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US 6,463,859 B1Granted
Game machine system
AssigneeNamco Ltd.
InventorsMamoru Ikezawa, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Yamazaki
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Abstract
A riding type game machine system includes a vehicle movable along a path with a player riding therein and a plurality of game stages arranged along the path. At least one of the game stages is adapted to perform a contact type game having an input operation performed by the player touching a target. The contact type game is, for example, a target hitting game, which is a familiar game for the player compared with a non-contact type game such as a shooting game using infrared ray.
Claims14
A game machine system comprising:
- a vehicle movable along a path and configured for having a player riding thereon, and
- a plurality of game stages arranged along said path,
- wherein at least one of said plurality of game stages is adapted to perform a contact type game in which an input operation can be performed by the player touching a target having a sensor for sensing when it is touched by the player,
- wherein said target moves within a region where the player can directly or indirectly physically contact said target, and
- wherein at least one signal output from said sensor is transmitted to a control device to be counted as a result of the game stage.
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A game machine system comprising:
- a vehicle movable along a path and configured for a player riding therein,
- a plurality of game stages arranged along said path,
- a branch point arranged in said path, said branch point having a plurality of branch paths for said vehicle to move and said branch point having switching means for selecting one of said branch paths for said vehicle,
- wherein each of said branch paths has a different type of game stage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.