Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1995-02-03
1997-11-04
Harrison, Jessica
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
463 23, A63F 740
Patent
active
056830823
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a gaming system comprising a centralized controller and at least one gaming machine connected to the centralized controller by a line and gaming machines used with the gaming system.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Generally, in gaming houses such as pinball halls, a player can play only one type of game, such as a pinball or slot machine, at each gaming machine.
To prevent players from losing the enjoyment of playing games, the degree of difficulty in playing games at each gaming machine is preferably adjusted appropriately in response to how the players win games, etc., at the gaming machine. However, it requires a great deal of labor and is not practical to make such adjustment manually for each game for all gaming machines.
Thus, enhancing the diversity, enjoyment, convenience, etc., of playing games is limited.
The player can still play only one type of game at one gaming machine; he or she cannot select one among various games. To provide diversified games, the gaming house must contain a large number of gaming machines, which requires a large location and enormous costs.
If the degree of difficulty in playing games is not adjusted, if it is much too difficult for players to win games, they may not enjoy playing games, while if it is much too easy for players to win games, they may lose interest in playing games. Thus, the players can preferably win games at a given degree of difficulty, but if every gaming machine is adjusted to a given degree of difficulty, the players may or may not be able to win games at a desirable degree of difficulty depending on their skill in playing games.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a gaming system which enables a player to play various games at a gaming machine by selecting one of the games, and gaming machines used with the gaming system. It is another object of the invention to provide a gaming system which adjusts the degree of difficulty in playing a game at each gaming machine in response to the game score condition and gaming machines used with the gaming system. It is a further object of the invention to provide a gaming system which controls termination of gaming machines in response to the score and the degree of difficulty and gaming machines used with the gaming system. It is another object of the invention to provide a gaming system which can execute batch management of gaming machine termination control and degree of difficulty setting by a centralized controller, and gaming machines used with the gaming system.
To these ends, according to the invention, there is provided a gaming system comprising a centralized controller and at least one gaming machine connected to the centralized controller by a line, characterized in that for outputting a game image, and an operation section for accepting various operation commands input by a player for playing a game, display controller for outputting information, as instructed from the game controller, to the game image display unit; and a game interface for sending commands input to the operation section to the game controller, difficulty in playing a game; means for executing a game at the degree of difficulty; and means for informing the centralized controller of game conditions, and that means responsive to the accepted game condition for determining a degree-of-difficulty change value used to determine the degree of difficulty; and means for informing the game controller of the determined degree-of-difficulty change value.
Thus, termination of the gaming machines can be controlled in response to the score and the degree of difficulty.
Preferably, the controller of the centralized controller in the gaming system of the invention further includes means responsive to the accepted game condition for determining whether or not the gaming machine is to be terminated and means for sending a termination instruction to the game controller in response to the determination of termination, and the game controller has means for terminating
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Kawashima Kazunari
Takemoto Takatoshi
Harrison Jessica
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
O'Neill Michael
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