Patent ID: 8292728
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game system comprising: two or more types of game apparatuses having hardware configurations different from each other, each of the game apparatuses including a performance unit to carry out a performance visually and audibly appealing to a player, and a game progress control unit to control game progress and performing game performance control according to the game progress by controlling the performance unit; and a total performance processing apparatus to execute a process to carry out a total performance in the two or more types of game apparatuses by using the performance unit provided in each of the two or more types of game apparatuses, wherein the total performance processing apparatus and the two or more types of game apparatuses are connected and communicate with each other, the total performance processing apparatus comprises a control command transmitting unit to transmit a total performance control command to carry out the total performance at a predetermined total performance timing to each of the two or more types of game apparatuses, and each of the two or more types of game apparatuses comprises a total performance control unit which is configured to control the performance unit according to the total performance control command from the total performance processing apparatus, and which is configured to execute total performance control to carry out a performance that is a different part of the total performance at the predetermined total performance timing such that the total performance is carried out.