned on, the main CPU 290 sets a stack pointer (S100), permits access to the main RAM 291 (S102), and performs initial settings regarding hardware such as setting of internal registers of the main CPU 290. (S104).

  Subsequently, in accordance with the operation state of the RAM clear switch, the value of the power-off information flag, and the state of the data stored in the main RAM 291, power-off recovery processing or initialization processing of the main RAM 291 is executed. Specifically, when the RAM clear switch is not turned on and both the value of the power-off information flag and the data stored in the main RAM 291 are normal, the process at the time of power-off recovery is executed. Do. In other cases, that is, even if the RAM clear switch is turned on or the RAM clear switch is not turned on, either the power-off information flag or the data stored in the main RAM 291 is normal. If not, the initialization process of the main RAM 291 is executed.

  The main CPU 290 confirms the operation state of the RAM clear switch, and when the RAM clear switch is turned on (Y in S106), initializes the main RAM 291 (S116). If the RAM clear switch has not been turned on (N in S106), the main CPU 290 checks the value of the power-off information flag (S108). If the value of the power-off information flag does not match the power-off normal data (N at S108), the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the value of the power-off information flag matches the power-off normal data (Y in S108), the data stored in the main RAM 291 is checked (S110). As will be described later, if the process has ended normally at the previous power off, the main CPU 290 uses the checksum because the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is stored in the main RAM 291. The data in the main RAM 291 is checked. If the data stored in the main RAM 291 is not normal (N in S112), the data in the main RAM 291 is initialized (S116). If the data stored in the main RAM is normal (Y in S112), processing for returning to the state before the power failure is executed (S114).

  In the power-off recovery process (S114), the power-on normal data indicating that the power-on was normally performed is stored in the power-off information flag, and initialization of various errors and communication initialization with the payout control board 155 are executed. Do. Subsequently, the command request for the unsent part before power-off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the gaming state is requested. Subsequently, a rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second starting opening 12 and the special winning opening 20 is restored to the state before the power-off. Subsequently, processing for notifying the operating state of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is executed.

  In the RAM initialization process (S116), the power on normal data is stored in the power off information flag, the entire area of the main RAM 291 is cleared to 0, and the initialization of the main RAM 291 and the initialization of the effect display are executed.

  When the power failure recovery process (S114) or the RAM initialization process (S116) is completed, the count value is set to start an interrupt process described later, and the operation of the interrupt timer is started (S118). As a result, thereafter, a timer interrupt occurs every predetermined time (for example, 4 milliseconds), and an interrupt process described later is executed. Subsequently, the main CPU 290 executes main processing for managing the gaming machine (S120).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the main processing of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. The main CPU 290 temporarily prohibits the timer interrupt (S200), starts the operation of the watchdog timer (S202), and monitors the power-off (S204). When a drop in the power supply voltage supplied from the power supply unit 158 is detected in the power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), the power supply disconnection memory is executed by inputting an unconditional interrupt request signal from the power supply voltage monitoring circuit to the main CPU 290 In the process, the power-off confirmation data is stored in the power-off confirmation flag. Therefore, the main CPU 290 monitors the value of the power-off confirmation flag (S204), and executes the processing for power-off when the value of the power-off confirmation flag matches the power-off confirmation data (Y in S206). To advance to step S212. If the value of the power off confirmation flag does not match the power off confirmation data (N in S206), to update the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol, The initial value random number updating process is executed (S208), the timer interruption is permitted (S210), and the process returns to S200. Thereafter, S200 to S210 are repeated. If a timer interrupt occurs while the timer interrupt is inhibited (S202 to S208), after the timer interrupt is enabled in S210, an interrupt process to be described later is executed.

  When the power-off is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212), and confirms the content of the power-off information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the data at power-on is not properly stored, and the power-off abnormal data is stored in the power-off information flag After that (S216), it proceeds to S222. If the contents of the power-off information flag match the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally stored, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag (S218). Subsequently, when the power is turned on next time, in order to check the data of the main RAM 291 backed up, a checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is inhibited (S222), and looping is performed until the power is turned off.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of the interrupt processing. When a timer interrupt occurs in the main process (S120), the main CPU 290 executes the interrupt process. First, an interrupt operation condition is set (S300), and the watchdog timer is restarted (S302). Subsequently, in order to manage the gaming machine, input processing (S304), various random number update processing (S306), initial value update type random number update processing (S308), initial value random number update processing (S310), timer subtraction processing (S312) , 2nd starting opening validity period setting process (S314), prize monitoring process (S316), winning ball control process (S318), normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), normal symbol control process (S322), normal symbol variation start Monitoring processing (S324), starting opening monitoring control processing (S326), special symbol control processing (S328), special electric combination product control processing (S330), special winning opening effective period setting processing (S332), special symbol variation start monitoring control Processing (S334), abnormality detection processing (S336), ball passing time abnormality detection processing (S338), gaming state display processing (S340), handle state signal Inspection process (S342), LED output process (S344), emission control signal output process (S346), test signal output process (S348), solenoid output process (S350), effect control command transmission process (S352), external information output process (S354) is sequentially executed, the next timer interrupt is permitted (S356), and the process returns.

  In input processing (S304), monitor input of switch attached to game board surface, open circuit short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, door / frame open signal, magnetic detection signal, radio wave detection signal, and touch state signal, and input state Are generated and stored in the main RAM 291.

  In various random number updating processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the value is incremented and stored if the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, and 0 is stored if the value is equal to or more than the predetermined maximum value. Further, the variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the subtraction result is stored if the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, and the predetermined maximum value is stored if it is less than 0. Thus, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs.

  In the initial value update type random number update process (S308), the random number per symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated. The value of each random number, the maximum value, and the initial value are read from the main RAM 291 and the values of the random numbers are incremented. If the incremented result exceeds the maximum value, the random number value is set to 0. If the incremented result matches the initial value, the initial value random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the initial value is updated. Thereby, the random number per symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs, and when the value of the random number returns to the initial value, ie Then, an initial value is newly set and a random number is generated.

  In the initial value random number updating process (S310), the initial value random number per symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number is read out from the initial value random number update table of the main RAM 291, and the value of the initial value random number is incremented. If the result of the increment exceeds the upper limit value, the value of the initial value random number is set to 0. The same process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120).

  In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The values of timers for various controls are read from the main RAM 291 according to the table respectively, and when the values of the timer are other than 0, the values are sequentially decremented and stored. If the timer value is 0, the timer update is not executed.

  In the second starting opening effective period setting process (S314), the effective period of the second starting opening 12 is set. If the game ball enters the second start opening 12, the payout period of the game ball and the lottery related to the second special symbol will be executed by entering the game ball, and if the game ball enters the ball, the payout of the ball and the second special An invalid period in which the lottery concerning the symbol is not executed is set. As will be described later, in the start opening monitoring control process (S326), since the second start opening winning process monitoring process is not executed during the ineffective period of the second start opening 12, the game ball enters the second start opening 12 Even then, the payout of the winning balls and the lottery relating to the second special symbol are not executed. The same applies to the case where the effective period and the ineffective period are set in the first start port 11, the large winning opening 20, the operation opening 30, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "in ordinary electric combination product operation", data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period is stored in the second starting opening effective period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not "normal motor combination in action", if the value of the second start opening effective extension timer is not 0, the second start opening 12 is the effective period in the second start opening effective period flag Is stored, and if the value of the second starting opening valid extension timer is 0, data indicating that the second starting opening is an invalid period is stored in the second starting opening valid period flag.

  In the prize monitoring process (S316), the switch passing of the gaming ball is inspected, and when the gaming ball passes the switch, there is no invalidation period in the switch, or in the case where it is currently the effective period, If there is, the winning counter is updated. It also requests creation of a security output request to be output to an external terminal and transmission of a command.

  In the prize ball control process (S318), monitoring of data reception from the payout control substrate 155, command transmission request to the payout control substrate 155, command transmission to the payout control substrate 155, and inspection of received data from the payout control substrate 155 In order.

  The normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) monitors passage of the operation opening 30 of the gaming ball, and when it is determined that the gaming ball has passed the operation opening 30, the number of reserved normal symbol variations is less than 4 which is the upper limit If it is, the holding number of the normal symbol is updated, and the random number related to the normal symbol is stored in the main RAM 291.

  In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol control is being performed, the process related to the normal symbol display device 45 or the normal motorized role 90 is executed. If the status of the normal symbol is "normal symbol variation", execute the normal symbol variation processing, and if "normal symbol stop symbol display", execute the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, "normal power If the item is in operation, the process is executed during normal motorized item operation, and if it is in the case of “during normal motor event operation end demonstration”, the process during normal motor event completion end is performed. During the normal symbol fluctuation processing, after performing the fluctuation of the normal symbol, monitor the fluctuation time, and when it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is ended, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is performed, and the state of the normal symbol Set to "Stop symbol display". In the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the normal symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, the condition of the normal symbol is set to "in ordinary electric symbol operation in progress", the operation state of the ordinary electric symbol opening extension function at the ordinary electric symbol operation start is stored, and the ordinary electric symbol operation starts The operation setting of the ordinary electric utility solenoid 91 corresponding to the operation state of the ordinary electric power combination release extension function is performed. In the case of detachment, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal symbol variation standby". In the processing during the normal electric role work, when it is determined that the winning of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric role 90 of the gaming ball is monitored, and it is determined that the winning number of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric 90 has reached the maximum winning number Performs the setting of the termination of operation of the ordinary electric service 90 and the setting of the second start opening effective extension time. If it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90 has not reached the maximum winning number, monitoring of the opening / closing time of the entrance to the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90, the ordinary electric role 90 Setting the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening according to the above, and when it is determined that the opening of the entrance of the series of ordinary electric jacks 90 is finished, the operation termination setting of the ordinary electric jack 90 and the second starting opening is effective Execute extension time setting. When it is determined that the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not completed, the setting of opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not performed. In the processing during the demonstration of the normal motor combination work operation, monitoring the completion time demonstration time of the regular motor combination 90 is carried out, and when it is judged that the operation completion demonstration time cycle of the regular power combination 90 is completed, the state of the normal symbol is "normal symbol Set to "Waiting for change".

  Normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324), the condition of the normal symbol is monitored and it is "under normal symbol variation waiting", and when the value of the normal symbol operation pending ball number is other than 0, the variation of the normal symbol To start. If it is determined to start the variation of the normal symbol, the normal symbol operation pending ball number is decremented and the hit determination, the determination of the stop symbol, the setting of the variation pattern number of the normal symbol and the setting of the variation time of the normal symbol . After that, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normally in the state of symbol fluctuation", and the region of the main RAM 291 used for setting the state of the normal symbol, the hit determination, and the fluctuation pattern determination is cleared.

  In the start opening monitoring control process (S326), the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 of the game ball are monitored. When winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol is less than 4, a value obtained by acquiring the built-in random number and adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired built-in random number is It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in the big hit judgment. Also, as random numbers related to special symbols, symbol random numbers and fluctuation pattern random numbers are acquired and stored. If you prefer to reserve the second special symbol with priority over the first special symbol, execute only the update of the suspension pertaining to the winning combination, but if the special symbol withholding sequence is the winning order, In addition to updating the pending status related to the winning combination, updating of the total pending number and storage of the winning sequence are executed. Subsequently, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number stored at the start opening winning, the state of the gaming machine is confirmed, and when it is determined that the command transmission period, a hit notice effect request, a hit symbol notice effect request, pattern notice Perform rendering requests in order. Here, when (1) is waiting for each and the random number related to the first special symbol is stored while the probability variation function of the normal symbol is not in operation, (2) it is in the waiting and normal symbol When storing the random number according to the second special symbol while the probability variation function is inactive, (3) when corresponding to the case where the random number according to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit medium or small hit , It is determined that it is a command transmission period. Then, it requests the rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated. As described above, in the pre-reading, four of the hit, hit pattern, fluctuation pattern, and the number of holding balls are transmitted to the sub-substrate 300 as a set. Subsequently, if the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period, the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is checked. As in the case, the second start opening winning game monitoring process is executed. When the value of the second starting opening valid period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is an invalid period, the monitoring processing of the second starting opening winning is not performed. If the game ball is confirmed to have a prize when the number of balls held is 0, the number of balls held is once changed from 0 to 1 here, and control processing relating to the start of fluctuation described later is executed. .

  In the special symbol control process (S328), the waiting state is checked, and the special symbol control process is ended when the special motorized part is in operation, ie, when the big hit or the small hit is in progress. If the special electric role is inactive, the state of the special symbol is inspected, and if it is "waiting for special symbol variation", the special symbol control general-purpose processing is ended, and if it is "variation start", the special symbol variation is The start process is executed, and if "special symbol variation is in progress", the special symbol variation processing is executed, and if "special symbol stop symbol display", the special symbol stop symbol display processing is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the sub substrate 300 starts the effect display. Request a command of additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information, set the state of special symbol to "during special symbol variation", and clear the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern to 0 . During special symbol variation processing, after the variation of the special symbol is performed, the variation time is monitored, and when it is determined that the variation time of the special symbol is ended, the variation stop setting of the special symbol is performed, and the special symbol status is "special Set to "Stop symbol display". During special symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the special symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", and the number of times the special motorized symbol operates continuously is set, and the probability of the special symbol The variable function, the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, the ordinary symbol fluctuation time shortening function, and the ordinary electric character opening extension function are inactivated, and the state of the gaming machine is prepared for the big winning opening opening The setting is made inside, the setting of hit start demonstration display time, the command request of hit start demonstration effect, and the command request of launch position specification effect are executed. If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, it performs the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, updates the fluctuation pattern selection state, makes the game state command request, and carries out the special symbol In order to end the operation of the special symbol state is set to "special symbol change waiting", the state of the gaming machine is set during the small hit start demonstration, setting of the hit start demonstration display time, the hit start demonstration effect Execute a command request and a command request of a launch position designation effect. If the result of the hit judgment is a loss, the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the gaming state is made, and the special symbol In order to end the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", and the command request of the launch position designation effect is executed.

  In the special motorized product control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special motorized product, the operating condition of the condition device and the special motorized product is checked, and the condition device is operating or the special motorized product is operating. If it is determined, the processing pertaining to the special motorized role is executed. Depending on the operating status of special electric role, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during special electric special opening processing, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during big hit ending demonstration, processing during small hitting start demonstration, small hitting special electric power Execute processing during operation, processing during small hit large winning opening closed, processing during small hit end demonstration.

  In the special winning opening valid period setting process (S332), in order to save the result of the effective period judgment of the special winning opening 20, when the value of the special winning opening effective time is 0, the special winning in the special winning opening valid period flag The mouth invalid period data is stored, and when it is other than 0, the special winning opening valid period data is stored in the special winning opening valid period flag.

  In the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored, and it is determined whether or not the special symbol can start to be varied. (1) If the digestion sequence of the special symbol holding balls is priority digestion of the second special symbol, (1) not being in the middle or small jackpot, (2) that the first special symbol is waiting for fluctuation, (3 ) Special symbol is in the state where it can start the fluctuation when all of the second special symbol is waiting for fluctuation and (4) the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is other than 0. It is determined that In addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of balls reserved for special symbols is other than 0 if the order for digesting the balls for special symbols is the winning order, (6) It is determined that the special symbol can start changing when the determination is satisfied that all of the determination order matches the winning order.

  If it is determined that the special symbol can start changing, the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is subtracted, and the rendering command corresponding to the number of pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of balls reserved for special symbols has been updated.

  Then, the hit determination of the special symbol is executed. In the hit determination, it is determined by the random number per special symbol whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or an off, and the determination result is stored in the special symbol determination flag. Continue to determine the symbol. In the determination of the symbol, if the hit determination is a big hit, a big hit symbol is determined based on the symbol random number per special symbol, if it is a small hit, a small hit symbol is determined, if it is out, it is out Is determined.

  If the result of the hit determination is a big hit, based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the hit symbol determined in the symbol determination process, determine the operation content of the probability variation function of the special symbol, of the special symbol The game state after the big hit is set, such as setting the operation contents of the fluctuation time shortening function and the winning easy state of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the setting during the big hit is executed such as the number of times the special motorized product operates in succession and the content of the opening time of the big winning opening. Subsequently, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting the variation pattern table to be referred to after the big hit ends based on the result of the hit determination and the operating state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the start demonstration time and the end demonstration time are set with reference to the table selected based on the game state and the value of the group judgment number indicating the type of the hit symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, select the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit, set the contents of the fluctuation pattern selection state, set the start demonstration time and end demonstration time, Clear the area of the main RAM 291 used for determination and symbol determination, and set the state of the special symbol to "variation start". If the result of the hit determination is a release, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  In the abnormality detection process (S336), the magnetic detection signal, the open circuit short circuit power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the door / frame open signal are inspected, and if there is a change in the error state, the error state is stored, The sub substrate 300 is requested to display an error state effect of the gaming machine. If there is no change in the error state, the storage of the error state and the display request of the error state effect are not executed.

  In the ball passing time abnormality detection process (S 338), in order to detect the ball passing time abnormality, the continuous on time of each switch level is monitored, and as a result, when it is judged that there has been a change from the previous time, ball passing Execute setting of time anomaly, request for sending command, and creation of request for output of security output to external terminal in order. If it is determined that the continuous on time is not abnormal, creation of a security output request is not executed.

  In the gaming state display process (S340), to display the number of times the special electric character works continuously, error state, the number of operation suspension balls of normal symbol, and the number of operation suspension balls of special symbol, each display Create data

  In the handle state signal inspection process (S 342), in order to monitor the touch state of the handle, the handle state is inspected, and as a result of the inspection, when it is determined that the handle state is changed, the handle state monitoring timer is subtracted The update, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer, and the command transmission request of the steering wheel state effect are executed. If it is determined that the steering wheel state does not change as a result of the inspection, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer is executed. If the result of decrementing the value of the handle state monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is under subtraction, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

  In the LED output process (S344), the display of the special symbol, the display of the normal symbol, the display of the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol, the display of the number of operation suspended balls of the normal symbol, the display of the game state, the special electric role is continuous To initialize the display, acquire display data, and execute the display of the number of times of operation, the display of the operation status of the special electric vehicle when the continuous product operating device is not operating, the display of Execute the output in order.

  In the launch control signal output process (S346), in order to output a signal of launch prohibition / permission of the game ball, setting of launch prohibition / permission corresponding to the communication state with the payout control board 155 and open circuit short circuit power abnormality, After obtaining the emission prohibition / permission data, the output of emission prohibition / permission signal is executed.

  In the test signal output process (S348), a signal to be output to the test apparatus is created and output to the corresponding output port.

  In the solenoid output process (S350), in order to output the output data of the ordinary electric-power solenoid solenoid 91 and the big winning opening solenoid 92, acquisition of output data of the ordinary electric-power combination solenoid 91, acquisition of output data of the special winning opening solenoid 92 Execute output data output. The operation flag and operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer are acquired. Subsequently, the solenoid operation timer is updated, and output data is output to the solenoid output port.

  In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence or absence of a transmission request for a command to be transmitted to the sub substrate 300 is checked, and when it is determined that a transmission request is made, the command data to be requested is acquired. Clear and execute acquisition of MODE data corresponding to acquired command data, output of MODE data, holding of MODE data, acquisition of EVENT data corresponding to acquired command data, and output of EVENT data.

  In the external information output process (S354), a signal to be output to the external terminal is created, and the created signal is output to the external information output port.

  The random numbers used in the operation process of the main substrate 200 described above will be described in more detail. The random numbers used in the main substrate 200 mainly include a random number per symbol and a normal symbol variation pattern random number as a random number related to a normal symbol, and a random number per special symbol and a special symbol per random number as a random number according to a special symbol. There are soft random numbers, special symbols per pattern, and random pattern random numbers. Also, as an initial update value type random number, a random number per normal symbol, a random number per symbol, a random symbol per symbol, and a soft random number per special symbol as a random number for giving an initial value per soft symbol There are a random number and a software initial value random number per special symbol.

  The random symbol per symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. When the gaming ball is determined to have passed through the operation opening 30 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt processing, the normal symbol random number per normal symbol is less than 4 which is the upper limit of the number of normal symbol changes In some cases, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for determination of a hit determination and a stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that normal symbol variation is to be started.

  The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 232, is updated in the various random number updating process (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is less than 4 which is the upper limit of the number of reserved normal symbol variations when it is determined that the gaming ball has passed through the operation opening 30 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt processing In this case, the data is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used to determine the variation pattern of the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the variation of the normal symbol is to be started.

  The special symbol random number, when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326) of the interruption processing when it is confirmed winning of the game ball The value of the soft random number per built-in random number and the special symbol is acquired, generated by adding the two, and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The special symbol per random number is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

  The special symbol per software random number is updated in the initial value update type random number updating process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The special random number per soft symbol is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). And is used to generate a random number per special symbol, as described above.

  The symbol random number per special symbol takes, for example, a value of 0 to 999, is updated in the initial value update type random number updating process (S308) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. A special symbol per symbol random number is the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). And is stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is used to determine the jackpot symbol if the hit determination is a big hit in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt processing.

  The fluctuation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 49999, is updated in various random number update processing (S306) of the interrupt processing, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The fluctuation pattern random number is a predetermined number of the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). It is acquired from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine a special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

  Normal per symbol initial value random number, special symbol per symbol initial value random number, and special symbol per software initial value random number are the same range of values as per random symbol per random symbol, special symbol per symbol random number and special symbol per program special symbol random number respectively The update process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process of the interrupt process (S310), and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. Normal pattern initial value random number, special symbol pattern initial value random number, and special symbol soft initial value random number, in the initial value update type random number update process (S308), normal pattern random number, special symbol per pattern random number, special When updating soft random numbers per symbol, it is used as the initial value of each random number.

  Since interrupt processing is executed at fixed time intervals by timer interruption, various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) included in interrupt processing are also executed at fixed time intervals. Ru. That is, the random number per normal symbol, the normal symbol variation pattern random number, the random number per special symbol, the soft random number per special symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the variation pattern random number are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, in the main process (S120), the time from the predetermined time measured by the timer to the interrupt process is taken from the end of the interrupt process until the next timer interrupt occurs. It is repeated for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt processing varies depending on the gaming state etc., the initial value random number update processing (S208) in the main processing (S120) is various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) Unlike), it is not necessarily performed at regular intervals. Thereby, the initial value random number acquired when setting the initial value in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random each time.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the sub substrate 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. When control of sub board 300 is started, sub CPU 310 sets a stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interrupts until various initial settings are completed (S 502), and performs register setting and port initialization of sub CPU 310, etc. The hardware initialization is executed (S504). The control program is read out from the sub ROM 312 and arranged in the sub RAM 311. Among various variables in the control program, an initial value is set for a variable having an initial value, and data of zero clear is set for a variable having no initial value. As a result, the sub RAM 311 is initialized (S506). The interrupt process in the sub-substrate 300 includes, as the interrupt process to be executed with the highest priority, a process at power on and a reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities when the watchdog function is enabled. Next, as priority level 7 interrupt processing with high execution priority, there is command processing to be received from the main board 200, and CPU runaway detection by the watchdog timer as priority level 3 interrupt processing with the next highest priority. There is a time reset process. Next, as priority level 2 interrupt processing to be prioritized, there is processing related to commands transmitted to and received from the display CPU 320, and communication processing with the real-time clock as priority level 1 interrupt processing having the lowest priority There are various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts relating to the above-described various processes occur temporarily at the same time, the process is executed with priority given to the types of interrupts with the highest priority. It should be noted that the process shown in the figure includes the process at power-on which is the interrupt of the highest priority level, the reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities, and the reset process at the CPU overrun detection which is the interrupt of priority level 3. Including.

  Disable interrupts (priority level 7) other than commands received from main board 200 (S510), and set various error information to be used for the model from all error information for all models stored in advance (S512) . All the lamps such as the decoration lamp 111 are turned off (S514), the operation of the watchdog timer is started (S516), and the main processing is executed (S518). Normally, the process does not return from the main process of S518, but when it returns, it shifts to sleep (small power consumption mode) (S520).

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main processing of S518 in FIG. In S506 of FIG. 16, in order to check whether or not the control program arranged in the sub RAM 311 is correctly arranged in the main process of this figure, the top address to start the check is obtained (S530) All interrupts are permitted (S532), and the initialization operation of devices such as motors and solenoids is executed (S534).

  If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, the watchdog timer is cleared (S 536), and the counter of the decorative symbol is updated so that the combination of the decorative symbol out is a random combination (S 540). Monitor (S 542). In addition, since S540 is a process in the method of determining the outlying pattern of the decorative symbol using the counter, in the case of the method of determining the outlying symbol of the decorative pattern using the lottery sheet incorporating all the symbol combinations that become the outlying symbol. Does not execute the process of S540. The process of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating the stop symbol of the special symbol is received from the main substrate 200 as described later in S552. When an error state is monitored and various errors are detected, the error is notified (S544), processing according to the input state of the effect button 109 is executed (S546), and a notice lottery is executed (S548). In addition, since the notice lottery in S548 transmits the command of the notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of the symbol change to the effect display control device 313 as early as possible, the lottery process is not processed in a single loop multiple times. In the above loop, the advance notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of the symbol variation is drawn in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real time clock, a lamp, a motor, or a solenoid, the operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552) If it returns (Y of S554) and it is not immediately after the command analysis (N of S554), the software random numbers for drawing are updated as processing of low priority which may be performed in idle time (S556), and the processing returns to S536. In S552, if the command to be analyzed indicates the variation pattern of the special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is determined in the process of S552, and if the command to be analyzed indicates the stop symbol of the special symbol, the lottery sheet If it is a method of determining the outlying design of the decorative design by using it, the stop design of the decorative design is determined in the process of S552.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt instruction having the highest priority next to the reset interrupt and the error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice consecutively, the data is determined as a new command (Y in S600), and the determined command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is stored in the temporary storage area (S604). Hard random numbers are obtained for subsequent processing (S606), and the original routine is returned to. As described above, by acquiring the hard random number every time the main command is interrupted from the main board 200, the randomness of the value is enhanced without generating the periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not match twice in a row (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the original routine is returned (N in S600).

  In S602, if the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command (N in S602), if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data The command write pointer, which is the reading position in the ring buffer for (S610), is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are stored in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command write pointer is updated (S 614), the first command stored in the temporary storage area is cleared (S 616), and the process returns to the original routine. If the first command has not been received at S608, the process skips S610 and thereafter (N at S608), and returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. The timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command relating to effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320, and occurs at a cycle of 500 μs. In this interrupt, the buffer is checked (S620), and if there is command data for transmission (Y in S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the display CPU 320 (S626). In addition, transmission of command data to the display CPU 320 tries transmission up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives from the display CPU 320 a command indicating that the display CPU 320 has normally received. After transmission, the setting of the buffer read address is updated (S 628), and the original routine is returned to. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N in S 622), S 624 and subsequent steps are skipped to return to the original routine.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when the sub CPU 310 receives a command from the display CPU 320. This interrupt is also a priority level 2 interrupt. The command received by the sub CPU 310 from the display CPU 320 is a command mainly indicating that the command transmitted from the sub CPU 310 to the display CPU 320 has been normally received. When a command is received from the display CPU 320, the received command data is read (S630), the command is analyzed (S632), and the command is stored in the command buffer (S634), and the process returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices is generated. The timer interrupt is an interrupt for lamp control of the decoration lamp 111 or the like, control of a solenoid or motor for driving the movable part 66, and management control of various timers, and occurs in a cycle of 1 ms. Since it is the interrupt of priority level 1 with the lowest priority, the interrupt of priority level 2 or higher is permitted (S 640), a signal indicating input from effect button 109, a signal indicating error detection, and a signal indicating power failure The input / output of a port for inputting / outputting a drive signal to a control target device such as a motor or a solenoid is processed (S642). At this time, when a signal indicating power failure is input, the process immediately shifts to backup processing. Update data related to device control such as count processing based on control pattern of device such as motor and solenoid, on / off control of buffer for writing data to port in S642 (S644), timer for timing of effect Update (S646), update timer for managing effective input time of effect button 109 (S648), update task control counter for lighting switching control of decoration lamp 111, runaway monitoring control of display CPU 320, etc. Then, a 16 ms cycle is created (S650).

  The minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 is 16 ms. By setting one frame of image display control to 16 ms or 32 ms and setting the integral multiple thereof as the minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, it is possible to easily synchronize lamp control and image display control. In addition, when counting a relatively long time period, for example, an error notification of 30 seconds, if the count of one interruption (1 ms) cycle is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms The count value can also be shortened by using the count value of the cycle.

  The task control includes 16 types of tasks 0-15, one of which is lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, and the two tasks are runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320. Lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 implements switching in a cycle of 16 ms by executing once every 16 interrupts in accordance with the count value of the task control counter. The runaway monitoring control of the display CPU 320 is assigned to, for example, the processing 0 and the processing 8, and when the count value of the task control counter is 0 and 8, that is, monitoring toggle signals from the display CPU 320 once for 8 interrupts (S652) By doing this, monitoring with an 8 ms cycle is realized.

  Note that the display CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that reverses on / off for each frame, and determines that the display CPU 320 is out of control when the toggle signal does not change continuously for the same value for 1600 ms. Transmits a reset signal to the display CPU 320, and the display CPU 320 that has received the reset signal executes the reset. In order to receive a toggle signal in one frame (16 ms or 32 ms) cycle from the display CPU 320, monitoring is performed in an 8 ms cycle shorter than that cycle. Finally, a timer for managing a relatively long error notification period such as the above-described error notification of 30 seconds is subtracted (S 654), and the error notification ends at the time-out.

  FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the process of the special symbol variation display. When the second success or failure lottery value is reserved (Y in S700), the second success or failure judgment means 222 reads the second success or failure lottery value and judges the success or failure of the second special symbol 52 (S702). The determination means 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determination means 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and the variation start command together with the determination result It transmits to the sub-substrate 300 to start symbol variation of the second special symbol 52 (S716).

  If the second hit lottery value is not held (N in S700) and the first hit lottery value is held (Y in S708), the first hit judging means 221 is the first hit lottery The value is read again and it is determined whether the first special symbol 51 is good or bad (S710), and the first success or failure judging means 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determining means 231 is the first (1) The variation pattern of the special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and the variation start command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 together with the determined result, and symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 is started (S716). If the first hit lottery value is not held, the processing from S710 to S722 is skipped (N in S708).

  The symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S 718), S 718 is repeated until a predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display stop timing is reached (N of S 720), the predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display is stopped When the timing is reached (Y in S720), the fluctuation stop command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300, and the fluctuation in symbols during display is stopped at the predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the fluctuation display of the special symbols is ended. Do.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the process of decorative symbol variation display. The effect determining means 303 of the sub substrate 300 receives a command indicating the start of fluctuation and the effect display content from the main substrate 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the stop symbol of the special symbol received, the fluctuation pattern, and the result of the pass / fail judgment. An aspect is determined (S752), and a fluctuation representation pattern corresponding to the fluctuation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the precursor setting is turned on in advance by determination (Y in S756), a pattern in which the previously determined fluctuation effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should be prevented from being superimposed on the advance effect. If it is not (N in S758) and it is not a symbol change that is the trigger for turning on the precursor setting (N in S760), the setting to display a predetermined advance effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is If it is a symbol change that is an opportunity to be turned on (Y in S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). If the precursor setting is not on (N in S756) or if the variation effect pattern includes a specific effect content (Y in S758), the processes in S760 to S764 are skipped.

  Thereafter, the variation symbol display of the decorative symbol is started (S766), the variation symbol display processing of the symbol symbol is executed (S768), the display processing of the notice attraction is executed (S770), and the variation stop command is received from the main board 200 S768 and S770 are repeated (N in S772), and when the change stop command is received (Y in S772), the symbol change display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative pattern in the stop mode determined in S752 (S774) ), The variation effect of the decorative symbol is ended (S776).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the special game process. First, the effect display control means 305 starts effect processing for a special game (S800), and the open / close control means 275 opens the special winning opening 20 (S802). If the predetermined opening time has not passed (N in S804) and the number of balls entered into the special winning opening 20 has not reached 9 balls or more, the process returns to S804 (N in S806), whether the predetermined opening time has elapsed ( If the opening number has reached 9 balls or more (Y in S804) but the opening time has not passed (N in S804), the open / close control means 275 controls the large winning opening 20 is closed (S810).

  If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the process returns to S802 (S812), and if the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), effect display The control means 305 ends the special game effect processing (S 814), the special game control means 260 ends the special game (S 816), and starts executing the specific game, ie, definite change, time reduction, easy entering state (S 818) ).

  FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the process of the small hit game. First, the special winning opening 20 is opened (S820), the opening is continued until a predetermined opening time passes (N in S822), and when the opening time passes (Y in S822), the special winning opening 20 is closed. (S824), if the opening / closing for the set number has not been completed (N in S826), 1 is added to the opening / closing number and returns to S820 (S828), if the opening / closing for the set number is completed (S826) Y), end small hit game.

  In the base technology, the number of jackpots in the second game is generally greater than the jackpot in the first game, ie, the second game is a single jackpot than the first game Was designed to have a higher expected value for winning a prize ball, but in another example, the first game may be designed to have a greater expected value for winning a ball than a second game. , And may be designed so that the winning ball acquisition expectation values of the first game and the second game are approximately equal. In the latter case, the average of the number of unit games included in the special game performed in the first game and the special game performed in the second game may be designed to be equal. For example, in the first game, a special game in which a unit game is executed 10 times is executed with a probability of 100%, and in a second game, a special game in which a unit game is performed 4 times with a probability of 50% However, a special game in which a unit game is performed 16 times with a probability of 50% may be executed. Also, in any case, when the special winning opening is provided with a specific area, and the gaming ball entered into the special winning opening enters a specific area or enters a specific area, the normal game after the end of the special game is performed. A specific game such as a definite change state may be configured to be implemented. In this case, the special game executed when the big game in the second game is played is easier to enter the specific area than the special game played when the game is the big game in the first game. , And may be configured to have a high probability that the normal game of the odd change state will be executed after the end of the special game. For example, the first hit where a special game that makes it relatively difficult to enter a specific area is executed, and the second hit where a special game where it is relatively easy to enter a specific area are executed The second game may be provided so that the probability of the second game being the second win is higher than that of the first game. Alternatively, the probability of the second hit in the first game may be less than 100%, but the probability of the second hit in the second game may be 100%.

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Hereinafter, the characteristic configuration of the present embodiment will be described. The pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps. When the game ball enters the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, the first hit lottery or the second hit lottery is executed, and when the determination result of the lottery becomes a big hit, the big winning opening (described later) A special game in which the special winning opening 21) repeats opening is started. On the other hand, when the determination result of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery is a predetermined result called "small hit", the short opening of the big winning opening (second large winning opening 22 described later) A small hit game is played. This small hit game is distinguished from a "big hit" because it has only one unit game repeated several times in the case of a big hit. If the game ball entered into the second big winning opening 22 enters a specific area called "V zone" in the second big winning opening 22 (also referred to as "V entering ball"), "big hit" to "big hit" The special game in which the first large winning opening 21 is opened is executed. Therefore, the small hit game has substantially the same operation as the second type pachinko game referred to in the past.

  When the special game is over, it shifts to a specific game called a so-called variable time reduction game (hereinafter referred to as "time saving") at a predetermined probability. Time saving continues until the number of times of variation of the special symbol reaches a predetermined number of times (hereinafter referred to as "the number of continuations") after the end of the special game. The time saving of this embodiment is not limited to the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, but also the opening time of the ordinary electric symbol and the shortening of the fluctuation time of the ordinary symbol are used to enter the second start winning opening Include an easy-to-enter state that enhances the ease of the ball. Further, as described later, in the case of a winning lottery triggered by entering the second starting winning opening, the probability of being determined to be a small hit is set high. As a result, during a short period of time, a small hit is likely to occur triggered by entering the second starting winning opening, and the possibility of the occurrence of a big hit (also referred to as a "small hit V") developing from a small hit also increases.

  As a result of having such a configuration, since the ease of entering the second starting winning opening is low in the normal state of the normal game, first, the first starting winning entry is allowed to enter the special game and temporarily transits in a short time Let And it gets small hitting development big hit in the time saving, it becomes the game characteristic which aims at the continuation of the small hitting development big hitting because time saving continues even after the special game ending.

  In this embodiment, as a type of small hit, “small time with small hit” which is shifted to the short time state after the special game is executed as a small hit development big hit, and is shifted to the short time state after the special game is executed. There are two major types of "time saving no small hit" that shifts to the normal state. In the case of developing from a short time to a big hit to a big hit, it is possible to expect a big hit continuity by generating a further "small hit development big hit" in a short time condition thereafter. On the other hand, there is a feature that it is difficult to expect a big hit continuation because a short time state is not given after that when developing from big time without short time to big hit. Therefore, it can be said that the player's high interest is directed not only to whether or not the small hit is developed into a big hit if it is a small hit, but also whether or not time savings are given after the small hit development.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to display an indication effect suggesting time saving during the special game after small hit development, and to enable the display of the indication effect at a plurality of indication timings during the special game, small Enhance the stage variation at the time of development. As a plurality of suggestion timings, for example, when displaying a suggestion effect immediately after entering a specific area, ie, when a small hit V is determined, or displaying a suggestion effect during execution of a special game, an end demonstration time when the special game ends Prepare a case where you want to display the suggested effect on. This enables effect display that enhances the player's sense of anticipation that time confirmation will also be determined along with the determination of small hit V, and the special game is performed even when the suggestion effect is not displayed immediately after the small hit V determination. It is possible to display an effect that continues the sense of expectation that the suggested effect may be displayed by the end.

  In this embodiment, when the result of the judgment is a small hit and the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the display of a specific effect object that the second large winning opening 22 is ready to enter the ball The display of "specified small hit effect" shown together with In this specific small hit effect, for example, while displaying a message prompting the player to perform a shooting operation that enables the player to enter the second large winning opening 22 such as "Aim at the feather!", The message is specified near the message. The character image etc. which are presentation objects of are displayed. In this specific small hit effect, a plurality of effect patterns having different display types of character images are prepared, and a specific small hit effect according to one of the effect patterns is randomly selected and displayed, for example.

  In the present embodiment, when the above-described suggestion effect is displayed by being a small hit development big hit, the possibility that the indication effect is displayed at each of a plurality of suggestion timings is displayed before the small hit development. Suggested effects are displayed differently depending on the display type of the specific effect object. For example, when the message “Aim at the feather!” Is displayed together with the image of the character A, the possibility that the suggestion effect is displayed immediately after entering the specific area is increased. On the other hand, when the image of the character B different from the character A is displayed, the possibility that the suggestion effect is displayed in the middle of the special game is increased. In the present embodiment, the player adjusts the firing operation according to the display type of the effect object by thus correlating the display type of the effect object with the display timing of the suggestion effect, and the display timing of the effect effect is displayed. Allows you to choose a trend. As a result, it is possible to provide an unprecedented novel game characteristic that it is possible to strike the gaming ball so that the possibility of the suggestion effect being displayed at the suggestion timing desired by the player is increased.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings, focusing on the differences from the above-described base technology.

  FIG. 26 shows the basic structure of the front side of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment. The pachinko gaming machine 500 differs from the above-described base technology in that the pachinko gaming machine 500 includes the first large winning opening 21 and the second large winning opening 22 as large winning openings. The first large winning opening 21 is a large winning opening that functions in the same manner as the above-mentioned large winning opening 20, and as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined mode. It is a horizontal rectangular shaped winning opening that is open. The first big winning opening 21 is provided at the upper right position of the out port 34. The first large winning opening 21 includes a first large winning detection device 26 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a first large winning opening solenoid 93 for opening and closing the first large winning opening 21. The first big prize detection device 26 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first big winning opening 21 and generates the first big winning opening winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered.

  On the other hand, the second large winning opening 22 is provided as a large winning opening corresponding to a small hit game, and is opened by the occurrence of a small hit. The second large winning opening 22 includes a second large winning detection device 27 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a second large winning opening solenoid 94 for opening and closing the blades of the second large winning opening 22. The second big prize detection device 27 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second big winning opening 22, and generates second winning prize winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered. The second special winning opening 22 is opened as "small hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode. The second big winning opening 22 is attached to the right of the center decoration 64 provided around the effect display device 60 substantially at the center of the game area 81. When the second large winning opening 22 is so-called right-hit to substantially maximize the firing strength when it is opened during a small hit game, the game ball will be entered with a very high probability. The game balls having entered the opened second large winning opening 22 flow into the space inside the center decoration 64. The second large winning detection device 27 is provided near the entrance of the second large winning opening 22.

  In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 functions as a "variable ball entry device". Here, the variable ball entry device is a device operable to change to a state capable of entering a ball, and is a device in which a specific region is provided in the inner space thereof.

  A specific area (V zone) is provided in the space inside the second large winning opening 22 in the center decoration 64, and the gaming ball entering the second large winning opening 22 is the specific area or other than that specific area. Pass through a non-specific area. In this embodiment, a specific area is provided on the left of the inner center of the center decoration 64, a non-specific area is provided on the right, and the game ball enters the ball with the second large winning opening 22 opened. Then, the gaming ball is configured to pass the specific area with a probability of, for example, about 1/10. In the present embodiment, the entry probability to the specific area is set to be about 1/10 according to the shape of the inner passage of the center decoration 64, but in the modification, for example, the entry into the second large winning opening 22 is made. A movable character may be installed to distribute the ball game ball to a specific area or a non-specific area, and the game ball may be guided to the specific area with a probability of about 1/10 by driving the movable character. Further, although the probability of about 1/10 is set in the present embodiment, the probability of entering the specific area may be set higher or lower than that. In addition, the second large winning opening 22 may be provided with a clone having about three drop openings, and gaming balls entering one of the plurality of drop openings may be led to the specific area. The specific area passage detection device 501 is a sensor that detects whether the gaming ball has passed through the specific area, and generates specific area passage information indicating the passage when passing. When the gaming ball passes the specific area, it becomes a big hit and the special game is started. When developing into a big hit, it is possible to digest the special game using the first big winning opening 21.

  In the special game according to the present embodiment, the first special game to be executed when the stop symbol becomes a big hit, and the small hit develops into a big hit after the stop symbol becomes a small hit And there is a second special game to be executed. The first special game is the same as the special game shown in the above-described base technology.

  The second special game is executed triggered by the V entering ball during the small hit game. When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, it shifts to a small hit game composed of one unit game, and the opening / closing operation of the second big winning opening 22 is executed Be done. In one unit game constituting a small hit game, the second large winning opening 22 is opened for about 1.7 seconds, which is a time less than a predetermined reference time (for example, 1.8 seconds). In a variation, the second big winning opening 22 may be opened and closed multiple times so that the total opening time is less than a predetermined reference time in one unit game constituting the small hit game.

  When the player enters a specific area provided inside the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game, the development from the small hit to the big hit is determined, and the second special game is executed. In the second special game, as in the first special game described above, after the first large winning opening 21 is opened and the opening lasts for about 30 seconds which is equal to or longer than a predetermined reference time, or nine or more game balls are It is closed once after falling. After the opening / closing of the first large winning opening 21 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 5 times or 15 times, the second special game is ended. Therefore, when the second special game is executed, after the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the opening of the first large winning opening 21 is made multiple times.

  FIG. 27 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 500. The pachinko gaming machine 500 is different in that it has a first large winning opening 21 and a second large winning opening 22 instead of the large winning opening 20 as compared with the functional block of FIG. 3 described above. The main substrate 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 is electrically connected to the first large winning opening 21 and the second large winning opening 22. The first large winning opening 21 has a first large winning detection device 26 and a first large winning opening solenoid 93. The second large winning opening 22 has a second large winning detection device 27, a second large winning opening solenoid 94, and a specific area passage detection device 501.

  The main substrate 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 has the same functional configuration as the block diagram shown in FIG. The ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has won the first large winning opening 21 when the first large winning opening winning information is received, and the game ball receives the second large winning opening winning information when the second large winning opening winning information is received. It is determined that the mouth 22 has been won. The first lottery means 211 has a function of executing a first lottery relating to the first game, and executes the first on-off lottery as a on-off lottery corresponding to the entry into the first starting port 11. The second lottery means 212 has a function of executing a second lottery relating to the second game, and executes a second chance lottery as a chance lottery corresponding to entering the second starting opening 12.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram schematically showing a success / failure determination table according to the embodiment. In the present embodiment, when the winning lottery value acquired by the first success or failure judging means 221 falls within the range of 65206 to 65535, it becomes a small hit, and the winning or falling lottery value obtained by the second success or failure judging means 222 is within the range of 660 to 65535 It becomes a small hit when it corresponds to. That is, the range corresponding to the small hit is wider in the second good lottery than the first good lottery, and the small hit is likely to occur. In particular, in the second success or failure lottery, the range corresponding to the small hit is set widely widely, and the small hit range is set so that most of the results of the judgment of the success or failure will be the small hit. Thereby, in the second game, the probability of becoming a small hit development big hit is increased. In the present embodiment, there is no probability fluctuation state in which the range of the big hit is expanded from the normal time, and a yes / no determination table for positive variation is not prepared.

  The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 execute symbol determination with reference to a table similar to the symbol determination table shown in FIG. 7. In the present embodiment, the special symbol types “0” to “4” shown in FIG. 7A are associated with a big hit with a short time or a big hit without a short time. For example, the type "0" is associated with 15R big hit with time as the specific big hit, the type "1" is associated with 5R big hit with time as the specific big hit, and the type "2" is as the specific big hit with 2R with time short Big hit is associated. Moreover, 5R big hit which does not accompany time reduction as a big hit usually is matched with a kind "3" and a kind "4". Thus, the selection probability for each big hit type is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

  Further, in the present embodiment, small hit with time saving or short hit without time saving is associated with the special symbol types “5” to “9” shown in FIG. 7C. For example, types "5" and "6" are associated with a small hit that is a 15R big hit with a short time when small hit is developed, and types "7" and "8" are a 5R big hit with a time reduced when small hit A small hit is associated, and a type “9” is associated with a small hit that is a 5R big hit without time saving when the small hit is developed. Thus, the selection probability for each small hit type is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

  The special figure holding means 241 stores the win lottery value with the upper limit of 4 for the first win lottery, but does not hold the win lottery value like the first win lottery for the second win lottery value. When the second success or failure lottery is newly executed, the special figure holding means 241 temporarily holds the success or failure lottery value until the success or failure is judged. The presence or absence of holding of the success / failure lottery value is indicated by the presence / absence of lighting of the second special view holding lamp 72. In the modification, the second special view holding lamp 72 may not be provided. In that case, the special figure holding means 241 may not hold temporarily the lottery value of the second lottery.

  In the second game, the winning lottery value is obtained by the winning of the second starting opening 12, and one lamp constituting the second special view holding lamp 72 is turned on. Then, at the same time as the variable display of the second special symbol 52 is started to indicate the result of the determination of the success or failure, one lamp of the second special view holding lamp 72 is turned off. When there is a winning to the second starting opening 12 during the variable display of the second special symbol 52, although a prize ball is given, the acceptance lottery value is not made, and the second special view holding lamp 72 It does not light up. If there is a winning on the second starting port 12 after the variation of the second special symbol 52 is completed, a lottery value for success or failure is obtained, and one lamp constituting the second special view holding lamp 72 is turned on again.

  The reason why the second game is not held in this way is to prevent the player from being overwhelmed with cheating and to prevent the wrongdoing from occurring. When it is configured to hold a predetermined number of winning or falling lottery values in the second game, once it is shifted to the special game, the lottery result by the winning or falling lottery value held during the special game or during the short time is small after the special game It is a hit and may develop further into a big hit. Especially in the gaming machine where the probability of occurrence of small hits in the second game is relatively high as in this embodiment and the probability of occurrence of big hits by entering a specific area thereafter is also relatively high, during special game or during a short time By reserving the number of good or bad lottery values up to the upper limit number, there is a possibility that the small hit development jackpot may occur excessively. For example, despite the occurrence of a big hit that does not involve time saving, it is assumed that the chance lottery value held during the special game will be a big hit and will develop into a big hit in the process of being digested after the special game. In a non-entering easy state that should not be, there may occur a twisted phenomenon that the probability of occurrence of a big hit becomes high. In the present embodiment, in order to prevent such an unexpected excessive profit state bias, the second game is not substantially suspended.

  The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode, when the first success or failure lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is established, and the first special game is executed by opening the first large winning opening 21. Similarly, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, the special game control means 260, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot manner It is determined that the special game operating condition is established, and the first special game is executed by opening the first large winning opening 21. In addition, the special game control means 260 is a second special condition that the ball into the specific area is entered when the ball into the specific area in the second large winning opening 22 is detected during the execution of the small hit game Run a game. The second special game is executed by opening the first large winning opening 21 as in the first special game.

  The small hit game control means 265 operates the small hit game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the first lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in a small hit. The small hit game is executed by determining that the condition is established and making the open / close control means 275 open the second large winning opening 22. Similarly, the small hit game control means 265 is small when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, when the second lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in showing a small hit. It is determined that the hit game operation condition is established, and the small hit game is executed by opening / closing control means 275 opening second large winning opening 22. In the small hit game, a unit game is executed once, and the second large winning opening 22 is opened and closed once in a unit game. The small hit game control means 265 closes the second large winning opening 22 after opening the second large winning opening 22 for about 1.7 seconds which is less than a predetermined reference time (about 1.8 seconds). End the small hit game.

  The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the time saving state and the entry easy state. The special game control means 270 shifts the game state to the short time state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game, when the special symbol is a special big hit symbol with a short time. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter-ball state are continued until the next big hit occurs or until a predetermined number of (for example, 100) symbol variations are executed. In the short time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. Do. However, in the normal state, the variation pattern table corresponding to the number of pending lottery values by the suspension control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of reservations by the suspension control means 240 decreases, a longer variation pattern of variation time tends to appear. In the ball entry easy state, normally both of the symbol variation and the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 or only the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 is performed. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting opening 12 to be in the open extension state when it becomes the specific big hit, and further, the hit probability of the open lottery is further limited only when the success lottery is the second success lottery. Transition to a probability change state higher than the normal probability state. In this manner, in the easy ball entry state, the opening extension is performed by the normal symbol time-short, the normal symbol oddity, and the opening mechanism of the second starting opening 12 (functioning as the "ball entry variation mechanism").

  When the player enters the ball entry easy state, the player aims to generate the small hit by aiming at the second starting opening 12, thereby opening the second large winning opening 22 and playing a game promoted to the second special game. As described above, if you enter the second big winning opening 22, you can expect to enter the specific area with a probability of 1/10, so if you enter the time short, you can have a second special game with small hit development with high probability You can earn it. On the other hand, if it is not easy to enter the ball, it is difficult to enter the ball even if aiming at the second starting opening 12. Therefore, the player targets the first starting opening 11 and draws the big hit symbol with the first special symbol 51 It will be done. As described above, it is relatively difficult to shift to the easy-to-enter state in the normal state, but once it shifts to the easy-to-enter state, there is a high possibility that the easy-to-enter state continues due to the small hitting development jackpot . Therefore, once transitioning to the ball entry easy state, it is easier to continue the ball entry state than usual, and so-called "continuous chan" that can be obtained more chances of entering the specific area Sex is increased.

  The opening and closing control means 275 controls the opening and closing of the normal motorized combination 90 of the second starting opening 12, the first large winning opening 21, and the second large winning opening 22. The opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the second big winning opening solenoid 94 in the small hitting game, and opens the second big winning opening 22.

  The sub-substrate 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 has the same functional configuration as the block diagram shown in FIG. The pattern storage means 302 determines a plurality of small hit effect patterns that define a display process of a small hit effect displayed during a small hit game and a plurality of special game effects that define a display process of a special game effect displayed during a special game. Hold the pattern. The effect determination means 303 determines any of a plurality of small hit effect patterns when the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hit, and determines any of a plurality of special game effect patterns when the special game is executed. . The effect control unit 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the content according to the content determined by the effect determination unit 303.

  FIG. 29 is a screen example schematically showing small hit effect contents according to the specific small hit effect pattern. In this figure, the small hit game is executed after the “small hit variation” which is a symbol variation that results in the stop mode of the second special symbol 52 showing a small hit is performed, and the variable entering device (second big winning opening 22) is an example of a screen displayed when operating in a state capable of entering a ball; As illustrated, a character image 510 which is a specific effect object is displayed on the upper right of the screen on the effect display device 60, and an effect image 520 indicating that the second large winning opening 22 is ready to enter the ball. , 530, 540 are displayed. The effect image 520 is an image for displaying a message of “Aim for the blade!”, And is an image for prompting the player to perform a shooting operation that enables the player to enter the second large winning opening 22. The effect image 530 is an image schematically showing a board configuration in the vicinity of the second large winning opening 22, and the second large winning opening 22 is in an open state, and the game ball can enter the center decoration 64. It indicates that it will be in the state. The effect image 540 is an effect image of a right-pointing arrow displayed at the center on the right side of the effect display device 60, and indicates the position of the second big winning opening 22 in an open state. In the specific small hit effect, it is effectally shown that the second big winning opening 22 is ready to enter the ball by the display of these effect images.

  The specific small hit effect is displayed at a timing when the game ball hit by the shooting operation performed after the start of the display of the character image 510 can enter or easily enter the second large winning opening 22. As a result, the player can enter the second large winning opening 22 by performing a right-handed shooting operation after visual recognition of the character image 510 displayed with the start of the small hit game. On the other hand, if the shooting operation is temporarily stopped after visual recognition of the character image 510, it is possible to avoid entering the second large winning opening 22.

  It is desirable that the display start timing of the character image 510 be earlier than the opening start timing of the second big winning opening 22. It takes about 1 to 3 seconds, for example, for the game ball fired after the game ball launch operation to enter the second large winning opening 22. As a result, when the second large winning opening 22 is opened immediately after the start of the display of the character image 510, the second large winning opening 22 is closed before the game ball reaches the second large winning opening 22, and the character In some cases, it may be difficult to hit the second large winning opening 22 by the launch operation after the display of the image 510 is started. Therefore, it is desirable that the display of the character image 510 be started at the timing before the small hit game is started and the second big winning opening 22 is opened, for example, the character image before stopping the symbol variation which becomes a small hit. The display of 510 may be started.

  The pattern storage unit 302 holds a plurality of specific small hit effect patterns as an effect pattern which determines a display process of the specific small hit effect as shown in FIG. The display process is determined such that the display types of the character images 510 that are specific effect objects are different for the plurality of specific small hit effect patterns. Specifically, each pattern is held so that the characters displayed as the character image 510 are different from one another. For example, as shown in FIG. 32 described later, three types of characters A to C are prepared, and three types of specific small hit effect patterns corresponding to the number of types of characters are prepared in advance. In the modification, the specific small hit effect pattern may be prepared so that the type of the character is four or more. Further, the specific small hit effect pattern may be configured to display only one or two of the effect images 520, 530, and 540 while displaying the character image 510.

  In the specific small hit effect pattern, in the period from entering the second big winning opening 22 to passing a specific area or a non-specific area, an effect such as asking whether to enter the specific area or not The process of displaying may be included. For example, in response to the detection of entering the ball by the second big winning detection device 27, an effect display may be performed to increase the expectation of entering the ball in the specific area. Specifically, a meter is displayed such that the gauge is gradually increased by depression of the effect button 109, and the effect of indicating the degree of expectation of entering the ball into a specific area is indicated by how the gauge of the meter is increased. It may be displayed.

  The pattern storage unit 302 holds a plurality of specific special game effect patterns as an effect pattern that defines a display process of the special game effect displayed during the second special game. In this specific special game effect pattern, the display process of "specific special game effect" is displayed when the small hit game in which the above-mentioned specific small hit effect is displayed is developed and the second special game is executed. Be In this specific special game effect, a plurality of suggestion timings for displaying “suggestion effect” is set, which suggests that the game is shifted to the time saving state after the end of the second special game. As the plurality of suggestion timings, for example, the start of the second special game, the middle of the execution of the second special game, the end of the second special game, and the like are set. When the suggestion effect is displayed in at least one of the plurality of suggestion timings, transition to the time saving state is determined after the end of the second special game, and the indication effect is not displayed in any of the plurality of suggestion timings The transition to the state is finalized.

  FIG. 30 and FIG. 31 schematically show an effect pattern of the specific special game effect. FIG. 30 shows an effect pattern when the setting number of rounds of the second special game is 5R, and FIG. 31 shows an effect pattern when the setting number of rounds of the second special game is 15R. In FIG. 30, effect patterns A1, B1 and C1 indicate effect patterns selected when the small hit type is the 5R big hit with time reduction, and the effect pattern D is the 5R big hit with the small hit type without the time reduction Indicates an effect pattern to be selected. Further, in FIG. 31, effect patterns A2, B2, and C2 indicate effect patterns selected when the type of small hit is a 15R big hit with time saving.

  The effect pattern A1 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is the start time of the second special game. In the effect pattern A1, it is suggested at timing immediately after the game ball enters the specific area, timing at which the small hit V is fixed and timing at which the second special game starts, or timing immediately before or at the start of the second special game. The effect is displayed. The display timing of the suggestion effect may be, for example, a period for displaying a start demonstration of the second special game. In this suggestion effect, a small hit V is determined and a small hit V is established to notify that it has become a small hit development big hit. For example, "small hit V confirmed" and "small hit V confirmed" are displayed by displaying on the effect display device 60 an effect image showing how a special move of the character is extended, or by lowering the movable object 66 to the center of the screen and lighting it. Make a strike at the start which suggests both time After the start-off blowout effect, the effect display device 60 may be displayed to notify both "small hit V confirmed" and "time and time confirmed". After that, with the progress of the round in which the first large winning opening 21 is opened, the contents of the effect that displays the number of rounds during digestion and the number of balls entering the first large winning opening 21 until the end of the final round Is displayed.

  The effect pattern B1 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is in the middle of the second special game. In the effect pattern B1, after the effect of notifying the small hit V determination at the start of the second special game is made, a battle effect in which the main character and the sub (enemy) character battle is displayed. In the battle effect defined in the effect pattern B1, the effect content is that the main character wins during the execution of the second special game, suggesting "time-saving acquisition" by the main character's victory. In other words, the situation in which the main character wins is an indication effect. In the battle rendition, it may be suggested that the victory of the battle becomes a time-saving acquisition condition before the process of battle between characters or the start of the battle. In addition, an attack such as a punch or a kick may be played out at the timing when the game ball enters the first big winning opening 21, and effect display may be suggested that the expectation of battle victory, that is, the expectation of time saving is increased. . In the illustrated example, the display timing of the suggested effect is the third round, but the display timing is not limited to this, and the suggested effect is displayed in any of the periods in which the first to fifth rounds are executed. Just do it.

  The effect pattern C1 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is the end of the second special game. Although a battle effect similar to the effect pattern B1 is determined in the effect pattern C1, the effect pattern C1 differs from the effect pattern B1 in that the effect process is determined so that the main character is once defeated and then revived. Therefore, in the effect pattern C1, a state in which the main character is resurrected and won is a suggestive effect that suggests “time-saving acquisition”. In the effect pattern C1, for example, at the timing when the main character loses at the same timing as the timing when the main character wins in the effect pattern B1, and the final round of the second special game ends or the end demonstration time of the second special game An indication effect that the main character revives is displayed. It is to be noted that there may be effect display indicating that the degree of anticipation of the character resurrection, that is, the degree of anticipation of time saving is increased between the defeat and the resurrection of the character.

  The effect pattern D is a specific special game effect pattern in which a suggested effect is not displayed. The effect pattern D is different from the effect pattern C1 in that the same battle effect as the effect pattern C1 is determined, but the effect process is determined so that the main character ends without revival. Therefore, it is suggested or informed that the time saving state is not given after the end of the second special game because the special special game effect according to the effect pattern D does not indicate "time saving".

  The effect patterns A2 to C2 shown in FIG. 31 are effect patterns for 15 rounds including the effect display process similar to the effect patterns A1 to C1 in FIG. The effect pattern A2 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is the start time of the second special game, and includes the same start effect striking effect as the effect pattern A1. The effect pattern A2 is configured so that the effect display process of 1R to 5R is the same as the effect pattern A1, and "continuation effect" is displayed to notify that the sixth and subsequent rounds will continue after the end of the fifth round. Configured to be. In the continuous effect, for example, as in the case of the one-stroke effect at the start, 15R determination is suggested by displaying a state in which the special move of the character is extended or lowering the movable role 66 to the center of the screen. In the continuation effect, display may be made to notify 15R determination, or effect display may be made to ask whether 15R is to be a big hit before suggesting or notifying 15R determination. In addition, the interval period between 5R and 6R (the closing period of the first big winning opening 21) is relatively longer than that in other rounds so that such a continuous effect can be displayed. 2 Special games may be configured.

  The effect pattern B2 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is in the middle of the second special game, and includes battle effect that the character wins, as in the effect pattern B1. In the effect pattern B2, for example, the character is configured to win the battle effect made between 1R and 5R, and a "continuation effect" is displayed to notify that the 6R or later will continue after the end of the 5R. Configured to

  The effect pattern C2 is a specific special game effect pattern in which the display timing of the suggested effect is in the middle of the second special game, and includes battle effect that is revived after the character loses, as in the effect pattern C1. The effect pattern C2 is configured, for example, such that the character loses in a battle effect made between 1R and 5R, and is configured such that the character revives and wins after the end of 5R. In the effect pattern C2, not only the "time-saving acquisition" but also "15R determination" may be suggested by the resurrection effect of the character. That is, the resurrection production may be the same as the above-mentioned "indication production" and "continuation production".

  In addition, even if it corresponds to the "continuation effect" displayed in the specific special game effect for 15R, even if the effect display which asks whether it will be a 15R big hit or not in the specific special game effect for 5R Good. For example, in the rendering process according to the rendering pattern C1 for 5R, a rendering display may be performed such that the expectation for achieving both time saving and round continuation is enhanced by the rendering of revitalizing the character. Also, in the resurrection production after the end of 5R, it can be seen that the suggested content is different in the case where only time saving is suggested (rendering pattern C1) and in which both time saving and round continuation are suggested (rendering pattern C2). , You may make the contents of the resurrection production different. For example, the effect pattern C2 is a resurrection effect with the operation of the movable character 66 turned on in multiple colors (rainbow color), while the effect pattern C1 is the resurrection effect without the operation of the movable character 66 You may make a difference in the content of the resurrection production of both. Similarly, with regard to the suggested effects defined in the effect patterns A2 and B2, by providing a difference between the indicated effects determined in the effect patterns A1 and B1, it may also be suggested that the 15R is determined by the indicated effects. .

  FIG. 32 schematically shows a table for defining the correspondence between the effect object displayed in the specific small hit effect and the selection tendency of the effect pattern selected in the small hit development. In the present embodiment, when the above-described suggestion effect is displayed as the small hit development big hit, the possibility that the suggestion effect is displayed at each of a plurality of suggestion timings is displayed before the small hit development. Suggested effects are displayed differently depending on the display type of the effect object. Specifically, by making the selection probability of the above-mentioned effect patterns A1 to C1 and A2 to C2 different according to the display type of the character image 510 displayed in the specific small hit effect, the suggested effect can be displayed The timing of high sex is set to be different for each character.

  In the present embodiment, three types of character A, character B, and character C are prepared as characters to be used as the specific effect object described above. The character of the character is set to each character, and the character A is "start at strike type", the character B is "battle leading type", and the character C is "battle inversion type". The character A has a high selection probability of 90% for the effect pattern A1 / A2 in which a one-stroke effect is made at the start, and a low selection probability for the effect patterns B1 / B2 and C1 / C2 to be won or revival in the battle effect is 5%. It is set. In character B, the selection probability of the effect pattern B1 / B2 to be won in the battle effect is as high as 80%, and the selection probability of the effect pattern A1 / A2 or the effect pattern C1 / C2 to be revived in the battle effect is one hit at the start. Is set as low as 10%. In the character C, the selection probability of the rendition pattern C1 / C2 to be restored in the battle rendition is set as high as 70%, while the rendition pattern A1 / A2 is set as low as 10% and the rendition pattern B1 / B2 as low as 20%. There is.

  The selection table shown in FIG. 32 is a table that is referred to when the type of the small hit that triggers the small hit development big hit is “5R with time reduction” or “15R with time reduction”. When the small hit type becomes “5R with time reduction” and becomes a small hit development big hit, one of the effect patterns A1 to C1 is selected to be the selection probability defined in the selection table, and the selected effect pattern is selected. The second special game of 5R in which the suggestive effect is made at the determined suggestion timing is executed. Further, when the small hit type is “15 R with time reduction” and becomes a small hit development big hit, one of the effect patterns A2 to C2 is selected and selected so as to have the selection probability defined in the selection table. The second special game of 15R in which the suggestive effect is made at the suggestive timing determined in the pattern is executed. If the small hit type is “timeless no 5R”, the effect pattern D is selected. In the table shown in this figure, the selection probability of each effect pattern is common between “5R with time reduction” and “15R with time reduction”, but even if the table is defined so that the selection probability differs depending on the type of small hit. Good.

  The type of character displayed in the specific small hit effect is selected independently of the small hit type. The display type of the character is, for example, randomly determined independently of the symbol lottery for determining the small hit type. The display types of the characters may be switched in a predetermined order each time a small hit occurs (for example, A, B, C, A, B, C,...). By determining the display type of the character regardless of the small hit type, the small hit type suggested by the character type is discriminated to play a game to intentionally avoid entering the ball in the specific area (eg, separate) I can not do that.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the selection tendency of the specific special game effect pattern to be displayed after the small hit development is intentionally performed by performing the hit according to the type of the character displayed in the specific small hit effect It is made to be selectable. For example, the player who likes the suggestion effect by the blowout effect at the start is made to enter the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game in which the character A is displayed, and the other characters B and C are displayed By avoiding entering the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game, it is possible to increase the possibility that the blowout effect at the start will be displayed. On the other hand, the player who likes the reverse-type revival effect enters the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game in which the character C is displayed, and the other characters A and B are displayed. By avoiding entering the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game, the display possibility of the resurrection effect can be enhanced. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide an unprecedented novel game characteristic that the display possibility of the desired effect content can be enhanced by the game operation in the small hit game.

  The types of characters displayed in the specific small hit effect may be displayed with equal probability for each character, or the display probability of some characters may be increased. In order to increase the display probability of some characters, it may be based on the game history held in the effect setting means 308. For example, the setting of the favorite character may be received before or during the game, and the display probability of the set favorite character may be increased. In addition, when the small hit development big hit is done multiple times, you may make it raise the display probability of the character with the largest display frequency among a plurality of small hit games which became a trigger of the small hit development.

  Further, in the special special game effect, an effect display may be performed in which the character of the character image 510 displayed in the specific small hit effect causing the small hit development is a main character. In this case, three types of effect patterns having different types of main characters are prepared as the effect patterns A1 to C1 and A2 to C2 and D described above, and the same character as the character displayed in the specific small hit effect appears An effect pattern is selected such that a specific special game effect to be displayed is displayed. In this case, it is possible to provide a new game characteristic that it is possible to intentionally select the effect contents in which the desired character is mainly set by the game operation in the small hit game.

  The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is merely an example, and that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such a modification is also within the scope of the present invention. is there. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described.

  In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the character image displayed on the upper right of the screen is used as the specific effect object used in the specific small hit effect is shown. In a modification, another effect object displayed during the variation display of the small hit symbol or during the execution of the small hit game may be used as a display indicating the selection tendency of the effect after the small hit development. For example, while displaying a reserve object corresponding to the display of the second special view reserve lamp 72 on the effect display device 60 and suggesting a selection tendency of the effect after small hitting development according to the display type of the reserve object Good. In this case, a character image similar to the character image 510 may be used as the hold object. In addition, depending on the type of stop design of the decorative symbol 61 in the symbol variation display which is a small hit, it may be suggested that the selection tendency of the effect after the small hit development.

  In the above-described embodiment, a case is suggested in which the presence / absence of time saving is indicated by the suggestion effect. In a modification, the suggestion effect may indicate the round continuation expectation of the second special game. For example, prepare a special game with a set number of rounds of 5R, 8R, 11R, 15R as the second special game, and continue the next round after the unit game of 5R, 8R, 11R set in multiple stages is over? Execute a continuous effect indicating whether or not. If the continuation effect is successful, a new unit game will be executed, and the number of award balls that can be acquired will be ranked up. The interval between the unit game of the setting round number and the next unit game (specifically, between 5R and 6R, between 8R and 9R, and between 11R and 12R) is for displaying a continuation effect, It may be longer than the interval between other unit games.

  In such a rank-up type second special game, in this modification, it suggests the degree of expectation of the number of rounds continued by the suggestion effect displayed at any of a plurality of suggestion timings set to 1R to 5R. . For example, when the set number of rounds is 5R, the effect display does not include the suggested effect such as the above described effect pattern D, and when the set number of rounds is 8R, 11R, 15R, the above described effect pattern A1 It is an effect display including a suggested effect such as ~ C1. In addition, the selection tendency of the effect pattern including the suggested effect is changed according to the display type of the effect object displayed in the specific small hit effect. According to the present modification, it is possible to provide new playability that the display possibility of the suggestion effect indicating the continuation of the round can be intentionally selected by the game operation in the small hit game.

  In the above-described embodiment, three types of effect objects are prepared as an example, and control is performed so that effect patterns having a high selection probability differ according to the effect objects to be displayed. In a further modification, only two types of effect objects may be used, or four or more types of effect objects may be used. Further, the correspondence between the effect object and the selection tendency of the effect pattern is not limited to the case where the correspondence is determined such that the selection probability of any of the effect patterns is high, and a plurality of effect patterns are uniformly selected. A balance type character may be set.

  In the above-described embodiment, it has been shown that the type of the character displayed in the specific small hit effect is selected independently of the small hit type. In the modification, a difference may be provided to the display probability of the character displayed in the specific small hit effect according to the small hit type. For example, the display probability of the character A may be set to be high in the case of a small hit with time reduction, and the display probability of the character C may be increased in the case of a small hit without time reduction. As a result, the small hit type suggested by the type of the character may be determined, and the game property may be realized by intentionally hitting the ball into the specific area.

  In the above-mentioned Example, about the 2nd success / fall lottery value, it showed about the case where a reservation of a success / failure lottery value is not held. In a further modification, the second lottery value may also be suspended. In this case, the number of reservations for the second game may be limited in order to avoid the occurrence of excessive small hit development jackpot continuous occurrence due to the holding being made in the second game. For example, while the success or failure lottery value is held up to four for the first game, the success or failure lottery value may be held up to a predetermined number of three or less for the second game. More specifically, only one or two second lottery values may be reserved.

  In the above-mentioned example, the case where "time saving acquisition" is suggested or notified was shown as the contents of the suggestion effect. In a further modification, the content of the suggestion effect may be an effect of suggesting or informing either "time-saving acquisition" or "time-saving continuation" according to the gaming state before small hit development. When the game state before small hit development is the normal state, it will be transitioned from the normal state to the time saving state, so it is an effect showing “time saving gain” in order to emphasize that time saving is newly acquired. May be On the other hand, when the gaming state before becoming the small hitting development big hit is the short time state, since the time saving state will be continued as it is, it may be an effect indicating “time saving continuation”. Similarly, when the transition to the normal state is decided without the suggested effect being executed, the effect display indicating "time save failure" or "time short end" is performed according to the gaming state before small hit development. Good.

  11 1st starting opening, 12 2nd starting opening, 21 1st big winning opening, 22 2nd big winning opening, 60 effect display devices, 80 gaming boards, 81 gaming areas, 210 lottery means, 213 regular drawing lottery means, 220 Validity determination means, 230 variation pattern determination means, 260 special game control means, 275 opening and closing control means, 303 effect determination means, 304 effect control means.

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A game board in which a game area is formed,
A starting opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area and having a ball changing mechanism operable to enhance the ball entry ease of the game ball;
Pass / fail determination means for executing a pass / fail determination based on a lottery value acquired triggered by entering the starting opening.
A special winning opening provided at a predetermined position of the gaming area, opened according to the result of the judgment of acceptance or rejection, and entering a game ball as a trigger for giving a profit to the player,
A variable ball entry device provided at a predetermined position of the game area and operable to change to a state capable of entering a ball;
A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game for operating the variable ball entry device to an enterable state when the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hit;
Special game control means for executing a special game with the opening of the big winning opening when entering a specific area in the variable ball entry device during execution of the small hit game;
When the special game is executed by entering the specific area while the small hit game is being executed, the ball entering into the starting opening is higher than the normal state after the special game is finished. It is determined whether or not to shift to the ball entry easy state where the fluctuation mechanism is activated, and when it is decided to shift to the ball entry easy state, the specific game to be shifted to the ball entry easy state after the end of the special game Control means,
An effect display device that displays a small hit effect that indicates that the variable ball entry device can enter the ball, and a special game effect that indicates that the special game is in progress. When,
As a rendition pattern that determines the display process of the small hit rendition, a plurality of small small rendition effects patterns that define a display step that indicates that the variable ball entry device can enter the light entering state together with the display of a specific rendition object A plurality of suggestion effects in the special game which indicate that the game is to be shifted to the easy-to-enter ball state after the end of the special game as an effect pattern which holds the hit effect pattern and determines the display process of the special game effect Pattern storage means for holding a plurality of special game effect patterns including a specific special game effect pattern that defines a display process to be displayed on at least one of the timings;
If one of the plurality of small hit effect patterns is determined when the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hit, the effect determined to determine one of the plurality of special game effect patterns when the special game is executed Means,
And effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display an effect according to the content determined by the effect determining means;
The pattern storage means holds a plurality of specific small hit effect patterns in which display types of the specific effect object are different,
The pattern storage means holds a plurality of specific special game effect patterns having different indication timings for displaying the indication effect,
When the special game is executed and the suggestion effect is displayed, the specific possibility that the suggestion effect is displayed at each of the plurality of suggestion timings is displayed before the start of the special game A bullet ball gaming machine that displays the suggested effect differently depending on the display type of the effect object.   The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of suggestion timings is a timing at which a game ball enters the specific area in the variable ball entry device and the special game is started. The game machine further comprises a launch device for launching game balls toward the game area in response to a launch operation by the player.
When the small hit game is executed, a game ball fired by a shooting operation performed after the display of the specific effect object is started can enter the variable ball entry device activated during the small hit game. The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, configured as follows.

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