NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

A network game system for providing a game played by players of game machines by operating at least one of the game machines as a server. The game machine to serve as a server can be adequately selected. A measuring unit (22) of each of the game machines (12) measures the time required to transmit/receive predetermined data between the game machine (12) and another game machine (12) of the game machines (12). A server determining unit (28) determines at least one of the game machines (12) as the game machine (12) to serve as a server according to the results of the measurement by the measuring units (22) of the game machines (12).