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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Atsushi Horigami, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Shimo, Tokyo, JP;
Chiaki Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Naomitsu Tsugiiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Kamio, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Daitoku, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a novel video game in which dancing is used as a factor in the behavior of a character, a machine for the video game, and a medium in which a program for the video game is recorded, and makes it possible to dance characters and displayed using 3-D polygons in time with music, to evaluate their dance skills based mainly on whether dance actions are in time with the music, and to proceed with a story by winning matches with a computer or to match with other players.