Patent ID: 6458033
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for processing a live commentary in a video game is recorded, the program causing a computer to:judge states of a situation in a video game; determine a combination and order of at least one sound data necessary to commentate in accordance with the judged states from among sound data stored in a distributed manner as units of live commentary statements; recognize storage locations of the at least one sound data based on information stored in advance to be used for recognizing storage locations of the respective sound data; commentate by reading the at least one sound data from the recognized storage locations in the determined order; wherein the sound data are stored in a distributed manner in a first recording area and a second recording area, the sound data being stored in the second recording area when the video game starts, and wherein when the at least one sound data is read from the first recording area, the at least one sound data is transferred to the second recording area and commentating is performed based on the at least one sound data transferred to the second recording area; and wherein when the at least one sound data is read from the first recording area, the at least one sound data is transferred to the second recording area via a third recording area having at least one buffer.