Patent ID: 6537149
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game system comprising:a display device for displaying images; an input device for receiving manipulation by a user and for outputting a signal corresponding to the manipulation; and a control device for controlling progress of a horse breeding game with monitoring the signal outputted from the input device and displaying images corresponding to the progress of the game on a screen of the display device, the control device comprising: an evaluation value storage means for storing evaluation values for a plurality of sires; a control means for controlling the progress of the game based on the evaluation values; an evaluation value updating means for updating the evaluation values for the sires in every predetermined period during the progress of the game; a sire designation for receiving a designation of the sire by the user; a child horse ability determining means for determining a basic ability value of the child horse based on pedigree data of the sire designated by the sire designating means; and a child horse ability correcting means for correcting the basic ability value of the child horse for the designated sire based on variation amount of the updated evaluation value, wherein the child horse ability correcting means corrects the ability by increasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is positive and decreasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is negative.