Game machine system with machine grouping feature
US4998199A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/8017
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A game playing system for business use includes a plurality of independent game machines and transmission lines for connecting the game machines together, each of the game machines including player input device through which a player can input a game start command signal, a communication interface for performing the reception and transmission of data between the one player's game machine and the other game machines through the transmission lines, a group setting device for grouping the game machines including the one player's game machine to participate in a game in accordance with the game start command signal from the player input device and various signals from the other game machines through the communication interface and a game calculating device for performing the reception and transmission of game data between the one player's game machine and the other game machines in the same group through the communication interface to make a predetermined calculation of game, whereby a plurality of game machines can be played simultaneously in the same game space.
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