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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Tetsuya Wada, Kakogawa, JP;
Toru Mizumoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image display processor displays a real-time three-dimensional image including a player's automobile, a plurality of general automobiles, and a course established in a game space on a display monitor. A driving control assembly is operated by a player to instruct the player's automobile to run on the course. A player's automobile control unit controls the player's automobile to run on the course in response to instructions from the driving control assembly. A rank decision unit ranks the player's automobile using a parameter relative to a skill of the player while the player's automobile is running on the course. The rank decision unit detects whether the player's automobile passes or is passed by one of the general automobiles, and varies the value of the parameter based on the detection of the player's automobile passing or being passed by one of the general automobiles.