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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Yutaka Konoe, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuhiko Mochizuki, Yokohama, JP;
Namco Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The objective of this invention is to provide a game machine and information storage medium that make it possible for players to perceive which player has succeeded in attacking which target, in a simple manner. When players have launched attacks against a target, attacking player identification information, which is information for identifying which player has succeeded in attacking that target, is associated with that target and is kept and saved. Targets,-,and,-,that have been hit by shots,-,and,-,from players,and,turn red and blue, which are symbolic colors for players,and,, or change shape to symbolic shapes for players,and,. If player,, whose symbolic color is red, succeeds in attacking a target then player,, whose symbolic color is blue, succeeds in attacking the same target, the color of the target first changes from a neutral color to red, then to blue. A target which a player has succeeded in attacking is made to fragment and the attacking player identification information is associated with a target created by fragmentation. The attacking player identification information is associated with the target and is kept and saved until the game stage ends.