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(11) EP 1 349 124 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/40

(21) Application number: 03251799.7

(22) Date of filing: 21.03.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 26.03.2002 JP 2002087241

(71) Applicant: Konami Corporation
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6330 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Inubushi, Takashi, c/o Konami Corporation
    Tokyo 100-6330 (JP)
  • Narita, Yoshihiko, c/o Konami Corporation
    Tokyo 100-6330 (JP)

(74) Representative: Haley, Stephen 
Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Game machine and game program


(57) To vary game contents in good harmonization with the operational status of a game machine and the results of a game.
A game machine arranged on the assumption that unspecified number of players play a game with the game machine includes an external memory unit for storing specific information for causing a predetermined variation to occur in game contents, a game executing section for executing the game making use of the specific information, a points managing section for digitizing, each time the game is played in a predetermined play range, the results of the game in the play range according to a predetermined rule and summing up resultant numerical values over a plurality of play ranges, and an execution control section for managing a prohibited state of use of the specific information used by the game executing section and removal of the prohibited state based on the value summed up by the points managing section.






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