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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A fishing game system is designed to sufficiently reproduce a feeling of actual fishing with a simple mechanism. A fishing game system includes a display device for displaying an image, an input device from which a signal is outputted in response to operation by a player, and a game control device for referring to the signal outputted from the input device to perform a fishing game on a screen of the display device in accordance with a predetermined procedure. The input device includes an operation lever operable in a lateral direction as well as a forward-backward direction to the player, and a handle arranged on the operation lever rotatably operable about an axial line in the lateral direction. The operation of the operation lever in the forward-backward direction corresponds to the up and down operation of an actual fishing rod, while the operation of the operation lever in the lateral direction corresponds to the lateral-directional operation of the fishing rod. In addition, the rotational operation of the handle in a predetermined direction corresponds to a reeling-up operation of an actual fishing line. Through these operations, an operation of a lure and a landing of fish may be evaluated.