Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Inc.

Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc.

Konami Computer Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Norio Nakayama

Kazuhiro Namba

Masatoshi Yamaoka

Katsuhiro Goto

Satoko Naito

Hirotomo Yotsugi

Hidehisa Takahashi

Tatsuya Ishikawa

Kazuhiro Nanba

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 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 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

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.

Game method for effecting aging of competing characters independent of game player participation

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 baseball game is made realizable in an environment difficult to achieve with a dedicated game apparatus and a joy stick for such an apparatus. When a player team is at bat, the positioning point of the bat of a batter character relative to a ball character and the batting action of the batter character are determined by manipulating a mouse while, when the player team is in the field, the pitching action and the pitch course for the ball character displayed moving from a pitcher character toward the batter character are determined by manipulating the mouse and upon the end of the game, the particulars of the game results and the particulars of the batting results and pitching results of the player team are uploaded to a recording unit in a server system connected via a network to computers

Computer-readable recording medium whereon a game procedure control program is recorded, server, and game procedure control method

A pitcher character and a batter character are displayed on a browser image. The pitcher character throws a ball at a random speed in a random course. A behavior of the batter character is controlled through operation of a mouse by a player. Specifically, the player predicts a ball passing position and moves a pointer of the mouse to set a meet cursor at the predicted position on the browser image. The batter character swings a bat at the timing of the player clicking the mouse Depending on an overlap state between the meet cursor and the ball, it is judged whether or not the player has hit a home run. Resultant data of a game is sent to a server system along with identification information of the player. The server system totalizes resultant data to derive the total record per player, and produces a game award to be given to each player whose total record deserves it.

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Osaka, Japan

Norio Nakayama