Patent ID: 6921332
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A match-style 3D video game device, comprising: a monitor that is positioned at a prescribed height on which images are displayed; a 3D video game device controller that generates operation signals based on a particular game action that is instructed, said 3D video game device including: game control means for controlling the progress of the game based on operation signals from the 3D video game device controller; display control means for creating three-dimensional images from a viewpoint of a virtual camera and for displaying said three-dimensional images on the screen of said monitor, said three-dimensional images including an opponent character displayed as facing the game player when said game player is positioned in a play space in front of said monitor screen; head detection means for detecting a position of a head of the game player in at least right and left directions relative to a fixed position of the monitor screen when said game player is positioned in the play space; viewpoint change means for moving the viewpoint of said virtual camera in accordance with a direction and amount of change in the detected head position relative to the fixed position of the monitor screen; said game controller means including means for setting a hitting area at at least one location on a body of the opponent character displayed on the monitor screen and for setting a defensive region that overlaps with hands of the opponent character and the body of the opponent as seen from said virtual viewpoint; and said display control means displays a hitting mark on said hitting area when said defensive region is outside said hitting area.