GAME SYSTEM AND GAME EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD APPLIED THERETO

摘要

A game system allows a user to play a game in a similar way to a game machine. The game system includes a server device, a game machine, and a network terminal device. A game machine program makes a control device function as a device for making a user play a game and a device for accepting a predetermined service from the server device as well as identifying a user in cooperation with the server device. The server device is provided with a virtual game machine portion which executes the game machine program and makes a control unit thereof function as the device for making a user play the game and the device for accepting the service. The network terminal device is provided with an I/O control portion which makes the network terminal device function as a remote I/O device for the virtual game machine control portion.

主权项

1. A game system including: a server device; a game machine which functions as a client device for the server device; and a network terminal device which functions for the server device as another client device that differs from the game machine, the game machine being provided with a game machine program which makes a computer unit of the game machine function as: a device making a user play a game; and a device accepting service from the server device, the service relating to game-play of the game as well as identifying a user in cooperation with the server device, wherein
the server device is provided with a virtual game machine control device which makes a computer unit of the server device function as: the device making a user play the game; and the device accepting the service by executing the game machine program, and the network terminal device is provided with a computer unit of the network terminal device, the computer unit functioning as an input and output (I/O) control device which makes the network terminal device function as a remote I/O device for the virtual game machine control device by executing a predetermined I/O control program.