US 6,146,269 AGranted

Apparatus for and method of determining win for competitive video game, and recording medium storing win determining program

AssigneeKonami Corporation

InventorShigeki Morihira

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Abstract

Images of game characters of a competitive video game are displayed on a display unit under the control of a control unit based on image data stored in a memory. The displayed game characters are moved by keys on first and second manual controllers that are operated by game players of the competitive video game. Additive and subtractive elements representing at least the techniques, effectiveness and ineffectiveness decisions about the techniques, and movements of the game characters, and points assigned to the additive and subtractive elements are registered in a register unit. While a match is in progress, points of additive and subtractive elements gained by the game characters are accumulated by first and second calculators. When a predetermined period of time measured by a timer for the match elapses, the accumulated points are compared by a comparator, and one of the game characters with more accumulated points is determined as the winner of the match.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An apparatus for determining a win for a competitive combat video game, comprising:

a display for displaying two game characters;
a pair of manual controllers for controlling the game characters to apply a plurality of techniques and to move with respect to each other;
a timer for measuring a predetermined period of time for a match;
a register for registering additive and subtractive elements representing at least the techniques, effectiveness and ineffectiveness decisions about said techniques, and movements of the game characters, and points assigned to said additive and subtractive elements, said subtractive elements including a avoidance of conflict by one of said game characters;
decision means for determining whether an action indicated by one of said manual controllers to control the game characters corresponds to one of said additive and subtractive elements or not;
calculating means for, if an action indicated by one of said manual controllers to control the game characters is determined as corresponding to one of said additive and subtractive elements, for accumulating the point assigned to said one of said additive and subtractive elements for the corresponding game character;
and
win decision means for determining one of the game characters which has gained more accumulated points than the other game character as the winner of the match when said predetermined period of time measured by said timer means elapses;
said display means including means for displaying the accumulated points gained by the game characters and the winner of the match.

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A method of determining a win for a competitive combat video game, comprising the steps of:

displaying two game characters;
controlling the game characters to apply a plurality of techniques and to move with respect to each other;
measuring a predetermined period of time for a match;
registering additive and subtractive elements representing at least the techniques, effectiveness and ineffectiveness decisions about said techniques, and movements of the game characters, and points assigned to said additive and subtractive elements, said subtractive elements including a avoidance of conflict by one of said game characters;
determining whether an action indicated by one of said manual controllers to control the game characters corresponds to one of said additive and subtractive elements or not;
if an action to control the game characters is determined as corresponding to one of said additive and subtractive elements, accumulating the point assigned to said one of said additive and subtractive elements for the corresponding game character;
determining one of the game characters which has gained more accumulated points than the other game character as the winner of the match when said predetermined period of time elapses;
and
displaying the accumulated points gained by the game characters and the winner of the match.

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A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a win determining program for a competitive combat video game comprising executable code for execution by a computer processor causing said computer processor to perform the steps of:

displaying two game characters;
controlling the game characters to apply a plurality of techniques and to move with respect to each other;
measuring a predetermined period of time for a match;
registering additive and subtractive elements representing at least the techniques, effectiveness and ineffectiveness decisions about said techniques, and movements of the game characters, and points assigned to said additive and subtractive elements, said subtractive elements including a avoidance of conflict by one of said game characters;
determining whether an action indicated by one of said manual controllers to control the game characters corresponds to one of said additive and subtractive elements or not;
if an action to control the game characters is determined as corresponding to one of said additive and subtractive elements, accumulating the point assigned to said one of said additive and subtractive elements for the corresponding game character;
determining one of the game characters which has gained more accumulated points than the other game character as the winner of the match when said predetermined period of time elapses;
and
displaying the accumulated points gained by the game characters and the winner of the match.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.