Gaming system in which a plurality of slot machines scramble for awards

摘要

Players of slot machines participate in a multi-player game managed by a game server by touching an adventure button randomly displayed on a liquid crystal panel. Further, the multi-player game is executed through operation of a character displayed on a game image of the liquid crystal panel by operating an attack button on the liquid crystal panel. At this point, a point amount is determined by the game server based on time points at which the attack button is operated or the like. After the time is up, a prize amount is distributed based on the point amount of each slot machine and a credit amount corresponding to the distributed prize amount is awarded to each slot machine.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a game server; and a plurality of slot machines which are connected to the game server and configured to execute a slot game and a multiplayer game; wherein the game server includes a server communication circuit allowing a bidirectional communication among the game server and the plurality of slot machines, the game server randomly notifying a participation chance in a multi-player game of slot machines and giving the multi-player game to each slot machine which transmits to the game server a notification of participation in the multi-player game, wherein the multi-player game is progressed by stages comprising:
(A) assigning a random value of hit points to a character preset to each slot machine which has transmitted to the game sever the notification of participation in the multi-player game, before start of the multi-player game;(B) operating the character at each slot machine so as to acquire points by competing with an other character operated at an other slot machine participating in the multi-player game, the acquired points being determined based on the hit points;(C) at an end of the multi-player game, dividing and distributing a total amount of prize set for the multi-player game to all slot machines which have participated in the multi-player game proportionally according to a total value of the points each slot machine has acquired during the multi-player game; and(D) converting an amount of prize proportionally distributed to each slot machine from the total amount of prize to a corresponding value of credits and adding the corresponding value of credits to credits the slot machine currently holds, wherein each of the plurality of slot machines includes:
a CPU which controls execution of the slot game progressed independently at each slot machine;a display panel which displays plural video reels during the slot game, and erases the plural video reels and displays characters during the multi-player game;an input device which is indicated in the display panel together with the plural video reels during the slot game so as to notify the participation chance in the multi-player game and allow each slot machine to input and transmit the notification of participation in the multi-player game to the game server; andat least one slot configured to receive gaming media for providing credits to be bet and to add the credits to a credit amount display portion for each slot machine;a bet-placing mechanism by which a player can bet an amount of credits based on the credit amount display portion; anda pay-out mechanism by which credits can be paid out to the player or credited to the credit amount display portion under control of the CPU as an outcome of the slot game or the multi-player game, wherein, between the game server and the CPU of each of the plurality of slot machines, there are programmed to execute, as a result of the player having bet game media, process steps comprising:
(i) determining to execute the multi-player game;(ii) allowing the display panel of each slot machine individually executing the slot game to indicate the participation chance in the multi-player game while the display panel displays the plural video reels for the slot game;(iii) allowing the display panel to keep displaying the plural video reels so as to allow at least one slot machine to continue the slot game individually when the at least one slot machine individually executing the slot game withholds an input of a transmission of the notification of participation in the multi-player game by using the input device, and allowing the display panel to erase the plural video reels and display the characters preset to respective two or more slot machines for the multi-player game when the two or more slot machines individually executing the slot game make an input of a transmission of the notification of participation in the multi-player game by using the input device;(iv) assigning the random value of the hit points to each of the characters preset to the respective two or more slot machines, when the two or more slot machines individually executing the slot game make the input of the transmission of the notification of participation in the multi-player game by using the input device at the step of (iii),(v) counting the points each of the characters has acquired as a result of operation of each of the characters during the multi-player game, the acquired points of each of the characters being determined based on the hit points randomly assigned to each of the characters at the step of (iv);(vi) allowing the display panel to indicate the points of each slot machine counted at the step of (v); and(vii) determining distribution proportion of the total amount of prize according to a value of points of each slot machine counted at the step of (v), converting the amount of prize proportionally distributed to each slot machine from the total amount of prize to the corresponding value of credits and adding the corresponding value of credits to the credits each slot machine currently holds.