Game machine, image display method, and recording medium

An image display method for use in a game machine for performing a card game and for displaying a plurality of cards used in said card game on a screen of a display device, said image display method comprising:

• a storage step of storing partial images obtained by dividing an image of each of the plurality of cards;
• a combining step of combining the partial images so as to create a composite card having an image different from the images of the plurality of cards;
• and
• a display step of displaying the composite card on said display device,
• wherein said storage step also stores boundary data of each of the partial images, and said combining step comprises the steps of:
• preparing a picture image and a background image as one of the partial images;
• preparing only a picture image as the other one of the partial images, with the remaining image kept transparent in the other partial image;
• and
• combining the partial images by referring to the boundary data, so that a greater number of cards is displayed than the number of cards before being divided.

A computer-readable recording medium for storing a program executing a card game by displaying a plurality of cards of a player and an opponent on a screen of a display device, said program comprising:

• a reading step of reading stored partial images obtained by dividing an image of each of the plurality of cards;
• a combining step of combining the partial images read in said reading step so as to create a composite card having an image different from the images of the plurality of cards;
• and
• a computing step of computing data related to the composite card created in said combining step.