GAME MACHINE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of preventing a self character from becoming defenseless and causing eventualities under the continuous one- sided attack of enemy characters even when a communication line is disconnected during the execution of a network game. SOLUTION: The game machine capable of executing games in conjunction with other game machines through the Internet under the control of a server comprises a detecting means (S21) for detecting a change in communication during the execution (S20) of the network game through the Internet and a protecting means (S25) for protecting game characters in the ongoing game when the detecting means S21 detects the change in communication (S21-Y).