Patent ID: 7086948
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game method with which a plurality of game players perform a battle game by using their respective terminals, the method comprising the steps of: developing the battle game with a game program previously stored in a server and game-inputs received from the players' terminals; creating, to the players' terminals, game-circumstance display data in accordance with a developed game circumstance; storing the game-circumstance display data in a database accessible from another terminal other than the players' terminals, and providing the possibility to send the players' terminals game-watch circumstance data notifying that the battle game is watched from said another terminal; determining ranking of the players and storing the ranking in the database; and providing the players an option to send messages asking for an assist, the assist comprising operation of the game under the developed game circumstance for the asking players.