Konami Co., Ltd.

Yuichiro Sagawa

Hideki Hashimoto

Kiyoshi Mizuki

Takashi Hamano

Kazuhito Matsuura

Hidekazu Yokoi

Shinichi Wada

The music action game machine comprises: a main body; an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members; a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition; a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members; an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player; and an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device. Therefore, the player can enjoy the simulation of the performance of the music through the operation of the operation members.

Music action game machine, performance operation instructing system for music action game and storage device readable by computer

A prize catching game machine having a table; a prize catcher for catching a prize carried on the table and transferring the prize which has been caught to a predetermined position and releasing the prize at the position; and a prize receiver movable between a first position and a second position for changing a receiving area to receive the released prize. The relative predetermined position at which the prize is released is set such that the position from the top view is in the receiving area of the prize receiver at least at one point between the first and second positions.

Prize catching game machine

A game machine includes: a running body which is movable on a support path; and a movable object which is movable as the running body moves and runs on a running path which is at least partly not parallel to the support path and located above the running body. The movable object and the running body are magnetically attracted. The magnetic attraction position can be changed.

Game machine

A target hitting game machine includes a cover member being formed with an opening; a target having an effective hitting area on a portion of the surface thereof, the target being rotatably disposed in the cover member and partially exposed through the opening during the rotation; a drive mechanism which rotates the target; an exposure detector which detects that the effective hitting area of the target is exposed through the opening; a hit detector which senses that the target is hit by a player; and a successful hitting determinator which is in responsive to the exposure detector and the hit detector and determines a successful hitting that the effective hitting area is hit.

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Yamato, Japan

Yuichiro Sagawa