Patent ID: 8979631
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: an input device for starting a basic game; a first display panel configured to display a plurality of symbol arrays on which a plurality of symbol groups are respectively drawn, the first display panel constituting an operating panel; a second display panel that is provided upward of the first display panel, and is configured to display an image; and a controller configured to execute processing operations of: (a) based on an input to the input device, making determination processing to randomly determine symbols to be displayed for a player when scrolling of the plurality of symbol arrays stops, and then, starting a basic game; (b) scrolling the plurality of symbol arrays that are displayed on the first display panel; (c) based on a result of the determination processing, sequentially stopping the scrolling of the plurality of symbol arrays; (d) after the scrolling of the plurality of symbol arrays is stopped, when at least one bonus symbol is displayed, migrating to a bonus game and then executing rendering of the bonus game in the second display panel; (e) in the bonus game that is executed in the second display panel, moving a predetermined character along a route having a starting point, a finish point, and one or more crossing points, wherein a direction of further movement upon reaching one of the one or more crossing points is determined by the player choosing a direction of further movement via the first display panel; (f) starting a mini-game when the predetermined character moves in a direction that does not advance the predetermined character toward the finish point, based upon the direction of further movement selected by the player upon reaching one of the one or more crossing points; and (g) based on a result of the mini-game, either determining a mini-game prize and then awarding the determined prize to the player or finishing the bonus game; and (h) awarding a bonus-game prize to the player after the predetermined character reaches the finish point.