Patent ID: 6494784
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A63F,G09B

Abstract:
A driving game machine comprising:operation means for generating an operation signal in accordance with a player's operation; road data storage means for storing coordinate data of a road set in a game space, the road having a start point and a goal point, a running course from the start point to the goal point including branched roads at branching points located in intermediate positions therealong; player's car control means for controlling the running of a player's car on the road in accordance with an operation signal from the operation means, said player's car control means causing the player's car to run in a direction selected by the player at each of said branching points which leads to one of the branched roads based on the operation signal from the operation means; display processing means for displaying an image of the game space within a field of view set in advance; a traffic light provided at at least one of said branching points; traffic control means for controlling the traffic light; and general car control means for controlling the running of general cars on the road in accordance with the traffic light.