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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Hitoshi Yamagami, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In this puzzle game device, a three-dimensional game field laterally extended around a tubular subject is provided. The 3D game field is divided into display regions of vertically 12 lines by circumferentially 16 columns, and each display region is capable of displaying a panel. A player can move the panels displayed on the game field with a cursor The panels are varied in pattern, and when three or more panels of a pattern being vertically or laterally in line, those panels are eliminated. The 3D game field has new panels continuously rising, therefore the player is required to unceasingly eliminate the panels. When the player fails to eliminate panels quick enough and the panels reach the top of the 3D game field the game is over. By applying the 3D game field as an alternative to a conventional 2D game field, the degree of freedom and the level of variety of a game are enhanced by the up-scaled game field.