Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Konami Corporation

Konami Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiro Kusuda

Takashi Uchiyama

Nobuhiro Goto

Masato Okuaki

Yosuke Sasaki

Hiroshi Tomaru

Kazuhiro Yoshida

Shinya Ito

Daisuke Sato

Yasuhiro Tanaka

Shinichi Ishii

Shingo Yasuda

Norifumi Kawai

Shogo Azuma

Shiro Majima

Ketsu Oh

Kohichi Hayashida

Yuichi Nakahara

Takuya Ando

Hirokatsu Yamaguchi

Hiroto Nakamoto

Genichiro Okitani

Norifumi Yamada

Naoto Shirai

Shingo Yamaoka

Yukihiro Osaki

A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player.

Game system

In a game system or a drawing machine for a jackpot game, a drawing unit of the drawing machine for a jackpot game performs jackpot drawing in a manner that a player who plays a particular game apparatus among a plurality of game apparatuses is not determined as a winning player of a jackpot award, when a sum of an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount indicated by game apparatus's own apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data stored in an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit and an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount indicated by a game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data stored in the apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit, is equal to or more than a payout amount indicated by payout amount data stored in a payout amount storage unit.

Game system, and jackpot drawing apparatus and game apparatus constituting the same

After the offensive selection element images are moved along the joining direction to the offensive selection image display area () and displayed one after another in an alternating manner thereon, based on the control of the offensive selector (), the images are halted and displayed in a matrix-wise arrangement. The character property () and physical strength value () are stored in association with the character, and the character corresponding to a physical strength value () equal to or lower than a predetermined final value is determined to be the loser, the physical strength value of the attacked character being calculated using the offensive value and a formula corresponding to the character property and the offensive type. Furthermore, the image of the character determined to be the loser by the winner/loser determinator () is varied.

Multiplayer competition game device, game machine and game program

In order to prevent a situation where a winner for a jackpot award is consequently concentrated on a player who plays by using a particular game apparatus, the game system includes a jackpot drawing apparatus wherein when a drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award, the drawing unit carries out the jackpot drawing by carrying out a group drawing to determine whether one winning group is selected or neither group is selected according to a predetermined group drawing condition, from previously determined two or more groups each configured by two or more game apparatuses, and by carrying out, when the winning group is selected by the group drawing, a winner drawing carried out for determining whether the player who wins the jackpot award is selected or neither player is selected, from the players who play by using the two or more game apparatuses belonging to the winning group.

Game system and jackpot drawing apparatus constituting the same

A pool amount (payout amount) of a jackpot award is adjusted without deteriorating individual game attractiveness of all game apparatuses even in a game system in which game apparatuses of different models are mixed. Each game progress control unit of a plurality of game apparatuses controls the progress of a game in such a manner that a ratio of an amount of payout objects paid out to a player by a payout process of the payout processing unit to an amount of bet objects received by the bet object receiving unit within a predetermined period comes closer to a normal preset payout ratio obtained by deducting a player's own pool ratio indicated by the pool ratio data stored in the pool ratio storage unit of the game apparatus concerned from a total preset payout ratio indicated by the preset payout ratio data stored in the preset payout ratio storage unit of the game apparatus concerned. These game apparatuses are provided with a pool ratio changing unit for changing the pool ratio data stored in a player's own pool ratio storage unit independent from each other.

Game system including drawing machine for jackpot game

A game system includes: a jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a payout process for paying out to a winning player at least part of an amount indicated by payout amount data when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award; and a notification processing apparatus for performing, when performing the jackpot award winning notification process for notifying the player who has won the jackpot award, of winning of the jackpot award, prior to issuing the same, an advance notification process for issuing an advance notification to the effect that a player who plays by using each game apparatus belonging to a predetermined group configured by two or more game apparatuses including the game apparatus with which the player who wins the jackpot award plays is notified that the player who plays by using either game apparatus belonging to the predetermined group wins the jackpot award.

Game system and notification processing apparatus constituting the same

Where a drawing machine for jackpot game is utilized in a game system in which a plurality of game apparatuses are divided into a plurality of groups for management, a payout ratio is easily managed for each group. The drawing machine for jackpot game performs a group drawing for selecting one winning group among a plurality of groups and performs a winner determining process for determining a winner among players who play game apparatuses belonging to the winning group, thereby performing a jackpot drawing. Then, the drawing machine for jackpot game performs the group drawing in a manner that, among the plurality of groups, a particular group in which a total amount of an own group-specific jackpot balance amount obtained by deducting from a group-specific accumulated pool amount obtained by summing up for each group pool amounts of game apparatuses belonging to each group from a predetermined point in time a total amount from the predetermined point in time covering amounts of payout object paid out when a player who played a game apparatus belonging to the group concerned wins a jackpot award and an own group-specific maximum loss amount set for each group is equal to or more than a jackpot retention amount is not determined as a winning group.

A system comprises: a receiving unit for receiving information of a user; a first notifying unit for notifying the user of a first challenge in a first game apparatus a first output unit for outputting first clear information when a progress result of a game controlled by the first game apparatus becomes the first result relating to the first challenge; a second notifying unit for notifying the user of a second challenge in a second game apparatus; a second output unit for outputting second clear information when a progress result of a game controlled by the second game apparatus becomes the second result relating to the second challenge; and a processing unit for performing predetermined process for determining whether a predetermined process condition is satisfied, and for performing, when the predetermined process condition is satisfied, predetermined process that is not performed when the predetermined process condition is not satisfied.

Game system, and game apparatus and challenge notifying apparatus constituting the game system

The present invention is to be capable of inhibiting the occurrence of an instance where the enjoyment of a player who plays with the game apparatus by the total event is decreased when a single total event is carried out among two or more game apparatuses. The present game system includes: two or more game apparatuses, each of which comprises a game progress control unit for performing game progress control; and an event processing apparatus for performing a process for carrying out a single total event at the same timing by the plurality of game apparatuses. The event processing apparatus and each game apparatus are connected in a manner to enable communication. The event processing apparatus comprises: an event timing determining unit for determining an event timing at which the total event is carried out according to a predetermined event timing determining condition; and a control command transmitting unit for transmitting to each game apparatus an event control command used for carrying out the total event at the event timing determined by the event timing determining unit. The game progress control unit of each game apparatus performs the game progress control so that at the event timing relating to the event control command from the event processing apparatus, a game progress situation of each game apparatus is caused to be a previously set situation where the total event can be carried out.

Game system, and game apparatus and event processing apparatus constituting the game system

The present invention is to be capable of carrying out an unusual performance beyond type of machine. The present game apparatus includes: two or more types of game apparatuses having hardware configurations different from each other, each of the game apparatuses including a performance unit for carrying out a performance visually and audibly appealing to a player, and a game progress control unit for controlling game progress and performing game performance control according to the game progress by controlling the performance unit; and a total performance processing apparatus for executing a process for carrying out a total performance in the two or more types of game apparatuses by using the performance unit provided in each of the two or more types of game apparatuses. The total performance processing apparatus and the two or more types of game apparatuses are connected and capable of communicating with each other. The total performance processing apparatus includes a control command transmitting unit for transmitting a total performance control command for carrying out the total performance at a predetermined total performance timing to each of the two or more types of game apparatuses. Each of the two or more types of game apparatuses includes a total performance control unit for controlling the performance unit according to the total performance control command from the total performance processing apparatus and executing total performance control for carrying out a performance assuming part of the total performance at the predetermined total performance timing.

Game system, and game apparatus and total performance processing apparatus constituting the game system

The present invention provides a drawing machine and a game apparatus using the same by which it is easier to give the participants of the drawing an impression like drawing is carried out fairly when the computer drawing in which a winning-probability of each of drawing-objects is changed is carried out. A drawing machine for determining a winning-object from a plurality of drawing-objects includes: a winning-probability data storage unit for storing winning-probability data showing respective winning-probabilities of the plurality of drawing-objects; a drawing unit for carrying out a drawing in accordance with the winning-probability of each of the drawing-objects determined by the winning-probability data stored in the winning-probability data storage unit and determining a winning-object from the plurality of drawing-objects; a winning-probability data changing unit for changing the winning-probability data stored in the winning-probability data storage unit; a winning-probability image displaying unit for displaying a winning-probability image showing the winning-probability of each of the drawing-objects determined by the winning-probability data stored in the winning-probability data storage unit; and a winning-probability displaying control unit for changing the winning-probability image displayed on the winning-probability image displaying unit, when the winning-probability data changing unit changes the winning-probability data, so as to correspond to the changed winning-probability data.

Drawing machine and game apparatus using the same

In a game system, players' own horse trained by players in a horse racing game of an arcade game machine is allowed to participate in races of a horse racing game Web site managed by a Web server by using a password. The password includes a day of retirement, names of Graces won, and so on. In the horse racing game Web site, if the day of retirement is within a term of validity, participation for an application related to the password is not allowed. Experience of winning a predetermined number of Grace is required in order to participate in a specific race held in the horse racing game site, and horses without such experience are not allowed to participate.

Network game unit, game system, and recording medium

An operation method for a gaming machine sets a target payout rate, probabilities of winning, and odds on a plurality of objects. The objects are rearranged in order of the probability of winning. The odds on the object in first place are corrected to odds with a predetermined number of digits. The probability of winning of the object in the first place is corrected by the corrected odds. The difference between the uncorrected probability of winning and the corrected probability of winning is reflected in the probability of winning of the object in the subsequent place. The odds on the object in the subsequent place are predetermined based on the corrected probability of winning of the object in the subsequent place. The whole processing is repetitively performed for the objects in all places.

Gaming machine and operation method therefor

A plurality of horse racing game machines () and a control unit () for controlling game execution states of the horse racing game machines () are connected via a communication line (L). The control unit () provides the horse racing game machines for performing the race with part or the entirety of game-related data required for executing the game. The race is simultaneously held at the horse racing game machines (). Execution states of the race and betting odds generated at all the horse racing game machines () are collected by the control unit (). At the same time, the collected race execution states and integrated betting odds are presented in real time to the players surrounding all the horse racing game machines () using synthesized speech.

Online game method and game system

A game system includes an arcade game machine ( ) executing a horse racing game in which a player's own horse runs, and a Web server ( ) connected to a player terminal ( ) through the Internet. The Web server ( ) manages a horse racing game site for performing a training-type horse racing game in which a player using the player terminal can rear and train his or her own horse on the Internet. A player who has obtained a password including ability data and the like of a horse reared in this horse racing game can run the horse in the above horse racing by entering the password into the arcade game machine.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Kusuda