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Gaming machine and game systemRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), Credit/debit Monitoring Or Manipulation (e.g., Game Entry, Betting, Prize Level, Etc.)Gaming machine and game system description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070202940, Gaming machine and game system. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application has reference to Japanese Patent application NO. 2004-358711 (filed on Dec. 10, 2004). BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a gaming machine and a gaming system, and more particularly to a gaming machine which provides various effects during playing a game to arouse player's interest, and a gaming system having the same. [0004] 2. Description of Related Art [0005] Conventionally, there has been a gaming machine, such as a pachinko machine, that provides certain effects through a display device thereof such as a liquid crystal screen to kindle player's interest. As such gaming machine, a gaming machine is disclosed in Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. 2003-340056. This gaming machine comprises character memory means for previously storing a plurality of characters under growth, and history data management means for managing a result of a specified state according to gaming in progress as history data in order of time. Further, the gaming machine comprises character display control means for displaying a symbol variable pattern indicating the characters, which are stored in the character memory means, displayed on a display unit according to a change of managing state. Then, the player can check history data along with the growth of the characters. [0006] However, the gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. 2003-340056 displays the growth of the characters according to a game history of the gaming machine. Accordingly, if a player finishes a game after growing up a character to some extent, the next player playing a game with the gaming machine starts a game from a point where the character has been grown up to some extent so that the player's game history may not accord with that of the gaming machine. In addition, there is a case where even though one player has had a game on the gaming machine to grow a character in some degree, if the player finishes his/her game at the gaming machine and starts a game at a different but the same kind of gaming machine, the player should grow again a character from the beginning. This causes a problem in that it cannot provide a game according to a player's game history for lack of the sense of achievement for the growth of character. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of providing a player with a game according to a player's game history, and a gaming system thereof. [0008] In order to accomplish the above object of the present invention, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine comprising: a reading device for reading player information recorded in a recording medium carried by a player; effect control means for performing an effect control along with the advance of a game based on player information read by the reading device; effect means for producing an effect according to the effect control of the effect control means; information-update means for, upon a predetermined game state, updating player information read by the reading device; and a recording device for recording player information updated by information-update means on the recording medium. [0009] Hence, the gaming machine of the present invention includes the effect control means for performing the effect control along with the advance of the game based on player information stored in the recording medium carried by the player. In addition, player information stored in the recording medium is updated by the information-update means. Then, since the effect control is performed with player information that corresponds to a game history of each player, a game according to the player's game history can be provided. [0010] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming system comprising: a recording medium in which player information is recorded; and a gaming machine including a reading device for reading player information recorded on the recording medium, effect control means for performing an effect control along with the advance of a game based on player information read by the reading device, effect means for producing an effect according to the effect control of the effect control means, information-update means for, upon a predetermined game state, updating player information read by the reading device, and a recording device for recording player information updated by information-update means on the recording medium, wherein the player information includes characteristic information different in each recording medium. [0011] Hence, in the gaming system of the present invention, the player information includes the characteristic information different in each recording medium so that it can be checked on the gaming machine that the player information recorded on the recording medium corresponds to that of each of the recording medium. This makes it possible to produce an effect that is specialized to each recording medium and that cannot be performed by other recording medium. Thus, the gaming system can surely provide a player with a game according to a game history for each recording medium and for each player. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0012] Other and further objects, features and advantages of the invention will appear more fully from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0013] FIG. 1 is a front-side perspective view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the invention; [0014] FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; [0015] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1; [0016] FIG. 4 is a back-side perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1; [0017] FIG. 5 is a front view of a game board shown in FIG. 1; [0018] FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1; [0019] FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an egg type figure; [0020] FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a fish type figure; [0021] FIG. 8B is a perspective view of a worm type figure; Continue reading about Gaming machine and game system... 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