Abstract: A foot switcher includes: a foot switch sheet having a plurality of pressure switches for detecting steps; and a mat placed under the foot switch sheet, and including a mat body having a plurality of divisions, one division being different from another division in hardness, and a specified number of divisions corresponding to the plurality of pressure switches, respectively. The hardness of one division is different from that of another division adjoining the one division. A top layer for covering the plurality of the pressure switches is formed with slip preventer.

Abstract: Using a game system, an operator performs a virtual play in which soccer player characters on a virtual field are divided into two teams that compete to handle a ball and to carry the ball into a rival-team goal. The system includes game progress control unit for repeatedly obtaining instructions inputted by the operator and for sequentially changing a game playing situation of the player characters by repeating calculation necessary for specifying the game playing situation based on the instructions; and display control unit for displaying, based on a calculated result by the game progress control unit, a play picture representing the game playing situation within a restricted area centered on a position of the ball in the field and a radar picture representing positions of the player characters in a range of the field wider than a range represented by the play picture in a manner reduced by a scale-down rate.

Abstract: In character representation whereby an actual or imaginary character is represented electronically, naked body image data showing the state of the character when not carrying or wearing any equipment at all is previously prepared, and furthermore, item image data showing the state of an item of equipment when it is applied to the naked body image data is previously prepared for each type of equipment item. When an item of equipment to be worn or carried by the character is selected, the naked body image data is composed with item image data corresponding to the item of equipment selected at the item of equipment selection state, and the composed data is displayed.

Abstract: A CPU determines the position of a ball in a virtual game space, and moves a viewpoint based on viewpoint data and the position of the ball. The CPU displays on a monitor TV a portion of a volleyball court in a visible range based on the viewpoint and the direction of an axis thereof. The CPU determines a landing position of the ball, displays a first cursor at the landing position, and displays a player character as it receives the ball when the distance between the player character and the first cursor becomes a predetermined distance before the ball reaches the landing position. When a served ball is received by a player character, the CPU selects a player character to make an attacking action. The CPU assigns a button to the selected player character. When the ball is set by a player character as a setter, the CPU assigns an attack button, and controls the selected player character to perform the attacking action in response to an input signal from the attack button.

Abstract: The invention provides a game system, comprising a display device for displaying a game picture, an input unit having a plurality of operation members to be operated by a player for outputting a signal corresponding to an operation state of the operation members, a storage device for storing operation timing data which specifies operation timing in a game relating to a predetermined number of operated sections allocated to at least some of said plurality of operation members, and a game control unit for checking the output signal from the input unit and the data recorded in the storage device, and simultaneously executing the game according to a predetermined procedure on a screen of the display device.

Abstract: A video game machine includes a plurality of operation units corresponding to a plurality of leading characters appearing in a virtual three-dimensional space, a game-screen display unit, a coordinate storage unit for storing pairs of coordinates set so as to be related to the leading characters, a game-screen display-control unit for displaying, on the game-screen display unit, a game screen obtained by using, as a viewpoint, any one of the pairs of coordinates, an operation determination unit for determining whether a viewpoint-switching operation has been implemented among operations using one operation unit for moving one leading character related to the pair of coordinates of the viewpoint in the game screen displayed on the game-screen display unit, and a viewpoint-switching-display control unit for initiating a viewpoint-switching movement of switching the pair of coordinates of the viewpoint to another pair of coordinates when the operation determination unit has determined that the viewpoint-switchin

Abstract: Rhythm sensations can be represented in time to music by using the entire body and to create powerfulness and rhythm sensations. Stepping position indication data which is set by a rhythm setting section is read from a stepping position indication data memory, and the stepping position instruction contents are scrolled and displayed on a monitor by a scroll display control section, thereby performing instructions of the stepping position and the stepping operation timing. When the fact that a player steps on a step-on base section in accordance with the display contents of the monitor is detected by a cable switch and this is input from a stepping operation monitor section, a score proportional to the timing deviation is calculated by an amount-of-deviation detection/totaling section, and next, an evaluation is performed by the rhythm setting section. Then, the next stepping position indication data is set according to the evaluation result.

Abstract: A video game machine includes a viewpoint-position control unit. The viewpoint-position control unit uses a rendering unit to set a position of a viewpoint when a player's car is displayed in a game screen on a monitor. The viewpoint is positioned behind and slightly above the player's car, and is moved along viewpoint positions provided in a world coordinate system. A viewpoint closest to the player's car corresponds to zero points, and a viewpoint farthest from the player's car corresponds to 500 points. Set points for the viewpoint are provided in accordance with whether each viewpoint condition is satisfied. In the case where the present points for the viewpoint differ from the set points when each viewpoint condition is satisfied, the viewpoint is moved at a moving speed based on a number of points per frame.

Abstract: A highly entertaining video game machine that allows a character to appear in a game space is provided. The video game machine includes a storage medium for storing a plurality of preset behavior patterns. A behavior-pattern selection unit selects one of the behavior patterns according to various situations, such as the temperament and emotion of the character. A character-behavior control unit causes the character to behave according to the selected behavior pattern. The temperament setting of the character is changed by a temperament setting unit. The emotion setting of the character is changed by an emotion setting unit.

Abstract: When judging the results of the action of a game character in accordance with the skill of the input technique of a player, operations that are to be input by the player are specified as a task operation, which is displayed on a screen for a prescribed period of time and then erased, whereupon an input operation from the player is received and the results of the action of the game character are judged on the basis of the task operation and the input operation.

Abstract: In a storage medium storing a program, a storage device and a game device, a card game having rich variety can be implemented by determining win or loss on the basis of various judgement criteria. The cards used in the card game are divided into a plurality of groups which have continuous, cyclical strength differential relationships between the respective groups. The card game does not depend solely on the capability index of each card. Moreover, a variation of the card game can be increased by preparing trap cards which impart various functions and actions on the opponent's cards. Moreover, by including field card representing competition environments and causing the capability indices creature cards to vary according to the competition environment, a more interesting card game can be enjoyed by the game device.

Abstract: A CPU determines the position of a ball in a virtual game space, and moves a viewpoint based on viewpoint data and the position of the ball. The CPU displays on a monitor TV a portion of a volleyball court in a visible range based on the viewpoint and the direction of an axis thereof. The CPU determines a landing position of the ball, displays a first cursor at the landing position, and displays a player character as it receives the ball when the distance between the player character and the first cursor becomes a predetermined distance before the ball reaches the landing position. When a served ball is received by a player character, the CPU selects a player character to make an attacking action. The CPU assigns a button to the selected player character. When the ball is set by a player character as a setter, the CPU assigns an attack button, and controls the selected player character to perform the attacking action in response to an input signal from the attack button.

Abstract: A simulation game machine relatively moves a virtual character displayed on a monitor in a game space in accordance with control by a player using an operation unit. The simulation game machine includes a pair of dummy skis, jump switches for instructing the character to initiate jumping, and a jump controller for controlling the character to jump in accordance with an instruction from the jump switches.

Abstract: In a video game system, model data and a plurality of arrangement-data groups formed of model numbers, position data, rotation-angle data, and scale data are recorded into a recording medium. An operation detection unit detects an operation on a controller. A viewpoint movement section moves the viewpoint, and a field-of-view determination section determines a model included in the field of view. An instruction control section outputs the arrangement-data group corresponding to this model. An image processing processor converts the coordinate data of each vertex of a plurality of polygons constituting the corresponding model at the position indicated by the position data sent from the instruction control section, according to the rotation-angle data and the scale data, and assigns the texture specified by each texture instruction data to each polygon.

Abstract: A video game system has a controller including a CPU which functions as a controller action detecting unit, a skiing control unit, and a display control unit. The controller action detecting unit detects whether each of first button and left and right trigger buttons on a manual controller is pressed or not. The skiing control unit controls the skiing of a downhill racer. The display control unit displays on a television monitor a video image in a game space which includes a downhill course as viewed from a viewpoint placed behind the downhill racer and a background composed of various models. When the display control unit displays the video image on the television monitor, it vertically reduces the size of the game space to compress and display an image within a vertical range that subtends a combined angle of elevation and depression which is greater than a combined angle of elevation and depression subtended vertically by the display screen of the television monitor.

Abstract: A table tennis apparatus includes a ball projecting section disposed rearward of one playing surface of a table for projecting balls towards the other playing surface, a moving mechanism for allowing ball projecting section to be moved laterally, a detecting unit for detecting which side the balls have dropped on one playing surface in the lateral direction, and a driving and controlling unit for driving the moving mechanism according to the drop positions of the balls detected by the detecting unit, and for moving the ball projecting section towards the drop positions of the balls. The moving mechanism includes a guide rail disposed along a lateral direction, and a base having the ball projecting section mounted thereon, and slidably disposed on the guide rail.

Abstract: A game device which plays a game in which a player manipulates a character compelled to live in an uninhibited island alone, and through the game, the player experiences virtual actions relating to a matter of life and death to acquire knowledge to survive. The player instructs the character in the game to create a new tool to get the food and to eat the food. A state of health of the character varies similarly to the real world, according to whether the character eats the food or not and how the character eats it.

Abstract: The music action game machine comprises: a main body; an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members; a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition; a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members; an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedur

Abstract: A moving object restorer is provided with a connecting cord having one end held at a fixed position and the other end connected with a moving object, a guiding member fixedly provided between the moving object and the fixed position for guiding the connecting cord, a regulator movably provided between the guiding member and the fixed position and having a holder portion for holding the connecting cord slidably. The regulator is movable between a first position for allowing the moving object to be moved and a second position for holding the moving object in a restored position.