Pitched battle type of rally game program and game machine

• US 7,059,963 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2002
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konami Corporation (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Okamura, Noriaki, Takamiya, Shigemitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Monica
• Assistant Examiner(s): Frisby, Kesha
• Application Number:
  US10/242,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20030050105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 463/3, 463/7, 463 2- 4, 463/42, 273/317.4, 473/415, 473/473, 473/474, 473/475
• US Class Current: 463/3
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/56 Computing the motion of game characters with respect to other game characters, game objects or elements of the game scene, e.g. for simulating the behaviour of a group of virtual soldiers or for path finding
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/812 Ball games, e.g. soccer or baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 Ball

Abstract

A program has routines S3, S4 of computing an attack form AP of a first character 22 on the basis of an instruction by a player, a routine S4 of computing and displaying an attack probability AR according to the instruction of the attack position by the player, a routine of automatically proceeding a game after the attack form is computed and set, and routines S5, S6, S13, S14 of controlling to display an attack action and a defense action of a ball by the first and the second characters with a series of pictures in the routines. After the player instructs the attack form, the attack action and the defense action of the ball are displayed with a series of pictures. The player can concentrate on the instruction action of the attack form, and can enjoy a brain play.

Claims

1. A pitched battle type of rally game program, stored on a machine-readable medium, for displaying and controlling said pitched battle type of rally game, said rally game for obtaining points by smashing a game target into a point area on an opponent side through a rally where said game target is moved between an opponent court and an own court which are set on a court, controlling to move a character displayed on a display at said court displayed on said display, comprising:

said pitched battle type of rally game program being a program for further getting a computer to execute the following routines;

a first smash form computing routine for computing and setting a target destination of said game target into said point area on said opponent side by a smash from a first character through an instruction of a player;

said first smash form computing routine having a routine for computing to divide said opponent court into a plurality of target destination areas, depending on a position in said own court of said first character and for setting a degree of smash difficulty of said game target for each said area, and attack probability computing and displaying routine for computing said attack probability in said target destination area through an instruction of said player concerning said target destination of said game target and for displaying said attack probability computed on said display;

an automatic proceeding mode routine for advancing the game without further instruction by said player after said target destination of said game target of said first character is computed and set by said first smash form computing routine;

a first display routine for controlling to display an attack action of said game target by said first character and a defense action corresponding to said attack action by a second character competing with said first character on said display with a series of pictures in said automatic proceeding mode; and

a second display routine for controlling to display said attack action of said game target against said first character by said second character and said defense action corresponding to said attack action by said first character on said display with a series of pictures in said automatic proceeding mode.

2. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 1 wherein said attack probability computing and displaying routine computes said attack probability in said target destination on the basis of parameters which depend on movement distance between a current position of said first character and a position where said first character will smash said game target from now on.

3. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 1, further comprising a bodily powers value computing routine for computing a bodily powers value which shows consumable bodily powers of said first character in a game with said game target, and said attack probability computing and displaying routine computes said attack probability on the basis of said bodily powers value of said first character at the time of the smash, said bodily powers value being computed by said bodily powers value computing routine.

4. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 3 wherein said attack probability computing and displaying routine computes an increase or decrease in said bodily powers value at the time of the smash, wherein the amount by which the bodily powers value increases or decreases varies according to a scenario development.

5. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 1 wherein said pitched battle type of rally game program being said program for getting said computer to further execute a time limiting routine, for starting to clock a predetermined time since said first smash form computing and setting routine is started and for controlling to limit the execution of said first smash form computing and setting routine within said predetermined time.

6. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 1, wherein said first smash form computing routine has a counterattack probability computing and displaying routine, for computing a counterattack probability at said target destination by said second character in response to said instruction by said player concerning said smash destination of said game target on the basis of said parameters which depend on a movement distance from position where said second character just before smashed said game target against said first character to a position where said second character will hit said game target from now on, and for displaying said computed counterattack probability on said display.

7. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 6 wherein said counterattack probability computing and displaying routine computes said counterattack probability on the basis of said bodily powers value which shows said consumable bodily powers of said second character when defending said game target.

8. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 7 wherein said counterattack probability computing and displaying routine computes to increase or decrease said bodily powers value which shows said consumable bodily powers of said second character on the basis of said parameters which fluctuate according to said scenario development, and computes said counterattack probability on the basis of said bodily powers value of said second character which has been increased or decreased.

9. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 1, wherein said pitched battle type of rally game program is said program for further getting said computer to execute a second attack form computing and setting routine for computing and determining said attack form of said game target against said first character by said second character.

10. The pitched battle type of rally game program according to claim 9 wherein said second attack form computing and settling routine has a routine for computing and determining said attack form of said game target on the basis of an instruction of said player.

11. A pitched battle type of rally game program for displaying and controlling said pitched battle type of rally game with a computer, said rally game for smashing said game target by first and second characters between an opponent court and an own court which are set on a court, controlling to move said first and second characters displayed on a display at said court displayed on said display, comprising:

said pitched battle type of rally game program being a program for getting said computer to alternately repeat following a series of routines for said first and said second characters till rally finish is judged in a judging routine;

(a) an attack form computing and setting routine for computing and setting said smash destination of said game target by said character and computing and setting an attack probability at said attack position; and

(b) said judgment routine for judging as to whether or not said rally is finished on the basis of said smash destination and said attack probability computed and set, and a position of other character rather than said character on said court; and

said attack form computing and setting routine having a routine for computing to divide said opponent court into a plurality of target destination areas, depending on a position in said own court of said first character or said second character and for setting a degree of smash difficulty of said game target for each said area, and a routine for computing said attack probability in said target destination on the basis of said degree of difficulty which is set on said each target destination of said game target and for displaying said computed attack probability on said display,

wherein said target destination is computed on the basis of an input signal from said controller of said computer for at least one character of said first and said second characters in said attack form computing routine.

12. A game machine, having a display, said game machine for displaying and controlling a pitched battle type of rally game for obtaining points by smashing a game target into a point area on an opponent side through a rally of said game target is moved between an opponent court and an own court which are set on a court, controlling to move a character displayed on a display at said court displayed on said display, said game machine comprising,;

a first smash form computing means, for computing and setting a target destination of said game target into said point area on said opponent side by smash from a first character through an instruction of a player;

said first smash form computing means having means for computing to divide said opponent court into a plurality of target destination areas, depending on a position in said own court of said first character and for setting a degree of smash difficulty of said game target for each said area, and an attack probability computing and displaying means, for computing said attack probability in said target destination on the basis of said degree of smash difficulty which is set on each said target destination area through an instruction of said player concerning said target destination of said game target and for displaying said attack probability computed on said display;

an automatic proceeding mode proceeding means for advancing a game without further instruction by said player after said target destination of said game target of said first character is computed and set by said first smash form computing means;

a first display means for controlling to display an attack action of said game target by said first character and a defense action corresponding to said attack action by a second character competing with said first character on said display with a series of pictures in said automatic proceeding mode by said automatic proceeding mode; and

a second display means for controlling to display an attack action of said game target against said first character by said second character and a defense action corresponding to said attack action by said first character on said display with a series of pictures in said automatic proceeding mode by said automatic proceeding mode.