JP3776471B2 - Image display device for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an image display device that variably displays an image corresponding to a game situation on a liquid crystal color panel provided in front of a game board in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the gaming machine as described above, display by sound and light is performed to enhance the gaming property. For example, in an image display device of a pachinko machine, the playability is improved by variously changing the pattern and color of an image displayed on the display surface of a liquid crystal color panel according to the game situation. Specifically, after the power is turned on, the scroll character is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel in an arrangement of 9 sections of 3 rows and 3 columns or 6 sections of 3 rows and 2 columns, and is scrolled by winning at the winning start of the game ball The character is variably displayed as if it is rotating in the vertical direction, and the scroll character is sequentially stopped with a time difference of about several seconds between each line after a predetermined time has elapsed. Then, before the remaining lines are stopped, the reach state is reached when two patterns of already stopped scroll characters (stop characters) are aligned in a specific direction such as a single line direction or an oblique direction. In this reach state, depending on the types of stop characters in the remaining rows, there are possibilities that three stop character patterns may be arranged in a specific direction. For example, a frame figure surrounding two stop characters that triggered the reach state Is displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel to inform the player of the reach status. Subsequently, when the scroll characters are stopped on the remaining lines and the three stop character patterns are arranged in a specific direction, a big hit is obtained. In the big hit state, video is variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel in a narrative style to enhance game play. In other words, a display function appealing to the player's vision is an important point for enhancing the gameability of the gaming machine.
[0003]
From such a demand, for example, there is known an image display device for a gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 5-161759, 5-228245, 5-293245, and 5-305173. It has been. In this image display device, the display control device is configured separately from the game control device, and when the display control device receives one piece of information representing the game situation from the game control device, the graphic control corresponding to the game information is displayed on the display control device. A plurality of image data is extracted from the above memory by interpreting it based on conversion rules indicating the display time and combination of symbols stored in the memory inside, and the liquid crystal color installed in the front center of the game board By variably displaying on the display surface of the panel, the memory in the game control device is released from storage of data necessary for image display, the storage capacity for the anti-fraud data in the memory in the game control device is secured, and the animation character The degree of freedom of movement and the types of background images are increased.
[0004]
In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-39111, a control device that controls both a gaming machine and an image display has a plurality of frame memories, and background images and images for each of a plurality of characters are stored in these frame memories from a ROM. A gaming machine is disclosed in which data is stored individually and these image data are superimposed and variably displayed on a liquid crystal display of a game board.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The image display device of the gaming machine disclosed in each of the above publications is adapted to display individual image data such as a scroll character, a background image, an animation character, and a frame figure extracted from a memory or a frame memory according to game information. Since it is configured to be combined in a plane so as to be scattered on the display surface, there is a problem that the amount of data for drawing a large number of frames and data for replacing them in a short time is enormous. .
[0006]
In addition, in the image display device of a pachinko machine having a probability variation function, the probability variation symbol for generating the probability variation is generally changed in color so that it can be easily distinguished from other symbols. It has been pointed out that the game is difficult to understand.
[0007]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the object thereof is to variably display a pseudo-stereoscopic screen while minimizing data for variable display. A display screen composed of a middle ground screen and a sprite screen is variably displayed, and at the time of reach, a character such as a message is displayed on the sprite screen or the middle ground screen so that a scroll character can be seen, thereby enhancing game playability.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  An image display device of a gaming machine according to the present invention isA liquid crystal color panel, a character generator ROM, and a display control device.On the display surface of the LCD color panelA scroll screen for displaying a scroll character and a middle ground screen for displaying a pattern covering the entire display surface on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel or an animation character or character for displaying on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel Screen data for configuring a virtual screen composed of a sprite screen is stored in advance, and the display control device is configured such that the animation character is configured with a transparent hollow according to the reach information, and is extracted from the character generator ROM. The screen is superimposed so that it is placed in front of the scroll screen and displayed on the LCD color panel display surface.Before scroll screenMiddle ground screen or spriteOn the screenthe aboveTransparent hollowConfiguredAnimated characterOr a liquid crystal color panel, a character generator ROM, and a display control device, and the character generator ROM includes a liquid crystal color panel, a character generator ROM, and a display control device. Animated on the display screen of the liquid crystal color panel, the scroll screen for displaying the scroll character on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, the middle ground screen for displaying the pattern covering the entire display surface on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel Screen data for constructing a virtual screen composed of characters and sprite screens for displaying characters is stored in advance, and the display control device receives a scroll screen, a middle ground screen, and a sprite screen from the character generator ROM according to game information. The extracted sprite screen, the middle ground screen, and the scroll screen are superimposed so that they are arranged in order from the front side to the rear side, and are variably displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. Is configured to have a transparent hollow, and the animation character having this transparent hollow is displayed on the sprite screen so as to be positioned in front of the scroll character on the scroll screen so as to be superimposed on the scroll character..
[0009]
[Action]
  This inventionDisplay device for gaming machine according to the present inventionAccording to,In the informationAccording,On the display surface of the LCD color panel,Transparent hollowConfiguredAnimated charactersTo be in front of the scroll characterDisplayedThe
[0010]
【Example】
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine as a gaming machine of an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display device of the embodiment, FIG. Is a diagram showing the area configuration of the scroll screen in the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the process of change of the display screen from the scroll of the embodiment to the end of the high probability change, FIG. 5 is a screen of the initial stage in the reach of the embodiment FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration immediately before the final scroll character is stopped in the reach, and FIG. 7 is a front view showing a pachinko machine of the embodiment.
[0011]
  In FIG. 7, the pachinko machine has an outer frame 11 for installation on an island of a pachinko shop. A front frame 12 is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge outside the figure. The metal frame 13 is fixed, and a glass frame 14 is attached to the metal frame 13 by a hinge (not shown) so that the glass frame 14 can be opened and closed. An upper plate set 16 is attached to the lower edge portion, and a locking device 17 is assembled to one side edge portion of the front frame 12. The front frame 12 is attached to the outer frame 11 by the locking / unlocking operation of the locking device 17. The glass frame 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame 12. Further, a handle grip 18 and a lower plate set 19 of a ball striking device are assembled to the lower edge portion of the front frame 12, and a game board 20 is mounted inside the front frame 12 so as to face the glass 15. An image display device 2 having a liquid crystal color panel 3 is attached to the center of the game board 20, and a band 21, a game nail 22, a lamp windmill 23, and a windmill 24 are provided at portions around the image display apparatus 2 of the game board 20. A start winning opening 25, 26, a winning opening 27, a variable winning ball apparatus (attacker) 29 having an opening / closing body 28, an out opening 30 and the like are provided. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, when a game ball (not shown) is put in the upper plate set 16 and the handle grip 18 is rotated in one direction, the launching device (not shown) uses a band 21 from the upper plate set 16 for each game ball. Fire inside. The launched game ball is guided along the band 21 to the upper part of the game area in the band 21, and the upward thrust of the game ball becomes smaller than the gravity of the game ball, so that the game ball moves down the game area. In the middle of the roll, the ball enters the start winning holes 25 and 26 while hitting the game nail 22, the ramp windmill 23, or the windmill 24. It becomes a constant supply ball that supplies the game balls of the game to the upper plate set 16 as balls,27The game balls that did not enter enter the out port 30 and become out balls. Further, when the image display device 2 displays a big hit by the combination of the stop symbols after the variable display operation, the opening / closing plate 28 of the variable winning ball device 29 opens and closes, and the winning ball for the game ball driven into the game area The probability of becoming higher. The opening / closing operation in the variable winning ball apparatus 29, the constant supply operation by winning to the winning opening 27, the blinking of the lamp windmill 23, and the like are controlled by the game control apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
[0012]
In FIG. 1, the game control device 1 and the image display device 2 will be described in detail. The game control device 1 is configured as a microcomputer that operates according to a preset program, and outputs various game information such as game start information, scroll information, reach information, jackpot information, and probability variation information to the image display device 2. To do.
The game start information is a signal that is output when the game control device 1 receives a game start detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects, for example, a rotation operation of the handle grip 18. The scroll information is a signal that is output when the game control device 1 receives a winning detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects that a game ball has been won at the start winning holes 25 and 26. As for the reach information, the stop symbol combination determining means using a random number outside the figure built in the game control device 1 stops first of the three scroll characters before the stop of the scroll character described later due to the winning detection signal. It is a signal that is output based on the combination stop decision that the symbols of the two scroll characters are the same. This reach information includes normal reach information and super reach information in which the probability of a big hit state is set higher than this. The jackpot information is a signal that the stop symbol combination determining means outputs based on the combination stop determination that becomes the same symbol when all three scroll characters stop before the scroll character stops due to the winning detection signal. . The probability variation information is a signal that is output when the probability variation determination means (not shown) built in the game control device 1 is a probability variation symbol such as “7” in which the same symbol based on the jackpot determination is preset. It is. When the game control device 1 outputs the probability variation information and the probability variation symbols are all stopped in a specific direction such as a single row direction or an oblique direction and displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 of the image display device 2. For example, a high probability state in which a game state is advantageous for the player is set for a certain time such that all the symbols of the scroll characters are easily arranged.
[0013]
The image display device 2 shown in FIG. 1 generally includes a liquid crystal color panel 3, a character generator ROM (hereinafter referred to as CGROM) 4, and a display control device 5. The liquid crystal color panel 3 has a display surface 3a, an X drive circuit 3b, a Y drive circuit 3c, and an XY control circuit 3d arranged on the front surface of the game board 20 (see FIG. 6). The XY control circuit 3d The output from the display controller 5 is received and the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c are controlled, and the X drive circuit 3b and the Y drive circuit 3c display an image on the display surface 3a by the scanning operation. In the CGROM 4, in addition to screen data for configuring a virtual screen composed of a scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b and a plurality of sprite screens 4c, an address for reading the screen data and an address for designating the color palette RAM 5c Are stored in advance.
The display control device 5 includes a line RAM 5a, a control unit 5b configured as a one-chip microprocessor that operates according to a preset program, and a color palette RAM 5c. The control unit 5b includes a composite display unit 5d and a specific display unit 5e. Then, the control unit 5b responds to the game information such as game start information, winning information, reach information, jackpot information and probability variation information from the game control device 1 from the CGROM 4 to the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. The screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c are extracted, and the color signals extracted from the color palette RAM 5c are added to the extracted scroll screen 4a, middle ground screen 4b and sprite screen 4c, respectively. Screen 4a, for display control of the liquid crystal color panel 3 so as to variably display a display screen 6 shown in B of FIG. 2 superimposed each middle ground screen 4b and sprite screen 4c on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.
The composite display means 5d displays a display screen 6 having a screen configuration as shown in FIG. 4, for example, on the liquid crystal color panel 3 in accordance with the scroll information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control unit 5b. Variable display on the surface 3a. The display screen 6 is obtained by superimposing a scroll screen 4a, a middle ground screen 4b, and a sprite screen 4c extracted from the CGROM 4 according to scroll information.
The specific display means 5e constitutes the display screen 6 variably displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 by the composite display means 5d based on the reach information in the game information sent from the game control device 1 to the control unit 5b. A transparent hollow animation character is drawn on the sprite screen 4c.
[0014]
  The scroll screen 4 a is a virtual screen for displaying a scroll character in a scroll area divided into a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns based on the display surface 3 a of the liquid crystal color panel 3. Rows in a plurality of rows and columns are in the vertical direction, and the columns are in the horizontal direction. In the pachinko machine, the scroll area is generally set to 3 × 2 6 sections or 3 × 3 9 sections. In this embodiment, 9 sections are taken as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. The scroll screen 4a has a scroll character in the upper 1/3 area and a pseudo scroll character in the lower 2/3 area. That is, in the scroll screen 4a, three scroll areas (first area, second area, and third area) constituting the upper first row.SoEach scroll character is variably displayed. Each of the three scroll characters variably displayed in the first area, the second area, and the third area is, for example, the numbers “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”. , “6”, “7”, “8”, “9” and alphabets “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”, a total of 15 types of symbols. In the scroll screen 4a, pseudo scroll characters are variably displayed in each of the six scroll areas constituting the second row of the middle portion and the third row of the lower portion. Since the pseudo-scroll character is a symbol related to the scroll character in the vertical direction, among the six scroll areas, the group of the fourth area and the seventh area, the group of the fifth area and the eighth area, the sixth It is variably displayed in each group of area and ninth area. Among the pseudo-scroll characters, the pseudo-scroll character corresponding to each of “0” to “9” in the design of the scroll character has the same number of legs, ears, and hands as the scroll character with a large outer shape. The pseudo scroll character corresponding to each of “A” to “E” in the design of the scroll character has a design in which monsters having different motion expressions are designed.
  The middle ground screen 4b is a virtual screen for displaying a pattern such as the sky or the background covering the entire display surface 3a on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.
  The sprite screen 4 c is a virtual screen for displaying an animation character on the display surface 3 a of the liquid crystal color panel 3.
[0015]
The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS. When the power outside the figure is turned on, the image display device 2 shown in FIG. 7 is driven, and a small scroll character and a large pseudo-scroll character are displayed on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3 in two vertical rows. The pachinko machine is ready to play. In this state, when the player operates the handle grip 18 shown in FIG. 7 to play the game ball with the ball striking device and the played game balls enter the winning start ports 25 and 26 shown in FIG. The game control device 1 shown outputs scroll information to the display control device 5. Then, the display control device 5 extracts the image data of the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c from the CGROM 4, and extracts the color data for the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c from the color palette RAM 5c. To do. The color data for the sprite screen 4c at this time is transparent data. Then, the display control device 5 outputs the image data and the color data to the XY control circuit 3d of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and the XY control circuit 3d displays the scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the display screen 3a. The sprite screen 4c is superimposed and variably displayed. On the display surface 3a immediately after winning the game ball at the start opening, the scroll character and the pseudo scroll character of the scroll screen 4a are variably displayed as if they are rotating.
[0016]
Here, the process of variable display from scroll to reach the jackpot shown in FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, in the scroll state, a scroll character composed of numbers “0” to “9” and alphabets “A” to “E” positioned in the upper row for each of the first to third rows and the lower row. The pseudo-scroll character composed of “opaque and clear-colored eggs” located at is variably displayed as if it were rotating. Thereafter, when a predetermined time elapses, the scroll character and the pseudo-scroll character stop in order from the first line to the third line, for example, with a time difference of about several seconds between the lines, and the third line as the remaining lines Before the eye scroll character and the pseudo scroll character are stopped, a reach state in which the symbols of the scroll character and the pseudo scroll character on the first line and the second line that have been stopped so far are arranged in two. That is, as shown in step 101 of FIG. 4, “0” is stopped on the scroll character on the first line, “personification 0” is stopped on the pseudo scroll character, and the scroll character on the second line is displayed. “0” and “personification 0” are stopped and displayed on the pseudo-scroll character, and the scroll speed of the scroll character “2” located in the upper part of the third row is slowed down. Subsequently, in step 102, an animation character “an opportunity to clear a transparent area and two exclamation points” appears before (above) the pseudo-scroll character. Next, in step 103 and step 104, the animation character flows from left to right, and one cycle of variable display from scrolling to reach the jackpot through reach is completed.
[0017]
The display screen 6 shown in step 101 of FIG. 4 has the screen configuration shown in FIG. That is, the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 5A is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 101 of FIG. 4, and the sprite screen 4c whose entire area of the screen is omitted from FIG. The scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite are positioned so that the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B is located next to the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 5C. The screen 4c is superposed. That is, in the middle ground screen 4b in FIG. 5B, the lower 6/9 region 7a corresponding to the fourth to ninth areas representing the pseudo scroll character in FIG. The portion 7b corresponding to the three scroll characters in FIG. 5C in the upper 3/9 region corresponding to the three areas is transparent, and the other portion 7c is, for example, a plurality of blues having different gradations. The scroll screen 4a in FIG. 5C shows the scroll characters ("0", "0") in the first and second rows of the upper scroll characters and the first row of the lower pseudo scroll characters. And the second row pseudo-scroll character (“personification 0”, “personification 0”) are stopped, and the third row scroll character (“2”) and the lower row This is an aspect of the process in which the pseudo-scroll character on the third line (“opaque and vivid egg”) is variably displayed as if it is rotating among the scroll characters. In the scroll screen 4a in FIG. 5C, the portion 7d surrounding the scroll characters in the first area to the third area representing the scroll character is transparent. The screen configurations of the middle ground screen 4b and the scroll screen 4a in FIGS. B and C in FIG. 5 are common in the process of change of the display screen 6 from the scroll to the end of jackpot in step 101 to step 104 in FIG. used. Then, the sprite screen 4c (not shown), the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 5B and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. 5C are overlapped, so that the scroll character shown in FIG. 5A scrolls. The display screen 6 is in operation.
[0018]
  The display screen 6 shown in step 102 of FIG. 4 has the screen configuration shown in FIG. That is, the display screen 6 shown in FIG. 6A is the same as the display screen 6 shown in step 102 of FIG. 4, and the sprite screen 4c shown in FIG. The scroll screen 4a, the middle ground screen 4b, and the sprite screen 4c are overlapped so that the middle ground screen 4b shown in FIG. 6C is located and the scroll screen 4a shown in FIG. ing. In other words, the sprite screen 4c in FIG.OutsideThe middle ground screen 4b in FIG. 6C is the same as the B diagram in FIG. 5, and the scroll shown in the D diagram in FIG. 6 is a screen configuration having an animation character of “transparency chance and two exclamation points”. The screen 4a is the same as FIG. 5C.
[0019]
  In short, according to the process of variable display from scroll to reach jackpot shown in FIG. 4, when the reach is based on the probability variation pattern, the animation character consisting of the chance of transparent hollow and two exclamation points is displayed on the pseudo scroll character. Therefore, the animation character displays the scroll character and the pseudo scroll character on the display surface 3 of the liquid crystal color panel 3.aChance to change probability with low probability switching to high probability after jackpot without losingWhenCan be communicated to the player and the gameability can be improved.
[0020]
As a result, according to this embodiment, at the time of scrolling, the reach action can be expressed on the pseudo-stereoscopic screen by combining the sprite screen 4c, the middle ground screen 4b, and the scroll screen 4a. In other words, as in the conventional example described above, in a method in which a large number of frames are combined in a plane and the screen data extracted from the memory are combined, and a large number of frames are replaced one by one, such as a picture-story show or a page turning, the animation character When expressing characters or characters, it is necessary to change the scroll character on the scroll screen. In contrast, in this embodiment, the reach state can be achieved by replacing only the sprite screen 4c, which requires less image data and color data, without replacing the scroll screen 4a having greater image data and color data. Can tell the person exactly. Therefore, the pseudo-stereoscopic screen can be variably displayed while reducing the amount of data for variable display as much as possible. In addition, at the time of reaching with the probability variation pattern that becomes the probability variation, the transparent outline character that shows the chance is expressed as large as possible on the display surface 3a of the liquid crystal color panel 3, and the occasional will and feelings are expressed accurately. In addition, game play can be improved. The middle ground screen 4b and the sprite screen 4c (4c-1 to 4c-5) have a smaller amount of image data and color data for variable display than the scroll screen 4a. This is because 4c is arranged on the front side of the scroll screen 4a, so that there are many transparent regions, and image data and color data are reduced accordingly.
[0021]
In this embodiment, the case where the animation character with the transparent outline is moved to the sprite screen 4c at a constant speed in the predetermined direction at the time of reach of the probability variation has been illustrated and described as an example. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the character or the animation character is displayed on the middle ground screen, or the animation character can be freely moved around the animation character.
[0022]
In this embodiment, a pachinko machine has been illustrated and described, but the present invention is also applicable to a gaming machine such as a slot machine other than a pachinko machine. When applied to a slot machine, the game start information and scroll information in the above embodiment are replaced with information that detects the insertion of medals into the slot machine, and the stop of the scroll characters on each of the multiple lines is stopped at the front of the slot machine. It can be easily understood that the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine such as a slot machine by changing the reading so as to be performed by operating a button.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
  As described above, according to the present invention,The following effects are achieved. An animation character configured with transparent outlines is displayed in front of the scroll character so as to be superimposed on the scroll character, so it can be displayed on a sprite screen or middle ground screen with more transparent areas than the scroll screen.Reach informationByTransparent outlineanimationCharacterOverlay the scroll characterTherefore, without changing the scroll screen with a large amount of image data and color data, a display screen that accurately conveys the reach state to the player can be variably displayed on the liquid crystal color panel.Moreover, since the animation character is transparent, the scroll character does not disappear from the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a game control device and an image display device in a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process from a virtual screen to a display screen in the image display apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an area configuration of a scroll screen in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing a display screen from scrolling to jackpot according to the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration at an initial stage in the reach of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration immediately before the last scroll character is stopped in the reach of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
Two-screen display device
3 LCD color panel
3a LCD color panel display surface
4 CGROM (character generator ROM)
4a Scroll screen
4b Middle ground screen
4c sprite screen
5 Display controller
5b Control unit
5d Composite display means
5e Specific display means

Claims (2)

Comprising a liquid crystal color panel and character generator ROM and the display control unit, the character generator ROM, and the scroll screen for displaying scroll characters on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, the entire display surface on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel screen data for forming the virtual screen constituted of a sprite screen for displaying the animation character and characters on the display surface of the middle ground screen or LCD color panel for displaying a pattern covering the are stored in advance, the display control unit In accordance with the reach information, the animation character is configured to be transparent and the middle ground screen or sprite screen extracted from the character generator ROM is superimposed on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel so that it is placed in front of the scroll screen. variable Shows, characterized in that it displays as superimposed on the scroll character located animation character that is configured on the transparent during bleeding from the scroll screen in front of the middle ground screen or sprite screen in front of the scroll characters scroll screen An image display device for a gaming machine. A liquid crystal color panel, a character generator ROM, and a display control device are provided. The character generator ROM has a scroll screen for displaying a scroll character on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel, and the entire display surface on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel. Screen data for configuring a virtual screen composed of a middle ground screen for displaying a covering pattern and a sprite screen for displaying animation characters and characters on the display surface of the liquid crystal color panel is stored in advance. The scroll screen, the middle ground screen, and the sprite screen are extracted from the character generator ROM according to the game information, and the extracted sprite screen, the middle ground screen, and the scroll screen are arranged in order from the front side to the rear side. Liquid Depending on the reach information, the animation character is configured to be transparent and the animation character configured to be transparent is positioned in front of the scroll character on the scroll screen on the sprite screen. An image display device for a gaming machine, wherein the image is displayed so as to be superimposed on a scroll character .

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