Gaming method, device, and system including adventure bonus game
AssigneeIgt
InventorMonica A. McClintic
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Abstract
A game including at least one level in which a player wagers a resource item to progress to a next-higher level or to receive an award. When the wagered resource item matches a resource item that has been randomly selected from a predetermined group of resource items, such progress or award is granted to the player. The game may comprise a bonus event to a base game of the gaming apparatus, in which the player may have an opportunity to play for one or more resource items. The game may include one or more levels. Awards may be available at each level or upon successfully completing all of the levels of the game. The game may be effected by a standalone gaming apparatus or by a networked gaming apparatus, in which case the game may be played against others.
Claims27
A gaming method, comprising:
- effecting play of a base game
- permitting a player of said base game to obtain at least one resource item during play of said base game;
- and
- upon the occurrence of at least one predetermined event during play of said base game, providing the player with an option to begin play of a bonus event, said at least one resource item being useful for progressing through said bonus event.
A game, comprising:
- at least one player marker;
- a predetermined group of available resource items;
- and
- at least one game field, passage of said at least one player marker through or beyond said at least one game field between being conditioned upon a player's presentation of at least one resource item that matches at least one resource item that has been a randomly selected from said predetermined group.
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to:
- effect play of a base game, said base game providing at least one opportunity to award a player thereof with at least one resource item;
- evaluate whether a prespecified event has occurred during said base game;
- initiate play of a bonus event if said prespecified event has occurred, said bonus event comprising at least one level in which a player is provided an opportunity to:
- progress through said at least one game field;
- progress to a next-higher level;
- or
- receive at least one award
- upon presenting said at least one resource item if said at least one resource item matches at least one corresponding resource item that has been randomly selected from a predetermined group of resource items;
- memory associated with said at least one processor;
- at least one input element in communication with said at least one processor;
- and
- a display in communication with said at least one processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.