Game machine informing prize mode information based on variable display stop request
US6270408A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/32
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A game machine is disclosed in which interest in the game is created by the operation of stop buttons 16 through 18, and back lamps 57a, 57b and 57c for illuminating rotating reels 3 through 5. Patterns which differ in accordance with the kind of prize modes are announced to the player, for example, by simultaneously extinguishing the respective back lamps 57a, 57b and 57c of the rotating reels 3 through 5 when the stop buttons 16 through 18 are actuated, and the possibility of erecting a "BB" hit flag, signifying a big hit prize, is announced to the player.
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