Game apparatus and game system

Abstract

A setting terminal is provided that has a player ID obtainer that obtains a player ID uniquely identifying a player, a storage device that stores, in association with the identification information obtained by the player ID obtainer, value information that changes when credit is consumed in exchange for a play in a game or when a game value is granted depending on a result of the game, and an automatic game controller that controls a game corresponding to the identification information obtained by the player ID obtainer, to advance automatically while following a predetermined rule. The automatic game controller controls plural games respectively corresponding to which plural pieces of identification information differ from one another, to advance in parallel.

1 . A game apparatus comprising:
 an obtainer that obtains identification information uniquely identifying a player;   a first storage device that stores, in association with the identification information obtained by the obtainer, value information that changes when credit is consumed in exchange for a play in a game or when a game value is granted depending on a result of the game; and   an automatic game controller that controls a game corresponding to the identification information obtained by the obtainer, to advance automatically while following a predetermined rule,   wherein the automatic game controller controls plural games respectively corresponding to which plural pieces of identification information differ from one another, to advance in parallel.   
     
     
         2 . A game apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the game value is the credit, and   wherein the value information indicates the number of credits that increases or decreases when the credit is consumed or granted.   
     
     
         3 . A game apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit that sets the predetermined rule in association with the identification information obtained by the obtainer,
 wherein the automatic game controller controls the game to be controlled so as to advance automatically while following the predetermined rule that is set in association with the identification information that corresponds to the game.   
     
     
         4 . A game apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a status transmitter that transmits a progress status of a game controlled by the automatic game controller to an external device that is associated in advance with the identification information corresponding to the game. 
     
     
         5 . A game apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an operation receiver that receives an operation of a player for a game differing from the game controlled by the automatic game controller;   a second storage device that stores the value information with respect to the game for which the operation is received by the operation receiver; and   a manual game controller that controls the game to advance based on the operation received by the operation receiver.   
     
     
         6 . A game apparatus according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the obtainer obtains the identification information of a player whose operation is received by the operation receiver,   wherein the second storage device stores, in association with the identification information obtained by the obtainer, the value information with respect to the game that advances based on the operation received by the operation receiver, and   wherein the automatic game controller and the manual game controller respectively control games, each corresponding to the same identification information.   
     
     
         7 . A game system comprising:
 a first game apparatus comprising a second storage device that stores value information that changes when credit is consumed in exchange for a play in a game or when a game value is granted depending on a result of the game, and an operation receiver that receives an operation of a player with respect to the game, the first game apparatus advancing the game based on the operation received by the operation receiver;   a second game apparatus being the game apparatus according to  claim 1 ; and   a common device that provides a common process result to each of a game that advances at the first game apparatus and an automatic game that advances at the second game apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . A game system according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the first game apparatus comprises a second obtainer that obtains the identification information,   wherein the second storage device stores, in association with the identification information obtained by the second obtainer, the value information with respect to the game that advances based on the operation received by the operation receiver, and   wherein the first game apparatus and the second game apparatus respectively advance games, each corresponding to the same identification information.   
     
     
         9 . A game system according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the common device comprises an outputter that outputs a result or a status of the common process to the outside.   
     
     
         10 . A game system comprising:
 a game apparatus according to  claim 1 ; and   a common device that provides a common process result to each of plural games that advance at the game apparatus.   
     
     
         11 . A game system comprising:
 a game apparatus according to  claim 5 ; and   a common device that provides a common process result to each of games that respectively advances at the automatic game controller and the manual game controller of the game apparatus.