Pachinko game machine

Abstract

To provide a model for realizing further novel game properties, in a game machine adopting the concept of creating a game progressing state advantageous to a player.SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine in which new time-saving can be operated when time-saving symbols are stopped while the time-saving is operated, when time-saving symbols are stopped while time-saving A is operated, new time-saving can be operated when the number of times of stopping the time-saving symbols reaches first number of times, and the time-saving being operated can be maintained without operating new time-saving when the number of times of stopping the time-saving symbols does not reach the first number of times. When the time-saving symbols are stopped while time-saving B is operated, new time-saving is operated when the number of times of stopping the time-saving symbols reaches second number of times, and the time-saving being operated can be maintained without operating new time-saving when the number of times of stopping the time-saving symbols does not reach the second number of times.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 375

Claims

[Request 1] the game machine is provided with a plurality of winning holes into which game balls fired towards the game area can enter, a circulation means for enabling game balls fired towards the game area to be fired again, a main control means for controlling the progress of the game, a frame control means for controlling the number of balls held, a display unit controlled by the frame control means, a first operation means, a second operation means, a third operation means, a counting means which can be operated to perform counting, and a lifting means for lifting the game balls; held ball number data for managing the number of balls held, stored in a specified memory area; a subtraction means which, when a game ball is fired, can subtract the number of game balls fired from the held ball number data; and an addition means which, when a game ball enters a winning hole, can add to the held ball number data the number of prize balls that can be awarded corresponding to the winning hole into which the ball entered; the frame control means is capable of executing a specific process which is executed repeatedly, and is configured to be able to execute a specified clearing process when power is newly supplied while the second operation means is operated; When the predetermined clearing process is executed, the predetermined memory area is cleared; When power is newly supplied while the third operating means is operated, a specific clearing process can be executed; When the specific clearing process is executed, a specific memory area is cleared; When power is newly supplied while the first operating means is operated, a predetermined state is established; When the specific process is executed in a state other than the predetermined state, the predetermined process is executed, but when the specific process is executed in the predetermined state, the predetermined process is not executed; Whether the specific process is executed in a state other than the predetermined state or when the specific process is executed in the predetermined state, a predetermined error process is executed; When the counting means is operated in the predetermined state, counting cannot be executed; In the predetermined state, the lifting means is configured to lift game balls; The predetermined memory area is located at a higher address than the specific memory area; Ball count data is configured to be displayable on the display unit with a predetermined number of digits;A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that the upper limit of the number of balls held data that can be stored in the specified memory area is a specified value that is smaller than the maximum number that can be expressed with the specified number of digits.

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