A television game machine

Assignee: Konami Group Corp

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Filing: 1997-08-22

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2017-08-22

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Abstract

Abstract An object of this invention is to enable the implementation of a two-player mode using a program for a one-player mode. A television game machine according to this invention includes a game machine main body 2 having an operation unit including a monitor 4, a start button 5, a handle 6, a shift lever 7, an acceleration pedal 8, a brake pedal 9, and a selection switch 18 for selecting a one-player mode and a two-player mode. The television game machine according to this invention further includes a controller 11 having a road data storage 12 for storing a road image data, a picture processor 13 for displaying the road image based on the road image data on the monitor 4, a general car controller 14 for controlling general cars to run on the road image, a player's car controller 15 for controlling a player's car to run on the road image according to the operation of the operation unit, and a communication controller 17 for receiving a rival car data via a communication cable 20 when the two-player mode is selected.

Inventors

👤 Hitoshi Konishi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction EP

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 09:36

CPC Classifications

G; G09; G09B; G09B9/00; G09B9/02; G09B9/04; G09B9/05; A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/20; A63F13/24; A63F13/245; A63F13/30; A63F13/31; A63F13/34; A63F13/40; A63F13/42; A63F13/80; A63F13/803; A63F13/90; A63F13/55; A63F13/57; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/10; A63F2300/1062; A63F2300/40; A63F2300/408; A63F2300/60; A63F2300/6045; A63F2300/64; A63F2300/80; A63F2300/8017

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5

Claim 1

Independent Claim 168 words

A television game machine, comprising: a machine main body including display means for displaying characters and operation means for moving the displayed characters on a screen, course display means for displaying a course image stored in a course storage on the display means, general character control means for moving general characters on the course, player's character control means for moving a player's character on the course according to the operation of the operation means, communication means for enabling the machine main body to receive a position data of a player's character of another machine main body via a communication cable, and selection means for selecting a one-player mode and a two-player mode, when the two-player mode is selected by the operation of the selection means, the communication means receives the position data of the player's character of the other machine main body, and the general character control means causes the player's character of the another machine main body to move on the course as an additional general character.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 30 words

A television game machine according to claim 1, wherein the player's character is a player's car and the player's character of the another machine main body is a rival car.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 40 words

A television game machine according to claim 1, wherein when the one player mode is selected by the selection means, the communication means is inoperative to receive the position data of the player's character of the another machine main body.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 30 words

A television game machine according to claim 3, wherein the display means does not display a general character whose position data is not set by the general character control means.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 42 words

A television game machine according to claim 1, wherein the communication means is operable to send the position data of the player's character to another machine main body irrespective of the one-player mode and the two-player mode selected by the selection means.

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