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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Tanibuchi, Amagasaki, JP;
Koji Maeda, Sakai, JP;
Koji Toyohara, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuro Eguchi, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A video game device has replacement character setting unit for setting replacement characters in the game beforehand, and game progress control unit for controlling the progress state of the game, by performing a replacement processing between a replacement character and one play character playing in the game, during the progress of the game. The game proceeds with replacement of player characters based on information concerning replacement characters selected by the user prior to the start of the game.