Electronic game devices and methods

An electronic basketball game device comprising:

• a player data memory for storing plural player data of players which take part in a basketball game;
• a parameter memory for storing parameters corresponding respectively to the plural player data stored in said player data memory, the parameters being different from one another;
• player selecting means for selecting player data which is to take part in the basketball game from among the plural player data stored in said player data memory;
• first parameter reading means for reading out from said parameter memory a parameter corresponding to the player data selected by said player selecting means;
• display-member displaying means for displaying and moving a display member at a velocity corresponding to the parameter read out by said parameter reading means, the display member being provided for setting a shooting strength;
• shot-strength setting means for stopping the display member being moved by said display-member displaying means to set the shot strength;
• and
• first shot control means for determining based on the shot strength set by said shot strength setting means whether a shot is successful or not.

In an electronic soccer game device for playing a penalty kick game, the device having a memory for storing plural players and plural parameters corresponding respectively to the plural players and a display unit, a method of playing an electronic soccer game, comprising the steps of:

• selecting a player from among the plural players stored in said memory;
• selecting a player as a competitor player from among the plural players stored in said memory;
• reading a parameter corresponding to the selected player;
• reading a parameter corresponding to the selected player as the competitor player;
• displaying a goal post on said display unit;
• displaying a ball on said display unit;
• designating a position from which a shot is released at the displayed goal post;
• displaying a point on said display unit;
• moving the displayed point at a velocity corresponding to the parameter of the selected player;
• stopping the moving point;
• and
• comparing with one another the position where the point member is stopped, the designated position for releasing a shot, the parameter of the selected player and the parameter of the player selected as the competitor player to move the ball.

In an electronic basketball game device having a memory for storing plural players and plural parameters corresponding respectively to the plural players and a display unit, a method of playing an electronic basketball game comprising the steps of:

• selecting a player from among the plural players stored in said memory;
• selecting a player as a competitor player from among the plural players stored in said memory;
• reading a parameter corresponding to the selected player;
• reading a parameter corresponding to the selected player as the competitor player;
• displaying a basket on said display unit;
• designating a position from which a shot is released at the displayed basket;
• displaying a display member on said display unit;
• moving the displayed display member at a velocity corresponding to the parameter of the selected player;
• stopping the moving display member;
• and
• comparing with one another the position where the display member is stopped, the designated position for releasing a shot, the parameter of the selected player and the parameter of the player selected as the competitor player to move a basketball.