Gaming machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of enhancing interest in a game.SOLUTION: When a start lever provided in a slot machine is operated after a retained token is bet, a lottery of winning combinations is held inside and reels visible through display windows start rotating. When a stop result of the reels is a winning result corresponding to a winning combination, tokens are imparted and a replay privilege is imparted. In the slot machine, control concerning progress of a game is performed by a main control device and control concerning the number of retained tokens is performed by a token number control device. The token number control device transmits game machine information notification to a dispenser at each 301 msec and the main control device sets external signal data transmitted by the game machine information notification. In external signal OFF setting processing, external signal data are set when the value of a game wait timer becomes 0.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 443

Claims

1. In a gaming machine in which gameplay becomes possible by using game value, and game value is awarded when the game result meets the awarding conditions, The main control unit performs control related to the progress of the game, A game value number control device is provided with a game value number storage means for storing a game value number that can be used for playing games, and which performs control to update the game value number storage means when it receives specific information from the main control device. Equipped with, The main control device is The main first process, which is started when the power is turned on, The main second process is started by periodically interrupting the main first process, Equipped with, The aforementioned main first process is: When gameplay begins, the game value control device performs a first external signal information setting process, which sets the external signal information that it transmits as an external signal to the outside of the game machine in the external signal information storage means. When the game starts, a default value setting process is performed to set a predetermined value in the elapsed time measurement means, When the game ends, a second external signal information setting process is performed to set the external signal information in the external signal information storage means. Equipped with, The aforementioned main second process is: External signal information transmission process, which performs the process of transmitting the external signal information to the game value control device, An update process is performed to update the value stored in the elapsed time measuring means until the value stored in the elapsed time measuring means becomes a second specified value. Equipped with, The aforementioned game value control device is The first processing on the game value side is activated when the power is turned on, A second game value-side process is activated by periodically interrupting the first game value-side process. Equipped with, The aforementioned first processing on the game value side is, An external signal information reception process that receives the external signal information from the main control unit, External signal output processing that periodically outputs the aforementioned external signal information as an external signal to the outside of the gaming machine, Equipped with, The second external signal information setting process sets the external signal information in the external signal information storage means if the value stored in the elapsed time measurement means is the second specified value. The gaming machine is characterized in that the time required for the value stored in the elapsed time measuring means to change from the predetermined value to the second predetermined value is longer than the time taken in the external signal output processing from the time the external signal is output to the outside of the gaming machine to the time the external signal is output to the outside of the gaming machine again.

2. The amusement machine according to claim 1, wherein the external signal information second setting process includes an interrupt waiting process that waits until the main second process is started once, and an elapsed time determination process that determines whether the value stored in the elapsed time measuring means is the second specified value, and if the main second process is started once during the interrupt waiting process, the interrupt waiting process is terminated and the process proceeds to the elapsed time determination process, and if the elapsed time determination process determines that the value stored in the elapsed time measuring means is not the second specified value, the process returns to the interrupt waiting process.

3. The external signal information storage means comprises at least a first storage area and a second storage area, the main second processing comprises a match determination process that determines whether or not the external signal information stored in the first storage area matches the external signal information stored in the second storage area, and a second storage area processing that, if the match determination process determines that the external signal information stored in the first storage area does not match the external signal information stored in the second storage area, causes the external signal information stored in the first storage area to be stored in the second storage area, the gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the external signal information transmission process, if the match determination process determines that the external signal information stored in the first storage area does not match the external signal information stored in the second storage area, transmits the external signal information stored in the first storage area to the game value control device.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, in the matching determination process, if it is determined that the external signal information stored in the first storage area and the external signal information stored in the second storage area are a match, the external signal information is not transmitted to the game value control device.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the external signal output processing is activated at an interval longer than the interval at which the main second processing is activated.

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