Game system and game server

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system and a game server by which a player can continue seasoning in a videogame device enabling a player to compete with an unspecified number of players via the Internet. SOLUTION: The game server includes: a game result storage means for storing game results concerning games played by each one of a plurality of players; a rank deciding means for deciding a plurality of ranks concerning the games, based on the game results stored in the game result storage means; a rank information setting means for setting a plurality of pieces of desired rank information desired by the players among a plurality of pieces of rank information decided by the rank deciding means, in response to the operation of an operating part in one of a plurality of game terminals corresponding to each player; and a transmitting means for transmitting a signal, which allows the player to display a plurality of pieces of desired rank information set by a display rank setting means in one of the game terminals, to the player in one of the game terminals. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a game system and a game server. Background technique [0002] A configuration is known in a conventional game system in which a plurality of game terminals operable by game players and a game server for providing information based on signals from the plurality of game terminals are communicably connected. This game system enables players to play without having to gather at a specific location. [0003] An example of such a game system is a video game device capable of engaging an indefinite number of players in a game via the Internet (for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-219282). With this video game device, the game server provides ranking information based on the game results of the respective game players. [0004] However, the ranking information displayed by such a system is of a predefined type. Thus, although the ranking itself changes, the type of ranking information itself does not change, ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0012] However, with such a match game using communication, since the opponent is not at the same position as the game player, it is difficult for the game player to feel the game in a realistic manner.

This is another factor that prevents the game from being entertaining for a long time

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