Game machine, game title display control method and program

• US 7,123,272 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Issued: 10/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Inventors: Moriyama, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US10/107,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20030011620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,664 Days
• Field of Search: 345/619, 345/814, 463/23, 463/29
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images

Abstract

A game machine capable of causing a player to pay attention to a game title image. The game machine comprises a default game title image storing section (52), an optional game title image storing section (54), an operation input section (60), a selection section (62), and a display section (64). When no game operation input is made within a predetermined time after a predetermined timing, the selection section (62) selects a default game title image so that the default game title image is displayed by the display section (62). When any game operation input is made within a predetermined time, on the other hand, either a default or optional game title image is displayed by the display section (62) depending on whether the content of the game operation input satisfies a predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A game machine capable of executing a game having a title and displaying a game title image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game, comprising:

storing means for storing at least two kinds of game title images, each image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game;

operation input means for allowing a game operation input by a player; and

selectively displaying means for displaying either one of the at least two kinds of game title images depending on content of the game operation input, wherein said game operation input comprises a repeated game operation input to said operation input means at a speed over a predetermined speed based on more than a double click.

2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the selectively displaying means displays a default game title image out of the at least two kinds of game title images when no game operation input is made within a predetermined time period and displays either one of the at least two kinds of game title image when a game operation input is made within a predetermined time period depending on whether the game operation input satisfies a predetermined condition.

3. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the selectively displaying means displays an intermediate image before displaying either one of the at least two kinds of game title image, the intermediate image varying according to content of the game operation input.

4. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the selectively displaying means displays either one of the at least two kinds of game title image depending on content of the game operation input made after a predetermined timing.

6. A game title image control method according to claim 1, wherein, at the game title displaying step, either one of the at least two kinds of game title images is displayed according to the game operation input made after a predetermined timing.

9. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein said speed is measured over a predetermined time.

10. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein said game operation input comprises a continuous and rapid game operation input to said operation input means.

11. The game machine according to claim 3, wherein a rank of an intermediate animation is upgraded when a game operation input is at a speed over a predetermined speed for a predetermined time and a rank is reduced when a game operation input falls below a predetermined speed for a predetermined time.

5. A game title display control method for controlling displaying of a game title image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game, comprising:

a game operation input obtaining step of obtaining a player'"'"'s game operation input; and

a game title displaying step of displaying either one of at least two kinds of game title image according to content of the game operation input, each image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game, wherein said game operation input comprises a repeated game operation input by a player at a speed over a predetermined speed based on more than a double click.

7. A program product comprising a storage medium and a program for causing a computer to operate as a game machine capable of displaying a game title image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game, and causing the computer to operate as:

storing means for storing at least two kinds of game title images, each image consisting of a display image containing at least the title of the game;

operation input means for allowing a game operation input by a player, and

selectively displaying means for displaying at least two kinds of game title images according to content of the game operation input, wherein said game operation input comprises a repeated game operation input to said operation input means at a speed over a predetermined speed based on more than a double click.

8. The program product according to claim 7, wherein the selectively displaying means displays either one of the at least two kinds of game title images according to content of the game operation input made after a predetermined timing.