Game system
AssigneeSega Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorHiroyasu Lee
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Abstract
The game system 1 comprises a plurality of game devices 2a, 2b, . . . , a host computer 3 for implementing respective processing, and communication lines 4a, 4b, . . . , 5a, 5b, . . . to connect the game devices and the host information processing means. When there is a request for a game, the game device 2a is connected with the host computer 3 in order to provide such request to the host computer 3 and to receive opponent information from the host computer 3. Furthermore, the operation above is also implemented between the game device 2b and the host computer 3. After obtaining opponent information, the game devices 2a and 2b cut off the communication line 4a connected with the host computer 4, and a competition-type game is implemented between the game devices 2a and 2b by way of a communication line 5a.
Claims9
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of game devices which are connected through a public network;
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- a host computer for selecting, at the request of at least one of said game devices, a game device to become an opponent, and for controlling a competition-type game,
- wherein said host computer receives information on at least one of a difference in scores and a result of the competition-type game from at least one of said game devices through the public network, and renews a skill level of a player after the competition-type game by giving an evaluation, based on at least one of the difference in scores and the result of the competition-type game, that increases as ability of the opponent at the time of starting the competition-type game exceeds ability of the player.
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of game devices which are connected through communication lines;
- and
- a host computer for selecting, at the request of at least one of said game devices, a game device to become an opponent, and for controlling a competition-type game,
- wherein said host computer comprises receiving means for receiving information on at least one of a difference in scores and a result of the competition-type game from at least one of said game devices through at least one of said communication lines, and evaluation means for renewing a skill level of a player after the competition-type game by giving an evaluation, based on at least one of the difference in scores and the result of the competition-type game, that increases as ability of the opponent at the time of starting the competition-type game exceeds ability of the player;
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- wherein at least one of said game devices comprises a game body for processing competition-type games and communication means for connecting the game body with said host computer or a game device of an opponent through at least one of said communication lines.
The game system according to 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of game devices performing the competition-type games cuts off communication with said host computer after obtaining from the host computer opponent information necessary for processing the competition-type game, connects to the game device of an opponent through a communication line, and performs the competition-type game.
A storage medium, which can be read by a computer, for storing a program which causes the computer to function as a host computer in a game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected through a network, and to perform a method of selecting, at the request of at least one of said game devices, a game device to become an opponent, and of controlling a competition-type game, the method comprising:
- receiving information on at least one of a difference in scores and a result of the competition-type game from at least one of said game devices through the network;
- and
- renewing a skill level of a player after the competition-type game by giving an evaluation, based on at least one of the difference in scores and the result of the competition-type game, that increases as ability of the opponent at the time of starting the competition-type game exceeds ability of the player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.