Gaming system and display control method

A gaming system comprising:

• a plurality of gaming terminals each including an input device which includes a fishing reel-type control lever configured to be rotatable by a player, the gaming terminals being capable of running a normal game;
• a common display commonly used by the gaming terminals;
• a storage unit configured to store a plurality of levels of numbers of rotations of the control lever and a plurality of sets of display state data, each of the plurality of levels being associated with a corresponding set of display state data;
• and
• a controller configured to execute the steps of:
• (c1) when a predetermined condition is established in the normal game, shifting to a fishing game configured to be commonly played by players at each of the gaming terminals;
• (c2) causing the common display to display the fishing game at each of the gaming terminals;
• (c3) determining whether a fishing attempt is successful at each of the gaming terminals;
• (c4) obtaining a number of rotations of a fishing reel-type control lever of a gaming terminal at which the fishing attempt was not successful according to step (c3), from among the gaming terminals;
• (c5) based on the number of rotations of the fishing reel-type control lever obtained in step (c4), selecting one of the levels for the gaming terminal at which the fishing attempt failed;
• (c6) obtaining, from the storage unit, a set of display state data associated with the one of the levels selected in step (c5);
• and
• (c7) if there is a particular gaming terminal at which the fishing attempt failed according to step (c3), when a predetermined time elapses after a fish is hooked by the fishline at that particular gaming terminal, causing the display to display a failure image indicating failure of the fishing attempt in one of display states, based on the set of display state data obtained in the step (c6).