Game Machine, Server Apparatus, and Game System Incorporating These Apparatuses

Abstract

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

1 . A game system, comprising:
 a game machine, operable to perform a racing game in which a plurality of racing members compete with each other;   a server device, connected to the game machine via a communication network;   an identifier generator, provided in the server device and operable to generate an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing members;   a transmitter, provided in the server device and operable to transmit the identifier to the game machine via the communication network,   a receiver, provided in the game machine and operable to receive the transmitted identifier; and   a game executer, provided in the game machine and operable to execute the racing game based on the received identifier.   
   
   
       2 . The game system as set forth in  claim 1 , further comprising a rank determinant, provided in the game machine and operable to perform random number selection to determine a rank in the racing game for each of the racing members,
 wherein the game executer is operable to execute the racing game  6  based on the determined rank.   
   
   
       3 . The game system as set forth in  claim 2 , further comprising a ranking information generator, provided in the server device and operable to generate ranking information for each of the racing members, the ranking information including a probability to be referred in the random number selection, wherein:
 the transmitter is operable to transmit the ranking information to the game machine via the communication network;   the receiver is operable to receive the transmitted ranking information; and   the rank determinant is operable to perform the random number selection through the use of the received ranking information.   
   
   
       4 . The game system as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the game executer is operable to further execute a prediction game in which a ranking of at least one of the racing members in the racing game is predicted; and   the game machine comprises:
 a betting reception, operable to receive a first amount of a gaming value from a player in accordance with the prediction for the ranking; and 
 a payout executer, operable to pay out a second amount of the gaming value to the player in accordance with the received first amount of the gaming value and a result of the racing game. 
   
   
   
       5 . The game system as set forth in  claim 4 , further comprising a storage, provided in the server device and operable to store odds information indicative of odds for each of the racing members in the racing game, wherein:
 the transmitter is operable to transmit the odds information to the game machine via the communication network;   the receiver is operable to receive the transmitted odds information; and   the payout executer is operable to calculate the second amount of the gaming value through the use of the received odds information.   
   
   
       6 . The game system as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the racing game includes a first racing game which accepts a participation of a racing member prepared by a player as one of the racing member, and a second racing game which exclusively accepts a participation of the racing members identified by the identifier. 
   
   
       7 . The game system as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein the game executer is operable to execute the second racing game at a prescribed timing. 
   
   
       8 . A game machine, adapted to be connected to a server device via a communication network and operable to perform a racing game in which a plurality of racing members compete with each other, comprising:
 a receiver, adapted to receive an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing members from the server device via the communication network; and   a game executer, provided in the game machine and operable to execute the racing game based on the received identifier.   
   
   
       9 . A server device, adapted to be connected via a communication network, to a game machine operable to perform a racing game in which a plurality of racing members compete with each other, comprising:
 an identifier generator, operable to generate an identifier for identifying at least one of the racing members; and   a transmitter, operable to transmit the identifier to the game machine via the communication network,   a wherein the identifier is adapted to be received by the game machine and to be used to execute the racing game.