Patents Examined by Valencia Martin-Wallce
  • Patent number: 6306034
    Abstract: A game machine informs the player about the prize mode using combinations of the individual stagings by the sound emitting means, the connective staging means and the stop staging means. When rotations of individual reels 3 to 5 are started by operating a start lever 15, a game starting sound 1 or 2 according to a hit flag is generated by sound emitting means. In connection with the stopping of the individual reels 3 to 5 according to the individual operations of individual stop buttons 16 to 18, individual back lamps 57a to 57c are then sequentially staged by connective staging means in the connective display mode according to the hit flag. When all the individual reels 3 to 5 are stopped, the individual back lamps 57a to 57c are then staged by stop staging means in accordance with the hit flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Aruze Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida