US 2001/0011035 A1Published application

Amusement game system and a computer-readable storage medium

AssigneeKonami Corporation

InventorNorihide Sugimoto

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Abstract

A player inputs the first, second and third instructions utilizing an input device, to move an object toward a target in a virtual field. A power for moving the object is displayed by a graph and a cursor within a range not exceeding the maximum power value. The cursor moves according to lapsed time after the first instruction detection, to make an optical transmission of change in power to the player. When the second instruction is given, the power is determined based on lapsed time from the first instruction detection to the second instruction detection. The cursor moves toward the standard position on the graph. The player perceives the cursor reaching the standard position and inputs the third instruction. Factors for the object direction is determined according to the timing at which the cursor actually reaches the standard position and the player inputs the third instruction. The object moves in the field according to the determined power and the factors. The continuous input of the second instruction, exceeding a prescribed period, causes the power to increase beyond its maximum. The continuous input of the second instruction causes the power to further increase beyond its maximum in the normal mode.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An amusement game system comprising:

a display device for a picture;
an input device for outputting signals according to operation by a player;
and
a control device for causing an amusement game to progress and displaying the picture according to a progress of the amusement game on a screen of said display device, said amusement game including a step for moving an object in a virtual field while making reference to output from said input device,
wherein:
said control device comprises:
a first-instruction detection device for detecting first instruction, which has been input by the player with a use of said input device;
a movement power display device for displaying movement power of said object within a range up to a predetermined maximum value of movement power by means of a graph and a cursor movable on said graph;
a first cursor-movement device for moving said cursor on said graph in a direction indicating said maximum value of movement power in accordance with a lapse of time from a point of time when said first instruction has been detected;
a second-instruction detection device for detecting second instruction, which has been input by the player with the use of said input device;
a movement power determination device for determining the movement power of said object on a basis of a lapse of time from the point of time when said first instruction has been detected to a point of time when said second instruction has been detected;
a movement device for moving said object in the virtual field in accordance with the movement power thus determined;
and
a movement power increase device for increasing said movement power beyond said maximum value of movement power when said second instruction is continuously input for at least a prescribed period of time.

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An amusement game system comprising:

a display device for a picture;
an input device outputting signals according to operation by a player;
and
a control device for causing a golf amusement game to progress and displaying the picture according to a progress of the amusement game on a screen of said display device, said golf amusement game including a step for hitting a ball to send it flying toward a target in a virtual field while making reference to the output of said input device,
wherein:
said control device comprises:
a first-instruction detection device for detecting first instruction, which has been input by the player with a use of said input device;
a hit power display device for displaying hit power of said ball within a range up to a predetermined maximum value of hit power by means of a graph and a cursor movable on said graph;
a first cursor-movement device for moving said cursor on said graph in a direction indicating said maximum value of hit power in correspondence with a lapse of time from a point of time when said first instruction has been detected;
a second-instruction detection device for detecting second instruction, which has been input by the player with the use of said input device;
a hit power determination device for determining the hit power of said ball on a basis of a lapse of time from the point of time when said first instruction has been detected to a point of time when said second instruction has been detected;
a movement device for moving said ball in the virtual field in accordance with the hit power thus determined;
and
a hit power increase device for increasing said hit power beyond said maximum value of hit power when said second instruction is continuously input for at least a prescribed period of time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/748,357Filed 26 Dec 2000
Priority: JP P2000-1015714 Jan 2000
Published: 2 Aug 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A63F 13/10
A63F 13/577
Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game: using determination of…
A63F 13/44
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: involving timing of…
A63F 13/45
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: controlling the progress of the video game