Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Inc.

Kceo Inc.

Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc.

Hirotomo Yotsugi

Kazuhiro Namba

Masatoshi Yamaoka

Katsuhiro Goto

Norio Nakayama

Satoko Naito

A key reception processing unitreceives a key-designated area designated by means of a tenkey, a timing detectordetects a timing at which the key-designated area was received, a meet section detectordetects a meet section where the center position of a ball objectdisplayed to move on a display screen of a monitorpasses, and a game progress processing unitproceeds a game in accordance with a batting result obtained by combining a batting result corresponded beforehand to the detected timing and a batting result corresponded beforehand to the detected meet section.

Recording medium storing game progress control program, game progress control program, game progress control method and game device each defining a key set having correspondence to game display areas each having plural sections

A network system connected with a plurality of clients over a network, and having process executing means for executing processing requested from each client, comprises process request controlling means, and load distributing means for selectively connecting a client that requested processing with process executing means or process request controlling means, based on the processing situation in the process executing means or the usage situation of the network circuits connected with the process executing means. The process request controlling means indicate to the client re-request timing for the client to make the request again based on predetermined conditions, while rejecting requests for processing from the client.

Network system, network control method, and program

Network game system for playing a game with the aim of a achieving a predetermined goal. The game is played, via data terminals operated by member players, in a game space provided on a game server, while communicating with the game server on the network. The game server includes a recruiting information generating section for generating, upon receipt from a member player of referral information specifying the mail address of the data terminal of a non-member player, recruiting information including information specifying the member player, an enrollment processing section for performing enrollment processing upon receiving application information in response to recruiting information sent to the mail address of the non-member, and an advantage conferring section for conferring to the referring member player advantages useful in achieving the goal of the game.

Net game system, processing method for playing net game, and computer-readable storage medium for storing program for playing net game

A network game having bi-directional characteristics by means of a network, wherein prescribed data corresponding to a game result is transmitted to a game-player and the game result is provided with general applicability and future development possibilities. The character training game system consists of a web (WWW) serverlocated on the Internet and a mobile telephone device. The servercomprises a character training-type game device. This game devicecomprises internal hardware and software for a character training game, for example, at the least, a training processing section, and a transmission and reception control sectionfor controlling data reception and transmission processing with respect to the Internet. The network centermediates the connection between the mobile telephone deviceand the Internet. Game images from the game deviceare displayed on the monitor of the mobile telephone device, and a game is developed by sending back response data by operating keys. A training result is transmitted from the serverto the mobile telephone device

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Hirotomo Yotsugi