Patent ID: 8142270
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game system for executing a competition game in which a plurality of players compete comprising: a competition score storing unit which stores competition scores of competitions of one player with the other players with respect to each of the other players; a handicap information storing unit which stores handicap information of a plurality of handicaps which vary a difficulty of winning the competition game for said one player vs. a competitor; a matching control unit which matches one of the other players as a matched competitor with said one player, based on a competition request input of said one player; a rank deciding unit which reads the competition score of said competitor from the competition score storing unit, and, based on the competition scores, judges whether the rank of said one player is higher or lower than the rank of said matched competitor and the rank difference between said one player and said matched competitor; a handicap selecting unit which, based on the rank difference, decides a plurality of handicaps which can be set in the competition game, presents the decided plurality of handicaps to the lower rank one of said one player and matched competitor, and permits the lower rank one of said one player and matched competitor to select one from the presented plurality of handicaps; a handicap deciding unit which presents to the higher rank one of said one player and matched competitor the handicap selected by the lower rank one of said one player and matched competitor, and permits the higher rank one of said one player and matched competitor to decide whether or not the higher rank one of said one player and matched competitor accepts the selected handicap; and a handicap setting unit which reads the handicap information corresponding to the handicap decided by the handicap deciding unit from the handicap information storing unit and, based on the handicap information, sets the handicap of the competition game.