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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Aruze Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 ;
Abstract
A game machine is disclosed in which interest in the game is created by the operation of stop buttons,through,and back lamps,and,for illuminating rotating reels,through,Patterns which differ in accordance with the kind of prize modes are announced to the player, for example, by simultaneously extinguishing the respective back lamps,and,of the rotating reels,through,when the stop buttons,through,are actuated, and the possibility of erecting a “BB” hit flag, signifying a big hit prize, is announced to the player.