(19)
(11) EP 1 147 793 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/43

(21) Application number: 01109791.2

(22) Date of filing: 20.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63F 13/00, A63F 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.04.2000 JP 2000121516

(71) Applicant: Konami Corporation
Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Watanabe, Tsutomu, c/o KCE Japan, Inc.
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER 
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) Game device, image display device, and computer-readable recording medium using an openable dice


(57) In a game device for use in extending each region formed on a board by a combination of partial paths, from a player to an opponent, a plurality of the partial paths are prepared to be selected one by one and are arranged on the board without any overlap with any other partial paths. In this event, each partial path is located on the board and does not exceed a board boundary. Such partial paths may be formed by opening dice (Fig. 9).






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