Patent ID: 6174236
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A video game system having a host and a plurality of terminal devices connected to the host through respective transmission lines, each of the terminal devices having a plurality of game units, said system comprising:a first memory provided in the host wherein a plurality of various video game programs are stored;first transmitting means provided in the host for deriving a video game program from the first memory and for transmitting the program to one of the terminal devices at an appropriate time through one of the transmission lines;a second memory provided in each of the game units in the terminal device for storing the video game programs transmitted to the terminal device from the host;a display provided on each of the game units for displaying the video game program stored in the second memory;operating means for operating the game unit;second transmitting means provided in the terminal device for transmitting data to the host representing a value of points of the video game program scored on each game unit of the plurality of game units in said each terminal device, said second transmitting means appending a terminal ID code, a game unit ID code, and a game program ID code;determining means provided in the host for determining the score and the order of points based on the point information;said first transmitting means being provided to transmit each order of the points determined by the determining means to a corresponding game unit together with scores and orders of all participating game units and ID codes thereof to indicate the score and the order of the corresponding game unit and the scores and order of all participating game units on the display of the game unit;appending means provided in the first transmitting means for appending a data error check code and a data correcting code to the video game program for checking and correcting the data therein; andprocessing means provided in the terminal device for checking and correcting the data in the transmitted video game program in accordance with the data error check code and a data correcting code, wherein the processing means applies a retransmission demand signal to the host when errors in the video game program cannot be corrected,and wherein said first transmitting means retransmits the video game program to the one of the terminal devices at an appropriate time, and wherein said processing means is configured to re-transmit data until all errors in the video game program have been corrected.