Patent ID: 6165070
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A video game, played via a keypad and a monitor, which imitates a gambling slot machine but generates a video game output based upon play skills of an operator comprising:a computer program including:a display of at least a three grid matrix on said monitor;video representations of a peripheral segment of a rotating cylinder in each grid of said matrix;a plurality of iconic images in a predetermined and fixed sequence displayed, via said computer program, on each cylinder;a view area in each grid of said matrix limited to a display of no more than one full display icon and a fractional display of no more than two icons;an operator triggered stop command, a respective stop command associated with each rotating cylinder;a pre-programmed, fixed period timer delaying the visual cessation of respective sequential icons on a corresponding rotating cylinder based upon said stop command, said timer not utilizing a random number generator, such that the delayed visual cessation of icons is predictable; andan award generator for rewarding said operator when one or more fully displayed icons, shown on a stopped cylinder in a respective grid of said matrix, match a predetermined one of a plurality of winning combinations of icons.