Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Inc.

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc.

Kceo Inc.

Kazuhiro Namba

Tatsuya Ishikawa

Hidehisa Takahashi

Masatoshi Yamaoka

Norio Nakayama

Katsuhiro Goto

Hirotomo Yotsugi

Satoko Naito

Hironobu Mori

Shuichi Myogan

Hiromoto Yotsugi

In a baseball game when a base that cannot be displayed on a field display image exists, an icon corresponding to the base is displayed on a straight line, within the field display image, linking a fielder character to the base.

Video game with off-screen target icons

The technical level of a player can be reflected in the results of a game by evaluating the content of the game. In the present game program, when an event execution command for executing an event is issued from the control unit, an event process corresponding to the event execution command is executed by the control unit. When a command for a character during execution of the event is recognized by the control unit, the command for the character is executed by the control unit. The control unit then executes a process for using character evaluation data to evaluate the character that executed the action corresponding to the command. When the control unit executes the process for evaluating the content of the event on the basis of the character evaluation data, the control unit recognizes event content evaluation data that correspond to the evaluation of the event content.

Game program, game apparatus, and game control method

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

The present invention provides a server device for net games which can improve the excitement of watching net games. The lobby servertransmits the game watching information to watch a game which a user to be a player plays using the client computerA to the client computerB of another member to be a spectator of this game, and receives a message transmitted from the client computerB of one spectator, and transmits the received message to the client computerB of the other spectator.

Server device for net game, net game management method, net game management program and recording medium which stores net game management program

Realization of a game with good operating properties using a personal computer is made possible. Because the home position of a catcher's mitt character determining a pitch course can be determined, and movement to the home position performed, by a single key operation of the keyboard, return to the home position can be performed with ease similar to that possible when a player removes a hand from a joystick or similar in dedicated game equipment to cause return to a home position, so that operating properties are improved.

Recording medium storing game progress control program, game progress control device, game progress control method, game server device, and game progress control program

In order to enable a user to play a game continuously and to facilitate acquisition of valuable data by the user, the present invention provides a network game server devicethat conducts a game in which a user is enabled to acquire valuable data having a prescribed value while performing transmission/reception of data with a terminal device employed by the user through a networkenables the user to play a single game of a plurality of games; awards prescribed points to this user in accordance with the results of the game played by the user; and provides to this user valuable data having a prescribed value in accordance with the points awarded to the user.

Server for network game, network game process control method, network game progress control program and recording medium storing network game progress control program

A manipulation suppression program, a manipulation suppression method and a video game machine are provided which are capable of suppressing an inhibited act that is conducted by a user. A main-game execution section executes a main game; while the main game is executed, an inhibited-act detection section detects a manipulation by a user being a preset inhibited act; and if the inhibited act is detected by the inhibited-act detection section, a suppression-information presentation section displays, in a display section, a suppression picture which prompts the user to suppress the inhibited act.

Operation suppression program, operation suppression method, and video game device

In a data delivery system utilizing a networka data delivery serverreceives a recording medium specifying information stored in a recording mediumfrom a video game devicegenerates and administers an authentication information and a password used to permit the delivery of an event information to the video game devicewhile relating them to the video game devicetransmits the generated authentication information and password to the video game deviceand delivers the event information to the video game deviceupon receiving the password as a response from the video game deviceThe video game deviceincludes a password storage means for receiving the authentication information and the password from the data delivery serverand saving the password.

Data delivery system, data delivery server and video game device

A server device communicates with terminal devices used by users and manages a baseball game. The server acquires messages which a first user has selected from a plurality of predetermined messages. The server then presents a corresponding message of the messages acquired to a second terminal device, which is operated by a second user, at corresponding times of predetermined times during a period when the users are playing the baseball game. The predetermined times include a game start time and a batting/fielding change time.

A network game server performs exchange of data with a terminal device employed by a user through a network. Prediction data made by a user in respect to predicted content regarding some actual phenomenon that will occur in the future is received from the terminal device. The received prediction data is registered in association with the user. The phenomenon that actually occurs in regard to the prediction data is acquired as result data and, if the result data and the prediction data satisfy a predetermined condition, prescribed points are awarded to the user who created the prediction data in question and the user is provided with value data having a prescribed value in accordance with these points.

Server for network game, network game progress control method and network game progress control program

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

An object of the present invention is to realize a baseball game in an environment that is difficult to achieve in the case of game-dedicated devices and the joysticks used in such devices. When the mouseis moved toward region A, a straight ball is selected as the ball type. When the mouseis moved toward region C, a screwball is selected. When the mouseis moved toward region D, a sinker is selected. When the mouseis moved toward region E, a split-fingered ball is selected. When the mouseis moved toward region G, a slider is selected.

Input method and apparatus for a baseball game including simultaneous input of a directional input and selection input for a pitcher's action

An object of the present invention is to realize a baseball game in an environment that is difficult to achieve with game-dedicated devices and the joystick used in such devices. When the mouseis moved toward region A, the position (height) of the bat character is raised from the current position. When the mouseis moved toward region B, the position (height) of the bat character is lowered from the current position. When the mouseis moved toward region C, the direction of the bunt is moved toward the left side from the current direction. When the mouseis moved toward region D, the direction of the bunt is moved toward the right side from the current direction.

Baseball game program, computer-readable recording medium, and method suited for use with personal computers

Using terminal apparatusesA toE connected to a serverby a networkoriginal characters are trained by the game players executing a character training game, and data relating to those original characters are stored in a databasein the serverWhen two or more game players directly contest the same game in real time via the networkdata relating to the original characters of the game players stored in the databaseare downloaded to the terminal apparatusesA toE and used as character data.

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