Patent ID: 8162744
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display capable of displaying an image; a memory which stores image data respectively showing a first specific symbol, a second specific symbol different from said first specific symbol, and other symbols different from both said first specific symbol and said second specific symbol; and a controller, said controller programmed so as to execute the processing of (a) displaying to said display a rectangular symbol display region in which a plurality of display blocks are arranged in a longitudinal direction and a traverse direction to form a matrix, (b) rearranging a symbol, shown by image data stored in said memory, in each display block of said symbol display region, by scroll-displaying groups of the display blocks in the longitudinal direction on a group-by-group basis, each of which groups formed by an array of the display blocks in the longitudinal direction, (c) determining whether or not to display a specific character image relative to said symbol, to said display, (d) scroll-displaying said specific character image to said display in the transverse direction, performing an effect of rotating an image displayed in each display block having said second specific symbol rearranged therein around an imaginary central line of each display block as a rotational axis, and changing said second specific symbol rearranged in the each display block into said first specific symbol, the above-mentioned steps of scroll-displaying said specific character image, performing an effect, and changing said second specific symbol being conducted when said first specific symbol and said second specific symbol have been rearranged in any of the groups of the display blocks in said processing (b) and also when it has been determined in said processing (c) to display said specific character image, and (e) offering an award in accordance with the number of first specific symbols arranged in said symbol display region as a result of said processing (d).