To provide a game machine which enables the selective and clear displaying of figures on reels, performance images or the like to be displayed on a front display means provided in front of the reels as required.

The game machine has a variable display means for variably displaying a plurality of figures, the front display means which is provided in front of the variable display means to make the figures of the variable display means visible translucently, an internal winning combination decision means for determining an internal winning combination, a plurality of operation means for stopping the variable display by the variable display means, a stop control means which controls and stops the variable display operations by the variable display means based on the results of the determination by the internal winning combination decision means and the operations by the operation means and a game medium put-out means which puts out game media when the stop pattern of the variable display means stopped by the stop control means is as specified. A shielding means is provided between the variable display means and the front display means to temporarily shield the translucent view of the variable display means from the front display means.