JP6665268B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko gaming machine.

  A gaming machine typified by a so-called pachinko gaming machine includes, for example, a count switch, an operating unit such as a solenoid for driving an opening / closing member of a special winning opening, and power supply and control for the operating unit. A control board for transmitting and receiving signals and a relay terminal board for relaying and transmitting an electric signal such as a control signal between the control board and the operation unit are provided.

Generally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, the number and structure of controlled devices and operating units are frequently changed in accordance with a model change or the like.
Further, if there is a vacant terminal on a board such as a control board or a relay terminal board, a signal can be illegally input through the vacant terminal, which causes a problem.

  For example, when there is a change in the number of used boards or operating parts of a game machine or a change in the structure, the number of power terminals or control signal input / output terminals is changed accordingly. Furthermore, each board is changed or designed for each game machine model so that no empty terminal is formed on the board.

  For this reason, it is necessary to frequently manufacture and replace the control board and the relay terminal board for each model of the gaming machine, and there is an inconvenience that the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine increases.

  As a related technology, in the gaming machine of Patent Document 1, when there is an unused input / output unit (empty terminal), by performing a process on an input signal to the empty terminal, it is possible to suppress improper control from being performed. Gaming machine is disclosed.

JP-A-6-261978

  However, in the gaming machine of Patent Literature 1, when there is an unused input / output terminal, it is necessary to invalidate the function of a signal input to the input / output terminal, and various illegal signals for each board or terminal are required. There is an inconvenience that enormous cost is required to process the input.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a gaming machine in which the occurrence of empty terminals on a control board is suppressed.

According to the present invention, an effect display device , a first control board configured to be able to generate at least a control signal transmitted to the effect display device , and a first control board provided separately from the first control board And a board, wherein the first control board, when connected to the effect display device, a plurality of control signals that can transmit the control signal between the effect display device A first connector having a control signal terminal, the first control board having a first control signal terminal connected to the effect display device, and a first connector connected to the effect display device. a second connector having a second control signal terminal which is not, is provided with a terminal to the first connector has is not connected to the first substrate, it is connected to the effect display device cage, terminal to which the second connector has , Without being connected to the effect display device, a game machine, characterized in that it is connected via a signal line to the ground which is formed on the first substrate is provided.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine in which the occurrence of empty terminals on a control board for controlling an effect related to a game is effectively suppressed.

It is a front view of a game machine. It is a figure showing a game board installed in a game machine. It is a figure showing a symbol display device arranged in a gaming machine. It is an electric circuit diagram regarding a main control board and a game board input / output board. It is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board related to the connector. It is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board related to the connector. It is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board related to the connector. It is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board related to the connector. It is an electric circuit diagram regarding a main display control board, a sub display board, and a terminal processing board. It is an electric circuit diagram regarding a sub general control board, a front frame signal relay board, and a button board. It is a functional block diagram showing a main control configuration of the gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the process at the time of a ball entry. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of a symbol change start process.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated. In the following description, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper”, and “lower” refer to a gaming machine 10 as shown in FIG. ) Will be referred to as viewed from the point of view.

<About the structure of the gaming machine 10>
The structure of the gaming machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the gaming machine 10.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a game board 50 installed in the gaming machine 10.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a symbol display device 90 provided in the gaming machine 10.

  The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, and fires a game ball on a front area (hereinafter, referred to as a game area 50a) of a game board 50 on which a large number of game nails (not shown) are erected. Then, when the game ball enters a specific winning opening (for example, the special winning opening 55 or the like), a game in which a winning ball is obtained is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the gaming machine 10 has a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 15 that opens front and rear, and a middle frame (shown in FIG. 1) that detachably holds the game board 50 on the front side of the opening of the outer frame 15. And a front frame 20 configured to cover the front side of the game board 50 (middle frame).

The front frame 20 is rotatably supported on the left end side by a hinge mechanism 21 and can be opened and closed with respect to the middle frame. The front frame 20 can be locked and unlocked by a cylinder lock 23.
The front frame 20 includes a transparent member 25 arranged so as to cover the game area 50a, and the game area 50a and the game board 50 are transparently protected by the transparent member 25.
The front frame 20 includes an upper ball tray 27 and a lower ball tray 29 for storing game balls, and the upper ball tray 27 and the lower ball tray 29 are vertically separated from each other and provided integrally with the front frame 20.
The front frame 20 is provided with an operation handle 31 on the right side of the lower ball tray 29 so that the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 27 are fired toward the game area 50a by rotating the operation handle 31. Has become.

A pair of speakers 33 (33a, 33b) are disposed on the left and right sides of the upper frame portion 32 of the front frame 20, respectively. Further, the upper frame portion 32 and the left and right frame portions 34 and 36 of the front frame 20 are formed of a light-transmitting cover, and lighting devices 35 (35a, 35b and 35c) are respectively disposed inside thereof. I have. The speaker 33 and the lighting device 35 can output sound or turn on or off in conjunction with an effect or an error notification generated during the game.
The front frame 20 has a button 37 disposed in front of the upper ball tray 27. The button 37 can switch the effect that occurs during the game, or accept a player operation performed by the player to obtain various information related to the gaming machine 10.

  Below the lower ball tray 29, there is provided a ball removing mechanism 39 for discharging game balls stored in the lower ball tray 29 downward. By operating the ball removing mechanism 39, a bottom opening (not shown) formed on the bottom surface of the lower ball receiving tray 29 is opened, and the game balls fall naturally and are discharged from the bottom opening.

The effect display device 80 is disposed substantially at the center of the game board 50. The effect display device 80 can display various effects including fluctuation of effect symbols. Here, the effect symbol is a symbol displayed on the effect display device 80 in order to further enhance the interest of the game in the gaming machine 10, and is specifically composed of a number, a pattern, or a combination thereof.
In general, the player of the gaming machine 10 is attracted to the interest of the game by the fluctuating effect of the effect symbols displayed on the effect display device 80, and the effect display device 80 is arranged at a position that is easily visible to the player. ing.
As the effect display device 80, a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal panel is housed in a housing case is generally adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various types of display devices such as a drum type and a dot matrix type are used. Can be adopted.

  The effect display device 80 according to the present embodiment includes a main display device 81 and a sub display device 82.

  In the main display device 81, an effect symbol is displayed substantially at the center of the display area, and an effect symbol is also displayed on the left and right sides of the effect symbol. That is, on the main display device 81, the effect symbols are displayed on “left”, “middle” and “right”, respectively, and the displayed effect symbols form one or a plurality of columns. By scrolling these effect symbols vertically or horizontally, the effect symbols are variably displayed in the display area of the main display device 81.

  The sub display device 82 is provided above the main display device 81. The display effect displayed on the sub display device 82 is often in a mode different from the variation display of the effect symbol displayed on the main display device 81, and the display effect on both the main display device 81 and the sub display device 82 is performed. The effects are synergistic with each other, and the interest of the player is enhanced.

The symbol display device 90 is disposed at a position, such as the lower right side of the main display device 81, that is more difficult for a player to visually recognize than the main display device 81. The display area of the symbol display device 90 has a smaller area than the display area of the main display device 81.
The symbol display device 90 has a plurality of lamps arranged. The lamp used for the symbol display device 90 in the present embodiment is a light emitting diode (hereinafter, referred to as an LED). The symbol display device 90 indicates various information according to the arrangement of the LEDs that emit light, and includes a first special symbol display device 91, a second special symbol display device 92, or a normal symbol display device 93.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first special symbol display device 91 includes eight LEDs, and is located on the left side of the second special symbol display device 92. In addition, the second special symbol display device 92 includes eight LEDs, and is located on the right side of the first special symbol display device 91. The first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92 displays a lottery result (special symbol) of the symbol changing game related to the special symbol by an LED light emission pattern.
The normal symbol display device 93 is a lottery result (normal symbol) of the symbol change game related to the normal symbol by the light emission pattern of the LED of a smaller number (example: two) than the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92. Is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 90 also includes an LED that is not used for displaying the first special symbol display device 91, the second special symbol display device 92, or the ordinary symbol display device 93, and includes a special symbol. In addition to the lottery result of the symbol variation game according to the symbol variation game or the symbol variation game related to the ordinary symbol, information such as the number of reserved random numbers and the number of rounds of the big hit game can also be displayed.

Here, the special symbol is a data group that can be selected to be displayed on the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92, or the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92. It refers to a design that can be displayed (light emission pattern of LED). In the following, special symbols may be abbreviated as "special figures".
Here, the symbol variation game relating to the special symbol is a first lottery result for opening the special electric auditors character 65 or the special electric auditors character 66 (so-called attacker) (result of winning or losing a big hit). This means that a specific special symbol is stopped and displayed after the special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92 is variably displayed. In the present specification, the execution of the symbol change game relating to the special symbol means displaying the symbol change game relating to the special symbol on the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92 (variation display and stop display). And execution of a series of internal processes performed for the display in some cases.

Here, the ordinary symbol refers to a data group that can be selected to be displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 93, or a symbol that can be displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 93 (the LED light emission pattern in the ordinary symbol display device 93). In the following, the ordinary design may be abbreviated as “general figure”.
Here, the symbol change game related to the ordinary symbol is a symbol display device 93 for displaying a lottery result (a result of winning / non-performing lottery per symbol) for opening the ordinary electric accessory 61 (so-called electric tulip). Means that a specific ordinary symbol is stopped and displayed after variably displayed. In this specification, the execution of the symbol change game relating to the ordinary symbol refers to the display of the symbol variation game relating to the ordinary symbol on the ordinary symbol display device 93 (variable display and stop display), and the line for the display. Execution of a series of internal processes.

  In the present embodiment, the plurality of lamps arranged in the symbol display device 90 are LEDs, but the type of lamp is not limited to this. The arrangement of the lamp is not limited to that shown in FIG. 3, and various arrangements can be adopted.

On the front surface of the game board 50, a plurality of game nails (not shown), windmills 52, and obstacles such as decorative members are arranged, so that a game area 50a is formed so that the shot game balls roll. Has been established. A curved outer rail 51 and an inner rail 53 are provided on the left and upper sides of the game area 50a so as to guide a game ball fired by rotating the operation handle 31 to an upper part of the game area 50a. Have been. The outer rail 51 is located outside the inner rail 53 when viewed from the center of the game area 50a.
Here, the windmill 52 is a mechanism for giving a change to the falling direction of the game ball, and is a nail-shaped one.

  In the gaming machine 10, the strength of the launching of the game ball can be varied depending on the magnitude of the rotation operation amount (for example, the rotation angle) of the operation handle 31. In addition, one of the first flow path X (so-called left-handed) in which the weakly hit game ball rolls and the second flow path Y (so-called right-handed) in which the stronger hit game ball rolls Various obstacles are arranged in the game area 50a so that the game balls roll.

In the gaming area 50a, various winning ports (for example, a special winning port 55, etc.) are provided, and behind each winning port, various switches (for example, a count switch SW7, etc.) for detecting a game ball that has entered are provided. Have been. In the following description, winning means that a game ball enters a specific winning opening.
In the present embodiment, the various switches are arranged at positions where the player cannot visually recognize them, and are not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

  FIG. 2 illustrates a major winning opening 55, a major winning opening 56, a first starting opening 57, a second starting opening 59, an operation gate 63, and a normal winning opening 67 (67a, 67b) as main winning openings. The winning ports shown here are examples, and the number and arrangement thereof may be changed as appropriate.

The first start-up opening 57 is arranged at the lower center of the game area 50a (below the main display device 81), and is generally called "navel".
Behind the first starting port 57, a count switch SW1 for detecting a game ball that has entered is disposed.
A start condition for starting a symbol changing game relating to a special symbol by detecting a game ball entering the first starting port 57 by the count switch SW1, and a payout condition for paying out a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls. Are given.
In the present embodiment, the game area 50a enters the first starting port 57 when the game ball rolls from the first flow path X, rather than when the game ball rolls from the second flow path Y. Various obstacles are arranged to make it easier. That is, the first starting port 57 is provided in the first flow path X mainly on the left side of the game area 50a.

The second starting port 59 is disposed on the right side of the game area 50a (lower right side of the main display device 81), and the second starting port 59 is provided with a normal electric accessory 61. The ordinary electric accessory 61 is an opening / closing member that transmutably transits to an open state in which it is easy to enter a game ball into the second starting port 59 or a closed state in which it is difficult to enter the ball, and operates the solenoid coil SOL4. Makes a transition to either the open state or the closed state. The control of the ordinary electric accessory 61 will be described later in detail.
Behind the second starting port 59, a count switch SW2 for detecting the entered game ball is disposed. By detecting the game ball that has entered the second starting port 59 with the count switch SW2, the start condition of the symbol changing game relating to the special symbol and the payout condition of the prize ball are given.
In the present embodiment, the game area 50a enters the second starting port 59 when the game ball rolls from the second flow path Y, rather than when the game ball rolls from the first flow path X. Various obstacles are arranged to make it easier. That is, the second starting port 59 is provided in the second flow path Y mainly on the right side of the game area 50a.

The operation gate 63 is arranged above the second starting port 59 (on the right side of the main display device 81). Behind the operation gate 63, a count switch SW4 for detecting a passing game ball is provided. The operation gate 63 can give the starting condition of the symbol changing game relating to the ordinary symbol by detecting the entered game ball with the count switch SW4.
In the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the detection of the count switch SW4 is not included in the prize ball payout condition. That is, even if a game ball enters the operation gate 63 of the present embodiment, the prize ball is zero.
Further, the operation gate 63 may be a so-called gate type winning opening in which the passed game ball rolls again in the game area 50a after passing. In this case, passing through the operation gate 63 may be referred to as "ball entry" in this specification.

The special winning opening 55 is arranged on the lower left side of the second starting opening 59 (below the main display device 81). In the opening of the special winning opening 55, a special electric accessory 65 that is opened and closed by the operation of the solenoid coil SOL1 is arranged.
Behind the special winning opening 55, a count switch SW7 for detecting the entered game ball is disposed. When the count switch SW7 detects a game ball that has entered the special winning opening 55, the payout condition of the prize ball is given.

The special winning opening 56 is arranged below the second starting opening 59 (lower right side of the main display device 81). In the opening of the special winning opening 56, a special electric accessory 66 that is opened and closed by the operation of the solenoid coil SOL2 is arranged.
A count switch SW8 that detects a game ball that has entered the ball is disposed at the back of the special winning opening 56. When the count switch SW8 detects a game ball that has entered the special winning opening 56, a payout condition of the prize ball is given.

The special winning opening 55 is opened by the opening operation of the special electric auditors product 65 during the big hit game which is won in the symbol change game relating to the special symbol, so that the entering of the game ball is allowed. Further, the special winning opening 56 is opened by the opening operation of the special electric auditors product 66 during the big hit game which is won by the winning in the symbol changing game related to the special symbol, and the entering of the game ball is allowed. Note that the special electric accessory 65 or the special electric accessory 66 is configured to be able to open in a big hit game caused by entering the first starting port 57 or entering the second starting port 59. Have been.
Also, in the case where a big hit game is performed due to either the ball entry into the first starting port 57 or the ball entry into the second starting port 59, the opportunity for the player to acquire the prize ball can be greatly increased. . In the present embodiment, when the game ball rolls from the second flow path Y, it becomes easier to enter the special winning opening 55 or the special winning opening 56 than when rolling from the first flow path X. Various obstacles are arranged in the area.

  The normal winning opening 67 (67a, 67b) is arranged at the lower left of the main display device 81. A count switch SW5 for detecting a game ball that has entered the ball is disposed behind the normal winning opening 67a. By detecting a game ball that has entered the normal winning opening 67a with the count switch SW5, the payout condition of the prize ball is provided. May be given. A count switch SW6 for detecting a game ball that has entered the ball is disposed behind the normal winning opening 67b. May be given.

  The out port 69 is arranged at the bottom of the game area 50a. Game balls that did not enter the above-described winning ports (including game balls that did not enter other winning ports through the operating gate 63 when the operating gate 63 is of the gate type) are out ports. It falls into 69 and is processed as an out ball.

<Electrical configuration of gaming machine 10>
Next, an electric configuration of the gaming machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. In some cases, the components shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram relating to the main control board 100 and the game board input / output board 300.
FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board 300 related to the connector CNR3.
FIG. 6 is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board 300 related to the connector CNR4.
FIG. 7 is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board 300 related to the connector CNR5.
FIG. 8 is an electric circuit diagram of the game board input / output board 300 related to the connector CNR6.
FIG. 9 is an electric circuit diagram relating to the main display control board 400, the sub display board 500, and the terminal processing board 900.
FIG. 10 is an electric circuit diagram related to the sub general control board 200, the front frame signal relay board 600, and the button board 800.

The gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a control board and another board that is different from the control board.
The control board is a first terminal configured to be able to input and output a signal relating to a control target controlled by the control board, a first terminal and another terminal, and formed on the control board. And a second terminal connected to at least one of the constant potential source and the ground.
The other substrate is a third terminal connected via a resistor to at least one of the constant potential source or the ground formed on the other substrate, and the third terminal is a different terminal, and And a fourth terminal connected to at least one of the constant potential source and the ground formed on the other substrate without using a resistor.
A signal line group connecting the first connector and the second connector, a first signal line connecting the first terminal and the third terminal, and a constant potential connecting the second terminal and the fourth terminal. And a line is included. With this feature, even if a specification change in which a control target controlled by the control board is added occurs, the specification change can be easily achieved without changing the control board, and the control board can be shared. it can.

Here, the control board is an electronic board on which a processing device that processes a game or an effect related to the game and a storage device that exchanges data with the processing device are mounted. The control boards according to the present embodiment are the main control board 100 and the main display control board 400.
On the main control board 100, a CPU 101 as a processing device, and a ROM 102 and a RAM 103 as storage devices are mounted. On the main display control board 400, a CPU 401 as a processing device, and a ROM 402 and a RAM 403 as storage devices are mounted.
Here, the other substrate may be any other substrate than the above-mentioned control substrate, and it does not matter whether a processing device or a storage device is mounted. Other boards according to the present embodiment are realized by the game board input / output board 300 and the terminal processing board 900.

The first terminal is a terminal provided on the control board, and is a terminal configured to be able to input and output a signal related to a control target connected to the control board. Here, “the control target connected to the control board” includes the control target currently connected (for example, the count switch SW1) and the control target (for example, the count switch SW3) additionally connected by changing the specification. ) And are included.
Alternatively, the first terminal is on a connection path of an input / output port provided for inputting / outputting a signal relating to a control target among ports of the processing apparatus mounted on the control board, and provided on the control board. It can also be referred to as a terminal that is provided.

  The second terminal is a terminal provided on the control board, and is a terminal connected to at least one of the constant potential source and the ground. It should be noted that the connection path from the second terminal to the constant potential source or the ground does not necessarily need to be within the control board, and may be outside the control board.

The third terminal is a terminal provided on another substrate, and is a terminal connected via a resistor to at least one of a constant potential source or ground formed on the other substrate.
The fourth terminal is provided on another substrate, is a terminal different from the third terminal, and has a resistor connected to at least one of a constant potential source and ground formed on the other substrate. This is the terminal that is connected without connecting.
The constant potential source or ground connected to the third terminal may be the same as or different from the constant potential source or ground connected to the fourth terminal. Further, the connection path from the third terminal to the constant potential source or the ground and the connection path from the fourth terminal to the constant potential source or the ground need not necessarily be within the control board, and may be outside the control board. May be reached.

  In order to describe the above-described features in detail, the electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10 will be described more specifically below.

The main control board 100 is an electronic board on which a CPU 101 which is a processing device for processing a game or an effect related to the game, and a ROM 102 and a RAM 103 which are storage devices for exchanging data with the CPU 101 are mounted.
The main control board 100 has a connector CNM1 directly connected to the count switch SW1, and a connector CNM2 directly connected to the count switch SW2, and the count switch SW1 and the count switch SW2 generate. The detection signal can be input.
As described above, the count switch SW1 and the count switch SW2 are count switches provided for the start ports (the first start port 57 and the second start port 59), and can be a game ball that can be a trigger to start a change of a special symbol. , A detection signal indicating the entry of the ball can be generated and transmitted to the CPU 101.

The connector CNM1 and the connector CNM2 include a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main control board 100, and a female connector including a plurality of socket terminals detachably connected to the pin terminals. , Consisting of
The male connector of the connector CNM1 includes a pin terminal MP11 and a pin terminal MP12, and the female connector of the connector CNM1 includes a socket terminal MS11 and a socket terminal MS12.
The male connector of the connector CNM2 includes a pin terminal MP21 and a pin terminal MP22, and the female connector of the connector CNM2 includes a socket terminal MS21 and a socket terminal MS22.

The pin terminals MP11 and MP21 are grounded by being connected to a ground (not shown) provided on the main control board 100.
The pin terminal MP12 is connected to an input port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, inputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW1, and transmits the input detection signal to the input port. The pin terminal MP22 is connected to an input port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, inputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW2, and transmits the input detection signal to the input port.
That is, the pin terminals MP12 and MP22 correspond to the above-mentioned first terminals. The pin terminals MP11 and MP21 correspond to the above-mentioned second terminals.

Further, the main control board 100 has a connector CNM3 configured to be connectable to the count switch. The connector CNM3 is a connector including a spare terminal provided in case of a specification change in which the number of starting ports is increased to three. Accordingly, the specification change can be easily realized by connecting a new count switch (for example, count switch SW3) to the connector CNM3.
Here, the spare terminal is a terminal that does not need to be used for control in the specification of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, and corresponds to the above-mentioned empty terminal.

Similar to the connectors CNM1 and CNM2, the connector CNM3 includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main control board 100, and a plurality of socket terminals configured to be detachable from the pin terminals. And a female connector including
The male connector of the connector CNM3 includes a pin terminal MP31 and a pin terminal MP32, and the female connector of the connector CNM3 includes a socket terminal MS31 and a socket terminal MS32.

The pin terminal MP31 is grounded by being connected to a ground (not shown) provided on the main control board 100. That is, the pin terminal MP31 corresponds to the second terminal.
The pin terminal MP32 is connected to an input port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, and receives a detection signal generated by a count switch (for example, the count switch SW3) added due to specification change. The received detection signal can be transmitted to the input port. That is, the pin terminal MP32 corresponds to the first terminal. In FIGS. 4 and 5, the sensor signal generated by the count switch SW3 added due to the specification change is described as “SW3 signal”.
In other words, the connector CNM3 (first connector) is a terminal different from the pin terminal MP32 (first terminal) and the pin terminal MP32, and is connected to the ground formed on the main control board 100. Pin terminal MP31 (second terminal).

In the specification of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, since there are two starting ports (the first starting port 57 and the second starting port 59), it is not necessary to connect a count switch to the connector CNM3. Therefore, the connector CNM3 is connected to the connector CNR3 instead of the count switch, and is terminated by a wiring pattern (see FIG. 5) on the game board input / output board 300.
Here, the terminating process is a process for preventing unnecessary reflection of a signal at the end of the wiring. Despite being configured to transmit control signals, etc., signal lines not used for game control may be affected by harmonics of signals transmitted to surrounding signal lines, causing unnecessary reflection. It is necessary to prevent this by performing appropriate termination processing.

FIG. 5 shows a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 relating to the connector CNR3. Here, the wiring pattern refers to a printed pattern portion on which a conductor is provided (patterned) on the game board input / output board 300.
The connector CNR3 includes a pin terminal RP31 and a pin terminal RP32.
Each of the pin terminals RP31 and RP32 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is connected to the ground GND3. Further, the pin terminals RP31 and RP32 are different in that the connection to the ground GND3 is made via the resistor R3.
In other words, the connector CNR3 (second connector) includes a pin terminal RP32 (third terminal) connected to the ground GND3 formed on the game board input / output board 300 via the resistor R3, and a game board input. And a pin terminal RP31 (fourth terminal) connected to the ground GND3 formed on the output substrate 300 without using a resistor.
Since the resistor R3 functions as a so-called terminating resistor, the energy of the high-frequency signal generated in the connection path from the input port of the CPU 101 to the ground GND3 can be efficiently consumed.
Further, since the input port connected to the pin terminal RP32 is maintained at a low potential, the CPU 101 is logically fixed to the LOW side with respect to the input port.

As shown in FIG. 4, the signal line group connecting the connector CNM3 and the connector CNR3 according to the present embodiment includes a signal line for the count switch SW3 (first signal) connecting the pin terminals MP32 and RP32. Line) and a ground line (constant potential line) connecting the pin terminals MP31 and RP31.
That is, the connection path (including the signal line for the count switch SW3) connected to the input port of the CPU 101 of the main control board 100 is provided with a resistor on the game board input / output board 300 so as to match the characteristics of the input port, and the termination processing is performed. It is carried out. Since a connection path (including a ground line) connected to a ground (not shown) of the main control board 100 is not connected to an input port of the CPU 101, the connection path is directly provided without providing a resistor on the game board input / output board 300. It is connected to the ground GND3 to perform termination processing.
In FIG. 4, the signal line for the count switch SW3 is simplified and described as "SW3 signal", and the ground line is simplified and described as "GND".

Further, the main control board 100 has a connector CNM4 connected to the count switch SW4 to the count switch SW8 via the game board input / output board 300, and the detection generated by the count switch SW8 from the count switch SW4. It is configured to be able to input a signal.
As described above, the count switch SW4 is a count switch provided for the operation gate 63. The count switch SW4 generates a detection signal indicating the entry of a game ball, which can be a trigger for normally starting a change in a symbol, and transmits the detection signal to the CPU 101. Can be. The count switch SW5 and the count switch SW6 are count switches provided for the normal winning opening 67, generate a detection signal indicating a game ball entering the normal winning opening 67, and transmit the detection signal to the CPU 101. be able to. The count switch SW7 and the count switch SW8 are count switches provided for the special winning opening (the special winning opening 55 and the special winning opening 56), and detect the entry of a game ball which triggers the winning of the special winning opening. A signal can be generated and transmitted to the CPU 101.

The connector CNM4, like the connectors CNM1 and CNM2, includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main control board 100, and a plurality of socket terminals detachably connected to the pin terminals. And a female connector including
The male connector of the connector CNM4 includes pin terminals MP41 to MP49, and the female connector of the connector CNM4 includes socket terminals MS41 to MS49.

  The pin terminal MP41 is connected via a pin terminal RP41 to a DC12V constant potential source P4 (see FIG. 6) provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is one of the DC12V supply sources on the main control board 100. It has become.

The pin terminal MP42 is connected to the count switch SW4 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal RP42 and the pin terminal RP72 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and outputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW4. Can be entered.
The pin terminal MP43 is connected to the count switch SW5 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal RP43 and the pin terminal RP82 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and outputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW5. Can be entered.
The pin terminal MP44 is connected to the count switch SW6 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal RP44 and the pin terminal RP92 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and outputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW6. Can be entered.
The pin terminal MP45 is connected to the count switch SW7 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal RP45 and the pin terminal RP102 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and outputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW7. Can be entered.
The pin terminal MP46 is connected to the count switch SW8 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal RP46 and the pin terminal RP112 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and outputs a detection signal generated by the count switch SW8. Can be entered.
The pin terminals MP42 to MP46 are respectively connected to input ports of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, and transmit the input detection signals to the input ports.

The pin terminals MP47 to MP49 are spare terminals provided to cope with a change in the specification in which a count switch is added. When such a specification change occurs, a new count switch (for example, a count switch SW9, a count switch SW10, or a count switch SW11) is connected to the pin terminal MP47, the pin terminal MP48, or the pin terminal MP49 to change the specification. Can be realized.
The pin terminals MP47 to MP49 are connected to input ports of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, and are input when a detection signal generated by a count switch added due to specification change is input. The detection signal can be transmitted to the input port.
Since the pin terminals MP47 to MP49 do not need to be connected to a count switch in the present embodiment, they are terminated by a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 (see FIG. 6).

FIG. 6 shows a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 relating to the connector CNR4.
The connector CNR4 includes pin terminals RP41 to RP49.
The pin terminals RP41 and RP47 to RP49 are terminals provided on the game board input / output board 300 and are connected to the constant potential source P4 and correspond to the above-described fourth terminals.
The pin terminals RP47 to RP49 are connected to any one of the pin terminals MP47 to MP49 via a signal line for the count switch SW9 to a signal line for the count switch SW11.
Each of the pin terminals RP42 to RP46 (fifth terminal) is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is connected to the count switch. Further, the pin terminal RP42 to the pin terminal RP46 is connected to any one of the pin terminal MP42 to the pin terminal MP46 (the first terminal not connected to the third terminal and the fourth terminal) from the signal line for the count switch SW4 to the count switch SW8. It is characterized in that it is connected via an application signal line (a second signal line different from the first signal line).
In FIG. 4, the signal line for the count switch is simplified and described as "SWn signal (n is a number for identifying the count switch)."

The pin terminal RP42 is connected to the pin terminal RP72 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP72 is a terminal connected to the count switch SW4, and is included in the connector CNR7 together with the pin terminal RP71 grounded to the ground GND4.
The pin terminal RP43 is connected to the pin terminal RP82 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP82 is a terminal connected to the count switch SW5, and is included in the connector CNR8 together with the pin terminal RP81 grounded to the ground GND4.
The pin terminal RP44 is connected to the pin terminal RP92 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP92 is a terminal connected to the count switch SW6, and is included in the connector CNR9 together with the pin terminal RP91 grounded to the ground GND4.
The pin terminal RP45 is connected to the pin terminal RP102 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP102 is a terminal connected to the count switch SW7, and is included in the connector CNR10 together with the pin terminal RP101 grounded to the ground GND4. Note that the connector CNR10 further includes a pin terminal RP103 and a pin terminal RP104 shown in FIG.
The pin terminal RP46 is connected to the pin terminal RP112 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP112 is a terminal connected to the count switch SW8, and is included in the connector CNR11 together with the pin terminal RP111 grounded to the ground GND4. The connector CNR11 further includes a pin terminal RP113 and a pin terminal RP114 shown in FIG.

  With the above configuration, the input related to the input port connected to any of the pin terminals RP47 to RP49 is maintained at a high potential, so that the CPU 101 is logically fixed to the HIGH side with respect to the input port.

The main control board 100 has a connector CNM5 connected to the solenoid coil SOL1, the solenoid coil SOL2, or the solenoid coil SOL4 via the game board input / output board 300, and activates these solenoid coils. An operation signal can be output.
As described above, the solenoid coil SOL1 is an actuator for opening and closing the special electric accessory 65, and is controlled according to the input of the operation signal generated by the CPU 101. The solenoid coil SOL2 is an actuator for opening and closing the special electric accessory 66, and is controlled according to an input of an operation signal generated by the CPU 101. The solenoid coil SOL4 is an actuator for opening and closing the normal electric accessory 61, and is controlled according to an input of an operation signal generated by the CPU 101.

The connector CNM5, like the connectors CNM1 and CNM2, includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main control board 100, and a plurality of socket terminals detachably mounted on the pin terminals. And a female connector including
The male connector of the connector CNM5 includes pin terminals MP51 to MP55, and the female connector of the connector CNM5 includes socket terminals MS51 to MS55.

  The pin terminal MP51 is connected via a pin terminal RP51 to a DC30V constant potential source P51 (see FIG. 7) provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is one of the DC30V supply sources on the main control board 100. It has become.

The pin terminal MP52 is connected to the solenoid coil SOL1 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal RP52 and the pin terminal RP104 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and transmits an operation signal generated by the CPU 101 to the solenoid coil SOL1. SOL1 can be output.
The pin terminal MP53 is connected to the solenoid coil SOL2 via a wiring pattern for connecting the pin terminal RP53 and the pin terminal RP114 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and transmits an operation signal generated by the CPU 101 to the solenoid coil SOL2. SOL2 can be output.
The pin terminal MP55 is connected to the solenoid coil SOL4 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal RP55 and the pin terminal RP122 provided on the game board input / output board 300, and transmits an operation signal generated by the CPU 101 to the solenoid coil SOL4. SOL4 can be output.

The pin terminal MP54 is a spare terminal provided for responding to a change in specifications in which a solenoid coil is added. When such a specification change occurs, the specification change can be realized by connecting a new solenoid coil (for example, solenoid coil SOL3) to pin terminal MP54.
The pin terminal MP54 is connected to an output port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100. When an operation signal for the solenoid coil added by the specification change is output by the CPU 101, the output operation signal It can be transmitted to the solenoid coil.
The pin terminal MP54 does not need to be connected to a solenoid coil in the present embodiment, and thus is terminated by a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 (see FIG. 7).

FIG. 7 shows a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 relating to the connector CNR5.
The connector CNR5 includes pin terminals RP51 to RP55.
The pin terminal RP51 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300 and is characterized by being connected to the constant potential source P51.
The pin terminal RP54 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is characterized in that it is connected to the ground GND5. The pin terminal RP54 is connected to the pin terminal MP54 via a signal line for the solenoid coil SOL3.
Each of the pin terminals RP52, RP53 and RP55 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is connected to a solenoid coil. Further, the pin terminal RP52, the pin terminal RP53, or the pin terminal RP55 is connected to any one of the pin terminal MP52, the pin terminal MP53, and the pin terminal MP55 by a signal line for the solenoid coil SOL1, a signal line for the solenoid coil SOL2, or a signal for the solenoid coil SOL4. It is characterized by being connected via a wire.
In FIG. 4, the signal line for the solenoid coil is simplified and described as "SOLm signal (m is a number for identifying the solenoid coil)."

The pin terminal RP52 is connected to the pin terminal RP104 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP104 is a terminal connected to the solenoid coil SOL1, and is included in the connector CNR10 together with the pin terminal RP103 connected to the DC30V constant potential source P52. The wiring pattern and the constant potential source P52 are connected via a varistor Z51. The connector CNR10 further includes a pin terminal RP101 and a pin terminal RP102 illustrated in FIG.
The pin terminal RP53 is connected to the pin terminal RP114 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP114 is a terminal connected to the solenoid coil SOL2, and is included in the connector CNR11 together with the pin terminal RP113 connected to the 30 V DC constant potential source P52. The wiring pattern and the constant potential source P52 are connected via a varistor Z52. The connector CNR11 further includes a pin terminal RP111 and a pin terminal RP112 shown in FIG.
The pin terminal RP55 is connected to the pin terminal RP122 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP122 is a terminal connected to the solenoid coil SOL4, and is included in the connector CNR12 together with the pin terminal RP121 connected to the DC 30 V constant potential source P52. Note that the wiring pattern and the constant potential source P52 are connected via a varistor Z54.

  4 and 7, “SOLCOM” added to the connectors CNR10, CNR11, and CNR12 indicates a power supply shared by the solenoid coil SOL1, the solenoid coil SOL2, and the solenoid coil SOL4. Is DC30V.

  According to the above configuration, even if an operation signal is output from the output port of the CPU 101 connected to the pin terminal RP54, the operation signal is absorbed by the ground GND5, so that a problem based on the operation signal can be prevented. it can.

Note that, in the present embodiment, an embodiment in which no resistance is provided between the pin terminal RP54 and the ground GND5 has been described. Is also good.
In the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the pin terminal RP54 is connected to the ground GND5 has been described. May be.

  The main control board 100 has a connector CNM6 connected to the fraud detection sensor SEN11, the fraud detection sensor SEN12, or the fraud detection sensor SEN2 via the game board input / output board 300, and detects the fraud. A control signal for operating the sensor or a sensor signal generated by the fraud sensor is configured to be input / output.

The injustice detection sensor SEN11 and the injustice detection sensor SEN12 are sensors that detect that the front frame 20 is open, and are controlled according to the input of a control signal generated by the CPU 101. A signal can be generated and transmitted to the CPU 101. In the following description, the control signal input to the fraud detection sensor SEN11 or the fraud detection sensor SEN12 may be referred to as a control 1 signal. Further, the sensor signal generated by the fraud detection sensor SEN11 or SEN12 may be referred to as a fraud detection 1 signal.
It should be noted that the fraud detection sensors SEN11 and SEN12 are provided at different positions, and when either of them detects opening, the opening of the front frame 20 is notified and the game is interrupted.

The fraud detection sensor SEN2 is a sensor that detects that a fraudulent magnetic field has been generated (a so-called magnet goto). In the following description, the sensor signal generated by the fraud detection sensor SEN2 may be referred to as a fraud detection 2 signal.
If an illegal magnetic field is detected by the illegality detection sensor SEN2, an error is reported and the game is interrupted.

Similar to the connectors CNM1 and CNM2, the connector CNM6 includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main control board 100, and a plurality of socket terminals configured to be detachable from the pin terminals. And a female connector including
The male connector of the connector CNM6 includes pin terminals MP61 to MP67, and the female connector of the connector CNM6 includes socket terminals MS61 to MS67.

The pin terminal MP61 is connected via a pin terminal RP61 to a DC12V constant potential source P61 (see FIG. 8) provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is one of the DC12V supply sources on the main control board 100. It has become.
The pin terminal MP67 is connected to a ground GND 61 (see FIG. 8) provided on the game board input / output board 300 via a pin terminal RP67, and serves as one of the ground terminals on the main control board 100.

The pin terminal MP62 is connected to the fraud detection sensors SEN11 and SEN12 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminals RP62, RP134, and RP144 provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal MP62 can input a signal for fraud detection 1 generated by the fraud detection sensor SEN11 or SEN12 via the wiring pattern, and transmit the input signal for fraud detection 1 to the CPU 101.
The pin terminal MP63 is connected to the fraud detection sensor SEN2 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal RP63 and the pin terminal RP151 provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal MP63 can input the signal for fraud detection 2 generated by the fraud detection sensor SEN2 via the wiring pattern, and transmit the input signal for fraud detection 2 to the CPU 101.
The pin terminal MP66 is connected to the fraud detection sensors SEN11 and SEN12 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminals RP66, RP132, and RP142 provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal MP66 outputs a control 1 signal for operating the fraud detection sensor SEN11 or the fraud detection sensor SEN12 via the wiring pattern, and transmits the output control 1 signal to the fraud detection sensor SEN11 or the fraud detection sensor SEN12. can do.

The pin terminal MP64 and the pin terminal MP65 are spare terminals provided to cope with a change in specifications in which a fraud detection sensor is added. When such a specification change occurs, the specification change can be realized by connecting a new fraud detection sensor (for example, fraud detection sensor SEN3) to pin terminals MP64 and MP65.
The pin terminal MP64 is connected to an input port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100. When a signal for fraud detection 3 generated by a fraud sensor added by a specification change is input, the pin terminal MP64 is input. The detected signal for fraud detection 3 can be transmitted to the CPU 101. The type of the fraud detection sensor added by the specification change is not particularly limited, and may be a fraud detection sensor that detects opening of the front frame 20 like the fraud detection sensor SEN11, or a fraud detection sensor SEN2 like the fraud detection sensor SEN2. A fraud detection sensor that detects a fraudulent magnetic field may be used, or a fraud detection sensor that detects another error may be used.
The pin terminal MP65 is connected to an output port of the CPU 101 mounted on the main control board 100, and is output when the CPU 101 outputs a control 3 signal for the fraud detection sensor added by the specification change. The control 3 signal can be transmitted to the fraud detection sensor.
Note that the pin terminals MP64 and MP65 do not need to be connected to a fraud detection sensor in the present embodiment, and thus are terminated by a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 (see FIG. 8).

FIG. 8 shows a wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 relating to the connector CNR6.
The connector CNR6 includes pin terminals RP61 to RP67.
The pin terminal RP61 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300 and is characterized in that it is connected to the constant potential source P61.
The pin terminal RP67 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is characterized in that it is connected to the ground GND61.
The pin terminals RP64 and RP65 are terminals provided on the game board input / output board 300, and are characterized in that they are connected to the ground GND61. Also, the pin terminal RP64 is connected to the pin terminal MP64 via a signal line for fraud detection 3, and the pin terminal RP65 is connected to the pin terminal MP65 via a control 3 signal line. Features.
Each of the pin terminals RP62, RP63 and RP66 is a terminal provided on the game board input / output board 300, and is connected to a fraud detection sensor. The pin terminal RP62 is connected to the pin terminal MP62 via a signal line for fraud detection 1. The pin terminal RP63 is connected to the pin terminal MP63 via a signal line for fraud detection 2. The pin terminal RP66 is connected to the pin terminal MP66 via a control 1 signal line.
In FIG. 4, the above-described signal line for fraud detection is simplified to be described as "signal for fraud detection x (x represents a number for identifying a fraud sensor)", and For simplicity, it is described as "signal for control y (a number for identifying a fraud sensor is entered in y)".

The pin terminal RP62 is connected to the pin terminal RP134 and the pin terminal RP144 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300. The pin terminal RP66 is connected to the pin terminals RP132 and RP142 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300.
The pin terminal RP132 and the pin terminal RP134 are terminals connected to the fraud detection sensor SEN11. The pin terminal RP131 is connected to the DC12V constant potential source P62. Together with the pin terminal RP135 grounded to the connector CNR13.
The pin terminal RP142 and the pin terminal RP144 are terminals connected to the fraud detection sensor SEN12. Together with a pin terminal RP145 that is grounded to the connector CNR14.
Here, the sensitivity switching is to change the accuracy of the opening detection of the front frame 20 by the fraud detection sensors SEN11 and SEN12. In the present embodiment, the sensitivity can be switched by connecting the changeover switch RSW6 to the ground GND 62 or to the invalid terminal NC6.
Here, the invalid terminal NC6 is a terminal portion of the wiring pattern on the game board input / output board 300 and refers to a portion that is electrically isolated.

The pin terminal RP63 is connected to the pin terminal RP151 via a wiring pattern provided on the game board input / output board 300.
The pin terminal RP151 is a terminal connected to the fraud detection sensor SEN2, and is included in the connector CNR15 together with the pin terminal RP152 connected to the DC12V constant potential source P62.

With the above configuration, even if the control 3 signal is output from the output port of the CPU 101 connected to the pin terminal RP65, the control 3 signal is absorbed by the ground GND 61, and therefore, the control 3 signal is used. Failures can be prevented.
Further, since the input related to the input port of the CPU 101 connected to the pin terminal RP64 is maintained at a low potential, the CPU 101 is logically fixed to the LOW side with respect to the input port.

In the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the resistor is not provided between the pin terminal RP64 or the pin terminal RP65 and the ground GND 61 has been described. It may be an aspect.
In the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the pin terminal RP64 or the pin terminal RP65 is connected to the ground GND 61 has been described. May be an embodiment.

The gaming machine 10 has a main display control for controlling the effect display device 80 (including the sub display device 82) based on a sub display substrate 500 connected to the sub display device 82 and a command from a sub general control board 200 described later. And a substrate 400.
The main display control board 400 supplies power for operating the sub-display device 82 via the sub-display substrate 500 and inputs / outputs a control signal related to the sub-display device 82, so that the effect image is displayed on the sub-display device 82. Etc. can be displayed. That is, the main display control board 400 corresponds to the effect control board of the present invention, and the sub display device 82 corresponds to the operating means of the present invention.
Further, the main display control board 400 has a CPU 401 as a processing device for executing a process related to an effect, and a ROM 402 and a RAM 403 as storage devices for exchanging data with the CPU 401.
In FIG. 9, the control signal transmitted from the output port of the CPU 401 to the sub-display device 82 and the control signal transmitted from the sub-display device 82 to the input port of the CPU 401 are both referred to as “sub-display 1 signals”. I do.

The main display control board 400 has a connector CNA1 connected to the sub-display device 82 via the sub-display board 500.
The connector CNA1 includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main display control board 400, and a female connector including a plurality of socket terminals configured to be detachable from the pin terminals. Be composed.
The male connector of the connector CNA1 includes pin terminals AP11 to AP16, and the female connector of the connector CNA1 includes socket terminals AS11 to AS16.

The pin terminal AP11 is connected to a DC12V constant potential source (not shown), and is connected to the sub display device 82 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal BP11 and the pin terminal BP21 provided on the sub display substrate 500. , And 12 V DC can be supplied to the sub-display device 82.
The pin terminal AP12 is connected to a constant potential source (not shown) of DC12V, and is connected to the sub display device 82 via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal BP12 and the pin terminal BP22 provided on the sub display substrate 500. , And 12 V DC can be supplied to the sub-display device 82.

The pin terminal AP13 is connected to the ground (not shown), and is connected to the sub-display device 82 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal BP13 and the pin terminal BP23 provided on the sub-display substrate 500. Therefore, the sub-display device 82 can be grounded.
The pin terminal AP16 is connected to the ground (not shown), and is connected to the sub-display device 82 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal BP16 and the pin terminal BP26 provided on the sub-display substrate 500. Therefore, the sub-display device 82 can be grounded.

The pin terminal AP14 is connected to either the input port or the output port of the CPU 401, and is connected to the sub display device 82 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal BP14 and the pin terminal BP24 provided on the sub display substrate 500. , A control signal can be transmitted between the CPU 401 and the sub-display device 82.
The pin terminal AP15 is connected to either the input port or the output port of the CPU 401, and is connected to the sub display device 82 via a wiring pattern that connects the pin terminal BP15 and the pin terminal BP25 provided on the sub display substrate 500. , A control signal can be transmitted between the CPU 401 and the sub-display device 82.

The pin terminals BP11 to BP16 are included in the connector CNB1 together with the socket terminals BS11 to BS16.
Further, the pin terminals BP21 to BP26 are included in the connector CNB2 together with the socket terminals BS21 to BS26.
As shown in FIG. 9, the connector CNB1 and the connector CNB2 are both connectors provided on the sub-display substrate 500.

The main display control board 400 has a connector CNA2, which is a spare connector provided to cope with a change in specifications for adding a display device. When such a specification change occurs, the connector CNA2 can realize the specification change by connecting a new display device (hereinafter, referred to as a new sub-display device).
The connector CNA2 includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the main display control board 400, and a female connector including a plurality of socket terminals configured to be detachable from the pin terminals. Be composed.
The male connector of the connector CNA2 includes the pin terminals AP21 to AP26, and the female connector of the connector CNA2 includes the socket terminals AS21 to AS26.

Since the pin terminal AP24 and the pin terminal AP25 are connected to either the input port or the output port of the CPU 401, when the pin terminal AP24 and the pin terminal AP25 are newly connected to the new sub display device due to specification change, the CPU 401 and the new sub display device are not connected. Between the control signals.
That is, the pin terminals AP24 and AP25 correspond to the first terminal of the present invention.
In FIG. 9, the control signal transmitted from the output port of the CPU 401 to the new sub-display device and the control signal transmitted from the new sub-display device to the input port of the CPU 401 are both referred to as “signals for the sub-display 2”. I do.

The pin terminal AP21 and the pin terminal AP22 are connected to a constant potential source (not shown) of DC12V. DC12V can be supplied.
Since the pin terminal AP23 and the pin terminal AP26 are connected to the ground (not shown), when the pin terminal AP23 and the pin terminal AP26 are newly connected to the new sub-display device due to specification change, the new sub-display device can be grounded.
That is, the pin terminal AP21, the pin terminal AP22, the pin terminal AP23, and the pin terminal AP26 correspond to the second terminal of the present invention.

  In other words, the connector CNA2 (first connector) is a terminal different from the pin terminal AP24 and the pin terminal AP25 (first terminal) and the first terminal, and is formed on the control board. It includes a pin terminal AP21, a pin terminal AP22, a pin terminal AP23, a pin terminal AP26, and a (second terminal) connected to at least one of a constant potential source or ground.

Note that the connector CNA2 does not need to be connected to a display device in this embodiment, and thus is terminated (see FIG. 9) by the wiring pattern of the connector CNC2 provided on the terminal processing board 900.
The connector CNC2 includes pin terminals CP21 to CP25.
The pin terminals CP21 to CP25 are terminals provided on the terminal processing substrate 900 and are connected to the ground GND9.
The pin terminal CP21 and the pin terminal CP22 are connected to the ground GND9 via the resistor R91, and both correspond to the third terminal of the present invention.
The pin terminal CP23 and the pin terminal CP26 are connected to the ground GND9 without using a resistor, and both correspond to the fourth terminal of the present invention.
The pin terminal CP24 is connected to the ground GND9 via the resistor R92, and the pin terminal CP25 is connected to the ground GND9 via the resistor R93, and both correspond to the third terminal of the present invention.
In other words, the connector CNC2 (second connector) includes the pin terminal CP21, the pin terminal CP22, the pin terminal CP24, and the pin terminal CP25 (the pin terminal CP25) connected to the ground formed on the terminal processing board 900 via a resistor. (A third terminal) and a pin terminal CP23 and a pin terminal CP26 (a fourth terminal) that are connected to the ground GND9 formed on the terminal processing substrate 900 without using a resistor.

  A signal line group connecting the connector CNA2 and the connector CNC2 includes a first signal line connecting the pin terminal AP24 and the pin terminal CP24 and a pin terminal AP25 and the pin terminal CP25, and a pin terminal AP23 and the pin terminal CP23 and the pin terminal. And a constant potential line connecting the AP 26 and the pin terminal CP26.

That is, at least a part of the pin terminals CP21 to CP25 is connected to the ground GND9 via the resistor.
More specifically, the connection path connected to the input / output port of the CPU 101 of the main control board 100 is terminated by providing a resistor on the terminal processing board 900 in order to match the characteristics of the input / output port. With this configuration, even if a control signal is output from the output port of the CPU 401, the control signal is consumed by the resistor R92 or the resistor R93 and then absorbed by the ground GND9, thereby preventing a problem based on the control signal. can do.
Also, the power supply to DC 12V from the pin terminals CP21 and CP22 is consumed by the resistor R92 or the resistor R93 and then absorbed by the ground GND9, so that the termination process can be performed safely.
Further, the connection path connected to the ground is directly connected to the ground GND 9 without providing a resistor on the terminal processing board 900 to perform termination processing.

In FIG. 9, the pin terminals CP21 and CP22 are connected to the ground GND9 via the same resistor R91 because the output power is the same potential.
On the other hand, in FIG. 9, the pin terminal CP24 and the pin terminal CP25 are connected to the ground GND9 via the different resistors R92 or R93, respectively, because they are connected to the individual output ports, and thus are individually terminated. This is because it is necessary to apply
Note that the resistance value of the resistor R92 or the resistor R93 is preferably smaller than the resistance value of the resistor R91. This is because the potential level of the control signal is smaller than the potential for supplying power (DC 12 V), so that the resistance value required for the terminating resistor is also reduced.

In the present embodiment, the description has been given of the embodiment in which the resistor (the resistor R91) is provided between the pin terminal CP21 and the ground GND9 and between the pin terminal CP22 and the ground GND9, but no resistor is provided between these. It may be an embodiment.
Further, in the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the pin terminal CP21 is connected to the pin terminal CP25 and the ground GND9 is described. However, the embodiment in which the pin terminal CP21 is connected to the pin terminal CP25 and the constant potential source may be connected. .

In the present embodiment, the embodiment has been described in which the sub-display substrate 500 and the terminal processing substrate 900 are different substrates, but these may be configured as a single substrate.
At this time, since the other substrate according to the present invention is a single substrate composed of the sub display substrate 500 and the terminal processing substrate 900, it has pin terminals connected to the sub display device 82. Then, the pin terminal is connected to at least a part of the first terminals that are not connected to the second terminal via a second signal line different from the first signal line.

The gaming machine 10 includes a button board 800 on which the buttons 37 are mounted, a sub general control board 200 for comprehensively controlling the effects related to the game, and each component (for example, the button 37 and the speaker) provided in the front frame 20. 33, the lighting device 35, and the like) and a front frame signal relay board 600 that relays a signal transmitted between the sub general control board 200.
The sub general control board 200 can input a detection signal generated by the button board 800 in response to the pressing of the button 37 via the front frame signal relay board 600.
In addition, the sub general control board 200 includes a CPU 201 which is a processing device that executes a process related to an effect, and a ROM 202 and a RAM 203 which are storage devices that exchange data with the CPU 201.
In FIG. 10, a detection signal generated by the button substrate 800 when the button 37 is pressed and input to the input port of the CPU 201 is referred to as a “button 1 signal”.

The connector CND1 includes a male connector including a plurality of pin terminals mounted on the sub general control board 200 and a female connector including a plurality of socket terminals detachably configured to the pin terminals. Be composed.
The male connector of the connector CND1 includes a pin terminal DP11 and a pin terminal DP12, and the female connector of the connector CND1 includes a socket terminal DS11 and a socket terminal DS12.

The pin terminal DP11 is connected via a wiring pattern connecting the pin terminal EP11 and the pin terminal EP21 provided on the front frame signal relay board 600 and a wiring pattern connected to the pin terminal FP11 provided on the button board 800. Connected to the changeover switch RSW8. The switch of the changeover switch RSW8 switches from the low potential side to the high potential side when the button 37 is pressed, and switches from the high potential side to the low potential side when the pressing of the button 37 is stopped. The pin terminal DP11 can input a potential difference that is changed by switching the changeover switch RSW8 to the input port of the CPU 201 as a button 1 signal.
In the present embodiment, that the contact of the changeover switch RSW8 is switched to the high potential side means that the button is a connection path (including the pin terminal EP22 and the pin terminal FP12) related to the constant potential source P8 provided on the front frame signal relay board 600. Refers to the connection of the contact to the common. Further, in the present embodiment, that the contact of the changeover switch RSW8 is switched to the low potential side means that the contact is connected to the invalid terminal NC8 provided on the button substrate 800.
The electrical configuration of the button 37 (switch RSW8) is a specific example, and any configuration can be used as long as the detection signal can be transmitted to the input port of the CPU 201 when the button 37 is pressed. Can be adopted.

The pin terminals FP11 and FP12 are included in the connector CNF1 together with the socket terminals FS11 and FS12.
The connector CNF1 is a connector provided on the button substrate 800 as shown in FIG.

The pin terminal DP12 is a spare terminal provided in order to cope with a specification change in which a new button (hereinafter, referred to as a new button) is added. When such a specification change occurs, the specification change can be realized by connecting a new button to the pin terminal DP12. The pin terminal DP12 is connected to the input port of the CPU 201. When a detection signal generated in response to pressing of a new button added due to specification change is input, the input detection signal is transmitted to the input port. can do.
The pin terminal DP12 does not need to be connected to a button in the present embodiment, and thus is terminated by a wiring pattern relating to the connector CNE1 on the front frame signal relay board 600 (see FIG. 10).
The connector CNE1 includes a pin terminal EP11 and a pin terminal EP12.
The pin terminal EP11 is a terminal provided on the front frame signal relay board 600, and is characterized in that it is connected to the button 37 (switch RSW8).
The pin terminal EP12 is a terminal provided on the front frame signal relay board 600, and is connected to the ground GND8 provided on the front frame signal relay board 600. Further, the pin terminal EP12 is connected to a pin terminal DP12 which is a spare terminal provided for changing the specification for adding a button.

  With the above configuration, the input related to the input port connected to the pin terminal DP12 is maintained at a low potential, so that the CPU 201 is logically fixed to the LOW side with respect to the input port.

In the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the pin terminal DP12 is terminated by the wiring pattern on the front frame signal relay board 600 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the pin terminal DP12 may be terminated by a wiring pattern on the button substrate 800.
In the present embodiment, the input port of the CPU 201 connected to the pin terminal DP12, which is a spare terminal for adding an operation detection unit, is connected to the ground GND8 via the pin terminal EP12 and is logically fixed to the LOW side. Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the input port connected to the spare terminal may be connected to a constant potential source (for example, constant potential source P8) via the pin terminal EP12, and may be logically fixed to the HIGH side.
In the present embodiment, the input port of the CPU 201 connected to the pin terminal DP12, which is a spare terminal for adding an operation detection unit, is connected to the ground GND8 without using a resistor. Implementation of the invention is not limited to this. For example, an input port connected to a spare terminal may be connected to at least one of the ground and the constant potential source via a resistor.

<Regarding the control configuration of the gaming machine 10>
Subsequently, a control configuration of the gaming machine 10 will be described. It should be noted that the components shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 described above may be touched and described, so that these drawings should be referred to as appropriate.
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main control configuration of the gaming machine 10.
Note that the functions illustrated in FIG. 11 are those necessary for describing the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and functions not illustrated here may be added to the gaming machine 10. The gaming machine 10 does not necessarily have to include all of the functions illustrated here, and some of the functions may be omitted without impairing the effects of the present invention.

The main control board 100 shown in FIG. 11 is the same board as the main control board 100 shown in FIG.
The main control board 100 controls the game as a whole, and transmits a command to another component (for example, the effect control unit 210) for an effect related to the game. The main control board 100 is a board having a function affecting or possibly affecting a game result, and is a component functioning as a so-called main board. As shown in FIG. 11, the main control board 100 has a large number of functions, and these functions are connected to each other. However, the configuration shown here is an example, and is not necessarily required. It is not limited to.

The main functions of the main control board 100 include a special figure lottery control unit 130, a general-purpose drawing lottery control unit 170, a game state control unit 140, a symbol display control unit 150, a fluctuation pattern giving unit 160, an information transmission unit 110, and the like. No.
The special figure lottery control unit 130 has a function of controlling other components in relation to the symbol change game relating to the special symbol.
The general drawing lottery control unit 170 has a function of controlling other components in connection with the symbol changing game relating to the normal symbol.
The game state control unit 140 has a function of controlling a jackpot game, or a function of managing the presence or absence of a probable change state or a change state, and controlling the addition or release (transition to the normal game state) of these.
The symbol display control unit 150 has a function of causing the symbol display device 90 to display a special symbol selected as a result of the symbol variation game relating to the special symbol, or a normal symbol selected as a result of the symbol variation game relating to the ordinary symbol. Have.
The variation pattern giving unit 160 has a function of giving a variation pattern including at least variation time information indicating the time from when the symbol display control unit 150 starts the variation display to when the symbol display is stopped in the symbol variation game relating to the special symbol. have. In addition, the variation pattern given by the variation pattern giving unit 160 is transmitted to the effect control unit 210 via the information transmission unit 110 and is used when executing a display effect (reach effect or the like) on the effect display device 80. .
The information transmission unit 110 has a function of transmitting control information (command) generated by each component included in the main control board 100 to another component (for example, the effect control unit 210 or the like). The command transmitted by the information transmission unit 110 includes, in addition to the information indicating the above-described variation pattern, the result of the special figure lottery or the general figure lottery, the presence or absence of a certainty change state, the information on the held random number, or the information of the jackpot game. Information about execution may be included.

<About special drawing lottery>
The main control board 100 includes a special figure reservation control unit 115 and a special figure lottery control unit 130.
Further, the special figure lottery control unit 130 is a function for controlling a symbol changing game relating to a special symbol, and has a winning / wrong lottery unit 131 and a special figure selecting unit 132.

The special figure reservation control unit 115 acquires the random number M1 and reserves the random number M1 when the first starting port 57 wins. In addition, the special figure holding control unit 115 acquires and holds the random number M2 when the winning of the second starting port 59 is triggered.
More specifically, when the winning of the first starting port 57 is detected by the count switch SW1, the special figure holding control unit 115 acquires the random number M1 and stores (holds) the random number M1 in a dedicated storage area. Further, when the winning of the second starting port 59 is detected by the count switch SW2, the special figure holding control unit 115 acquires the random number M2 and stores (holds) the random number M2 in a dedicated storage area.
The reserved upper limit number of the random number M1 or the reserved upper limit number of the random number M2 is predetermined, and in the present embodiment, four are set as the reserved upper limit numbers for each of the random number M1 and the random number M2.

The special figure reservation control unit 115 distinguishes and retains a random number M1 acquired when a winning of the first starting port 57 is triggered and a random number M2 acquired when a winning of the second starting port 59 is won.
In addition, when the random number M1 and the random number M2 are both reserved, the winning / losing lottery unit 131 (first lottery unit) described later is configured to perform the winning / losing lottery by using the random number M2 first. Such processing may be referred to as priority processing in the following description.

The priority processing is realized by the control of the special figure hold control unit 115. When the special figure lottery control unit 115 does not perform the control related to the symbol change game related to the special symbol or the control related to the big hit game, the special figure lottery control unit 130 transmits the held random number M1 or M2 to the predetermined cycle. Read with. Here, reading of the random number M2 is preferentially executed, and when the random number M2 cannot be read (when the reserved random number M2 is zero), the random number M1 is read. With such control, the special figure reservation control unit 115 can read out the random number M2 with higher priority than the random number M1.
The winning / rejecting lottery unit 131 is configured to receive the random number read by the special figure holding control unit 115 and perform the winning / rejecting lottery using the received random number. Therefore, the success / failure lottery section 131 can also process the random number M2 with priority over the random number M1.

  The special figure reservation control unit 115 may monitor the number of retained random numbers for each. In this case, the special figure holding control unit 115 may issue a command to the symbol display control unit 150 to cause the symbol display device 90 to display the number of monitored random numbers, or cause the effect display device 80 to display the number. Thus, a command may be issued to the effect control unit 210 via the information transmission unit 110.

The success / failure lottery unit 131 performs the success / failure lottery of the jackpot game by using the random number M1 or the random number M2 acquired in response to the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59.
Here, “performing a predetermined process upon winning a prize” means that the predetermined process can be executed thereafter, with the detection of a prize as one condition. That is, even if a winning is detected, the predetermined process does not necessarily have to be executed. For example, a winning detected by the count switch SW1 when the number of the held random numbers M1 exceeds the upper limit number of holdings, or by the count switch SW2 when the number of the held random numbers M2 exceeds the upper limit number of holdings. The detected prize does not become a start condition of the symbol change game relating to the special symbol.

The special figure selecting unit 132 selects a special symbol based on the result of the winning / losing lottery by the winning / losing lottery unit 131.
The special symbol selected by the special symbol selection unit 132 is displayed by the first special symbol display control unit 151 or the second special symbol display control unit 152, which will be described later, during the execution of the symbol changing game related to the special symbol. It is displayed on the device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92.

<About PUZU lottery>
The gaming machine 10 includes a general-purpose drawing control unit 116, a general-purpose lottery control unit 170, and a normal electric combination control unit 180.
The general drawing lottery control unit 170 is a function for controlling a symbol changing game related to a normal symbol, and includes an open lottery unit 171 and a general figure selecting unit 172. The normal electric combination control unit 180 has a function of controlling the ordinary electric combination 61.

When the winning of the operation gate 63 is detected by the count switch SW4, the general-purpose reservation control unit 116 acquires the random number M3 and stores (stores) the random number M3 in a dedicated storage area. Here, the random number M3 is a random number used for the lottery by the open lottery unit 171. The upper limit number of reservations, which is the upper limit number of the random numbers M3 that can be stored, is predetermined, and in the present embodiment, the upper limit number of reservations is set to four.
When the general drawing lottery control unit 170 does not perform the control related to the symbol change game related to the normal symbol, the general figure holding control unit 116 reads the held random number M3 at a predetermined cycle.

  The general-purpose reservation control unit 116 monitors the number of the retained random numbers M3. In addition, the ordinary symbol holding control unit 116 may issue a command to the symbol display control unit 150 to display the number of monitored random numbers M3 on the symbol display device 90, or cause the effect display device 80 to display the command. Thus, a command may be issued to the effect control unit 210 via the information transmission unit 110.

The open lottery unit 171 performs an open lottery using the random number M3 read from the general-purpose drawing control unit 116 to determine whether or not to shift the ordinary electric accessory 61 to the open state. In addition, the winning probability of the lottery performed by the open lottery unit 171 is lower in the normal game state than in the variable play state, and is higher in the variable play state than in the normal game state. ing.
When the lottery by the open lottery unit 171 is won, the ordinary electric combination control unit 180 activates the solenoid coil SOL4 to open the ordinary electric combination 61 under a predetermined opening condition.

  The general symbol selection unit 172 selects a normal symbol based on the result of the lottery by the open lottery unit 171 and transmits the selected ordinary symbol to the symbol display control unit 150 (ordinary symbol display control unit 153) to transmit the ordinary symbol. It is displayed on the display device 93. One of the two LEDs corresponding to the ordinary symbol display device 93 corresponds to the winning and the other corresponds to the losing, and the ordinary symbol display control unit 153 emits one of them according to the ordinary symbol selected by the ordinary symbol selecting unit 172. Let it.

  The normal electric combination control unit 180 controls the ordinary electric combination 61 so that the time to be in the open state increases per unit time when the variable state control unit 142 gives the variable state. In other words, the control of the ordinary electrical combination control unit 180 fluctuates due to the provision of the variable state by the variable length control unit 142 described later.

<About game state control>
The game state control unit 140 has a function of controlling a jackpot game, a probable change state or a change state, and has a certain change control unit 141, a change control unit 142, and a big hit control unit 145.

Here, the probable change state means that the winning probability of the winning or losing lottery by the winning or lucky lottery unit 131 becomes higher than the normal gaming state.
Further, the term “short state” means that at least one of the following is performed.
(I) The winning probability of the open lottery of the ordinary electric accessory 61 becomes higher than the normal gaming state.
(Ii) The opening time per one time of the normal electric accessory 61 is extended from the normal gaming state.
(Iii) The number of times the ordinary electric accessory 61 is opened in accordance with the winning of the opening lottery of the ordinary electric accessory 61 is increased from the normal gaming state.
(Iv) The variable display time per time in the ordinary symbol display device 93 is reduced.

The probability change control unit 141 gives a probability change state when at least a part of the jackpot game executed by the jackpot control unit 145 ends.
Probable change control section 141, when the end condition of the probable change state is satisfied in the symbol fluctuating game related to the special symbol, or when winning the jackpot game in the symbol fluctuating game related to the special symbol executed in the probable change state, The state is changed from the certainty change state to the normal game state.
The termination condition of the probable change state in the present embodiment is that the symbol fluctuating game relating to the special symbol is performed 100 times after shifting to the probable change state.

The variable length control unit 142 gives a variable length state when the big hit game executed by the big hit control unit 145 ends.
The change control unit 142 shifts from the normal game state to the change state at the end of all the big hit games, and in the symbol change game related to the special symbol that satisfies the condition for ending the change state, from the change state to the normal game. State.
In the short state in the present embodiment, the end condition is that a symbol changing game relating to a special symbol is performed 100 times after the transition to the short state. In the present embodiment, since the shortened state is given at the end of all the big hit games, the shortened state is changed from the end of each big hit game until the number of the symbol changing game related to the special symbol reaches 100 times. The state is maintained.

The big hit control unit 145 has a function of executing a big hit game based on winning of a symbol change game related to a special symbol.
The big hit game in the present embodiment is specifically executed as follows.

First, when the jackpot game is won by the winning / decreasing lottery unit 131, a special symbol corresponding to the jackpot game is selected by the special symbol selecting unit 132, and the selected special symbol is displayed on the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display. After being stopped and displayed on the device 92 (after the symbol change game relating to the special symbol is finished), the big hit control unit 145 starts the big hit game.
When the big hit game is started, the big hit control unit 145 issues an instruction related to an opening effect indicating the start of the big hit game to the effect control unit 210. The effect control unit 210 executes an opening effect for a predetermined time (opening time) according to a command from the jackpot control unit 145. Note that it is preferable to encourage the player to launch a game ball into the second flow path Y toward the special winning opening 55 by, for example, recommending a right-handed shot to the player in the opening effect.
After the end of the opening effect, the round game in which the special winning opening 55 is opened is performed a plurality of times up to a predetermined number of times (the number of rounds) as an upper limit. In the round game, the special winning opening 55 is opened a predetermined number of times (for example, once). Further, after a specified number of game balls enter the opened special winning opening 55 or after a specified time (round game time) elapses, the special winning opening 55 is closed and the round game ends.
After the end of the round game, the special winning opening 55 is closed for a predetermined time (interval time), and when the next round game starts, the special winning opening 55 is opened again.

The jackpot control unit 145 transmits a command including the number of rounds, round game time, interval time, and the like as control information to the special electric control unit 190 in order to perform control as described above.
The special electric combination control unit 190 releases the special electric combination 65 or the special electric combination 66 according to the command received from the jackpot control unit 145.
The special electric combination control unit 190 monitors the number of game balls entering the special winning opening 55 during one round game based on the detection of the count switch SW7 while the special electric combination 65 is opened. ing. Then, when the number of monitored winning game balls reaches the upper limit number, the special electric combination control unit 190 activates the solenoid coil SOL1 to close the special electric combination 65.
Alternatively, the special electric combination control unit 190 counts the number of game balls that have entered the special winning opening 56 during one round game based on the detection of the count switch SW8 while the special electric combination 66 is opened. Monitoring. Then, when the number of monitored winning game balls reaches the upper limit number, the special electric combination control unit 190 activates the solenoid coil SOL2 to close the special electric combination 66.

The big hit control unit 145 issues a command relating to the effect during the round game to the effect control unit 210. The effect control unit 210 executes a round effect according to a command from the big hit control unit 145.
When the prescribed number of rounds ends, the jackpot control unit 145 issues an instruction regarding an ending effect indicating the end of the jackpot game to the effect control unit 210 via the information transmission unit 110. The effect control unit 210 executes an ending effect for a predetermined time (ending time) in accordance with a command from the big hit control unit 145, and the big hit control unit 145 ends the big hit game.

<Symbol display and effect display>
The gaming machine 10 includes a symbol display control unit 150, a fluctuation pattern giving unit 160, and an effect control unit 210.

  The symbol display control unit 150 causes the symbol display device 90 to display a special symbol that is a result of the symbol variation game relating to the special symbol or a normal symbol that is a result of the symbol variation game relating to the ordinary symbol.

The effect control unit 210 causes the effect display device 80 to mainly display an effect display relating to a symbol change game and a jackpot game relating to a special symbol. In particular, regarding the execution of the symbol change game relating to the special symbol, the effect control unit 210 causes the effect display device 80 to execute the effect display in accordance with the special symbol change time by the symbol display device 90. In other words, the effect control unit 210 executes, in principle, the symbol change game related to one special symbol on the symbol display device 90 and one effect display on the effect display device 80 in association with each other.
However, when the effect display having continuity is performed over the symbol change game related to the special symbol a plurality of times, or when the symbol change game related to the one special symbol is changed a plurality of times to one set. Effect display may be executed. The former representative example is an effect display called a so-called continuous effect, and the latter representative example is an effect display called a so-called pseudo-sequence effect.

In order to ensure the correspondence between the symbol change game related to the special symbol described above and the effect display, the change pattern assigning unit 160 determines a change pattern.
More specifically, the change pattern providing unit 160 determines a change pattern including at least change time information indicating a time during which the special symbol changes in the symbol change game relating to the special symbol, and sets the change pattern to the symbol display control unit 150 and the effect. The information is transmitted to the control unit 210. The symbol display control unit 150 displays a symbol variation game relating to a special symbol in accordance with the transmitted variation pattern, and the effect control unit 210 displays an effect display in accordance with the transmitted variation pattern, thereby coping with these. The nature is guaranteed.

In the above description, the effect control unit 210 controls the effect display of the effect display device 80, but also controls the lighting (flashing) effect by the lighting device 35 or the sound effect by the speaker 33. It is possible to arouse the interest of the player by combining these effect displays, lighting effects, sound effects, and the like.
Further, the effect control unit 210 can variably switch various effects in accordance with the operation of the player received with the button 37.

  Further, in the above description, it has been described that the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern providing unit 160 includes at least variation time information. In addition to this, the fluctuation pattern may include information indicating whether a reach effect is to be performed or a break is to be achieved.

<About the processing procedure of various processing>
Next, the processing procedures of the various processes described above will be described with reference to FIG. 12 or FIG. It should be noted that the components shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 described above may be touched and described, so that these drawings should be referred to as appropriate.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the processing when entering a ball. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the symbol change start processing.
Note that the processing procedures illustrated in these flowcharts do not limit the processing procedures and the execution timings of the present invention. For this reason, when carrying out the processing relating to the present invention, the plurality of processing procedures can be changed within a range that does not hinder the content, and some or all of the execution timings of the plurality of processing overlap each other. Is also good.
6 or 7 is a main process necessary for describing the present invention, and does not show all processes executed by the gaming machine 10.

First, the processing at the time of entering a ball will be described. Here, the ball entry process is a series of processes executed after the game ball enters the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59.
Until a ball entry into the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59 is detected (NO in step S102), the process is on standby without performing the processes in step S104 and thereafter.
Further, even if the ball entry into the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59 is detected (YES in step S102), if the number of reservations by the special figure reservation control unit 115 has reached the upper limit (step S104). YES), the process is on standby without performing the processes after step S106.

When ball entry into the first starting port 57 or the second starting port 59 is detected (YES in step S102), and the number of reservations by the special figure reservation control unit 115 has not reached the upper limit (NO in step S104), The number of reservations by the special figure reservation control unit 115 is added (step S106). Further, the random number M1 or the random number M2 is acquired by the special figure reservation control unit 115 and is reserved and stored in the dedicated storage area (step S108).
That is, an affirmative determination in step S102 and a negative determination in step S104 mean that the above-described starting condition is satisfied.

  A command including a series of processing results from step S102 to step S108 as control information is output from information transmission section 110 to effect control section 210 (step S110), and the ball entry processing ends.

Subsequently, a processing procedure of the symbol change start processing will be described. Here, the symbol start process is a series of processes performed when a symbol change game with a special symbol is started.
First, the special figure lottery control unit 130 determines whether a change start condition is satisfied (step S202). Here, the change start conditions are (i) that the symbol change game with the special symbol is not executed at the time of the determination in step S202, (ii) that the big hit game is not executed at the time of the determination of step S202, (iii) And / or) that at least one pending storage exists at the time of the determination in step S202.
When the determination in step S202 is negative (NO in step S202), the processing after step S204 is not executed, and the symbol change start processing ends.

When the determination in step S202 is affirmative (YES in step S202), the winning / rejecting lottery unit 131 reads the random number M1 or the random number M2 held in the special figure holding control unit 115 (step S204).
In step S204, the winning / rejecting lottery unit 131 may read the random number M1 or the random number M2 in the order stored and held in the special figure holding control unit 115, or may read one of the random numbers M1 and M2 in preference to the other.

Each determination process is executed triggered by the reading of the random number in step S204 (step S206).
Here, as the processing included in step S206, specifically, at least the above-described winning / rejecting lottery by the winning / rejecting lottery unit 131 and the selection of a special symbol by the special figure selecting unit 132 are included. Step S206 is a process of determining whether (i) the short state is given, (ii) whether to stop the effect symbol at the reach, or (iii) whether to perform a specific effect. May be included in the processing.
Then, the variation pattern providing unit 160 determines a variation pattern using the processing result of step S206 (step S208).

A command including a series of processing results from step S202 to step S208 as control information is output from information transmission section 110 to effect control section 210 (step S210), and the symbol variation start processing ends.
The command output in step S210 includes, for example, information indicating the processing result of the determination executed in step S206, information indicating the variation pattern determined in step S208, or an effect executed in connection with these. Information and the like may be included.

<Regarding Modification of the Present Invention>
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and as long as the object of the present invention is achieved. Various modifications, improvements and the like in the above are also included.

  In the above embodiment, the control board according to the present invention has been described as an embodiment in which the main control board 100 is used, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the control board according to the present invention may be a sub-control board that controls an effect related to a game.

The number of connectors, the number of terminals (pin terminals or socket terminals) included in the connectors, and the method of distribution are only specific examples, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. Absent.
For example, the terminals included in one connector illustrated in FIGS. 4, 9 and 10 may be distributed to a plurality of connectors, or the terminals included in the plurality of connectors may be integrated into one connector. . Further, a connector for an application different from the illustrated connector may be added to each of the boards illustrated in FIGS. 4, 9, and 10.

The wiring patterns shown in FIGS. 5 and 9 have been described as terminating a spare terminal provided for adding a count switch or a sub-display device, but other components other than these are added. The wiring pattern may be applied to a termination process for a spare terminal provided for the purpose.
That is, the components corresponding to the control target of the present invention are not limited to the above-described count switch and sub-display device, but also include a solenoid coil, a fraud detection sensor, a button, and the like.

  Although the above embodiments have been described on the premise of the functional configuration shown in each drawing, each component of the present invention may be formed so as to realize its function. Therefore, each component of the gaming machine of the present invention does not need to exist independently, and a plurality of components are formed as one member, and one component is formed of a plurality of members. That a certain component is a part of another component, that a part of a certain component overlaps a part of another component, and the like are permitted.

This embodiment includes the following technical concept.
(1) A gaming machine including a control board and another board that is a board different from the control board, wherein the control board inputs and outputs signals related to a control target controlled by the control board. A first terminal that is configured to be able to be connected to the first terminal, and a second terminal that is different from the first terminal and that is connected to at least one of a constant potential source or a ground formed on the control board. And a first connector including: a third terminal connected via a resistor to at least one of a constant potential source or a ground formed on the other substrate. A fourth terminal that is a terminal different from the third terminal, and that is connected to at least one of a constant potential source or ground formed on the other substrate without using a resistor. A second connector having the first connector A signal line group connecting the connector and the second connector, a first signal line connecting the first terminal and the third terminal, and connecting the second terminal and the fourth terminal. And a constant potential line.
(2) The other board has a fifth terminal connected to the control target, and the control board sets the first terminal not connected to the third terminal and the fourth terminal. The gaming machine according to (1), wherein the first terminal and the fifth terminal are connected by a second signal line different from the first signal line.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Gaming machine 15 Outer frame 20 Front frame 21 Hinge mechanism 23 Cylinder lock 25 Transparent member 27 Upper ball tray 29 Lower ball tray 31 Operation handle 32 Upper frame part 33 Speaker 34, 36 Left-right frame part 35 Lighting device 37 Button 39 Ball release Mechanism 50 gaming board 50a gaming area 51 outer rail 52 windmill 53 inner rail 55, 56 big winning opening 57 first starting opening 59 second starting opening 61 ordinary electric accessory 63 operating gate 65, 66 special electric accessory 67, 67a, 67b Ordinary winning opening 69 Out opening 80 Effect display 81 Main display 82 Sub display 90 Symbol display 91 First special symbol display 92 Second special symbol display 93 Ordinary symbol display 100 Main control boards 101, 201, 401 CPU
102, 202, 402 ROM
103, 203, 403 RAM
110 Information transmission unit 115 Special figure reservation control unit 116 General figure reservation control unit 130 Special figure lottery control unit 131 Pass / fail lottery unit 132 Special figure selection unit 140 Game state control unit 141 Probable change control unit 142 Variable length control unit 145 Big hit control unit 150 Symbol display control unit 151 First special symbol display control unit 152 Second special symbol display control unit 153 Normal symbol display control unit 160 Variation pattern assigning unit 170 General symbol lottery control unit 171 Open lottery unit 172 General symbol selection unit 180 Control unit 190 special electric control unit 210 effect control unit 200 sub general control board 300 relay board 400 main display control board 500 sub display board 600 front frame signal relay board 800 button board 900 terminal processing boards CNM1 to CNM6, CNR3 to CNR15, CNA1, CNA2, CNB1, CNB2, CNC2, CND1, C NE1, CNE2, CNF1 Connectors GND3 to GND5, GND61 to GND63, GND8, GND9 Ground MP11, MP12, MP21, MP22, MP31, MP32, MP41 to MP49, MP51 to MP55, MP61 to MP67, RP31, RP32, RP41 to RP49, RP51 to RP55, RP61 to RP67, RP71, RP72, RP81, RP82, RP91, RP92, RP101 to RP104, RP111 to RP114, RP121, RP122, RP131 to RP135, RP141 to RP145, RP151, RP152, AP11 to AP16, AP21 to AP21 AP26, BP11-BP16, BP21-BP26, CP21-CP26, DP11, DP12, EP11, EP12, EP21, EP2 , FP11, FP12 pin terminals MS11, MS12, MS21, MS22, MS31, MS32, MS41-MS49, MS51-MS55, MS61-MS67, RS31, RS32, RS41-RS49, RS51-RS55, RS61-RS67, RS71, RS72, RS81, RS82, RS91, RS92, RS101 to RS104, RS111 to RS114, RS121, RS122, RS131 to RS135, RS141 to RS145, RS151, RS152, AS11 to AS16, AS21 to AS26, BS11 to BS16, BS21 to BS26, CS21 to CS21 CS26, DS11, DS12, ES11, ES12, ES21, ES22, FS11, FS12 Socket terminals NC6, NC8 Invalid terminals P4, P51, P52 , P61, P62, P8 Constant potential sources R3, R91, R92, R93 Resistors RSW6, RSW8 Changeover switches SEN11, SEN12, SEN2, SEN3 Fraud detection sensors SOL1 to SOL4 Solenoid coils SW1 to SW11 Count switch X First flow path Y Second Flow paths Z51, Z52, Z54 Varistor

Claims (1)

Effect display device ,
A first control board configured to be able to generate at least a control signal to be transmitted to the effect display device ,
A first board provided separately from the first control board,
A gaming machine comprising:
The first control board, when connected to the effect display device, has a plurality of control signal terminals capable of transmitting the control signal between the effect display device,
Wherein the first control board, a first connector having a first control signal terminal which is connected to the effect display device, a second control signal terminal that is not connected to the effect display device And a second connector having
The terminal of the first connector is not connected to the first substrate, but is connected to the effect display device,
A gaming machine, wherein a terminal of the second connector is connected to a ground formed on the first substrate via a signal line without being connected to the effect display device .

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