Patent ID: 6267676
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game machine which moves an object of operation within a virtual space, the virtual space having the object of operation, a plurality of types of objects to drop and a plurality of types of objects surrounding the object of operation, said game machine comprising:display means for indicating the status of the object of operation and a display area including the object of operation, the plurality of types of objects to drop and the plurality of types of objects surrounding the object of operation in the virtual space;object drop means for causing an object to drop in the virtual space;sandwich-state determination means for determining as to whether or not the object of operation is sandwiched between a dropping object and another object located around the object of operation;linked destruction means for causing a dropping object to destroy surrounding objects in a linked manner, to thereby extinguish the thus-destroyed objects from the display area;object-of-operation movement means for moving the object of operation within the virtual space; andsurrounding object destruction means for causing the object of operation to destroy surrounding objects, to thereby extinguish the thus-destroyed objects from the display area,wherein the object of operation is prevented from being sandwiched between the dropping object and another object around the object of operation, and the object of operation is moved in the direction in which an object drops, by means of destroying surrounding objects.