Patent ID: 8998714
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system comprising: an input device including a fishing reel-type control lever which is configured to be rotatable by a player; a display; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of levels of numbers of rotation of the fishing reel-type control lever and a plurality of sets of display state data, each of the plurality of levels being associated with a corresponding set of display state data; and a controller configured to execute the steps of: (a1) causing the display to display a fishing game including images of a fishline and fish; (a2) determining whether a fishing attempt is successful in the fishing game; (a3) if it is determined in step (a2) that the fishing attempt failed, obtaining a number of rotations of the fishing reel-type control lever in the fishing game during a predetermined time elapsing from a time at which a fish is hooked by the fishline; (a4) selecting one of the levels based on the number of rotations of the control lever obtained in step (a3); (a5) obtaining, from the storage unit, a set of display state data associated with the one of the levels selected in step (a4); and (a6) if it is determined in step (a2) that the fishing attempt failed, after the predetermined time elapses from the time at which the fish is hooked by the fishline, causing the display to display a failure image indicating failure in the fishing attempt in one of display states, based on the set of display state data obtained in step (a5).