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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Kenichirou Shigeno, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game system includes: a storage device for storing data of imaginary game field constituted by a plurality of areas to be displayed in scenes of game; and a control device for advancing the game according a predetermined program and reading out the data of the imaginary game field from the storage device to produce images to be displayed. The control device includes: a judgment table producing unit for judging whether or not a character located in an area is within a visual field of another character located in another area for all areas in the imaginary game field in which the character can be located, when the data of the imaginary game field is read out, and for producing judgment tables based on judgment results; and a unit for controlling action of the character located in the areas of the imaginary game field based on the judgment tables.