| 摘要 |
A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip. The method includes initiating a primary game, responsively spinning the reels, randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the primary game. The method includes detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the primary game outcome, and responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of providing a slot game to a player with a gaming machine that includes an input device, a display device, and a controller including a game program for executing the slot game, including the steps of:
displaying, by the controller on the display device, the slot game including a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip including a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order, the plurality of game symbols including at least one trigger symbol; allowing the player to make a wager on the game with the input device which accepts physical media indicating a monetary value, to make a wager on the game, the game including a primary game and a secondary game; adjusting, by the controller, a credit balance associated with the player as a function of an amount of the wager; initiating, by the controller, the primary game and responsively spinning the reels, at least one of the reels having a first run of consecutive special symbol positions and a second run of consecutive special symbol positions, each symbol position included in the first run being populated with an identical first symbol, each symbol position included in the second run being populated with an identical second symbol; randomly determining, by the controller, an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the outcome of the primary game, the outcome of the primary game being displayed in a grid, the spinning reels being visible in the grid during play of the game; awarding a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome and responsively adjusting the credit balance as a function of the award; detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in the at least one reel in the primary game outcome; selecting a third symbol in response to detecting the triggering condition; responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel including replacing each of the first and second symbols with the selected third symbol to modify the reel feature of the at least one reel; generating an outcome of the secondary game including the third symbol being displayed in each of the symbol positions included in the first and second runs and spinning and stopping the reels to display the outcome of the secondary game; and, awarding a second award to the player based on the secondary game outcome. |
