Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.

Jun Nishizawa

Atsushi Horigami

Shinji Morimitsu

Yasushi Sakano

Tomohiro Maeyama

There is provided a game system capable of enhancing the pleasure of the game by improving elements which exert influence upon the selection of a character action. In a system including a display apparatus, an input apparatus, and a game control apparatus for displaying a plurality of characters including at least one character ( ) set as operation objects of the player on a game screen ( ), and causing respective characters to take action in accordance with a predetermined program while referring to the output signal of the input apparatus, counting synchronized to the progress of a game is conducted by counting devices provided so as to be respectively associated with the characters of operation objects. Upon arrival of a count value of one of the counting devices at a predetermined value, processing required to make a character ( ) of the operation object take action is executed in response to directions given from the player via the input apparatus. Upon start of action of the character made by that processing, a count value of the counting device is decreased by a value depending on a kind of the started action.

Game system and computer readable storage medium with reduced waiting period between selection and start of action of player character

A game system in which a plurality of characters are each respectively made to act in dependence on a schedule prescribed in correspondence to a time of a game, at a time point the game has progressed to an end point of a loop range, if a predetermined progress permission condition is met, there is permitted progress of the game ahead of the loop range. If the progress permission condition is not met, the time on the game is made to a start point of the loop range. At this time, exceptional information as part including information associated with an experience on the game by a character as an operation object is maintained in a state attained at the end point of the range, having other information restored in a state corresponding to a start point.

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Tokyo, Japan

Jun Nishizawa