JP3473069B2 - Centralized management system for arcade game machines - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arcade game machine for business use installed in a game center or the like, and more particularly to a centralized management system for centrally managing data transferred to a plurality of game machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of TV game consoles and the sophistication and diversification of their game software, even operating arcade game consoles installed in game centers, etc., can be operated by operating the operation unit to display images on the screen. The number of game machines of the type playing the game displayed in is increasing. In such a game machine, generally, in order to attract the player's attention, a promotion image of the contents of the game software is continuously displayed in a standby state other than during the game play.

Conventionally, as this type of arcade game machine, a dedicated machine that executes only one type of game software has been mainstream, but when such a dedicated machine is used, a plurality of types of game software are provided. For this reason, although a plurality of game machines are required, the popularity of game software has risen and fallen rapidly, resulting in a problem that the operation efficiency of the game machines becomes low.

Therefore, recently, an arcade game machine has been configured as a general-purpose game machine capable of executing various game software without using a dedicated machine, and a plurality of types of game software data to be used by this general-purpose game machine can be stored. A centralized management system has been proposed, which is centrally managed by a host computer and transferred to each game machine. However, when a plurality of types of game software are distributed to a plurality of game machines at a fixed ratio, while the players concentrate only on the game machines to which the popular and popular game software data is transferred, It is highly possible that the operating rate of game consoles to which low-popular game software data is transferred will be low. For example, a player who wants to play popular game software glances at the screen of one empty game machine and confirms that the promotional image displayed there is that of unpopular game software. In this case, the player tends to leave the game machine immediately and search for another game machine to which the popular game software is transferred.

In more extreme cases, popular game software
It is conceivable that all the game machines to which the data is transferred are playing the game and there are many vacant spaces in the game machines to which the unpopular game software data is transferred. In this situation, if there is another player who wants to play the popular game software, this player may of course play the unpopular game software that has space, but the desired game There is a high probability that the software game console will simply wait for it to become available, or that the gameplay itself will be given up. As a result, even if there is a player who desires to play the game, a state in which the operating efficiency is extremely low, such as a large number of empty game machines, occurs.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-28
In the publication No. 6489, a game player selects a desired game software type on a game machine, and the game software corresponding to the game software type selected from this game machine to a host computer (center).
The game software that requested the transfer of data
A system for transferring data from a host computer (center) to a requesting game machine is disclosed.
In such a system, in the situation described above, that is, the game machines to which popular game software data is transferred are all playing the game, and many game machines to which unpopular game software data is transferred. If there is another player who wants to play the popular game software in such a situation that there is a free space, this player selects the desired game software type on the available game machine and makes a request. By transferring the popular game software data, it is possible to play the popular game software. Therefore, the transfer request from the game machine based on the selection of the popular game software data by the player and the transfer of the popular game software data from the host computer in response to the request reduce the number of empty game machines, The operation efficiency of the entire game machine can be improved.

[0007]

In the conventional centralized management system for arcade game machines as described above, a game software / data transfer service is provided in response to a transfer request from the game machine based on a player's selection. On the other hand, the type of game software data transferred to an idle game machine does not change unless the player positively selects the type of game software desired. Therefore, even if such a system is adopted, the operating efficiency of the game machine may not be improved so much depending on conditions such as the operating method of the system.

For example, in the standby state of each game machine,
If the player can select the type of game software by displaying only the promotion image of the game software and performing some operation, the player can select the type of game software. It is likely that you will not notice it. Further, even when data for supporting the selection operation of the type of game software is displayed on a part of the screen or a part other than the screen, it is highly likely that the player does not notice the display. In such cases,
Since the player cannot select the desired game software data, he / she cannot eventually receive the desired game software data transfer service.
Furthermore, even if the player knows that the transfer service is available, if the selection operation is complicated or if it takes time to transfer it, the player will actively select it. May not be done.

On the contrary, it is also possible to make the player surely select the game software by displaying only the screen for selecting the game software in the standby state of each game machine. In this case, there is a problem that the operability is deteriorated because the player must always perform a game software selection operation. Moreover, in the case of such a configuration, since it is not possible to display the promotion image of the essential game software contents, it becomes impossible to introduce the various game software contents to the player, and the various game software can be played. There is a drawback that the effect of attracting the interest of the person cannot be expected.

As described above, the conventional centralized management system for arcade game machines can provide the game software / data transfer service according to the selection operation by the player, but it is difficult to select an appropriate operation method. There is a limit to the effect of improving the operating efficiency of game machines.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems of the prior art, and its object is to save the game software data to be transferred even when there is no transfer request from the game machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent centralized management system for arcade game machines, in which the types of games can be controlled from the host computer side and the game machines have high operating efficiency.

[0012]

First, according to the present invention, a plurality of game machines for executing game software having a screen for displaying game contents and an operation section for performing a game operation, and the plurality of game machines are used. In a centralized management system for an arcade game machine including a host computer that manages a plurality of types of game software data, the host computer has a first storage means, a transfer means, a second storage means,
It is characterized by having data collection means and management control means. Of these, the first storage means is means for storing transfer data including a plurality of types of game software data. The transfer means is means for transferring the data in the transfer data stored in the first storage means to each of the plurality of game machines. The second storage means is means for storing preset management data for managing the data transfer contents for each of the plurality of game machines. On the other hand, the data collecting means is a means for collecting data relating to operating states of a plurality of types of game software data in a plurality of game machines. Further, the management control means transfers data from the transfer data stored in the first storage means based on the management data stored in the second storage means and the data collected by the data collection means. Is selected, and this data is transferred to one of the plurality of game machines by the transfer means.

Specifically, the management control means has a judgment means and a data selection means. Of these, the judging means processes the data collected by the data collecting means on the basis of the management data stored in the second storage means, and whether there is a vacant game machine which is not currently executing the game. Is a means to judge. Further, the data selecting means, when the judging means judges that there is an empty game machine, the transfer data stored in the first storing means based on the management data stored in the second storing means. This is a means for selecting data to be transferred from the inside and transferring this data to an empty game machine by the transfer means.

In the basic system according to the invention,
The determining means determines whether or not there is a vacant game machine that is not running a game, and when there is a vacant game machine, the high operation is performed in the transfer data stored in the first storage means. Second judging means for judging whether or not there is rate game software data. And the data selection means is
When there is high operation rate game software data, the high operation rate game software data is selected from the transfer data stored in the first storage means.

In one of the applied systems, the judging means, when there is no high operation rate game software data,
A third determination means for determining whether or not the transfer data stored in the first storage means includes priority-specified game software data that satisfies a preset priority-specified condition. To be done. And the data selection means is
The high operation rate game software data is configured to be selected preferentially, and when the third determining means determines that there is the priority specifying game software data, the priority specifying game software data is stored. Configured to select.

In one more practical system,
The first storage means is configured to store transfer data including promotion data other than game software data. In this case, the determining means may further preliminarily include, in the transfer data stored in the first storage means, in advance, when there is a vacant game machine and there is no high operation rate game software data and priority game software data. It is configured to include a fourth determination means for determining whether or not there is preferential designation promotion data that satisfies the set preferential designation condition. The data selecting means is configured to preferentially select the high operation rate game software data and the priority specifying game software data in the first order and the second order, and the priority is determined by the fourth determining means. When it is determined that there is designated promotion data, the priority designated promotion data is selected in the third rank.

[0017]

The operation of the centralized control system for the arcade game machine according to the present invention having the above-described structure is as follows.

That is, the data collecting means of the host computer appropriately collects the data relating to the operating status of the game software data, and the management control means judges the empty game machine by the judging means based on the collected data. Determine if there is. Then, when there is an available game machine, the management control means causes the data selection means to transfer the transfer data stored in the first storage means based on the management data stored in the second storage means. The data to be transferred is selected from the inside, and this data is transferred to the vacant game machine by the transfer means. Therefore, even if there is no transfer request from the game machine, the type of the game software data to be transferred is determined based on the preset management data.
It can be controlled by the computer.

For example, in the above-mentioned practical system, the management control means of the host computer
Make the following specific judgments and selections. That is, first, the first judging means judges whether or not there is a vacant game machine which is not executing the game at that time. If there is a vacant game machine, the second judging means makes the first memory. It is determined whether or not there is high operation rate game software data in the transfer data stored in the means. If there is high operating rate game software data, the data selecting means selects this high operating rate game software data, and transfers this data to an empty game machine by the transfer means.

When there is no high operation rate game software data, the third determination means satisfies the preset priority designation condition in the transfer data stored in the first storage means. It is determined whether or not there is prioritized game software / data. If there is prioritized game software data, the data selection means selects this prioritized game software data, and the transfer means transfers this data to an empty game machine.

Further, if there is no priority specifying game software data, the fourth judging means gives priority to the transfer data stored in the first storing means so as to satisfy a preset priority specifying condition. Judge whether there is designated promotion data. If there is prioritized promotion data, the data selection means selects this prioritized promotion data, and the transfer means transfers this data to an empty game machine.

Therefore, in this practical system, when there is a vacant game machine, the high operating rate game software data, that is, the popular game software data can be transferred to the vacant game machine with the highest priority. . If there is no such popular game software data, the priority-specified game software data such as the latest game software data can be transferred and the promotion can be performed. Furthermore, if there is no latest game software data that you want to promote, transfer promotion data of data other than game software data such as various events and perform various promotions such as notification of events. You can

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which a centralized management system for arcade game machines according to the present invention is applied to one store will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of Embodiment First, the configuration of the system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the system of this embodiment comprises a host computer 10, a game machine 20, and a transmission line 30 connecting them. In FIG. 1, only one game machine is shown as an example, but in reality, a plurality of game machines 20 are provided.
Each via a separate transmission line 30
It is connected to the computer 10.

First, the host computer 10 comprises a transfer data memory 11, a management data memory 12, a transmission / reception interface 13, and a CPU 14. Of these, the transfer data memory 11 stores a plurality of types of game software data and various types of event data. Further, in the management data memory 12,
Stored is preset management data for managing the data transfer contents for each of the plurality of game machines 20. That is, the transfer data memory 11 corresponds to the first storage means in the present invention, and the management data memory 1
2 corresponds to the second storage means in the present invention.

Further, the transmission / reception interface 13
Is configured to transfer the transfer data to each of the plurality of game machines 20 via the transmission line 30 and receive the data regarding the operating status of the game software from each of the plurality of game machines 20. That is, the transmission / reception interface 13 corresponds to a unit that serves both as a transfer unit and a data collection unit in the present invention. On the other hand, CPU1
4 is transferred from the transfer data stored in the transfer data memory 11 based on the management data stored in the management data memory 12 and the operation status data of the game software collected by the transmission / reception interface 13. The data is selected and transmitted / received by the transmission / reception interface 13 to one of the plurality of game machines 20. That is, the CPU 14 corresponds to the management control means in the present invention. And this CPU 14 also
It also controls the data transfer and data collection of the transmission / reception interface 13.

More specifically, the management data memory 12 stores the management data as shown in FIG.
First to third judgment conditions and first to third selection criteria are stored. That is, the first determination condition is a condition of "100% operation rate" for "game software", and the first selection criterion is "game software satisfying the first determination condition (popular game software ) ”As the target
It is a selection criterion that “the priority is selected in order”. In addition, the second judgment condition is a condition that "within one month after storage" for "game software", and the second selection criterion is "game software that satisfies the second judgment condition (new game). "Software)" is the target, and the selection criterion is "select preferentially in the second order". Furthermore, the third judgment condition is "within one month after memory" for "event".
The third selection criterion is a selection criterion of “selecting preferentially in the third order” for “events satisfying the third determination criterion”.

In this case, the setting periods of the second and third judgment conditions are generally set for a plurality of game software or events, but they can be set individually. Further, regarding the setting format of the period, the starting point of the period of storage time and the length of the period of one month are set, but it is also possible to set the starting point and the ending point of the period. Note that specifically, such management data is realized as a control program, and the CPU 14 loads and executes the control program to manage and control the data transfer.

Next, the game machine 20 includes a transmission / reception interface 21, a CPU 22, an internal memory 23, a CRT 24,
It is composed of a speaker 25, a play operation section 26, and a selection operation section 27. Of these, the transmission / reception interface 21 corresponds to the transmission / reception interface 13 on the host computer 10 side, receives data from the host computer 10 via the transmission line 30, and transmits data regarding the operating status of the game software to the host. It is configured to be sent to the computer 10 side. The CPU 22 stores the data received by the transmission / reception interface 21 in the internal memory 23, sends the image data among them to the CRT 24, and sends the audio data to the speaker 25. CRT24 is
It is a screen that displays game contents or event contents,
The speaker 25 is means for generating a sound corresponding to the game content or the event content. In addition, the play operation unit 26 is a dedicated operation unit for performing various operations for game play, and the selection operation unit 27 allows the player to select desired data among a plurality of game software and events. It is a dedicated operation unit for selecting. Input signals from these operation units 26 and 27 are processed by the CPU 22, and a game development or data transfer request according to the operation content is made.

(2) Operation of the Embodiment The operation of this embodiment having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a data transfer management control operation procedure by the CPU 14 of the host computer 10. That is, in step 1, the CPU 14 of the host computer 10
Uses the transmission / reception interface 13 to display data regarding the operating status of the game software at predetermined intervals, for example, 1
Collect every minute. In the following step 2, CPU1
Based on the collected operation status data, 4 determines whether or not there is a vacant game machine at that time. If there is no available game machine, the process returns to step 1.

If there is a vacant game machine in step 2, the CPU 14 proceeds to step 3 and stores it in the transfer data memory 11 based on the first judgment condition of the management data. It is determined whether or not there is popular game software data having an operation rate of 100% at that time among the plurality of types of game software data. If there is popular game software data, the CPU 14 proceeds to the following step 4, controls the transmission / reception interface 13 based on the first selection criterion of the management data, and stores the popular game software data in the empty game machine. Transfer to.

On the other hand, if there is no popular game software data in step 3, the CPU 14 proceeds to the following step 5 and stores it in the transfer data memory 11 based on the second judgment condition of the management data. It is determined whether or not there is new game software data within one month after being stored in the plurality of types of game software data stored. If there is new arrival game software data, the CPU 14 proceeds to step 6 to control the transmission / reception interface 13 based on the second selection criterion of the management data, and to transfer the new arrival game software data to the empty game machine. Transfer to.

On the other hand, if there is no new game software data in step 5, the CPU 14 proceeds to the following step 7 and stores in the transfer data memory 11 based on the third judgment condition of the management data. It is determined whether or not there is event data within 1 month after storage in the various event data stored in. If there is the corresponding event data, the CPU 14 proceeds to the following step 8 and based on the third selection criterion of the management data,
The transmission / reception interface 13 is controlled so that the event data is transferred to an idle game machine and the event is announced.

Then, the CPU 14 repeats the above steps 1 to 8 every minute. In this case, the CPU 14 performs the determination steps 2, 3, 5, and 7 to perform the first determination in the present invention.
-Functioning as a fourth judging means, operation steps 4, 6,
By performing step 8, it will function as the data selecting means in the present invention.

Furthermore, when the player operates the selection operation section 27 of the game machine 20 to select the type of desired game software, the CPU 22 of the game machine 20
In response to an input signal from the selection operation unit 27, a transfer request for the selected game software data is generated. Then, the CPU 22 causes the transmission / reception interface 21 to send the generated transfer request to the host computer 10 side. CPU 14 of host computer 10
Receives the transfer request from the game machine 20 through the transmission / reception interface 13, selects the requested game software data from the transfer data stored in the transfer data memory 11 in response to the transfer request, This data is transferred to the requesting game machine 20 by the transmission / reception interface 13.

(3) Effects of the Embodiment As described above, in this embodiment, the game software data transfer service can be provided in response to the transfer request from the game machine based on the selection operation by the player. In addition, the type of game software data to be transferred can be controlled by the host computer even when there is no transfer request from the game machine. Moreover, in the present embodiment, since the popular game software data with an operating rate of 100% can be selected with the highest priority and can be actively transferred to an empty game machine, the game software can be transferred only when a transfer request is made. -Compared to the conventional technology that transfers data, the operating efficiency of game machines in the entire store can be significantly improved.

In this embodiment, the operating rate is 100
Even if there is no% popular game software data, new game software data stored within one month and event data stored within one month can be preferentially selected in this order. Therefore, it is possible to proactively promote new game software and various events by using empty game machines, carry out comprehensive promotion in the store, and improve the utilization rate as a result of promotion. There are also advantages.

(4) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various other modified examples can be considered. For example, the occupancy rate level that is a criterion for popular game software is 10
The level is not limited to 0%, and any level can be set appropriately. Further, not only the spot-like operating rate at the time of the determination, but also a more cumulative operating rate average within a certain period can be used as the determination condition. Further, as a modified example of the above-described embodiment, a plurality of operating rates, for example, operating rate of 100% and operating rate of 90% are used as the determination conditions, and when there is no game software having an operating rate of 100%, the operating rate of 90% or more is obtained. A configuration that determines whether or not there is game software is also conceivable. With such a configuration, game software data can be sequentially selected step by step according to the operation rate level, and more detailed management of data transfer can be realized.

On the contrary, for example, when a low operating rate range such as an operating rate of 10% or less is used as a judgment condition, and when operating in this low operating rate range for a certain period of time or when it is hardly operating, this A configuration using a selection criterion of excluding unpopular game software from transfer data is also possible. Even when the unpopular game software is configured to be eliminated in this way, as a result, the operating rate of the game software in the entire store can be expected to improve.

On the other hand, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the condition of the period starting from the storage time is adopted as the judgment condition of the new game software or the event to be transferred, but such a judgment condition is not limited to another period. For example, it is also possible to simply incorporate the priority order identification into a part of the data and select the data in the order of priority. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the priority order of the popular game software, the new arrival game software, and the event is selected, but the present invention is not limited to this priority order, and the priority order of the data is not limited thereto. Can be appropriately selected. For example, a promising new game software that is expected to have an extremely high operating rate can be selected in the first rank, and a popular game software can be selected in the second rank. . Further, when there are a plurality of empty game machines, a configuration in which a plurality of types of data are distributed to the empty game machines at a rate according to the priority order is also conceivable.

By the way, in the above description, it is assumed that the data transfer of the new game software or the event is performed. However, as a simpler structure, only the game software is transferred, or only the operation rate is used. A configuration in which the game software is transferred under the determination condition is also possible.
Even with such a simple configuration, it is possible to expect an improvement in the operating rate of the entire store by actively transferring the game software.

Furthermore, in the present invention, specific configurations of the first storage means, the transfer means, the second storage means, the data collection means, the management control means, etc. of the host computer can be appropriately selected. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the transmission / reception interface which serves as the transfer means and the data collection means is used, but it is also possible to use individual means. Further, the specific configuration of the game machine and the specific configuration of the transmission line can be freely selected. For example, in the above embodiment, the play operation section for game play and the selection operation section for data selection are provided separately, but it is also possible to provide an operation section having both functions.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, the management control means makes an empty space based on the management data stored in the second storage means and the data relating to the operating status collected by the data collection means. If there is an available game machine, the presence / absence of a game machine is determined. If there is an available game machine, the popular game software from the transfer data stored in the first storage means.
It is possible to select data such as data and transfer this data to an empty game machine by the transfer means.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if there is no transfer request from the game machine, the game software
It is possible to provide an excellent centralized management system for arcade game machines, in which the type of data can be controlled by the host computer side and the game machine operation efficiency is high.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a centralized management system for an arcade game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table showing management data stored in a management data memory of a host computer in the system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a data transfer management control operation procedure by a CPU of a host computer in the system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Host computer 11 ... Data memory for transfer 12 ... Management data memory 13 ... Transmit / receive interface 14 ... CPU 20 ... Game console 21 ... Transmit / receive interface 22 ... CPU 23 ... Internal memory 24 ... CRT 25 ... Speaker 26 ... Operation unit for play 27 ... Operation unit for selection 30 ... Transmission line

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Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of game machines for executing game software having a screen for displaying game contents and an operation section for performing a game operation, and a plurality of types of game software data used by the plurality of game machines are managed. In a centralized management system for an arcade game machine including a host computer, the host computer includes a first storage unit that stores transfer data including a plurality of types of game software data, and the first storage unit. A transfer means for transferring data in the transfer data stored in the plurality of game machines to each of the plurality of game machines; and a management unit preset for managing data transfer contents for each of the plurality of game machines. Second storage means for storing data, and a data storage device related to operating states of the plurality of types of game software data in the plurality of game machines. A data collection means for collecting data, based on the collected data by the second and the stored management data in the storage means said data acquisition unit,
Management control means for selecting data to be transferred from the transfer data stored in the first storage means and transferring this data to one of the plurality of game machines by the transfer means. A centralized management system for arcade game machines. 2. The management control means processes the data collected by the data collecting means on the basis of the management data stored in the second storage means, and an empty game which is not currently running a game. A judging means for judging whether or not there is a game machine; and when the judging means judges that there is a vacant game machine, based on the management data stored in the second storage means, 2. Data selection means for selecting data to be transferred from the transfer data stored in the storage means, and for causing this data to be transferred to the empty game machine by the transfer means. Centralized management system for the arcade game machines described. 3. The second storage means, as management data, has a preset judgment condition regarding the operation ratio of the game software data, and game software running at an operation ratio satisfying this judgment condition.・ Selection data set in advance so as to preferentially select or exclude data from the selection target is stored, and the determination means is game software data operating at an operating rate satisfying the determination condition. It is configured to determine whether or not there is, and the data selection means is configured to select data based on the selection criterion and the determination result by the determination means. Centralized management system for arcade game machines described in. 4. The second storage means stores, as management data, an operation rate level preset for game software data, and a high operation rate game operating at an operation rate equal to or higher than this operation rate level. A selection criterion preset to preferentially select software data is stored, and the determination means is configured to determine whether or not there is the high operation rate game software data. The centralized management system for an arcade game machine according to claim 3, wherein the selection means is configured to select the data based on the selection criterion and the judgment result by the judgment means. 5. The first determining means processes the data collected by the data collecting means, and determines whether or not there is a vacant game machine which is not executing a game at that time, and the first judging means. When it is determined by the determination unit 1 that there is a vacant game machine, the data collected by the data collection unit is processed, and the high operation rate game is included in the transfer data stored in the first storage unit. A second judging means for judging whether or not there is soft data, wherein the data selecting means, when the second judging means judges that there is the high operation rate game software data, The arcade game according to claim 4, wherein the high operation rate game software data is selected from the transfer data stored in the first storage means. Centralized management system of. 6. The second storage means stores, as management data, a first determination condition preset with respect to an operating rate of game software data, and an operating rate satisfying the first determination condition. The first selection criterion preset so as to preferentially select or exclude the operating game software data from the selection target, and the preset first regarding the factors other than the operating rate of the game software data. The determination condition No. 2 and the second selection criterion preset so as to preferentially select or exclude the game software data satisfying the second determination condition from the selection target are stored. The means determines whether or not there is game software data operating at an operating rate that satisfies the first determination condition, and determines that there is game software data that satisfies the second determination condition. The data selection means is configured to select data based on the first and second selection criteria and the judgment result by the judgment means. The centralized management system for an arcade game machine according to claim 2. 7. The second storage means stores, as management data, an operating rate level preset for game software data and a high operating rate game operating at an operating rate equal to or higher than the operating rate level. A first selection criterion preset to preferentially select the soft data in the first order, a preset designation condition preset for the game software data, and a priority designation game satisfying the priority designation condition. A second selection criterion preset so as to preferentially select the soft data in the second order is stored, and the determination means determines whether or not there is the high operation rate game software data. In addition, it is configured to determine whether or not there is the priority-specified game software data, and the data selecting means determines the first and second selection criteria and the determination result by the determining means. Arcade game machine centralized management system according to claim 6, characterized in that it is configured to select data based on and. 8. The first determining means processes the data collected by the data collecting means, and determines whether or not there is a vacant game machine which is not executing a game at that time, and the first judging means. When it is determined by the determination unit 1 that there is a vacant game machine, the data collected by the data collection unit is processed, and the high operation rate game is included in the transfer data stored in the first storage unit. Second determining means for determining whether or not there is software data, and stored in the first storing means when the second determining means determines that there is no high operation rate game software data A third judging means for judging whether or not the prioritized game software data is included in the transferred data, and the data selecting means is configured to perform the high operation by the second judging means. When it is determined that there is game software data, the high operation rate game software data is selected from the transfer data stored in the first storage means, and the priority is designated by the third determination means. The centralized management system for an arcade game machine according to claim 7, wherein when it is determined that there is game software data, the priority-specified game software data is selected. 9. The first storage means is game software
The centralized management system for an arcade game machine according to claim 2, wherein the centralized management system for arcade game machines is configured to store transfer data including promotion data other than data. 10. The second storage unit stores, as management data, a first determination condition preset with respect to an operation rate of the game software data, and an operation rate satisfying the first determination condition. The first selection criterion preset so as to preferentially select or exclude the operating game software data from the selection target, and the preset first regarding the factors other than the operating rate of the game software data. Game software that satisfies the second judgment condition and this second judgment condition
A second selection criterion preset to preferentially select or exclude data from the selection target, a third judgment condition preset to the promotion data, and the promotion data to priority. And a third selection criterion preset to be selected is stored, and the determination means determines whether or not there is game software data operating at an operating rate that satisfies the first determination condition. In addition to making a determination, it is configured to determine whether there is game software data that satisfies the second determination condition, and to determine whether there is promotion data that satisfies the third determination condition. The data selection means is configured to select data based on the first, second, and third selection criteria and the judgment result by the judgment means. Arcade game machine centralized management system of claim 9 that. 11. The second storage means stores, as management data, an operation rate level preset for game software data, and a high operation rate game operating at an operation rate equal to or higher than this operation rate level. A first selection criterion preset to preferentially select the soft data in the first order, a preset designation condition preset for the game software data, and a priority designation game satisfying the priority designation condition. A second selection criterion preset to preferentially select the soft data in the second order, a preset designation condition preset for the promotion data, and a preferential promotion satisfying the preferential designation condition. A third selection criterion preset so as to preferentially select data in the third rank is stored, and the determination means is configured to operate the high operation rate game software. It is configured to determine whether there is data, determine whether the priority-specified game software data exists, and further determine whether the priority-specified promotion data exists. 11. The arcade according to claim 10, wherein the data selection means is configured to select data based on the first, second and third selection criteria and the judgment result by the judgment means. Centralized management system for game consoles. 12. The judging means processes the data collected by the data collecting means and judges whether or not there is a vacant game machine which is not executing a game at that time, and the first judging means. When it is determined by the determination unit 1 that there is a vacant game machine, the data collected by the data collection unit is processed, and the high operation rate game is included in the transfer data stored in the first storage unit. Second determining means for determining whether or not there is software data, and stored in the first storing means when the second determining means determines that there is no high operation rate game software data A third judging means for judging whether or not the prioritized game software data is present in the transferred data, and the prioritized game software data is excluded by the third judging means. And a fourth determining means for determining whether or not the prioritized promotion data is included in the transfer data stored in the first storage means when it is determined that the data selecting means. When the second determining means determines that the high operating rate game software data is present, the high operating rate game software data is stored in the transfer data stored in the first storing means. If the third determining means determines that there is the prioritized game software data, the priority determining game software data is selected, and the fourth determining means selects the prioritized promotion data. 12. The arcade game according to claim 11, wherein the priority promotion data is configured to be selected when it is determined that there is an arcade game. Beam machine centralized management system of.