Abstract: A game machine acquires predetermined information used to reproduce a image of character during a game from a character card, and uses the image of character for a progress of the game. The game machine includes a Bar code reader adapted and configured to acquire from the character card, information of player name that is associated with a image of character as information used to identify each player playing the game. And, the game machine reproduces a plurality of images of characters during the game based on the predetermined information of each character card, and classifies each image of character reproduced during the game based on the information of player name associated with each image of character into classifications which are dealt with differently from each other in the game.

Abstract: A game machine acquires predetermined information used to reproduce a image of character during a game from a character card, and uses the image of character for a progress of the game. The game machine includes a Bar code reader adapted and configured to acquire from the character card, information of player name that is associated with a image of character as information used to identify each player playing the game. And, the game machine reproduces a plurality of images of characters during the game based on the predetermined information of each character card, and classifies each image of character reproduced during the game based on the information of player name associated with each image of character into classifications which are dealt with differently from each other in the game.

Abstract: The present invention provides a game system in which a virtual player is set in consideration of information on a place where a player plays a game. Each of game machines 3A to 3F has game machine environment information on environment of a place where the game machine is mounted. A game server 3A has character information storage device 2e for storing information 40 on environment characters according to each kind of environment information of the game machines, selects an environment character 42 associated with an environment indicated by self-machine environment information 33 of the game machines 3A and 3B participating in a game, sets the selected environment character 42 as a character of a virtual player, makes the environment character set as the character of the virtual player participate in the game, and determines operations of the environment character 42 during the game.

Abstract: The present invention provides a game system with enhanced interest of a game in consideration of exchange of a message with a virtual player. A game system 1 arranges a predetermined number of players necessary for a game by obtaining, as virtual player information, player information 10 of a player excluding real players participating in the game from a player storage device 2a, determines a combination of players participating in the game including the virtual player, who exchange the message information, associates message information 114 of one of the players combined as obtained message information 117 with another player and, when an operation for outputting the obtained message information 117 is executed by the player in a game machine 3, outputs the obtained message information 117 associated with the player.