CONTROLLER OF GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a more effective game direction image by capturing various faces, expressions, actions, or the like of a player, and suitably selecting and using a plurality of captured images in response to a game direction state. SOLUTION: This controller of a game machine performs lottery for generating a special game state by displaying the game direction image on an image display means and winning a prize into a starting gate disposed on a game panel surface. The controller comprises an image capture controlling means 78 for controlling an image pickup means 60 capable of photographing the image of the player, a means 80 for storing the plurality of captured images as a captured image, a means 74 for selecting a captured image to be used for image generation from the plurality of captured images, and an image generating means 76 for generating an game direction image to be displayed on a display unit using the selected captured image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO