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Shooting video game machine and shooting result presentation method

  • US 6,251,011 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/1997
  • Issued: 06/26/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A shooting video game machine comprising:

  • a mock gun with a trigger;

    display means which presents characters on a monitor to form a game playing display while presenting a bullet traveling in a predetermined direction within the game playing display in synchronization with the pulling of the trigger;

    hit determining means for determining whether the bullet hits a character on the game playing display;

    proximity determining means for determining whether the bullet hits a proximity area juxtaposed to each character; and

    shooting result display means;

    for presenting a hit shooting result within the game playing display when the hit determining means determines that the bullet hits the target;

    for presenting a proximity shooting result within the game playing display when the proximity determining means determines that the bullet hits the proximity area of the character and the hit determining means determines that the bullet hits no character; and

    for presenting a hit shooting result within the game playing display when the proximity determining means determines that a predetermined plural number of bullets have hit the proximity area of the same character and the hit determining means determines that the last said plural number of bullets have not hit said same character.

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