Patent ID: 11922772
Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating a gaming machine including a cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a control unit including a control board, a primary memory device coupled to the control board, a secondary memory device coupled to the control board, and a processor, the method including the processor performing an algorithm to display an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of:
displaying a game screen on the display device including a plurality reels, each reel displaying a plurality of symbols;
initiating an instance of a primary game by spinning and stopping the reels to display an outcome of the primary game;
detecting a trigger condition appearing in the outcome of the primary game and responsively displaying an instance of a bonus game on the display device;
generating primary game recall data including instructions for displaying the outcome of the primary game and storing the primary game recall data in the primary memory device; and
generating bonus game recall data including instructions for displaying the instance of the bonus game;
accessing a GameData.xml file including instructions for generating the primary game; and
storing the bonus game recall data in the secondary memory device upon detecting a secondary storage game recall flag code appearing in the GameData.xml file.