Game device

An information storage medium for storing a program enabling a computer to function as:

• virtual start time deciding means for deciding virtual start times for a plurality of matches, the virtual start times comprising an artificial time in a virtual game space;
• related match selection means for selecting at least one match, from the plurality of matches, taking place at least partially at the same virtual time as a main match a player's team is taking part in as one or more matches related to the main match based on virtual start times for each match decided by the virtual staff time deciding means, the at least one selected match being different from the main match;
• related match simulation means for simulating the one or more related matches, the simulating of the one or more related matches performed without human player input;
• event storage means for storing and event content and a virtual event time at which the event content occurs for prescribed types of events occurring in the one or more;
• match decider means for deciding matches based upon information stored in a game database storage means;
• main match execution means for executing the main match;
• event time arrival monitoring means for monitoring arrival of the virtual event time stored by the event storage means during execution of the main match;
• and
• event content output means for outputting, during the executing of the main match, event content corresponding to the virtual event time if it is determined by the event time arrival monitoring means that the virtual event time has arrived during execution of the main match,
• wherein the related match simulation means simulates the one or more related matches prior to the main match executing means executing the main match and
• wherein the match decider means receives match results from the main match execution means and related match simulation means for deciding a next plurality of matches.

A program distribution device for reading and distributing a program, comprising an information storage medium for storing the program enabling a computer to function as:

• virtual start time deciding means for deciding virtual start times for a plurality of matches, the virtual start times comprising an artificial time in a virtual game space;
• related match selection means for selecting at least one match, from the plurality of matches, taking place at least partially at the same virtual time as a main match a player's team is taking part in as one or more matches related to the main match based on virtual start times for each match decided by the virtual staff time deciding means, the at least one selected match being different from the main match;
• related match simulation means for simulating the one or more related matches, the simulating of the one or more related matches performed without human player input;
• event storage means for storing event content and a virtual event time at which the event content occurs for prescribed types of events occurring in the one or more;
• match decider means for deciding matches based upon information stored in a game database storage means;
• main match execution means for executing the main match;
• event time arrival monitoring means for monitoring arrival of the virtual event time stored by the event storage means during execution of the main match;
• and
• event content output means for outputting, during the executing of the main match, the event content corresponding to the virtual event time if it is determined by the event time arrival monitoring means that the virtual event time has arrived during execution of the main match,
• wherein the related match simulation means simulates the one or more related matches prior to the main match executing means executing the main match, and
• wherein the match decider means receives match results from the main match execution means and related match simulation means for deciding a next plurality of matches.