Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Inc.

Kceo Inc.

Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc.

Katsuhiro Goto

Kazuhiro Namba

Masatoshi Yamaoka

Norio Nakayama

Satoko Naito

Hirotomo Yotsugi

Hidehisa Takahashi

Tatsuya Ishikawa

Hiromoto Yotsugi

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 search processor associates identifying information regarding terminal devices and stores this in an information memory as a team, an information deletion processor transmits a member deletion request from one terminal device belonging to a team, to the other terminal devices belonging to the team, regarding another terminal device belonging to the team, and deletes from the information memory the identifying information regarding the other terminal device based on the responses from each terminal device, and a replacement processor transmits an admission request from one terminal device belonging to the team to the other terminal devices belonging to the team, selects a terminal device that satisfies the admission criteria included in the admission request based on the responses from the other terminal devices, and stores the identifying information regarding the selected terminal device in the information memory.

Game server, recording medium for storing game action control program and network game action control method for implementing multiple player team alteration

A server device for net game is provided with a party organizing sectionfor organizing a plurality of members participating in a virtual party, a question preparing sectionfor preparing a specified number of questions to be presented to organized mobile communication terminals, a matching sectionfor selecting two members from those participating in the party based on answers to the prepared questions and a congeniality evaluation parameter value, a question drafting sectionfor letting the selected two members to draft a specified number of questions and possible answers corresponding to the questions, an access setting sectionfor enabling an access time and an imaginary access place to be set based on answers to the drafted questions and the congeniality evaluation parameter value, and an access judging sectionfor judging whether the two selected members have accessed at the set time and imaginary place and giving mailboxes.

Server device for net games, method for controlling progress of net game and program for executing net game

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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Neyagawa, Japan

Katsuhiro Goto