Patent ID: 8579295

Claim:
A game machine comprising: a player identification device configured to identify participant players who are to participate in a series of a same game on the game machine; a game mode selection means provided with plural game modes configured to be selectable by the participant players, said game modes including a mode of changing playing orders during the game series; a target against which the participant players throw darts in turn; a detector configured to detect which regions of the target have been hit by the darts thrown by the participant players; a control unit configured to control the progresses of the game performed by the participant players, wherein, at each game in the game series, the participant players throw darts in turn against the target and are given certain scores based on the regions on the target which the participant players have hit with the darts, respectively; and a display monitor controlled by said control unit to show information relating to results performed by said participant players; wherein said control unit is configured to control the progresses of the game, when the mode of changing playing orders is selected, by at least performing so as to: (a) determine a playing order of throwing darts for a first game among the participant players in a way determined by the control unit; (b) calculate the score for the first game performed by each of the participant players based on the results detected by the detector to determine the player who has marked the lowest score among said participant players; and (c) determine a new playing order of throwing darts among the participant players for a second game in the game series such that the participant player who has marked the lowest score among said participant players in the first game is placed first to play in the second game.