Patent ID: 6884164

Claim:
A network game progress control system, which causes a network baseball game, in which a batter character bats a ball object pitched by a pitcher character, played in a game space by users to progress, comprising: a first terminal device, which is used by a first user, said first user using said first terminal device to operate the pitcher character; a second terminal device, which is used by a second user different from said first user; and a network game server device, which is communicably connected via a network with said first and second terminal devices, and which controls progress of a game played in a game space by said first and second users using said first and second terminal devices, wherein said first terminal device comprises first game progress means that causes a game to progress in accordance with a first progress state determined by first event information for determining a game progress state, and first event information transmission means which transmits said first event information to said network game server device, and said first event information comprises pitch information for determining a movement of the ball object pitched by the pitcher character; said network game server device comprises event information transfer means which transfers first event information, which is transmitted by said first event information transmission means, to said second terminal device; said second terminal device comprises first event information reception means which receives first event information transferred by said event information transfer means, second game progress means which causes a game to progress in accordance with a second progress state determined by second event information for determining the next game progress state after the game has been caused to progress in accordance with the first progress state determined by the first event information received by said first event information reception means, and second event information transmission means which transmits said second event information to said network game server device, said second event information comprises batting information for determining a batting result of the batter character; said event information transfer means transfers second event information, which is transmitted by said second event information transmission means, to said first terminal device; said first terminal device further comprises second event information reception means which receives second event information transferred by said event information transfer means; and said first game progress means causes a pitching action of said pitcher character to be temporarily suspended such that a batting action of said batter character does not begin until said second event information reception means receives said batting information, and causes a game to progress in accordance with said second progress state after said second event information reception means receives said batting information.