Abstract: A game management method is for executing a competition game among a plurality of client terminal devices. Players are identified before the start of the game. If an occurrence of an unusual end of the game is judged during the game, it is judged whether or not the unusual end is an unauthorized end of the game due to an unauthorized operation by the player and it is judged whether or not a penalty is to be given to the player having ended the game in an unauthorized manner. By judging with high accuracy whether or not the unusual end of the game was caused by the unauthorized operation by the player, unauthorized operations of players are suppressed and fairness is better maintained among honest players.

Abstract: A game server device, which can communicate with a plurality of game terminal devices through which registered players can play a competitive game, is provided with a rating calculation unit for calculating ratings of players for each competition; a comparison unit for comparing a mean value of ratings of all registered players and a predetermined reference value; an adjustment unit for carrying out processing to bring the means value closer to the reference value; a CPU player setting unit for setting a CPU player to an opponent player of the registered player. When the average value is smaller than the reference value, the adjustment unit sets the CPU player as an opponent player of the registered player, and sets the rating of the CPU player to be larger than its original rating of the registered player, whereas in the reverse case, the adjustment unit sets the rating of the CPU player to be smaller than the original rating in the calculation of the rating of the registered player.

Abstract: A game system according to the present invention is provided with a CPU 361 including a winner determining section 361c for determining a winner advancing to the second round every time a competition game of each combination constituting the first round finishes, a combination determining section 361d for fitting the winner determined by the winner determining section 361c in a selected combination of a competition game constituting the second round, and a competition starting section 361e for instructing the start of the combination game of the second round to client terminal units 1 included in the selected combination ST if the selected combination is filled up with the competitors as a result of the additional winner fitted in the selected combination. In this way, the combinations of the next rounds can be determined in a tournament game.

Abstract: In the present invention, a start count Ns of a game and an end count of a game finished properly Ne are compared. When the two do not agree a predetermined number of times, an error signal is generated. Based on this error signal, the game machine outputs an error display and an alarm sound to alert that an unauthorized conduct has been committed. Also, it is possible to give a penalty in a game played in the future based on the generated error signal.

Abstract: A game progress administering system is provided with a participation receiving section 361a for receiving the participation in a competition game from client terminal units, a combination generating means 361b for fitting the participating terminal units in combinations of a competition game tournament, a competition starting section 361c for allotting one game space to one combination and instructing the start of the competition games in each round, and a competition ending section 361d for instructing the end of the competitions in each round in accordance with a time limit for each round up to the semifinal round and determining winning participating terminal units in accordance with the dominance in the progress statuses of the competition games.

Abstract: A central server 3 (CPU 361, RAM 362) is provided with a player information storage 362a for storing player identification information in correspondence with shop identification information of belonging shops, a terminal storage 362b for storing terminal identification information in correspondence with the shop identification information, a shop information storage 362c for storing the shop identification information in correspondence with area identification information, a result tabulating section 361c for tabulating results of players for each belonging shop to determine a within-shop ranking, a shop judging section 361d for judging whether or not a shop where a client terminal unit 1 being played is installed is a belonging shop, a restricting condition judging section 361e for judging whether or not to satisfy a restricting condition that is a condition for transmitting guidance information to the client terminal units 1, and a guidance transmitting section 361f for transmitting the guidance information

Abstract: The CPU 161 of the video game apparatus comprises a performance determination unit 161b that determines the order of finish of the players each time a game is completed, a parameter calculation unit 161g that calculates parameters indicating the characteristics of each player in playing games based on the game history data stored in a history storage unit 162b described below and a title assigning unit 161h that assigns a title applicable during games to each player based on the calculated parameters, and the RAM 162 comprises a history storage unit 162b that stores past player game history data for each player, and a title storage unit 162c that associates the titles assigned by the title assigning unit 161h with the players and stores them.

Abstract: The present invention enables selection of appropriate opponent players for a player of a game. The CPU 361 of the controller of the center server device comprises a receiving unit 361a that receives a request for game participation from each player when a game begins on each respective client terminal device 1, a selection unit 361b that selects according to prescribed rules a number of players to play in a shared game space from among the players from whom game participation requests have been received by the receiving unit 361a, the number being no more than a prescribed maximum number and no less than a prescribed minimum number, and a first execution unit 161d that allows players selected by the selection unit 361b to play a game against one another in a shared game space.

Abstract: A video game system that offers sense of realism and excitement is provided. This video game system comprises a player information storage unit 371 that stores player information including information regarding virtual money used in the game, a real money conversion unit 161m that performs conversion between virtual money and real money, a virtual money conversion unit 161n that performs conversion between virtual money and prescribed pseudo-values, a virtual money accumulation unit 361b that increases the amount of virtual money stored in the player information storage unit via calculation using the real money conversion unit, and a game result integration unit 161p that converts the amount of increase or decrease in pseudo-values that occurs each time the game is executed into virtual money, adds the increase or decrease to or subtracts from the player's current virtual money amount, and updates the player information stored in the player information storage unit 371 accordingly.

Abstract: The CPU 161 of the video game apparatus comprises a performance determination unit 161b that determines the order of finish of the players each time a game is completed, a parameter calculation unit 161g that calculates parameters indicating the characteristics of each player in playing games based on the game history data stored in a history storage unit 162b described below and a title assigning unit 161h that assigns a title applicable during games to each player based on the calculated parameters, and the RAM 162 comprises a history storage unit 162b that stores past player game history data for each player, and a title storage unit 162c that associates the titles assigned by the title assigning unit 161h with the players and stores them.

Abstract: A moving object restorer is provided with a connecting cord having one end held at a fixed position and the other end connected with a moving object, a guiding member fixedly provided between the moving object and the fixed position for guiding the connecting cord, a regulator movably provided between the guiding member and the fixed position and having a holder portion for holding the connecting cord slidably. The regulator is movable between a first position for allowing the moving object to be moved and a second position for holding the moving object in a restored position.