JP6948061B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

In a conventional gaming machine, a gaming machine capable of generating a specific gaming state advantageous to a player is known when a variable display game in which a plurality of identification information is variablely displayed has a predetermined predetermined result. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-154676

By the way, the game control device may be provided with a setting changing device as a configuration for selecting one setting value from a plurality of setting values (options) and changing the setting related to the game progress (probability of occurrence of a specific game state, etc.). However, if this setting change device is arranged so as to overlap the game control board in the game control device, the setting change device becomes an obstacle and it becomes difficult to inspect the game control board, and fraudulent acts against the game control board (specifically). (The fact that an illegal member is attached to an electronic component on the board) is delayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine in which a game control board in a game control device can be easily inspected even if it has a configuration in which settings related to game progress can be changed. Is to be.

The present invention has been proposed to achieve the above object, and the one according to claim 1 is a gaming machine provided with a gaming control device for controlling the progress of the gaming.
The game control device includes a game control board on which electronic components including a CPU are mounted on a mounting surface, a board case for storing the game control board in a visible state, and an operation end portion for changing settings related to the progress of the game. Is equipped with a setting change operation unit that is operated
The substrate case has a second case member of the game control board located on the mounting surface side on which the CPU is mounted and a second case member located on the opposite side of the game control board from the second case member. 1 Includes a case member and a sealing mechanism for sealing the substrate case.
The setting change operation unit is stored in a storage space formed between the first case member and the second case member of the substrate case, and the operation unit exposed window provided in the second case member. Face the operation end from
The setting change operation unit is arranged so as not to overlap with the CPU mounted on the mounting surface of the game control board when viewed from the rear of the game machine.
A game characterized in that a setting change operation protection unit facing the setting change operation unit is arranged outside the setting change operation unit of the second case member in a state of being separated from the setting change operation unit. It is a machine.

According to the present invention, it is easy to inspect the game control board in the game control device even if the setting change operation unit is provided.

It is a perspective view of a pachinko machine. It is a front view of a game board. It is an exploded perspective view of a game board. It is an exploded perspective view of a center case. It is a schematic diagram of the grand prize ball flow down road. It is a front view of the elevating decoration device in a case in a non-execution state. It is an exploded perspective view of the elevating decoration device in a case. (A) is a rear view of the in-case elevating decoration device in the non-execution state of the effect, and (b) is a rear view of the elevating decoration device in the case in the non-execution state of the effect excluding a part of the device base. It is a front view of the elevating decoration device in the case in the production execution state. (A) is a rear view of the in-case elevating decoration device in the effect execution state, and (b) is a rear view of the in-case elevating decoration device in the effect execution state excluding a part of the device base. It is a front view of the game board which converted the elevating decoration device in a case into an effect execution state. It is explanatory drawing of the decorative design part. It is explanatory drawing of the member which comprises the decorative design part, (a) is the explanatory view of the panel side design component part of the decorative panel in a case, (b) is the explanatory view of the armor side design component part of the armor part, (c) Is an explanatory view of the design component on the base side of the cell sheet. It is a perspective view of each accessory unit and a winning ball flow path. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory rear unit in the effect non-execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view of the state which removed the elevating transmission mechanism cover. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory rear unit in the effect non-execution state, FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the upper accessory rear unit. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory rear unit in the effect execution state, (a) is the front view, and (b) is the front view in the state which removed the elevating transmission mechanism cover. It is explanatory drawing of the upper side accessory rear unit in the effect execution state, (a) is a rear view, (b) is the rear view of the state which removed the upper rear unit base and the elevating transmission mechanism cover. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory rear unit which rotates a rotation decoration part in the effect execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a rear view. It is a front view of the game board which converts the upper accessory rear unit into an effect execution state, and rotates a rotating decoration part. It is explanatory drawing of the upper side accessory front unit in the effect non-execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view of the state which removed the upper front unit cover. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory front unit in the production non-execution state, and is the rear view of the state excluding the upper front unit base. It is an exploded perspective view of the upper accessory front unit. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory front unit of the effect execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view of the state which removed the upper front unit cover. It is explanatory drawing of the upper accessory front unit in the effect execution state, and is the rear view of the state excluding the upper front unit base. It is a front view of the game board which converted the upper character front unit into the effect execution state. It is explanatory drawing of the side edge accessory unit in the effect non-execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a rear view. It is an exploded perspective view of the side edge accessory unit. It is explanatory drawing of the side edge accessory unit in the effect execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is a rear view. It is a front view of the game board which converted the side edge accessory unit into the effect execution state. It is a front view of the lower accessory rear unit which set the lower elevating accessory unit to the descending state in the slide standby state. It is explanatory drawing of the lower accessory rear unit which set the lower lifting accessory unit to the descending state in the slide standby state, (a) is a rear view, (b) is the rear surface in a state excluding the lower rear unit base. It is a figure. It is an exploded perspective view of the lower accessory rear unit. It is explanatory drawing of the lower lifting part unit in a lowered state, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a rear view of the state excluding the lower lifting unit base. It is an exploded perspective view of the lower lifting accessory unit. It is explanatory drawing of the lower accessory rear unit which set the lower lifting accessory unit to the descending state in the slide execution state, (a) is a front view, (b) is the rear surface in a state excluding the lower rear unit base. It is a figure. It is explanatory drawing of the lower elevating accessory unit just before conversion to an ascending state, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a rear view of the state excluding the lower elevating unit base. It is explanatory drawing of the lower elevating accessory unit in a raised state, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a rear view in a state excluding the lower elevating unit base. It is explanatory drawing of the lower accessory rear unit which set the lower lifting accessory unit in an ascending state, (a) is the front view of the slide standby state, and (b) is the front view of the slide execution state. It is a front view of the game board in which the lower lifting accessory unit is set to the ascending state and the lower lifting accessory rear unit is set to the slide execution state. It is a front view of the lower accessory front unit. It is an exploded perspective view of the lower accessory front unit. (A) is a front view of the translucent decorative panel, and (b) is a front view of the light diffusion sheet. It is a block diagram of the control system which showed mainly the game control device. It is a block diagram of the control system which showed the effect control device mainly. It is explanatory drawing of the state which face | face the variable symbol | visible area formed by the left and right upper rotating accessories, (a) is the explanatory diagram of the state which face | face the variable symbol, (b) is a character display. The figure (c) is an explanatory diagram of the state in which the character "this" is faced. It is explanatory drawing of the operation which rotates the upper rotating accessory one side at a time to form the variable symbol visual recognition area, (a) is explanatory drawing of the reach state before the partition formation, (b) is the upper rotation of the left side. Explanatory drawing of the state where the accessory is rotated to the effect execution position, (c) is the upper rotation of the right side. It is explanatory drawing of the state. (A) to (h) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory in front of the display device. (A) to (h) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the upper elevating accessory and the lower movable accessory in front of the display device. (A) to (h) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory in the jackpot state. This is the first half of the flowchart of the main process in the game control device. This is the latter half of the flowchart of the main process in the game control device. It is a flowchart of timer interrupt processing in a game control device. It is a flowchart of the special figure game processing in a game control device. It is a flowchart of a special figure normal processing in a game control device. It is a flowchart explaining 1st main processing in an effect control apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining interrupt processing in an effect control device. It is a flowchart explaining 2nd main processing in an effect control apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining 1st scene control processing. It is a flowchart explaining the advance determination command reception process. It is a flowchart explaining the hold effect setting process. It is explanatory drawing of the modification of the decorative design part. It is explanatory drawing of the member which constitutes the modification of the decorative design part, (a) is the explanatory view of the panel side design component part of the decorative panel in a case, (b) is the explanation of the flow path side design component part of a ball invasion prevention wall. It is a figure. It is explanatory drawing of the decorative design part in which two characters and one object are drawn. It is explanatory drawing of the member which constitutes the decorative design part which two characters and one object are drawn, (a) is the explanatory drawing of the panel side design component part of the decorative panel in a case, (b) is the armor part An explanatory view of the design component on the armor side, (c) is an explanatory view of the design component on the base side of the cell sheet. It is explanatory drawing of the decorative design part after a minor change. It is explanatory drawing of the member which comprises the decorative design part after a minor change, (a) is the explanatory view of the panel side design component part of the decorative panel in a case, (b) is the explanatory view of the armor side design component part of an armor part, (C) is an explanatory view of a design component on the base side of the cell sheet. It is explanatory drawing of the modification of the lower accessory front unit, (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view of a light diffusion sheet. (A) to (f) are schematic views explaining a modified example of the effect operation of the lower movable accessory in front of the display device. (A) to (g) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory with respect to the standby hold display area. (A) to (f) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory with respect to the effect of prompting the operation of the game effect button. (A) to (i) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory with respect to the effect display for promoting the firing operation of the game ball. (A) and (b) are schematic views explaining a state in which an arrow indicating a ball striking direction is displayed at a corner of a display device. (A) to (c) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory with respect to the memory display moving from the standby hold display area to the digestion memory display area. (A) to (d) are schematic views explaining the effect operation of the lower movable accessory with respect to the operation promotion effect of the symbol alignment game format. It is explanatory drawing of the notification example in the operation promotion effect of the symbol alignment game type. It is explanatory drawing of the effect of displaying an afterimage image on a display device according to the movement of a lower movable accessory. It is a schematic diagram of the state in which the effect mode of the lower movable accessory changes according to the operation of the side edge rotating accessory. It is a rear view of the pachinko game machine which provided the setting change operation part in the game control device. It is a front view of the game control device provided with the setting change operation part (the view of the surface facing the rear side of the pachinko game machine in the state of being attached to the pachinko game machine). It is a rear view of the game control device provided with the setting change operation unit (the view of the surface facing the front side of the pachinko game machine when it is attached to the pachinko game machine). It is an exploded perspective view of the game control device provided with the setting change operation part as seen from the rear of a pachinko game machine. It is an exploded perspective view of the game control device provided with the setting change operation part as seen from the front of the pachinko game machine. It is a front view of the game control device which represented the board case by a broken line, and expressed the visual state of a game control board, a setting change operation part, and the like. It is a front view of the game control board to which the setting change operation part is connected. (A) and (b) are side views of the game control board to which the setting change operation unit is connected, (a) is a left side view, and (b) is a right side view. It is explanatory drawing of the state in which the game control board and the setting change operation part are anchored to the 2nd case member. It is a perspective view explaining the state which fixed the game control board and the setting change operation part to the 2nd case member. It is explanatory drawing which shows the inside of the 2nd case member. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement state of the game control board and the setting change operation part in the 1st case member. It is a perspective view which looked at the arrangement state of the game control board and the setting change operation part in the 1st case member from the case engaging claw part side. It is a perspective view which looked at the arrangement state of the game control board and the setting change operation part in the 1st case member from the case engaging claw part side. (A) is a perspective view of a game control device in which the opening / closing door is opened and the setting change operation unit is exposed, and (b) is a perspective view of the game control device in a state where the opening / closing door is removed. It is explanatory drawing of the game control device which opened the opening / closing door, (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view. It is sectional drawing of the change operation storage part with the opening / closing door closed. It is a timing chart of the operation for changing the setting related to the game progress. It is a perspective view of the modification of the game control device which provided the RAM clear switch separately from the setting change switch. It is a perspective view of the modification of the game control device provided with the RAM clear switch without providing the setting change switch.

Hereinafter, a pachinko gaming machine, which is a typical gaming machine, will be described as an example based on the drawings. For convenience of explanation, the player side of the pachinko gaming machine is referred to as "front" or "front", and the side opposite to the player across the pachinko gaming machine is referred to as "rear" or "back".
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is pivotally attached to one side (left side in FIG. 1) of the rectangular machine frame (outer frame) 2 with the front frame (inner frame) 3 openable and closable. In the front frame 3, a rectangular game board 6 (see FIG. 2) in which a game area 5 in which a game ball launched by a launching device (not shown) can flow down is formed on the surface can be stored. It is said. Further, a transparent member holding frame 8 is provided on the surface of the front frame 3 on the shaft attachment side (left side in FIG. 1) to the machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and the transparent member 9 that can be seen through the transparent member holding frame 8. Is configured so that the gaming area 5 can be seen through the transparent member 9 from the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Further, upper speakers 11 for emitting sound effects are provided on both left and right sides of the upper portion of the transparent member holding frame 8, an upper plate unit 13 is provided below the transparent member holding frame 8, and below the transparent member holding frame 8. The lower plate unit 14 is arranged. Then, on one side edge (right edge in FIG. 1) of the transparent member holding frame 8, a holding frame protruding portion 8a decorated by indicating the model name or manufacturer name of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is moved forward. The pachinko gaming machine 1 is configured to project so as to prevent the pachinko gaming machine 1 from being peeped from the adjacent seat by the holding frame protruding portion 8a. Further, a launch operation unit (launch operation handle) 15 for operating the launch device is provided on one side (right side in FIG. 1) of the lower plate unit 14, and on both the left and right sides of the lower plate unit 14. A lower speaker 16 that emits a sound effect is provided, and a game effect button 17 for the player to operate during the game is provided on the front side of the upper plate unit 13.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game board 6 has a plurality of decorative cell sheets 20 having a decorative pattern printed on the surface of the game board 19 and capable of transmitting light from above the cell sheets 20. The game base unit 22 which is the base of the game board 6 is formed by fastening the side cases 21 of the above in a frame-like state, and the game area 5 is divided by the side case (partition member) 21. Further, a center case 23 having an open central portion is arranged above the game area 5, and a case ball flow down path (located on the right side) through which the game ball can pass is provided on both the left and right sides of the center case 23. The first case ball flow down path 26 and the second case ball flow down path 27) located on the left side are provided. Further, a flow path cover 26a (see FIG. 4) is attached to the front side of the first case ball flow down path 26, and a normal drawing start gate 28 is arranged on the downstream side of the first case ball flow down path 26. The game ball that has won (passed) through the starting gate 28 can be detected by the gate switch 29. Then, the normal map variation display game can be executed with the winning of the game ball to the normal map start gate 28 (specifically, the detection of the game ball by the gate switch 29) as the start condition (normal map start condition). Further, a large winning opening 31 is arranged on the side of the downstream portion of the first case ball flow down path 26, which is located on the upstream side of the normal drawing start gate 28, and is upstream of the first case ball flow down path 26. A general winning opening 32 is arranged in the section. The configuration of the large winning opening 31 will be described in detail later.

Further, below the central portion of the center case 23, a first starting winning opening 36 located in the central portion in the left-right direction of the game board 6 is provided, and the first case ball flow down path 26 is provided more than the first starting winning opening 36. A second starting winning opening 41 provided with an ordinary electric accessory (opening / closing member) 41a is arranged at a position shifted to the side (right side in FIG. 2), and the second case ball flow down path 27 side (FIG. 2). A general winning opening 42 is arranged at a position shifted to (middle, left side). Further, the first start winning opening 36 is provided with a first starting opening switch 46 capable of detecting a game ball that has won the first starting winning opening 36, and the second starting winning opening 41 is provided with the second starting winning entry. A second starting port switch 47 capable of detecting a game ball that has won a prize in the mouth 41 is provided. Then, the special figure 1 variable display game can be executed with the winning of the game ball to the first starting winning opening 36 (specifically, the detection of the game ball by the first starting opening switch 46) as the starting condition, and the second starting winning opening The special figure 2 variable display game can be executed with the winning of the game ball to 41 (specifically, the detection of the game ball by the second start port switch 47) as the start condition. Further, if the game ball wins the first start winning opening 36 during the execution of the special figure 1 variable display game, the execution of a new special figure 1 variable display game based on this winning is set in advance as the special figure 1 start memory. Up to the set upper limit number (two in this embodiment) is stored and held. In addition, if the game ball wins the second start winning opening 41 during the execution of the special figure 2 variable display game, the execution of a new special figure 2 variable display game based on this winning is set in advance as the special figure 2 start memory. Up to the set upper limit number (two in this embodiment) is stored and held.

Further, at the lower end of the game area 5 located below the first start winning hole 36, an out port 49 for collecting the game balls that have flowed down without winning is opened, and the center case 23 and the center case 23 of the game area 5 are provided. A wind turbine 50 and a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) are planted at locations other than the attachment portions of game members such as the starting winning openings 36 and 41. A batch display device 51 is provided at the lower part of one side of the side case 21 (lower right in FIG. 2), and the batch display device 51 includes a normal figure variation display game and a special figure variation display game (special figure 1 variation display). It is configured to display a game, a special figure 2 variable display game), a game state, and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a control unit (back surface component) 54 having a translucent central portion is mounted on the back surface side of the game base unit 22, and a display device 55 is mounted on the back surface side of the control unit 54. The display unit 55a of the display device 55 faces forward from the central portion (translucent portion) of the control unit 54 and the central portion of the center case 23 to display a plurality of identification information in a variable manner. (The effect display corresponding to the special figure 1 variable display game and the special figure 2 variable display game) can be displayed on the display unit 55a. Then, a winning ball flow path 56 is provided in the lower part of the control unit 54, the winning ball flow path 56 is connected to the rear part of the winning device such as the starting winning opening 36, 41, and the game area 5 flows down to the winning device. The winning game balls (winning balls) can be collected in the winning ball flow path 56. Further, a game control device (game control means) 58 that comprehensively controls the game is mounted below the display device 55 on the back side of the control unit 54, and an effect operation in the game is performed on the back side of the display device 55. An effect control device (effect control means) 59 for controlling is attached.

Next, the center case 23 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the center case 23 includes a frame-shaped case base 61 having translucency as a base of the center case 23, and a display device 55 can be visually recognized in the central portion of the case base 61. The case window portion 62 is opened. Further, on the front surface of the upper side portion of the case base 61, eaves-shaped armor portions 63 projecting toward the front of the center case 23 are arranged in an arc state in which the center case 23 is inclined downward to the left and right sides. Then, between the armor portion 63 and the case window portion 62, an in-case elevating decoration device 64 capable of performing a decorative effect by raising and lowering a member imitating a heart shape is arranged, and the in-case elevating decoration device 64 A vertically long decorative panel (decorative member) 65 is arranged on one side (on the right side in FIG. 4), and inside the case containing a light emitter on the other side (on the left side in FIG. 4). A light emitting decorative panel 66 is arranged. In other words, the decorative panel 65 inside the case, which is a decorative member, is attached to the game board 19 (game board 6) that functions as a decorative base via the case base 61 (center case 23).

Further, the upstream openings of the case ball flow down passages 26 and 27 on both the left and right sides are made to face the inclined lower end of the armor portion 63, respectively, and a game ball is placed between the case window portion 62 and each case ball flow down passage 26 and 27. Ball intrusion prevention walls 68 that prevent intrusion from the ball flow down passages 26 and 27 into the case window portion 62 are projected forward, respectively. Then, the first case ball flow down path 26 is formed in a state of meandering in the left-right direction, and the downstream opening of the first case ball flow down path 26 is opened below the center case 23. Further, the middle stream portion of the second case ball flow down path 27 is branched to the left and right, and both branch paths are merged in the downstream portion, and the downstream opening of the second case ball flow down path 27 is opened to the side of the center case 23. ing.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the ball intrusion prevention wall 68 located on the side of the second case ball flow down path 27 is provided with a hold display unit 70, and the special figure 1 hold number display unit 71 is provided in the hold display unit 70. The special figure 2 hold number display unit 72, the special figure 1 fourth symbol display unit 73, and the special figure 2 fourth symbol display unit 74 are each composed of light emitting members such as LEDs and arranged. Specifically, two special figure 2 hold number display units 72 are arranged vertically in the upper right part of the hold display unit 70, and two special figure 1 hold number display units 71 are arranged in the center of the hold display unit 70. Arranged vertically, in the lower left of the hold display unit 70, the special figure 1 fourth symbol display unit 73 is arranged on the upper side, and the special figure 2 fourth symbol display unit 74 is arranged on the lower side. There is. The special figure 1 hold number display unit 71 displays the execution hold number of the special figure 1 variable display game by the number of light emission, and the special figure 2 hold number display unit 72 displays the execution hold number of the special figure 2 variable display game by the light emission number. do. In addition, the special figure 1 fourth symbol display unit 73 displays the special figure 1 fourth symbol for notifying the result of the special figure 1 variable display game together with the stop mode of the variable symbol by light emission, and the special figure 2 second 4 The symbol display unit 74 displays the special figure 2 fourth symbol for notifying the result of the special figure 2 variable display game together with the stop mode of the variable symbol by light emission. In addition, using the two light emitting members arranged in the lower part of the hold display unit 70, the result of the special figure 1 variable display game or the fourth symbol for notifying the result of the special figure 2 variable display game is emitted by light emission. It may be configured to be displayed. Further, the hold display or the symbol may not be displayed on the hold display unit 70, and instead, the hold display or the symbol may be displayed on the display unit 55a of the display device 55.

Further, on the lower side portion of the case base 61, a stage portion 76 capable of rolling the game ball in the lateral direction (front-back direction and left-right direction) is arranged. Further, a guide groove 77 for guiding the game ball from above the stage portion 76 to the front and the bottom of the stage portion 76 is provided in the central portion of the stage portion 76 in the left-right direction (see FIG. 2). Further, behind the stage portion 76, a translucent entry control wall 78 for restricting the game ball on the stage portion 76 from entering the rear display device 55 side is erected, and one side of the stage portion 76 is erected. At the end (the left end in FIG. 2), a ball introduction path (warp flow path) 79 through which a game ball can flow down is provided. Then, the entrance of the ball introduction path 79 is opened below the second case ball flow down path 27, the exit of the ball introduction path 79 is opened toward the stage portion 76, and the game ball is released from the second case ball flow down path 27. It is configured so that it can reach the stage portion 76 through the introduction path 79. Further, on the side of the case base 61 opposite to the ball introduction path 79 (on the right side in FIG. 5) across the stage portion 76, a transparent flow that makes it possible to visually recognize the flow of the game ball that has flowed into the large winning opening 31. The road window portion 80 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the large winning opening 31 provided on the side of the first case ball flow down path 26 is located on the stage portion 76 side (left side in FIG. 4) from above the normal starting gate 28 of the case base 61. A large prize opening 83 opened at a position shifted to), and a blade-shaped large prize opening / closing member 84 that allows or prevents the game ball from flowing down from the first case ball flow down path 26 to the large prize opening 83. A large winning opening solenoid 85 that causes the large winning opening / closing member 84 to perform an opening / closing operation, and a count switch (large winning opening switch) 86 that can detect a game ball (winning ball) that has passed through the large winning opening 83. It is composed of. Further, in the closed state in which the winning of the game ball to the large winning opening 31 is prevented, the large winning opening / closing member 84 is in a vertical posture (see FIG. 2), and the opening that allows the winning of the game ball to the large winning opening 31 is allowed. In the state, the grand prize opening / closing member 84 is configured to rotate around the lower end portion as the rotation center and move the upper end portion to the first case ball flow down path 26 side.

Further, a vertically long ball flow path unit 90 is provided behind the first case ball flow down path 26 of the case base 61, and the ball flow path unit 90 has a large prize opening solenoid which is a part of the large winning opening 31. 85 and a vertically long winning ball collecting gutter 91 for collecting the game balls (winning balls) that have won in the general winning opening 32 are provided, and the upstream opening of the winning ball collecting gutter 91 is communicated with the general winning opening 32 to collect the winning balls. The downstream opening of the gutter 91 communicates with one side (right side in FIG. 3) of the upper part of the winning ball flow path 56.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a large winning ball flow down path 94 for flowing down a game ball that has won a prize in the large winning opening 31 is provided below the ball flow path unit 90. Then, a count switch 86 is provided on the upstream portion of the large prize ball flow down path 94, and a large prize ball flow detection switch 96 is provided on the downstream portion of the large prize ball flow down path 94 to flow down to the downstream portion of the game ball. The game ball) can be detected. Further, the V winning flow path 97 is branched from the upstream side of the large winning ball flow detection switch 96 to provide the V winning detection switch 98, and the entrance of the V winning flow path 97 can be opened and closed by the V winning shutter 99 to open and close the V winning flow path 97. When the shutter 99 is open, the game ball flowing down the large prize ball flow path 94 flows into the V prize flow path 97 and is detected by the V prize detection switch 98. When the V prize shutter 99 is closed, the big prize is won. The game ball flowing down the ball flow down path 94 passes over the V winning shutter 99 without flowing into the V winning flow path 97, reaches the downstream part of the big winning ball flow down path 94, and is reached by the big winning ball downflow detection switch 96. It is configured to be detected. Then, the portion of the grand prize ball flow down path 94 on the downstream side of the count switch 86 faces the flow path window 80, and the open / closed state of the V winning shutter 99 and the game ball flowing down the grand prize ball flow down path 94. (Whether or not it flows down to the V winning flow path 97) is configured to be visible from the player side through the flow path window portion 80.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, the in-case elevating decoration device 64 includes a device base 101 in which a front main base 101a and a rear sub base 101b are stacked in the front-rear direction, and the device base 101 includes a device base 101. On the front side (player side), an elevating decorative panel 102, which is a movable member, is attached in a state where it can be elevated via a vertically long slide rail 103. Further, an elevating motor (drive source) 104 is mounted on the back side of the device base 101, and a plurality of elevating drive gears 106 are formed by mounting the output shaft of the elevating motor 104 and the vertically long rack gear 105 provided on the elevating decorative panel 102. The elevating decorative panel 102 is configured to move up and down along the slide rail 103 by the output (rotational power) of the elevating motor 104. A gear cover 107 is arranged in front of the meshing of the plurality of elevating drive gears 106. Further, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 10A, a panel-side engaging protrusion 108 is projected rearward from the device base 101 on the back surface of the elevating decorative panel 102 to form a lower edge of the device base 101. An urging member 109 such as a coil spring is locked between the panel-side engaging projection 108 and the upper part of the back surface of the device base 101 so that it can be engaged with the portion, and is raised and lowered by the urging force of the urging member 109. The decorative panel 102 is configured to be constantly urged upward. Further, an elevating detection sensor 110 is provided on the front side of the device base 101, and the elevating detection piece 111 (see FIG. 10) projecting from the back side of the elevating decorative panel 102 can be detected by the elevating detection sensor 110.

As shown in FIG. 7, the elevating decorative panel 102 includes a light emitting substrate 117, a light guide panel 118, and a light diffusing lens from the rear side in a panel case 115 formed by aligning a front case 115a and a rear case 115b in the front-rear direction. The light diffusing lenses are stacked and stored in the order of 119, and the light diffusing lens is made of a light transmitting member (transparent resin or the like) to enable light transmission. Then, a light emitting body 117a such as an LED is mounted on the light emitting substrate 117, a light guide opening 118a that allows light from the light emitting body 117a to pass forward is opened in the light guide panel 118, and a lens cut process is performed on the light diffusion lens 119. The light that has passed through the light guide opening 118a can be diffused, and the light diffusing lens 119 faces the light emitting window 120 provided in the front front case 115a.

In the case-in-case elevating decoration device 64 having such a configuration, when the elevating motor 104 is driven, the elevating decoration panel 102 moves up and down, and the panel side engaging protrusion 108 engages with the lower edge portion of the device base 101 to move up and down. The effect non-execution state (see FIGS. 6 and 8) in which the decorative panel 102 is arranged at the effect non-execution position (elevation position) and the elevating drive gear 106 mesh with the upper part of the rack gear 105, and the elevating decorative panel 102 executes the effect. It is converted into an effect non-execution state (see FIGS. 9 and 10) arranged at the position (lowering position). Then, in the non-execution state of the effect, the elevating decorative panel 102 is located above the display unit 55a (see FIG. 2), the elevating detection sensor 110 detects the elevating detection piece 111 of the elevating decorative panel 102, and the elevating decorative panel It is configured so that it can be grasped that the 102 is arranged at the effect non-execution position (in other words, the case in-case elevating decoration device 64 is converted to the effect non-execution state). Further, in the effect execution state, the elevating decorative panel 102 is positioned so as to overlap the front of the upper portion of the display unit 55a of the display device 55 (see FIG. 11).

Further, in the game area 5, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the case interior decorative panel (a type of decorative member) 65, the armor portion (a type of decorative member) 63, and the game board (a game board 6) which is the base of the game board 6 Decorative base) One decorative design section is arranged over 19. Specifically, the armor portion 63 is made of a translucent member (transparent resin or the like) to allow translucency, and the front surface of the decorative panel 65 inside the case, the back surface of the armor portion 63, and the front surface of the game board 19 (for details, The cell sheets 20) attached to the game board 19 are set so that their front and rear positions are aligned and arranged side by side. Further, the surface of the decorative panel 65 inside the case is provided with a panel-side design component (a type of decorative-side design component) 123 that imitates the figure of the tip of the rocket, and the back surface of the armor 63 is the body of the rocket. The armor-side design component (a type of decorative-side design component) 124 that imitates the figure of the part is provided adjacent to the panel-side design component 123, and the cell sheet 20 on the game board 19 has the engine part of the rocket. A base-side design component 125 that imitates the figure shown in the above is provided adjacent to the armor-side design component 124. Then, the panel side design component unit 123, the armor side design component unit 124, and the base side design component unit 125 are combined side by side to form one decorative design unit 126 that imitates the figure of a rocket. Further, a part of the base side design component 125 (specifically, a part imitating the figure of the injection flame of the engine) is covered with a translucent side case 21, and the base side design component 125 is covered through the side case 21. The location is visible.

Since one decorative design unit 126 is formed by combining a plurality of design component units 123, 124, 125 in this way, it is possible to give an impactful decoration in the limited space in the pachinko gaming machine 1. , It is possible to improve the interest of the game. Further, when a part of the decorative design unit 126 is damaged, it can be repaired by replacing only the damaged one of the design component units 123, 124, 125 with a new one, and the repair work of the decorative design unit 126 can be performed. Efficiency can be improved. Further, if any of the design component units 123, 124, and 125 is set to a new design and replaced, the design of the decorative design unit 126 can be easily changed by both the manufacturer and the amusement shop. If the change from the design before the replacement to the design after the replacement is set to a minor content, a minor change of the decorative design unit 126 can be performed. For this reason, when a pachinko gaming machine released in the past is slightly changed and newly released, a part of the decorative members of the existing pachinko gaming machine (for example, the center case 23) will be reused and the design will be changed. By replacing only the member provided with the constituent portion (for example, the game board 19 to which the cell sheet 20 is attached), a part of the pachinko gaming machine can be easily redesigned. Further, since a part of the base side design component 125 is made visible through the side case 21, the degree of freedom in arranging the decorative design unit 126 can be increased regardless of the arrangement of the side case 21.

Next, the control unit 54 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 54 includes a unit case 130 fastened to the back surface of the game base unit 22 in a state where the front side is open, and a rectangular display opening window 130a is provided at the rear portion of the unit case 130. Is opened so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction, and the display portion 55a of the display device 55 mounted behind the unit case 130 faces the display opening window 130a. Further, in the front opening portion of the unit case 130, a plurality of accessory units (five in the present embodiment) capable of performing a decorative effect as the game progresses are stored in combination. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 14, an inverted L-shaped upper accessory rear is located in front of the upper edge portion and the right side edge portion of the display opening window 130a in the unit case 130. The unit 131 is arranged, a vertically long decorative block 132 is arranged at a position located in front of the left edge of the display opening window 130a, and a horizontally long upper accessory front is arranged on the front side of the upper side of the upper accessory rear unit 131. The unit 133 is mounted, and the side edge accessory unit 134 in a vertical orientation is mounted on the front side of the decorative block 132. Further, in the unit case 130, a horizontally long lower accessory rear unit 135 is provided at a position located in front of the lower edge portion of the display opening window 130a, and a horizontally elongated lower accessory rear unit 135 is provided on the front side of the lower accessory rear unit 135. A side accessory front unit (decorative unit) 136 is attached, and a winning ball flow path 56 is arranged below the lower accessory front unit 136. Then, the lower accessory front unit 136, the upper accessory front unit 133, and the side edge accessory unit 134 are arranged in a frame shape along the opening edge of the case window 62 behind the center case 23, and the upper accessory front is arranged. The light emitting decorative panel 66 inside the case, the decorative panel 65 inside the case, and the elevating decoration device 64 inside the case are located in front of the unit 133, and the entry control wall 78 is located in front of the lower part of the lower accessory front unit 136. It is configured in.

The upper accessory rear unit 131 is a movable effect unit that raises and lowers a movable member to perform a decorative effect, and as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, an inverted L-shaped upper rear unit base 141 and the upper rear An upper elevating accessory (movable member) 142 connected to the unit base 141 in a state of being able to elevate, an upper elevating motor (drive source) 143 mounted on the upper rear unit base 141, and the upper elevating motor 143 and the upper elevating motor 143. It is configured to include an upper elevating transmission mechanism (drive transmission mechanism) 144 that connects to the accessory 142. Specifically, the side portion (left portion in FIG. 17) of the upper lifting accessory 142 is placed on one side portion (left portion of the upper side portion in FIG. 17) of the upper rear unit base 141 via a vertically long slide rail 146. The upper lifting accessory 142 can be raised and lowered by connecting the two. Further, an upper elevating motor 143 is mounted on the lower side of the other side portion (right side portion in FIG. 17) of the upper rear unit base 141, and an upper elevating transmission mechanism is mounted on the upper side of the other side portion of the upper rear unit base 141. It is provided with 144 and is covered from the front by the elevating transmission mechanism cover 147, and the output (driving force) from the upper elevating motor 143 is transmitted to the upper elevating accessory 142 by the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 to elevate the upper elevating accessory 142. It is supposed to be.

As shown in FIG. 17, the upper elevating accessory 142 is mounted on the elevating accessory base 149 to which the slide rail 146 and the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 are connected, and in a rotatable state on the front side of the elevating accessory base 149. It is configured to include a rotating decorative portion 150 and a rotating motor 151 (drive source) mounted on the rear side of the lifting accessory base 149. Further, the elevating object base 149 is configured by superimposing the front base cover 149a and the rear base body 149b, and an LED (light emitting body) is mounted between the base cover 149a and the base body 149b. The 152 is arranged so that the base cover 149a can be transmitted through and the light from the LED is emitted to the front of the upper elevating object 142 through the base cover 149a. Further, the rotation shaft of the rotation decoration unit 150 and the output shaft of the rotation motor 151 are connected by a worm gear (engagement of the worm and the worm wheel) 153, and the rotation decoration unit 150 is driven by the driving force of the rotation motor 151. Is configured to rotate (see FIGS. 20 and 21). An urging member 154 such as a coil spring is locked between the portion of the slide rail 146 that is fastened to the lifting accessory base 149 and the upper portion of the upper rear unit base 141, and the urging member The upper elevating accessory 142 is configured to be constantly urged upward by the urging force of 154.

As shown in FIG. 17, the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 includes an inverted L-shaped upper elevating arm 161 and pivotally attaches a bent portion to the upper rear unit base 141, and the tip of the lateral arm portion of the upper elevating arm 161. The portion is engaged with the side portion (right portion in FIG. 17) of the upper elevating accessory 142, and an arm engaging groove 162 is provided in the vertically oriented lower arm portion of the upper elevating arm 161. Further, the elevating drive gear 163 is pivotally attached to the output shaft of the upper elevating motor 143 in a co-rotating state, and the arm engaging gear 165 is engaged with the elevating drive gear 163 via the elevating transmission gear 164 to engage the arm. An arm engaging protrusion 166 is projected from a position deviated from the center of rotation of the gear 165 to engage with the arm engaging groove 162. Further, in the arm engaging gear 165, an operating protrusion 167 that functions as a transmission mechanism operating portion is located at a portion that is out of phase with the arm engaging protrusion 166 around the center of rotation (specifically, a portion that is 180 degrees out of phase). A short arc-shaped transmission mechanism operation opening 168 along the rotation direction of the arm engagement gear 165 is opened at a portion of the elevating transmission mechanism cover 147 located in front of the arm engagement gear 165. , Either one of the arm engaging protrusion 166 or the operating protrusion 167 is configured to be able to face the outer side of the upper accessory rear unit 131 from the transmission mechanism operating opening 168 (FIGS. 15 (a) and 18 (FIG. 18). a) See). An arm detection piece 169 is projected from the bent portion of the upper lifting arm 161 so that the arm detecting piece 169 can be detected by the upper lifting accessory position detection sensor 170 provided on the upper rear unit base 141.

In the upper lifting accessory rear unit 131 having such a configuration, when the upper lifting motor 143 is driven, the upper lifting arm 161 swings and the upper lifting accessory 142 moves up and down, which is higher than the display unit 55a of the display device 55. The effect non-execution state (see FIGS. 15 and 16) in which the upper elevating accessory 142 is arranged at the upper effect non-execution position (elevation position), and the effect execution position (lower position) in front of the display unit 55a of the display device 55. ) Is configured to be converted into an effect non-execution state (see FIGS. 18 to 21) in which the upper elevating accessory 142 is arranged. Then, the upper elevating accessory position detection sensor 170 detects the arm detection piece 169 in the non-execution state of the effect, and is configured to be able to grasp that the upper elevating accessory 142 is arranged in the ascending position. There is.

Further, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 15B, a straight line L1 connecting the arm engaging protrusion 166 and the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 165, the arm engaging protrusion 166, and the upper elevating arm The straight line L2 connecting the rotation center of 161 is substantially orthogonal to the straight line L2. Therefore, when the upper lifting accessory 142 is to be lowered by an external force (for example, a force for lowering by hand), this external force is transmitted from the upper lifting accessory 142 to the upper lifting arm 161 to rotate the upper lifting arm 161. However, since the arm engaging protrusion 166 is pressed toward the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 165, the arm engaging gear 165 and the arm engaging protrusion 166 do not move, and the upper elevating arm 161 is locked. Does not rotate. As a result, the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 in the non-execution state of the effect prevents the upper elevating accessory 142 from descending due to the external force against the external force applied to the upper elevating accessory 142.

However, the upper lifting accessory rear unit 131 in the effect non-execution state can manually lower the upper lifting accessory 142 from the effect non-execution position by operating the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 through the transmission mechanism operation opening 168. It is configured as follows. Specifically, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 15A, the arm engaging projection 166, which is a part of the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144, is moved from the transmission mechanism operation opening 168 to the upper accessory rear unit 131. I'm facing the outside of. In this state, a tool (for example, a screwdriver) is inserted into the transmission mechanism operation opening 168, and the arm engagement protrusion 166 is manually operated (specifically, pushed down) through the transmission mechanism operation opening 168 to engage the arm. When the gear 165 is rotated, the arm engaging projection 166 that functions as a transmission mechanism operating unit rotates in the arm engaging groove 162 while rotating the upper lifting arm 161, and the upper lifting accessory 142 does not perform the effect. Descend from position.

On the other hand, even in the effect execution state, as shown in FIG. 18B, a straight line L3 connecting the arm engaging protrusion 166 and the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 165, the arm engaging protrusion 166, and the upper elevating arm 161 The straight line L4 connecting the center of rotation of the above is substantially orthogonal to the straight line L4. Therefore, when the upper lifting accessory 142 is to be raised by an external force (for example, a force for raising by hand), this external force is transmitted from the upper lifting accessory 142 to the upper lifting arm 161 to rotate the upper lifting arm 161. However, since the arm engaging protrusion 166 is pressed toward the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 165, the arm engaging gear 165 and the arm engaging protrusion 166 do not move, and the upper elevating arm 161 is locked. Does not rotate. As a result, the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 in the effect execution state prevents the upper elevating accessory 142 from ascending due to the external force against the external force applied to the upper elevating accessory 142.

However, the upper lifting accessory rear unit 131 in the effect execution state can manually raise the upper lifting accessory 142 from the effect execution position by operating the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144 through the transmission mechanism operation opening 168. It is configured. Specifically, in the effect execution state, as shown in FIG. 18A, the operation protrusion 167, which is a part of the upper elevating transmission mechanism 144, is moved from the transmission mechanism operation opening 168 to the outside of the upper accessory rear unit 131. I'm facing you. In this state, by inserting a tool (for example, a driver) into the transmission mechanism operation opening 168 and manually operating the operation protrusion 167 through the transmission mechanism operation opening 168 (specifically, pushing it down), the arm engaging gear 165 When the arm engaging gear 165 and the operating protrusion 167 rotate together with the arm engaging protrusion 166, the upper lifting arm 161 is rotated while moving in the arm engaging groove 162, and the upper lifting accessory 142 Rise from the production execution position.

By operating the arm engaging protrusion 166 and the operating protrusion 167 through the transmission mechanism operating opening 168 in this way, the upper lifting accessory 142 can be manually moved without energizing the upper lifting motor 143. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the pachinko gaming machine, when it is desired to move the upper lifting accessory 142 slightly when trying to avoid interference with an assembly tool or the like during assembly or when inspecting the operation of the upper lifting accessory 142. The work can be carried out without energizing the upper elevating motor 143. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the inspection work for the upper lifting accessory 142. In addition, inspections can be easily performed during work (maintenance, etc.) at a game store, and work efficiency at a game store can be improved.

Next, the upper accessory front unit 133 will be described.
The upper accessory front unit 133 is a movable effect unit that rotates a movable member to perform a decorative effect, and as shown in FIGS. 22 to 24, the upper front unit cover 174a on the front side and the upper front unit on the rear side. A horizontally long upper front unit case 174 formed by stacking the base 174b in the front-rear direction, an upper rotating accessory (movable member) 175 connected in the upper front unit case 174 in a rotatable state, and an upper side. It includes an upper rotation motor (drive source) 176 mounted on the front unit base 174b, and an upper rotation transmission mechanism (drive transmission mechanism) 177 that connects the upper rotation motor 176 and the upper rotation accessory 175. It is composed of. Specifically, the upper portion of the upper rotating accessory 175 is rotatably mounted on both the left and right sides of the upper front unit case 174, and above each upper rotating accessory 175 of the upper front unit base 174b. The upper rotation motor 176 is mounted on each of the upper rotation motors 176, and the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 is provided between the upper rotation motor 176 and the upper rotation accessory 175 of the upper front unit base 174b. The output (driving force) from the 176 is transmitted to the upper rotation accessory 175 by the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 to make the upper rotation accessory 175 rotatable.

As shown in FIG. 24, the upper rotating accessory 175 includes an upper accessory base 181 whose upper side is pivotally attached to the upper front unit base 174b, and the upper accessory base 181 is on the front surface of the upper accessory base 181. The light emitting substrate 182, the light diffusing sheet 183, and the rotating accessory decorative panel 184 are arranged in this order from the base 181 side, and the light diffusing sheet 183 and the rotating accessory decorative panel 184 are composed of a translucent member (transparent resin, etc.). It is possible to transmit light. Further, a light emitting body such as an LED is mounted on the light emitting substrate 182, and the light diffusing sheet 183 is subjected to a light diffusing treatment such as a lens cut treatment so that the light from the light emitting body can be diffused. Is decorated by bulging a decorative part that imitates the shape of a character. Further, in the upper part of the upper accessory base 181 that is off the shaft attachment portion to the upper front unit base 174b, an accessory engaging groove 185 with which the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 is engaged is opened to provide an accessory. An arcuate shape (specifically, extending along the rotation direction of the upper rotating accessory 175) is formed on the upper front unit cover 174a by projecting an accessory guide protrusion 186 at a portion disengaged from the engaging groove 185. It is engaged with the accessory guide groove 187 (which has an existing arc shape). Further, the accessory detection piece 188 is projected from the upper edge of the upper accessory base 181, and the accessory detection piece 188 can be detected by the upper rotating accessory position detection sensor 189 provided on the upper front unit base 174b. It is supposed to be.

As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 has a disk-shaped upper rotation plate 192 on the side of the shaft attachment portion of the upper rotation accessory 175 in the upper front unit base 174b. It is attached to the shaft in a rotatable state. Further, a plate rotating gear 193 is provided on the back side of the upper rotating plate 192 in a co-rotating state, and a plate engaging projection 194 that also functions as a transmission mechanism operating portion is projected from the outer peripheral portion of the upper rotating plate 192. Then, it is engaged with the accessory engaging groove 185. Further, a rotation drive gear 195 is pivotally attached to the output shaft of the upper rotation motor 176 arranged on one side (right side in FIG. 23) of the upper rotation plate 192 in a co-rotation state, and the rotation is performed. The plate rotation gear 193 is meshed with the drive gear 195 via the rotation transmission gear 196. A plate rotation operation portion 197 having a concavo-convex shape is provided at a portion of the outer peripheral portion of the upper rotation plate 192 that is separated from the plate engaging projection 194. A short arc-shaped transmission mechanism operation opening 198 along the rotation direction of the upper rotation plate 192 is opened at a portion of the upper front unit cover 174a located in front of the upper rotation plate 192 to engage the plate. The joint protrusion 194 is configured to be able to face the outer side of the upper accessory front unit 133 from the transmission mechanism operation opening 198 (see FIG. 22A).

In the upper accessory front unit 133 having such a configuration, when the upper rotation motor 176 is driven, the upper rotation accessory 175 rotates, and the effect non-execution position (elevation position) in the upper front unit case 174. The upper rotating accessory 175 is arranged in a sideways posture (see FIGS. 22 and 23), and the upper rotating accessory 175 rotates downward from the non-execution state of the effect to display the display unit 55a. It is configured to be converted into an effect execution state (see FIGS. 25 to 27) arranged in a vertical posture at an effect execution position (lowering position) in front of the above. Then, in the effect non-execution state, the upper rotating accessory position detection sensor 189 detects the accessory detection piece 188 to grasp that the upper rotating accessory 175 is arranged at the effect non-execution position. Is configured to allow

Further, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 23, a straight line L5 connecting the plate engaging projection 194 and the rotation center of the upper rotating plate 192, and the plate engaging projection 194 and the upper rotating accessory 175. The straight line L6 connecting the center of rotation of the above is substantially orthogonal to the straight line L6. Therefore, when the upper rotating accessory 175 is attempted to be lowered (rotated downward) by an external force (for example, a force of lowering by hand), the plate engaging projection 194 is moved by the upper rotating accessory 175 to the upper rotating plate 192. Since it is pressed toward the center of rotation, the upper rotating plate 192 and the plate engaging projection 194 do not move, and the upper rotating accessory 175 is locked and does not rotate. As a result, the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 in the non-execution state of the effect prevents the upper rotation accessory 175 from rotating due to the external force against the external force applied to the upper rotation accessory 175.

However, when the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177 is operated through the transmission mechanism operation opening 198, the upper accessory front unit 133 in the effect non-execution state manually lowers the upper rotation accessory 175 from the effect non-execution position. Is configured to allow Specifically, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 22A, the plate engaging projection 194, which is a part of the upper rotation transmission mechanism 177, is moved from the transmission mechanism operation opening 198 to the upper accessory front unit. It faces the outside of 133. In this state, the plate engaging protrusion 194 is manually operated through the transmission mechanism operation opening 198 by inserting a tool (for example, a screwdriver) into the transmission mechanism operation opening 198 (specifically, the upper accessory front unit 133. When the upper rotating plate 192 is rotated by pushing it sideways), the plate engaging protrusion 194 that functions as a transmission mechanism operating unit moves in the accessory engaging groove 185 and moves the upper rotating accessory 175. By rotating the upper rotating accessory 175, the upper rotating accessory 175 descends from the non-execution position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, in the non-execution state of the effect, the upper rotation plate 192 causes the plate rotation operation unit 197 to face downward from between the upper front unit base 174b and the upper front unit cover 174a. Even if a finger or a tool is inserted between the front unit base 174b and the upper front unit cover 174a to operate the plate rotation operation unit 197 to rotate the upper rotation plate 192, the upper rotation accessory 175 is manually operated. It can be lowered from the non-execution position of the effect.

By operating the plate engaging projection 194 and the plate rotation operation unit 197 through the transmission mechanism operation opening 198 and the gap between the upper front unit base 174b and the upper front unit cover 174a in this way, the upper rotation motor 176 can be reached. The upper rotating accessory 175 can be manually moved without energization. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the pachinko gaming machine, the upper rotating accessory 175 is slightly moved when trying to avoid interference with an assembly tool or the like at the time of assembling or when trying to inspect the operation of the upper rotating accessory 175. If you want, you can proceed with the work without energizing the upper rotation motor 176. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the inspection work for the upper rotating accessory 175. In addition, inspections can be easily performed during work (maintenance, etc.) at a game store, and work efficiency at a game store can be improved.

Next, the side edge accessory unit 134 will be described.
The side edge accessory unit 134 is a movable effect unit that executes a decorative effect by rotating a movable member whose lower portion is axially attached, and as shown in FIGS. 28 to 30, the side edge unit cover 201a on the front side and the side edge unit cover 201a. A vertically long side edge unit case 201 formed by stacking the rear side edge unit base 201b in the front-rear direction and a vertically long side edge rotating accessory connected to the side edge unit case 201 in a rotatable state. (Movable member) 202, a side edge rotation motor (drive source) 203 mounted on the side edge unit base 201b, and a side edge rotation connecting the side edge rotation motor 203 and the side edge rotation accessory 202. It is configured to include a motion transmission arm (drive transmission mechanism) 204. Specifically, the lower part of the side edge rotating accessory 202 is axially attached to the lower side of the front surface of the side edge unit cover 201a (side edge unit case 201) in a rotatable state, and the axial attachment cover 205 is attached from the front. The side edge rotation motor 203 is mounted on the rear surface of the side edge unit base 201b (side edge unit case 201), and the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 is arranged in the side edge unit case 201. The output (driving force) from the rotation motor 203 is transmitted to the side edge rotation accessory 202 by the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 to make the side edge rotation accessory 202 rotatable.

As shown in FIG. 29, the side edge rotating accessory 202 includes a side edge accessory base 211 whose lower side is axially attached to the side edge unit cover 201a, and the front surface of the side edge accessory base 211 is said to be the same. The light emitting substrate 212, the light guide panel 213, the light diffusion sheet 214, and the side edge accessory decorative panel 215 are arranged in this order from the side edge accessory base 211 side, and the light diffusion sheet 214 and the side edge accessory decoration panel 215 are transparent. It is made of an optical member (transparent resin, etc.) to allow light transmission. Further, a light emitting body such as an LED is mounted on the light emitting substrate 212, a light guide opening 216 for passing light from the light emitting body to pass forward is provided in the light guide panel 213, and a lens cut process or the like is provided on the light diffusion sheet 214. Light diffusion treatment is applied to make it possible to diffuse the light that has passed through the light guide opening 216, and the side edge accessory decorative panel 215 is decorated with a design that imitates the shape of a gourd and the shape of letters. Further, on the back side of the side edge accessory base 211, an accessory engaging groove 217 on which the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 engages is opened at a position shifted upward from the position where the side edge unit cover 201a is attached to the shaft. Then, the accessory guide protrusion 218 is projected upward from the accessory engaging groove 217 to form a lateral arc shape provided in the side edge unit cover 201a (specifically, the side edge rotating accessory 202). It is engaged with the accessory guide groove 219 (which has an arc shape extending along the rotation direction of the). Further, a accessory detection piece (not shown) is projected from the side edge accessory base 211, and the accessory detection piece is detected by the side edge rotation accessory position detection sensor 221 provided on the side edge unit cover 201a. It is possible.

The side edge rotation transmission arm 204 is a member pivotally attached to the output shaft of the side edge rotation motor 203 in a co-rotation state, and an arm engaging protrusion is provided at the extended end of the side edge rotation transmission arm 204. The 223 is projected through the engagement protrusion through groove 224 having an arc shape (specifically, an arc shape extending along the rotation direction of the side edge rotation transmission arm 204) provided in the side edge unit cover 201a. The arm engaging protrusion 223 is engaged with the accessory engaging groove 217 of the side edge rotating accessory 202. Further, among the side edge rotation transmission arms 204, the transmission arm operation unit (transmission mechanism operation unit) 225 is projected on the side opposite to the arm engaging projection 223 with the shaft attachment portion of the output shaft of the side edge rotation motor 203 sandwiched. It is configured so that the transmission arm operating portion 225 can face the front of the side edge accessory unit 134 via the engaging projection through groove 224 (see FIG. 28 (a)).

In the side edge accessory unit 134 having such a configuration, when the side edge rotation motor 203 is driven, the side edge rotation accessory 202 rotates and comes off to the side of the display portion 55a of the display device 55. The side edge rotating accessory 202 is arranged in the standing posture at the effect non-execution position (standing position) (see FIG. 28), and the side edge rotating accessory 202 is displayed from the effect non-execution state. It is configured to rotate to the 55a side to be in an inclined posture, and to be converted into an effect executing state (see FIGS. 30 and 31) arranged at an effect executing position (tilted position) in front of the display unit 55a. Then, the side edge rotating accessory position detection sensor 221 can detect the accessory detecting piece in the non-execution state of the effect, and can grasp that the side edge rotating accessory 202 is arranged in the upright position. It is configured in.

Further, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 28B, the straight line L7 connecting the arm engaging protrusion 223 and the rotation center of the side edge rotation transmission arm 204, and the arm engaging protrusion 223 and the side. The straight line L8 connecting the rotation center of the edge rotating accessory 202 is substantially orthogonal to the straight line L8. Therefore, when the side edge rotating accessory 202 is tilted by an external force (for example, a force pulled out by hand), the arm engaging projection 223 rotates the side edge rotation transmitting arm 204 by the side edge rotating accessory 202. Since it is pressed toward the center, the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 does not move, and the side edge rotation accessory 202 is locked and does not rotate. As a result, the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 in the non-execution state of the effect prevents the side edge rotation accessory 202 from rotating due to the external force against the external force applied to the side edge rotation accessory 202.

However, when the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 is operated via the engagement protrusion through groove 224 that functions as the transmission mechanism operation opening 283, the side edge accessory unit 134 in the non-execution state of the effect causes the side edge rotation accessory 202. Is configured to be able to be manually rotated from the non-execution position of the effect. Specifically, in the non-execution state of the effect, as shown in FIG. 28A, the transmission arm operating portion 225 faces the outside of the side edge accessory unit 134 from the engaging projection through groove 224. In this state, a tool (for example, a screwdriver) is inserted into the engaging protrusion through groove 224 to manually operate the transmission arm operating portion 225 via the engaging protrusion through groove 224 (for details, push downward. ) As a result, when the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 is rotated, the arm engagement protrusion 223 that rotates together with the side edge rotation transmission arm 204 moves in the accessory engagement groove 217 while the side edge rotation accessory 202. The side edge rotating accessory 202 rotates from the non-execution position.

By operating the transmission arm operating portion 225 via the engaging protrusion through groove 224 in this way, the side edge rotating accessory 202 can be manually moved without energizing the side edge rotating motor 203. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the pachinko gaming machine, when trying to avoid interference with an assembly tool or the like at the time of assembling or inspecting the operation of the side edge rotating accessory 202, the side edge rotating accessory 202 is slightly used. If you want to move it, you can proceed without energizing the side edge rotation motor 203. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the inspection work for the side edge rotating accessory 202. In addition, inspections can be easily performed during work (maintenance, etc.) at a game store, and work efficiency at a game store can be improved.

Next, the lower accessory rear unit 135 will be described.
The lower accessory rear unit 135 is a movable effect unit that executes a decorative effect by moving a unit provided with a movable member that can be raised and lowered to the left and right, and as shown in FIGS. 32 to 34, the lower side of the front side. The rear unit cover 231a and the rear lower rear unit base 231b are connected to the horizontally long lower rear unit case 231 formed by overlapping the rear unit base 231b in the front-rear direction and the lower rear unit case 231 in a movable state in the left-right direction. Lower lifting accessory unit 232, lower moving motor 233 mounted on the lower rear unit case 231, and lower moving transmission connecting the lower moving motor 233 and the lower lifting accessory unit 232. It is configured to include a mechanism (drive transmission mechanism) 234. Specifically, a horizontally long slide rail 235 is attached to the upper part of the front side of the lower rear unit base 231b, which is separated from the lower rear unit cover 231a, and the lower lifting accessory unit 232 is slid on the slide rail 235. Engaged in a movable state. Further, the lower moving motor 233 is mounted on the front side of the lower rear unit cover 231a, the lower moving transmission mechanism 234 is arranged in the lower rear unit case 231, and the output (driving force) from the lower moving motor 233 is arranged. ) Is transmitted to the lower lifting accessory unit 232 by the lower moving transmission mechanism 234 so that the lower lifting accessory unit 232 can be moved laterally. The lower rear unit case 231 includes a magnetic sensor 236 that can detect the magnetic force of a magnet approached as an illegal member from the front of the game board 6, and an energizing cable 237 that energizes the lower lifting accessory unit 232. I have.

The lower movement transmission mechanism 234 pivotally attaches the slide drive gear 241 to the output shaft of the lower movement motor 233 in a co-rotating state, and engages the unit movement gear 242 with the slide drive gear 241 via the two transmission gears 243. Then, the unit moving gear 242 is meshed with the unit rack gear 244 provided on the lower lifting accessory unit 232. Further, a transmission mechanism operation opening 245 is opened at a portion of the lower rear unit base 231b located behind the transmission gear 243 so that a part of the transmission gear 243 faces the transmission gear 243 (see FIG. 33A). The lower lifting accessory unit 232 can be manually moved by inserting a tool such as a screwdriver from the operation opening 245 and rotating the transmission gear 243.

The lower elevating accessory unit 232 is a movable effect unit (elevation effect unit) that elevates and elevates a movable member (effect member) to perform a decorative effect, and as shown in FIGS. 35 and 36, the lower elevating unit on the front side. A lower elevating unit case 251 formed by stacking the unit cover 251a and the lower elevating unit base 251b on the rear side in the front-rear direction, and a lower movable combination connected to the lower elevating unit case 251 in a state of being able to elevate. Lower that connects an object (movable member or effect member) 252, a lower elevating motor (drive source) 253 mounted on the lower elevating unit case 251 and the lower elevating motor 253 and the lower movable accessory 252. It is configured to include a side elevating transmission mechanism (drive transmission mechanism) 254. Specifically, the lower movable accessory 252 is attached to the lower movable accessory 252 on the front side of the lower elevating unit base 251b, which is separated from the lower elevating unit cover 251a (left side in FIG. 36). , Attached via the elevating guide unit 255) composed of vertically long slide rails, and between the lower elevating unit base 251b and the lower elevating unit cover 251a, the lower elevating motor 253 and the lower elevating transmission mechanism 254. The output (driving force) from the lower elevating motor 253 is transmitted to the lower movable accessory 252 by the lower elevating transmission mechanism 254 to elevate the lower movable accessory 252 along the elevating guide portion 255. It is configured as follows. The lower elevating unit case 251 is provided with a relay board 256 for connecting the energizing cable 237 and a board cover 257 for covering the relay board 256.

Further, a horizontally long slide engaging plate 258 and a slide guide protrusion 259 located below the slide engaging plate 258 are projected on the back side of the lower elevating unit base 251b, and the slide engaging plate 258 is placed on the lower surface of the slide rail 235. The slide guide protrusion 259 is engaged with the slide guide groove 260 provided in the lower elevating unit cover 251a. Further, a unit rack gear 244 is provided on the lower surface of the slide engaging plate 258, and the unit rack gear 244 is meshed with the upper portion of the unit moving gear 242 (see FIG. 33 (b)). A unit position detection piece 261 is projected from the side end portion (left end portion in FIG. 34) of the slide engaging plate 258, and the unit position detection piece 262 is provided by the unit position detection sensor 262 provided on the lower rear unit case 231. 261 can be detected.

The lower movable accessory 252 includes a movable accessory base 265 anchored to the elevating guide portion 255, and a movable accessory main body (directing member) 266 arranged on the front side of the movable accessory base 265. Has been done. The upper part of the movable accessory body 266 is composed of a translucent decorative panel 266a that imitates the shape of a person, and a light emitting body such as an LED is built in. The engaging portion 266b is provided, and the central portion of the accessory main body engaging portion 266b in the left-right direction is pivotally attached to the lower portion of the movable accessory base 265 in a rotatable state. Further, the main body contact protrusion 267 is projected rearward on the side portion (right portion in FIG. 36) located closer to the center in the left-right direction of the display portion 55a of the accessory main body engaging portion 266b, and is movable. It is passed through a vertically arcuate base through hole 268 provided in the accessory base 265 and faces the lower elevating unit base 251b. Further, on the side portion (left side portion in FIG. 36) opposite to the main body contact protrusion 267 with the shaft attachment portion to the movable accessory base 265 of the accessory main body engaging portion 266b, an accessory such as a coil spring is provided. The upper end of the urging member 269 is engaged, the lower end of the accessory urging member 269 is engaged with the lower portion of the movable accessory base 265, and the movable accessory main body 266 is subjected to the urging force of the accessory urging member 269. It is configured to be urged in a rotation direction (counterclockwise when viewed from the front of the game board 6) for lowering the accessory urging member 269 side. The accessory urging member 269 does not generate an urging force because it has a natural length in the state shown in FIG. 35, but it extends and generates an urging force in the state shown in FIG. 39, which will be described later.
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Further, the movable accessory base 265 is provided with an accessory elevating position detection piece 272, and the accessory elevating unit base 251b is provided with a pre-conversion position detection sensor 273 and a lower elevating unit base 251b. The accessory elevating position detection piece 272 can be detected by the accessory lowering position detection sensor 274 provided on the lower side. Further, a posture changing member 275 capable of contacting the main body contact protrusion 267 is provided at a portion of the lower elevating unit base 251b facing above the main body contact protrusion 267.

The lower elevating transmission mechanism 254 includes an inverted L-shaped lower elevating arm 278, and the tip end portion (right end portion in FIG. 35A) of the laterally long side portion of the lower elevating arm 278 is on the lower side. It is pivotally attached to the elevating unit base 251b in a rotatable state, and an arm engaging groove 279 is opened on the base end side (left side in FIG. 35 (a)) of the laterally long side portion of the lower elevating arm 278. The lower end of the vertically oriented short side portion is engaged with the side portion (right portion in FIG. 35A) of the movable accessory base 265. Further, an arm engaging gear 280 is provided behind the lower lifting arm 278 of the lower lifting unit base 251b, and an arm engaging protrusion 281 is projected from the front surface of the arm engaging gear 280 to form an arm engaging groove. It engages with 279, and the elevating drive gear 282 is shaft-mounted on the output shaft of the lower elevating motor 253 in a co-rotating state and meshes with the arm engaging gear 280. A short arc-shaped transmission mechanism operating opening 283 along the rotation direction of the arm engaging gear 280 is opened at a position located in front of the arm engaging groove 279 in the lower elevating unit cover 251a to engage the arm. The joint protrusion 281 is configured to be able to face the outside of the lower lifting accessory unit 232 from the transmission mechanism operating opening 283 (see FIGS. 32 and 37).

In the lower accessory rear unit 135 having such a configuration, when the lower moving motor 233 is driven, the lower moving accessory unit 232 including the lower movable accessory 252 and the elevating guide portion 255 moves in the left-right direction. Then, the lower lifting accessory unit 232 is arranged in the slide standby position (initial position) set on one side (left side in FIG. 32) of the lower accessory rear unit 135 (see FIG. 32). And the slide execution state (see FIG. 37) in which the lower lifting accessory unit 232 is arranged at the slide execution position set in the central portion in the left-right direction of the lower accessory rear unit 135. ing. Then, in the slide standby state, the unit position detection sensor 262 detects the unit position detection piece 261 and is configured to be able to grasp that the lower elevating accessory unit 232 is arranged in the slide standby position. (See FIG. 33 (b)). In the slide standby state, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 is located below the side portion (left side portion in FIG. 32) of the display unit 55a, and in the slide execution state, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 is the display unit. It is located below the central portion of 55a in the left-right direction.

Further, in the lower elevating accessory unit 232, when the lower elevating motor 253 is driven, the lower elevating arm 278 rotates and the lower movable accessory 252 moves up and down, and is set in front of the lower elevating unit base 251b. The lower movable accessory 252 is arranged in the lowered position (see FIGS. 32, 35, 37), and the lower movable accessory is placed in the ascending position set above the lower elevating unit base 251b. It is configured to convert to the ascending state (see FIGS. 39, 40, 41) in which the 252 is arranged. Then, in the descending state, the accessory lowering position detection sensor 274 detects the accessory elevating position detection piece 272 (see FIG. 35), and grasps that the lower movable accessory 252 is arranged in the descending position. Immediately before the ascending state is reached, the accessory conversion pre-position detection sensor 273 detects the accessory elevating position detection piece 272 (see FIG. 38), and the lower movable accessory 252 is below the ascending position. It is possible to grasp that the position is placed at the position before the posture change (state before the posture change), and in the ascending state, the position detection sensor 273 before the accessory conversion is released from the detection state of the accessory elevating position detection piece 272. (See FIG. 39), it is configured so that it can be grasped that the lower movable accessory 252 is arranged in the ascending position. In the descending state, the lower movable accessory 252 is located below the display unit 55a and is hidden behind the lower accessory front unit 136, and in the ascending state and the state before the posture change, the lower movable accessory 252 is hidden. It is located in front of the lower part of the display unit 55a (see FIG. 41).

Further, in the lower elevating accessory unit 232, the movable accessory main body (directing member) 266 in the descending position is set to the first posture (standing posture), and the movable accessory main body 266 in the ascending position is different from the first posture. Set to the second posture (tilted posture). Specifically, in the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the lowered state, as shown in FIG. 35, the main body contact projection 267 is formed in the base through hole 268 due to the urging force of the accessory urging member 269. The decorative panel 266a that abuts on the upper edge and imitates the shape of a person stands up, and the movable accessory main body 266 is set to the first posture. In order to convert from the descending state to the ascending state of such a setting, the lower elevating arm 278 is rotated upward by the drive of the lower elevating motor 253, and the lower movable accessory 252 is ascended from the descending position to the ascending position. Let me. At this time, the movable accessory main body 266 maintains the first posture by the urging force of the accessory urging member 269. Immediately before the lower movable accessory 252 reaches the ascending position (state before posture change), the main body contact protrusion 267 comes into contact with the lower edge of the posture change member 275 of the lower elevating unit base 251b (FIG. 38). reference).

When the lower movable accessory 252 (movable accessory base 265) continues to rise, the main body contact protrusion 267 in contact with the posture changing member 275 is restricted from rising, and the accessory main body engaging portion 266b serves as a result of this regulation. The movable accessory main body 266 in the first posture rotates around the shaft attachment portion against the urging force of the object urging member 269, and the upper part (the part imitating the shape of a human head) is placed on the main body contact protrusion 267. It is tilted to the side (right side in FIG. 39) to convert to a second posture (tilted posture) different from the first posture. With the movable accessory main body 266 set in the second posture in this way, the lower movable accessory 252 (movable accessory base 265 and movable accessory main body 266) reaches the ascending position. Further, when the lower elevating arm 278 is rotated downward by the drive of the lower elevating motor 253 to lower the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position, the main body contact projection 267 and the posture changing member 275 come into contact with each other. Is released, and the movable accessory main body 266 in the second posture returns to the first posture by the urging force of the accessory urging member 269.

In this way, in the lower accessory rear unit 135, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 can be moved in the left-right direction, and the lower elevating accessory unit 232 sets the movable accessory main body 266 in the descending position to the first posture. Then, since the movable accessory main body 266 in the ascending position is tilted by contacting the posture changing member 275 to be converted into the second posture, what is the lower elevating motor 253 for the conversion from the first posture to the second posture? There is no need to provide a separate drive source. Therefore, even if the movable accessory main body 266 capable of performing a complicated production operation is provided, the amount of heat radiated from the drive source increases due to the increase in the drive source, or the wiring of the drive source is complicatedly entangled and easily caught. There is no inconvenience, and by extension, there is no inconvenience that the drive source is damaged due to the influence of heat dissipation, or that the worker accidentally catches the wiring and cuts it. Further, there is no inconvenience that the weight of the pachinko gaming machine increases and it becomes difficult to carry it. Further, if the lower movable accessory 252 is arranged in the ascending position to maintain the movable accessory main body 266 in the second posture and the lower elevating accessory unit 232 is moved in the left-right direction in this state, the movable accessory main body is moved. The movement of 266 can be shown to the player to entertain.

As shown in FIG. 41, when the lower accessory rear unit 135 is set to the slide execution state and the lower movable accessory 252 is placed in the ascending position, the side edge rotating accessory 202 is placed in the effect execution position. Even if it rotates to, it does not interfere with the lower movable accessory 252, but when the lower accessory rear unit 135 is set to the slide standby state and the lower movable accessory 252 is placed in the raised position, Since there is a risk that the side edge rotating accessory 202 at the effect execution position and the lower movable accessory 252 interfere with each other, the effect timing of the effect control device 59 between the side edge accessory unit 134 and the lower accessory rear unit 135. Is configured to avoid interference between the side edge rotating accessory 202 and the lower movable accessory 252.

Further, in the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the lowered state, as shown in FIG. 35 (a), the straight line L9 connecting the arm engaging protrusion 281 and the rotation center of the lower elevating arm 278 and the arm engagement. The straight line L10 connecting the protrusion 281 and the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 280 is substantially orthogonal to each other. Therefore, when the lower movable accessory 252 is to be raised by an external force (for example, a force to be raised by hand), the arm engaging protrusion 281 is pressed by the lower elevating arm 278 toward the rotation center of the arm engaging gear 280. Therefore, the arm engaging protrusion 281 and the arm engaging gear 280 do not move, and the lower movable accessory 252 is locked and does not rise. As a result, the lower elevating transmission mechanism 254 in the lowered state prevents the lower movable accessory 252 from rising due to the external force against the external force applied to the lower movable accessory 252.

However, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the lowered state can manually raise the lower movable accessory 252 from the descending position by operating the lower elevating transmission mechanism 254 through the transmission mechanism operation opening 283. It is configured in. Specifically, in the lowered state, as shown in FIG. 32, the arm engaging projection 281 which is a part of the lower lifting transmission mechanism 254 is moved from the transmission mechanism operating opening 283 to the outside of the lower lifting accessory unit 232. I'm facing you. In this state, the arm engaging protrusion 281 is manually operated through the transmission mechanism operation opening 283 by inserting a tool (for example, a screwdriver) into the transmission mechanism operation opening 283 (for details, the lower movable accessory 252 side). When the arm engaging gear 280 is rotated by pushing toward, the arm engaging protrusion 281 that functions as a transmission mechanism operating unit rotates the lower elevating arm 278 while moving in the arm engaging groove 279. Then, the lower movable accessory 252 rises from the descending position.

By operating the arm engaging projection 281 through the transmission mechanism operating opening 283 in this way, the lower movable accessory 252 can be manually moved without energizing the lower elevating motor 253. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the pachinko gaming machine, the lower movable accessory 252 is slightly moved when trying to avoid interference with the assembly tool or the like at the time of assembling or when trying to inspect the operation of the lower movable accessory 252. If you want, you can proceed with the work without energizing the lower elevating motor 253. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the inspection work for the lower movable accessory 252. In addition, inspections can be easily performed during work (maintenance, etc.) at a game store, and work efficiency at a game store can be improved.

Next, the lower accessory front unit (decorative unit) 136 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 42 and 43, the lower front unit 136 is a horizontally long lower front unit case in which the lower front unit cover 286a on the front side and the lower front unit base 286b on the rear side are overlapped in the front-rear direction. 286 is configured and provided, and a light emitting substrate 287, a decorative light guide unit 288, a light diffusion sheet 289 (sub-decorative component), and a translucent decorative panel 290 (main decorative component) are provided in the lower front unit case 286 from the rear side. ) Are stacked and stored, and the light diffusing sheet 289 and the translucent decorative panel 290 are made of a translucent member (transparent resin or the like) to allow translucency. Further, a light emitting body (light source) such as an LED is mounted on the light emitting substrate 287 so that light can be emitted toward the front translucent decorative panel 290 side, and the light from the light emitting body is emitted to the decorative light guide portion 288. A plurality of light guide openings 291 that pass forward are opened. Specifically, a plurality of rectangular light guide openings 291 (upper light guide openings 291a) are provided side by side on the upper side of the decorative light guide portion 288, and a circular light guide opening 291 is provided on the lower side of the decorative light guide portion 288. 291 (lower light guide opening 291b) is opened. Then, a flat plate-shaped light guide interference suppressing portion 292 is extended forward between the adjacent upper light guide openings 291a, and the opening edge of the lower light guide opening 291b (in other words, the upper side adjacent to the upper and lower sides). (Between the light guide opening 291a and the lower light guide opening 291b), an annular light guide interference suppressing portion 293 is extended forward, and light passing through each light guide opening 291 is emitted from the light guide opening 291. It is configured so that the light guide interference suppressing units 292 and 293 can suppress the spread and radiation, and eventually the light passing through each light guide opening 291 interferes with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 43 and 44 (b), the light diffusion sheet 289 has a horizontally rectangular upper diffusion sheet 289a located on the upper side and a circular lower diffusion sheet 289b located on the lower side up and down. The upper diffusion sheet 289a covers the upper light guide opening 291a, and the lower diffusion sheet 289b covers the lower light guide opening 291b. Further, light diffusion processing such as lens cutting processing is performed so that the light passing through each light guide opening 291 can be diffused. Further, as shown in FIGS. 42 and 44A, the translucent decorative panel 290 is provided with a decorative design main body 296 at a position located in front of each light guide opening 291 and is opened on the lower front unit cover 286a. The decorative design body 296 is exposed forward from the cover opening 297. Specifically, at a location located in front of each upper light guide opening 291a, a decorative design body 296 that imitates the shape of the alphabet is provided in a state of bulging forward, and in front of the lower light guide opening 291b. At the location, a decorative design body 296 that imitates the shape of a number is provided.

The lower accessory front unit 136 is provided with a design decorative portion 298 that decorates the decorative design body 296 on a light diffusing sheet 289 that can be visually recognized through the cover opening 297 and the translucent decorative panel 290. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 42 and 44, the design decorative portion of the edging mode is drawn along the edge of each decorative design main body 296 at a position located behind the decorative design main body 296 in the light diffusion sheet 289. It is prepared by printing 298. When the lower accessory front unit 136 having such a configuration is viewed from the front, the decorative design body 296 of the translucent decorative panel 290 and the design decorative portion 298 of the light diffusing sheet 289 can be visually recognized in a combined state. can. Therefore, it is possible to realize an aesthetically pleasing decoration with a simple configuration. Further, since the decorative light guide unit 288 is provided with the light guide interference suppressing units 292 and 293, so-called cross talk between the light passing through each light guide opening 291 (the light passing through the light guide opening 291 is the other light guide opening). It is possible to suppress the inconvenience that it spreads and reaches the front of the 291), and the decorative configuration (decorative design main body 296 and the design decorative portion 298) located in front of each light guide opening 291 is raised by light. It can be done clearly.

The configuration for suppressing the crosstalk is not limited to a partition wall such as the light guide interference suppressing units 292 and 293. In short, any configuration may be used as long as it is possible to suppress light interference. For example, surface treatment such as metal plating or painting is applied to the inner peripheral edge of the light guide opening 291 to enable light shielding, and this light shielding action suppresses the diffusion of light in the light guide opening 291 and eventually the cross talk. It may be configured. Further, the position of the light guide opening 291 and the position of the light guide interference suppressing portions 292 and 293 may be set with reference to the corresponding decorative design main body 296, or may be set with reference to the design decorative portion 298. good. Further, the back surface side of the translucent decorative panel 290 is preferably flat because the light diffusing sheet 289 is overlapped. Further, the light diffusing sheet 289 may be provided with the design decorative portion 298 by printing, or the light diffusing sheet 289 itself may be provided with unevenness (for example, bulging toward the translucent decorative panel 290 side). good.

Next, a control system centered on the game control device 58 that controls the game progress of the pachinko game machine 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 45, the game control device 58 includes a CPU that controls game control, a ROM that stores a control program for game control, a RAM that is used as a work area during game control, and an input unit (input). It is composed of an interface), an output unit (output interface), and the like. Then, various detection devices (magnetic sensor 236, radio wave sensor 301, first start port switch 46, second start port switch 47, gate switch 29, winning openings for detecting the winning of game balls to the general winning openings 32 and 42, respectively. Switching the gaming state (normal gaming state) by receiving detection signals from the switch 303, V winning detection switch 98, count switch 86, front frame opening detection switch 304, transparent member holding frame opening detection switch 305, power supply device 306, etc.) And, various processes such as switching to a specific game state (big hit state, electric support state, etc.) which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, notification to the player, and power failure response processing are performed. Further, the elevating decoration device 64 in the case, each accessory unit (upper accessory rear unit 131, upper accessory front unit 133, side edge accessory unit 134, lower accessory rear unit 135, via the effect control device 59, It functions as a control means for controlling the operation of the lower accessory front unit 136), or the payout control device 310, the large winning opening solenoid 85, and the general electric solenoid 311 for opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 41a, all at once. A command signal is transmitted to the display device 51, the external information terminal 312, and the like to control the game in an integrated manner.

As shown in FIG. 46, the effect control device 59 includes a CPU (1stCPU59a, 2ndCPU59b) that controls the effect, a ROM that stores a control program for executing the effect control, an image ROM that stores image data, and a video display. It is composed of a VDP, an input interface, an output interface, etc. that perform image processing for the purpose. Then, a signal generated as the game progresses in the pachinko gaming machine 1, specifically, a control signal from the game control device 58, a signal from the effect button switch 317 provided on the game effect button 17, and each accessory. Based on the signals from the sensors provided in the units 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, etc., the effect operation of each accessory unit 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, etc. is controlled. Specifically, the display of the display unit 55a of the display device 55, the sound effect output from the upper speaker 11 and the lower speaker 16, the board decoration device 320 provided on the game board 6 (light emitting board 287 of the lower accessory front unit 136, etc.) ), Light emission of a frame decoration device 321 such as an LED provided on the transparent member holding frame 8, and board effect device 322 provided on the game board 6 (motors of each accessory unit 131, 133, 134, 135, etc.) Controls the drive of the frame effect device 323 such as a motor that drives the effect member (not shown) provided on the transparent member holding frame 8.

Next, the action of the pachinko gaming machine 1, in particular, the upper accessory rear unit 131, the upper accessory front unit 133, the side edge accessory unit 134, and the lower accessory rear associated with the decorative special figure variation display game in the display device 55. The effect operation of the unit 135 will be described.
Based on the fact that the game ball flowing down the game area 5 has won the first start winning opening 36 and the second starting winning opening 41, the special figure variable display game (special figure 1 variable display game, special figure 2 variable display game) is played. The game is executed, and in the central portion of the display unit 55a of the display device 55, three variable symbols (identification information) arranged side by side are displayed in a variable manner to execute a decorative special figure variable display game, which is placed on one side of the display unit 55a. Is displayed in a variable manner at the same time by vertically arranging reduced symbols obtained by reducing the above-mentioned three variable symbols (see FIG. 47). Then, in conjunction with the decorative special figure variation display game, the upper accessory front unit 133 executes an effect operation in which the upper accessory front unit 133 is entwined with the design, and the upper accessory rear unit 131, the side edge accessory unit 134, and the lower accessory rear unit 135 perform an effect operation. Performs an effect operation related to the display related to the start memory.

First, the effect operation of the upper accessory front unit 133 will be described. As shown in FIG. 47 (a), the upper accessory front unit 133 is on both the left and right sides while the decorative special figure variation display game is being executed (during the symbol variation). The upper rotating accessory 175 is simultaneously lowered to the effect execution position, and the central variable symbol is made to face forward from the space surrounded by the left and right upper rotating accessories 175. In other words, the variable symbol viewing area 330 is formed by the left and right upper rotating accessories 175, and the symbol is made to face forward from the variable symbol viewing area 330. By performing the decorative effect in conjunction with the display of the variable symbol and the effect operation of the upper rotating accessory 175 in this way, it is possible to evoke the interest of the player's game.

In the variable symbol viewing area 330, instead of the variable symbol, as shown in FIGS. 47 (b) and 47 (c), the result of the special symbol variable display game being executed is advantageous to the player. As a display that makes you expect, you may have a display that is separate from the variable pattern (such as the display of the head of a character imitating an animal or the display of the "this" character). In addition, regarding the special figure variation display game corresponding to the start memory (standby start memory) whose execution is suspended, the display that gives advance notice of the result of this special figure variation display game (for details, the special figure variation display game). There is a possibility that the result of the above will be a big hit (special mode), or an effect display for notifying in advance that the big hit will be made) may be displayed on the display unit 55a so as to face forward from the variable symbol viewing area 330. ..

Further, the upper rotating accessory 175 may be rotated one side at a time to form the variable symbol viewing area 330. For example, as shown in FIG. 48, after the reach state (see FIG. 48 (a)) is reached in the decorative special figure variation display game, the upper rotating accessory 175 on the left side is first rotated to the effect execution position. It is lowered (see FIG. 48B), and then the upper rotating accessory 175 on the right side is rotated and lowered to the effect execution position, and the variable symbol viewing area 330 is divided by the upper rotating accessory 175 on both the left and right sides. It may be formed so that a specific symbol (for example, a pseudo-continuous symbol represented by the character "ream") faces from the variable symbol visual recognition area 330. Further, as shown in FIG. 48 (b), after rotating one upper rotating accessory 175 first, the scroll direction of the variable symbol is changed from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction (in other words, the upper side lowered first). It may be changed in the direction along the rotation direction of the rotating accessory 175). By complicating the section forming operation of the variable symbol viewing area 330 in this way, it is possible to further enhance the interest of the game.

Next, the effect operations of the upper accessory rear unit 131, the side edge accessory unit 134, and the lower accessory rear unit 135 will be described with reference to FIGS. 49 to 51. In this description, as shown in FIG. 49 (a), the effect operation is started from the time when the previous decorative special figure variation display game is lost and ended in a state where the two start memories are held. It shall be. In addition, the display (memory display shown in a circle) of the start memory (specifically, the start memory in which the corresponding decorative special figure variation display game is executed first), which is digested first of the two start memories, is displayed on the display unit 55a. The display of the starting memory (memory display shown in a circle) displayed in the rectangular digestive memory display area 335 located in the center of the lower part and later digested is displayed on the side of the digestive memory display area 335 (FIG. 49 (a)). It is assumed that the display is displayed in the standby hold display area 336 set on the middle and lower side (left side on the lower movable accessory 252 side).

When the display of the start memory to be digested next is displayed in the digestion memory display area 335 after the previous decoration special figure variation display game is finished, as shown in FIG. 49 (a), the lower accessory rear The lower elevating accessory unit 232 of the unit 135 raises the lower movable accessory 252, and the movable accessory main body 266 stops ascending at the position before the attitude change immediately before the change from the first posture to the second posture. The movable accessory main body 266 in the first posture is arranged at a position shifted sideways (on the left side in FIG. 49A) from the standby hold display area 336 in front of the display unit 55a. Then, when a new decorative special figure variation display game is executed in response to the start memory in the digestion memory display area 335, the lower accessory rear unit 135 moves up and down as shown in FIG. 49 (b). The accessory unit 232 is moved from the slide standby position (initial position), and the movable accessory main body 266 is arranged so as to be overlapped in front of the standby hold display area 336. Further, a decorative image A1 in which the dialogue of "chance" is surrounded by a balloon frame is displayed at a portion of the display unit 55a facing the side of the movable accessory main body 266, and the movable accessory main body 266 is displayed to the player. The effect is performed as if the notification is being given to the user.

At this time, when the game ball wins a prize in the first start winning opening 36 or the second starting winning opening 41 and a new start memory is additionally held, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 moves to the digestion memory display area 335 with respect to the digestion memory display area 335. The effect operation is executed, and the display device 55 executes the effect display along with the effect operation. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 49 (c), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 to the ascending position, and the movable accessory main body 266 is moved from the first posture to the second posture. It is converted and tilted toward the digestive memory display area 335. Further, in the display device 55, the decorative image A2 is displayed in the peripheral portion of the digestive memory display area 335 to decorate the digestive memory display area 335. After that, as shown in FIG. 49 (d), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 temporarily lowers the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position to the position before the posture change, returns it from the second posture to the first posture, and displays it. The device 55 erases the decorative image A2 and changes the display mode of the storage display in the digestion memory display area 335 (changes from the circular display mode to the display mode shown by a star) to correspond to the memory display in the digestion memory display area 335. Foretelling that the result of the special figure variation display game (in other words, the result of the special figure variation display game (decorative special figure variation display game) currently being executed) may be a big hit. That is, the special figure variation display An effect of pre-reading and notifying the result of the game (pre-reading effect) is executed. Further, as shown in FIG. 49 (e), the lower accessory rear unit 135 sets the lower movable accessory 252 to the position before the posture change. In the arranged state, the lower lifting accessory unit 232 is returned to the slide standby position.

In the ongoing decorative special diagram variation display game, when the left and right variation symbols are aligned and reach the reach state (see FIG. 49 (f)), the lower accessory rear unit 135 slides the lower lifting accessory unit 232 again. Moving from the standby position (initial position), the movable accessory main body 266 is arranged so as to be overlapped in front of the standby hold display area 336. Further, as shown in FIG. 49 (g), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 to the ascending position, and converts the movable accessory main body 266 from the first posture 1 to the second posture. The display device 55 displays the decorative image A3 on the peripheral portion of the digestive memory display area 335 and the peripheral portion of the standby hold display area 336, and the display device 55 displays the digestive memory display area 335 and the standby hold display area 336. To decorate. After that, as shown in FIG. 49 (h), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 temporarily lowers the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position to the position before the attitude change, returns it from the second posture to the first posture, and displays it. The device 55 erases the decorative image A3 and changes the display mode of the memory display in the digestion memory display area 335 (changes from the star shape to the display mode of the head of the character imitating an animal) in the digestion memory display area 335. For the special figure variation display game corresponding to the memory display of, the possibility that the result will be a big hit is higher than before the change of the display mode. That is, the effect of pre-reading and notifying the result of the special figure variation display game (pre-reading effect) is executed. Further, a decorative image A4 in which the line of "extreme heat" is surrounded by a balloon frame is displayed at a position above the digestion memory display area 335 of the display unit 55a and on the side of the movable accessory main body 266. The effect is performed as if the memory display in the movable accessory main body 266 or the digestion memory display area 335 is notifying the player. In addition to the change in the display mode of the storage display in the digestion memory display area 335, the display mode is also changed in the storage display in the standby hold display area 336 (change from a circular display mode to a star-shaped display mode (FIG. 50 (a)). (See))) is executed (pre-reading effect is executed), but the state of this change may be shown to the player by facing from the side of the movable accessory main body 266.

When the execution of the advance notice effect (look-ahead effect) for the memory display is completed in this way, the display device 55 displays the operation promotion effect and prompts the player to operate the game effect button 17. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 50A and 50B, the lower lifting accessory rear unit 135 returns the lower lifting accessory unit 232 to the slide standby position, and further, the lower lifting accessory unit The 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 to the lowering position and removes it from the front of the display device 55. Further, as shown in FIGS. 50B to 50F, the display device 55 displays a moving image M1 in the center of the display unit 55a, which repeats a button pressing operation and a returning operation. At this time, the portion of the schematic diagram of the disk-shaped button on which the outer peripheral surface is drawn is used as a display showing the remaining operation effective time of the game effect button 17, and the width of the filled portion is gradually shortened with the passage of time. do.

When the operation promotion effect is executed and the game effect button 17 is pushed down by the player, as shown in FIG. 50 (g), the upper accessory rear unit 131 moves the upper elevating accessory 142 to the effect execution position (lowering position). ), Placed in front of the display device 55, and rotate the rotating decorative portion 150. At this time, the display device 55 displays the reduced symbol at a position away from the rear of the upper elevating accessory 142. Then, when the upper accessory rear unit 131 returns the upper lifting accessory 142 to the non-execution position (elevation position) and removes it from the front of the display device 55, the display device 55 hits the central portion of the display unit 55a with a variable symbol. It is displayed in the stopped state of the mode (see FIG. 50 (h)) or the stopped state of the lost mode, and notifies the player of the result of the special figure variation display game.

When the result of the special figure variation display game is a big hit (special result mode), the display device 55 displays the characters "big hit" in the central part of the display unit 55a, and the lower lifting accessory unit 232 is lowered. The side movable accessory 252 is raised to the position before the attitude change to maintain the first attitude, and in this state, the lower accessory rear unit 135 moves the lower elevating accessory unit 232 to the slide execution position and is on the lower side. The movable accessory 252 is arranged in front of the central portion in the left-right direction of the lower portion of the display portion 55a (see FIGS. 51 (a) and 51 (b)). Further, the game control device 58 is set to a specific game state that encourages the player to hit the right side, and the effect control device 59 switches the display of the display device 55 in response to this setting. Specifically, the display device 55 erases the character of "big hit" and changes it to the right-handed instruction display RD that combines the character of "right-handed" and the right-pointing arrow (displays the operation promotion effect), and displays the display unit 55a. In the upper right corner, a reduced display of the combination of the characters "right-handed" and the right-pointing arrow is displayed (see FIG. 51 (c)), and the player is hit so-called right-handed (passing the game ball above the center case 23). The firing operation is performed so as to flow down to the ball flow down path 26 in the first case) to urge the launch operation handle 15 to be operated, and by extension, to urge the game ball to win a prize in the large winning opening 31. Further, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 repeatedly raises and lowers the lower movable accessory 252 between the position before the posture change and the ascending position to perform a decorative effect, and the movable accessory main body 266 is moved to the first posture and the second posture. It is repeatedly converted into a posture (see FIG. 51 (d)). In this way, the effect control device (effect control means) 59 controls the display effect on the display device 55 and the decorative effect by the movable accessory body 266, whereby the movable accessory body 266 (lower movable accessory 252). Performs a decorative effect according to the display mode of the operation promotion effect, so that the player is encouraged to operate the launch operation handle 15 without discouraging the player, and further, the effect of promoting the operation of the launch operation handle 15 is improved. Can be made to.

Then, when the game control device 58 executes the operation process in the big hit state (opening / closing process of the big winning opening 31 with the progress of a plurality of rounds), the big winning opening solenoid 85 is driven and the big winning opening / closing member 84 is moved to each round. It opens and closes inside. At the start of the first round, as shown in FIG. 51 (e), the display device 55 uses the song selection operation guidance (display of selectable songs A and B, song selection operation by the cross button, and the game effect button 17). (Song selection decision, etc.) is displayed. At this time, the lower accessory rear unit 135 maintains the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the slide execution position, and in this state, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 to the descending position. It is arranged below the central portion of the display device 55. Further, in the second and subsequent rounds (for example, the fourth round shown in FIGS. 51 (f) to (h)), the display device 55 has a character "Aim for V" and a right-pointing arrow in the central portion of the display unit 55a. The combination is displayed, and the game is aimed at winning a prize in the large winning opening 31 of the game ball, and further, the game ball flows into the V winning flow path 97 through the large winning ball flow down path 94 (V winning). A production image (V prize promotion image) that encourages a person is displayed. When the display device 55 is displaying the V winning promotion image, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 repeatedly raises and lowers the lower movable accessory 252 between the position before the posture change and the ascending position to move the movable accessory. The main body 266 is repeatedly converted into a first posture and a second posture. Then, when the game ball wins a V during the round, the display device 55 displays the characters "V" and "acquisition", and the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 to the descending position. The lower accessory rear unit 135 returns the lower lifting accessory unit 232 to the slide standby position (see FIG. 51 (h)).

Next, the main processing of the game control device 58 will be described. The control processing in the game control device 58 is a predetermined time cycle as an interrupt routine for the main processing (see FIGS. 52 and 53), which is a main routine including the power-on processing and the loop processing, and the loop processing during the main processing. It consists of timer interrupt processing (see FIG. 54) performed at (for example, 4 ms).

The main process is started when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on. In this main process, as shown in FIG. 52, an interrupt vector setting process (step S1) for disabling interrupts is first performed, and then an interrupt vector setting process (step S1) for setting the vector address of the jump destination to be executed when an interrupt occurs (step S1) is performed. Step S2), stack pointer setting process (step S3) for setting the stack pointer which is the start address of the area for saving the value of the register or the like when an interrupt occurs, and process for reading the state of the input port of the game control device 58 (step S3). Step S4), the interrupt mode setting process (step S5) for setting the interrupt processing mode is performed.

Next, the power-on delay timer is set (step S6) and the number of times the power failure monitoring signal is checked (step S7), and it is determined whether or not the power failure monitoring signal is on (step S8). When the power failure monitoring signal is on, it is determined whether or not the power failure monitoring signal has been turned on for the number of checks set in step S7 (step S8). Then, when the power failure monitoring signal is continuously on for the number of checks, that is, when it is determined that a power failure has occurred, the system waits and the power failure monitoring signal is continuously on for the number of checks. If not, the process returns to step S8 and the determination of the power failure monitoring signal is executed again. Further, when the power failure monitoring signal is not turned on in step S8, that is, when it is determined that no power failure has occurred, the power-on delay timer is updated by -1 (step S10), and the power-on delay timer is set to 0. It is determined whether or not the result is (step S11), and if it is not 0, the process returns to step S7. Then, when the power-on delay timer is 0 in step S11, access to the read / writeable RAM is permitted (step S12), and all the ports of the output unit are set to off (state where there is no output) (step). S13), the process of setting the serial port is performed (step S14).

Further, it is determined whether or not the initialization switch provided in the power supply device 306 is ON (step S15), and if it is determined that the initialization switch is not ON, the power failure inspection area 1 in the RAM is determined. It is checked whether the value is the normal power failure inspection area check data 1 (step S16), and if the value of the power failure inspection area 1 is normal, the power failure inspection area check data in which the value of the power failure inspection area 2 in the RAM is normal is checked. 2 is checked (step S17), and if the value of the power failure inspection area 2 is normal, the check sum is normal in order to determine whether the data stored in the RAM is normal. Find out if it is. Specifically, the checksum of the area in the RAM is calculated (step S18), and it is determined whether or not the calculated checksum matches the checksum stored in the RAM when there is a power failure. (Step S19). Then, when the checksum is determined to be normal, that is, when the data stored in the RAM is determined to be normal, the initial value at the time of power failure recovery is saved in the area to be initialized (step). S20), the area in the RAM for storing the game state is examined, and the game state is set to a high probability state (specifically, the probability that the result mode of the special figure variation display game becomes a big hit is set higher than during normal game progress. It is determined whether or not it is in the state) (step S21), and if it is determined that it is in the high probability state, the on information is saved in the high probability notification flag area (step S22) and provided in the batch display device 51. On-data for turning on the high-probability notification LED is set in the segment area (step S23). Then, when it is determined in step S21 that the state is not in the high probability state, or when the high probability notification LED is prepared to be turned on in step S23, it is prepared to rationally execute the special figure game process. The command at the time of power failure recovery corresponding to the processing number is transmitted to the effect control device 59 (step S24).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S15 that the initialization switch is on, or when it is determined in steps S16 and S17 that the value of the power failure inspection area is abnormal, or in step S19 the checksum is abnormal. If it is determined to be, the area to be initialized is executed by clearing all the work areas before the access prohibited area (step S25) and clearing all the stack areas after the access prohibited area (step S26). The initial value at the time of turning on the power is saved in (step S27). Further, the execution flag is saved in the lighting confirmation execution flag area (step S28), and the command at the time of turning on the power is transmitted to the effect control device 59 (step S29).

Then, after the command for recovery from the power failure is transmitted to the effect control device 59 in step S24, or after the command for power-on is transmitted to the effect control device 59 in step S29, the timer interrupt signal and the random number update trigger signal are transmitted. The CTC (Counter / Timer Circuit) circuit that generates the above is started (step S30), and the random number generation circuit is started and set (step S31). Furthermore, various initial value random numbers by extracting the value of the soft random number register in the random number generation circuit when the power is turned on (the initial value of the random number that determines the big hit symbol in the special figure variation display game, or the hit symbol in the normal figure variation display game). (Initial value of random number to determine) is saved in RAM (step S32), interrupts prohibited in step S1 are allowed (step S33), and various initial value random numbers are updated to break the regularity of random numbers. The initial value random number update process of (step S34) is performed.

When the initial value random number update process is executed in step S34, the power failure monitoring signal input from the power supply device 306 is read and checked via the port and the data bus in order to determine whether or not a power failure has occurred. The number of times to perform is set (step S35), and it is determined whether or not the power failure monitoring signal is ON (step S36). If the power failure monitoring signal is not on, that is, if it is determined that no power failure has occurred, the process returns to step S34, the initial value random number update process (step S34), and the number of times the power failure monitoring signal is checked (step). S35) and the determination of the power failure monitoring signal (step S36) are repeated. On the other hand, when the power failure monitoring signal is on, it is determined whether or not the power failure monitoring signal has been turned on for the number of checks set in step S35 (step S37). If the power failure monitoring signal is not continuously turned on for the number of checks, the process returns to step S36 to re-execute the determination of the power failure monitoring signal, and the power failure monitoring signal is continuously turned on for the number of checks. If so, that is, if it is determined that a power failure has occurred, a process of temporarily disabling interrupts (step S38) and a process of outputting off-data to all output ports (step S39) are performed. Further, after performing a process of saving the power failure inspection area check data in each power failure inspection area (steps S40 and S41) and a process of calculating the RAM checksum when the power is cut off (step S42), the checksum is saved (step S42). After performing the process of prohibiting access to the RAM in step S43) and the process of prohibiting access to the RAM (step S44), the pachinko gaming machine 1 waits until the power is cut off.

In the solenoid interrupt processing, as shown in FIG. 54, first, the value held in the predetermined register is transferred to the RAM and the register saving process is performed (step S51), and various detection devices (magnetic sensor 236, radio wave sensor 301) are performed. , 1st start port switch 46, 2nd start port switch 47, gate switch 29, etc.) Input process (step S52), solenoid (large winning port solenoid) based on the output data set in various processes 85, an output process (step S53) for driving and controlling an actuator such as a normal solenoid solenoid 311) is performed.

Next, the payout command transmission process (step S54), the random number update process 1 (step S55), and the random number update process 2 (step S56) for outputting the commands set in the transmission buffer in various processes to the payout control device 310 are performed. After that, it is monitored whether or not there is a normal signal input from the game ball detection sensors such as the first start port switch 46, the second start port switch 47, and the winning port switch 303, and the front frame 3 and the transparent member holding frame are monitored. The winning opening switch / error monitoring process (step S57) for monitoring an error such as whether or not 8 is open is performed. In addition, a special figure game process (step S59) for performing processing related to the special figure variation display game and a normal map game process (step S60) for performing processing related to the normal figure variation display game are performed.

When the processing of each variation display game is executed, the segment LED editing process (step S61) for editing the display content of each variation display game and the display content of various information related to the game on the batch display device 51, and the detection from the magnetic sensor 236. Magnetic fraud monitoring process (step S62) that checks the signal to determine whether there is an abnormality, radio fraud monitoring process (step S63) that checks the detection signal from the radio sensor 301 to determine whether there is an abnormality, and various external devices. The external information editing process (step S64) for setting the signal to be output to the output buffer is performed. Then, the interrupt request is cleared, the end of the interrupt is declared (step S65), the register data saved in step S51 is restored (step S66), the interrupt is permitted (step S67), and the timer interrupt processing ends. ..

Next, the details of the special figure game processing (step S58) in the timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to FIG. 55.
In the special figure game process, the input of the first start port switch 46 and the second start port switch 47 is monitored, the entire process related to the special figure variation display game is controlled, and the special figure display is set. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 55, first, a start port switch monitoring process (step S71) for monitoring the winning of the first start port switch 46 and the second start port switch 47 is performed. In this start port switch monitoring process, when a game ball is won in the first start winning opening 36 and the second starting winning opening 41, various random numbers (big hit random numbers, etc.) are extracted and a special figure variation display based on the winning is displayed. Predetermine the game result based on the winning at the stage before the start of the game. The game result pre-judgment is performed.

Next, the large winning opening switch monitoring process (step S72) of monitoring and counting the signals of the count switch 86, the V winning detection switch 98, and the like is performed. Subsequently, if the special figure game processing timer is not 0, the update (-1) is performed (step S73), and whether or not the game processing timer is 0 is checked (step S74), and the special figure game processing timer is set. When it is determined that the time is up (step S74; Yes), the process of setting the special figure game sequence branch table to be referred to in order to branch to the process corresponding to the special figure game process number (step S75) is performed, and the process is performed. A process (step S76) of acquiring a branch destination address of the process corresponding to the special figure game process number is performed using the table.

Then, after performing the process of saving the return address after the branch process to the stack area (step S77), the game branch process (step S77) is performed according to the game process number. In step S78, when the game processing number is "0", the fluctuation start of the special figure fluctuation display game is monitored, and the fluctuation start setting and effect setting of the special figure fluctuation display game, and the processing during the special figure fluctuation are performed. A special figure normal process (step S79) for setting information necessary for the operation is performed. Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "1", the special figure is changing, such as setting the stop display time of the special figure and setting the information necessary for shifting to the special figure display processing. The process (step S80) is performed. Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "2", if the result of the special figure variation display game is a big hit, the fanfare command is set according to the big hit, and the big winning opening opening pattern of each big hit is set. The special figure display processing (step S81) for setting the corresponding fanfare time, setting the information necessary for performing the fanfare / interval processing, and the like is performed.

Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "3", the opening time of the large winning opening 31 is set, the number of opening times is updated, and the information necessary for shifting to the processing during the opening of the large winning opening is set. Performs fanfare / interval processing (step S82). Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "4", an interval command is set if the jackpot round is not the final round, while a command for the jackpot end screen is set if the jackpot round is the final round. The large winning opening opening processing (step S83) for setting the information necessary for shifting to the winning opening remaining ball processing is performed.

Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "5", if the big hit round is the final round, the process of setting the time for the remaining balls in the big winning opening 31 to be discharged, or the big hit end. The large winning opening remaining ball processing (step S84) for setting the information necessary for processing is performed. Further, in step S78, when the game processing number is "6", the jackpot end processing (step S85) for setting the information necessary for shifting to the special figure normal processing (step S79) is performed.

When the above steps S79 to S85 are executed, after preparing the fluctuation pattern table for controlling the fluctuation of the special figure 1 display in the batch display device 51 (step S86), the symbol fluctuation control process related to the special figure 1 display is performed. (Step S87) is performed. After that, after preparing the fluctuation pattern table for controlling the fluctuation of the special figure 2 display in the batch display device 51 (step S88), the symbol fluctuation control process (step S89) related to the special figure 2 display is performed. End the special figure game processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S74 that the special figure game processing timer has not timed up (step S74; No), the process proceeds to step S86, and subsequent processing is performed.

Next, the details of the special figure normal processing (step S79) in the special figure game processing will be described with reference to FIG. 56.
In the special figure normal processing, first, it is checked whether or not the number of special figure 2 start memories is 0 (step S91). Then, in the next step S92, it is determined whether or not the special figure 2 start memory number is 0, and if it is determined that the special figure 2 start memory number is 0 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S93. In step S93, in the next step S94, it is determined whether or not the special figure 1 start memory number is 0, and if it is determined that the special figure 1 start memory number is 0 (step S94; Yes), the customer is already waiting. If it is checked whether or not the demo has started (step S95) and it is determined that the customer waiting demo has not started, that is, it has not started (step S96; No), the customer waiting demo flag is set during the customer waiting demo. Perform the setting process (step S97).

Subsequently, the customer waiting demo command is prepared (step S98), the command setting process (step S99) is performed, and the process proceeds to step S100. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S95 that the customer waiting demo has already started (step S96; Yes), the customer waiting demo flag is already set during the customer waiting demo (step S97), and the customer waiting demo command is also prepared (step S97). Since step S98) has been performed and the command setting process (step S99) has also been executed, the process proceeds to step S100 without performing these processes. In step S100, the process of preparing a table for shifting to the special figure normal processing, specifically, the processing number "0" related to the special figure normal processing and the flag that defines the large winning opening fraud monitoring period are specified in the table. Performs the process of setting (large prize opening fraud monitoring information), etc., and ends the special figure normal process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S92 that the number of stored special figures 2 starts is not 0 (step S92; No), the process proceeds to step S101 to start the variation of the special figure 2 variation display game (step S92). Step S101) is performed. Then, a process (step S102) for preparing a table (for special figure 2) for shifting to the special figure changing process, specifically, a process number “1” related to the special figure changing process is displayed in the table. Information related to the end of the customer waiting demo, information for controlling the special figure 2 variable display game on the special figure 2 display (for example, a flag related to the change of the special figure 2 display in the batch display device 51, special figure 2) Performs the process of setting the initial value of the timer of the blinking cycle of the display, etc.), and ends the special figure normal process. Further, in step S94, if it is determined that the special figure 1 start storage number is not 0 (step S94; No), the process proceeds to step S103 to start the special figure 1 variation display game variation. conduct. After that, a process (step S104) for preparing a table (for special figure 1) for shifting to the special figure changing process is performed, and the special figure normal process is completed.

Next, the control performed by the effect control device 59 will be described. As described above, the effect control device 59 includes a 1st CPU (main control microcomputer) 59a and a 2nd CPU (video control microcomputer) 59b that controls video under the control of the 1st CPU 59a. The control process by the 1st CPU 59a is mainly composed of the 1st main process shown in FIG. 57 and the interrupt process shown in FIG. 58, and the interrupt process is performed in a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 2 milliseconds).

First, the 1st main process will be described. In this 1st main process, as shown in FIG. 57, the process at the start of the program is first performed. In the process at the start of this program, first, interrupts are prohibited (step S111), and various initialization processes such as CPU initialization, RAM initial value setting, and random number initialization are performed (step S112). Then, timers for various interrupts are activated (step S113) to allow interrupts (step S114).

In this 1st main process, the loop process is then performed as the main loop process. In this loop processing, first, the WDT (watch dog timer) is cleared (step S115), and the effect button input process (step S116) of creating input information from the input signal (rising edge) based on the operation of the game effect button 17 is performed. I do. Next, the game control command analysis process (step S117) is performed. In this game control command analysis process, it is determined whether or not the command related to the game transmitted from the game control device 58 is correctly received, and if it is correctly received, the command is confirmed, and the scene control process described later is performed. Performs the process of classifying the commands for.

Next, a test mode process (step S118), which is a process related to a test mode for testing the board decoration device 320, the frame decoration device 321 and the board effect device 322, the frame effect device 323, etc., is performed. When the test mode is changed by this test mode processing, the processing related to the subsequent games is not performed. However, in order to control the display on the display device 55, the output of sound from the speakers 11 and 16, the light emission of the LEDs of the decoration devices 320 and 321 and the operation of the effect devices 322 and 323 in the test mode. Control is performed in the process (steps S122 to S124 described later). The test mode ends when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is cut off.

Next, the 1st scene control process (step S119) related to the control of the game effect, the game machine error monitoring process (step S120) for monitoring the occurrence of an abnormality in the pachinko game machine 1, and the effect command editing process for editing the command to be output to the 2nd CPU 59b. (Step S121) is performed. Next, a sound control process (step S122) that controls the output of audio from the speakers 11 and 16, a decoration control process that controls the LEDs of the board decoration device 320 and the frame decoration device 321 (step S123), and a board effect device 322. , The motor / SOL control process (step S124) for controlling the motor and solenoid of the frame effect device 323 is performed. Next, a random number update process (step S125) for updating the random number for determining the details of the variation mode of the decorative special figure variation display game is performed, and the process returns to the process for clearing the WDT (step S115).

Next, interrupt processing will be described. In this interrupt process, as shown in FIG. 58, first, a timer update process (step S131) for updating the soft timer managed by the program is performed. Next, an input process (step S132) for processing the signal input to the effect control device 59 and an output process (step S133) for processing the signal output from the effect control device 59 are performed. Next, the main command reception process (step S134) for receiving the command related to the game transmitted from the game control device 58 to the effect control device 59 is performed, and the interrupt process is terminated.

The 2nd CPU 59b of the effect control device 59 performs the 2nd main process shown in FIG. 59. In this 2nd main process, as shown in FIG. 59, the process at the start of the program is first performed. As the process at the start of this program, first, the CPU initialization process (step S141) for initializing the CPU is performed, the RAM is cleared to 0 (step S142), and the initial value of the RAM is set (step S143). Next, a VDP initialization process (step S144) for initializing the VDP is performed to allow various interrupts (step S145). Next, initialization processing of various control processing (step S146) is performed to allow screen drawing (step S147).

Next, the loop processing is performed as the main loop processing. Specifically, first, the system cycle wait flag is cleared (step S148), and it is determined whether or not the system cycle wait flag is 1 (step S149). The system cycle is a cycle for switching between two buffers for temporarily storing image data, and the system cycle flag is set to "1" when the switch is possible. Until the system cycle wait flag becomes 1, the determination of whether or not the system cycle wait flag is 1 (step S149) is repeated, and when the system cycle wait flag becomes 1 (step S149; Yes), the WDT (watch). dog timer) is cleared (step S150).

Next, the received command check process (step S151) is performed. In this reception command check process, it is determined whether or not the command transmitted from the 1st CPU 59a is correctly received, and if it is correctly received, the command is confirmed and the command for the 2nd scene control process is classified. Perform processing. Next, based on the received command, the 2nd scene control process (step S152) for determining the display content is performed.

Next, a background process (step S153) for setting the background is performed. In this background processing, a process of displaying a background according to a game state (whether or not there is a probability state or a customer waiting state), a game mode, an effect mode, a reach scene, or the like is performed. Next, the variation display process (step S154), which is the display control process relating to the variation of the identification information in the decorative special figure variation display game, is performed. After that, a hold display process (step S155) is performed in which the storage display to be displayed on the display device 55 is set in conjunction with the display of the special figure 1 hold number display 71 and the special figure 2 hold number display 72. In this hold display process, the display of the pre-effect (pre-reading effect, changing effect) that changes the display mode of the storage display based on the pre-effect information stored in the start storage area (digestion start storage area, standby start storage area). Also performs processing related to.

Next, the customer waiting demo process (step S156) relating to the display of the customer waiting demo is performed. In this customer waiting demo process, processing related to setting the customer waiting screen for displaying characters, images, and the like, processing related to setting the notification display to be displayed on the customer waiting screen, and the like are performed. Next, the display system process (step S157) for transferring the ROM data to the buffer set in the RAM and performing the process of actually displaying the data is performed, and the process returns to the process of clearing the system cycle wait flag (step S148).

Next, the details of the 1st scene control process (step S119) in the above-mentioned 1st main process will be described. As shown in FIG. 60, in the 1st scene control process, the 1st CPU 59a of the effect control device 59 first determines whether or not it is in the test mode (step S161). If it is determined in step S161 that the test mode is in progress (step S161; Yes), the 1st scene control process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S161 that the test mode is not in progress (step S161; No), it is determined whether or not the scene change command has been received (step S162). This scene change command includes various game-related commands (power-on command, power failure recovery command, customer waiting demo command, fluctuation pattern command, symbol stop command, jackpot fanfare command, etc.) transmitted from the game control device 58 to the effect control device 59. This is the nth command for opening the winning opening, the interval command, etc.).

When it is determined in step S162 that the scene change command has been received (step S162; Yes), the game state to be updated (current game state) is acquired (step S163), and the received scene change command has acquired the present. It is determined whether or not the command is valid for the gaming state of the above, that is, whether or not the command is valid (step S164). If it is determined in step S164 that the command is valid (step S164; Yes), the received command is saved (step S165), the effect request flag is set (step S166), and the command identifier of the received command. (Step S167) is performed.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S162 that the scene change command has not been received (step S162; No), or when it is determined that the command is not valid in step S164 (step S164; No), the command of the received command Branch processing by identifier (step S167) is performed. In this case, branching is performed by the identifier of the most recently valid command.

In the branch process using the command identifier (step S167), a process to be executed based on the received command is selected. When the power-on command is received, the power-on process (step S168) for performing the necessary processing at the time of power-on is performed. When the power failure recovery command is received, the power failure recovery (other than waiting for customers) processing (step S169), which performs the necessary processing at the time of power failure recovery, is performed. Further, when the customer waiting demo command is received, the customer waiting process (step S170) for performing the process related to the display of the customer waiting demo is performed.

Further, when the variation pattern command is received, the variation processing (step S171) for performing the processing related to the execution of the decoration special figure variation display game is performed. In this variable processing, information necessary for playing the decorative special figure variable display game is set. In the setting of the information necessary for playing this decorative special figure variation display game, for example, the effect (whether or not it is a big hit, the variation pattern information, etc.) based on the information included in the variation pattern command transmitted from the game control device 58 (whether or not it is a big hit, the variation pattern information, etc.) Set the fluctuation pattern, fluctuation time, etc.).

Further, when the symbol stop command is received, the symbol stop process (step S172), which is a process of stopping the variable display of the identification information in the decorative special symbol variation display game and displaying the result mode, is performed. In this symbol stop processing, the stop display time of the result in the decorative special figure variation display game is set. When the fanfare command is received, the jackpot fanfare process (step S173), which is a process related to the start of the jackpot state, is performed. Further, when the nth command for opening the large input is received, the process during the round (step S174), which is the process related to the round game, is performed. When the interval command is received, interval processing (step S175), which is processing related to the interval between rounds, is performed. When the ending command is received, the ending process (step S176), which is the process related to the end of the jackpot state, is performed.

After performing each of the above-mentioned processes selected by the branch process by the command identifier (step S167), the process based on the command that is not immediately reflected in the video is performed. As this process, first, a hold number command reception process (step S177) for performing a process based on the hold number command (special figure 1 hold number command, special figure 2 hold number command) including information on the increase / decrease of the start memory is performed, and the special figure 2 hold number command is performed. The decoration special figure command reception process (step S178), which performs processing based on the decoration special figure command including information on the stop symbol of the figure variation display game, is performed.

Next, based on the pre-judgment command (symbol information command, variation pattern random number command) including the result of the look-ahead process in which the result of the special figure variation display game based on the start memory is determined in advance before the execution of the special figure variation display game. Performs the pre-determination command reception process (step S179) for processing. Next, based on the probability information command including the information about the probability state, the probability information command reception process (step S180) for internally setting the corresponding value and transmitting the background command to the 2nd CPU 59b is performed to perform the 1st scene control process. finish.

Next, the pre-determination command reception process (step S179) will be described.
In the pre-judgment command reception process, as shown in FIG. 61, it is first determined whether or not the pre-judgment command is being received (step S191), and if it is received, non-electric support is in progress (electric support state (normal). It is determined whether or not the electric accessory 41a is in a gaming state) other than the normal electric power support state) in which the opening time is set longer than usual (step S192). When the non-electric support is in progress, it is determined whether or not the received pre-judgment command is for the special figure 1 variable display game (step S193), and the non-electric support is not in progress (that is, the electric support state). In this case, it is determined whether or not the received pre-determination command belongs to the special figure 2 variable display game (step S194). When the pre-judgment command is for the special figure 1 variation display game in step S193, or when the pre-judgment command is for the special figure 2 variation display game in step S194, the hold effect setting process (step S195) and continuous advance notice. The setting process (step S196) is executed to end the pre-determination command reception process. In the continuous advance notice setting process in step S196, an effect (continuous display effect) in which a related special effect is performed over the execution of the decorative special figure variation display game a plurality of times, and a special background display are performed a plurality of times. Special figure variation display Selectively set the effect (mode effect) to be performed across the execution of the game. Further, if the pre-determination command is not received in step S191, if the pre-determination command is not for the special figure 1 variation display game in step S193, or if the pre-determination command is not for the special figure 1 variation display game in step S194, the pre-determination command is for the special figure 1 variation display game. If not, the pre-judgment command reception process is immediately terminated.

In the pre-judgment command reception process, the look-ahead effect (hold effect setting process (step S195) and continuous notice setting process (step S196)) is performed only for the memory display of the special figure 1 variable display game during non-electric support. Is executed, and the look-ahead effect is executed only for the memory display of the special figure 2 variable display game in the electric support, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the start memory of the special figure 1 variable display game and the start memory of the special figure 2 variable display game are digested (game execution) in the order of winning (memorized order), the memory display corresponding to any start memory is used. On the other hand, the look-ahead effect may be executed.

In the hold effect setting process of step S195, as shown in FIG. 62, first, it is determined whether or not the pre-judgment result (content of the pre-judgment command) is a big hit (step S201), and if it is a big hit, it is set in advance. The content of the hold change notice (display mode of the storage display) is determined based on the hold change notice decision table 1 (table for big hit) (step S202), and if it is not a big hit, the hold change notice decision table 2 (set in advance) set in advance (step S202). The content of the pending change notice (display mode of the storage display) is determined based on the loss table) (step S203).

After the end of steps S202 and S203, it is determined whether or not to execute the hold change notice (step S204), and if it is executed, the hold corresponding to the hold display mode (display mode of the memory display when the notice effect is executed) is held. The change timing determination table is selected and set (step S205), and the hold change timing (pattern) is determined based on the number of stored start memories (hold number) (step S206). Then, it is determined whether or not the change of the memory display is performed after the start winning (step S207), and if it is performed after the start winning, it is determined whether or not the changed memory display is a special system (step S208). ..

If the hold change notice is not executed in step S204, or if it is determined in step S207 that the memory display is not changed after the start winning, the wait hold display area is based on the preset wait hold effect determination table 1. The display mode (standby hold effect) in 336 is determined (step S209). Further, when it is determined in step S208 that the stored display after the change is not a special system (that is, a normal system), the standby hold display area 336 in the standby hold display area 336 is based on the preset standby hold effect determination table 2. When the display mode (standby hold effect) is determined (step S210) and it is determined that the system is a special system, the display mode (standby hold display area 336) in the standby hold display area 336 is determined based on the preset standby hold effect determination table 3. The standby hold effect) is determined (step S211).

After the end of step S209, step S210, or step S211, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is set to the big hit state (step S212), and in the case of the big hit state, the display mode in the standby hold display area 336 is changed (standby). It is determined whether or not to execute the hold effect (step S213), and if not executed, the change of the display mode in the digestion memory display area 335 (execution of the digestion memory effect) is determined with high probability (step S214). .. Further, when the jackpot state is not set in step S212, or when the standby hold effect is executed in step S213, the change of the display mode in the digestion memory display area 335 (execution of the digestion memory effect) is determined with a low probability (execution of the digestion memory effect). Step S215). After the end of step S214 or step S215, it is determined whether or not to execute the change of the display mode (execution of the digestion memory effect) in the digestion memory display area 335 (step S216), and if it is executed, the preliminary determination result. The display mode of the storage display is determined based on (step S217). Then, when it is determined in step S216 that the digestion memory effect is not executed, or after the execution of step S217, the determined information on the various hold effects is set in the hold storage area in the effect control device 59 (step S218). The hold effect setting process ends.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the decorative design unit 126 is configured by a combination of the three design component units 123, 124, 125, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the modified example of the center case 23 shown in FIGS. 63 and 64, one decorative design unit is composed of two design components. Specifically, of the case base 61 that functions as a decorative base in this modified example, the ball intrusion prevention wall 68 located on the side of the first case ball flow down path 26 is made of a translucent member (transparent resin or the like). It is capable of transmitting light, and the back surface of the ball intrusion prevention wall 68 and the front surface of the decorative panel 65 inside the case are set so as to be arranged side by side with their front and rear positions aligned. Further, on the surface of the decorative panel 65 inside the case, a panel-side design component (decorative-side design component) 341 that imitates the figure of the tip of the rocket is provided, and a ball intrusion provided with the first case ball flow down path 26. On the back surface of the blocking wall 68, a flow path side design component (base side design component) 342 that imitates a diagram of the engine portion of the rocket is provided adjacent to the panel side design component 341. Then, the panel side design component 341 and the flow path side design component 342 are combined side by side to form one decorative design unit 343 that imitates the figure of a rocket. As shown in FIG. 63, the panel side design component 341 and the flow path side design component 342 are separated from each other, but the side edge portion of the ball intrusion prevention wall 68 overlaps in front of this separation part. From the player's point of view, it seems as if the panel side design component 341 and the flow path side design component 342 are connected. If one decorative design unit 343 is configured by the two design component units 341 and 342 in this way, it is possible to provide an impactful decoration in the limited space inside the pachinko gaming machine 1. Further, if any of the design constituent units 341 and 342 is set to a new design and replaced, a minor change of the decorative design unit 343 can be easily performed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the decorative design portions 126 and 343 are set in a drawing imitating one object (rocket), but the present invention is not limited to this. In short, any mode may be set as long as it is a decorative design unit composed of a plurality of design component units. For example, in the modified examples shown in FIGS. 65 and 66, the game board is provided with a decorative design unit on which two characters and one object are drawn. Specifically, the drawing body of one character is provided on the front surface of the decorative panel 65 inside the case as the panel side design component 351, the drawing body of the object is provided on the back surface of the armor 63 as the armor side design component 352, and the other. The drawing body of the character is provided on the cell sheet 20 on the game board 19 as the base side design component 353. Then, the panel side design component 351 and the armor side design component 352 and the base side design component 353 are combined side by side next to each other to form the decorative design unit 354, and the two characters are objects in the decorative design unit 354. The state of delivery is drawn.

As an example of minor changes to the decorative design unit 354, as shown in FIGS. 67 and 68, the panel side design component unit 351 and the armor side design component unit 352 are adopted without being changed, while the base side design component is used. It is possible to change only the part 353 and newly adopt a separate base side design component part 353'. A character that refuses to receive an object is drawn on the base side design component 353', and the panel side design component 351 and the armor side design component 352 and the base side design component 353' are arranged side by side next to each other. When the decorative design unit 354'is combined, the decorative design unit 354'draws a state in which the other character refuses to deliver the object from one character. In this way, minor changes to the decorative design section can be easily performed. In addition, it is possible to give an impactful decoration in the limited space in the pachinko gaming machine 1.

The size of the base-side design component 353, 353'is set larger than that shown in FIGS. 65 and 67, and most of the base-side design component 353, 353' is covered with the transparent side case 21. May be good. Further, in the above-described embodiment and modification, the cell sheet 20 of the center case 23 and the game board 19 is exemplified as a place where the decorative design portion is arranged, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The point is, if the mechanism is such that the decorative design component provided on the decorative member and the base design component provided on the decorative base are combined to form one decorative design unit, which of the pachinko gaming machines 1 is used. The structure of the decorative design part of the present invention may be applied to such a place. For example, it may be applied to winning tools such as a large winning opening and a starting winning opening. Further, only the color is changed (for example, only the color of the jet flame in FIG. 13C is changed) to prepare a new design component, and the new design component is replaced with the existing design component. Then, a minor change of the decorative design department may be made. Further, the means for providing the design component may be affixed with a sticker, or may be printed directly on the arrangement location by a printer.

By the way, in the lower accessory front unit 136 in the above embodiment, the light diffusion sheet 289 is provided with the design decorative portion 298 in the edging mode to decorate each decorative design main body 296, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In short, any form of design decoration may be set as long as the decorative design body of the main decoration component can be decorated by the design decoration of the sub-decoration component. For example, as shown in FIG. 69, the light diffusing sheet 289 may be provided with a design decoration portion 298'(see FIG. 69 (b)) in a shadow decoration mode, and each decorative design body 296 may be decorated with a shadow.

Further, the combination of the decorative design main body of the main decorative component and the design decorative portion of the sub-decorative component in the present invention is not limited to being applied to the lower accessory front unit 136. For example, in the upper rotating accessory 175 of the upper accessory front unit 133, the character-shaped decorative portion of the rotating accessory decorative panel 184 is used as the decorative design body of the present invention, and the light diffusion sheet 183 is used as the sub-decorative configuration of the present invention. A design decorative portion may be provided as a portion, and the decorative decorative portion of the light diffusing sheet 183 may be superimposed on the decorative design main body of the rotating accessory decorative panel 184 to decorate the portion. Alternatively, in the side edge rotating accessory 202 of the side edge accessory unit 134, the character-shaped decorative portion of the side edge accessory decorative panel 215 is used as the decorative design body of the present invention, and the light diffusion sheet 214 is used as the sub-decoration of the present invention. A design decorative portion may be provided as a constituent portion, and the decorative decorative portion of the light diffusing sheet 214 may be superimposed on the decorative design main body of the side edge accessory decorative panel 215 for decoration.

By the way, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 49 and 50A, when the lower movable accessory 252 performs an effect operation of advancing and retreating with respect to the digestion memory display area 335, the lower movable accessory The locus of movement of 252 approaching the digestive memory display area 335 (outward route) and the locus of movement of the lower movable accessory 252 moving away from the digestive memory display area 335 (return route) are the same (in other words, the lower elevating role). The lower accessory rear unit 135 moved the lower lifting accessory unit 232 in the left-right direction while the object unit 232 maintained the lower movable accessory 252 in the position before the attitude change), but the present invention is limited to this. Not done. That is, the outward path and the return path of the lower movable accessory 252 may be set to different trajectories.

For example, in the modified example shown in FIG. 70, first, as shown in FIG. 70 (a), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 of the lower accessory rear unit 135 raises the lower movable accessory 252 and moves the movable accessory. The object body 266 stops ascending at the position before the attitude change immediately before the object body 266 changes from the first posture to the second posture, and the movable accessory body 266 in the first posture is moved from the digestion memory display area 335 in front of the display unit 55a. It is arranged at a position shifted to the side (left side in FIG. 70 (a)). Then, as shown in FIG. 70 (b), the lower accessory rear unit 135 moves the lower lifting accessory unit 232 from the slide standby position (initial position), and the movable accessory main body 266 is digested and stored in the memory display area 335. When the movable accessory main body 266 is lined up next to the digestion memory display area 335, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 to the ascending position as shown in FIG. 70 (c). , The movable accessory main body 266 is converted from the first posture to the second posture and tilted toward the digestion memory display area 335, and the display device 55 displays the decorative image A5 in the peripheral portion of the digestion memory display area 335 to display the digestion memory. Area 335 is decorated (see FIG. 70 (c)). After that, as shown in FIG. 70 (d), the display device 55 erases the decorative image A5 and changes the display mode of the storage display in the digestion memory display area 335 (change from the display mode shown by the white circle to the black circle). Then, the result of the special figure variation display game corresponding to the memory display in the digestion memory display area 335 (in other words, the result of the special figure variation display game (decorative special figure variation display game) currently being executed) can be a big hit. Further, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position to a position lower than the position before the attitude change, and the upper part of the lower movable accessory 252. Only is set to be overlapped in front of the display unit 55a, and while maintaining this state, the lower accessory rear unit 135 returns the lower lifting accessory unit 232 to the slide standby position (see FIG. 70 (e)). At the slide standby position, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 to the descending position (see FIG. 70 (f)). In this way, the outward path and the return path of the lower movable accessory 252 are set. In other words, if the design of the lower movable accessory 252 is a character with its face facing the digestive memory display area 335 side or a moving object (car, rocket, etc.) moving forward with the digestive memory display area 335 side in front. It is possible to prevent the player from seeing the digestive memory display area 335 as if it were moving backward and moving on the return route, and it does not impair the interest of the game.

Further, in the above embodiment, the lower movable accessory 252 is set to perform an effect operation (advance / retreat operation or posture change operation) on the digestion memory display area 335, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display content of the display device 55 targeted by the lower movable accessory 252 may be anything. Hereinafter, modifications are shown in FIGS. 71 to 76.

In the modified example shown in FIG. 71, the lower movable accessory 252 performs an effect operation on the standby hold display area 336. Specifically, when the display of the start memory is displayed in the standby hold display area 336, the lower lifting accessory unit 232 of the lower accessory rear unit 135 is lowered as shown in FIG. 71 (a). The side movable accessory 252 is raised, the ascending is stopped at the position before the posture change immediately before the movable accessory main body 266 is converted from the first posture to the second posture, and the movable accessory main body 266 in the first posture is displayed on the display unit. It is arranged at a position shifted to the side (left side in FIG. 71 (a)) from the standby hold display area 336 in front of 55a. Then, as shown in FIGS. 71 (b) and 71 (c), the lower accessory rear unit 135 moves the lower lifting accessory unit 232 from the slide standby position (initial position) to move the movable accessory main body 266. They are arranged side by side on the side of the standby hold display area 336. Further, as shown in FIG. 71 (d), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 to the ascending position, and converts the movable accessory main body 266 from the first posture to the second posture. Tilt to the standby hold display area 336 side. Further, in the display device 55, the decorative image A6 is displayed in the peripheral portion of the standby hold display area 336 to decorate the standby hold display area 336.

After that, as shown in FIG. 71 (e), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 temporarily lowers the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position to the position before the attitude change, returns it from the second attitude to the first attitude, and displays it. The device 55 erases the decorative image A6 and changes the display mode of the storage display in the standby hold display area 336 (changes from a circular display mode to a star-shaped display mode) to support the storage display in the standby hold display area 336. Foretell that the result of the special figure variation display game (in other words, the result of the special figure variation display game (decorative special figure variation display game) scheduled to be executed in the future) may be a big hit. That is, the special figure variation display An effect of pre-reading and notifying the result of the game (pre-reading effect) is executed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 71 (f) and 71 (g), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252. It is lowered to the position, and the lower accessory rear unit 135 returns the lower lifting accessory unit 232 to the slide standby position. In FIG. 71 (g), the storage display in the standby hold display area 336 (FIG. 71 (FIG. 71). Since the special figure variation display game corresponding to the memory display changed to the star-shaped display mode in e) has started, the memory display in the standby hold display area 336 is erased, and instead, the digestion memory display area is deleted. The memory display is redisplayed in 335. At this time, the display mode of the memory display is changed (changed from the star shape to the display mode of the head of the character imitating an animal), but this display mode is changed. Along with this, the effect operation of the lower movable accessory 252 may or may not be executed.

In the modified example shown in FIG. 72, based on the control of the effect control device 59, the lower movable accessory 252 performs an effect operation with respect to the operation promotion effect for promoting the operation of the game effect button (game operation unit) 17. .. Specifically, in the reach state of the decorative special figure variation display game, an image of a button pressing operation (first promotion image) and a return operation are placed in the central portion in the left-right direction of the lower portion of the display unit 55a of the display device 55. A moving image M2 that repeats (a second promotion image having a mode different from that of the first promotion image) is displayed as an operation promotion effect, and when a button pressing operation is displayed, it is shown in FIGS. 72 (a) and 72 (c). As described above, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 (specifically, the lower movable accessory 252 arranged on the side of the button schematic diagram BD) from the position before the posture change to the ascending position. The movable accessory main body 266 is converted from the first posture to the second posture, and the display device 55 displays the decorative image A7 around the button schematic diagram BD. On the other hand, when the return operation of the button is displayed, as shown in FIGS. 72 (b) and 72 (d), the lower elevating accessory unit 232 is the lower movable accessory 252 (specifically, the side of the button schematic diagram). The lower movable accessory 252) arranged in the direction is lowered from the ascending position to the position before the posture conversion to convert the movable accessory main body 266 from the second posture to the first posture, and the display device 55 erases the decorative image A7. .. In this way, the effect control device (effect control means) 59 controls the display effect on the display device 55 and the decorative effect by the movable accessory body 266, so that the movable accessory body 266 executes the first promotion image. The conversion from the first posture to the second posture (first decoration effect) is executed accordingly, and the conversion from the second posture to the first posture according to the execution of the second promotion image (a mode different from the first decoration effect). The second decorative effect) is executed, so that the operation of the game effect button 17 can be promoted without discouraging the player's motivation, and further, the effect of promoting the operation of the game effect button 17 can be improved.

In the display device 55 shown in FIG. 72, a moving image of the process of completing the button schematic diagram BD may be displayed before the button schematic diagram BD is displayed and the operation of the game effect button 17 becomes effective. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 72 (e) and 72 (f), a circular pre-completion image PD having substantially the same shape as the planned button schematic diagram BD and having a blurred overall shape is displayed at the four corners of the display unit 55a. Each is displayed, and when each pre-completion image PD moves toward the planned display position where the button schematic diagram BD in the central portion of the display unit 55a is displayed and overlaps, a video indicating that the button schematic diagram BD is completed is displayed. After that, the moving image M2 (see FIGS. 72 (a) to 72 (d)) may be displayed. Further, the mode of each pre-completion image PD during movement may be a mode of expressing the pressing of the button (see FIG. 72 (a)) or a mode of expressing the return state of the button (see FIG. 72 (b)). Alternatively, it may be a special aspect expressed only in this moving pre-completion image PD. For example, a color that is not displayed in the completed button schematic diagram BD, a mode that is expressed in a shape different from the completed button schematic diagram BD, and a character that imitates the shape of a person similar to the movable accessory body 266 are images PD before completion. In the mode of moving with, the mode of highlighting that it is moving (direction display showing the moving direction, effect emphasizing that it is not a completed button schematic diagram BD, etc.) moves with the pre-completion image PD, etc. There may be.

Further, while displaying the moving image of the process of completing the button schematic diagram BD, the movable accessory main body 266 may move laterally to the position shown in FIG. 72 (a) or as shown in FIG. 70 (d). As shown, the operation of laterally moving the display unit 55a toward the center side in the left-right direction at the elevating position of the boundary of whether or not the player can see the display unit 55a) is executed. Then, when the button schematic diagram BD is completed, as shown in FIG. 72 (f), the movable accessory main body 266 is located on the side of the button schematic diagram BD through ascending and lateral movement.

In addition, when the player pushes down the game effect button 17 while displaying the moving image of the process of completing the button schematic diagram BD, the moving pre-completion image PD expresses the return state of the button. Alternatively, the return state of the button may be expressed when the image PD before the transfer is completed and the schematic diagram BD of the button is completed.

Then, the portion of the disk-shaped pre-completion image PD on which the outer peripheral surface is drawn may function as a display for displaying the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17 by the player. For example, before the start of the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17, the outer peripheral surface may be expressed without filling to indicate that the preparation for starting the valid period is not ready, or the outer peripheral surface may be filled. It may be displayed with to indicate that the validity period is ready to start but the reduction of the validity period has not started yet. Then, it may be expressed that the width of the filled portion gradually becomes shorter and the effective period starts to decrease after the button schematic diagram BD is completed by overlapping the pre-completion image PDs. In addition, the filled portion of the outer peripheral surface is expressed so as to gradually expand during the movement of each pre-completion image PD, as if the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17 is charged in the process of completing the button schematic diagram BD. You may show it to. Further, the content displayed by the change in the display on the outer peripheral surface of each pre-completion image PD is not limited to the display relating to the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17, and may be a display showing the passage of time. For example, the passage of time (or the remaining time until completion) from the start of displaying the pre-completion image PD to the completion of the button schematic view BD (completion of polymerization of each pre-completion image PD) may be displayed. If the time elapsed until the completion of the button schematic diagram BD is displayed, the pre-completion image PD (specifically, the display in a mode different from that of the button schematic diagram BD) is displayed as an effect display before the start of the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17. Can be used effectively. As a result, the interest of the game can be improved, and the player can easily grasp the start timing of the valid period. Then, as the display mode when executing the display regarding the valid period of the operation of the game effect button 17 and the display of other time lapses, the display mode during the valid period (during the lapse of time) and the display mode at the start of the valid period (time lapse). By making the display mode different from the display mode at the start), it is possible to easily recognize whether or not the player is in the valid period (during the passage of time), and it is possible to improve the player's motivation to operate and the interest of the game. Can be done.

By performing the effect in connection with the display of the pre-completion image PD in this way, the player can be made to pay attention to the completed button schematic diagram BD, and the player's motivation to operate the operating means is improved. be able to. Further, if the effect using the pre-completion image PD is executed in various modes, the interest of the game can be improved.

In the modified example shown in FIG. 73, the lower movable accessory 252 performs the effect operation with respect to the effect display for instructing how to hit the game ball. Specifically, first, the execution of the special figure fluctuation display game being digested is completed when the game in the electric support state is progressing, and the electric support state is changed after the end of the next special figure fluctuation display game and the decorative special figure fluctuation display game. It is assumed that it is set to be released (see FIGS. 73 (a) and 73 (b)). At this time, the display device 55 performs a right-handed instruction display RD (display of a combination of the characters “right-handed” and a right-pointing arrow) to urge the player to operate the firing operation handle 15 by so-called right-handed. Further, the lower accessory rear unit 135 maintains the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the slide standby position, and the lower elevating accessory unit 232 arranges the lower movable accessory 252 in the position before the posture change to move the accessory. The object body 266 is maintained in the first posture. In this state, when the next special figure fluctuation display game and decorative special figure fluctuation display game are executed, the lower accessory rear unit 135 moves the lower lifting accessory unit 232 from the slide standby position and moves downward. The accessory 252 is arranged next to the right-handed instruction display RD (see FIGS. 73 (c) and 73 (d)). Then, when the running special figure variation display game and the decorative special figure variation display game are terminated (in FIG. 73 (d), the game is terminated in a lost manner) and the electric support state is released, the display device 55 is in the electric support state. The game results (“4 consecutive villas”, “4500pt”, etc.) are displayed (see FIG. 73 (e)).

When the player advances the game while maintaining this state and the game ball wins the first start winning opening 36 or the second starting winning opening 41, the display device 55 digests and stores the game as shown in FIG. 73 (f). A storage display is displayed in the display area 335, and a decorative special figure variation display game is executed. Further, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 from the position before the posture change to the ascending position to convert the movable accessory main body 266 from the first posture to the second posture, and the display device 55 is on the right. The striking instruction display RD is erased, and instead, the left striking instruction display LD (display of a combination of the characters "left striking" and the left arrow) and the decorative image A8 are displayed, and the player is given a so-called left striking (game ball). Is flown down to the second case ball flow down path 27, and further, the launch operation is performed so as to win a prize in the first start winning opening 36 via the ball introduction path 79 and the stage portion 76) to operate the launch operation handle 15. To urge. After that, the display device 55 erases the decorative image A8 (see FIG. 73 (g)), and the lower elevating accessory unit 232 ascends and descends the lower movable accessory 252 between the ascending position and the position before the attitude change. Is alternately repeated to repeatedly convert the movable accessory main body 266 into a first posture and a second posture (see FIGS. 73 (g) and 73 (h)). Then, when the running special figure variation display game ends, the display device 55 ends the execution of the decorative special figure variation display game (ends in a lost mode in FIG. 73 (i)) and erases the left-handed instruction display LD. , The lower lifting accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 to the lowered position, and the lower lifting accessory rear unit 135 returns the lower lifting accessory unit 232 to the slide standby position (see FIG. 73 (i)). ).

In this way, the game control device 58 executes switching control between the normal game state and the specific game state (specific game state in which the player is urged to hit right or left), and the effect control device 59 corresponds to this switching. Displays an operation promotion effect (right-handed instruction or left-handed instruction) on the display device 55, so that the interest of the game can be enhanced. The specific gaming state switched by the game control device 58 may be any setting as long as it is more advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state. Further, the effect control device 59 is in a state where a predetermined timing (right-handed timing, left-handed timing, V-winning can be obtained) in the progress process of the game (the V-winning shutter 99 is opened when the large winning opening 31 is opened and the game ball is played. Can flow into the V winning flow path 97) and can notify the player of the operation of aiming for the V winning (timing), and the control is executed in response to the notification of this timing. Since the display device 55 displays the operation promotion effect (right-handed instruction display RD and left-handed instruction display LD), the interest of the game can be further improved. The predetermined timing that the effect control device 59 can notify may be set as long as it is related to the progress process of the game. For example, it may be the timing of notifying the player of the start of the big hit state, or the timing of notifying the player that he / she is aiming for a predetermined prize.

Further, in the change from the display content of the display device 55 shown in FIG. 73 (e) to the display content of the display device 55 shown in FIG. , "4500pt", etc.), the right-handed instruction display RD may be ended before the end of the display. In this way, it is possible to clearly express that the gaming state has been switched. Alternatively, the display device 55 may execute the switching display from the right-handed instruction display RD to the left-handed instruction display LD before the end of the display of the game result in the electric support state. If the instruction of the ball striking direction is changed immediately in this way, the end of the electric support state can be clearly notified. As a result, the player unnecessarily hits the game ball to the right (more specifically, the player hits the game ball to the right even though the normal electric accessory 41a becomes difficult to open due to the end of the electric support state. (Aiming to win a prize in the second starting winning opening 41) can be suppressed, and the interest of the game can be less likely to be impaired. Further, in the gaming state (normal gaming state) in which the player is urged to hit left, it is not necessary to dare to display the left hit instruction display LD. In other words, it may be suggested that the player is urged to hit the left by erasing the right-handed instruction display RD.

As shown in FIGS. 74A and 74B, when the display device 55 displays the right-handed instruction display RD or the left-handed instruction display LD, it is separated from the lower movable accessory 252 and each instruction display. If an arrow indicating the direction of the ball hitting is displayed separately from each instruction display at the above-mentioned part (in the upper right corner of the display unit 55a in FIG. 74), the influence of the effect of the lower movable accessory 252 and the effect of the effect of the lower movable accessory 252 can be seen. Due to the influence of the effect image displayed on the center side of the display device 55 (for example, the look-ahead advance notice effect, the promotion image of the game effect button 17, or the switching between the background image and the background image, etc.), the player can display the right-handed instruction display RD or the left. Even if it is difficult to grasp the content of the hitting instruction display LD, it is preferable because the player can be shown the direction of hitting the ball without delay.

The arrow (display indicating the ball striking direction) displayed in the corner of the display unit 55a aims not only at the timing when the game state is switched, but also during a specific period (at the start of the big hit state or for the player to win a V prize). It may be displayed at all times in a specific game state such as a big hit state or an electric support state. Further, even in the normal game state, when changing the background display on the display unit 55a, or on the display device 55, a plurality of look-ahead notice effects (for example, hold change effect (effect of changing memory display), dialogue advance notice effect, and character image). When the notice effect and the like in which "and" are displayed are displayed in duplicate, an arrow instructing the left-handed strike may be always displayed in the corner of the display unit 55a to make it easier for the player to grasp.

In the modified example shown in FIG. 75, the display device 55 executes a moving image M3 of the storage display (specifically, a moving image of moving the storage display from the standby hold display area 336 to the digestion memory display area 335), and the lower movable accessory 252. Performs a directing operation on this moving image M3. Specifically, between the end of the previous special figure fluctuation display game and the start of the next special figure fluctuation table game, the display device 55 executes the video M3 of the storage display and is held. The memory display in the standby hold display area 336 (the memory display corresponding to the special figure fluctuation table game scheduled to be started next time) is moved to the digestion memory display area 335 along the parabolic line (see FIG. 75 (a)). Further, the lower lifting accessory unit 232 arranges the lower movable accessory 252 at the position before the posture change and sets the movable accessory main body 266 as the first posture, and in this state, the lower moving accessory rear unit 135 moves downward. The accessory unit 232 is moved from the slide standby position to bring the lower movable accessory 252 closer to the moving memory display.

Then, when the side end portion (protruding portion) of the movable accessory main body 266 in the first posture approaches the side edge of the memory display, the display device 55 displays the decorative image A9 in the peripheral portion of the moving memory display, and further. Changes the display mode of the moving memory display (changes from the white circle to the display mode shown by the black circle), and the result of the special figure variation display game corresponding to the moving memory display (in other words, the next execution scheduled Foretelling that the special figure variation display game (result of the decorative special figure variation display game) may be a big hit (see FIG. 75 (b)). That is, the result of the special figure variation display game is pre-read and announced. After that, the display device 55 stops the memory display after the display mode is changed in the digestion memory display area 335 (see FIG. 75 (c)). In the modified example of FIG. 75, In order to make it appear as if the display mode of the memory display has been changed by touching the memory display that moves along the parabolic line and the side end of the movable accessory body 266, the movable accessory body 266 is not tilted. The side end is kept in the first posture to avoid shifting to the lower side of the memory display. Further, the display mode of the memory display during movement is changed, and the decorative image A9 around the memory display during movement is used. If the display is executed at the timing when the movement of the memory display starts, the operation of the movable accessory body 266 is delayed due to a trouble of the control command (communication-related delay, etc.) or a minor malfunction (physical trouble). Even so, the production can be shown to the player without any discomfort, and the interest of the game can be maintained.

In the modified example shown in FIG. 76, the operation promotion effect for urging the player to operate the game effect button 17 is performed in the form of a symbol alignment game (a game format in which three variable symbols are stopped by button operation like a slot machine). Executed, the lower movable accessory 252 performs an effect operation for this operation promotion effect. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 76 (a), the display device 55 displays the operation promotion effect and is arranged side by side on the display unit 55a. Is displayed, and below each drawing frame F, a circular drawing body B imitating a button is displayed in a shaded fill mode. Further, the lower accessory rear unit 135 maintains the lower elevating accessory unit 232 in the slide standby position, and in this state, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 to the position before the attitude change. The movable accessory main body 266 in the first posture is arranged at a position shifted to the side (left side in FIG. 76A) of the leftmost circular drawing body B in front of the display unit 55a. Then, when the player presses the game effect button 17, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 raises the lower movable accessory 252 from the position before the posture change to the ascending position, and moves the movable accessory body 266 to the second posture. After conversion, the side end of the movable accessory main body 266 expresses the movement as if it was touched and operated by the circular drawing body B, and the display device 55 displays the decorative image A10 around the circular drawing body B at the left end. (See FIG. 76 (b)). After that, the lower elevating accessory unit 232 lowers the lower movable accessory 252 from the ascending position to the position before the posture change to return the movable accessory main body 266 to the first posture, and the display device 55 erases the decorative image. , The filling mode of the leftmost circular drawing body B (in other words, the circular drawing body B in which the movable accessory main body 266 approached and performed the effect operation) was changed (changed to the white filling mode), and the leftmost circular drawing body B A stop symbol (a symbol such as "7") is displayed in the diagram frame F located above (see FIG. 76 (c)). Such an effect is also executed for the remaining circular drawing body B (see FIG. 76 (d)), and a stop symbol is displayed in the drawing frame F in response to the pressing operation of the game effect button 17 of the player. do.

The symbol displayed in the plurality of plot frames F in the operation promotion effect is not limited to a number such as "7", and may be any symbol. For example, as shown in FIG. 77, notification of the degree of expectation for the game (“chance”, etc.), notification notification that the storage display in the standby hold display area 336 or the digestion memory display area 335 changes (“hold change”). Etc.), Notice that the pseudo display of the variable display game will be executed continuously ("Pseudo Ren x 2" etc.), Notice that the opening pattern of the ordinary electric accessory and the big winning opening will change ("Long" (Open!) Etc.) may be displayed to notify the player of the content of the game progress.

By the way, at the time of executing the effect operation of the lower movable accessory 252 described above, the display device 55 may execute the effect display on the moving lower movable accessory 252. For example, as shown in FIG. 78, when the lower movable accessory 252 overlaps and moves in front of the display unit 55a, it is placed below the display unit 55a at a position located behind the lower movable accessory 252. An image (afterimage image C) of a diagram imitating the side movable accessory 252 may be displayed superimposed on the lower movable accessory 252, or may be displayed after the lower movable accessory 252 has passed. Further, the afterimage image C may be set to the same size as the lower movable accessory 252 or a size one size smaller than the lower movable accessory 252. If the display device 55 displays the afterimage image C, it is as if the lower movable accessory 252 is moving even when the lower accessory rear unit 135 breaks down and the lower movable accessory 252 cannot move. It is suitable because the effect can be executed. Further, the lower movable accessory 252 may change the effect operation triggered by the operation of another effect member. For example, as shown in FIG. 79, when the side edge accessory unit 134 is converted to the effect execution state and the side edge rotation accessory 202 is rotated to the effect execution position, the lower movable accessory 252 It may be configured so that the production mode such as the light emitting mode of the above changes.

Further, the pachinko gaming machine may be provided with a setting changing means capable of changing the setting related to the game progress (probability of occurrence of a big hit state, etc.) in a plurality of stages. Then, when the setting is changed by this setting changing means, the effect mode such as the emission color and the operation of the accessory (lower movable accessory 252, side edge rotating accessory 202, etc.) is set in advance in response to this change. It may be configured so that it can be changed with a predetermined probability. In other words, it may be configured to suggest the setting regarding the game progress by the production mode of the accessory. For example, when the accessory (the accessory that can be tilted like the movable accessory body 266) executes the tilting motion during the look-ahead notice effect (holding change (memory display change) effect), the setting related to the game progress. The setting of the tilting operation may be different depending on the situation. Specifically, when the probability of occurrence of a big hit state is high in the setting related to the game progress and the setting is advantageous to the player, the player can pre-read the advance notice effect by increasing the operation speed and the operation frequency of the accessory. It may be configured so that it is easy to pay attention to, or it is easy to show the player a rare effect of the character and raise a sense of expectation for the game by reducing the operation speed and the operation frequency of the character. It may be configured as follows. In this way, if the setting related to the game progress is configured to be suggested by the movement mode of the accessory, the player observes the movement of the character and guesses what the setting related to the game progress is. You can enjoy the game while playing.

Next, an embodiment in which the game control device 501 is provided with the setting changing means will be described with reference to FIG. 80 and the like. As shown in FIG. 80, the pachinko gaming machine 1 in this embodiment is a display device 55 on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1, specifically, the back surface of the control unit 54 (see FIG. 3) of the gaming board 6. A game control device 501 is mounted below, and a configuration in which the game control device 501 is connected to the game control device 501 by electrical wiring is arranged around the game control device 501. Specifically, the effect control device 59 is arranged above the game control device 501, and the ball discharge device 503 is arranged on the side (right side in FIG. 80) of the game control device 501 and the effect control device 59. Above the ball ejection device 503, an external information terminal 312 for communicating with the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (such as a hall computer of a game store) is arranged. Further, a power supply device 306 is arranged below the game control device 501 at a position located in the central portion in the left-right direction of the pachinko game machine 1, and is located on one side (left side in FIG. 80) of the power supply device 306. The payout control device 310 is arranged, and the relay board 504 is arranged on the other side (right side in FIG. 80).

The game control device 501 is a thin box-shaped unit extending along the left-right direction of the game board 6, and as shown in FIGS. 81 to 85, the game control device 501 has a rectangular shape in which a plurality of electronic components are mounted on the mounting surface 508a. The game control board 508 and the board case 510 in which the game control board 508 is housed are provided. The substrate case 510 is made of a translucent member (specifically, a colorless and transparent resin) so that the inside (game control substrate 508) can be visually recognized from the outside of the game control device 501 (see FIG. 85). ..

The game control board 508 includes a horizontally rectangular printed circuit board 513 extending along the left-right direction of the game board 6, and a plurality of printed circuit boards 513 facing the rear of the pachinko gaming machine 1 as mounting surfaces 508a. Electronic components (CPU 514, IC 515, resistor 516, capacitor 517, collective resistor 518, etc.) are mounted (see FIGS. 86 and 87). In the game control board 508 of the present embodiment, only the rearward facing surface (the plane facing the right side in FIG. 87 (a)) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is set as the mounting surface 508a. Is not limited to this, and the surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 facing forward may also be set as the mounting surface 508a. In other words, the electronic components may be mounted on both the front and back surfaces of the game control board 508 as mounting surfaces.

Further, on the peripheral edge of the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508, a plurality of connectors for connecting to components such as other control devices and accessories via electrical wiring (not shown) are provided (in this embodiment). 9) equipped. Specifically, seven connectors (first connector 521, second connector 522, third connector 523, fourth connector 524,) are located on one side (to the right in FIG. 86) of the upper edge of the mounting surface 508a. The fifth connector 525, the sixth connector 526, and the seventh connector 527) are provided side by side, and two connectors (eighth connector 528) are provided on one side (right side in FIG. 86) of the lower edge of the mounting surface 508a. , 9th connector 529) is provided side by side.

A ball detection sensor (not shown) that detects all the game balls launched into the game area 5 or all the game balls discharged outward from the game area 5 is connected to the first connector 521. Then, the V winning detection switch 98 is connected to the second connector 522. The pachinko game machine 1 has a third start port switch (not shown) different from the first start port switch 46 and the second start port switch 47, and the number of game balls discharged to the outside of the pachinko game machine 1. When an out switch (not shown) for counting is provided, a third start port switch or an out switch is connected to the second connector 522. Further, the first start port switch 46 is connected to the third connector 523, the effect control device 59 is connected to the fourth connector 524, the second start port switch 47 is connected to the fifth connector 525, and the sixth connector is connected. A collective connection board (not shown) in which a winning port switch 303, a magnetic sensor 236, a radio wave sensor 301, a large winning port solenoid 85, and a general electric solenoid 311 (see FIG. 45) are connected by electrical wiring is attached to the connector 526. It is connected, and the batch display device 51 is connected to the seventh connector 527. Further, an external information terminal 312 is connected to the eighth connector 528, and a power supply device 306 is connected to the ninth connector 529.

The board case 510 is located on the side opposite to the player (rear side) of the first case member (base member) 531 located on the player side (front side) of the board case 510 and the first case member 531. The second case member (cover member) 532 to be used is overlapped in the front-rear direction. In other words, the board case 510 is on the side opposite to the second case member 532 of the game control board 508, which is located on the mounting surface 508a side on which the CPU 514 is mounted, and the game control board 508. It is configured to include a first case member 531 located. Further, the engagement mechanism 535 (engagement receiving portion 536 of the first case member 531 and the second case member 532) is engaged with the upper and lower edges and the side edges (right edge in FIG. 82) of the substrate case 510. Each includes an engaging mechanism 535) composed of a piece 537. Then, when the engaging piece 537 is engaged with the engaging receiving portion 536, the overlapping state of the first case member 531 and the second case member 532 (the closed state of the substrate case 510) is maintained, and the engaging receiving portion 536 and the engaging receiving portion 536 are engaged. When the engagement with the engaging piece 537 is released, the first case member 531 and the second case member 532 are separated from each other (opening of the substrate case 510). Further, one side edge (left edge in FIG. 81) of the first case member 531 is provided with a case rotation shaft 539 in a vertical orientation, and a case bearing portion 540 provided on the back surface of the unit case 130 of the control unit 54. The case rotation shaft 539 is rotatably attached to (see FIG. 80) so that the substrate case 510 (game control device 501) can rotate about the case rotation shaft 539 in the front-rear direction. Has been done. Further, a case engaging claw portion 541 is provided on the other side edge (right edge in FIG. 81) of the first case member 531, and a case engaging receiving portion 542 (provided on the back surface of the unit case 130 of the control unit 54). When the case engaging claw portion 541 is engaged with (see FIG. 80), the game control device 501 is maintained in a posture of overlapping the unit case 130 (in other words, a posture extending in the left-right direction of the pachinko game machine 1). It is configured to block movement.

Further, of the board case 510, the case engaging claw portion 541 side (right side in FIG. 81) is designated as the board storage portion 545, while the case rotation shaft 539 side (left side in FIG. 81) is designated as the change operation storage portion 546. The vertical width dimension (dimension in the direction along the case rotation shaft 539) of the change operation storage portion 546 is set narrower than that of the substrate storage portion 545. Then, the game control board 508 is housed inside the board storage unit 545, and the positioning pin 548 (FIGS. 84, 88, FIG. 89, see FIG. 90) (see FIGS. 84, 88, 89, 90), or a substrate fastening portion projecting from the second case member 532 using a fastening member 549 such as a screw. It has stopped at 550 (see FIGS. 83, 84, and 90). Further, a plurality of connector openings 552 are opened in the second case member 532, and each connector 521 to 259 is exposed from the connector opening 552 so as to face the rear of the game board 6. Then, as shown in FIG. 83, a rectangular sealing seal 554 is provided on the case rotating shaft 538 side of the lower portion of the substrate storage portion 545 with respect to the eighth connector 528 as the first case member 531 and the second case member. It is affixed across the boundary with 532, and the sealing seal 554 is covered with the seal cover 555. Further, when a horizontally long seal cutter 556 is locked to the seal cover 555 and placed at a position where the seal seal 554 is attached in the second case member 532, and the seal cover 555 is removed from the substrate case 510, the seal cutter 556 is released. It is configured to move with the seal cover 555 to break through the sealing seal 554 (and thus to prevent reuse of the sealing seal 554).

Further, a sealing mechanism 560 is provided on the side side portion (right side portion in FIG. 81) of the substrate storage portion 545 on the case engaging claw portion 541 side at the boundary between the first case member 531 and the second case member 532. The substrate case 510 in the closed state is sealed by the sealing mechanism 560 so that the substrate case 510 cannot be released unless the sealing mechanism 560 is destroyed. Specifically, a sealing receiving portion 561 in which the sealing mechanism 560 is connected to the first case member 531, a sealing body 562 connected to the second case member 532, and a sealing tool such as a one-way screw (FIG. When the sealing body 562 is fixed to the sealing receiving portion 561 by the sealing tool, this fixed state cannot be released and the substrate case 510 is sealed, and the sealing mechanism is sealed from the substrate case 510. It is configured so that the substrate case 510 can be sealed by cutting off the 560.

The game control device 501 includes the setting changing means, in other words, a setting changing switch 565 and a setting changing operation unit 566 as a configuration to be operated when changing the setting (game setting) related to the game progress. The setting change switch 565 is a switch (push button) that is operated by pressing, and as shown in FIG. 86, the ninth connector 529 is sandwiched between the eighth connector 528 and the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508. It is mounted on the opposite side and is exposed to the rear of the game board 6 from the switch opening (see FIG. 90) provided in the second case member 532. The setting change switch 565 also functions as a switch (RAM clear switch) for initializing the information stored in the RAM (see FIG. 45) of the game control device 501. Further, on the mounting surface 508a, above the setting change switch 565, a setting change display 568 configured by arranging four 7-segment LEDs is mounted so that the setting can be visually recognized from the outside of the transparent board case 510. The change display 568 is configured to display symbols composed of numbers, characters, and the like so that the contents of the selected game setting can be grasped.

In addition, in the setting change display 568, when the game setting change is not operated, the number of ejected balls, the ball ejection rate, and the accessory ratio are displayed. Here, the number of ejected balls is the number of game balls ejected from the game area (also referred to as the number of out balls), and the number of game balls that have passed through each winning opening (the number of winning balls) and the number of gaming balls that have passed through the out openings. It is the total of the number of balls, which is basically the same as the number of balls launched from the launcher to the game area. In addition, the ball ejection rate is the ratio (ratio) of the total number of prize balls to the number of ejected balls (or the number of launched balls), and is a numerical value calculated by (number of acquired balls ÷ number of ejected balls) × 100 (%). It shows the number of acquired balls (total number of prize balls) per 100 ejected balls. The bonus ratio (or continuous bonus ratio) is the total number of prize balls (total number of prize balls) obtained by winning a prize in the winning opening during a predetermined period (for example, from turning on the power of the pachinko gaming machine to the present). ), Which is the ratio (%) of the number of prize balls (the number of balls won by character) obtained by winning a prize in the big prize opening during the big hit state. In addition, the accessory ratio is set as the ratio of the number of prize balls (in the big hit state and the small hit state) obtained by winning the big prize opening (= big prize opening ratio) out of the total number of prize balls. Alternatively, it may be the ratio of the number of prize balls obtained by winning a prize in the large winning opening or the starting winning opening.

The setting change operation unit 566 is a cylindrical operation unit (key cylinder) that is rotated by inserting an operation key (not shown), and is viewed from the rear of the game board 6 from the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508. Shifted to the case rotation shaft 539 side (in other words, the game control board 508 (specifically, CPU 514, IC 515, resistor 516, capacitor 517, collective resistance mounted on the mounting surface 508a) when viewed from the rear of the game board 6 (In a state of being separated from the case rotation shaft 539 side from 518 etc.) Change operation storage unit 546 (in other words, storage formed in a section between the first case member 531 and the second case member 532 of the substrate case 510). It is stored in the empty part ) (see FIGS. 91 to 93). Further, a key hole 570 is opened with one end of the cylindrical structure as an operation end (an operation end operated when changing a setting related to the progress of a game (game setting)) 566a so that an operation key can be inserted into the other end. Provided a transmission connector 571 for transmitting an operation signal to the game control board 508. Then, in the change operation storage unit 546, the operation end portion 566a is set in a posture facing the second case member 532 side, and the transmission connector 571 is set in a posture facing the first case member 531 side, and the operation end is set. The unit 566a is arranged on the second case member 532 side (right side in FIG. 87 (a)) of the game control board 508 on the mounting surface 508a, and the transmission connector 571 is placed on the first case of the game control board 508 on the mounting surface 508a. It is arranged on the member 531 side (left side in FIG. 87 (a)). Further, the transmission connector 571 and the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508 (specifically, the receiving connector 572 mounted on the setting change operation unit 566 side of the mounting surface 508a) are connected by the transmission harness 573, via the transmission harness 573. The operation signal can be transmitted to the game control board 508. As shown in FIGS. 89 and 92, the transmission harness 573 extends between the setting change operation unit 566 and the game control board 508, and the end portion on the transmission connector 571 side is the first case. It is bent from the member 531 side to the setting change operation unit 566 side, and the end portion on the receiving connector 572 side is bent from the second case member 532 side to the game control board 508 side.

Further, a mounting flange 566b is projected from the outer peripheral edge of the operation end portion 566a (see FIG. 87), and a mounting nut 575 is screwed into the outer peripheral portion on the transmission connector 571 side of the mounting flange 566b to screw the mounting flange 566b. The operation unit bracket 576 between the mounting nut 575 and the mounting nut 575 (specifically, as shown in FIGS. 84 and 96, a plate-like or rib-like shape arranged outside the setting change operation unit 566 inside the board case 510. Setting change of The change operation unit 566 is fixed in the change operation storage unit 546, and the setting change operation protection unit 576a is arranged in a state of being separated from the setting change operation unit 566 and facing the setting change operation unit 566, and is provided on the second case member 532 (FIG. 96). See) . In this way, the setting change operation unit 566 is attached to the second case member 532.

Then, in the change operation storage unit 546 that stores the setting change operation unit 566, as shown in FIGS. 94 to 96, a circular operation unit exposure window 580 is opened in the second case member 532 to expose the operation unit. The mounting flange 566b is fitted to the window 580 so that the operation end portion 566a faces (see FIG. 96), and the operation portion exposed window 580 can be opened and closed by the rectangular opening / closing door 581. Further, a door bearing portion 583 is provided above the operation portion exposed window 580 of the first case member 531, and the door rotation shaft 581a provided above the opening / closing door 581 can be rotated to the door bearing portion 583. When the opening / closing door 581 is rotated upward to convert it to the open state, the operation unit exposed window 580 and the operation end portion 566a are exposed behind the game board 6 and the setting change operation unit 566 is operated (operation). When the opening / closing door 581 is rotated downward to convert it to the closed state, the operating portion exposed window 580 and the operating end portion 566a are covered with the opening / closing door 581. The operation on the setting change operation unit 566 is configured to be blocked.

A rectangular recessed door fitting portion 586 is formed around the operation portion exposed window 580, and when the closed opening / closing door 581 is fitted into the door fitting portion 586, the opening / closing door 581 and the second case The members 532 are configured to align their rear surfaces (surfaces facing the rear of the game board 6) with each other (see FIG. 96). Further, when the opening / closing door 581 is closed, the second case member 532 is sandwiched between the opening / closing door 581 and the first case member 531. Therefore, the opening / closing door 581 also functions as a member for preventing the separation (in other words, opening of the substrate case 510) between the first case member 531 and the second case member 532, and the opening / closing door 581 is opened and the door is fitted. The preparation work for opening the substrate case 510 is not completed unless the fitting to the portion 586 is released.

Then, as shown in FIG. 96, the operation unit bracket 576 closes the gap between the operation unit exposed window 580 and the mounting flange 566ba from the inside of the change operation storage unit 546. As a result, even if an illegal member such as a piano wire is inserted through the gap between the operation unit exposed window 580 and the mounting flange 566b, the mounting flange 566b invades the illegal member change operation storage unit 546, and eventually the game control board 508. Can be blocked from reaching. That is, the operation unit bracket 576 has not only a function of supporting the setting change operation unit 566 but also a function of preventing fraudulent acts against the game control device 501.

Further, as shown in FIG. 81, a sealing mechanism 590 is provided on the lower side of the change operation storage portion 546 so as to straddle the boundary between the first case member 531 and the second case member 532, and the change operation storage portion in the closed state is stored. The part 546 (board case 510) is sealed by the sealing mechanism 590, and the change operation storage part 546 (board case 510) cannot be unsealed unless the sealing mechanism 590 is destroyed. Specifically, a sealing receiving portion 591 in which the sealing mechanism 590 is connected to the first case member 531, a sealing body 592 connected to the second case member 532, and a sealing tool such as a one-way screw (FIG. When the sealing body 592 is fixed to the sealing receiving portion 591 by the sealing tool, this fixed state cannot be released and the substrate case 510 is sealed, and the sealing mechanism is sealed from the substrate case 510. It is configured so that the sealing of the substrate case 510 can be released by cutting off the 590.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 83, 92, and 96, the portion of the first case member 531 facing the transmission connector 571 of the setting change operation unit 566 is recessed in the direction away from the setting change operation unit 566, and the harness is arranged. A space portion 595 is formed, a part of the transmission harness 573 (specifically, a bent portion on the transmission connector 571 side) is arranged in the harness arrangement space portion 595, and the transmission harness 573 interferes with the first case member 531. As a result, the transmission harness 573 repeatedly receives a load from the first case member 531 to avoid the inconvenience of fatigue disconnection.

Next, a procedure for operating the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566 to change the settings related to the game progress will be described with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG. 97. As a preparation before the operation of changing the setting, the power supply device 306 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned off in advance to stop the power supply. Further, the opening / closing door 581 is opened to expose the operation end portion 566a of the setting change operation portion 566. Further, the setting value changed by operating the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566 is the probability of occurrence of a big hit state (probability that the result of the special figure variation display game becomes a "big hit"), and is a set value. It is assumed that the options are divided into a plurality of stages (for example, 6 stages) in advance and stored in the game control board 508.

First, the operation key is inserted into the key hole 570 of the setting change operation unit 566, and the setting change switch 565 is pressed and held while rotating, and in this state, the power supply device 306 is turned on to power the pachinko gaming machine 1. Supply. Then, when the long press state of the setting change switch 565 is released, the game control device 501 is activated in the setting change mode and is set to a state of accepting an operation for changing the setting related to the game progress. At this time, symbols indicating the current game settings (settings related to the game) are displayed on the setting change display 568 using numbers, characters, and the like. When the game control device 501 is activated in the setting change mode, the setting change switch 565 is pressed to select the desired game setting (setting related to the game progress) from the pre-prepared options (pre-stored options). do.

Specifically, each time the setting change switch 565 is pressed, the setting change display 568 switches the display content, and is represented by symbols (numbers, characters, etc.) assigned to each of the game setting options prepared in advance. Settings corresponding symbols) are displayed in sequence. For example, when the options are prepared in 6 stages, each option has a separate setting correspondence symbol ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", etc. ) Is assigned, and these setting correspondence symbols are switched and displayed each time the setting change switch 565 is pressed. After all the setting correspondence symbols are displayed by repeating the setting change switch 565, when the setting change switch 565 is repeatedly operated, the setting change display 568 repeatedly displays the setting correspondence symbols again. ..

Then, when the symbol corresponding to the desired option (setting correspondence symbol) is displayed, the repeated operation of the setting change switch 565 is stopped. When the desired game setting is selected in this way, the operation key is returned to the state before the rotation operation. Then, the game control device 501 ends the setting change mode and restricts the change of the game setting. That is, the game setting selected in the setting change mode is confirmed. Further, the game shifts to the game control mode (a state in which the player can play), and the game progress is controlled based on the confirmed game settings.

As described above, if the game control device 501 is provided with the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566, the settings related to the game progress can be easily changed. Further, since the setting change operation unit 566 and the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508 are arranged so as to be offset, the mounting surface 508a of the game control board 508 is to be visually observed through the transparent board case 510. Occasionally, the setting change operation unit 566 does not get in the way. Therefore, even if the setting change operation unit 566 is added to the game control device 501, the game control board 508 in the game control device 501 can be easily inspected. As a result, it is possible to quickly detect fraudulent acts on the game control board 508, specifically, whether or not an electronic component mounted on the mounting surface 508a or the mounting surface 508a itself is mounted with a fraudulent member. You can check. Further, the thickness dimension of the game control device 501 (board case 510), in other words, the dimension in the overlapping direction of the first case member 531 and the second case member 532 can be suppressed thinly, and the inside of the limited pachinko gaming machine 1 can be suppressed. Space can be used effectively.

Further, since the substrate case 510 is provided with the sealing mechanisms 560 and 590, it is possible to prevent an illegal opening operation of the substrate case 510 and, by extension, an illegal act on the exposed game control substrate 508. Since the setting change operation unit 566 is attached to the second case member 532, even if the setting change operation unit 566 is operated by inserting the operation key from the side opposite to the player, the setting change operation unit is operated. The 566 can be sufficiently held, and the strength and durability against the operation of the operation keys can be improved. Further, it is no longer necessary to secure a mounting location for the setting change operation unit 566 on the first case member 531. Instead, a sufficient harness arrangement space portion 595 should be secured, and by extension, the transmission harness 573 and the first case member 531. Interference can be sufficiently avoided.

Then, since the game control board 580 and the setting change operation unit 566 are mounted on the second case member 532, the board case 510 is opened by properly cutting off the sealing mechanisms 560 and 590 instead of cheating. In this case, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the game control board 580 and the setting change operation unit 566 are separated from each other, and the transmission harness 573 between the game control board 580 and the setting change operation unit 566 is disconnected. can.

Further, in the change operation storage unit 546, the cylindrical setting change operation unit 566 is placed in the sealing direction of the sealing mechanism 590 (the direction in which the sealing receiving portion 591 and the sealing body 592 are arranged), in other words, the first case member. Since the 531 and the second case member 532 are arranged so as to extend along the overlapping direction, the gap between the first case member 531 and the second case member 532 is widened after the sealing mechanism 590 is tentatively destroyed. Even so, the setting change operation unit 566 can be made difficult to be pulled out from this gap. Further, since the sealing mechanism 590 is provided on the lower side of the change operation storage unit 546, when the appearance of the game control device 501 is visually inspected, the sealing mechanism 590 and the setting change operation unit 566 (for details, see through). The setting change operation unit 566), which is visually recognized via the possible change operation storage unit 546, can be visually recognized at the same time. Therefore, it is possible to confirm at once whether or not there is an illegal act on the sealing mechanism 590 and whether or not there is an illegal act on the setting change operation unit 566, and it is possible to reduce the confirmation work.

In the above embodiment, the setting change indicator 568 on the game control board 508 is displayed with a setting correspondence symbol to make it easier to grasp the selected state of the game setting, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the setting correspondence symbol may be displayed on the display device 55 or the batch display device 51. However, if the configuration for displaying the setting correspondence symbol is arranged side by side on the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566, the worker can easily perform the setting operation and the confirmation of the selected state without significantly moving the posture. Is suitable. Further, in the above embodiment, the set value changed by operating the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566 is set as the probability of occurrence of the big hit state (probability that the result of the special figure variation display game becomes "big hit"). However, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, any setting may be used as long as it is a setting related to the progress of the game, and the setting changed by the operation of the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566. For example, the probability that the result of the normal map variation display game will be a "hit" may be changed.

Further, in the above embodiment, a single game setting can be changed by operating the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, a plurality of types of game settings may be changed by operating the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566. For example, a plurality of sets of options that combine the probability of occurrence of a jackpot state during normal game execution and the probability of occurrence of a jackpot state during game execution after probability change are prepared, and the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566 are prepared. It may be configured so that a set of occurrence probabilities is changed by the operation of.

By the way, in the above embodiment, the setting change switch 565 is configured to function as a RAM clear switch, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game control device 501 may be provided with a RAM clear switch separately from the setting change switch 565. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 98, a RAM clear switch 598 may be provided on the lower side of the game control device 501 on the side opposite to the setting change switch 565 with the sealing seal 554 and the seal cover 555 sandwiched between them. Further, in the above embodiment, the game setting is changed by the operation of the setting change switch 565 and the setting change operation unit 566, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 99, the setting change operation unit 566 and the RAM clear switch 598 are provided, but the game control device 501 is configured without the setting change switch 565, and the game setting is performed only by the operation of the setting change operation unit 566. (Settings related to game progress) may be changed. At this time, the game setting may be changed each time the setting change operation unit 566 is rotated.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine, which is a typical gaming machine, has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any gaming machine may be used. For example, it may be a gaming machine such as an enclosed ball type pachinko machine, an arrange ball type gaming machine, a sparrow ball type gaming machine, or a slot machine.

It should be considered that the above-described embodiment is exemplary in all respects and is not restrictive. The present invention is not limited to the above description, but is shown by the scope of claims, and includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

1 Pachinko game machine 5 Game area 6 Game board 15 Launch operation unit 17 Game production button 19 Game board 20 Cell sheet 21 Side case 22 Game base unit 23 Center case 31 Large winning opening 36 First starting winning opening 41 Second starting winning opening 55 Display device 55a Display unit 58 Game control device 59 Production control device 61 Case base 63 Armor part 64 Case interior elevating decoration device 65 Case interior decoration panel 68 Ball intrusion prevention wall 101 Device base 102 Elevating decoration panel 103 Slide rail 104 Elevating motor 115 Panel case 117 Light emitting substrate 118 Light guide panel 119 Light diffusion lens 120 Light emission window 123 Panel side design component 124 Armor side design component 125 Base side design component 126 Decorative design unit 130 Unit case 131 Upper accessory rear unit 133 Upper accessory Front unit 134 Side edge accessory unit 135 Lower accessory Rear unit 136 Lower accessory Front unit 141 Upper rear unit base 142 Upper lifting accessory 143 Upper lifting motor 144 Upper lifting transmission mechanism 146 Slide rail 149 Lifting Object base 150 Rotation decoration part 151 Rotation motor 152 Light emitting board 161 Upper lifting arm 165 Arm engagement gear 166 Arm engagement protrusion 167 Operation protrusion 168 Transmission mechanism Operation opening 174 Upper front unit case 175 Upper rotation accessory 176 Upper rotation Dynamic motor 177 Upper rotation transmission mechanism 181 Upper accessory base 182 Light emitting substrate 183 Light diffusion sheet 184 Rotating accessory decorative panel 185 Accessory engagement groove 192 Upper rotation plate 194 Plate engagement protrusion 195 Rotation drive gear 196 times Dynamic transmission gear 197 Plate rotation operation unit 198 Transmission mechanism operation opening 201 Side edge unit case 202 Side edge rotation accessory 203 Side edge rotation motor 204 Side edge rotation transmission arm 211 Side edge accessory base 212 Light emitting board 213 Optical panel 214 Light diffusion sheet 215 Side edge accessory decoration panel 216 Light guide opening 223 Arm engagement protrusion 224 Engagement protrusion through groove 225 Transmission arm operation unit 231 Lower rear unit Case 232 Lower lifting accessory unit 233 Lower movement Motor 234 Lower movement transmission mechanism 245 Transmission mechanism operation opening 251 Lower lifting unit case 252 Lower movable accessory 253 Lower lifting motor 254 Lower lifting transmission mechanism 255 Lower lifting guide part 265 Movable accessory Base 266 Movable accessory body 267 Body contact protrusion 275 Attitude conversion member 281 Arm engagement protrusion 283 Transmission mechanism operation opening 286 Lower front unit case 287 Light emitting board 288 Decorative light guide 289 Light diffusion sheet 290 Translucent decorative panel 291 Light opening 292 Light guide interference suppression unit 293 Light guide interference suppression unit 296 Decorative design body 298, 298'Design decoration unit 330 Variable design viewing area 335 Digestion memory display area 336 Standby hold display area 341 Panel side design component 342 Downflow road side design Component 343 Decorative design unit 351 Panel side design component 352 Armor side design component 353, 353'Base side design component 354, 354' Decorative design unit 501 Game control device 503 Ball discharge device 504 Relay board 508 Game control board 508a Mounting surface 510 Board case 531 First case member 532 Second case member 535 Engagement mechanism 545 Board storage part 546 Change operation storage part 560 Sealing mechanism 561 Sealing receiving part 562 Sealing body 565 Setting change switch 566 Setting change operation part 566a Operation end 566b Mounting flange 568 Setting change indicator 571 Transmission connector 571 Receiving connector 573 Transmission harness 580 Operation part exposed window 581 Opening and closing door 586 Door fitting part 590 Sealing mechanism 591 Sealing receiving part 592 Sealing body 595 Harness arrangement Space

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine equipped with a gaming control device that controls the progress of the gaming
The game control device includes a game control board on which electronic components including a CPU are mounted on a mounting surface, a board case for storing the game control board in a visible state, and an operation end portion for changing settings related to the progress of the game. Is equipped with a setting change operation unit that is operated
The substrate case has a second case member of the game control board located on the mounting surface side on which the CPU is mounted and a second case member located on the opposite side of the game control board from the second case member. 1 Includes a case member and a sealing mechanism for sealing the substrate case.
The setting change operation unit is stored in a storage space formed between the first case member and the second case member of the substrate case, and the operation unit exposed window provided in the second case member. Face the operation end from
The setting change operation unit is arranged so as not to overlap with the CPU mounted on the mounting surface of the game control board when viewed from the rear of the game machine.
A game characterized in that a setting change operation protection unit facing the setting change operation unit is arranged outside the setting change operation unit of the second case member in a state of being separated from the setting change operation unit. Machine.

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