Robot Game for Multiple Players that is Remotely Controlled over a Network

An amusement system comprising:

• a game field;
• a plurality of robots disposed in the game field;
• a plurality of user interface controllers at a remote location relative to the game field;
• a network that links each of the user interface controllers to one of the robots to provide at least one control signal to the robot to cause the robot to perform at least one action;
• a video camera directed towards the game field that provides a streaming image of the game field to the network;
• and
• a video display device at the remote location that receives the streaming video image from the network and displays the streaming video image of the robots.

A method of providing a game that includes a game floor, a plurality of electronically controlled mechanical robots, a communication network, and a plurality of game user interfaces, the game comprising:

• accessing a web server through the communication network;
• logging into a game server;
• streaming video from a streaming video system to the game user interface of an image of the game floor and the robots;
• interacting through a game user interface with one of the robots to command the robot to perform a function;
• and
• selecting a robot with the user interface controller.