Patent ID: 9607478
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals provided in a parallel manner, each of the plurality of gaming terminals configured to individually run a basic game, and run a common game in which each of the plurality of gaming terminals is able to participate, the common game being different from the basic game; a plurality of upper displays which are provided in a parallel manner independently from the plurality of gaming terminals so as to form a single common effect display screen configured to show a single common game image, the plurality of upper displays being fewer in number than the plurality of gaming terminals; a plurality of display controllers which each control image display on a respective one of the plurality of upper displays; and a center controller which controls the plurality of display controllers so that the plurality of upper displays performs image display as the single common effect display screen; wherein the plurality of upper displays is divided into a plurality of gaming terminal areas such that the plurality of gaming terminal areas is equal in number to the plurality of gaming terminals; wherein each of the plurality of gaming terminal areas is fixedly associated with a respective one of the plurality of gaming terminals; wherein the plurality of upper displays are gathered to form the single common game image; wherein each of the upper displays in the plurality of upper displays has a front surface; wherein the upper displays in the plurality of upper displays are arranged adjacent to each other so that the front surface of each upper display is directed in a common direction; wherein only those gaming terminals of the plurality of gaming terminals having a common game qualification may participate in the common game, the common game qualification being based on a result of a basic game played on an individual gaming terminal; wherein each gaming terminal area that is associated with a gaming terminal having the common game qualification displays an individual object image as part of the single common game image, the single common game image being displayed across the plurality of gaming terminal areas; wherein the center controller is further configured to display a common object image as part of the single common game image, the common object image moving among the plurality of gaming terminal areas; wherein, when the single common game image is displayed across the plurality of gaming terminal areas by displaying the individual object image as part of the single common game image on each gaming terminal area associated with a gaming terminal having the common game qualification, each gaming terminal area that is associated with a gaming terminal that does not have the common game qualification does not display the individual object image, but still performs image display as part of the single common effect display screen; and wherein, when a bonus is accrued for a particular gaming terminal having the common game qualification, the center controller alters the display of the individual object image of the gaming terminal area associated with the particular gaming terminal.