Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game including a simulated projectile
Reexamination Certificate
1997-09-22
2001-04-17
Harrison, Jessica J. (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game including a simulated projectile
C434S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06217444
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a simulative golf game system, a method for providing a simulative golf game, and a computer readable storage medium, such as optical disk, magnetic disk, cassette type storage medium including semiconductor memory, for storing a simulative golf game program.
Many simulative game systems have been proposed. These systems are generally grouped into personal-use systems comprised of a special home appliance and a television monitor, and commercial-use systems comprised of special commercial equipment, a personal computer or work station, a display and an audio output machine. Any of these systems is provided with a controller operable by a player, a storage medium in which a game program is stored, a CPU for controlling generation of audio sounds and images based on the game program, a processor for generating images, a processor for generating audio sounds, a CRT for displaying the images, and a speaker for outputting the audio sounds. CD-ROMs, semiconductor memories and cassettes having built-in semiconductor memories are frequently used as a storage medium.
The screen image construction of such a simulative game is described below. Although there are many kinds of simulative game, most roughly speaking, the simulative game screen image includes a controllable object image which changes according to an operation of the controller and a background image which is still or suitably changes according to the operated state of the object. The background image may be further classified into one which gives a game player a visual change, i.e., mere background, and one which is used as conditions to obtain an outcome, e.g., points, for the game player.
As one of such simulative games, there are simulative golf games. In a simulative golf game, usually, by displaying an image of a golf course and an image of a golfer on a display screen of a television monitor, a golf game space is formed on the display screen. The golfer in the golf game space is visually moved according to an operation of a controller by the game player, and a golfball is driven by a club held by the golfer. The driven ball visually flies in a direction of depth in the golf game space. In other words, golf is simulatively and visually executed in the golf game space in the same manner as man actually plays. In short, golf is visually executed by suitably changing images displayed on the television monitor according to the operation of the controller by the game player.
The image of the golf course is related to the height data of the golf course. Based on the operation of the controller by the game player and the height data of the golf course, how far the golfball is going to be moved in the golf game space is calculated, and this calculation result is displayed as an image. For example, the golf ball is displayed in such a manner that it moves on the image information, representing the configuration of the golf course according, to the operation by the golf player.
As described above, the game player can simulatively and visually enjoy the golf game by operating the controller. However, there is a demand for more a realistic golf game. For example, in actual golf, the trajectory of a golfball largely changes depending upon a stance. It will be seen that the golf game becomes more real if the golfball trajectory changes with a variation in the stance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a simulative golf game system and a method for providing a simulative golf game which overcome the problems residing in the prior art.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a simulative golf game system and method which can assure a more realistic golf game.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a computer readable storage medium which stores a simulative golf game program capable of providing a more realistic golf game.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a simulative golf game system comprises an operation unit for generating an operation signal controlling a stance setting in accordance with an operation of a player, a game image producing unit for producing a game image having a guide image representing a stance setting in accordance with an operation signal from the operation unit, and a display unit for displaying a generated game image having a guide image.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a simulative golf game in a system provided with an operation unit to be operated by a player to generate an operation signal and a display unit on which a game image is displayed is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving an operation signal controlling a stance setting from the operation unit, generating a game image having a guide image representing a stance setting in accordance with the operation signal, and displaying a produced game image having a guide image indicating a stance setting.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, a computer readable storage medium storing a simulative golf game program which renders a computer to execute the procedures of receiving an operation signal controlling a stance setting from an operation unit to be operated by a player, producing a game image having a guide image indicating a stance setting in accordance with the operation signal, and displaying a generated game image having a guide image indicating a stance setting a display unit.
A simulative golf game system of the present invention provides a game image having a guide image indicating a stance setting which is adjusted by the game player. Accordingly, the game player can easily recognize based on which stance is effected how the game is going play and feel more as if he were actually playing golf
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Inoue Shinya
Kataoka Hideki
Harrison Jessica J.
Jordan and Hamburg LLP
Konami Co. Ltd.
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