JP2003062321A - Game system, game device, method for controlling game device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase earnings of a parlor by making players widely enjoy game devices installed in the parlor, irrespective of a coin game machine or a medal game machine. SOLUTION: When a magnetic card on which consumption amount data of a player who played on a coin game machine are recorded is inserted into a card inlet/outlet of a medal game machine (S1), the consumption amount data are read by a magnetic card writing and reading section (S2). The consumption amount data read are sent to the main board of the medal game machine and the main board multiplies the consumption amount based on the consumption amount data by 0.5 (S3). Credit equivalent to the number of medals that can be borrowed with the amount obtained is recorded on a RAM (S4). Namely, the player can use half as much as the amount of coins he consumed on the coin game machine as money for borrowing medals.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a first game device provided with coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving a game value by the coin receiving means. And a game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player, a game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and a game advanced by the game advancing means A game system including a second game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player in accordance with the result of the above, a game device configuring this system, a control method for the game device, and a program. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a store such as a game center where a player pays money to play a game, a game device (hereinafter, referred to as a "coin game machine") in which a player inserts coins to play a game, A game device (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a “medal game machine”) in which a player pays money to borrow a medal or the like (game value) from a store and inserts the medal or the like to play a game is installed.
A player who visits a store can play various games installed in the store by paying money. At this time, for example, the player may first play on a coin game machine and then on a medal game machine, or may first play on a medal game machine and then on a coin game machine. is there.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, it is an object of the player to mainly enjoy the game contents with a coin game machine and to increase the game value such as medals with a medal game machine. Since the players have different purposes as described above, many players who visit the store only play coin game machines and only medal game machines. As a result, there has been a problem that in a store having a customer base that only uses medal game machines, games are rarely played with coin game machines, and it is difficult to earn profit with coin game machines. On the other hand, in a store with a customer base that only plays coin game machines,
There is a problem that games are rarely played on the medal game machine, and it is difficult to make a profit on the medal game machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wide range of players with game devices installed in stores regardless of whether they are coin game machines or medal game machines. It is an object to provide a game system, a game device, a game device control method, and a program that can be enjoyed and can improve the profitability of a store.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 advances a game by receiving coins which a player carries, and coins received by the coin receiving device. A first game device having a game progression means for playing, and a game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money
A game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player according to a result of the game advanced by the game advancing means. In a game system including a second game device including: a first game device, the first game device stores coin amount related information related to the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means, for each player. The second game device has a storage unit and a coin amount related information output unit that outputs the coin amount related information stored in the coin amount related information storage unit, and the second game device is output by the coin amount related information output unit. A coin amount related information receiving means for receiving the coin amount related information,
Coin amount related information processing means for performing processing for utilizing the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means in the game on the second game device performed by the player corresponding to the coin amount related information. It is characterized by having.

This game system is provided with a first game device which is a so-called coin game device and a second game device which is a so-called medal game device. In addition, the medal game machine mentioned here is a device for exchanging the game value of a medal or the like borrowed by a player by borrowing money with the game device. However, it also includes intangible objects such as electronic data. In the present game system, the first game device stores the coin amount related information related to the amount of coins received by the coin receiving device for each player by the coin amount related information storage device. Here, in the "coin amount related information", not only the information indicating the amount of coins received from each player but also the amount of coins received from each player, for example, in the game of the second game device described later. It also includes information converted to the information used. Such coin amount related information is output by the coin amount related information output means. As the coin amount related information output means, the coin amount related information of each player is recorded on a portable recording medium such as a magnetic card, and the portable recording medium is handed over to each player, or a display means such as a display. It is possible to use a device that displays a password or the like indicating the coin amount related information of each player. Further, when the first game device and the second game device are connected via a network so as to be capable of data communication, it is possible to use the one that outputs via the network.

The coin amount related information output in this way is received by the coin amount related information receiving means of the second game device. Then, the coin amount related information is subjected to predetermined processing by the coin amount related information processing means, and is used in the game played by the player corresponding to the coin amount related information. For example, when a player who plays on a first game device, which is a so-called coin game device, plays on a second game device, which is a so-called medal game device, the medal game device displays the coin amount related information corresponding to the player. When it is received, an item, a character, or the like that cannot appear in the game of the player who is playing only the medal game machine appears in the game of the player according to the coin amount related information. As described above, in the present game system, when the player plays a game on the second game device, which is a so-called medal game device, the amount of coins spent by the player on the first game device, which is a so-called coin game device, is calculated. A game using related information can be played. Therefore, it becomes possible to make a player who has played only a so-called medal game machine until now interested in playing a game with a so-called coin game machine. That is,
It is possible to give a player who has not been interested in a so-called coin game machine until now to play a game with the coin game machine. With this, it can be expected that such a player can play the game not only on the so-called medal game machine but also on the coin game machine by knowing the enjoyment of the game on the coin game machine.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is a first game device provided with a coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. And a game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player, a game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and a game advanced by the game advancing means In a game system including a second game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value to the player in accordance with the result of, the second game device receives the game value by the game value receiving means. Game value amount related information that stores the game value amount related information related to the game value amount for each player And a game value amount related information output unit for outputting the game value amount related information stored in the game value amount related information storage unit, wherein the first game device has the game value amount related information. A game value amount related information receiving unit for receiving the game value amount related information output by the output unit, and a game value amount related information received by the game value amount related information receiving unit for a player corresponding to the game value amount related information. And game value amount related information processing means for performing processing for use in the game on the first game device.

This game system, like the game system according to claim 1, is a so-called coin game machine.
And a second game device, which is a so-called medal game machine. In the present game system, the second game device stores the game value amount related information relating to the amount of the game value received by the game value receiving unit for each player by the game value amount related information storage unit. Here, the "game value amount related information" is not only information indicating the amount of game value itself received from each player, but also received from each player from the amount of game value paid out to each player, for example. Information indicating the amount obtained by subtracting the amount of game value received, that is, the amount of game value increased by each player in the game on the second game device, or the amount of game value paid out to each player. It also includes information indicating a value obtained by dividing each game value received by each player, that is, a substantial payout rate of each player. Also, in this "game value amount related information", the amount of game value received by the game value receiving means,
It also includes information previously converted into information used in the game of the first game device described later. Such game value amount related information is output by the game value amount related information output means. As the game value amount related information output means, one having the same configuration as the coin amount related information output means in the game system of claim 1 can be used.

The game value amount related information output in this way is received by the game value amount related information receiving means of the first game device, and the game value amount related information is received by the game value amount related information processing means. Predetermined processing is performed and used for the game played by the player corresponding to the game value related information. For example, when a player who plays on the second game device, which is a so-called medal game device, plays on the first game device, which is a so-called coin game device, the coin game device is associated with the game value amount corresponding to the player. When the information is received, an item or character that cannot appear in the game of the player playing only with the coin game machine appears in the game of the player according to the game value related information. Let As described above, in the present game system, when a player plays a game on the first game device, which is a so-called coin game machine, the amount of game value spent by the player on the second game device, which is a so-called medal game machine, is calculated. A game using related information can be played. Therefore, it becomes possible to make a player who has played a game only on a so-called coin game machine until now interested in playing a game on a so-called medal game machine. That is, it is possible to give a player who has not been interested in a so-called medal game machine until now a chance to play a game on the medal game machine. With this, it can be expected that such a player can play the game not only on the coin game machine but also on the medal game machine by knowing the enjoyment of the game on the so-called medal game machine.

According to the invention of claim 3, a game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player by paying money, and a game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means. In a game device provided with a game value payout means for paying out the game value to the player according to the result of the game progressed by the game progress means, the game is advanced by inserting coins possessed by the player. By the coin amount related information receiving means for receiving the coin amount related information for each player related to the amount of coins inserted in the other game device by the player, and the coin amount related information receiving device. The received coin amount related information is compared with the coin amount related information which is advanced by the game advancing means. It is characterized in that it has a coin amount related information processing means for processing for using the player's game.

This game device functions as the second game device in the game system according to claim 1,
It is possible to give a player who has not been interested in a so-called coin game machine until now to know the enjoyment of playing a game with a coin game machine, which enables such a player to use not only a so-called medal game machine but also a coin game machine. It can be expected that the game will be played on game consoles.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the third aspect, the coin amount related information processing means converts the coin amount into another game device based on a predetermined conversion condition. The above-mentioned game value amount is used as a game value amount received by the game value receiving means.

In this game device, at least a part of the amount of coins spent by the player in another game device which is a so-called coin game device can be used as the game value amount received by the game value receiving means. Thus, for example, when the predetermined conversion condition is 50%, the game value amount that can be borrowed by paying money corresponding to 50% of the amount of coins spent by the player on the coin game machine Can be treated as received by the game value receiving means. As a result, the player can obtain the privilege of playing a coin game machine to obtain a game value such as a medal which can be used in the present game device which is a so-called medal game machine. As a result, it is possible to motivate a player who has never been interested in a coin game machine to play a game on the coin game machine. On the other hand, players who have never been interested in medal game machines can motivate themselves to play games on medal game machines using the game value gained by playing coin game machines. .
In addition, the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means is the game value amount converted according to the predetermined conversion condition based on the amount of coins already inserted in the other game device which is a so-called coin game machine. If so, the coin amount related information processing means processes the game value amount indicated by the coin amount related information as the game value amount received by the game value receiving means. On the other hand, the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means is, for example,
In the case of indicating the amount of coins inserted into the other game device, the coin amount related information processing means converts the amount of coins indicated by the coin amount related information into a game value amount according to a predetermined conversion condition. After that, the game value amount is processed as the game value amount received by the game value receiving means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game apparatus according to the third aspect, the game value receipt amount received from the player by the game value receiving means within a predetermined period and the game value paying means during the predetermined period. There is a payout control means for controlling the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player for each player so that the actual ratio with the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player becomes a predetermined planned ratio. Therefore, the coin amount related information processing means pays out the game value to the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means becomes the predetermined planned ratio. It is characterized in that the payout amount is controlled by the above-mentioned payout control means so that the payout amount becomes larger than the payout amount controlled as described above.

In this game device, the payout control means causes a substantial ratio between the amount of game value received from the player within a predetermined period and the amount of game value paid out to the player within the predetermined period (hereinafter , So that the “substantial payout rate” will be a predetermined planned rate (hereinafter, appropriately called “planned payout rate”).
The amount of game value paid out to the player is controlled for each player. Therefore, if the player's actual payout rate is lower than the planned payout rate, the player is controlled to increase the amount of game value paid out to that player, and the player's actual payout rate is higher than the planned payout rate. If it is also high, the amount of game value paid out to the player is controlled to be reduced. As a result, even if the game content is such that the payout amount of the game value changes depending on the skill of each player, each player can play the game at a difficulty level that suits his skill, and the store is stable. Profit can also be secured. Here, in this game device, the payout amount of the game value to be paid out to the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means is controlled so as to be the predetermined planned ratio. The payout amount is controlled by the above-mentioned payout control means so as to be larger than the amount. That is, the player pays more game value when playing on another game device, which is a so-called coin game machine, than when not playing on the coin game machine. In other words, a part of the amount of coins spent by the player on the coin game machine is returned to the player by playing the game on the medal game machine. This makes it possible to motivate players who were not interested in coin game consoles to play games on coin game consoles, and was not interested in medal game consoles until now. It can inspire the player to play a game on a medal console.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game apparatus according to the third aspect, the game state is changed by the game progression means while the game is in progress. The player corresponding to the game state changing element uses the change element receiving means for receiving the game state changing element acquired by the player and the game state changing element received by the change element receiving means while the game is progressing by the game progressing means. When the game state change element stored in the change element storage means is used based on the change element storage means for storing in a possible state and the player's instruction, the game state during the game progress by the game progression means And a game state changing means for changing.

In this game device, when the player obtains a game state change element for changing the game state during the game progress by the game progress means by the game in the other game device, the game state change element Is received by the change element receiving means. The game state change element is stored in the change element storage means in a state in which it can be used by the player corresponding to the game state change element while the game is being played by the game progress means. Then, during the game of the player, when the game state changing element is used based on the instruction of the player, the game state changing unit changes the game state of the game progressing by the game progressing unit. That is, the player can use the game state changing element acquired by the other game device, which is a so-called coin game device, during a game on the present game device, which is a so-called medal game device. This creates a game relationship between the coin game machine and the medal game machine, and the player who has never been interested in the coin game machine is willing to play the game on the coin game machine. Can also cause
For players who have never been interested in medal game machines,
It can motivate you to play the game on the medal game machine. The "game state changing element" is various depending on the game content of the game device, and for example, the game content of the game device achieves a predetermined game purpose while the hero plays a predetermined role. If the role-playing game is an adventure in, the items, weapons, magic, etc. used by the hero during the game
Friend monsters and the like are included. Further, for example, when the game content of the present game device is a training type horse racing game machine,
The bait etc. which are used for raising the owned horses of the player to be raised are mentioned.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the sixth aspect, the amount of game value received from the player by the game value receiving means within a predetermined period and the game value paying means during the predetermined period. There is a payout control means for controlling the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player for each player so that the actual ratio with the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player becomes a predetermined planned ratio. The game state changing element is for changing the game state so that the payout amount paid out to the player corresponding to the game state changing element by the game value payout means increases, and the coin amount related information. The processing means changes the change element from the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means. When the game state changing element is received by the collecting means, the payout amount control means is arranged so that the payout amount of the game value to be paid out to the player is smaller than the payout amount controlled so as to be the predetermined planned ratio. The payout amount is controlled by.

This game machine is provided with the same payout control means as the game machine of claim 5. The game state changing element in the present game device changes the game state so that the payout amount paid out to the player corresponding to the game state changing element increases. Therefore, the player playing the present game device can increase the payout amount of the game value by using the game state changing element during the game, for example, because the game situation is advantageous to the player. Here, if a player obtains a game state change element with another game device that is a so-called coin game device and uses this element with this game device that is a so-called medal game device, the game value paid out to that player. If the amount of payout is simply increased, there is a risk that the profit of the store cannot be secured. Therefore, in this game device, when the game state change element is received by the change element receiving means from the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means, the payout amount of the game value paid to the player Is less than the payout amount that is controlled to be a predetermined planned ratio,
The payout amount is controlled by the payout control means. As a result, when the player makes the game state change element acquired by another game device, which is a so-called coin game device, ready for use in the present game device, which is a so-called medal game device, the game state changing element can be used by using the game device. While it is possible to increase the payout amount of value, compared to the case where the game state change element cannot be used in this medal game machine,
The amount of game value paid out to the player is reduced, and the game value that the player can obtain is reduced. As a result, it is possible to achieve both the game property that the game state changing element acquired by the coin game machine can be used in this game device and the profit securing of the store.

Further, the invention of claim 8 includes a game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player by paying money, and a game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means. A game device provided with a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player according to a result of the game progressed by the game progress means, in the amount of the game value received by the game value receiving means. A game value amount that is related to each player and stores the game value amount related information that is used for each player's game on another game device that progresses the game by inserting coins possessed by the player Related information storage means, and game value quantity related information stored in the game value quantity related information storage means Is characterized in that it has a game value amounts related information outputting means for outputting.

This game device functions as the second game device in the game system according to claim 2,
It is possible to give a player who has not been interested in so-called medal game machines until now to know the enjoyment of the game on the medal game machine, which enables such a player to play not only a so-called coin game machine but also a medal game machine. You can expect to start playing games on machines.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a player is provided with a coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. The game value proceeds for each player related to the amount of the game value that a player who plays a game on another game device proceeds to the game by paying money and introducing the borrowed game value to the other game device. The game value amount related information receiving means for receiving information, and the game value amount related information received by the game value amount related information receiving means, the game of the player corresponding to the game value amount related information advanced by the game advancing means. A game value amount related information processing means for performing processing for use in Is shall.

This game device functions as the first game device in the game system according to claim 2,
It is possible to give a player who has not been interested in so-called medal game machines until now to know the enjoyment of the game on the medal game machine, which enables such a player to play not only a so-called coin game machine but also a medal game machine. You can expect to start playing games on machines.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the game apparatus according to the ninth aspect, the game value amount related information processing means has a predetermined conversion condition based on the amount of the game value input to the other game apparatus. It is characterized in that processing for using the amount of coins converted according to the above as the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means is performed.

In this game device, at least a part of the amount of game value spent by the player in another game device which is a so-called medal game device can be used as the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means. Thus, for example, when the predetermined conversion condition is 0.5%, the amount of money required to borrow 0.5% of the amount of game value spent by the player on the medal game machine is coined from the player. It can be handled as the amount of coins received by the receiving means. As a result, the player
By playing with a medal game machine, it is possible to obtain the privilege of being able to play a game with the present game device, which is a so-called coin game machine, without inserting coins. As a result, a player who has not been interested in the medal game machine until now can be motivated to play the game on the medal game machine. On the other hand, players who have not been interested in coin game machines until now are encouraged to try playing games on coin game machines using the above benefits obtained by playing medal game machines. You can also In addition, the game value amount related information received by the game value amount related information receiving means is a coin converted according to a predetermined conversion condition based on the amount of the game value already inserted into the other game device which is a so-called medal game machine. In the case of indicating the amount, the game value amount related information processing means processes the amount of coins indicated by the game value amount related information as the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means. On the other hand, when the game value amount related information received by the game value amount related information receiving means indicates, for example, the amount of the game value input to the other game device, the game value amount related information processing means After converting the game value amount indicated by the game value amount related information into the amount of coins according to a predetermined conversion condition, the amount of coins is processed as the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means.

According to the invention of claim 11, in the game apparatus of claim 9, the game state is changed by the game progression means while the game is in progress. The change element receiving means for receiving the game state changing element for each player acquired by the player and the game state changing element received by the change element receiving means correspond to the game state changing element during the game progress by the game progress means. A change factor storage means for storing in a state where the player can use it,
Game state changing means for changing the game state of the game progressing by the game progressing means when the game state changing element stored in the change element storing means is used based on a player's instruction. It is what

This game device has the same structure as the game device according to claim 6, which is a so-called medal game device, except that this game device is a so-called coin game device. Therefore, the game relationship between the coin game machine and the medal game machine is created, and the player who has never been interested in the coin game machine is willing to play the game on the coin game machine. Can be awakened,
Further, it is possible to motivate a player who has not been interested in the medal game machine until now to play a game on the medal game machine.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game device including coin receiving means for receiving coins carried by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. Related to the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means, it is used for each player's game on other game devices that progress the game by paying money and putting in the borrowed game value Coin amount related information storage means for storing the coin amount related information for each player, and coin amount related information output means for outputting the coin amount related information stored in the coin amount related information storage means. To do.

This game device functions as the first game device in the game system according to claim 1,
It is possible to give a player who has not been interested in a so-called coin game machine until now to know the enjoyment of playing a game with a coin game machine, which enables such a player to use not only a so-called medal game machine but also a coin game machine. It can be expected that the game will be played on game consoles.

Further, the invention of claim 13 is a game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and the game advancing means. In a control method of a game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player according to the result of the game progressed by the game progress means, the game is advanced by inserting a coin possessed by the player In the coin amount related information receiving step of receiving the coin amount related information for each player related to the amount of coins inserted into the other game device by the player playing the game, and the coin amount related information receiving step. Corresponding received coin amount related information to the coin amount related information progressed by the game progress means. It is characterized in that it has a coin amount related information processing step of performing processing for using the player of the game that.

In this control method, the same processing as that of each means of the game apparatus according to claim 3 can be executed, so that a player who has not been interested in a so-called coin game machine until now can use the coin game machine. It is possible to give an opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game, and it can be expected that such a player will play the game not only on the so-called medal game machine but also on the coin game machine.

The invention according to claim 14 is a control method for a game device, comprising coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. , A game value that is played by a player who plays a game on another game device in which the player pays money to input the borrowed game value, and the game value for each player related to the amount of the game value that the player inputs to the other game device A player corresponding to the game value amount related information received in the game value amount related information receiving step and the game value amount related information received in the game value amount related information receiving step, corresponding to the game value amount related information which is advanced by the game advancing means. Game value-related information processing step for performing processing for use in other games. It is an.

In this control method, the same processing as that of each means of the game device according to claim 9 can be executed, so that a player who has never been interested in a so-called medal game machine can play a game in the medal game machine. It is possible to provide an opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game, and it can be expected that such a player will play the game not only on the so-called coin game machine but also on the medal game machine.

Further, the invention of claim 15 is a game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and the game advancing means. In a program for operating a computer provided in a game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value to the player according to the result of the game progressed by the game progress means, the coins possessed by the player The coin amount related information for each player, which is related to the amount of coins inserted into the other game device by the player who plays the game on the other game device that advances the game by inserting the information, is advanced by the game advancing means. Performs the processing for the player's game corresponding to the coin-related information. As the coin amount associated information processing means, it is characterized in causing the computer to function.

By executing this program on a computer provided in a so-called medal game machine, a player who has not been interested in a so-called coin game machine up to now can play a coin game machine, as in the game apparatus according to claim 3. It will be possible to give an opportunity to know the fun of the game at
With this, it can be expected that such a player will play a game not only on a so-called medal game machine but also on a coin game machine.

The invention of claim 16 is provided in a game device provided with coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. In a program for operating a computer, the amount of game value that a player who plays a game on another game device proceeds by playing the game by borrowing the game value that the player paid to borrow the game value on the other game device. As game value amount related information processing means for performing processing for utilizing the game value amount related information for each player related to the game for the player corresponding to the game value amount related information advanced by the game advancing means, The above-mentioned computer is made to function.

By executing this program on a computer provided in a so-called coin game machine, a player who has not been interested in a so-called medal game machine until now can use the medal game machine in the same manner as the game apparatus according to claim 9. It will be possible to give an opportunity to know the fun of the game of
With this, it can be expected that such a player will play the game not only on the so-called coin game machine but also on the medal game machine.

It should be noted that this program can be distributed or obtained while being recorded in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. In addition, by loading this program, the signal transmitted by a predetermined transmitting device is distributed via a transmission medium such as a public telephone line, a leased line, or another communication network,
It can be distributed and obtained by receiving it. At the time of this distribution, at least a part of the computer program may be transmitted in the transmission medium. That is,
All the data that makes up a computer program
It need not exist on the transmission medium at any one time. The signal carrying the program is a computer data signal embodied on a predetermined carrier wave containing the computer program. Further, the transmission method of transmitting a computer program from a predetermined transmission device includes a case of continuously transmitting the data making up the program and a case of transmitting the data intermittently.

[0040]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described with reference to a second game device for executing a role-playing game, a medal game machine, a magic card as a game state changing element that can be used during the game of this medal game machine, and the like. An embodiment applied to a game system including a coin game machine that is a first game device that executes a card-winning game for winning is described.

In the medal game machine according to this embodiment,
An exploration game is developed in which the player operates a hero as an operation target who plays the role of a warrior character in the game, picks up a jewel that appears in the dungeon, and escapes from the dungeon. In that dungeon, an enemy monster that appears as a game target obstruction target that blocks the hero's way appears, so the player operates the hero so that he can escape the dungeon without being defeated by the enemy monster. The hero operated by the player advances in the dungeon and tries to escape while attacking the enemy monster and using various items and magic cards as game state changing elements to counter the enemy monster. . Also, this exploration game has multiple dungeons, and each player aims to clear all dungeons.

Further, in the medal game machine according to the present embodiment, a game whose purpose is to occupy a castle is developed in addition to the dungeon. In this game, if a player successfully occupies a castle, he or she can become the owner of that castle, and the player who becomes the castle becomes a kind of matchup with other players who try to occupy his castle. You can play games. The game progress of this battle game is the same as that of the above-mentioned exploration game.
A plurality of castles are prepared in this battle game, and each player selects a castle to challenge from among these castles and aims to occupy the castle.

On the other hand, in the coin game machine according to the present embodiment, a slot game for acquiring a magic card or the like that can be used by the player during the game on the medal game machine is developed. In this slot game, five rows of reel images in which symbols such as various magic cards are variably displayed are stopped and displayed, and when the same symbols are lined up on the pay line, the player acquires a magic card or the like corresponding to the symbols. be able to.

Next, the overall configuration of the medal game machine according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the entire medal game machine according to the present embodiment. This game machine has 12 game units 1 operated by each player.
And a central control device 20 for controlling these game units 1 in a centralized manner. The player can participate in the game in the game unit 1 by inserting a medal having a game value into the game unit 1. Each game unit 1 is connected to the central controller 20 by a communication line such as a LAN cable.
With this medal game machine, up to 12 players can play the game at the same time. Further, the central control device 20 is arranged inside one game unit of the twelve game units 1.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the game unit 1. The game unit 1 includes a display 2 as a display unit for displaying a game screen according to the progress of the game, a speaker 3 for playing a sound such as a sound effect or back music according to the progress of the game, and a player on the game screen. The operation lever 4 and three operation buttons 5a, 5b, 5c which are operation means for operating the appearing hero, a payout button 5d for paying out medals, etc., and a magnetic card described later are taken out to end the game. There is provided a save end button 5e for saving. The player is
By operating the operation lever 4 and the three operation buttons 5a, 5b, 5c while looking at the game screen displayed on the display 2, the main character appearing on the game screen can be moved or a magic card can be used. can do. Further, the game unit 1 has a medal slot 6 as a game value receiving means for receiving medals to be paid by a player in a tangible state, and a game value payout means for paying out medals to a player in a tangible state. Medal payout B7, a magnetic card 9 is inserted as a portable recording medium for recording the personal information of the player and the game state at the time of the end so that the player who has finished the game can continue the game at the next play. There is also provided a card insertion / extraction opening 8 for taking in and out.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of the inside of the game unit 1. The game unit 1 includes a main board 10 that controls each unit in the game unit 1, an image display control unit 11 that controls image display on the display 2, and a sound control unit 12 that controls sound played by the speaker 3. And the operating lever 4 and the operating buttons 5a, 5b, 5
c and payout button 5d and save end button 5e
An operation control unit 13 for receiving a signal from the device and converting it into a predetermined control signal; a magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 for writing / reading data to / from the magnetic card 9 inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 8; It has a medal payout control unit 15 for controlling the payout of medals and the like according to the operation of the payout button 5d. In the game unit 1, a RAM 16 for temporarily recording various data such as credit data which is a game value obtained by converting the number of medals into electronic data, a game execution program required for the exploration game and the competition game, and the like. A ROM 17 in which various databases are stored is also provided. The main board 10 is connected to the image display controller 11, the sound controller 12, the operation controller 13, the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14, the medal payout controller 15, the RAM 16 and the ROM 17, respectively. Further, the main board 10 is connected to the central controller 20 via the interface 18,
Data communication is possible with a central control board 21 of the central control device 20, which will be described later.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the central controller 20. The central controller 20 performs data communication with the main board 10 of each game unit 1,
A central control board 21 for controlling the entire medal game machine;
Program R for recording a control program or the like for centrally controlling each game played in each game unit 1
It has an OM 22 and a database ROM 23 in which various databases are recorded. Further, the central control board 21 is
It is connected to the main board 10 of each game unit 1 via the interface 24, and data communication with each main board 10 is possible.

In the present medal game machine, when the player finishes the game, the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 stores the game state data for restoring the game state at the time of the next restart of the game. Card 9
To record. This game state data includes player information such as player name (main character's name), last play time, main character's ability, and type of item owned, and the type of dungeon or castle where the main character is at the end of the game, its dungeon or It includes game information such as field data such as the position of the hero, enemy monster, or item in the castle. On the other hand, when the player wants to continue the game once finished, he / she inserts his / her magnetic card 9 into the card insertion / ejection slot 8. As a result, the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 reads the game state data recorded on the magnetic card 9. This game status data is in RAM
16 and is read by the game execution program recorded in the ROM 17. This allows the player to
In the game progressed by the main board 10 as the game progression means executed by the game execution program, the play can be resumed from the last continued game state.

Incidentally, it is not necessary to record all the game state data in the magnetic card 9, for example, the player ID which is the player specifying information is recorded in the magnetic card 9,
A part or all of the game state data corresponding to the player ID is stored in the database ROM 23 of the central controller 20.
It may be recorded in. In this case, after the player ID is read from the magnetic card 9, the game state data corresponding to the player ID is stored in the central controller 2
By downloading from 0 to the RAM 16 of the game unit 1, it is possible to restart the play from the game state of the continuation of the previous time, as described above.

Next, the flow of the game played in each game unit 1 of the present medal game machine will be described. Figure 6
4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a game by the main board 10 that executes a game execution program stored in the ROM 17 of each game unit 1. When participating in the game, the player first inserts the magnetic card 9 into the card insertion slot 8 (S1). When playing for the first time, the player obtains a new magnetic card 9 from a store clerk such as a game center in which the present medal game machine is installed or a vending machine, and inserts the magnetic card 9 into the card insertion / ejection slot 8 To insert. Further, the player who intends to continue the previous game inserts the magnetic card 9 recorded in the game state data at the end of the previous game into the card insertion slot 8. In the game unit 1 thus receiving the magnetic card 9, the magnetic card write / read unit 14 reads the recorded contents of the magnetic card 9 and sends the data to the main substrate 10. The main board 10 determines whether or not it is a new play according to the received recording content (S).
2).

When it is determined in S3 that it is not a new play, the main board 10 transmits the ID number of the player ID included in the game status data recorded on the magnetic card 9 to the central control board 21. Upon receiving this, the central control board 21 determines that it is a continuation of the previous one, and returns a new ID number to the main board 10. Upon receiving the new ID number, the main board 10 reads the game state data recorded on the magnetic card 9 by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 and records it in the RAM 16. Then, the main board 10 loads the program recorded in the ROM 17 based on the game state data, and the image display control unit 11 causes the display 2 to display.
Then, the game screen continued from the previous time is displayed, the game is started (S5), and the game proceeds.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S2 that it is a new play, the main board 10 is the central control board 21.
To the dummy ID. Receiving this, the central control board 21 recognizes that it is a new play, and returns a new ID number to the main board 10. This new I
Upon receiving the D number, the main board 10 inputs and sets initial information (S3). In inputting and setting the initial information, the image display control unit 11 causes the display 2 to display a name input screen. The player operates the operation lever 4 and the operation button 5a to input the name of the hero.
After the input, the occupation selection screen is displayed on the display 2 this time. On this screen, the profession of the main character operated by the player is selected. The operation contents of the above input or selection are sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10 and recorded in the RAM 16 as player information.

When the input / setting process of the initial information is completed in this way, the game is started by the main board 10 (S5), and the image display control unit 11 causes the display 2
The main menu screen is displayed on. On this main menu screen, an exploration game button for exploring the dungeon, a battle game button for challenging the castle owned by others,
There is a card list button that displays a list of magic cards that can be used during these games. On this screen, the player selects whether to play an exploration game or a competitive game.

Here, when the player selects the exploration game, the main board 10 causes the image display control section 11 to display the dungeon selection screen on the display 2 and executes the dungeon selection process. In this dungeon selection screen, a display area showing each dungeon is displayed, and in each display area, the dungeon name and the number of medals (challenge cost) required to challenge are displayed. In each dungeon, a game development derived from the dungeon name is performed, and different games are progressed. Then, when the player decides on a dungeon to be challenged, the operating lever 4 is used to select the dungeon,
Press the operation button 5a. This button operation is sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10. Then, the main board 10 reduces the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 by an amount corresponding to the challenge cost.

More specifically, the ROM 17 of the game unit 1 has a data area for recording a dungeon information database in which dungeon data including game contents of each dungeon is recorded. In this dungeon information database, challenge cost data is recorded in association with dungeon name data for specifying dungeon data. When the main board 10 receives the dungeon selection signal regarding the dungeon selected on the dungeon selection screen from the operation control unit 13, the main substrate 10 recognizes the dungeon name selected by the player. Thereby, the main board 10 selects the dungeon name data from the dungeon information database and reads the challenge cost data corresponding to the dungeon name data. And
The main board 10 performs a process of reducing the credit amount corresponding to the read challenge cost data from the credit data recorded in the RAM 16.

Here, if the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 is less than the amount of credit corresponding to the challenge cost data, a screen for prompting the player to insert additional medals is displayed. When a medal is inserted (S
6), the number of medals is detected by a medal insertion sensor (not shown), and the main board 10 records the credit data corresponding to the number of inserted medals in the RAM 16 (S).
7). It should be noted that if the medals are not inserted even if the medal insertion is prompted, the challenge to the dungeon is not permitted. Hereinafter, even when the process of reducing the credit data is performed, the insertion of medals is urged similarly to the above.

Further, when the main board 10 recognizes the dungeon name from the dungeon selection signal, it reads the dungeon data corresponding to the dungeon name data from the dungeon information database. Then, the program based on the dungeon data is loaded, and the image display control unit 11 causes the display 2 to display the game screen.

On the other hand, when the player selects the competitive game on the main menu screen, the main board 10 displays
The image display control unit 11 causes the display 2 to display a castle selection screen and executes castle selection processing. On this castle selection screen, a display area showing each castle is displayed, and the player moves the cursor with the operation lever 4,
Select a castle to challenge. In each display area, the castle name and the challenge cost are displayed. Each castle has different game progress statuses,
Various game developments are made. In each castle, the player who succeeded in occupying the castle in the past is the castle owner, and the player will compete with the player who is the castle owner.

After such processing, a game screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display 2. Since the game screens are almost the same in both the exploration game and the battle game, and the way in which the game progresses is similar, the exploration game will be described below as an example.

On the game screen shown in FIG. 7, a dungeon screen which is a game field in the dungeon is displayed. In addition, the number of floors of the dungeon, the physical strength of the protagonist and the number of credits based on the player's credit data are displayed at the top of the screen. Is displayed. The dungeon screen is a view of the floor of the dungeon as seen from above, and the illustrated screen shows the main character, enemy monsters, and magic cards.

The player can operate the operation lever 4 and the operation buttons 5a, 5b, 5c to move the hero, attack an enemy monster, or use a magic card in his possession. In addition, enemy monsters also attack the main character, so if you receive that attack,
The game is over when the hero's physical strength decreases and his physical strength becomes zero.

When using the magic card owned by the hero, the player presses the operation button 5c. As a result, the main substrate 10 causes the image display control unit 11 to display the card selection screen shown in FIG. 8 on the display 11. On this card selection screen, the cursor appears on the magic card at the bottom right of the screen. Further, on the card selection screen, a card content screen showing the content of the magic card selected by the cursor is displayed on the left side of the screen. This card contents screen shows the effect that shows how the game state changes when you use the magic card, and the number of medals (card usage cost) required to use the magic card. There is. The player uses the control lever 4
Use to move the cursor, select the magic card you want to use, and press the operation button 5a. This button operation is
It is sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10. Then, the main board 10 executes a credit data variation process for changing the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 so as to be reduced by an amount corresponding to the card usage cost of the magic card (S8).

More specifically, in the ROM 17 of the game unit 1, a magic card data is recorded in a usable state by the player, a usable data area as a change element storing means, and the magic card data is used by the player. A magic card database having an unusable data area recorded in an impossible state is stored. Each magic card data recorded in this magic card database has various data associated with the card name data. The magic card data that can be used by the player is added with a read permission code that enables the card to be read by the card use program executed by the main board 10. The magic card displayed on the game screen of FIG. 7 or the card selection screen of FIG. 8 is all or a part of the magic card data recorded in the usable data area.
Further, the magic card data is associated with the card name data, and card usage cost data and the like are also recorded.

When the main board 10 receives the card use signal regarding the magic card selected on the card selection screen shown in FIG. 8, it recognizes the magic card name based on the instruction of the player. Then, the main board 10 functions as a game state changing means, and when the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 is equal to or more than the card usage cost data, reads the card effect data corresponding to the card name data from the magic card database, Change the game state based on the card effect data. For example, when the used magic card attacks an enemy monster, the numerical value of the card effect data is used to calculate damage to the enemy monster, and the physical strength data of the enemy monster is reduced based on the calculation result. In this case, the player can easily escape the dungeon by defeating the enemy monster by using the magic card, and can acquire a predetermined number of medals as a dungeon clear bonus described later. That is,
By using the magic card by the player,
The game state is changed so that the number of medals paid out to the player increases.

The main board 10 also reads out card usage cost data corresponding to the card name data. Then, the main board 10 subtracts the credit data corresponding to the read card usage cost data from the credit data recorded in the RAM 16.

Further, in the dungeon, cards as displayed on the game screen shown in FIG. 7 are arranged. The magic card can also be obtained by the player operating the hero and picking up the card.

In the dungeon, there is a shop where you can sell magic cards you own or purchase magic cards you do not own. When a player operates the hero to enter the shop, he or she can sell the magic card in his possession and convert it to credit, or pay the credit for the magic card sold in the shop and purchase it.

Further, among the arranged enemy monsters, there is a gem monster which is a game element whose credit increases when defeated. The behavior of this gem monster is
It is controlled by the main board 10 that executes the game execution program. When the player operates the hero to defeat the jewel monster, the main board 10 increases the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 by an amount corresponding to the jewel acquisition amount, which is the number of medals according to the type of the jewel monster. The credit data changing process for changing the above is executed (S8).

In addition, in the exploration game to be performed on this medal game machine, the player does not operate the main character to simply escape the dungeon, but picks up a special jewel on the final floor in the dungeon and escapes the dungeon. It is a requirement to achieve the purpose of the game. In this embodiment,
Players can find special jewels in the dungeon, pick up the special jewels, and then escape the dungeon to obtain credits corresponding to the special jewels. That is, when the player satisfies the purpose achievement requirement of operating the hero and succeeding in escaping with a special jewel, the main board 10 is in the RAM 1
A credit data variation process is executed to increase the credit data recorded in 6 by an amount corresponding to the clear bonus amount, which is the number of medals according to the type of escaped dungeon (S8).

When the player operates the hero and escapes from the dungeon, if he or she has other gems picked up in the dungeon, he can obtain credits corresponding to the gems. That is, when the player successfully escapes with the jewel, the main board 10 is
A credit data variation process is executed to change the credit data recorded in 6 so as to increase by the amount corresponding to the amount of jewels which is the number of medals according to the type of the jewel (S8).

In this way, when the protagonist successfully escapes from the dungeon, the dungeon selection screen is displayed again on the display 2 after a predetermined effect. Therefore, the player, in this dungeon selection screen,
You can try the same dungeon or another dungeon by selecting the next dungeon to challenge.

In the castle selection process performed by the player selecting the battle game on the main menu screen, the player selects the castle for which he is the castle owner on the castle selection screen displayed on the display 2. If selected, players can add their own credits and escort monsters to protect their castle. The operation of this escort monster is controlled by the main board 10 that executes the game execution program. As a result, it is possible to improve the castle defense power when another player challenges his own castle.

When a player selects his castle, if another player is challenging the castle,
Although it is not possible to add an escort monster, you can see the play status of other players. In particular,
A signal is sent from the central control board 21 to the main board 10 of the game unit 1 operated by another player, and in response to the signal, from the main board 10, for example, the type of operation target operated by another player. And information such as equipment (warriors etc.), type of magic card owned, floor etc. Upon receiving this, the central control board 21 sends the information to the main board 10 of the game unit 1 of the player who owns the castle. As a result, the information is displayed on the display 2 of the player's game unit 1, and the player can know the game progress status of other players.

When adding an escort monster to his castle, the player selects the castle in which he is the castle owner on the castle selection screen and presses the operation button 5c. As a result, the main substrate 10 is connected to the image display controller 1
1 causes the display 11 to display the escort monster selection screen shown in FIG. In this escort monster selection screen, a cursor appears on each escort monster card displayed on the screen. Each escort monster card has
The name of the escort monster, an image of the escort monster, and a description of the escort monster are displayed. The escort monster card also displays the number of medals (escort cost) required to place the escort monster.
In addition, at the top of the escort monster selection screen, the name of your castle, vacant information on the floor where the escort monster is placed, etc. are displayed. Escort monsters can only be placed in certain parts of the castle floor, and in those parts,
Only one body is placed for each.

On the escort monster selection screen shown in FIG. 9, the player decides the place to place the escort monster and the kind of escort monster, moves the cursor with the operation lever 4, and presses the operation button 5a. This button operation is sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10. Then, the main board 10 executes a credit data variation process for changing the credit data recorded in the RAM 16 so as to reduce the credit data by an amount corresponding to the escort cost of the escort monster (S8).

In the competitive game played on the present medal game machine, the player aims to take a castle and capture the castle from other players. In this battle game, a player who challenges a castle spends his / her own credits such as a challenge cost for challenging the castle and a card usage cost for using a magic card. At least a portion of the credits spent by the player who challenged the castle, for example 90%, are added to the credits of the player who owns the castle. That is, when the player who challenges the castle fails to occupy the castle and the game ends, the used credit data etc. spent on the game are sent from the main board 10 of the game unit 1 to the central control board 21. Here, the database ROM 23 of the central controller 20 has a data area for recording player information. Then, the central control board 21, which has received the usage credit data and the like, changes the credit data included in the player information to the usage credit as a change condition that the player who challenged the castle fails to occupy the castle and the game ends. Saved data change processing is performed to change so as to increase by 90% of the data (S9).

When the player who challenges the castle achieves the game purpose of successfully occupying the castle, the player can become the owner of the castle. Therefore,
You can receive the privilege of being a castle owner that the credit will be increased when you succeed in defending the castle by being challenged by another player. Specifically, when the player who challenges the castle succeeds in occupying the castle, the main board 10 of the game unit 1 sends a castle capture signal or the like to the central control board 21. Central control board 21 that received this
Selects the castle name data corresponding to the castle capture signal from the castle information database recorded in the database ROM 23, and assigns the player ID of the castle owner associated with this castle name data to the player who succeeded in occupying the castle. Saved data change processing for changing to an ID is performed (S9).

In this embodiment, the strength of the monsters in each dungeon and the castle is greatly different, but the hero improves the level by defeating the monster or using a magic card to enhance its ability. be able to. still,
Ability parameters (physical strength data, attack strength data, defensive strength data, etc.) that determine the ability of the player are returned to the default when the dungeon is cleared, but equipment and magic cards possessed by the main character are continued.

When the player wants to end the game, the player presses the save end button 5e. This button operation is sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10. Then, the main board 10 is controlled by the image display control unit 11.
The game end selection screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed so as to overlap the image displayed on the display 2 (S10). On this game end selection screen, a "Yes" button and a "No" button are displayed below the comment "Do you want to end the game?". The player is
When not ending the game, move the cursor to the "NO" button with the operation lever 4 and press the operation button 5a. As a result, the game end selection screen disappears, and the game is restarted from the previous screen. On the other hand, when ending the game, the player moves the cursor to the "Yes" button with the operation lever 4 and presses the operation button 5a. This button operation is sent from the operation control unit 13 to the main board 10. Then, the main board 10 stores the credit data and the game state data recorded in the RAM 16,
The data save request is transmitted to the central control board 21. Upon receiving this, the central control board 21 saves the data in the player information of the player recorded in the database ROM 23. Then, the central control board 21 transmits save completion data indicating that the save is completed to the main board 10. Upon receiving this, the main board 10 writes credit data, game state data, and the like to the magnetic card 9 by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14, and ejects the magnetic card 9 from the card insertion / ejection port 8.

Next, the coin game machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is an external perspective view of the coin game machine 30 in the present embodiment. The coin game machine 30 has a box-shaped housing 31, a front panel 32 attached to the front side of the housing 31 so as to be openable and closable, and the like. On the front panel 32, a display window 34 for externally visually observing a monitor 33, which is a variable display device for displaying a plurality of reel images, a coin slot 35 as a coin receiving means, and rotation of reel images on the monitor 11 is started. A spin button 36a, a BET button 36b, a save end button 37 for taking out a magnetic card, which will be described later, and ending the game, a reel stop button 38, and the like are provided.

Inside the coin game machine 30, there is provided a monitor 33 for displaying a slot screen 33a containing five reel images in which plural kinds of symbols are sequentially variably displayed. The monitor 33 is composed of a CRT display, but may be composed of a plasma display or a liquid crystal display. Further, on the monitor 33, a credit display section 33b for displaying a credit amount corresponding to the amount of coins inserted by the player from the coin slot 35,
It is displayed at the top of the slot screen 33a. Also, inside the coin game machine 30, a speaker (not shown), a circuit board that constitutes a control unit in which an electronic circuit is formed by various electronic components such as a CPU and a ROM, and the like are incorporated.

Further, the coin game machine 30 is provided with a card insertion / ejection slot 39 for inserting / removing the magnetic card 9 as a portable recording medium. This magnetic card 9 can be the same as the magnetic card used in the above medal game machine.
At least a part of the data recorded in is used in both the medal game machine and the coin game machine 30.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the inside of the coin game machine 30. Coin game machine 30
Is a main board 40 that controls each unit in the coin game machine 30, an image display control unit 41 that controls the image display on the monitor 33, and an acoustic control unit 42 that controls the sound played by the speaker. Various buttons 36a, 36b, 3
An operation control unit 43 that receives signals from the control unit 7 and 38 and converts them into a predetermined control signal, and a magnetic card writing / reading unit that writes / reads data to / from the magnetic card 9 inserted in the card insertion / ejecting slot 39. 44, random number generation circuit 45 for generating random numbers for lottery, ROM 46 and RAM 4
7 and the like are provided. ROM46 is the main board 4
Data such as various programs and various databases used by 0 are stored, and these are output to the main board 40. The RAM 46 also temporarily stores variable data calculated by the main board 40. The random number generation circuit 45 generates a random number at predetermined intervals and outputs the data to the CPU. The image display control unit 41 controls the display of the monitor 33 that displays the reel image of the slot screen 33a and the like under the control of the CPU. Also, the main board 4
0 is also connected to a coin amount counting device 48 that counts the amount of coins inserted into the coin slot.

Next, the flow of the game by the coin game machine 30 will be described. When a player inserts a coin (not shown) into the coin insertion slot 35, the coin is counted by the insertion amount counting device 48. Then, the input amount counting device 48 outputs the input amount data to the main board 40. The main board 40 that has received the input amount data records the credit data corresponding to the input amount data in the RAM 46. Next, after determining the desired BET amount, the player operates the BET button 36b. The content of this operation is sent to the main board 40 as a predetermined operation signal via the operation control unit 43, and the main board 40
Performs a process of reducing the credit amount corresponding to the operation signal from the credit data of the RAM 46. And
The main board 40 is ready to receive the operation signal from the spin button 36a, and the operation of the spin button 36a by the player becomes effective.

When the player operates the spin button 36a, the content of the operation is sent to the main board 40 via the operation control section 43. Main board 40 that received this
Functions as a game progression means and executes the slot game program stored in the ROM 47. Then, the lottery is performed based on the random number data sent from the random number generation circuit 45. When winning by this lottery, the image display control unit 41 performs display control to stop and display the winning symbols on a predetermined pay line. Then, when a combination of predetermined symbols (winning symbols) is aligned on the winning line, the player can obtain a magic card corresponding to the symbols. More specifically, the ROM 47 stores magic card data in a state of being associated with each winning symbol combination. Then, the main board 40
Recognizes that the winning combination has been completed, the magic card data corresponding to the winning combination is stored in the ROM.
It is read from 47 and temporarily stored in the RAM 46. When the player presses the save end button 37 to end the game, the magic card data recorded in the RAM 46 is written in the magnetic card 9 by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 44, and the magnetic card 9 is inserted into the card. It is discharged from the outlet 39.

In this way, the player inserts the magnetic card 9 on which the magic card data is recorded into the card insertion slot 8 as a change element receiving means provided in the medal game machine, and the game in the medal game machine is performed. By continuing the above step, the magic card data is read by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 together with the game state data recorded on the magnetic card 9. In this way, the player who obtains the magic card in the game on the coin game machine 30 plays the game on the medal game machine by using the magnetic card 9 in which the magic card data is recorded, and thereby the medal game machine. You can use that magic card during the game at.

Here, the case of obtaining a magic card with the coin game machine 30 has been described, but other than that, for example, an escort monster for protecting one's own castle,
You may make it possible for the game machine 30 for coins to acquire weapons, armor, and the like equipped by the hero.

The main board 40 of the coin game machine 30 has the magnetic card 9 inserted and then the magnetic card 9 inserted.
Until the coins are discharged, the amount of money input from the amount-of-payment counting device 48 is used as the amount-of-consumption data that is the amount-of-coin-related information, and the RAM 4 is used as the amount-of-coin-related information storage means.
The process of recording in 6 is performed. That is, the amount-of-consumption data recorded in the RAM 46 indicates the amount of coins that the player has spent between inserting the magnetic card 9 and ejecting the magnetic card 9. Then, when the player presses the save end button 37 to end the game, the consumption amount data recorded in the RAM 46 is multiplied by a conversion condition, for example, 0.5 to calculate a value. Then, the number of medals that can be borrowed with the calculated value (amount of money) is used as virtual medal value data, which is virtual game value as coin amount related information, together with magic card data, and a magnetic card written as a coin amount related information output means. The data is written in the magnetic card 9 by the read / write unit 44.

In this embodiment, the processing for converting the consumption amount data into the virtual medal value data is performed by the coin game machine 3
Although it is performed on the 0 side, it may be performed on the medal game machine side. In this case, the consumption amount data recorded in the RAM 46 is directly written on the magnetic card 9 by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 44 as the coin amount related information output means,
After the consumption amount data is read into the medal game machine, for example, it is multiplied by 0.5 to obtain virtual medal value data.

Next, processing of virtual medal value data in the medal game machine, which is a characteristic part of the present invention, will be described. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of virtual medal value data in a medal game machine. When the player inserts the magnetic card 9 on which the virtual medal value data is recorded in this way into the card insertion slot 8 as a coin amount related information receiving means provided in the medal game machine (S1), the virtual medal. Value data is
The magic card data and the game state data recorded on the magnetic card 9 are read by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 as a coin amount related information receiving means (S2). The virtual medal value data thus read is sent to the main board 10 of the medal game machine. The main board 10 records the virtual medal value data in the RAM 16 as credit data (S3).
That is, the player can use half of the amount of coins consumed by the coin game machine 30 as a medal borrowing fund. After the credit data is recorded in this way, the player can play a game on the medal game machine using the credit data.

Further, in the present embodiment, contrary to the above, the number of medals spent in the medal game machine can be used as the amount of coins that can be used in the coin game machine 30. More specifically, the main board 10 of the medal game machine counts the number of medals based on the credit data consumed by the player from the insertion of the magnetic card 9 to the ejection of the magnetic card 9. Consumed medal number data as game value amount related information indicating the counted number of medals is recorded in the RAM 16 as a game value amount related information storage unit. When the player presses the save end button 5e of the medal game machine to end the game, the number-of-consumed-medals data recorded in the RAM 16 is read together with the game status data by a magnetic card write / read as a game value amount related information output means. It is written on the magnetic card 9 by the unit 14.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing of the consumed medal number data in the coin game machine 30. When the player inserts the magnetic card 9 on which the number-of-consumed-medals data has been recorded as described above into the card insertion / eject port 39 as a game value amount related information receiving means provided in the coin game machine 30 (S11). ,
The data of the number of consumed medals is read by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 44 as a coin amount related information receiving means (S12). The data of the number of consumed medals thus read is sent to the main board 40. The main board 40 that has received the consumed medal count data functions as a game value amount related information processing means and executes the conversion program recorded in the ROM 47 on the main board 40.

The main board 40 which executes this conversion program performs a calculation for multiplying the received medal consumption amount data by 0.005 which is a conversion condition (S13). Then, the amount of money required for borrowing the number of coins obtained as a result is set as RA as the same credit data as the input amount data.
It records in M46 (S14). That is, the player can use 0.5% of the number of medals consumed in the medal game machine as the amount of coins inserted into the coin game machine 30. After the credit data is recorded in this way, the player can play a game on the coin game machine 30 using the credit data.

Further, in the medal game machine according to the present embodiment, on the floor of the dungeon or the castle, slot items as game state changing elements that can be used in the game on the coin game machine 30 are arranged in appropriate places. The player can pick up the item for the slot while adventuring in the dungeon or the like, like the magic card or the like. The data of the slot item thus obtained is temporarily recorded in the ram 16, and is written in the magnetic card 9 by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 14 when the player presses the save end button 5e to end the game. Be done.

When playing a game with the coin game machine 30, the player inserts the magnetic card 9 in which the data of the slot item is written into the card insertion / ejecting slot 39 as the change element receiving means. Then, the data of the slot item is read by the magnetic card writing / reading unit 44 of the coin game machine 30 and recorded in the RAM 46 as a change factor storage unit. As a result, the player sets the slot item to the coin game machine 30.
Can be used in slot games at. For example,
If the slot item has the effect of changing the game state so that the probability of one slot game is higher than usual, the item is used before the player presses the spin button 36a. By performing a predetermined operation for the purpose, the main board 40 functions as a game state changing means and performs a lottery by using a probability table which is set to have a higher probability of hitting than a probability table of a place. Therefore, the player has a high probability of acquiring a magic card in the one slot game. It should be noted that the effects of the slot item are not limited to this and various effects can be considered.

Further, in the medal game machine according to the present embodiment, the planned payout rate is set in advance in order to secure a stable profit for the store. The data regarding the planned payout rate is recorded in the ROM 17. Also, the main board 1
0 recognizes each player based on the player ID recorded on the magnetic card 9, and for each player, the number of medals that the player has spent in the past (consumption history)
And the number of medals (acquisition history) won. These consumption history and acquisition history are recorded in the RAM 16 of the game unit 1 as player information. The player information including the consumption history and the acquisition history is recorded on the magnetic card 9 when the player finishes the game. Therefore, even when the player restarts the game using the magnetic card 9, the main board 10
The consumption history and acquisition history of the player can be obtained. Therefore, as long as each player uses the same magnetic card 9, the main board 10 can recognize the consumption history and the acquisition history for each player.

When the player inserts the magnetic card 9 into the card insertion slot 8 and participates in the game, the player information recorded in the magnetic card 9 is written in the RAM 16. When the player starts the game, the main board 10 functions as a payout control unit, and the actual payout rate ((acquisition history) / (consumption history)) obtained from the consumption history and the acquisition history of the player is stored in the ROM 17. The payout amount of medals is controlled so as to approach the recorded planned payout rate.

As a specific example, a plurality of types of special jewels are prepared when the player escapes from the dungeon, and the number of medals that the player can obtain as a clear bonus is different for each type. The type of special jewels of the player who has succeeded in clearing the dungeon is determined by lottery according to a predetermined lottery table on the main board 10. Here, when the real payout rate of the player who succeeded in the dungeon clear is much lower than the planned payout rate, the main board 10 performs a lottery according to a probability table in which the winning probability of a jewel having a large payout amount of medals is high. On the other hand, when the actual payout rate of the player who succeeded in the dungeon clear is much higher than the planned payout rate, the main board 10 performs the lottery according to the probability table that the winning probability of the jewel whose medals are small is high. As a result, the number of medals that each player can obtain when clearing the dungeon is controlled based on the actual payout rate of each player.

Here, in the present embodiment, when the player succeeds in clearing the dungeon, the main board 10 is
The virtual medal value data recorded in the AM 16 is read. Then, when the virtual medal value data exceeds a predetermined value, the main board 10 functions as a coin amount related information processing means and is used for selecting a lottery table used for lottery for determining a special jewel type. The processing for lowering the actual payout rate is performed. Thereby, for example, when the actual payout rate of the player who succeeded in the dungeon clear is almost equal to the planned payout rate, when the virtual medal value data does not exceed the predetermined value, the lottery is performed by the normal probability table. On the other hand, when the virtual medal value data exceeds the predetermined value, the lottery is performed based on the probability table that the winning probability of the jewel having a large medal payout amount is high.
Therefore, when the player spends a large amount of money on the coin game machine 30, the number of medals that can be obtained on the medal game machine increases.

In the present embodiment, the processing using the amount of money spent in the coin game machine 30 when determining the type of special jewels related to the number of medals to be paid out to the player has been described. For example, by changing the density of enemy monsters appearing on the floor, the probability of new monster occurrence, or the strength of enemy monsters according to the actual payout rate of each player, and changing the difficulty level for each player, Even when performing payout control to change the player's medal payout amount, in the same way as above,
The amount of money spent on the coin game machine 30 can be used.

In this way, when the payout control for changing the medal payout amount of each player is performed by using the amount of money spent in the coin game machine 30, for example, the payout is made so as to satisfy the mathematical formula shown in the following formula 1. Take control. According to this, the number of payout medals to be paid out to the player who has consumed the amount of money in the coin game machine 30 and has acquired the virtual medal value is greater than the number of payout medals to be paid out when the player is controlled so as to have the above-mentioned planned payout rate. , The virtual medal value increases. That is, when the player plays with the coin game machine 30, the player can obtain more medals than when the player does not play with the coin game machine 30.

[0102]

[Equation 1] (ideal payout amount) = (actual receipt amount) × (planned payout rate) + (virtual medal value)

In this embodiment, by using the magic card obtained by the coin game machine 30 during the game on the medal game machine, the player attacks the enemy monster and restores the physical strength of the main character. Due to the effect, clearing the dungeon becomes relatively easy. That is,
By using the magic card, the player can easily obtain the medal paid out when the dungeon is cleared. Therefore, the amount of medals paid out to the player who has obtained the magic card with the coin game machine 30 is larger than that to the player who has not obtained the magic card with the coin game machine 30. Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, the player who has played the game on the coin game machine 30 can obtain credits corresponding to the amount of money spent on the coin game machine 30, and also when the dungeon is cleared. Since there is a high probability that a jewel with a large medal payout amount can be obtained, more medals can be obtained than a player who is not playing a game on the coin game machine 30. in this case,
There is a possibility that the difference in the number of medals that can be obtained between the player who is playing the game on the coin game machine and the player who is not playing the game is not maintained, and the fairness between the players may not be maintained.

Therefore, for example, when a player playing a game on a medal game machine has obtained a magic card on the coin game machine 30, when the player succeeds in clearing the dungeon, the virtual medal value data of the player is predetermined. When the value exceeds the value, conversely to the above, processing for increasing the actual payout rate used for selecting the lottery table used for the lottery for determining the type of special jewel may be performed. As a result, for example, even if the actual payout rate of the player who succeeded in clearing the dungeon is almost the same as the planned payout rate, the player who obtains the magic card with the coin game machine 30 wins the jewel for which the payout amount of the medal is small. A lottery is conducted by a probability table having a high probability. Therefore, the player can obtain a relatively low number of medals at the time of clearing the dungeon, while making the dungeon clear relatively easy with the magic card obtained by the coin game machine 30.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the amount of money spent in the coin game machine 30 is used in the medal game machine, and the number of medals spent in the medal game machine is used in the coin game machine. A player who has been interested in only one of the coin game machine and the medal game machine until now can be given an opportunity to play a game on the other game machine. Accordingly, it can be expected that such a player will be able to play the game on both the medal game machine and the coin game machine by knowing the enjoyment of the game on the game machine that has not been of interest until now.

Further, in the present embodiment, a medal game machine for playing a role-playing game in which the hero adventures in a dungeon, and a coin for playing a slot game for obtaining magic cards or the like that can be used during the game on the medal game machine. Although the game system including the game machine for coins has been described, the present invention does not relate the game contents of both the medal game machine and the coin game machine 30 to each other, as in the above-described embodiment. It may be unrelated, and various game contents can be applied.

Further, in the present embodiment, the coin game machine 3
The virtual medal value data and the acquired magic card data at 0, the consumed medal number data of the medal game machine and the data of the slot item are exchanged between the medal game machine and the coin game machine 30 by the magnetic card 9. I explained about the case of doing, but LAN between these game machines
It is also possible to connect via a network such as the above so that data communication is possible, and to exchange data via that network. In this case, if at least only the player ID for identifying the player is recorded on the magnetic card 9, data management for each player becomes possible. Also,
In the present embodiment, the game system including the medal game machine and the coin game machine installed in the same store has been described, but these do not have to be in the same store, and are installed over a plurality of stores. The same applies to the case.

[0108]

The effects of the present invention are set forth in Claims 1, 3 to 7, 12, 13, and 1.
According to the invention of 5, the player who has not been interested in the so-called coin game machine until now can be given an opportunity to play the game with the coin game machine, whereby such a player can play the coin game. By knowing the fun of playing games on machines, you can expect to play games not only on so-called medal game machines but also on coin games machines. There is an excellent effect that it makes it possible for a wide range of players to enjoy the installed game devices and improve the profitability of the store.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 4, it is possible to give the player the privilege of gaining a game value such as a medal which can be used in a so-called medal game machine by playing with a coin game machine. There is an excellent effect that a player who has played only one of the coin game machine and the medal game machine can be given an opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game on the other game machine.

According to the invention of claim 5, a player is provided with a privilege that a part of the amount of coins spent on the coin game machine is returned to the player by playing the game on the medal game machine. Since it can be given, it is possible to give a player who has played only one of the coin game machine and the medal game machine an opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game on the other game machine. There is an effect.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, since the game relationship is created between the coin game machine and the medal game machine, either the coin game machine or the medal game machine can play the game only on one side. This has an excellent effect of giving the player who has not played the game the opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game on the other game machine.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, it is possible to achieve both the game property that the game state changing element acquired by the coin game machine can be used by the present game device and the profit securing of the store. There is an excellent effect.

According to the inventions of claims 2, 8 to 11, 14 and 16, it is possible to give a player who has not been interested in the so-called medal game machine until now to play a game with the medal game machine. This makes it possible to expect that such players will be able to play games not only on so-called coin game machines but also on coin game machines by knowing the fun of playing games on coin game machines. Regardless of medal game machine,
There is an excellent effect that the player can enjoy the game device installed in the store widely and the profit of the store can be improved.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 10, it is possible to give the player the privilege of gaining a game value such as a medal which can be used in a so-called medal game machine by playing with a coin game machine. There is an excellent effect that a player who has played only one of the coin game machine and the medal game machine can be given an opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game on the other game machine.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since a game relationship is created between the coin game machine and the medal game machine, either the coin game machine or the medal game machine can play the game only on one side. This has an excellent effect of giving the player who has not played the game the opportunity to know the enjoyment of the game on the other game machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of virtual medal value data in a medal game machine constituting a game system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the entire medal game machine.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the game unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the inside of the game unit.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a central control device forming the medal game machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a game flow by a main board that executes a game execution program stored in a ROM of the same game unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a game screen displayed on the display of the same game unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a card selection screen displayed on the display of the same game unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an escort monster selection screen displayed on the display of the game unit.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a game end selection screen displayed on the display of the game unit.

FIG. 11 is an external perspective view of a coin game machine that constitutes the same game system.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the inside of the coin game machine.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the consumed coin number data in the coin game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game unit 6 medal slot 7 medal payout exit 8 Card insertion slot 9 magnetic cards 10 Main board 20 Central control unit 21 Central control board 30 coin game machine 35 coin slot 39 Card insertion slot 40 main board

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Tetsuro Nagano             4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami             Within the corporation F-term (reference) 2C001 AA00 BA01 BA05 BA06 BB01                       CA02 CA04 CB01 CB04 CC02                       CC03                 3E048 AA02 BA01 BA07 BA08

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A first game device provided with a coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means, and a player paying money. The game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player, the game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and the player according to the result of the game advanced by the game advancing means. On the other hand, in a game system including a second game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value, the first game device has a coin amount related to the amount of coins received by the coin receiving device. Coin amount related information storage means for storing related information for each player, and stored in the coin amount related information storage means And a coin amount related information output means for outputting the coin amount related information output means, wherein the second game device receives the coin amount related information output means for receiving the coin amount related information output means. And the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means,
The second operation performed by the player corresponding to the coin amount related information
And a coin amount related information processing means for performing processing for use in a game on the game device. 2. A first game device having coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means, and a player paying money. The game value receiving means for receiving the game value borrowed by the player, the game advancing means for advancing the game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and the player according to the result of the game advanced by the game advancing means. In the game system including the second game device having the game value payout means for paying out the game value, the second game device is related to the amount of the game value received by the game value receiving means. A game value amount related information storage means for storing the game value amount related information for each player; A game value amount related information output unit for outputting the game value amount related information stored in the value amount related information storage unit, wherein the first game device outputs the game output by the game value amount related information output unit. A game value amount related information receiving means for receiving value amount related information,
A game value amount for performing processing for using the game value amount related information received by the game value amount related information receiving means in a game on the first game device performed by the player corresponding to the game value amount related information. A game system having associated information processing means. 3. A game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and an advancing by the game advancing means. In a game device provided with a game value payout means for paying out the above-mentioned game value to a player according to the result of the game being played, the game is performed by another game device that advances the game by inserting coins possessed by the player. The coin amount related information receiving means for receiving the coin amount related information for each player related to the amount of coins inserted by the player performing the above, and the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving means. , A game of the player corresponding to the coin amount related information which is advanced by the game advancing means Game apparatus characterized by having a coin amount related information processing means for processing for use. 4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein the coin amount related information processing means converts the game value amount converted according to a predetermined conversion condition based on the amount of coins inserted into the other game device, A game device for performing processing for use as a game value amount received by the game value receiving means. 5. The game device according to claim 3, wherein the game value receiving means receives the game value received from the player within a predetermined period, and the game value paying means pays out to the player within the predetermined period. It has a payout control means for controlling the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player for each player so that the real ratio with the payout amount of the game value becomes a predetermined planned ratio. The related information processing means is controlled so that the payout amount of the game value to be paid out to the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the coin amount related information receiving device becomes the predetermined planned ratio. A game machine characterized in that the payout amount is controlled by the payout control means so that the amount of the payout is increased. 6. A game device according to claim 3, wherein the game condition is changed by the game advancing means while the game is in progress, and the game condition is changed by the player in the game on the other game device. A change element receiving means for receiving an element and a game state changing element received by the change element receiving means are stored in a state in which a player corresponding to the game state changing element can use the game state changing element while the game is progressing by the game progressing means. Change element storage means and game state change means for changing the game state during the game by the game progression means when the game state change element stored in the change element storage means is used based on the instruction of the player. And a game device. 7. The game device according to claim 6, wherein the game value receiving means receives the game value received from the player within a predetermined period, and the game value paying means pays out to the player within the predetermined period. It has payout control means for controlling the payout amount of the game value paid out to the player for each player so that the real ratio with the payout amount of the game value becomes a predetermined planned ratio. The change element is for changing the game state so that the payout amount paid out to the player corresponding to the game state change element by the game value payout means is increased, and the coin amount related information processing means is for the coin amount. From the player corresponding to the coin amount related information received by the related information receiving means, the game state by the changing element receiving means When the additional element is received, the payout amount is controlled by the payout control means so that the payout amount of the game value to be paid out to the player is less than the payout amount controlled so as to be the predetermined planned ratio. A game device characterized by being. 8. A game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving a game value by the game value receiving means, and an advancing by the game advancing means. In a game device provided with a game value payout means for paying out the game value to the player according to the result of the game, the player possesses the game value in relation to the amount of the game value received by the game value receiving means. Game value amount related information storage means for storing, for each player, game value amount related information used for each player's game on another game device that progresses the game by inserting coins; A game value amount related information that outputs the game value amount related information stored in the game value amount related information storage means. Game apparatus characterized by comprising an information output means. 9. A game device provided with coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means, wherein the player pays money and borrows money. Game value amount related information in which a player who plays a game on another game device that advances a game by inputting a game value receives information related to the game value amount for each player related to the amount of the game value input to the other game device And a process for utilizing the game value amount related information received by the information value receiving unit and the game value amount related information receiving unit in the game of the player corresponding to the game value amount related information advanced by the game advancing unit. A game device comprising: a game value amount related information processing means to be executed. 10. The game device according to claim 9, wherein the game value amount related information processing means converts the amount of coins according to a predetermined conversion condition based on the amount of game value input to the other game device. Is used as the amount of coins received by the coin receiving means. 11. A game device according to claim 9, which is for changing a game state while the game is in progress by the game advancing means, and is for each player acquired by a game in the other game device. A state in which the change element receiving means for receiving the game state changing element and the game state changing element received by the change element receiving means can be used by the player corresponding to the game state changing element while the game is progressing by the game progressing means. And the game state changing element stored in the change element storing means is used based on the player's instruction, the game state changing game state is changed by the game progressing means. A game device having a state changing means. 12. A coin device received by the coin receiving means in a game device comprising coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. The amount of coins related to each player's game on another game device that progresses the game by paying the game value that the player paid and borrowed. A game machine comprising: a coin amount related information storage means for storing each coin; and a coin amount related information output device for outputting the coin amount related information stored in the coin amount related information storage device. 13. A game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving the game value by the game value receiving means, and the game advancing means. In a control method for a game device having a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player according to the result of the game, the game is performed by another game device that advances the game by inserting a coin possessed by the player. The coin amount related information receiving step of receiving the coin amount related information for each player related to the amount of coins inserted into the other game device by the player, and the coin amount related information received in the coin amount related information receiving step. , A game of the player corresponding to the coin amount related information which is advanced by the game advancing means. Control method for a game device and having a coin amount related information processing step of performing processing for use. 14. A control method for a game device comprising a coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player and a game progressing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means, wherein the player pays money. A game value in which a player who plays a game on another game device that progresses the game by inputting the borrowed game value receives game value amount-related information for each player related to the amount of the game value input to the other game device For using the amount-related information receiving step and the game-value-related information received in the game-value-related information receiving step in the game of the player corresponding to the game-value-related information that is advanced by the game advancing means. Control of a game device having a game value related information processing step for performing processing Law. 15. A game value receiving means for receiving a game value borrowed by a player by paying money, a game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving a game value by the game value receiving means, and the game advancing means. In a program for operating a computer provided in a game device provided with a game value payout means for paying out the game value to a player according to the result of the game, the player advances a game by inserting coins possessed by the player. The coin amount related information for each player, which is related to the amount of coins inserted into the other game device by the player who plays the game on the other game device, corresponds to the coin amount related information that is advanced by the game advancing means. Coin amount related information processing means for performing processing for use in player's game To a program for causing the computer to function. 16. A program for operating a computer provided in a game device, comprising coin receiving means for receiving coins possessed by a player, and game advancing means for advancing a game by receiving coins by the coin receiving means. In, a game for each player related to the amount of the game value that a player who plays a game on another game device that advances the game by paying money to input the borrowed game value to the other game device Causing the computer to function as game value amount related information processing means for performing processing for utilizing the value amount related information in the game of the player corresponding to the game value amount related information advanced by the game advancing means. Characteristic program.