发明名称 Gaming machines with board game theme
摘要 Gaming machines are disclosed having a basic mode defining a plurality of reels and a bonus mode defining a plurality of stations about a game board (e.g., MONOPOLY board) traversable by a token identifier. The disclosure describes a plurality of play features for the basic and/or bonus modes including (1) a feature allowing the player to select a game token; (2) a feature allowing the player to predict and wager on landing position(s) of the token identifier; (3) a feature allowing the player to obtain deferred-execution instruction(s) which are exercisable by the processor to override later-issued instruction(s) otherwise to be executed by the processor; (4) a feature in which to movements of the token identifier are determined according to movement tables corresponding to the various stations of the game board; (5) a feature in which escalating bonuses are awarded for reaching a designated bonus square (e.g., the "GO' square); (6) a feature in which bonuses are awarded for completing groups of stations (e.g., color groups); and (7) a feature in which the gaming machine includes two bonus modes, each entered upon certain symbol combinations in the basic game. The first bonus game provides an award selected from a plurality of fixed values and multipliers, and the second bonus game moves a token identifier on a game board and provides an award determined by the landing station of the token identifier.
申请公布号 US6520855(B2) 申请公布日期 2003.02.18
申请号 US20020092817 申请日期 2002.03.07
申请人 WMS GAMING INC. 发明人 DEMAR LAWRENCE E.;JAFFE JOEL R.;FROHM ERICA R.;SLOMIANY SCOTT;GRUPP WILLIAM;WILSON, JR. ROBERT J.;THOMAS ALFRED
分类号 A63F;A63F3/00;A63F7/00;G06F;G07F17/32;(IPC1-7):A63F13/00;G07F17/34 主分类号 A63F
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