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Video game system for fighting game and method for executing fighting game

  • US 6,371,850 B1
  • Filed: 09/01/1999
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A video game system for conducting competitive games comprising:

  • a plurality of video game units connected in a ring configuration by means of a communication line, each of said plurality of video game units comprising;

    a memory for storing a program for implementing competitive games whereby a contest is conducted on a display screen by controlling the actions of a plurality of characters;

    control means for controlling the implementation of the program stored in said memory;

    input means for inputting first data controlling the actions of one of said plurality of characters; and

    a communications interface circuit for receiving second data from another of said plurality of video game units, said second data controlling the actions of another of said plurality of characters, and transmitting the first data input via said input means to said another video game unit through said ring configuration;

    wherein status information of the other of said plurality of video game units of said video game system is displayed on each respective display screen and each of said video game units can issue a request for a competitive game to a selected one of the other of said plurality of video game units within said ring configuration, and wherein said status information includes the availability of the other of said plurality of video game units to accept a request for a competitive game, and wherein said selected video game unit is selected by an operator of the requesting game unit, and wherein said control means controls the display of the respective character and another character on the respective display screens on the basis of said first data and said second data in accordance with the implementation of said program.

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