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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1994
Shiro Murata, Kobe, JP;
Koji Toyohara, Kobe, JP;
Naoki Nishikawa, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Ikariko, Kadoma, JP;
Kazuhiko Uehara, Kobe, JP;
Hideto Inoue, Akashi, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A game machine having play-by-play announcement includes a monitor, a manipulator, a memory to store data for each of a plurality of vocal sound groups, each vocal sound group expressing a word in connection with the game; a controller operable to produce a new game scene on the monitor in accordance with a game program and an instructive signal generated by the manipulator, and designate data for a vocal sound group suitable to the produced new scene; and a sound generator to generate vocal sounds suitable for the new scene based on the designated data.