Patent ID: 8690676
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A63F,G07F,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A game machine comprising: an entertainment button configured to be able to move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position; a display part configured to display characters associated with a game; a character determining part configured to determine a character to be displayed on the display part; a movement determining part configured to determine whether or not to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; a drive control part configured to perform drive control to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position, when the movement determining part determines to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; a push operation detecting part configured to detect the entertainment button being pushed down; and an enabling determining part configured to determine, when the push operation detecting part detects the entertainment button being pushed, whether or not to enable the detected push operation on the entertainment button, wherein: the enabling determining part determines to disable the push operation on the entertainment button detected by the push operation detecting part before the entertainment button is held in the protruding position, when the movement determining part determines to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; the character determining part determines a predetermined character when the push operation detecting part detects the entertainment button being pushed down and also the enabling determining part determines to enable the push operation on the entertainment button; and when the character determining part determines the character, the display part displays the determined character.