Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Konami Corporation

Ryo Ueda

Shigenobu Matsuyama

Toru Takeda

Satoshi Ueda

Shozo Fukunaga

A game machine comprises a monitor for displaying a screen image for prompting a manipulation input, a control panel unit provided with push buttons and adapted to accept manipulations from a game player so as to make progress on a game, a movement mechanism unit disposed at a bottom of a base segment to provide turning and traveling to the control panel unit , an apparatus-body drive control section 107 for controlling the drive of the movement mechanism unit, and a control instruction section or for outputting a given drive control instruction generated during game play to the drive control section, whereby a motion for positional displacement of a manipulation input unit is instructed in line with a game progress or a game result to exert an influence on a difficulty level of a game so as to enhance amusement of the game.

Game apparatus

The present invention makes it possible to obtain operation signals to enable operation of a more complex game by individually detecting movement in at least two axial directions. The present invention provides a pair of right and left controllersandthat generate operation signals based on which game action is instructed, each controller having a main sectionin the shape of a glove in which the hand is inserted, and in which is mounted an acceleration sensorthat individually detects movement in three axial directions x, y and z (front/back, right/left, up/down). Each detection signal is deemed an operation signal for game action.

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Kobe, Japan

Ryo Ueda