KR20070094629A - Game device, server device, and game system equipped with the devices - Google Patents

Abstract

A game device can execute a competition game, in which a plurality of competition candidates compete. A server device is connected with the game device through a communication network. A specific information generating means is disposed in the server device and can generate specific information for specifying at least one of the competition candidates. A transmitting means is disposed in the server device and can transmit the specific information to the game device through the communication network. A receiving means is disposed in the game device and can receive the specific information transmitted. A game proceeding means is disposed in the game device and can execute the competition game on the basis of the specific information received.

Description

GAME DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND GAME SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE DEVICES

The present invention relates to a game device for executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing objects compete with each other, a server device connected to the game device via a communication network, and a game system having the same.

As this kind of game apparatus, the horse racing game apparatus disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-210228A is known widely, for example.

In general, in a horse racing game device, a player performs a virtual race (racing game) in which a plurality of racehorse characters (race targets) compete with each other. In such a horse racing game device, various methods have been conventionally provided to realize a situation close to the real horse racing. For example, a method has been proposed in which the name of a racehorse character is set to the name of a real racehorse, or the racehorse character's ability is set closer to that of a real racehorse. In such a conventional horse racing game device, at the time of shipment, data of a racehorse character having a name of a real racehorse and a racehorse character having a capability close to that of a real racehorse are stored in the storage device. Then, a virtual race set to have the same situation as the actual race is executed using a racehorse character having the same name and ability as the racehorse running in the actual horse race that has been performed in the past. According to this horse racing game device, it is possible to reproduce the actual horse racing races performed in the past on the game. In this case, the result of the virtual race may be different from past racing races conducted in reality.

By the way, since the conventional horse racing game device is shipped to the market with the data of the race horse character as described above stored in the storage device in advance, it is possible to reproduce the past racing races conducted in reality, but from now on You cannot run an imaginary race close to the future races to be performed.

In addition, not only a racing game device, but also a race in which a plurality of racing targets compete with each other, or a game device for executing a real game as a virtual racing game, a virtual race close to a future race or a game to be performed in reality. Can't run racing games.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game device and server device capable of executing a virtual racing game similar to a future race or game to be performed in reality, and a game system having the same.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention,

A game device capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing targets compete with each other;

A server device connected with the game device via a communication network;

An identifier generator installed in the server device, the identifier generator capable of generating an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing objects;

A transmitter installed at the server device, the transmitter capable of transmitting the identifier to the game device via the communication network;

A receiver installed in the game device, the receiver capable of receiving the transmitted identifier; And

A game launcher installed in the game device and capable of executing the racing game based on the received identifier

There is provided a game system comprising a.

According to this configuration, it is possible to determine the racing target participating in the racing game executed in the game device based on the specific information generated by the server device connected to the communication network. In general, a target (real participation target) to be scheduled to participate in a future race or a race to be conducted in reality is announced before the race or race is actually performed. Therefore, it is possible to generate specific information for specifying the racing target on the game close to the scheduled participation target of the published reality by the server apparatus and transmit it to the game apparatus before the future race or competition is performed. Therefore, in this game device, it is possible to execute a racing game in which a racing target close to the actual target race target scheduled to participate in the race, the race, or the like participates before or at the same time as the future race or race is performed. .

In addition, in the game system, the specific information generated by the server device is transmitted to the game device via the communication network, so that even if the game device is installed in any region or place, it is based on the scheduled participation target of the published reality. It is possible to transmit the generated specific information to the game device within a short time from the publication. Therefore, it becomes possible to execute a racing game in which a racing target close to the actual scheduled race target person participating in a future race or a race participates within a short time from the publication. In the race or the race, the target to be scheduled for participation may be announced just before the race or the race is started. However, according to the present game system, even in such a case, it is possible to execute a racing game in which a racing target close to the actual target race target who is going to participate in the race or competition participates before or at the same time as the race or competition is started. do.

The game system may further include a ranker installed in the game device and capable of executing a lottery to determine the rank of each racing target in the racing game. In this case, the game executor may execute the racing game based on the determined ranking.

As a racing game, there are a type in which a plurality of participants compete, such as baseball, soccer, martial art, etc., to determine one winner, and a type in which arrival order is determined, such as horse racing, racing, and rowing. The racing game played in the game device of this game system is the latter type. The arrival order of the racing game is predetermined by the ranking determiner, and is executed so that the determined ranking is realized. Thus, a virtual racing game is executed that is close to a future race to be performed in reality.

The game system may further include a ranking information generator installed in the server device and capable of generating ranking information for each racing target including a probability referenced in the lottery. In this case, the transmitter can transmit the ranking information to the game device via the communication network. The receiver may receive the transmitted rank information. The ranking determiner can execute the drawing using the received ranking information.

According to this configuration, based on the ranking information generated by the server apparatus on the communication network, the ranking of the racing game in which the plurality of racing targets specified by the specific information transmitted together with the ranking information participates is determined. Therefore, if this ranking information is generated based on the ability of the scheduled to participate in the published reality, it is possible to execute a racing game having a result close to the race result when the future race is conducted in the game device. Done.

The game executor may further execute an expected game that predicts at least one rank of racing targets in the racing game. In this case, the game device includes: a betting acceptor that receives the first amount of game values from the player in accordance with the prediction of the ranking, and the second amount of games in accordance with the result of the received first amount of game values and the racing game. It includes a pay executor that pays out a value to the player.

According to this configuration, it is possible to play an expected game in which a racing target to win will be played in a racing game in which a racing target close to the actual scheduled race target to be participated in a future race or a race to be conducted in reality.

The game system may further include a storage device installed in the server device and capable of storing win rate information indicating the win rate of each racing target in the racing game. In this case, the transmitter can transmit the odds information to the game device via the communication network. The receiver is capable of receiving the transmitted odds information. The payment executor may calculate the second amount of game values using the received odds information.

According to this configuration, the odds information in the expected game is transmitted from the server device to the game device via the communication network. In general, when wagering in anticipation of a future race or race to be won in real life is done in real life, the odds are announced before the race or race is actually played. Therefore, it is possible to transmit the winning rate information based on the published winning rate from the server apparatus to the game apparatus before a future race or game is performed. In addition, since the game system transmits the above-mentioned odds information from the server apparatus to the game apparatus via the communication network, even if the game apparatus is installed in any region or place, it is based on the actual odds published in a short time from the announcement. It is possible to send the winning percentage information to the game device. Therefore, it is possible to execute the expected game using the odds information based on the actual winning rate in a short time from the public display. In addition, the actual odds may be announced just before the race or race begins. However, according to the present game system, even in this case, it is possible to execute an expected game relating to a racing game that is performed before or at the same time as the race is started.

The racing game may include a first racing game that recognizes the participation of the racing target prepared by the player as one of the racing targets, and a second racing game that recognizes the participation of only the racing target identified by the identifier.

According to this configuration, the player can determine the racing target to participate in the normal first racing game which does not play the race or the racing game close to the race to be performed in reality. On the contrary, in the case of playing a second race game close to a future race or a race to be performed in reality, the player cannot determine a racing target participating in the race game. As a result, it is possible to realize a racing game close to a future race or a race to be performed in reality.

The game launcher may execute the second racing game at a predetermined timing.

According to this configuration, for example, if the start time of the racing game is set to the same time as the start of the future race or the race to be performed in reality, the game device may be operated at the same time as the start time of the future race or the race to be conducted in reality. You can start a race close to the race or the race.

According to the present invention, there is provided a game device connected to a server device via a communication network and capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing objects compete with each other.

A receiver for receiving an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing objects from the server device via the communication network; And

A game launcher installed in the game device and capable of executing the racing game based on the received identifier

There is provided a game device comprising a.

According to the present invention, there is provided a server device connected to a game device capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing objects compete with each other through a communication network,

An identifier generator capable of generating an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing subjects; And

A transmitter capable of transmitting the identifier to the game device via the communication network

Provided is a server device comprising a,

The identifier is received by the game device and used for the execution of the racing game.

1 is a block diagram showing the entire game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a game system.

3 is a perspective view illustrating an arcade game machine constituting a game system.

4 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the main controller of the arcade game machine.

5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a station controller of the arcade game machine.

6A is a table showing a data structure of player data.

6B is a table showing a data structure of data written on a magnetic card distributed to a player.

7 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a server device constituting a game system.

8 is a sequence flowchart showing a flow of processing executed in a game system.

Hereinafter, a racing game (race game) in which a plurality of racehorse characters (race targets) compete with each other, a commercial game device (hereinafter referred to as an "arcade game machine") that executes an expected game in which the player expects to win. An embodiment of a game system including a will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, this game system generally includes a plurality of arcade game machines 1 installed in a game arcade, and a server device 20 connected to the arcade game machine 1 via a communication network. The communication network is composed of a public telephone line, a dedicated telephone line, a cable television line, or a wireless communication line.

As shown in FIG. 3, the arcade game machine 1 includes a field 2 provided in the center portion and a plurality of stations 10 provided to surround the field 2. In the field 2, a racetrack 4 of a racetrack including the gate 3 is provided, and a race of races is developed by running a plurality of model horses in the raceway 4. In addition, around this field 2, a plurality of speakers 5 are arranged for producing a race live broadcast and cheering. Moreover, above the field 2, the display part 6 for displaying a game name, etc., and the illuminating device 7 which illuminates the field 2 are arrange | positioned. This display part 6 and the lighting device 7 are supported by the support column 8.

The station 10 is provided with a display 11 for displaying a game screen according to the execution of a game and a touch panel 12 overlapping each other on the display surface of the display 11. When the player touches the predetermined position of the game screen displayed on the display 11 according to the instruction of the game screen, the position is detected by the touch panel 12, and the operation contents of the player are recognized by the arcade game machine 1. . In addition, the station 10 includes a token input unit 13 into which a token, which is a game value, is input by the player, a token payment port 14 to which tokens are paid to the player, and a magnetic card for inserting a magnetic card. The insertion port 15 is provided.

In the arcade game machine 1, the player can participate in the game as the owner of the racehorse. More specifically, the player can select a preferred racehorse character among a plurality of racehorse characters prepared, and obtain the racehorse character by paying a predetermined number of tokens. The name of the racehorse character acquired may be created by combining the name selected from the names previously recorded in the arcade game machine main body with the player name inputted by the player (for example, the player's name). The player may also develop a racehorse character in order to increase the ability of the racehorse character acquired. In addition, the race horse character raised can be run to the race desired by oneself. In the arcade game machine 1, in order to ensure the continuity of the game when the player participates in the game as the owner of the racehorse, the game can be resumed on another day by using the magnetic card distributed to the player.

As shown in FIG. 4, the main controller 100 disposed on the field 2 side includes a main controller 101, a field controller 102 for controlling the running of the model horse in the field 2, and an illumination. An illumination controller 103 for controlling the device 7, an acoustic controller 104 for controlling sounds such as shouts and live performances from the speaker 5, an SRAM 105 for recording various data for each player, and A flash memory 106, a ROM 107 in which programs necessary for a game and various databases are stored, and a communication device 108 for data communication with the server device 20 via a communication network. The main controller 101 is connected to the field controller 102, the lighting controller 103, the acoustic controller 104, the SRAM 105, the flash memory 106, the ROM 107, and the communication device 108. . The ROM 107 stores a database including data on a plurality of types of horse names prepared in advance, voice data, various data about horses, and a race schedule selected by a player playing as a racehorse owner.

As shown in FIG. 5, the station control unit 200 installed in each station 10 stores a station controller 201, a token management device 202 that manages payment of tokens, and various data of players. RAM 203 for temporarily recording, a magnetic information reader 204 for reading magnetic information of a magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card insertion opening 15, and magnetic information for writing various information such as an ID code on the magnetic card. The writer 205 is included. The station controller 201 is connected to the token management device 202, the RAM 203, the magnetic information reader 204, and the magnetic information writer 205. In addition, the station controller 201 includes a display 11 and a touch panel 12 shown in FIG. 3, a token insertion sensor (not shown) and a magnetic card insertion hole 15 which detect tokens introduced through the token input unit 13. It is also connected to a magnetic card driving device (not shown) for driving the magnetic card inserted in the card, and these are all provided in the station 10.

In addition, the station controller 201 of each station 10 is connected to the main controller 101 of the field 2 as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, so that necessary communication between them is possible.

An example of the data structure of player data recorded and managed for each player is shown in FIG. 6A. This player data includes an ID code that can be assigned to a player, personal information about the player, information about the player's own horse, final play date information to specify the date the player last played the game, and Rewrite information for recording the update, and a check code for the purpose of preventing deformation of the magnetic card. This player data also includes information such as game history information of the player and screen layout irrelevant to game execution. The ID code is a number that can be assigned to only one player and is set so that the ID does not overlap with other player data. In addition, the personal information, the horse information owned by him, and the last play date information are used as game history information for ensuring the continuity of the interrupted game. This player data is stored in the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 shown in FIG.

The personal information includes information about the player such as the player name or the total number of plays. The personal information is used as data reflected in the game contents or as customer management data so that the player's name is used as the name of the horse owned by him. The information about the horse owned by the horse includes a horse name code for specifying the name of the horse owned by the horse, horse type information for specifying a growth curve indicating the characteristics of the growth method, sex, age, number of run, speed, stamina stamina, condition, cumulative prize money, and past race history (e.g. first, second, third or other). The horse name code is associated with the horse name data in the database of horse name data stored in the ROM 107, and reads the horse name data based on this horse name code for use in the game.

6B shows an example of the data structure of the write data written to the magnetic card when the player stops playing. Part of the player data is recorded in this write data. More specifically, information such as ID code and check code and screen layout irrelevant to game execution are recorded.

The player playing as the horse owner inserts his card into any station 10 when he wants to resume the game. Thereby, the check code recorded on the magnetic card is read out, and after determining whether the information written on the magnetic card is normal, the ID code recorded on the magnetic card is read out. Then, the player data corresponding to the ID code is read from the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 shown in FIG. This player data is included in the station 10 and read by the RAM 203 shown in FIG. 5 and used for predetermined processing. As a result, the player can resume the game at any time using his or her card, and can enjoy the game continuously using the racehorse character he has developed.

In the arcade game machine 1, a race having the same name as the actual center racing (hereinafter referred to as "normal race") is held sequentially along a predetermined cycle. About 60 races are prepared for the year. For each race, time for betting tokens, that is, time for purchasing voting rights in the game, time for running a normal race using a model horse, and time for displaying race results are secured. The player can predict the winning horse for each race and freely purchase the book. The purchase of this book is done by betting tokens. If the purchased bookmaker matches the result of the race, the number of tokens specified according to the number of bets and odds of the tokens will be paid as dividends. In the arcade game machine 1, there are four kinds of voting methods: Win, Winella, Quinella, Exacta, and Quinella Place. The player predicts a racehorse character to be the winning horse by using any one voting method and bets the racehorse character.

In addition, in the arcade game machine 1, apart from the above-mentioned normal race, a plurality of race horses specified by a virtual race close to a future race to be performed in reality, that is, run-out information transmitted from the server device 20. Races in which the characters run (hereinafter, referred to as "special races") are also held. The number of racehorse characters is specified by runaway information and is equal to the number of racehorses to run in a future race run to be conducted in reality. Details of this special race will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 7, the server device 20 includes a system bus 300, a CPU 301, an internal storage device, an external storage device 304, an input device 305, an output device 306, and Communication device 307; The internal storage device includes a RAM 302 or a ROM 303. The external storage device 304 includes a hard disk drive (HDD) or an optical disk drive. The input device 305 includes a mouse or a keyboard. The output device 306 includes a display or a printer. The communication device 307 performs data communication with the arcade game machine 1 via a communication network.

Components such as the CPU 301 and the RAM 302 exchange data or program instructions with each other via the system bus 300. Various programs for operating the server device 20 in accordance with a predetermined procedure are stored in the ROM 303 or the external storage device 304, and are stored in the work area of the CPU 301 or the RAM 302 as needed. Called and executed In addition, when the running information (specific information) and the odds information of the future racing race to be performed in reality are input from the input device 305 or the communication network, this information is stored in the external storage device 304. In addition, the server device 20 may be configured as a dedicated device or may be configured using a general-purpose computer system. Moreover, you may comprise with one computer and you may connect and comprise the some computer which is respectively in charge of several functions by network.

Next, the flow of processing of the game system according to the present embodiment will be described.

As shown in Fig. 1, the arcade game machine 1 constituting the game system includes a receiver, a game launcher, a rank determiner, an operation acceptor, a betting determiner, a game value receiver, a game value supplier, a participation determiner, and a start. It has a timing information storage device.

The receiver receives outgoing information, ranking information and win rate information transmitted from the server device 20, and is mainly composed of the communication device 108. In addition, in this embodiment, start time information (described later) is also transmitted from the server device 20 and received by the receiver.

The game executor executes the above-described normal races and special races, which bet on the prediction of the arrival order of the plurality of racehorse characters, and executes an anticipated game that allows the player to predict a racehorse character to win the race. This game launcher consists mainly of the main controller.

The ranker is mainly composed of a main controller. The ranking determiner determines, based on data on the odds of the plurality of racehorse characters running in the race, a racehorse character that is ranked first in the race executed by the game executor by drawing, and is obtained from Equation 1 below. Using the revised odds data X 'of the remaining racehorse characters, the remaining racehorse characters are sequentially determined up to the lowest racehorse character.

X '= X / (1-Y)

However, X represents the odds data of the racehorse character to be calculated, Y represents the total sum of the odds data of the racehorse character already determined by the ranking.

The odds data of the racehorse character are stored in the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106. The odds data indicates the probability that each racehorse character running in the race will be ranked first in the race. The odds data of the racehorse character changes depending on the same parameters as the ability values of other racehorse characters running in the race, and the odds data of the same racehorse character changes with the race. As parameters affecting the odds data, speed, stamina, condition, age, racetrack condition, nose, weather, etc. of a racehorse character can be used, and which parameter is used is appropriately set. In the present embodiment, before the game executor starts executing the expected race, the main controller 10l determines a plurality of racehorse characters running out of the race, and calculates the odds data in consideration of various parameters. The calculated odds data is stored in the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 as the odds data of the racehorse character.

The specific operation of the ranker will now be described. First, a lottery table is generated that includes odds data of a racehorse character as lottery probability data of a racehorse character. This lottery table is obtained by distributing a random number that can be generated by the main controller 101 in proportion to the ratio of the odds data of the racehorse character, and combining the random number with the racehorse character. Then, the main controller 101 generates one random number, compares the generated random number with the lottery table, and specifies a racehorse character corresponding to the random number in order to determine the racehorse character that becomes first. As a result, the game executor executes the race so that the racehorse character becomes first.

Next, the main controller 101 substitutes the odds data of the racehorse character and the remaining racehorse character of the racehorse character determined as first in [Equation 1], and the modified odds data of the remaining racehorse character X ₁ '~ X ₇ '. To calculate. A new lottery table is generated that includes the calculated modified odds data X ₁ '~ X ₇ ' as lottery probability data of the racehorse character. Thereafter, the main controller 101 generates one random number in order to determine the racehorse character to be second, compares the generated random number with the new lottery table, and specifies a racehorse character corresponding to the random number. As a result, the game executor runs the race so that the racehorse character is second. Similarly, the ranking of the racehorse character is determined up to the racehorse character of the final ranking.

The operation acceptor accepts the player's betting operation and is mainly composed of the touch panel 12, the station controller 201, and the main controller 101. When the player manipulates the bet, the display 11 of the station 10 displays an odds table or an operation button image for inputting the number of tokens to select two racehorse characters to bet the player and to bet on the bet target. . The player operates the touch panel 12 in accordance with the display contents of the display 11 and performs a betting operation.

The betting determiner selects a specified number of racehorse characters according to the voting method based on the player operation (batting operation) received by the operation acceptor, and determines the number of tokens (game value) to bet on the selected racehorse character. More specifically, in the case of a single race, bets are placed in units of one racehorse character, and in the case of a double race, a single race, and a double race, bets are placed in units of two racehorse characters. The betting determiner mainly consists of the station controller 201 and the main controller 101. More specifically, operation data indicating the content of the betting operation performed by the player is sent from the touch panel 12 of the station 10 to the main controller 101 through the station controller 201. The main controller 101 selects a racehorse character based on the operation data, and determines the number of tokens to bet on the selected racehorse character. The player's betting content is stored in the SRAM 105 and the flash memory 106 for each player.

The game value receiver receives the tokens for the number of tokens determined by the betting determiner from the player who performed the betting operation. More specifically, the number of tokens that the player has input into the token input unit 13 of the station 10 is counted and managed by the token management device 202 as token data. The token management device 202 manages tokens exchanged between the player and the arcade game machine 1. When the token is received from the player, the token management device 202 performs a process of reducing the count value of the token data of the player by the number of tokens received. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the game value receiver is mainly composed of the station controller 201 and the token management device 202.

The game value supplyer determines the winning horse in each voting method based on the ranking of the racehorse character determined by the ranking determiner, and multiplies the winning rate corresponding to the number of tokens bet for the competing character for the winning horse. Pay the token to the player. More specifically, the token management device 202 performs a process of increasing the count value of the token data of the player by the number of tokens to be paid. Thus, in the present embodiment, the game value supplier is mainly composed of the station controller 201 and the token management device 202.

In a normal race, the odds percentage used by the game value supplier is calculated based on the odds data of the racehorse characters running in the normal race. On the other hand, in a special race, one of the win rates calculated from the win rate data as in the normal race, or the win rate calculated based on the win rate information transmitted from the server apparatus 20 as described later is used.

The participation determiner determines a racehorse character who participates in the normal race in accordance with a run operation (player operation) that is performed when the player runs his or her own horse in the race, and mainly the station controller 201 and the main It consists of a controller 101. More specifically, the operation data indicating the content of the ejection operation performed by the player is sent from the touch panel 12 of the station 10 to the main controller 101 through the station controller 201. The main controller 101 selects a racehorse character owned by the player based on the operation data, and sends runout information specifying the selected racehorse character to the game launcher and the ranker. Other racehorse characters who normally enter the race are determined by the racehorse determination program. For a normal race without run-out operation, all race horse characters who normally run in the race are determined according to the race horse determination program. The participation decision unit does not determine the participation of the racehorse character according to the player's run-out operation for the special race.

The start time information storage device stores start time information for specifying the start time of the special race. This start time information storage device is mainly composed of the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 of the main control unit. The start time information stored in this start time information storage device is sent to the game launcher, and the game launcher starts the special game at the start time specified by the received start time information. In this embodiment, as will be described later, the special race is also started at a time other than the start time specified by the start time information. In other words, in the present embodiment, a virtual special race close to a future racing race to be performed in reality is performed a plurality of times before the actual racing race is started. In addition, in the present embodiment, start time information for determining the start time of the special game is received from the server apparatus via the communication network. Therefore, the server apparatus 20 can collectively manage the start time of the special game played by all the arcade game machines 1. In addition, the start time information may be generated by the arcade game machine 1 in accordance with, for example, the operator's operation or the player's operation of the game arcade in which the arcade game machine 1 is installed. In this case, the start time of the special game can be appropriately set for each arcade game machine 1 in accordance with the desire of the game arcade side or the desire of the player.

The server device 20 constituting the game system has a transmitter, a specific information generator, a rank information generator, and a odds information storage device.

The transmitter transmits runout information, ranking information, win rate information, and start time information to the arcade game machine 1 through the communication network, and is mainly composed of the communication device 307.

The specific information generator generates run information (specific information) for specifying a plurality of racehorse characters participating in a special game, and mainly includes a system bus 300, a CPU 301, an internal storage device and an external storage device 304. It is composed of In the present embodiment, the published runout information is input by the operator to the server device 20, and the runout information transmitted to the arcade game machine 1 is generated in accordance with the predetermined runout information generation program based on the entered runout information. .

The ranking information generator generates ranking information of a racehorse character used by the ranking determiner of the arcade game machine 1 to determine the ranking, and mainly includes a system bus 300, a CPU 301, an internal storage device, and an external storage device ( 304). In the present embodiment, the ranking information is information on a parameter used to determine the odds data of the plurality of racehorse characters related to the running information. (1) is data used when calculating the odds data. The ranking information is determined based on the past history of the racehorses who run in the future races to be performed in reality. More specifically, the speed, stamina, condition, and age of each racehorse are determined from the past power of the racehorse, and the operator inputs them to the server device 20. The CPU 301 of the server device 20 executes a predetermined ranking information generating program, and generates ranking information such as speed, stamina, condition, age, etc. of each of the corresponding racehorse characters based on the inputted various information. .

The odds information storage device stores the odds information for calculating a game value paid by the game value supplier for a player betting on a race horse character winning a racing game in which a plurality of race horse characters specified by run-out information participate. The winning rate information storage device mainly consists of the RAM 302 or the external storage device 304. The odds information is determined based on the published odds information for future races to be conducted in the real world. More specifically, the published winning percentage information is input to the server device 20, which is stored in the winning percentage information storage device. In the present embodiment, a case where the published odds information is used as it is without change is described. However, the published odds information may be adjusted to be used in the arcade game machine 1 and stored in the odds information storage device.

Next, a description will be given of processing in the case where a special race is executed in the game system. In the following description, the case where the virtual special race close to the actual GI race held next Sunday is performed before the start of the GI race and at the same time as the start thereof will be described as an example.

Typically, runout information such as the name, horse number, and gate number of a horse running in a real GI race held next Sunday is announced on Wednesday immediately before the race. Therefore, the operator of the server device 20 inputs the exit information such as a horse name, a horse number, and a gate number into the server device 20 in accordance with the published exit information as shown in FIG. 8. When the publisher who publishes publicly discloses the exit information as electronic data, the exit information may be input to the server device 20 by downloading the electronic data through the communication network. In the server device 20, on the basis of the input information, the specific information generator generates exit information that the specific information generator sends to the arcade game machine 1 in accordance with a predetermined exit information generation program. The ranking information generator of the server device 20 generates the ranking information of the racehorse specified by the published running information. This run-out information and ranking information are transmitted to the arcade game machine 1 via the communication network by the transmitter of the server apparatus 20 with the start time information. In addition, the start time information in the present embodiment uses information indicating the start time of the GI race.

When these pieces of information are received by the receiver of the arcade game machine 1, in the arcade game machine 1, after the above-mentioned normal race (normal race cycle) for one year is finished, the racehorse character according to the received runout information runs out. Special races and their expected games are played. More specifically, when the normal race cycle ends, first, the ranking determiner of the arcade game machine 1 calculates the odds data according to the received run information based on the received ranking information, and based on the winning rate data, Calculate. The calculated winning percentage is displayed on the display 11 of the station 10 as a winning percentage table. The calculated odds data is sent to the game value supplier. The ranking determiner determines the ranking of the racehorse character according to the received run information based on the calculated odds data. The determined ranking data is sent to the game launcher.

The game executor first executes the expected game based on the received run-out information. The player performs the betting operation using the touch panel 12 with reference to the odds table displayed on the display 11 of the station 10. When the betting period ends, the game executor starts a special race in which the horse race character in accordance with the runout information runs, and executes a special race so that each race horse character becomes the rank determined by the ranking determiner. This special race and its predicted game are usually performed every time the race cycle ends until the last special race (described later) is held. In a predictive game for each special race, if a player places a bet on a competing character for the predicted voting horse of the voting method determined based on the ranking determined by the ranker, the game value supplier will determine the number of bets tokens, The player is paid the number of tokens obtained by multiplying the corresponding winning percentage received from the player.

When the winning rate information in the actual GI race held next Sunday is announced, the operator of the server apparatus 20 inputs the winning rate corresponding to the voting method into the server apparatus 20 according to the published winning rate information. In addition, when the publisher who publishes publicly announces the odds information as electronic data, the odds information can be input to the server device 20 by downloading the electronic data through the communication network. The server device 20 stores the input winning rate information in the winning rate information storage device. The winning rate information stored in the winning rate information storage device is transmitted to the arcade game machine 1 through the communication network by the transmitter of the server device 20.

When the winning rate information is received by the receiver of the arcade game machine 1, the winning rate based on the received winning rate information is used as the winning rate to be used in the expected game about the special race executed in the arcade game machine 1. More specifically, in a predictive game about a special race, the rank determiner determines the winning rate based on the winning rate information received. The determined winning percentage is displayed on the display 11 of the station 10 as a winning percentage table. Therefore, the odds table becomes the same as the odds table at the present time in the actual GI race held next Sunday. As described above, the ranking determiner calculates the odds data of the racehorse character running in the special race based on the received ranking information, and determines the rank of the racehorse character based on the winning rate data.

After the game launcher executes a special race based on the received run information, if the player bets on a competition character according to the expected voting end of the voting method determined based on the ranking determined by the ranker in the expected game, the game value supplier The player is paid the number of tokens obtained by multiplying the number of bet tokens by the odds received by the ranker, that is, the current rate in the current GI race held next Sunday.

When the odds information used in the actual GI race is updated, the updated odds information is inputted to the server device every time the update is performed, and this is transmitted to the arcade game machine 1 so that the expected game is always performed with the latest odds information. It is preferable to do so.

At a predetermined time before the start time indicated by the start scheduled time stored in the start time information storage device of the arcade game machine 1, the game executor executes the last special race and the expected game after the current race that is currently running. do. This final special race and its expected game are started at the end of the current race, even if the race is currently running. In detail, the game executor normally executes the expected game first after the end of the race, and then starts the last special race at the start time. Thereby, at the same time as the start of the actual GI race, a virtual special race close to the GI race can be started.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the arcade game machine 1 installed in a general game arcade, a virtual special race close to a future race to be performed in reality can be executed before the race begins.

In addition, in the present embodiment, since the running of the horse owned by the player is prohibited for the special race, only a racehorse character who is close to the racehorse who runs in the future racing race to be performed in reality can run in the special race. Can be. As a result, a special race can be executed that is close to a future horse race to be conducted in reality.

In addition, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in the case of a game system in which a race race in which a plurality of racehorse characters compete with each other in order to compete with each other, but the present invention is a race such as a race wheel, a coordination race, a game such as baseball or soccer, etc. It can also be applied to games.

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A game device capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing targets compete with each other; A server device connected with the game device via a communication network; An identifier generator installed in the server device, the identifier generator capable of generating an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing objects; A transmitter installed at the server device, the transmitter capable of transmitting the identifier to the game device via the communication network; A receiver installed in the game device, the receiver capable of receiving the transmitted identifier; And A game launcher installed in the game device and capable of executing the racing game based on the received identifier Game system comprising a. The method of claim 1, A ranking determiner installed in the game device and capable of executing a lottery to determine the ranking of each of the racing targets in the racing game, And the game executor is capable of executing the racing game based on the determined ranking. The method of claim 2, A ranking information generator installed in the server device and capable of generating ranking information for each of the racing targets, the ranking information including a probability referenced in the drawing; The transmitter may transmit the ranking information to the game device through the communication network, The receiver may receive the transmitted rank information, And the ranking determiner may execute the drawing through use of the received ranking information. The method of claim 1, The game executor may further execute an expected game for predicting a ranking of at least one of the racing targets in the racing game, The game device, A betting acceptor capable of receiving a first amount of game value from the player in accordance with the prediction of the ranking; And And a payment executor capable of paying the player a second amount of game values in accordance with the received first amount of game values and the result of the racing game. The method of claim 4, wherein A storage device installed in the server device and capable of storing win rate information indicating a win rate of each of the racing targets in the racing game; The transmitter may transmit the odds information to the game device via the communication network, The receiver may receive the transmitted odds information; And the payment executor can calculate the game value of the second amount through use of the received odds information. The method of claim 1, The racing game includes a first racing game that recognizes a participation of a racing target prepared by a player as one of the racing targets, and a second racing game that recognizes participation of only the racing target identified by the identifier. system. The method of claim 6, And the game launcher is capable of executing the second racing game at a predetermined timing. A game device connected to a server device via a communication network and capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing objects compete with each other, the game device comprising: A receiver for receiving an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing objects from the server device via the communication network; And A game launcher installed in the game device and capable of executing the racing game based on the received identifier Gaming device comprising a. A server device connected to a game device capable of executing a racing game in which a plurality of racing targets compete with each other through a communication network, An identifier generator capable of generating an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing subjects; And A transmitter capable of transmitting the identifier to the game device via the communication network Including, The identifier is received by the game device and used for execution of the racing game.

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