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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Yoshihisa Inoue, Tatsuno, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A driving game machine includes an image display processor for displaying on a display monitor a real-time three-dimensional image including a simulated player's automobile, general automobiles, and a three-dimensional road established in a game space in a three-dimensional coordinate system. The three-dimensional road has a running lane and an oncoming lane for the player's and general automobiles to run therealong. The player of the driving game machine operates a driving control assembly including a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a gear change lever to instruct the player's automobile to run on the three-dimensional road. A player's automobile control unit controls the player's automobile to run on the three-dimensional road in response to instructions from the driving control assembly. The image display processor displays general automobiles on the running lane and the oncoming lane within a visible range of the player's automobile.