Gaming machine with progressive story
AssigneeAruze Corp.
InventorsYoshikazu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Abstract
In a gaming machine (1) comprising a variable display device (5a to 5c) for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming, a starting device (20) for starting variable display of the symbols, and a stopping device (21), disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping the symbols being variably displayed, wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when the symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, the player is allowed to start playing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than is a normal game; an image display (13) for displaying special game information in the special game to the player is provided.
Claims22
A gaming machine comprising:
- a variable display section for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming;
- a starting device for starting variable display of the symbols;
- and
- a stopping device, disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping said symbols being variably displayed;
- wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when said symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, said player is allowed to start playing a special game which is more advantageous to said player than is a normal game said special game having a first mode and a second mode allowed from the first mode;
- wherein said gaming machine further comprises an image display section for displaying special game information in said special game to said player, and
- wherein said special game information is displayed by figures representing objects and is presented as a progressing story so that when said player is allowed to start playing games in said special game a progressing story begins for said first mode and, when said second mode is allowed, a new progressing story which is related to said first mode begins, said new progressing story being distinguishable by said player from progressive story in said first mode.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a variable display section for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming;
- a starting device for starting variable display of said symbols;
- and
- a stopping device, disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping said symbols being variably displayed;
- wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when said symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, said player is allowed to start playing a special game which is more advantageous to said player than is a normal game said special game comprised of a predetermined number of individual special games,
- wherein said gaming machine further comprises an image display section for displaying game information to said player;
- wherein said game information displayed in said image display section includes information showing an outcome of each said predetermined number of special games;
- wherein the special game information is displayed by figures representing objects and written information and is presented as a progressing story;
- and
- a device for allowing a player to interact with said objects and exert control over displayed action as said story progresses.
A gaming machine that allows a player to play a predetermined number individual games in a first special game mode and a result in a game in said first special game mode allowing the player to play a predetermined number individual games in second special game mode, comprising in combination:
- a variable display section for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming;
- a starting device for starting variable display of the symbols;
- a stopping device, disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping said symbols being variably displayed;
- wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when said symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, said player is allowed to start playing games in the first special game mode which is more advantageous to said player than is a normal game, and wherein on occurrence of a predetermined symbol displayed a game in said first special game mode the player is allowed to play games in the second special game mode;
- wherein said gaming machine further comprises an image display section for displaying special game information results to said player including a display that simultaneously shows individual outcomes of past plays in said first special game mode and individual outcome of past plays in said second special game mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.