WO2009147981A1

WO2009147981A1 - Game system, point managing device constituting the system, and game machine for business

Info

Publication number: WO2009147981A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/059672
Authority: WO
Inventors: 信広後藤; 和弘楠田; 泰功山口; 貴視内山
Original assignee: 株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント
Priority date: 2008-06-03
Filing date: 2009-05-27
Publication date: 2009-12-10
Also published as: TW200950860A; CN102036721A; CN102036721B; JP2009291332A

Abstract

More users are effectively invited to play game machines. Each of game machines outputs point calculation information on the condition that the game machine receives a piece of player identification information. A point managing device associates the amount of points based on the outputted point calculation information with point gain time information representing the times when the points are gained and with the player identification information; stores them; excludes at a predetermined totalization timing and for each piece of the player identification information, the point information such that the points are gained before the present predetermined period of time determined with reference to the predetermined totalization timing and within the previous predetermined period of time determined with reference to the previous totalization timing; and totals the points represented by the point information such that the points are gained at the times represented by the corresponding point gain time information within the present predetermined period of time. Rank information corresponding to the player identification information is determined according to the total of the points and displayed.

Description

GAME SYSTEM, POINT MANAGEMENT DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND BUSINESS GAME DEVICE

The present invention relates to a game system having a plurality of arcade game devices installed in a game facility such as a game center, a point management device constituting the game system, and arcade game devices.

A game facility such as a game center is provided with a plurality of arcade game apparatuses that execute games having different game contents. Then, the user who visits the game facility selects a favorite arcade game device from among them and plays the game. For this reason, developers of arcade game devices have traditionally devised various ideas for arcade game devices so that more users can play arcade game devices developed by themselves. ing.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a game system using a horse racing game machine that executes a breeding type horse racing simulation game installed in a game facility and a mobile phone possessed by a player. In this game system, when a player playing on a horse racing game machine trains his own horse and makes it a triple crown horse, he gets the right to start a triple crown horse race where only the triple crown horse can start. However, in order to run in the Triple Crown Horse Race, it is necessary to clear a predetermined task in a game on a mobile phone. For this reason, in this game system, even if a player has a triple crown horse, if he / she does not clear a predetermined task in the game on his / her mobile phone, his / her triple crown horse will run in the Triple Crown Prize Race. I can't. Imposing the above conditions on the player in this way contributes to improving the game performance of the horse racing game machine.

JP 2002-325960 A

Traditionally, as a device to make more users play arcade game devices, it has traditionally been flashy on individual arcade game devices, or promoted advertising activities on individual arcade game devices to play games for users. Generally, a method of causing the user to be interested in the arcade game device by telling the contents is common. However, with this conventional method, there are cases where the effect of prompting more users to play on the arcade game device is insufficient.

The present invention realizes the provision of a game system capable of effectively encouraging more users to play on the arcade game device, the point management device constituting the game system, and the arcade game device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game system having a plurality of business game devices each including a game progress control unit that controls the progress of a game, wherein each business game device receives player identification information. On the condition that the information receiving unit and the player identification information receiving unit receive the player identification information, point calculation information related to a game that is controlled by the game progress control unit of the arcade game device is stored in the player identification information. A point calculation information output unit that outputs the information in association with each other, and the point management device that is different from each of the above-described arcade game devices or the arcade game devices stores the point information associated with the player identification information Point information storage unit, point calculation information output from the point calculation information output unit and A point calculation information receiving unit for receiving the player identification information associated with the point calculation point information indicating the amount of points based on the point calculation information received by the point calculation information receiving unit Corresponding to each player identification information at a predetermined counting timing with a point storage unit stored in the point information storage unit in association with the player identification information corresponding to the point calculation information in a state associated with the acquisition time information The point acquisition time indicated by the point acquisition time information to be performed is a part of the previous specified period determined based on the previous aggregation timing that is earlier than the current specified period determined based on the aggregation timing The point information that is included is excluded, and the corresponding point acquisition time information indicates The point totaling unit that performs the point totaling process for totaling the points indicated by the point information whose int acquisition time is within the current specified period, and a predetermined amount according to the amount of points totaled by the point totaling unit A rank determining unit for determining rank information corresponding to the player identification information from among a plurality of rank information, and a rank for displaying the rank information determined by the rank determining unit separately for each corresponding player identification information A rank display processing unit that performs display processing.
In this game system, when a player (user) has his / her player identification information received by one of a plurality of arcade game devices and played by the player identification information receiving unit, points are calculated from the arcade game device that has played. Information is output. Point information indicating the amount of points obtained based on this point calculation information is managed for each player identification information in each arcade game device or point management device. Then, rank information is determined according to the amount of points corresponding to each player identification information, and the rank information is displayed separately for each player identification information. Therefore, the player can display higher rank information corresponding to his / her player identification information as he / she gains more points. Thereby, it is possible to cause the player to create a new goal such that his rank information is higher. As a result, a player with such a goal is motivated to prioritize play on the arcade game device belonging to the game system over play on the arcade game device not belonging to the game system. Can do.
Here, the present inventors have found that when trying to determine rank information based on all points acquired by each player in the past, there is the following problem. That is, if the rank information is simply determined based on all points that each player has acquired in the past, for example, in the past, a game machine was played and a large number of points were acquired, but now it is not played on the game machine Even for such a player, high rank information is determined corresponding to the player identification information of the player. For this reason, if the high rank information targeted by the user is determined, the high rank information is maintained without playing the arcade game apparatus after that. This greatly reduces the effect of prompting the player to play on the arcade game device for the player whose high rank information that he / she has aimed for is determined. The effect of encouraging will be reduced.
Therefore, in this game system, at the time of a predetermined counting timing, the point acquisition time is earlier than the specified period at the current counting timing (current specified period) and the specified period at the previous counting timing (previous specified period) ) Is excluded from the point information that is included in a part of), the points are counted only for the point information whose point acquisition time is within the specified period, and the rank information is determined according to the total amount of points. ing. Thus, for example, when the player wants to maintain the current rank information or aims for higher rank information, the amount of points within the specified period is always an amount necessary for determining the target rank information. As described above, it is necessary to continuously play with the arcade game device. As a result, it is possible to maintain the effect of urging the player to play on the arcade game device continuously even after the player has been determined to have high rank information as a goal in the past.
In addition, when the point information acquired so far at the time of counting is reset to zero, the player's willingness to acquire points may be greatly reduced at the time of counting. In this game system, the point information totaled at the current timing is part of the point information totaled at the previous timing, so the point information acquired so far at the timing is zero. It will never be reset. Therefore, the player's willingness to acquire points does not greatly decrease at the timing of counting.
The place where the rank information is displayed by the rank display process may be a display unit of each arcade game machine, a display unit provided in the point management device, or a homepage on the Internet. The display format may be an individual display format in which each player can see his / her rank information, or a list display format in which rank information of players other than himself / herself is also displayed. The rank information can be expressed by any method as long as it can understand the hierarchical relationship of rank, such as a title and the number of levels.

In the game system, the point counting unit updates the prescribed period every time a predetermined time elapses, and performs the point counting process using the updated prescribed period. After the point totaling unit has updated the specified period, the determining unit determines that the rank information corresponding to the amount of points totaled by the point totaling unit is higher than the rank information immediately before the update during the predetermined grace period. Even if it indicates a low rank, the rank information immediately before the update may be determined.
When the predetermined period is set to be updated every time a predetermined time elapses, points acquired in a period portion that does not overlap with the predetermined period immediately after the update among the predetermined periods immediately before the update are not counted. As a result, the amount of aggregation points may be significantly reduced by the update. In this case, if the rank information is determined strictly according to the amount of the total points, the rank information is low every time the update timing is reached by most players (every predetermined time elapses). Therefore, there is a possibility that the effect of encouraging play on the arcade game apparatus belonging to the game system may be reduced.
Therefore, in this game system, even if the rank information corresponding to the amount of the updated aggregate points indicates a lower rank than the rank information immediately before the update, within the predetermined grace period, The rank information immediately before the update is maintained. Thereby, the fall of the effect which promotes the play with the arcade game apparatus which belongs to this game system can be controlled.

In the game system, the management device includes a rank information output unit that outputs the rank information determined by the rank determination unit in association with corresponding player identification information. A rank information receiving unit for receiving rank information output from the rank information output unit of the management device and player identification information associated with the rank information, and at least one of the plurality of business game devices; The game progress control unit included in the device may control the progress of the game according to the rank information received by the rank information receiving unit.
In this game system, for example, if the progress of the game in the at least one arcade game device is advantageous for the player as the rank information is higher, the player is encouraged to aim for higher rank information. it can. Therefore, the effect of encouraging play on the arcade game apparatus belonging to the game system can be enhanced. Further, for example, if the rank information is higher, the difficulty of the game in the at least one arcade game device is increased, and the player can be motivated to capture the game. Can be encouraged. Therefore, the effect of encouraging play on the arcade game apparatus belonging to the game system can be enhanced.

In the above game system, at least one of the plurality of arcade game devices includes a betting object reception unit that receives a betting object, and the betting object reception unit receives the betting object and controls the game progress. A payout processing unit for performing payout processing for paying out a predetermined amount of payout target to the player based on the progress result of the game controlled by the unit, and information for calculating points of the at least one arcade game device The output unit receives the bet target amount received by the bet target receiving unit of the business game device and the business game on condition that the player identification information receiving unit of the business game device receives the player identification information. The amount of the payout target paid out to the player specified by the player identification information by the payout processing unit of the device is small. The information also indicates the amount that is based on one, as the point calculation information, may be configured to output in association with the player identification information.
In this game system, point calculation information output from an arcade game device (such as a medal game machine) in which a payout target is paid out based on a progress result of a game that has been progressed by a bet target receiving unit being accepted. This is information indicating at least one of the betting object amount received by the betting object receiving unit and the payout object amount paid out by the payout processing unit, or another amount calculated based on this. Here, many players who prefer to play other types of arcade game devices (such as coin game machines) that do not have a betting object reception unit or a payout processing unit have a betting object reception unit or a payout processing unit. In many cases, game machines (such as medal game machines) do not play. According to the present game system, such a player can also be encouraged to play an arcade game device such as a medal game machine having a betting object receiving unit and a payout processing unit.

In the game system, at least the point information storage unit, the point calculation information receiving unit, the point storage unit, and the point totaling unit are provided in the point management device, and each of the arcade game devices The point calculation information output unit writes the point calculation information to a portable storage medium in a state associated with the player identification information received by the player identification information receiving unit. The point calculation information receiving unit may read the point calculation information written in the portable storage medium from the portable storage medium in a state associated with the corresponding player identification information.
In this game system, when the point calculation information output from each arcade game device is transferred to the point management device, a communication network capable of data communication is not required. Therefore, it is not necessary to connect each arcade game device and the point management device via a communication network.

As another aspect of the present invention, points based on point calculation information output from a plurality of arcade game devices each having a game progress control unit for controlling the progress of the game are managed for each player identification information. A point information storage unit that stores point information associated with each player identification information, point calculation information output from each arcade game device, and player identification information associated therewith A point calculation information receiving unit to receive, and point information indicating the amount of points based on the point calculation information received by the point calculation information receiving unit in association with point acquisition time information indicating the point acquisition time , The point is associated with the player identification information corresponding to the point calculation information. The point storage unit stored in the information storage unit and the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information for each player identification information at a predetermined aggregation timing is determined from the current specified period determined based on the aggregation timing Excluding point information that is a previous time and included in a part of the previous specified period determined based on the previous aggregation timing, and the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is the current time A point totaling unit that performs a point totaling process that totals the points indicated by the point information that is the time within a specified period, and a plurality of predetermined rank information according to the amount of points totaled by the point totaling unit , A rank determining unit that determines rank information corresponding to the player identification information, and rank information determined by the rank determining unit, Those having a rank display processing unit that performs rank display processing for displaying distinguish each player identification information response.
In this point management device, by collaborating with a plurality of arcade game devices that output point calculation information, the player's own rank information is intended to simply enjoy playing on the arcade game device. It is possible to cause a new goal such as to make the game device higher so that the arcade game device belonging to the game system is preferentially played over the game device not belonging to the game system. In addition, it is possible to maintain the effect of prompting the player to play on the arcade game device for the player who has been determined to have high rank information as a goal in the past. In addition, in this point management device, the player's willingness to acquire points does not greatly decrease at the time of counting.

As still another aspect of the present invention, a game progress control unit that controls the progress of a game, a player identification information receiving unit that receives player identification information, and a point that stores point information associated with each player identification information On the condition that the information storage unit and the player identification information receiving unit receive the player identification information, the point information indicating the points related to the game controlled by the game progress control unit is acquired as the point acquisition time indicating the point acquisition time. In a state associated with the time information, a point storage unit associated with the player identification information and stored in the point information storage unit, and a point indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information for each player identification information at a predetermined counting timing The acquisition period is determined based on the current time Excluding point information that is a previous time and included in a part of the previous specified period determined based on the previous aggregation timing, and the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is A point totaling unit that performs a point totaling process that totals the points indicated by the point information that is the time within the specified period, and a plurality of predetermined rank information according to the amount of points totaled by the point totaling unit A rank determination unit for determining rank information corresponding to the player identification information, and rank display processing for distinguishing and displaying the rank information determined by the rank determination unit for each corresponding player identification information And a display processing unit.
In this arcade game device, when the player (user) has his / her player identification information received by the player identification information receiving unit and played, the point information indicating the points generated thereby is associated with the point acquisition time information. Saved with. The point information of each player is stored for each player identification information. Then, rank information is determined according to the amount of points corresponding to each player identification information, and the rank information is displayed separately for each player identification information. Therefore, the player can display higher rank information corresponding to his / her player identification information as he / she gains more points. Thereby, it is possible to cause the player to create a new goal such that his rank information is higher. As a result, a player with such a goal can be given a motivation to prioritize play on the arcade game device over play on arcade game devices other than the arcade game device.
Here, if the rank information is simply determined based on all points acquired by each player in the past, the same problem as the problem in the game system described above occurs.
Therefore, in this game device, at the time of a predetermined counting timing, the point acquisition time is before the specified period at the current counting timing (current specified period) and the specified period at the previous counting timing (previous specified period) ) Is excluded from the point information that is included in a part of), the points are counted only for the point information whose point acquisition time is within the specified period, and the rank information is determined according to the total amount of points. ing. Thus, for example, when the player wants to maintain the current rank information or aims for higher rank information, the amount of points within the specified period is always an amount necessary for determining the target rank information. As described above, it is necessary to continuously play the game device for business use. As a result, it is possible to maintain the effect of urging the player to continue to play with the arcade game device for the player who has been determined to have high rank information as a goal in the past.
In addition, in this arcade game device, since the point information totaled at the current aggregation timing includes a part of the point information totaled at the previous aggregation timing, it was acquired up to now at the aggregation timing. Point information is never reset to zero. Therefore, the player's willingness to acquire points does not greatly decrease at the timing of counting.
It should be noted that the place where the rank information is displayed by the rank display process may be the display unit of the arcade game device or a homepage on the Internet. The display format may be an individual display format in which each player can see his / her rank information, or a list display format in which rank information of players other than himself / herself is also displayed. The rank information can be expressed by any method as long as it can understand the hierarchical relationship of rank, such as a title and the number of levels.

According to the present invention, a player who was simply aiming to enjoy playing on the arcade game device causes a new goal such as making his rank information higher and does not belong to this game system. Since it is possible to preferentially play the arcade game device belonging to the game system over the game device, more players (users) can play with the arcade game device belonging to the game system. Promptly.
Moreover, according to the present invention, it is possible to maintain the effect of encouraging the player who has been determined to have high rank information as a target in the past to play on the arcade game device.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the entire game system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of a horse racing game machine constituting the game system. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram showing a main control unit for integrally controlling the entire operation of the horse racing game machine. FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a station control unit provided for each station of the horse racing game machine. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a configuration of a station unit in the pusher game machine constituting the game system. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a game control system of the pusher game machine. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of a slot game screen displayed on the display unit of the pusher game machine. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bingo game screen displayed on the display unit of the pusher game machine. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the slot machine constituting the game system. FIG. 10 is a detailed front view showing a part of the front panel of the slot machine. FIG. 11 is a control block diagram relating to the main configuration of the slot machine. FIG. 12 is a control block diagram of the management server. FIG. 13 is an external view of a store terminal unit. FIG. 14 is a control block diagram of the store terminal unit. FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of a store terminal unit and a medal game machine that manage medal rally events in the embodiment. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the medal rally event. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a user individual screen for a medal rally event displayed on the display device of the store terminal unit.

1000 Horse racing game machine (medal game machine)
1010

station

1015, 3013a, 5007 card reading surface 1101

main control device

1108, 2625, 3107, 4003, 5003 external communication device 1201

station control device

1204, 2605, 3013, 5007 card reader 2000 pusher game machine (medal game machine)
2500 Play field 2601, 2161, 2621 Control device 3000 Slot machine (medal game machine)
3101 Control device 4000 Management server 4001 Control device 5000 Store terminal unit 5001 Control device 5002 Storage device 5005 Display device 5008 Medal payout device 5101 Star acquisition number storage unit 5102 Communication unit 5103 Star acquisition number totaling unit 5104 Title determination unit 5105 Title display processing unit 5110 Star acquisition number storage unit 5111 Medal acquisition number storage unit 5112 Medal specified value storage unit 5113 Medal acquisition number writing unit 5114 Star acquisition number writing unit 6001 Game progress control unit 6002 ID receiving unit 6003 Medal acquisition number information output unit

Hereinafter, the present invention relates to three types of medal game machines, which are arcade game machines (business-use game machines) as a plurality of game machines having different game contents, and a store as a problem notification device connected to be communicable with them. An embodiment applied to a game system composed of a terminal unit and a management server will be described.

[System overview]
First, the overall configuration of the game system according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the entire game system according to the present embodiment.
Three types of

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 constituting this game system are different types of game machines having different hardware. These

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 are installed in a game facility such as the same game center in this embodiment, and are connected to a store terminal unit 5000 of the store via a LAN (Local Area Network) as a high-speed communication network. Connected. The management server 4000 is connected to the store terminal unit of each store via a WAN (Wide Area Network) as a low-speed communication network. The management server 4000 performs data communication with each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 and performs data communication with a store terminal unit that performs system management of the entire store, and manages the entire game system. In addition, although this embodiment demonstrates the game system over multiple stores, it is the same also in the game system in a single store.

Next, the configuration and operation of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 will be described.

[Horse racing game machine 1000]
The medal game machine 1000 is a horse racing game machine.
In this horse racing game machine 1000, one or more players predict the order of arrival of a horse racing race to be performed on this horse racing game machine, and when the prediction is successful, the medal is paid out according to the odds of the arrival order. Can receive.
FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of the horse racing game machine 1000.
The horse racing game machine 1000 includes a field unit 1002 provided in the central portion, and a plurality of stations 1010 provided so as to surround the field unit 1002. The field portion 1002 is provided with a field surface 1004 that is a moving surface simulating a racetrack where a horse race gate 1003 that is a model is placed, and a plurality of model horses (not shown) move within the field surface 1004. The race is developed. Around the field portion 1002, a plurality of speakers 1005 for delivering the actual race and cheering are arranged. Above the field portion 1002, a display portion 1006 for displaying various types of information, an illumination device 1007 that illuminates the field portion 1002, and a camera 1009 as an imaging portion that functions as an imaging means that images the field portion 1002 are arranged. Has been. The display unit 1006, the illumination device 1007, and the camera 1009 are supported by a support column 1008. The speaker 1005 and the lighting device 1007 that are the rendering unit function as rendering means of the horse racing game machine 1000.

The station 1010 is provided with a display 1011 for displaying a game screen corresponding to the progress of the game, and a touch panel 1012 superimposed on the display surface of the display 1011. When the player touches a predetermined position on the game screen displayed on the display 1011 in accordance with an instruction on the game screen, the position is detected by the touch panel 1012, and the operation content of the player is recognized by the horse racing game machine 1000. The station 1010 also has a medal insertion unit 1013 into which medals are inserted by the player, a medal payout exit 1014 through which medals are paid out to the player, and identification information that functions as identification information receiving means for reading a card ID from the user card. A card reading surface 1015 of a card reader as a receiving unit is provided.

In the horse racing game machine 1000, races having the same names as the actual central horse racing are sequentially held according to a predetermined cycle. Approximately 60 races are prepared for one year, and for each race, the time for betting medals, that is, the time for purchasing a betting ticket, the time for which a model horse is raced, and the race results are displayed. Time is secured. Players can predict the order of arrival for each race and freely purchase betting tickets. The betting ticket is purchased by betting medals, and if the purchased betting ticket matches the result of the race, the number of medals according to the number of bets and odds are paid out as a dividend.

Also, the player can use his user card to develop his own racehorse character (owned horse) and participate in the race. Specifically, the player selects a favorite racehorse character from a plurality of racehorse characters prepared, and acquires the racehorse character by paying a predetermined number of medals. Then, the player can train (train) to increase the ability of the acquired competitive horse character, and train the competitive horse character. In addition, the trained racehorse character can start running in the race he desires.

In the horse racing game machine 1000 according to the present embodiment, the field unit 1002 forms a field surface 1004, and the field surface 1004 is provided with a model such as an artificial turf imitating an actual dressing place, a horse race gate 1003, and the like. A model horse as a moving body moves on the field surface 1004.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram showing a main control unit for controlling the overall operation of the horse racing game machine 1000 in an integrated manner.
FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a station control unit provided for each station 1010.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main control unit 1100 arranged on the field unit side controls the main control device 1101, a movement control device 1102 for controlling the movement of the model horse in the field unit 1002, and the illumination device 1007. Necessary for the game, the lighting control device 1103 for controlling the sound, the sound control device 1104 for controlling the cheering and the actual situation, etc., the SRAM 1105 and the flash memory 1106 for temporarily recording the data processed by the main control device 1101 ROM 1107 storing various programs and various databases, and an external communication device 1108 for performing data communication with an external device such as the store terminal unit 5000 via the LAN. The main control device 1101 is connected to a movement control device 1102, an illumination control device 1103, an acoustic control device 1104, an SRAM 1105, a flash memory 1106, a ROM 1107, an external communication device 1108, and a camera 1009, respectively. The ROM 1107 stores a movement control program, which is movement control information for each model horse, a database of various data relating to each horse used in the race, a race schedule, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, a station control unit 1200 provided in each station 1010 temporarily records a station control device 1201, a medal management device 1202 that manages the payout of medals, and various data of players. A RAM 1203 and a card reader 1204 as an identification information receiving unit that functions as an identification information receiving unit that reads a card ID from a user card held over the card reading surface 1015 are provided. The station control device 1201 is connected to the medal management device 1202, the RAM 1203, and the card reader 1204, respectively. In addition, the station control device 1201 includes a display 1011 and a touch panel 1012 illustrated in FIG. 2 provided in the station 1010, and a medal insertion sensor (not illustrated) that detects a medal inserted through the medal insertion unit 1013. Each is connected.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the station control device 1201 of each station 1010 is connected to the main control device 1101 on the game machine body side, and necessary data communication can be performed between them. Yes.

The main controller 1101 of the main controller 1100 controls the movement of each model horse for each race according to various data such as parameters of each horse in order to realistically reproduce the actual horse racing race when the race is held. The contents are changed. The content of the movement control is determined before the start of the race, and the model horse is controlled to move according to the content of the movement control. Specifically, the main control unit 1101 of the main control unit 1100 reads various parameters of horses running in the race, data such as the state of the horse from the ROM 1107 before the start of the race, and determines the arrival order of the race. . Since only the first and second finishes are related to the payout of medals to the player, it is not necessary to determine all the finish order of the horses to run, if at least only the first and second finish horses are determined. Good. In this case, the other horses are controlled to move to the first and second places according to various parameters. Arrival order data determined by the main control device 1101, parameters of each horse, and the like are sent to the movement control device 1102.

The movement control apparatus 1102 that has received the data from the main control apparatus 1101 executes a movement control program recorded in a ROM (not shown) and performs movement control for each horse. The movement control device 1102 that executes the movement control program calculates the movement pattern of each horse from the parameters of each horse and transmits a control command to each control chip 1022 so that each model horse 1060 moves according to the movement pattern. To do. Specifically, a control command is transmitted to each control chip of each magnetic field generation substrate in order to generate a magnetic field that causes each model horse 1060 to move according to the movement pattern of each horse. Upon receiving the control command, each control chip 1022 controls the current flowing through each coil so as to sequentially generate a magnetic force that pulls the south pole of the permanent magnet of each model horse 1060 along the planned movement path of each model horse 1060. Thereby, each model horse 1060 can be moved along a movement planned route. As a result, each model horse 1060 whose movement is controlled by the movement control device 1102 develops a race on the play field.

When a player plays using a user card, the player holds his / her user card over the card reading surface 1015 before playing. As a result, the card ID is read from the user card by the card reader 1204, and the card ID is stored in the SRAM 1105 or the flash memory 1106. In the SRAM 1105 or the flash memory 1106, data (horse name data, parameter data, achievement information such as a winning GI race) related to a racehorse character that the player has nurtured by playing a game is associated with the card ID. Stored in state.

In this horse racing game machine 1000, when a player who plays using a user card finishes the game, game state data for restoring the game state at the end of the next game restart is stored in the card ID of the player. In the associated state, it is stored in the store terminal unit. The game state data includes data related to the racehorse character trained by the player. When the player resumes the game from the previous game, the game state data corresponding to the card ID in the user card is stored in the store terminal unit by holding the user card over the card reading surface 1015 before playing. And the data is stored in the SRAM 1105 or the flash memory 1106, and the game is resumed.

[Pusher game machine 2000]
Next, the medal game machine 2000 will be described.
The medal game machine 2000 is a pusher game machine.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the configuration of the station unit ST in the pusher game machine 2000.
The pusher game machine 2000 is provided with four satellite portions SA so as to surround a center lottery device (not shown). Each satellite unit SA includes four station units ST, and each player plays a game at each station unit ST. In addition, each satellite unit SA includes one satellite lottery device 2001, and each station unit ST is arranged around the satellite lottery device 2001.

The station unit ST mainly includes a medal insertion mechanism (insertion unit) 2100, a play field 2500, a station control unit (not shown), and a display unit 2700. In the station unit ST, a medal insertion mechanism 2100 is disposed on the upper front side, a display unit 2700 serving as a display unit functioning as a display unit is disposed on the upper back side, and a play field 2500 is disposed in the upper center. . Here, “front side” means the side located when the player plays the game, “back side” means the side opposite to the side where the player plays the game, and “center” means the above-mentioned side. It means the area between the “front side” and the “back side”.

The medal insertion mechanism 2100 is a mechanism for inserting the medal M into the pusher game machine 2000 when the player plays a game. The medal M inserted into the medal insertion mechanism 2100 is transported to the lift-up hopper via a medal transport path (not shown) inside the casing of the station unit ST, and is temporarily stored in the lift-up hopper. The lift-up hopper includes a medal storage unit for accumulating medals M, a lift-up unit for lifting the medals M to a predetermined height, and a medal for discharging the lifted medals M at a predetermined timing. A discharge part (discharge part). In addition, a medal discharge path 2400 for guiding the discharged medal M to the play field 2500 is provided at the discharge port of the medal discharge unit so as to be swingable left and right. The upper end of the lift-up unit is disposed above the play field 2500. Along with this, the medal discharge unit provided at the upper end of the lift-up unit is also disposed above the play field 2500. Accordingly, the medal M temporarily accumulated in the medal storage unit provided below the play field 2500 is lifted above the play field 2500 by the lift-up unit, and then played from the medal discharge unit via the medal discharge path 2400. Injection into field 2500.

In the play field 2500, there are mainly provided a main table 2501 as a medal placement table for storing medals M, and a pusher portion 2510 as a medal pushing member placed on the main table 2501. The pusher unit 2510 has an upper surface for storing medals M (referred to as a sub table), an inclined table on which the medals M dropped from the sub table slide, and a push for pushing the medals M stored in the main table 2501. And a wall. The pusher unit 2510 is slidably provided on the main table 2501 in the play field 2500, and slides back and forth at a constant cycle or an arbitrary cycle. A part (the back side) of the pusher unit 2510 is stored in a storage unit (described later) provided below the display unit 2700. The pusher portion 2510 reciprocates back and forth by sliding so as to enter and exit from the storage portion.

The frame member of the display unit 2700 is slidably contacted with the sub table. Therefore, when the pusher portion 2510 moves in the direction in which the pusher portion 2510 is stored in the storage portion, the medal M on the sub table is pushed forward by the frame member. As a result of this pushing, some medals M on the sub-table drop onto the tilting table. A part of the medals M dropped from the sub table enters an opening (this is called “chucker”) as a medal passage provided in the tilt table. Further, the remaining medals M fall as they are to the main table 2501 and are stored in the main table 2501.

The medal M on the main table 2501 is pushed forward by the sliding motion of the pusher unit 2510 in the same manner as the medal M on the sub table. That is, since the pusher portion 2510 is placed on the main table 2501 without a gap, when the pusher portion 2510 moves in the direction of unloading from the storage portion, the pusher wall on the front surface of the pusher portion 2510 causes the pusher portion 2510 to move on the main table 2501. The medal M is pushed forward. Due to this pushing, some medals M on the main table 2501 fall. Of the dropped medals M, the medals M that have dropped from the player side end (this is referred to as “front end”) to the medal drop groove are paid out to the player, and other medals M, for example, both sides of the main table 2501 (this) The medal M dropped from the “side end”) is stocked in a predetermined storage section in the station section ST.

In addition, the station unit ST has a ball throwing mechanism 2800 on at least one side as shown in FIG. The ball throwing mechanism 2800 has a configuration for throwing balls B1 and B2, which are spherical objects as irregular shapes described later, into the play field 2500, and includes a ball throwing slope 2801 and a ball throwing position lottery mechanism 2810. The balls B1 and B2 are lottery objects for executing a bingo game described later.

The ball throwing slope 2801 is configured to guide balls B1 and B2 thrown from a ball carrier 2520, which will be described later, to the ball throwing position lottery mechanism 2810 by gravity. Therefore, it is a downward slope. The ball throwing position lottery mechanism 2810 is a structure for drawing lots on the play field 2500 where the balls B1 and B2 are thrown. In this way, the balls B1 and B2 thrown into the station unit ST from the ball carrier 2520 described later are thrown into the play field 2500 via the ball throwing slope 2801 and the ball throwing position lottery mechanism 2810.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the station unit ST has a ball transport mechanism 2900 on at least one side. The ball transport mechanism 2900 is configured to transport the balls B1 and B2 to the satellite lottery apparatus 2001 when the balls B1 and B2 fall from the main table 2501 in the play field 2500 to the medal drop groove provided on the front side thereof. And has a ball conveyance path (not shown), a ball conveyance unit 2910, and a ball conveyance unit traveling slope 2901. The ball transport path is provided below the front end of the main table 2501 and guides the balls B1 and B2 dropped from the front end to the ball transport unit 2910. The ball transport unit 2910 is configured to transport the balls B1 and B2 received via the ball transport path to the satellite lottery apparatus 2001, and travels on the ball transport unit travel slope 2901 according to the control of the control unit of the station unit ST. . The balls B1 and B2 conveyed to the satellite lottery apparatus 2001 are delivered to the ball carrier 2520.

In addition, the station unit ST includes a medal payout mechanism 2030. By driving this medal payout mechanism, the same number of medals M as the medals M dropped from the front end of the main table 2501 into the medal drop groove are medal insertion mechanisms 2100. The storage part 2101 is discharged.

Next, a control system of the pusher game machine 2000 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the game control system of the pusher game machine 2000. In the block diagram, for convenience of explanation, the configuration of a drive control system and the like for driving each unit according to the progress of the game is omitted.
The configuration of the game control system in the pusher game machine 2000 mainly includes a control unit 2600 of the station unit ST, a control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery device 2001, and a control unit 2620 of the center lottery device 2002. The control unit 2600 of the station unit ST mainly controls overall progress of a slot game and a bingo game, which will be described later, and the control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery apparatus 2001 mainly controls the physical lottery of the bingo game and the ball B1, The control unit 2620 of the center lottery apparatus 2002 is mainly responsible for control of a single jackpot lottery, which will be described later, and overall control of the pusher game machine 2000.

The control unit 2600 of the station unit ST mainly includes a control device 2601, a ROM 2602, a RAM 2603, a communication device 2604, and a card reader 2605 as an identification information receiving unit that functions as an identification information receiving unit. The control device 2601 executes various programs stored in the ROM 2602 and performs various controls. The ROM 2602 stores various control execution programs to be performed by the control unit 2600 of the station unit ST. The RAM 2603 temporarily stores various data or information. The communication device 2604 is for performing data communication with the control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery device 2001. The card reader 2605 reads a card ID from a user card possessed by the user. Although not shown, the station unit ST is provided with production units such as speakers and lighting devices for various productions, and the control device 2601 controls these production units to perform various productions. Do.

The control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery apparatus 2001 mainly includes a control apparatus 2611, a ROM 2612, a RAM 2613, a station side communication apparatus 2614, and a center side communication apparatus 2615. The control device 2611 executes various programs stored in the ROM 2612 and performs various controls. The ROM 2612 stores various control execution programs to be performed by the control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery apparatus 2001. The RAM 2613 temporarily stores various data or information. The station side communication device 2614 is for performing data communication with the control unit 2600 of each station unit ST belonging to the satellite unit SA. The center side communication device 2615 is for performing data communication with the control unit 2620 of the center lottery device 2002. Although not shown, the satellite unit SA is provided with production units such as speakers and illumination devices for various productions, and the control device 2611 controls these production units to perform various productions. Do.

The control unit 2620 of the center lottery device 2002 mainly includes a control device 2621, a ROM 2622, a RAM 2623, a communication device 2624, and an external communication device 2625. The control device 2621 executes various programs stored in the ROM 2622 and performs various controls. The ROM 2622 stores various control execution programs to be performed by the control unit 2620 of the center lottery apparatus 2002. The RAM 2623 temporarily stores various data or information. The communication device 2624 is for performing data communication with the control unit 2610 of each satellite unit SA. The external communication device 2625 is for performing data communication with an external device such as the store terminal unit 5000 via the LAN. Although not shown, the center lottery apparatus 2002 is provided with presentation units such as speakers and lighting devices for various productions, and the control device 2621 controls these production units to produce various productions. I do.

In the above configuration, in the pusher game machine 2000, in addition to the pusher game, the slot game screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 2700 to execute the slot game, and for the bingo as shown in FIG. A game screen is displayed on the display unit 2700 to execute a bingo game. The pusher game machine 2000 also performs a single jackpot lottery using the center lottery device 2002. The display unit 2700 also displays a single accumulated medal number indicating the number of payouts in a single jackpot lottery to be described later.

The slot game is a digital lottery game in which the control unit 2600 in the station unit ST mainly draws digitally. The starting condition of this slot game is that the medal M enters any one of the chuckers provided on the tilting table of the pusher unit 2510. A slot game screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 2700 during a period in which a later-described bingo game is not progressing, and the medal M enters one of the chuckers and the slot lottery start condition is satisfied. Then, the control unit 2600 performs display control for rotating the three dice slots DS. In the digital lottery in the slot game, the control unit executes a predetermined lottery program and determines whether the generated random number is won or lost in light of a predetermined winning table. Thereafter, the control unit 2600 performs display control to stop the rotation of the three dice-shaped slots DS so that the combination of symbols related to the winning combination is stopped and displayed on the display unit 2700 when the winning combination is determined.

In this embodiment, as a combination of the digital lottery, a small winning combination A for supplying three medals to the play field 2500, a small winning combination B for supplying eight medals to the play field 2500, and a ball B1 to the play field 2500. The supplied ball supply combination, the normal bonus combination for supplying 30 medals to the play field 2500, the 30 supply medals to the play field 2500, and the winning table in which the winning probability is set higher in the subsequent digital lottery. Probability bonus combinations, a direct satellite combination that directly supplies the ball B1 to the satellite lottery apparatus 2001, a direct center combination that directly supplies the ball B1 to the center lottery apparatus 2002, and the like are prepared. The winning probability of each combination is set to be lower in this order. In addition, what kind of combination is prepared and what winning probability is set for each combination is arbitrary. For example, various benefits such as paying out the medal M directly to the player may be provided to the player. Then, when these winning combinations are won, the control device 2601 of the station unit ST controls a speaker, a lighting device, etc., and performs individual effects for exciting the winning.

The bingo game is a physical lottery game that progresses by physical lottery using two types of balls B1 and B2 and the satellite lottery device 2001, and is advanced by the control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery device 2001 and the control unit 2600 of the station unit ST. To do. In the bingo game, the control unit 2610 of the satellite lottery apparatus 2001 mainly controls the lottery for determining the winning bingo numbers of the bingo game, and the control unit of each station unit ST belonging to the satellite unit SA including the satellite lottery apparatus 2001. 2600 is mainly in charge of control such as a bingo game production and a bingo establishment determination. In this embodiment, a physical lottery is performed in which one winning bingo number (winning object) is selected from a plurality of different bingo numbers (lottery objects) by moving the balls B1 and B2 with the satellite lottery apparatus 2001. . In the physical lottery of the present embodiment, one winning bingo number is selected from the bingo numbers “1” to “9”. Then, the bingo card arrangement information in which the bingo numbers of “1” to “9” are arranged in a matrix is used for example by the control unit 2600 as an arrangement information generation unit that functions as arrangement information generation means of the station unit ST. Each station unit ST is generated individually. Thereafter, a bingo card image BC in which images of bingo numbers “1” to “9” (lottery target images) are arranged according to the arrangement information is displayed on the display unit 2700 of each station unit ST as shown in FIG. . When bingo is established, the control device 2601 of the station unit ST and the control device 2611 of the satellite unit SA control the respective speakers, illumination devices, and the like, and perform individual effects for exciting the bingo establishment.

In the single jackpot lottery, the balls B1 and B2 enter the winning spot to which the right to start the single jackpot lottery in the center lottery device 2002 is assigned in the physical lottery in the satellite lottery device 2001 in the bingo game described above. When the start condition of the single jackpot lottery for either winning the center role directly in the slot game is satisfied, the control device 2621 of the control unit 2620 in the center lottery device 2002 stores the single jackpot execution program stored in the ROM 2622. To start a single jackpot lottery. Then, in the center lottery apparatus 2002, a physical lottery is performed in which a ball B1 is moved to determine whether a single jackpot award or a loss (including a case where a prize other than a single jackpot award is won). When the single jackpot award is won, the control device 2621 of the center lottery apparatus 2002 controls the speaker, the lighting device, etc., and performs an individual effect for exciting the single chuckpot award.

When the single jackpot prize is won, the control device 2621 reads out the single JP storage number data as the payout amount data from the RAM 2623, and starts the jackpot lottery for the number of medals M indicated by the count value of the data. Processing for supplying to the play field 2500 of the station unit ST that satisfies the conditions is performed. At this time, a medal supply command is output from the control device 2621 to the control device 2601 of the control unit 2600 in the station unit ST, and the medal M is played in the play field 2500 under the control of the control device 2601 in the same manner as the normal medal supply process. You may make it supply to. However, the number of medals supplied when winning the single jackpot award is a part of the number of medals inserted into all station sections ST after the single JP stored number data is reset to the initial value (for example, 500). Since the number of sheets corresponding to (for example, 0.03 sheets) is cumulatively added, the number is large. Therefore, a process using an original medal supply mechanism may be performed separately from the normal medal supply process. In this case, it is also suitable as an effect when winning a single jackpot award. When the single jackpot prize is won, the control device 2621 resets the single JP stored number data stored in the RAM 2623 to the initial value.

When the player plays with the pusher game machine 2000, the player holds the user card over a card reading surface (not shown) before the play. As a result, the card ID is read from the user card by the card reader 2605, and the card ID is stored in the RAM 2603. In the RAM 2603, the player's play information on the pusher game machine 2000 (cumulative medal insertion number, winning combination in the slot game, number of times bingo was established in the bingo game, number of times winning the single jackpot prize, etc.) It is stored in a state associated with the card ID. And when the player who plays using a user card complete | finishes a game, the play information memorize | stored in RAM2603 is preserve | saved in the store terminal unit in the state linked | related with the card ID. When the player holds his / her user card over the card reading surface before the next play, the play information corresponding to the card ID in the user card is downloaded from the store terminal unit, and these data are stored in the RAM 2603 and the play is performed. The play result is added to the play information.

[Slot Machine 3000]
Next, the medal game machine 3000 will be described.
The medal game machine 3000 is a slot machine.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the slot machine 3000 according to the present embodiment.
The slot machine 3000 includes a box-shaped casing 3002, a front panel 3003 attached to the front side of the casing 3002 so as to be freely opened and closed, and the like. On the front panel 3003, a display window 3004 for displaying a part of a later-described variable display unit, a medal slot 3005, a start button 3006 as a start operation device, a dice display window 3007, a credit clearing button 3008, a speaker 3009, A medal tray 3010 having a medal payout box 3010a, an effect panel 3011, a card reading surface 3013a, a count display unit 3014, a BET operation unit 3015, and the like are provided. The peaker 3009 and the effect panel 3011 which are the effect parts function as effect means of the slot machine 3000. In addition, various information is displayed on the effect panel 3011.

Inside the housing 3002, three reels are incorporated as variable display portions in which a plurality of types of symbols are printed on the outer peripheral surface. The three reels (hereinafter referred to as “left reel”, “middle reel”, and “right reel” in turn) are each driven to rotate by a reel drive motor (not shown) constituted by a stepping motor. Also, a plurality of types of symbols such as “white 7”, “blue 7”, “green 7”, “red 7”, “cherry”, and “blank” are printed in a predetermined order. In the present embodiment, the “blank” symbol is a symbol that does not constitute any role. In addition, a main control circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed by a CPU, a ROM, and other various electronic components, a medal payout device having a medal hopper capable of accommodating a large number of medals, an internal speaker, and the like are also incorporated.

FIG. 10 is a detailed front view showing a part of the front panel 3003.
The symbols for about three frames at a predetermined rotational position of each reel are visually recognized by the player through the display window 3004. In this display window 3004, five winning lines IL are drawn so as to extend over all reels. When a combination of symbols relating to a combination corresponding to a predetermined prize group is arranged on these winning lines IL (hereinafter simply referred to as “combining a combination”), a medal is paid out to the medal tray 3010 or a special combination. The player is given game value such as shifting to a special game period in which a game can be played. In the slot machine 3000 according to the present embodiment, five winning lines IL are provided, but the number of winning lines may be reduced or increased. The winning line may be any line that is not visible to the player but can be recognized by a CPU 17a (to be described later) that controls the stop of the slot machine.
The count display unit 3014 includes a credit display unit 3014a, a bonus count display unit 3014b, a medal payout number display unit 3014c, and the like.
The BET operation unit 3015 includes two buttons, a 1 BET button 3015a and a Max BET button 3015b.

FIG. 11 is a control block diagram relating to the main configuration of the slot machine 3000.
The main control unit 3100 of the slot machine 3000 includes a control device 3101, a reel control device 3102 that controls driving of three reels, a storage device 3103 that stores various programs and various databases necessary for the game, and a count A display control device 3104 that performs display control of the display unit 3014, an illumination control device 3105 that controls illumination of the effect panel 3011, an acoustic control device 3106 that controls sound output from the speaker 3009, and a store terminal via the LAN An external communication device 3107 for performing data communication with an external device such as the unit 5000 is provided. In addition to these devices, the main control device 1101 includes a medal insertion sensor 3022, a card reader 3013 as an identification information receiving unit that functions as an identification information receiving unit that reads a card ID from a user card held over the card reading surface 3013a, a BET An operation unit 3015 and a medal payout device 3018 are also connected.

Next, the game flow of the slot machine 3000 will be described.
Before playing the game, first, the player needs to insert a medal into the medal slot 3005 as preparation. When the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion slot 3005, the medal passes through a passage (not shown) and falls to the medal hopper. In this passage, a drop opening for dropping a medal smaller than the standard and returning it to the medal payout rod 3010a, a medal block solenoid for preventing the medal from passing and returning to the medal payout rod 3010a, or passing through A medal insertion sensor 3022 configured with a photo sensor or the like for detecting medals one by one is provided. A medal detection signal output from the medal insertion sensor 3022 that has detected a medal is sent to the control device 3101 of the main control unit 3100. In response to this, the control device 3101 controls the credit display 3014a to increase the display count value by one by the display control device 3104 and increases the credit number data stored in the storage device 3103 by one. Let Usually, a plurality of medals are inserted at a time, and the number of credits is increased to some extent. When the player performs a bet operation by operating the BET operation unit 3015, the control device 3101 reduces the credit number data stored in the storage device 3103 by the bet number and also displays the display count value of the credit indicator 3014a. Control is performed to reduce the number of bets. In addition, the control device 3101 recognizes the winning line IL that has become effective according to the number of bets. Note that if the winning combination is not aligned on the effective winning line IL, no winning is achieved even if the winning combination is aligned on the ineffective winning line IL.

When the start button 3006 is operated by the player, the control device 3101 which is a start command receiving unit executes a start command receiving program stored in the storage device 3103, thereby functioning as a start command receiving means. A change display start command from the button 3006 is received. The control device 3101 that has received this change display start command first causes the reel control device 3102 to start rotational driving of all reels. In addition, the control device 3101 that has received the change display start command executes a prize group lottery program stored in the storage device 3103 to select one of the prize groups from among a plurality of prize groups. It functions as a means for performing an internal lottery to determine a loss in which no prize group is selected, and performs an internal lottery. This internal lottery is performed by comparing the random number data sent from the random number generation circuit with a prize group lottery table stored in the storage device 3103. This award group lottery table associates each random number with one of the award groups or a loss. By associating in this way, any prize group is won with a predetermined probability, or a loss occurs with a predetermined probability.

The rotational position of the reel that has started rotating is detected by a reel position sensor (not shown). Then, the reel control device 3102 calculates the reel rotation speed based on the output signal from each reel position sensor. When the reel rotation speed is stabilized, the reel control device 3102 can recognize the position of each symbol on each reel based on the output signal from each reel position sensor. Then, the control device 3101 executes a stop control program stored in the storage device 3103, and controls the reel so that a predetermined symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line based on the lottery result of the internal lottery. The apparatus 3102 performs reel stop control. Specifically, when any prize group is won by internal lottery, stop control is performed so that the combination of symbols related to the winning combination corresponding to the winning prize group is stopped and displayed on the winning line IL. On the other hand, in the event that the player loses without selecting any prize group due to the internal lottery, stop control is performed so that combinations of symbols that do not correspond to any prize group are stopped and displayed on the winning line IL.

In a normal game, an internal lottery is performed using a prize group lottery table corresponding to the normal game. The award group that can be won in the internal lottery of the regular game includes a cherry award corresponding to a cherry role consisting of “cherry-ANY (regardless of design) -ANY (regardless of design)”, “ANY7 (“ 7 ”) ANY7 award corresponding to the role of ANY7 consisting of “7” in multiple colors, “ANY7 (regardless of the color of“ 7 ”) — ANY7 (regardless of the color of“ 7 ”), White 7 award corresponding to white 7 role consisting of “White 7-White 7-White 7”, Blue 7 award corresponding to blue 7 role consisting of “Blue 7-Blue 7-Blue 7”, “Green 7- There are medal payout awards such as a green 7 award corresponding to a green 7 role consisting of “green 7-green 7” and a red 7 award corresponding to a red 7 role consisting of “red 7-red 7-red 7”. When any one of the medal payout prizes is won by the internal lottery and the corresponding role is arranged on the payline IL, the control device 3101 corresponds to the winning prize on the medal payout number display 3014c of the count display unit 3014. Display the number of medals to be paid. Then, the control device 3101 performs a medal payout process for the number of coins corresponding to the winning prize. Specifically, the control device 3101 increases the credit number data stored in the storage device 3103 by this medal payout number and increases the medal credit of the credit indicator 3014a by this medal payout number. I do. When the upper limit value of the medal credit is exceeded, the medal payout device 3018 pays out the medal from the medal payout tray 3010a to the medal tray 3010 for the excess amount. Note that the number of medals to be paid out is large according to the order in which the prize group is described.

When the player plays with the slot machine 3000, the player holds the user card over the card reading surface 3013a before the play. As a result, the card ID is read from the user card by the card reader 3013, and the card ID is stored in the storage device 3103. The storage device 3103 stores play information (the cumulative number of medals inserted, the number of times the player has won a red 7 prize, etc.) in the slot machine 3000 in a state associated with the card ID. And when the player who plays using a user card complete | finishes a game, the play information memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 3103 is preserve | saved in the store terminal unit in the state linked | related with the card ID. When the player holds his / her user card over the card reading surface 3013a before the next play, play information corresponding to the card ID in the user card is downloaded from the store terminal unit, and these data are stored in the storage device 3103. The play result of the play is added to the play information.

FIG. 12 is a control block diagram of the management server 4000 that performs control related to a medal rally event described later together with each store terminal unit 5000.
The management server 4000 mainly includes a control device 4001, a storage device 4002, and an external communication device 4003. The storage device 4002 stores various control programs. The external communication device 4003 is for performing data communication with an external device such as the store terminal unit 5000 of each store via the WAN.

FIG. 13 is an external view of a store terminal unit 5000 for managing a system in each store and performing data communication between the management server 4000 and each medal game machine in the store.
FIG. 14 is a control block diagram of the store terminal unit 5000.
The store terminal unit 5000 mainly includes a control device 5001, a storage device 5002 serving as a storage unit that functions as a storage unit, an external communication device 5003, an in-store communication device 5004, a display device 5005, and an operation reception function that functions as an operation reception unit. It comprises a touch panel 5006, a card reader 5007, and a medal payout device 5008. The storage device 5002 stores various control programs. The external communication device 5003 is for performing data communication with an external device such as the management server 4000 via the WAN. The external communication device 5003 is for data communication with each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000, etc. via the LAN. The display device 5005 is for displaying various information. The touch panel 5006 is for accepting a user operation. A card reader 5007 reads a card ID from a user card possessed by the user. The medal payout device 5008 is for paying out medals from the medal payout exit 5008a.

Next, a medal rally event that is a characteristic part of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of a store terminal unit 5000 and a medal game machine that manage medal rally events in the present embodiment.
Since the functional block diagrams of the

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 related to the medal rally event are the same, only one medal game machine 1000 will be described here.

The

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 include a game progress control unit 6001 as a game progress control unit that functions as a game progress control unit, and an ID reception unit 6002 as a player identification information reception unit that functions as a player identification information reception unit. , A medal acquisition number counting unit 6003 as a point counting unit functioning as a point counting unit, and a medal acquisition number information output unit 6003 as a point calculation information output unit functioning as a point calculation information output unit. .

The game progress control unit 6001 mainly includes

control devices

1101, 1201, 2601, 2261, 2621, and 3101 for each medal game machine, and controls the game progress of each medal game machine.
The ID receiving unit 6002 mainly includes

card readers

1204, 2605, and 3013 of each medal game machine, and reads out a card ID that is player identification information from the user card.
The medal earned number information output unit 6003 is mainly composed of

control devices

1201, 2601, 2261, 2621, 3101 for each medal game machine and

communication devices

1108, 2625, 3107 for each medal game machine. On the condition that the unit 6002 receives the card ID, the number of medals acquired (medal payout number) as the point calculation information related to the game that the game progress control unit 6001 controls the progress is counted. The medal acquisition number information indicating the counted medal acquisition number is stored in the

storage devices

1203, 2603, 2613, 2623, 3103 of each medal game machine. In this embodiment, since all the game machines participating in the medal rally event are medal game machines, the medal acquisition number is used as the point calculation information. However, the medal insertion number may be used, or the medal rally. If the game machine that participates in the event includes a coin game machine, the number of coins inserted, the number of coins inserted at the start of the game, the number of game plays, the number of times the game start button was pressed, It may be information such as the number of times of operating the operating device. Further, depending on the game content of the game machine, for example, points, points, the number of acquired currencies in the virtual game space, the number of specific items acquired, information indicating that a specific item has been acquired, etc. are used as point calculation information May be. Desirably, as the score, a numerical value that may increase as the game machine is played is used as the score.
Further, the medal acquisition number information output unit 6003 receives the medal acquisition number information indicating the number of medal acquisitions stored in the

storage devices

1203, 2603, 2613, 2623, and 3103, the card ID received by the ID receiving unit 6002 and its own device. The information is output to the store terminal unit 5000 in a state associated with the game machine ID that is identification information. In addition, instead of or in combination with such a point calculation information output unit, a configuration is adopted in which the medal acquisition number information is output so as to be recorded on the user card in a state associated with the card ID and the game machine ID. May be. In this case, the store terminal unit 5000 receives the medal acquisition number information associated with the card ID and the game machine ID by reading the medal acquisition number information in the user card together with the card ID and the game machine ID. Can pass.

On the other hand, the store terminal unit 5000 includes a star acquisition number storage unit 5101 as a point information storage unit that functions as a point information storage unit, and a communication unit 5102 as a point calculation information reception unit that functions as a point calculation information reception unit. , A star acquisition number storage unit 5110 as a point storage unit that functions as a point storage unit, a star acquisition number storage unit 5103 as a point total unit that functions as a point total unit, and a rank determination unit that functions as a rank determination unit It has a title determination unit 5104 and a title display processing unit 5105 as a rank display processing unit that functions as a rank display processing unit.

The star acquisition number storage unit 5101 is mainly configured by a storage device 5002 and stores star acquisition number information as point information associated with each card ID.
The communication unit 5102 mainly includes an in-store communication device 5004, and medal earned number information output from the medal earned number information output unit 6003 of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000, and the associated medal earned number information. Receive card ID and game machine ID.

The star acquisition number storage unit 5110 corresponds to the medal acquisition number information in a state in which the star acquisition number information based on the medal acquisition number information received by the communication unit 5102 is associated with the star acquisition time information that is the point acquisition time information. The data is stored in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101 in association with the card ID.
In the present embodiment, the star acquisition number storage unit 5110 includes a medal acquisition number storage unit 5111, a medal specified value storage unit 5112, a medal acquisition number writing unit 5113, and a star acquisition number writing unit 5114. Yes.
The medal acquisition number storage unit 5111 mainly includes a storage device 5002, and stores medal acquisition number information associated with the game machine ID of each medal game machine for each card ID in association with date information. To do.
The prescribed medal value storage unit 5112 mainly includes a storage device 5002, and stores medal prescribed values that are a plurality of prescribed score values for each game machine ID of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000.
The medal acquisition number writing unit 5113 is mainly configured by the control device 5001, and this medal acquisition number information received by the communication unit 5102 is associated with the game machine ID of the card ID corresponding thereto. The medal acquisition number storage unit 5111 is written in association with date information indicating the date of the time.
The star acquisition number writing unit 5114 is mainly configured by the control device 5001, and for each card ID, the medal acquisition number indicated by the medal acquisition number information, the game machine ID associated therewith, and the date indicated by the date information. Based on the above, weekly medal earned number information indicating the number of medal earned for each week specified from Monday to Sunday is calculated for each game machine ID and stored in the storage device 5002. In addition, among the weekly medal earned number information stored in the storage device 5002, a card corresponding to the total amount of medal earned numbers indicated by the weekly medal earned number information for the latest four weeks as a specified period is used as the latest medal earned number information. The ID is stored in the storage device 5002 in association with each game machine ID. Then, the star acquisition number writing unit 5114 stores the medal acquisition number indicated by the weekly medal acquisition number information corresponding to each game machine ID of each card ID stored in the storage device 5002 in the medal specified value storage unit 5112. Whenever one of the plurality of prescribed medal values corresponding to the stored game machine ID is reached, the number of weekly star acquisitions this week stored in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101 in association with the card ID A predetermined number of stars are added to the number of information stars acquired.

The star acquisition number totaling unit 5103 is mainly composed of the control device 5001 and totals the star acquisition number for each card ID. In the present embodiment, among the weekly star acquisition number information stored in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101, the total number of star acquisitions indicated by the weekly star acquisition number information for the latest four weeks, which is a specified period, is calculated as the latest star. The acquired number information is stored in the storage device 5002 in association with the corresponding card ID. Further, when the new star acquisition number is added to the weekly star acquisition number information in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101, the star acquisition number totaling unit 5103 displays the latest star acquisition number information according to the added star acquisition number. Update. Also, the star acquisition number totaling unit 5103 calculates the latest star acquisition number information stored in the storage device 5002 for the latest four weeks at the timing of the week that is a predetermined aggregation timing in association with each card ID. Update to show the total amount of star redemptions.

The title determination unit 5104 is mainly configured by the control device 5001, and according to the total amount of star acquisitions for the latest four weeks indicated by the latest star acquisition number information tabulated by the star acquisition number totaling unit 5103, The title information corresponding to each card ID is determined from the title information as a plurality of determined rank information.
The title display processing unit 5105 performs title display processing for distinguishing and displaying the title information determined by the title determination unit 5104 for each corresponding card ID.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the medal rally event in the present embodiment.
A user who participates in the medal rally event first visits the place where the store terminal unit 5000 is installed, and holds his or her user card over the card reading surface 5007a of the card reader 5007. Then, the card ID in the user card is read by the card reader 5007 (S1). At this time, the user may be prompted to enter a password, or biometric authentication processing such as vein authentication may be performed. When a password input is requested, for example, a password previously determined by the user is stored in the storage device 4002 of the management server 4000 in a state associated with the card ID, and the card ID is read by the card reader 5007 and then associated with the card ID. The downloaded password is downloaded from the management server 4000, and if the password entered by the user and the downloaded password do not match, the subsequent processing is not performed, and only when the password matches, the process proceeds to the subsequent processing. The password data may be stored in the user card.

When the card reader 5007 reads the card ID, the control device 5001 checks whether or not there is an event participation flag associated with the card ID in the storage device 5002 (S2). For users who first participate in this medal rally event, the event participation flag is not stored in the storage device 5002 in association with the read card ID. This event participation flag remains stored in the storage device 5002 until the event is terminated by stopping the event halfway. Therefore, the control device 5001 can grasp whether or not the user with the card ID is currently participating in the event based on the presence or absence of the event participation flag.

When there is no event participation flag in the storage device 5002, the control device 5001 displays an event participation inquiry screen for inquiring whether or not to participate in the event on the display device 5005 (S3). On the event participation inquiry screen displayed on the display device 5005, the user selects whether to participate in the event by touching the screen. Then, the operation is accepted by the touch panel 5006 (S4), and the details of the operation are sent to the control device 5001. Thus, when the user selects to participate in the event, the control device 5001 stores the event participation flag in the storage device 5002 in a state associated with the card ID (S5). Thereafter, the control device 5001 causes the display device 5005 to display a user individual screen for a medal rally event (S6).

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an individual user screen.
A button image for displaying the rule explanation screen for the medal rally event and a button image for displaying the ranking screen for the number of stars acquired by all users participating in the medal rally event at the bottom of the individual user screen And a button display portion A on which a button image for displaying a name change screen for changing the user name is displayed.
In addition, on the button display part A of the individual user screen, a game machine in which various information about each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 connected to the store terminal unit 5000 participating in the medal rally event is displayed. An information display section B is provided.
In addition, a user information display unit C on which various information about the user is displayed is provided on the game machine information display unit B of the individual user screen.

In the game machine information display portion B, the number of medals acquired by the user playing with each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 is individually displayed for each medal game machine. The medal acquisition number of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 displayed here is stored in the medal acquisition number storage unit 5111 of the store terminal unit 5000 for each game machine ID in association with the card ID of the user. The medal acquisition number indicated by the medal acquisition number information.
Further, in the game machine information display portion B, the medal prescribed values for the respective

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 are individually displayed for each medal game machine at a position indicated by reference numeral B1. The medal specified value of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 displayed here is a medal specified value stored in the medal specified value storage unit 5112 of the store terminal unit 5000 in association with each game machine ID.
Further, in the game machine information display section B, the number of stars acquired based on the number of medals acquired by the user playing each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 is individually displayed for each medal game machine. Has been. The number of acquired stars of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 displayed here is stored for each game machine ID in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101 of the store terminal unit 5000 in association with the card ID of the user. Among the star acquisition numbers indicated by the weekly star acquisition number information, the data for the latest four weeks.

In the user information display unit C, the number of stars acquired based on the number of medals acquired by playing the

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 by the user at the location indicated by the reference C1 is displayed every week. It is displayed separately. In the present embodiment, only the number of acquired stars for the latest four weeks is displayed. The number of star acquisitions for each week displayed here is the star acquisition for each week of the last four weeks stored in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101 of the store terminal unit 5000 in association with each game machine ID of the user's card ID. This is the total number of star acquisitions indicated by the number information.
In the user information display section C, the total number of star acquisitions obtained by the user during the last four weeks is displayed at the location indicated by the reference symbol C2. The number of star acquisitions displayed here is the number of star acquisitions for the last four weeks indicated by the latest star acquisition number information stored in association with the card ID of the user in the star acquisition number storage unit 5101 of the store terminal unit 5000. It is.
Further, in the user information display unit C, the title indicated by the title information as rank information determined based on the total number of star acquisitions obtained by the user during the last four weeks is shown in the place indicated by the symbol C3 (FIG. 17 indicates “expert”.) Is displayed. The title displayed here is the title information determined by the title determination unit 5104 according to the total amount of star acquisitions for the latest four weeks indicated by the latest star acquisition number information associated with the card ID of the user. This is displayed based on the title display process by the display processing unit 5105.

The medal earned number information output unit 6003 of each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 associates the medal earned number information of each player (user) with the card ID and game machine ID at a predetermined timing to the store terminal unit 5000. Output toward. In the present embodiment, the output is performed at the timing when the player stops the play using the user card in the medal game machine. However, this timing is not limited to this. For example, the information on the number of medals acquired by each user may be output at a predetermined periodic timing.

In this way, the medal acquisition number information of each user output from each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 is stored in the state associated with the date information indicating the current date by the medal acquisition number writing unit 5113. It is written in the medal acquisition number storage unit 5111 of the terminal unit 5000 in association with the game machine ID corresponding to the medal game machine in the user's card ID. When the new medal acquisition number information is written in the medal acquisition number storage unit 5111, the star acquisition number writing unit 5114 recalculates and updates this week's weekly medal acquisition number information for the game machine ID of the card ID. Then, the medal acquisition number indicated by the weekly medal acquisition number information of this week is compared with the medal specified value corresponding to the game machine ID stored in the medal specified value storage unit 5112 to obtain the unreachable medal specified value. If it is determined that it has been reached, 1 is added to the star acquisition number of the weekly star acquisition number information of this week stored in the star acquisition number storage unit 5102 in a state associated with the card ID. When the new star acquisition number is added in this way, the star acquisition number totaling unit 5103 recalculates and updates the latest star acquisition number information after the addition.

As described above, the user who has won the medals by playing each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 again visits the place where the store terminal unit 5000 is installed and places his / her own card on the card reading surface 5007a of the card reader 5007. Hold the user card. Then, the card ID in the user card is read by the card reader 5007 (S1). When the card reader 5007 reads the card ID, the control device 5001 checks whether or not there is an event participation flag associated with the card ID in the storage device 5002 (S2). Here, in S5, since the event participation flag is already stored, it is determined that there is an event participation flag. Therefore, the control device 5001 displays the user individual screen as shown in FIG. 17 on the display device 5005 (S6). At this time, the title determination unit 5104 compares the number of star acquisitions based on the latest star acquisition number information stored in the storage device 5002 in association with the card ID and a predetermined threshold value for each title information. It is determined whether the number of star acquisitions exceeds any threshold (S7).

When it is determined that the threshold value is exceeded in this determination, first, the rank display processing unit 5105 performs a process of displaying a promotion effect screen for celebrating the title promotion on the display device 5005. This effect may be performed using the effect units of the

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000. After performing such an effect, the title display processing unit 5105 performs a process of updating the title of the user individual screen to a new title (S8). In the present embodiment, the medal payout device 5008 also performs a medal payout process for paying out a predetermined number of medals from the medal payout exit 5008a as a promotion bonus.

Here, in the present embodiment, the plurality of medal specified values set for each

medal game machine

1000, 2000, 3000 stored in the medal specified value storage unit 5103 until the next medal specified value is reached. It is set so that the number of medals required to increase in order. Specifically, for example, the first medal specified value is 3, the second medal specified value is 8, the third medal specified value is 30, and the fourth medal specified value is 4. The medal specified value is 100 sheets, and the subsequent medal specified values are set so as to increase sequentially. In the present embodiment, these medal specified values are common to all medal game machines, but may be set differently for each medal game machine. By setting the medal prescribed value in this way, the player (user) gradually acquires medals with the medal game machine 1000 as he / she plays the medal game machine 1000 and acquires medals, for example. But it ’s harder to get a star. That is, for a player who plays only the medal game machine 1000 in an intensive manner, the number of medal acquisition necessary for acquiring the next star in the medal game machine 1000 becomes very large. In such a player, in the case of other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000 that have not been played so much, the number of medals required to acquire a star is the case of the medal game machine 1000 that has been played intensively. It is relatively less compared. Such a situation may mean that a player who wants to win a bonus medal or a player who wants to become a higher title plays with other

medal game machines

2000, 3000 that have not played much yet. Strong motivation. Therefore, it becomes possible to let users who participate in this medal rally event know the joy of many game devices.

In addition, in this embodiment, even if a player wants to play only the medal game machine 1000 in an intensive manner, it becomes a higher title by acquiring medals with only the medal game machine 1000 and increasing the number of stars acquired. You can also get bonus medals. Therefore, even a player who does not want to play on other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000 can aim to acquire a bonus medal or aim to become a higher title. Even in such a player, as the player gains a star, the goal consciousness toward the bonus medal and the high title is improved, and the player is encouraged to play with other

medal game machines

2000, 3000 that are more likely to acquire the star. High effect can be expected.
However, if the player continues to play intensively on a specific medal game machine 1000 as described above, it is gradually difficult to increase the number of star acquisitions only by playing the medal game machine 1000. Therefore, if the medal game machine 1000 is continuously played at the same frequency, the number of stars acquired by playing the medal game machine 1000 will gradually decrease, and the current title may be maintained. It becomes difficult. So, if you win a star on one medal game machine, the star acquisition period (the lifetime of the star) used to determine the title is earned on one medal game machine for the stars earned on other medal game machines. You may make it longer than the star. Specifically, for example, when a prescribed number of stars are acquired by playing the medal game machine 3000, the star acquisition numbers for the latest four weeks are used for title determination for the stars acquired by the medal game machine 3000. For the stars acquired with the other

medal game machines

1000 and 2000, the number of stars acquired for the last five weeks is used for the title determination. By adopting such a configuration, in the case of continuing to play intensively on a specific medal game machine 1000 and acquiring many stars to obtain a high title, the other medal game machines are played to acquire stars. As a result, the lifetimes of many stars acquired with the medal game machine 1000 can be extended, a high title can be maintained for a longer period, and a higher title can be easily targeted. Therefore, an effect of prompting a player who continues to play intensively on a specific medal game machine 1000 to play on other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000 is obtained.

In the present embodiment, the medal specified values of the respective

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 are set so that the number of medal acquisition required to reach the next medal specified value is sequentially increased. The number of medals required for obtaining a star for the medal game machine 1000 that has been favorably played is relatively increased as compared to the other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000, and play on the other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000 is performed. I was encouraged. In addition, if a star acquisition is acquired for the medal game machine 1000 that the player likes to play, processing may be performed so that the number of medals required for acquiring a star for the other

medal game machines

2000 and 3000 is reduced. The following effects can be obtained.

In this embodiment, since the title is determined according to the total star acquisition number based on the star acquisition number information for the last four weeks, the total star acquisition number decreases at the timing of the weekly change, and the total star acquisition number until then It may fall below the threshold of the title. In this case, a process of simply demoting a title may be performed, but a deferred grace period is provided in this embodiment. That is, in this embodiment, even when the total number of star acquisitions falls below the threshold of the title until then, the title is maintained for this week (grace period). If the total number of star acquisitions does not exceed the threshold of the title during this week, the title is demoted at the next weekly change timing. This allows for a one week grace period for title demotion.

In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which a privilege that a bonus medal can be paid out when a title is promoted is given to a player. However, such a privilege may not be given, and another privilege may be given. You may make it give. As another benefit, for example, when a single jackpot award is won on the pusher game machine 2000, the user is notified that 500 medals can be paid out in addition to the cumulative number of single medals. When winning the jackpot prize, a process of controlling the pusher game machine 2000 to pay out the number of medals obtained by adding 500 pieces to the single cumulative medal number may be used. Specifically, for example, the title information determined by the title determining unit 5104 is output from the store server 5000 in association with the card ID of the player, the output title information and the card ID are received by the pusher game machine 2000, and the pusher When the game progress control unit 6001 of the game machine 2000 receives the card ID of the player and proceeds with the game, if the player wins the single jackpot award based on the title information corresponding to the card ID, the single cumulative medal number is 500. Pay out the added number of medals.
Further, the other privilege may be a process for obtaining a privilege other than the medal payout by playing with a specific game machine. For example, when a player whose title information is a predetermined title or higher is played on a specific game machine, the game may be played with game contents that can only be played by the player whose title is higher than the predetermined title. You may give the privilege that it is possible. In addition, for example, when a player whose title information is a predetermined title or higher is played on a specific game machine, a special item such as a rare item can be obtained on the game machine. Also good. It should be noted that the specific game machine that gives the privilege as described above may be a game machine other than the

medal game machines

1000, 2000, and 3000 constituting the game system. In addition, the specific game machine that gives the privilege as described above may be a game machine with a low occupancy rate of the game machine by the player, that is, a game machine that is not played much by the player, a new game machine, May be a model that has not played much in the past.
Moreover, you may provide an expiration date (for example, 1 month) in such a privilege. In this case, a user who has passed the expiration date cannot receive benefits even if the user has cleared the event.

In this embodiment, the card ID is stored in the user card, and various user information is stored in the storage device 5002 of the store terminal unit 5000 in association with the card ID. You may make it memorize | store at least one part in a user card. In this case, the information stored in the user card can be used without communication with the store terminal unit 5000. Therefore, for example, if information (user information) indicating that the title information is a title that is equal to or higher than a predetermined title is stored in the user card, the specific game machine that gives the above-described privilege is the store terminal unit 5000. Even if it does not communicate, it can be determined whether or not a privilege is granted based on the information. Also, for example, not the information that the title information is a title that is equal to or higher than a predetermined title, but the premium information (user information) that indicates a predetermined premium when the number of star acquisition exceeds a predetermined setting value ) Is stored in the user card, and a prize dispenser that discharges a prize reads the prize information in the user card so that the user can receive a prize or any prize according to the prize information. Good.

In addition, the medal game machine applicable to the game system of the present embodiment is not limited to the type described above, and can be widely applied.
Further, the arcade game device applied to the present game system may not be a medal game machine, and a part or all of it may be a coin game machine that does not use medals, for example.
In the present embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking a game system including a medal game machine as a plurality of arcade game machines and a point management device (store server 5000) as an example. It is also possible to incorporate the function of the (store server 5000) into a single business game device and implement the present invention with a single business game device.
Further, in the present embodiment, the specified period is the latest four weeks calculated in units of weeks specified from Monday to Sunday, and the aggregation timing is the timing of weekly change. Yearly units may be used, and the aggregation timing may be the timing at which the specified period changes.
Further, the specified period may be a period that changes every moment, for example, the last four weeks from the present time. In this case, the counting timing is real time (at any time), every time medal acquisition number information (information for point calculation) about each card ID (each player identification information) is received, or every time a star is acquired, What is necessary is just to update star acquisition number information.

In the above embodiment, the means realized by software such as a computer program may be realized by hardware such as a circuit and a chip, and the means realized by hardware such as a circuit and a chip are Alternatively, it may be realized by software such as a computer program.

Claims

A game system having a plurality of arcade game devices each provided with a game progress control unit for controlling the progress of the game,
Each arcade game device
A player identification information receiving unit for receiving player identification information;
A point for outputting, in association with the player identification information, point calculation information related to a game that is controlled by the game progress control unit of the arcade game device on condition that the player identification information receiving unit receives the player identification information. An information output unit for calculation,
Each of the above arcade game devices or a point management device different from each arcade game device,
A point information storage unit for storing point information associated with the player identification information;
A point calculation information receiving unit that receives the point calculation information output from the point calculation information output unit and the player identification information associated therewith;
Corresponding to the point calculation information in a state where the point information indicating the amount of points based on the point calculation information received by the point calculation information receiving unit is associated with the point acquisition time information indicating the point acquisition time. In association with the player identification information, a point storage unit that stores in the point information storage unit,
For each player identification information, the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is a time prior to the current specified period determined based on the aggregation timing at a predetermined aggregation timing, and the previous aggregation timing Point information that excludes the point information that is included in a part of the previous specified period determined based on, and the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is within the current specified period A point totaling unit that performs point totaling processing to total the points indicated by
A rank determining unit that determines rank information corresponding to the player identification information from a plurality of predetermined rank information according to the amount of points counted by the point counting unit;
A game system comprising: a rank display processing unit for performing rank display processing for distinguishing and displaying rank information determined by the rank determination unit for each corresponding player identification information.
The game system according to claim 1,
The point counting unit updates the specified period every time a predetermined time elapses, and performs the point counting process using the updated specified period,
In the rank determining unit, after the point totaling unit has updated the specified period, the rank information corresponding to the amount of points totaled by the point totaling unit is ranked immediately before the update within a predetermined grace period. A game system that determines rank information immediately before the update even if it indicates a lower rank.
The game system according to claim 1,
The management device includes a rank information output unit that outputs rank information determined by the rank determination unit in association with corresponding player identification information,
Each arcade game device has a rank information receiving unit that receives rank information output from the rank information output unit of the management device and player identification information associated therewith,
A game system in which at least one of the plurality of arcade game devices includes a game progress control unit that controls the progress of the game according to the rank information received by the rank information receiving unit.
The game system according to claim 2,
The management device includes a rank information output unit that outputs rank information determined by the rank determination unit in association with corresponding player identification information,
Each arcade game device has a rank information receiving unit that receives rank information output from the rank information output unit of the management device and player identification information associated therewith,
A game system in which at least one of the plurality of arcade game devices includes a game progress control unit that controls the progress of the game according to the rank information received by the rank information receiving unit.
The game system according to claim 1,
At least one of the plurality of arcade game devices is an arcade game device,
A betting object reception unit for receiving betting objects;
A payout processing unit for receiving a bet object and performing a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout object to a player based on the progress result of the game controlled by the game progress control unit. And
The point calculation information output unit of the at least one arcade game device is configured so that the betting object reception unit of the arcade game device receives the player identification information from the player identification information reception unit of the arcade game device. The point calculation is performed for the information indicating the amount of the bet object received and the amount based on at least one of the amount of the payout object paid out to the player specified by the player identification information by the payout processing unit of the arcade game device. A game system that outputs information related to the player identification information.
The game system according to claim 2,
At least one of the plurality of arcade game devices is an arcade game device,
A betting object reception unit for receiving betting objects;
A payout processing unit for receiving a bet object and performing a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout object to a player based on the progress result of the game controlled by the game progress control unit. And
The point calculation information output unit of the at least one arcade game device is configured so that the betting object reception unit of the arcade game device receives the player identification information from the player identification information reception unit of the arcade game device. The point calculation is performed for the information indicating the amount of the bet object received and the amount based on at least one of the amount of the payout object paid out to the player specified by the player identification information by the payout processing unit of the arcade game device. A game system that outputs information related to the player identification information.
The game system according to claim 3,
At least one of the plurality of arcade game devices is an arcade game device,
A betting object reception unit for receiving betting objects;
A payout processing unit for receiving a bet object and performing a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout object to a player based on the progress result of the game controlled by the game progress control unit. And
The point calculation information output unit of the at least one arcade game device is configured so that the betting object reception unit of the arcade game device receives the player identification information from the player identification information reception unit of the arcade game device. The point calculation is performed for the information indicating the amount of the bet object received and the amount based on at least one of the amount of the payout object paid out to the player specified by the player identification information by the payout processing unit of the arcade game device. A game system that outputs information related to the player identification information.
The game system according to claim 4,
At least one of the plurality of arcade game devices is an arcade game device,
A betting object reception unit for receiving betting objects;
A payout processing unit for receiving a bet object and performing a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout object to a player based on the progress result of the game controlled by the game progress control unit. And
The point calculation information output unit of the at least one arcade game device is configured so that the betting object reception unit of the arcade game device receives the player identification information from the player identification information reception unit of the arcade game device. The point calculation is performed for the information indicating the amount of the bet object received and the amount based on at least one of the amount of the payout object paid out to the player specified by the player identification information by the payout processing unit of the arcade game device. A game system that outputs information related to the player identification information.
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
At least the point information storage unit, the point calculation information receiving unit, the point storage unit, and the point totaling unit are provided in the point management device,
The point calculation information output unit of each arcade game device writes the point calculation information to a portable storage medium in a state associated with the player identification information received by the player identification information receiving unit. ,
The point calculation information receiving unit of the point management device reads the point calculation information written in the portable storage medium from the portable storage medium in a state associated with the corresponding player identification information. Game system.
A point management device that manages points based on point calculation information output from a plurality of arcade game devices each having a game progress control unit that controls the progress of a game for each player identification information,
A point information storage unit for storing point information associated with each player identification information;
A point calculation information receiving unit for receiving point calculation information output from each arcade game device and player identification information associated therewith;
Corresponding to the point calculation information in a state where the point information indicating the amount of points based on the point calculation information received by the point calculation information receiving unit is associated with the point acquisition time information indicating the point acquisition time. In association with the player identification information, a point storage unit that stores in the point information storage unit,
For each player identification information, the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is a time prior to the current specified period determined based on the aggregation timing at a predetermined aggregation timing, and the previous aggregation timing The point information that is the time included in a part of the previous specified period determined based on the point is excluded, and the point information that the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is within the current specified period is indicated by the point information A point counting unit that performs point counting processing to count points;
A rank determining unit that determines rank information corresponding to the player identification information from a plurality of predetermined rank information according to the amount of points counted by the point counting unit;
A point management apparatus comprising: a rank display processing unit that performs rank display processing for distinguishing and displaying rank information determined by the rank determination unit for each corresponding player identification information.
A game progress control unit for controlling the progress of the game;
A player identification information receiving unit for receiving player identification information;
A point information storage unit for storing point information associated with each player identification information;
On the condition that the player identification information receiving unit receives the player identification information, the point information indicating the points related to the game controlled by the game progress control unit is associated with the point acquisition time information indicating the point acquisition time. In the state, in association with the player identification information, a point storage unit that stores in the point information storage unit,
For each player identification information, the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is a time prior to the current specified period determined based on the aggregation timing at a predetermined aggregation timing, and the previous aggregation timing Point information that excludes the point information that is included in a part of the previous specified period determined based on, and the point acquisition time indicated by the corresponding point acquisition time information is within the current specified period A point totaling unit that performs point totaling processing to total the points indicated by
A rank determining unit that determines rank information corresponding to the player identification information from a plurality of predetermined rank information according to the amount of points counted by the point counting unit;
An arcade game apparatus comprising: a rank display processing unit that performs rank display processing for distinguishing and displaying rank information determined by the rank determination unit for each corresponding player identification information.