Slot machine with user selectable accumulative hold symbols and playing method thereof
View Patent ↗The slot machine fixes symbols selected by the player's operation to press a touch panel and symbols next to selected symbols which coincide with selected symbols, and scrolls symbols other than fixed symbols.
1. A slot machine comprising:
a display that automatically arranges or rearranges a plurality of symbols having different types;
a controller that executes a base game for automatically rearranging the plurality of symbols that are arranged on the display, in a matrix state; and
a control input signal switch capable of carrying out a selection operation to select a symbol from among symbols rearranged by the base game;
wherein the controller executes
a first holding game for fixing a symbol selected by the selection operation and one or more symbols which are next to the symbol selected by the selection operation and whose type coincides with one type of the symbol selected by the selection operation, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the base game, and
second and subsequent holding games for fixing symbols fixed by a previous holding game and one or more symbols which are next to the symbols fixed by the previous holding game and whose type coincides with one type of the symbols fixed by the previous holding game among symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and
wherein all holding games are played as a part of the same play.
2. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller judges whether or not to make a payout of credits according to symbols rearranged by the base game, and in a case where it is judged that a payout of credits is not to be made, the controller executes the first holding game and the second and subsequent holding games.
3. A slot machine comprising:
a display that automatically arranges or rearranges a plurality of symbols having different types;
a controller that executes a base game for automatically rearranging the plurality of symbols that are arranged on the display, in a matrix state; and
a control input signal switch capable of carrying out a selection operation to select a symbol from among symbols rearranged by the base game;
wherein the controller judges whether or not to make a payout of credits according to symbols rearranged by the base game, and in a case where it is judged that a payout of credits is not to be made, the controller executes a first holding game for fixing a symbol selected by the selection operation and one or more symbols which are next to the symbol selected by the selection operation and whose type coincides with one type of the symbol selected by the selection operation, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the base game, and
second and subsequent holding games for fixing symbols fixed by a previous holding game and one or more symbols which are next to the symbols fixed by the previous holding game and whose type coincides with one type of the symbols fixed by the previous holding game among symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and
wherein all holding games are played as part of the same play.
4. A playing method of a slot machine, comprising the steps of:
executing a base game for automatically rearranging a plurality of symbols having different types that are arranged on a display, in a matrix state;
executing a first holding game for fixing a symbol selected by a selection operation using a control input signal switch capable of carrying out a selection operation to select a symbol from among symbols rearranged by the base game, and one or more symbols which are next to the symbol selected by the selection operation and whose type coincides with one type of the symbol selected by the selection operation, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the base game; and
executing second and subsequent holding games for fixing symbols fixed by a previous holding game and one or more symbols which are next to the symbols fixed by the previous holding game and whose type coincides with one type of the symbols fixed by the previous holding game among symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and
wherein all holding games are played as part of the same play.
5. The playing method of a slot machine according to claim 4 , wherein whether or not to make a payout of credits according to symbols rearranged by the base game is judged, and in a case where it is judged that a payout of credits is not to be made, the first holding game and second and subsequent holding games are executed.
6. A playing method of a slot machine, comprising the steps of:
executing a base game for automatically rearranging a plurality of symbols having different types that are arranged on a display, in a matrix state;
judging whether or not to make a payout of credits according to symbols rearranged by the base game, and in a case where it is judged that a payout of credits is not to be made, executing a first holding game for fixing a symbol selected by a selection operation using a control input signal switch capable of carrying out a selection operation to select a symbol from among symbols rearranged by the base game, and one or more symbols which are next to the symbol selected by the selection operation and whose type coincides with one type of the symbol selected by the selection operation, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the base game; and
executing second and subsequent holding games for fixing symbols fixed by a previous holding game and one or more symbols which are next to the symbols fixed by the previous holding game and whose type coincides with one type of the symbols fixed by the previous holding game among symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and
wherein all holding games are played as part of the same play.
7. A slot machine comprising
a controller that executes a base game for automatically rearranging a plurality of symbols having different types that are arranged on a display, in a matrix state, and executes
a first holding game for fixing a symbol selected by a selection operation using a control input signal switch capable of carrying out a selection operation to select a symbol from among symbols rearranged by the base game, and one or more symbols which are next to the symbol selected by the selection operation and whose type coincides with one type of the symbol selected by the selection operation, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the base game, and
second and subsequent holding games for fixing symbols fixed by a previous holding game and one or more symbols which are next to the symbols fixed by the previous holding game and whose type coincides with one type of the symbols fixed by the previous holding game among symbols rearranged by the previous holding game, and rearranging symbols other than the fixed symbols among the symbols rearranged by the previous holding game,
wherein all the holding games are played as part of the same play.