Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Hidekazu Shimizu

Ryo Horie

Yasushi Mito

Naoko Nasuhara

Tomohiro Inami

Masayuki Shamoto

Masanori Kono

Hiroyuki Takada

Toyokazu Sakai

Hiroshi Hayasaka

Koji Makino

Hideyasu Nakano

Takuya Aono

Kazunori Yokoyama

Hyogo Takahashi

Yuki Nakano

Miho Ikeuchi

Nayuta Aoshima

Takehiro Iikawa

Shigeharu Saeki

Satoshi Tsuchida

This game system () includes multiple game machines (A,B) connected to a network (), allows a player of a game machine to select one of selective items on a game prepared in advance, and allows the player to play a game having content reflecting the selected item. This game system is provided with a device () for storing relation data for determining whether or not a predetermined connection exists between players, a device () for determining the selection state pertaining to the items selected by the players on the game machines, a device () for determining, based on the relation data, other players that have the predetermined connection with the player, and a device () which, when the player is making the selection from the selective items, presents the player making the selection with the selection state of other players having the predetermined connection with that player.

Game system utilizing network

An input device is provided which can input operations corresponding to play techniques used in stringed instruments. A guitar controller (), which comprises a body part (), a neck part () extending from the body part () and a head part () provided at the front end of the neck part (), has, in the head part (), a triaxial acceleration sensor () that can detect accelerations.

Input device and game system including the input device

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Minato-ku, Japan

Hidekazu Shimizu