Patent ID: 8206215

Claim:
A method for recreating video output for a game played on a gaming machine, the method comprising: displaying the video output for the game during game play on a video device controlled by the gaming machine, the video output comprising a plurality of video frames; in response to a first event of interest occurring in the game, storing first state data in memory for an actor displayed in a first video frame of the video output, wherein: the first event of interest occurs during the game and prior to an outcome of the game, the first state data characterizes a position, a rotational orientation, and a scale for the actor, a presentation status of the actor in the first video frame is generated by applying the first state data to the actor, the first video frame includes data with a first amount of display memory bits, the first state data uses a first amount of state memory bits when stored in the memory, and the first amount of state memory bits is less than the first amount of display memory bits; recalling the first state data for the actor from the memory; forming re-created video output for the game by applying the first state to the actor, wherein the re-created video output is substantially identical to the video output in content; and displaying the re-created video output.