Electronically battle game playing method and apparatus

Claim 2

An electronic game playing method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that at least a first fighter and a second fighter are electronically produced as said articles, and said competing result indicates which fighter wins and/or loses the game.

Claim 3

An electronic game apparatus for electronically playing a competing game, characterized by comprising: numeral data generating means (41) for generating a plurality of numeral data having different values in an irregular sequence; setting means (32, 33, 39, 40, 43) for setting a plurality of article image data constructed by combining portion image data with each other corresponding to respective portions of articles; judging means (31, 35, 40) for judging a competing result between a plurality of article images represented by said plurality of article image data based on both point data set in correspondence with the portion image data, and point data corresponding to said numeral data; and display means (24) for displaying said competing result between said article images.

Claim 4

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: a first displaying unit (24) for visually displaying a first article image based upon the article image data set by said setting means (32, 33, 39, 40, 43); a second display unit (24) for visually displaying a second article image made by modifying said first article image displayed by said first display unit (24) in accordance with the judging result by said judging means (31, 35, 40); and said first displaying unit and said second displaying unit constituting said display means (24).

Claim 5

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said setting means includes: portion image storage means (33) for storing said plurality of portion image data corresponding to the respective portions of said articles; designating means (32) for designating one of said plural portion image data stored in said portion image storage means (33) for each portion; and article image data storage means (39, 43) for storing a plurality of article image data made by combining said portion image data with each other for the respective portions designated by said designating means (32).

Claim 6

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said judging means includes: article image data selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) for selecting two sets of article image data from a plurality of article image data set by said setting means (32, 33, 39, 40, 43) in order to perform the competing judgement; and competing result judging means (31, 35, 40) for judging the competing result between two sets of article images indicated by said selected article images based on both the point data corresponding to the numeral data generated by said numeral data generating means (41) and the point data set in correspondence with said portion image data.

Claim 7

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein: said article images represented by said plurality of article image data contain at least a first article image and a second article image; and said point data used in the competing result judgement by said judging means (31, 35, 40) involve both first point data corresponding to the respective portion image data for constituting said first article image, and second point data corresponding to the respective portion image data for constituting said second article image, and relatively determined by said first point data.

Claim 8

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: announcing means (52a, 52b) for announcing said competing result judged by said judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 9

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: image modifying means (31, 37) for modifying an article image represented by said article image data set by said setting means (32, 33, 39, 40, 43) into another article image having a different form from that of the first-mentioned article image data in response to the competing result judged by said judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 10

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: image erasing means (31) for erasing said article images represented by said article image data set by said setting means (32, 33, 39, 40, 43) from said display means (24) in accordance with said competing result judged by said judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 11

An electronic game apparatus for electrically playing a competing game, characterized by comprising: display means (24) for displaying at least an image; numeral data generating means (41) for generating a plurality of numeral data having different values in an irregular sequence; point data storage means (40) for storing a plurality of point data corresponding to a plurality of article image data, respectively; image data storage means (39, 43) for storing said plurality of article image data constructed by combining portion image data with each other with respect to a plurality of portions; selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) for selecting at least two sets of article image data from said plurality of article image data stored in said image data storage means (39, 43); display control means (31) for causing at least said two sets of article image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) to be displayed on said display means (24); game starting instruction means (20) for instructing starting of said competing game; reading means (31) for reading first point data corresponding to each of said two article images displayed on said display means (24) in response to the instruction issued from said game starting instruction means (20), from said point data storage means (40) for each of said two article image data; and competing result determining means (31, 35, 40) for allocating to said two sets of article image data, third point data formed based on both said first point data read by said reading means (31) for each of said two sets of article image data and second point data corresponding to said irregularly generated numeral data, and for determining a competing result between said two article images based upon comparison results in magnitudes of said third point data allocated to said two sets of article image data.

Claim 12

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: announcing means (52a, 52b) for announcing said competing result judged by said competing result judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 13

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: image modifying means (31, 37) for modifying an article image represented by said article image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) into another article image having a different form from that of the first-mentioned article image data in response to the competing result judged by said competing result judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 14

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: image erasing means (31) for erasing said article images represented by said article image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) from said display means (24) in accordance with said competing result judged by said competing result judging means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 15

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: partial image data storage means (33) for storing a plurality of partial image data with respect to a plurality of portions; selecting means (16a, 16b, 17a, 17b) for selecting said plurality of partial image data stored in said partial image data storage means (33) with respect to each of said portions; and image storage controlling means (31) for causing a plurality of article image data constructed of combining the respective partial image data selected by said selecting means (16a, 16b, 17a, 17b) for the respective portions to be stored into said image storage means (39, 43).

Claim 16

An electronic game apparatus for determining a competing result based on at least first and second point data, characterized by comprising: display means (24) for displaying at least images representative of image data; data storage means (36) for storing a plurality of point data having different points corresponding to a plurality of different image data and said respective image data; display control means (31) for sequentially displaying said plurality of different image data stored in said data storage means (36) by way of said display means (24); manual operation means (32, 22) for instructing arbitrary image data by way of a manual operation from said plurality of different image data sequentially displayed on said display means (24); reading means (31) for reading the point data about the image data instructed by said manual operation means (32, 22) from said data storage means (36); and competing result judging means (31, 34, 35) for setting said point data read from said reading means (31) as one of said first and second point data, and for determining said competing result based on a comparison result in magnitudes of said first and second point data.

Claim 17

An electronic game apparatus for determining a competing result based on at least first and second point data, characterized by comprising: display means (24) for displaying at least images representative of image data; first data storage means (36) for storing a plurality of first point data having different points corresponding to a plurality of first different image data and said respective first image data; second data storage means (39, 43, 40) for storing second point data corresponding to a plurality of second image data constructed by combining partial image data about a plurality of portions and said respective image data; selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) for selecting arbitrary second image data from said plurality of second image data stored in said second data storage means (43, 40); display control means (31) for sequentially displaying said plurality of first different image data stored in said first data storage means (36), and at the same time, for displaying arbitrary second image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b); manual operation means (32, 22) for selecting arbitrary image data by way of a manual operation from said plurality of different image data sequentially displayed on said display means (24); reading means for reading the point data corresponding to the first image data instructed by said manual operation means (32, 22) from said first data storage means, and also for reading the point data corresponding to the respective partial image data for constituting the second image data being displayed on said display means (24), while operating said manual operation means (32, 22), from said second data storage means (43, 40); competing result judging means (31, 34, 35) for setting third point data defined by said first and second point data read from said reading means (31) as one of said first and second point data, and for determining a computing result based on a comparison result in magnitudes of said first and second point data.

Claim 18

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising: announcing means (52a, 52b) for announcing said competing result determined by said competing result determining means (31, 35, 40).

Claim 19

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising: image modifying means (31, 37) for modifying an article image represented by said second arbitrary image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) into another image having a different form from that of said second arbitrary image data in response to the competing result determined by said competing result determining means (31, 34, 35).

Claim 20

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising: image erasing means (31) for erasing a second image represented by said second arbitrary image data selected by said selecting means (32, 16a, 16b) from said display means (24) in accordance with said competing result determined by said competing result determining means (31, 34, 35).

Claim 21

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising: partial image data storage means (33) for storing a plurality of partial image data with respect to a plurality of portions; selecting means (16a, 16b, 17a, 17b) for selecting said plurality of partial image data stored in said partial image data storage means (33) with respect to each of said portions; and image storage controlling means (31) for causing a plurality of article image data constructed of combining the respective partial image data selected by said selecting means (16a, 16b, 17a, 17b) for the respective portions to be stored into said image storage means (39, 43), as said second image data.

Claim 22

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising: article image data storage means (39) for storing a plurality of article image data; selecting means (16a, 16b) for selecting at least two sets of article image data from said plural image data stored in said article image data storage means (39); and image data storage controlling means (31) for causing said two sets of article image data selected by said selecting means (16a, 16b) to be stored into said second data storage means (43) as said second image data.

Claim 23

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17 wherein one image data among said plural second image data stored in said second data storage means (39, 43) corresponds to article image data produced by a user by combining the partial image data with each other with regard to said plurality of portions, whereas the other image data among said second image data corresponds to article image data produced by a preselected combination of said partial image data with respect to said plurality of portions.

Claim 24

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17 wherein said display control means (31) performs such a control operation that said plurality of first image data stored in said first data storage means (36) are sequentially displayed on said display means (24) every time a predetermined time has passed.

Claim 25

An electronic game apparatus as claimed in claim 17 wherein said plurality of second image data selected by said selecting means (16a, 16b) correspond to face image data constructed by combining the partial image data for said plural portions.