Gaming machine with interactive story line

摘要

A gaming machine with interactive story line. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the player will advance to an interactive bonus game after achieving a certain combination of symbols on a base game. Once the player has advanced to the bonus game, he or she will have the opportunity to play a video based animated or real-life bonus game that varies depending on the player's input. In a preferred embodiment, the player's input is through the base game display, which is a touch screen LCD or video monitor and which has the dual purpose of displaying the base game during base game play and functioning as the player interface during the bonus play which is displayed on an LCD or video monitor in the top-box of the gaming device. The player's input in the preferred embodiment includes answering questions posed by the characters in the game, making decisions for the characters in the game or assisting the characters in the game whether such assistance is in the form of shooting targets, picking up objects, choosing paths, steering vehicles or basically interacting with the primary characters of the storyline.