Gaming machine having multiplying symbol ability
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorHayato Mizue
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Abstract
The present invention is a gaming machine including a reel display, which is configured with a plurality of reel lines displaying a plurality of symbols arranged to rotate along the reel lines, a controller, which shows a substantially-stationary symbol on a reel line while the symbols are rotating along the reel line, an evaluator, which recognizes a pass of a symbol related to the substantially-stationary symbol by the substantially-stationary symbol on the reel line, and a processor, which changes a function of the substantially-stationary symbol when the evaluator detects the symbol related to the substantially-stationary symbol passing by the substantially-stationary symbol on the reel line.
Claims25
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a reel display, which is configured with a plurality of reel lines displaying a plurality of symbols arranged to rotate along the reel lines;
- a controller, which shows a substantially-stationary symbol on a reel line while the symbols are rotating along the reel line;
- an evaluator, which recognizes a pass of a symbol related to the substantially-stationary symbol by the substantially-stationary symbol on the reel line;
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- a processor, which changes a function of the substantially-stationary symbol when the evaluator detects the symbol related to the substantially-stationary symbol passing by the substantially-stationary symbol on the reel line.
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a physical reel, which has a plurality of circumferential lines indicating a plurality of indicia, the physical reel being rotatable along an axis;
- a transmission display, which is capable of showing a part of the circumferential lines to outside the gaming machine;
- a controller, which shows a predetermined indicium on the transmission display along the circumferential line, rotates the physical reel and detects an indicium passing by the predetermined indicium, the indicium relating to the predetermined indicium;
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- a processor, which amplifies an ability of the predetermined indicium when the controller detects the indicium passing by the predetermined indicium.
A method of implementing a game, comprising the steps of:
- rotating a plurality of symbols along a plurality of reel lines on a display;
- substantially holding a predetermined symbol on the display along the reel lines;
- recognizing a passing symbol by the substantially-held symbol along the reel lines;
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- enhancing an ability of the substantially-held symbol after recognizing the passing symbol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.