Three-dimensional puzzle game device and recording medium for three-dimensional puzzle game
US6458032B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/8094
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In this puzzle game device, a three-dimensional game field 70 laterally extended around a tubular subject is provided. The 3D game field 70 is divided into display regions of vertically 12 lines by circumferentially 16 columns, and each display region is capable of displaying a panel. A player can move the panels displayed on the game field 70 with a cursor 71. The panels are varied in pattern, and when three or more panels of a pattern being vertically or laterally in line, those panels are eliminated. The 3D game field 70 has new panels continuously rising, therefore the player is required to unceasingly eliminate the panels. When the player fails to eliminate panels quick enough and the panels reach the top of the 3D game field 70, the game is over. By applying the 3D game field 70 as an alternative to a conventional 2D game field, the degree of freedom and the level of variety of a game are enhanced by the up-scaled game field.
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