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6599196 Controllers with selectable force feedback  
An effect application instructing function includes a user setting function for setting up information as to users of an entertainment apparatus to generate a user information table, an event...
6599195 Background sound switching apparatus, background-sound switching method, readable recording medium with recording background-sound switching program, and video game apparatus  
A background-sound switching method and apparatus is provided for switching of background-music data. A partitioning code represents an end position of a phrase of background sounds outputted...
6595860 Portable information terminal and recording medium  
A portable information terminal can effectively utilize game results and is arranged to be multifunctional. When result information is transmitted from a terminal to another terminal, the...
6595858 Image-display game system  
An image-display game system with an idea of monsters' virus infection comprises an information storage medium 10 A in which a game program is stored, an actuator 22 , a processor 23 for...
6595853 Game machine for playing a self-contained game in a first mode or, in a second mode participating as a terminal, in a game conducted by a remote game machine  
A game machine provides play of a game wherein a hit is made or lost and including: character storage for storing information about a character which is provided separately from the game; and...
6585600 Competitive video game device, a competition video game executing method and a readable storage medium in which a video game program is stored  
A competition video game device for displaying a plurality of simulated games played between an own team and an enemy team on a display means by causing n (≧1) player characters to participate...
6585599 Game system and computer readable storage medium with reduced waiting period between selection and start of action of player character  
There is provided a game system capable of enhancing the pleasure of the game by improving elements which exert influence upon the selection of a character action. In a system including a display...
6582308 Image processing device and character aspect design device  
The present invention relates to an image processing device which allows character aspects to be changed continuously. The present device is capable of displaying a cursor point and a character in...
6582309 Game system and computer-readable recording medium  
A game system has a display monitor for displaying a game image, a plurality of control buttons manually operable by a game player, and a memory for storing data representing timings to operate the...
6579185 Portable electronic device and entertainment system  
A portable electronic device has a connector 42 for being connected to a master having a program executing function, microcomputer 41 , which has a program memory 41 a for storing a program,...
6567845 System for and method of processing data, and apparatus and method of sending and receiving data  
Data are sent and received between a video game machine as a data processing apparatus with no radio communication function and an external device with a radio communication function. A portable...
6565443 System and method for verifying the contents of a mass storage device before granting access to computer readable data stored on the device  
A system and method for verifying the contents of a mass storage device attached to a computing system having a processor and system random access memory. The computing system is preferably used as...
6561910 Method for controlling character based electronic game development  
A game-development control method divides a game scenario into an introductory part including at least one pre-event and a subsequent main part including at least one event correlated with the one...
6554712 Game system using communication network  
A match play type of game system is provided which is configured with three or more portable game apparatuses. The game system comprises a plurality of master game apparatuses connected to each...
6554711 Music game machine with interactive second game device  
In a musical game system, there is a corresponding relationship between a game executed in a main body game device and a game executed in a portable game device functioning as an auxiliary memory...
6551188 Video game device, new practice creating method and readable storage medium storing new practice creating program  
A player is able to train a game character in a strategic manner, and hence a game generating a high degree of interest can be executed. Practice feature names of plural types are displayed in a...
6547662 Game machine, method of controlling operation of the game machine, and computer readable medium having recorded thereon operation control program for controlling the game machine  
To suppress monotony experienced while playing a card game, a CPU ( 30 ) loads card information items recorded in a cassette ( 200 ) into a baggage region ( 51 ), and then, only card information...
6547665 Game character generating method, storage medium and video game device  
In a video game program executed by a video game device, comprising a first external storage device storing a video game program and a second external storage device storing data generated by...
6544123 Game apparatus, command input method for video game and computer-readable recording medium recording programs for realizing the same  
Multiple icons are placed on a first loop-shaped orbit and a second loop-shaped orbit which are set with a certain position in a virtual space as the center thereof. Desired icons from the icons on...
6540611 Portable game machine and game-advancing method  
A portable game machine has an input unit and a display which are accommodated in a portable housing. Gauges are composed of a plurality of small areas sequentially arranged in predetermined...
6539400 Information gathering and personalization techniques  
A portable device comprising a processor, an amount of memory, and one or more environmental sensors is carried about the body, and periodically data is recorded from the sensors. When connected to...
6524186 Game input means to replicate how object is handled by character  
An entertainment system and a recording medium on which a system is recorded that makes it possible for a character in a game space to handle an object so that a player can make with respect to an...
6520858 Video game apparatus, character-behavior-instructing method in video game, and machine-readable-recording medium recording character-behavior-instructing program  
A video game apparatus, method and medium increases simulation realism of a jump action by using an operation stick bendable from its upright position. A controller-operation detection unit detects...
6508711 Game machine having a main unit exchanging data with a portable slave machine  
An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine in which mini games of different contents can be sequentially played in a slave machine, and one mini game can be selected out of the...
6508706 Electronic interactive gaming apparatus, system and methodology  
It is a method of communicating amongst a network of networked computing entities to provide feedback to a user representative of a group social behavior comprising and providing a uniform data...
6508712 Recording medium having sequentially accessible data recording regions, data access method, game progress control method, and game machine  
A composite data set which includes a plurality of data to be read out when a new scene of a video game has started, the respective data names, and an index to be used for reading out the data in a...
6508708 Method for processing object movements, game machine using said method, and recording medium on which a related program is recorded  
First, a process of moving an object such as a train is executed. Then, the influential ranges of virtual winds that are correlated with the object in advance are moved with a movement of the...
6500070 Combined game system of portable and video game machines  
A combined game system includes a plurality of portable game machines and a video game machine. The portable game machines are connected to the video game machine through communication cables, and...
RE37948 Video game apparatus, method and device for controlling same, and memory cartridge for video games  
Disclosed in a video game of enhanced realism in which actual combat is closely simulated. The game is so adapted that an enemy character on a display screen may launch an attack against a player...
6500065 Image displaying method, device, storage medium, and game machine for basketball based game with variable shot success feature  
In a game device for use in displaying an image on a display device to play a video basketball game in response to an operation of a user, a shot image which takes a shot at a goal by a character...
6493598 Bowling method  
A bowling center system includes first and second pinsetters each associated with a respective corresponding one of first and second bowling lanes. A communication device communicates data to...
6488585 Gaming device identification method and apparatus  
An electronic memory which cannot be modified or erased, such as one-time programmable or add-only (OTP/AO) memory is used for storing direct or indirect indications of characteristics of a gaming...
6488581 Mass storage data protection device for a gaming machine  
A mass storage data protection system for use with a mass storage device in a gaming machine to protect the mass storage device from unauthorized commands. The mass storage data protection system...
6488582 Game apparatus and control method for controlling the action power level of a player character, in an action power control program  
Techniques suitable for controlling the action power of a player character are disclosed. The techniques can be implemented in a video game that represents battles between characters. A command can...
6485369 Video game apparatus outputting image and music and storage medium used therefor  
A video game apparatus includes an external ROM. This external ROM has a sound memory area storing sound sequence data. The sound sequence data includes a plurality of block sequences for each of...
6478680 Game apparatus, method of displaying moving picture, and game program product  
A CD-ROM which records a game program and movie data is used to display a movie on part of a face of a character appearing in a game. A predetermined face object is placed in a virtual...
6475089 Game system  
The game system 1 comprises a plurality of game devices 2 a , 2 b , . . . , a host computer 3 for implementing respective processing, and communication lines 4 a , 4 b , . . . , 5 a , 5 b , ....
6475084 Video game device, play control method for video game, and readable recording medium recording the method  
A video game device has replacement character setting unit 70 for setting replacement characters in the game beforehand, and game progress control unit 80 for controlling the progress state of...
6468162 Game machine and information storage medium  
A game machine and information storage medium is provided which realizes the collection of character information and smooth play of a network game by utilizing a portable device that stores...
6468161 Video game device and method of displaying images of game, and storage medium storing programs for causing a computer to execute the method  
The video game device which may display 2D images and pseudo 3D images without need to rewrite data in a frame buffer for a long time in a game. The frame buffer includes a display area storing...
6466450 Game machine apparatus  
A game machine having a plurality of controllers has removable memory devices corresponding or e-to-one to the controllers so that it is possible to store game control processes and the like...
6454653 Game apparatus, game display control method, and computer-readable storage medium  
A game apparatus determines a contact situation between a player character and an enemy character on a display screen (step S 200 ), identifies a contact pattern for the determined contact...
6450888 Game system and program  
Disclosed is a game system which matches a player's tastes. In a game system operating in time with music, it is possible to select an edit mode for editing timing data which define timings of...
6450887 Methods and apparatus for parimutuel historical gaming  
A gaming system is described which enables parimutuel wagering with instant payoffs on actual past events. The system, in one embodiment, includes a plurality of wager terminals coupled to a game...
6448972 System and method for randomly generating content parameters in a computer graphics environment  
A method of extracting data for use in an interactive computer graphical environment. The graphical environment is generated by a computer responsive to software residing on a first removable...
6439998 Game apparatus, game controlling method and recording medium for use with battle video games  
The present invention has an object to permit change the progressing rate of time during a battle period in response to the skill and experience of the player in a game apparatus. The controller...
6439956 RC car device  
A transmitter together with appropriate software are configured in the shape and form of a remote control unit for use with a handheld game player device. The transmitter may use a conventional...
6439999 Method for controlling execution of processing in video game, storage medium storing processing execution control program, and game apparatus  
A control method for controlling execution of processing in a video game, the game being made to progress with display of an image timed to a reference signal supplied every unit cycle. The control...
6425822 Music game machine with selectable controller inputs  
The invention provides a game system, comprising a display device for displaying a game picture, an input unit having a plurality of operation members to be operated by a player for outputting a...
6419577 Semi-real time simulation type video game device  
When a plurality of players play a simulation game in a plurality of user stations connected to a single game management station via a network, each player is not restrained in a game space over a...