Konami Corporation

Yuuki Harano

Kazutaka Kubota

Katsunori Okita

Hiroyuki Wada

Masakazu Shibamiya

Hirofumi Mamitsu

Tadasu Kitae

Shinya Ishida

Satoru Yoshida

Takashi Makiishi

The CPUof the video game apparatus comprises a performance determination unitthat determines the order of finish of the players each time a game is completed, a parameter calculation unitthat calculates parameters indicating the characteristics of each player in playing games based on the game history data stored in a history storage unitdescribed below and a title assigning unitthat assigns a title applicable during games to each player based on the calculated parameters, and the RAMcomprises a history storage unitthat stores past player game history data for each player, and a title storage unitthat associates the titles assigned by the title assigning unitwith the players and stores them.

Game system and method for assigning titles to players based on history of playing characteristics

A network game is continued in simulated fashion when a fault occurs in a communication circuit. A CPUof a control section of an arcade's server device is provided with: an abnormality monitoring sectionthat detects a disconnected circuit that is incapable of communication in the communication circuits whose communication is necessary for progress of the game, a simulated signal generating sectionthat generates simulated operation signals that simulate the necessary operation signals required for progress of the game for each client terminal device that is connected through the disconnected circuit, and a simulated signal provision sectionthat provides the simulated signals that are thus generated to the other client terminal devices, respectively.

Game progress management device, game server device, terminal device, game progress management method and game progress management program

A target hitting game machine comprising a main game unit, at least three targets which are arrayed on the left and right sides of the front surface of the main game unit while being located at different height positions on at least one of the left and right sides, each of the targets is movable between a hitting position and a standby position, and a game result evaluating unit for evaluating a game result in accordance with a position of the target, when hit by a player, between the hitting position and the standby position.

Target hitting game machine

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Kobe, Japan

Yuuki Harano