Patent ID: 6280323
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A device for displaying penalty kick match cursors in a video soccer game in which a monitor screen displays, at least, characters representing the goal, a player acting as a kicker, a ball, and a player acting as the goalkeeper, so that a penalty kick match is simulated by said characters in accordance with kicking instructions and checking instructions given by a game player through a controller, said device comprising:kicker cursor displaying means for displaying a kicker cursor on said monitor screen, said kicker cursor being indicative of a shoot position to which the ball is to be kicked by the kicker character;kicker cursor movement commanding means for moving the position of said kicker cursor displayed on said monitor screen;keeper cursor displaying means for displaying a keeper cursor on said monitor screen, said keeper cursor being movable on said monitor screen independently from the character representing the goalkeeper and being indicative of an area covered by the character representing the goalkeeper for checking the ball; andkeeper cursor movement commanding means for moving the position of said keeper cursor displayed on said monitor screen.