Video game device, play control method for video game, and readable recording medium recording the method

A game device which sets a game space on a display component and which causes characters to play a game within said game space, said game device being played by a game player, said game device comprising:

• a replacement character setting component for allowing the game player to select from a plurality of available game characters, a plurality of player-set replacement characters before progress of the game is begun, said replacement character setting component providing information on the playing characteristics of said available game characters to thereby enable the game player to make said selection of the player-set characters based on said information;
• a game progress control component for controlling progress of the game played by current characters;
• a replacement time judging component for judging whether it is time for replacement of a current character based on conditions of the game progress control component;
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• a replacement character judging component for judging which player-set replacement character is to replace a current character playing in the game during the progress of the game;
• whereby, after said game player has set the player-set replacement characters with knowledge of the playing capabilities of the player-set replacement characters before the game has begun, said replacement character judging component effects replacement of current characters with player-set characters after said replacement character timing component determines that it is time to replace a current character, and wherein after said replacement timing judging component judges that it is time to have a player-set character replace a current character, said replacement character judging component determines whether removal of said current character from the game will have an adverse affect on the game.

A video game device which sets a game space on a screen of a display means and which causes play characters to execute a baseball game within said game space, said video game being played by a game player, said video game device comprising:

• replacement time judging means for judging whether it is time to perform a replacement processing for a current play character currently playing in the baseball game and said replacement time judging component judges conditions in favor of replacing a current play character and conditions unfavorable to replacing the current play character;
• replacement character setting means for allowing a game player to set a plurality of player-set replacement characters before progress of the baseball game is begun, said replacement character setting means providing capability points of the player-set replacement characters and of the current play characters;
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• game progress control means for controlling progress of the baseball game, said game progress control means comprising:
• replacement character judging means judging which one of said plurality of player-set replacement characters is to perform a replacement processing between said one player-set replacement character and a current play character, during the progress of the baseball game, based on the capability points of said one player-set replacement character and the current play character when it is judged that it is the time to perform the replacement processing by the replacement time judging means.

A video game device which sets a game space on a screen of a display means and which causes play characters to execute a baseball game within said game space, said video game being played by a game player, said video game device comprising:

• replacement time judging means for judging whether it is time to perform a replacement processing for a current play character currently playing in the baseball game and said replacement time judging component judges conditions in favor of replacing a current play character and conditions unfavorable to replacing the current play character;
• replacement character setting means for allowing a game player to set a plurality of player-set replacement characters before progress of the baseball game is begun;
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• game progress control means for controlling progress of the baseball game, said game progress control means comprising:
• replacement character judging means judging which one of said plurality of player-set replacement characters is to perform a replacement processing between said one player-set replacement character and a current play character, during the progress of the baseball game, based on the capability of said one player-set replacement character and the current play character when it is judged that it is the time to perform the replacement processing by the replacement time judging means.

A game device which sets a game space on a display component and which causes characters to play a game within said game space, said game device being played by a game player, said game device comprising:

• a replacement character setting component for allowing the game player to select a plurality of player-set replacement characters before progress of the game is begun;
• a game progress control component for controlling progress of the game played by current characters currently playing the game;
• a replacement time judging component for judging conditions in favor of replacing a current character and conditions unfavorable to replacing the current character;
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• a replacement character judging component for judging which player-set replacement character is to replace a current character during progress of the game.