Gaming machine and game control method
View Patent ↗To provide a gaming machine which can carry out a lizhi effect rich in impact without giving a feeling of boredom. A gaming machine includes: a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed; a second display device which, being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition; and a controller which controls the first display device and the second display device, the controller, in a case in which a combination of a plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which it lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, putting at least a portion in front of symbols other than a last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition.
1. A gaming machine comprising:
a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed;
a second display device which, being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition; and
a controller which controls the first display device and the second display device, wherein
the controller, in a case in which a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which the controller lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, by controlling the second display device, puts at least a portion in front of symbols other than a last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition and puts a portion in front of the last stop displayed symbol into the transmissive condition, and
wherein the controller by controlling the second display device, displays an effect image on the portion in the non-transmissive condition.
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller, in the case in which at least the portion in front of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol takes on the non-transmissive condition, makes a varying display period of the last stop displayed symbol longer than in other cases.
3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller, in the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, puts at least the portion in front of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition on condition that the image displayed on the second display device is a specified image.
4. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller, immediately after the varying display of the plurality of symbols is started, puts at least the portion in front of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition.
5. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller, apart from the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition; in a case in which the combination becomes a combination corresponding to a bonus game which is a gaming mode advantageous to a player too, puts at least the portion in front of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition.
6. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the effect image is displayed on the portion in front of symbols other than the last
stop displayed symbol.
7. A game control method which a controller carries out,
wherein
the controller controls a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed, and a second display device which,
being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition, and
in a case in which a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which the controller lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, by controlling the second display device, puts at least a portion of symbols other than a last stop displayed symbol into an invisible condition and puts a portion in front of the last stop displayed symbol into the transmissive condition, and
wherein the controller by controlling the second display device, displays an effect image on the portion in the invisible condition.
8. The game control method according to claim 7 , wherein in the case in which the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol are put into the invisible condition, a varying display period of the last stop displayed symbol is made longer than in other cases.
9. The game control method according to claim 7 , wherein in the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, at least the portion of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol is put into the invisible condition on condition that a specified image is displayed.
10. The game control method according to claim 7 , wherein immediately after the varying display of the plurality of symbols is started, at least the
portion of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol is put into the invisible condition.
11. The game control method according to claim 7 , wherein apart from the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, in a case in which the combination becomes a combination corresponding to a bonus game which is a gaming mode advantageous to a player, at least the portion of the symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol is put into the invisible condition.
12. The game control method which a controller carries out according to claim 7 , wherein the effect image is displayed on the portion in front of symbols other than the last stop displayed symbol.