Gaming machine and game control method thereof, which allow symbol scroll to be manually stopped
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorsYoichi Kato, Kensaku Yoshikawa
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Abstract
A gaming machine, includes: a symbol display device capable of scrolling a plurality of symbols on the reels; an input device which enables a player operation to input an instruction; a controller programmed to execute the processes of rearranging symbols by scrolling them in the symbol display device, and stopping the scroll thereafter, running a unit game which awards a payout to the player when symbols rearranged form a winning combination, and when a predetermined condition is met, enabling in a subsequent unit game the scroll of symbols to be stopped in response to a stop operation input through the input device.
Claims4
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a symbol display device having a plurality of video reels, which is capable of rearranging symbols by scrolling the symbols on the video reels in the longitudinal direction and stopping the scroll thereafter;
- a touch panel provided at the front of the symbol display device, which enables a player to input an instruction by touching;
- a controller programmed to execute the processes of:
- a1) on condition that a game medium is bet, running a base game which awards a payout to the player, when a combination of the symbols rearranged on the symbol display device is a winning combination;
- (a2) when a bonus is won in the base game, running from the next unit game a special game in which a free game is repeated;
- (a3) determining by lottery a combination of symbols to be rearranged when stopping the scroll of symbols in the special game;
- (a4) notifying in the special game that the currently scrolling symbols on the video reels are stoppable;
- (a5) enabling the scroll of symbols of at least one video reel to be stopped in response to a stop operation input through the touch panel, in the special game;
- and
- (a6) awarding a payout to the player, when symbols rearranged after the scroll is stopped in the special game form a winning combination.
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a symbol display device having a plurality of reels, which is capable of rearranging symbols on the reels by scrolling the symbols and stopping the scroll thereafter;
- an input device which enables a player operation to input an instruction;
- a controller programmed to execute the processes of:
- (b1) on condition that a game medium is bet, running a base game which awards a payout to the player, when a combination of the symbols rearranged on the symbol display device is a winning combination;
- (b2) when a bonus is won in the base game, running a bonus game from the next unit game;
- (b3) determining by lottery a combination of symbols to be rearranged when stopping the scroll of symbols in the bonus game;
- (b4) enabling the scroll of symbols of at least one video reel to be stopped in response to a stop operation input through the input device, in the bonus game;
- (b5) awarding a payout to the player, when symbols rearranged after the scroll is stopped in the bonus game form a winning combination.
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a symbol display device capable of scrolling a plurality of symbols on the reels;
- an input device which enables a player operation to input an instruction;
- a controller programmed to execute the processes of:
- (c1) rearranging symbols by scrolling them in the symbol display device, and stopping the scroll thereafter;
- (c2) running a unit game which awards a payout to the player when symbols rearranged form a winning combination;
- and
- (c3) when a predetermined condition is met, enabling in a subsequent unit game the scroll of symbols of at least one video reel to be stopped in response to a stop operation input through the input device, wherein
- a combination of symbols to be rearranged, when the scroll of symbols in the subsequent unit game is stopped via the input device, are predetermined by lottery.
A game control method of a gaming machine having a symbol display device having a plurality of video reels and a touch panel provided at the front of the symbol display device, which enables a player to input an instruction by touching, the method comprising the steps of:
- running a base game, on condition that a game medium is bet, in which game symbols are rearranged on the symbol display device by scrolling the symbols on the video reels and stopping the scroll thereafter, and a payout is awarded to the player if symbols rearranged form a winning combination;
- when a bonus is won in the base game, running from the next unit game a special game in which a free game is repeated;
- determining by lottery a combination of symbols to be rearranged when stopping the scroll of symbols in the special game;
- notifying in the special game that the currently scrolling symbols on the video reels are stoppable;
- enabling the scroll of symbols of at least one video reel to be stopped response to a stop operation input through the touch panel, in the special game;
- and
- awarding a payout to the player, when symbols rearranged after the scroll is stopped in the special game form a winning combination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.