1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gaming system, more specifically to a gaming system with a plurality of terminals where players can make a selection from a plurality of games or a plurality of images to be displayed on a display, which collects various information regarding the selected games or the selected images and provides a visual display desired by the players for each time of day.
2. Related Art
Information such as a player's behavior and preference is extremely important in game halls having a plurality of terminals to provide games. Generally, game halls provide a plurality of types of games; however, space for installing gaming machines is limited. Therefore, games to be installed in the game hall and the allocation thereof have a great influence on operation of the game hall. A game hall with an unpopular gaming machine may discourage players from visiting.
In addition, especially with video games, operating rates may be different between similar games; for example, those with popular characters displayed may have a higher operating rate than those with banal character displayed.
As described above, installation of game machines in the game hall is directly linked to operation and profit of the game hall, and thus plays an important part in management of the game hall. In order to solve the abovementioned problems, a game hall simulation system, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,007,425, is known. With the game hall simulation system, a game hall manager can simulate the operational status of the game hall and traffic route of players. The manager can decide the location of game machines based upon a result thereof, their own experience and the like.
However, in reality, players of different generations and different preferences visit the game hall, depending on the operating hours of the game hall. In such a case, simulating each case with a simulation system to decide which gaming machines to install may take too much time and can not provide a flexible response.
Even with terminals that allow players to select a game, less experienced players tend to choose a gaming machine to play by looking at a display thereof and judging that the gaming machine provides a desired game. Therefore, if a stand-by screen of the gaming machine does not show the player's desired game, the players may misunderstand that the desired game is not provided in the game hall and leave the game hall.
In order to solve the abovementioned problems, the present invention provides a gaming system that allows players to select a game from a plurality of games, storing information regarding games and images selected in each terminal to a server, and provides a display for a game most selected in the same unit time; thus providing an appropriate gaming machine for players at each time of day.