Pachinko gaming machine

Abstract

There is a demand for gaming machines that allow for smooth gameplay. [Solution] The game has at least a normal game state and a specific game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, and is capable of performing a process to output to the outside of the game machine first information indicating the type of specific game state or that it is the normal game state, and has a predetermined output port, of which at least two bits are allocated for the first information, and in the process to output the first information to the outside of the game machine, it is configured to use only some of the predetermined bits, and the bits of the predetermined output port other than the predetermined bits are unused bits, and the data indicating that it is the normal game state as the first information and the unused data corresponding to the unused bits are the same data.

Claims

[Claim 1] The game has at least two states: a normal game state and a specific game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state. It is possible to perform a process to output to the outside of the gaming machine first information indicating the type of specific game state or that it is in a normal game state. It has a designated output port, Of the predetermined output ports, at least two predetermined bits are allocated for the first information. In the process for outputting the first information to the outside of the gaming machine, the system is configured to use only some of the predetermined bits. Among the predetermined output ports, the bits other than the predetermined bits have unused bits. The data indicating that the game is in a normal playing state as the first piece of information, and the unused data corresponding to the unused bits, are the same data. A gaming machine characterized by the following features.

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