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EP 0921503 A1 19990609 - Game machine informing prize mode information based on stopping all rotating reels

Title (en)

Game machine informing prize mode information based on stopping all rotating reels

Title (de)

Walzenspielgerät mit Angabe von Preismodus

Title (fr)

Machine à sous qui donne une information sur le prix qui va être gagné

Publication

EP 0921503 A1 19990609 (EN)

Application

EP 98309873 A 19981202

Priority

JP 35217297 A 19971205

Abstract (en)

Although in a conventional game machine, a result of inner lottery causing a big hit prize is informed simply by lighting on lamps with no interest of game, according to the present invention, when a special game prize hit flag is erected, a processing of controlling to wink reel lamps is carried out in stopping all the reels 3 through 5 and back lamps 57a, 57b and 57c of the respective reels 3 through 5 are winked by a predetermined display mode, for example, when "BB" hit flag is erected, the back lamps 57a, 57b and 57c at an upper column, a middle column and a lower column of the second reel 4 are successively lighted on as shown in Fig. 11A, Fig. 11B and Fig. 11C, thereafter, the respective back lamps 57c, 57b and 57a at the lower column, the middle column and the upper column of the first reel 3 and the third reel 5 are lighted on as shown in Fig. 11D, Fig. 11E and Fig. 11F and the player can be informed of the fact that a special game is caused by looking at the display mode. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G07F 17/32

IPC 8 full level

A63F 5/04 (2006.01); A63F 7/02 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT CH DE FR GB LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0921503 A1 19990609; AU 752329 B2 20020919; AU 9605198 A 19990624; DE 921503 T1 19991230; JP 3989071 B2 20071010; JP H11164934 A 19990622; ZA 9811120 B 19990608

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98309873 A 19981202; AU 9605198 A 19981203; DE 98309873 T 19981202; JP 35217297 A 19971205; ZA 9811120 A 19981204