Abstract: A video game apparatus includes a depth sensor configured to capture an area where a player exists and acquire depth information for each pixel of the image; and a gesture recognition unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of sections, to calculate statistics information of the depth information for each of the plurality of sections, and to recognize a gesture of the player based on the statistics information.

Abstract: A computer, functioning as separate units, places at least first, second and viewed objects within a virtual space; displays the objects in a screen by performing a coordinate conversion based on a viewpoint and a viewed point set within the virtual space; moves the first object within the virtual space based on an operation by a player; controls movement of the viewpoint and the viewed point within the virtual space based on an operation by the player; generates an event based on relationship between the first and the second objects which move within the virtual space; determines a center point of the event based on coordinates of the first and the second objects; and sets a target point set on the viewed object as the viewed point, and sets the viewpoint on a half line starting from the viewed point to be passing the center point of the event.

Abstract: Disclosed is a game machine capable of raising game cycle execution frequency and increasing the enjoyment and fun of a game in loop play. A game machine includes: a game result determining part (82) for determining a game result for each game cycle; a game result displaying part (83, 30) for executing display of the game result for the game cycle; a loop play part (86) for executing loop play in which the game cycle is automatically repeated multiple times; and a display judging part (88) for judging whether or not a given display condition is satisfied for each game cycle in the loop play, in which: in a case of the game cycle judged by the display judging part (88) to have satisfied the display condition, the next game cycle is executed after executing the display of the game result; and in a case of the game cycle judged by the display judging part (88) to have failed to satisfy the display condition, the next game cycle is executed without executing the display of the game result.

Abstract: A game system is provided where a main game and a second game can be executed, and a player can actively participate in a play. In a game system where a main unit SV is connected to a plurality of game machines GM in which a play is conducted using a medal in a usual play, the main unit SV provides a second game which can be conducted in common at the plurality of game machines GM 1-GM 4. A token which is a play medium different from the metal is required for participating in the second game. The token is given when winning a lottery based on bet number information for each play in the game machines GM.

Abstract: To enabling actions that meet even diversified display patterns such as a prize hooked on a prize drop hole. An article housing section for storing articles, an article capturing section for capturing an article in the article housing section, lifting means for moving the article capturing section up and down, control means for controlling the movement of the article capturing section by the lifting means, and detection means for detecting that the article capturing section being moved downward by the lifting means strikes against any object including the article in the article housing section are provided. The control means performs control for operating the lifting means to continue to move the article capturing section downward even after the control means receives a detection signal from the detection means, and after the continued downward movement, stopping the downward movement of the article capturing section.