Game machine and game system
AssigneeAruze Corp.
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided in which motivation is provided for a player to repeatedly play games and the expandability of overall game descriptions is enhanced to increase amusingness of games. It is a game machine which can play a variable display game in which based on whether or not to have read identification information stored in a game item, a game mode is determined as either a first game progress mode which can advance a game in a base game state that can play a base game and in a first special game state that can play a first special game, or a second game progress mode which can advance a game in the base game state and in a second special game state that can play a second special game using identification information of the game item.
Claims4
A game machine capable of playing a variable display game using a plurality of symbols that are variably displayed, the game machine comprising:
- a reading unit which reads identification information from a game item that stores identification information which distinguishes oneself from another;
- a read determining unit which determines whether or not to have read the identification information by the reading unit;
- a mode determining unit which determines which game progress mode it is, a first game progress mode or a second game progress mode based on whether or not to have read the identification information by the read determining unit, the first game progress mode can advance a game in a base game state that can play the variable display game and in a first special game state that can play a first special game different from the variable display game, and the second game progress mode can advance a game in the base game state and in a second special game state that can play a second special game using the identification information read by the reading unit;
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- a game progress control unit which advances a game in the first or second game progress mode determined by the mode determining unit.
A game system comprising:
- a game machine which can play variable display game using a plurality of symbols that are variably displayed;
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- a game server which is connected to the game machine:
- the game machine includes:
- a reading unit which reads identification information from a game item that stores identification information which distinguishes oneself from another;
- a read determining unit which determines whether or not to have read the identification information by the reading unit;
- a communication processing unit which sends the identification information read by the reading unit to the game server and receives a usage of the game item corresponding to the sent identification information from the game server;
- a mode determining unit which determines which game progress mode it is, a first game progress mode or a second game progress mode based on whether or not to have read the identification information by the read determining unit, the first game progress mode can advance a game in a base game state that can play the variable display game and in a first special game state that can play a first special game different from the variable display game, and the second game progress mode can advance a game in a second special game state that can play a second special game using a usage received by the communication processing unit;
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- a game progress control unit which advances a game in the first or second game progress mode determined by the mode determining unit, and
- the game server includes:
- a communication processing unit which receives identification information sent from the game machine and sends usage information indicating a usage of the game item corresponding to the received identification information to the game machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.