Patent ID: 6371849
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A video game machine for playing a volleyball video game, comprising:a monitor for displaying two volleyball teams on a court in a virtual space, at least one of the volleyball teams having player characters controllable by a game player; control means operable by the game player for controlling the player characters; selecting means for selecting at least two of said player characters to take part in an attacking action when any one of the player characters receives a ball; receiving means for receiving input signals from said control means for respective ones of said at least two of said player characters when another one of said player characters as a setter sets the ball; and action control means including means for controlling a one of said at least two of said player characters selected to take part in the attacking action to make the attacking action in response to a respective one of the input signals received from the control means and means for controlling a remainder of said at least two of said players to fake the attacking action in response to a remainder of said input signals.