Patent ID: 8167717

Claim:
A gaming apparatus executing a base game and a special game which evolves from the base game, comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals respectively having first light emitting portions and game value input ports, the first light emitting portions each providing an effect to the base game and the special game, and the game value input ports each receiving an input of a game value used as a resource of a payout for the special game; a shared display which displays a special payout of the special game run by the gamine terminals; a plurality of routes formed by arranging a plurality of second light emitting portions from the respective gaming terminals to the shared display; a game value storage unit which stores the input game value through the game value input port of any of the gaming terminals; and a controller which performs the steps of: (b1) when running the base game in each of the gaming terminals, storing a sum of at least a part of the input game value through the game value input port of each of the gaming terminals in a total storage-area of the game value storage unit, as the special payout in the special game; (b2) storing, for each of the gaming terminals, the sum of at least the part of the input game value through the game value input port of each of the gaming terminals in an individual storage-area of the game value storage unit; (b3) when the sum of the game value stored in the total storage-area of the game value storage unit exceeds a predetermined value, shifting the base game to the special game in each of the gaming terminals; (b4) determining the rank of each of the gaming terminals in accordance with an amount of the game value stored in the individual storage-area of the game value storage unit, the gaming terminals having larger amounts of the game value being ranked higher, and associating colors of the first and second light emitting portions with the respective gaming terminals, each of the colors corresponding to the rank; (b5) activating the first light emitting portions of the gaming terminals with the associated colors; (b6) when a predetermined condition is established in the special game, activating the second light emitting portions, which form the route associated with one of the gaming terminals establishing the condition, with the color associated in the step (b5) from the gaming terminal side toward the shared display, the number of the second light emitting portions to be activated corresponding to the rank of the color; and (b7) after repeating the step (b6), awarding the special payout to one of the gaming terminals whose second light emitting portions on the route reach the shared display first among the gaming terminals.