GAME APPARATUS

• Main Authors: YOSHIMURA TAKEO, YOSHIDA YUSUKE, NIIMURA TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.07.2008
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple game apparatus which makes a character corresponding to character information which is imparted to a figure appear on a display screen, and can move the character on the display screen accompanying the movement of the figure. SOLUTION: This game apparatus is equipped with the figure, a reading section, a field, a storage means, an identification information reading means, an existing position reading means, a display means, and a control means. In this case, the figure carries the character identification information. The field is used for making the figure play/move. The storage means stores a plurality of kinds of display character information. The identification information reading means is used for reading the character identification information. The existing position reading means reads the existing position of the figure on the field. The display means is used for displaying the character. The control means makes the character corresponding to the display means displayed when the figure is placed on the field as a first time after the character identification information has been read, and at the same time, controls the position of the character in the display means based on the reading result of the existing position of the figure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT