Loading patent…
AssigneeKonami Corporation
InventorsToru Yamazaki, Fumimasa Katakami, Yasuo Okuda, Eiji Nakagawa, Koji Kuri
Estimating the term…
A video game system directed, for example, to a soccer game, employs opposing teams each having a plurality of players. At least one of the teams is under the control of a game player through a controller, while the other team is commanded by the system CPU or another game player. A mode of game play permits the carrying out of a penalty kick match, in which a monitor screen depicts, at least, characters representing the goal, a player acting as the kicker, a ball, and the player acting as the goalkeeper. A kicker cursor indicative of a shoot position to which the ball is to be kicked by the character representing the kicker is movably displayed on the monitor screen. In addition, a keeper cursor indicative of an area covered by the character representing the goalkeeper for checking the ball is movable displayed said monitor screen, the keeper cursor being movable on the monitor screen independently from the character representing the goalkeeper.
A device for displaying penalty kick match cursors in a video soccer game in which a monitor screen displays, at least, characters representing the goal, a player acting as a kicker, a ball, and a player acting as the goalkeeper, so that a penalty kick match is simulated by said characters in accordance with kicking instructions and checking instructions given by a game player through a controller, said device comprising:
A method for displaying penalty kick match cursors in a video soccer game in which a monitor screen displays, at least, characters representing the goal, a player acting as a kicker, a ball, and a player acting as the goalkeeper, so that a penalty kick match is simulated by said characters in accordance with kicking instructions and checking instructions given by a game player through a controller, said method comprising:
A storage medium storing a program for displaying penalty kick match cursors in a video soccer game in which a monitor screen displays, at least, characters representing the goal, a player acting as a kicker, a ball, and a player acting as the goalkeeper, so that a penalty kick match is simulated by said characters in accordance with kicking instructions and checking instructions given by a game player through a controller, wherein said program comprises executable code for execution by a processor for performing the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.