Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Takuji Hotta

Toshiharu Izuno

Shingo Miyata

Kentaro Nishimura

Eiji Akahori

Toshiaki Suzuki

Satoshi Nishiumi

Teruyuki Yoshioka

Satoshi Yamato

Takuma Matsunada

Shigenobu Arai

Motofumi Yoshino

Yutaka Iijima

Takao Ohara

Kazuichi Hirai

Kazuhiro Fujiwara

A forward direction line is set on a course, in a virtual game world, on which a player object is allowed to move. An advancing direction at a current position of the player object is determined based on the forward direction line. The advancing direction is determined as a direction in which the player object advances so as to control a movement of a player character in accordance with an acceleration instruction, and a leftward-rightward movement instruction from a player. Consequently, it is possible to assist the player in controlling a direction in which an object operated by the player moves.

Game program and game apparatus

A game apparatus includes a touch panel on which at least two pointing positions are simultaneously detectable. In response to an operation of the touch panel by a player, coordinates values of the detected two points are detected, and at least one of a distance between the two points and an angle of the line connecting the two points is calculated. Furthermore, change amounts of the distance and angle between the two points are calculated. A movement parameter such as a travel speed and a turning angle is set on the basis of at least one of the calculated distance and angle, and the movement of the character such as travel and turning is controlled on the basis of the movement parameter. In addition, when a pointing state of the two points is changed, the movement parameter is changed on the basis of a change amount, and the movement of the character is controlled on the basis of the movement parameter.

Game apparatus utilizing touch panel and storage medium storing game program

In a game processor GP that enable a player to play a plurality of games interrelated to each other, flash memory stores a plurality of game programs PG interrelated to each other. SRAM readably and writably stores backup data DG representing the progress of each of games A, B, and C. The player selects one of the game programs PG through a controller to start game play. A deciding unit (CPU) decides whether there is backup data DG for any game related to the game specific to the selected game. Based on a decision as to the backup data DG, a game program changer changes part of the game program PG.

Video game apparatus and method for uniquely enabling play of multiple games

A videographics/video game fabricating system includes a multiprocessor based game processor console which includes a main central processing unit (CPU) which controls editing operations and operating system task execution and a game CPU for executing the model video game which is loaded into a pluggable RAM cartridge. The model video game provides a starting point from which a user can readily create an original video game including desired aspects of the model software. The system permits a user to modify any of the game's moving objects, background screens, music or sound effects. The main CPU and game CPU cooperate in the game execution and editorial process such that an editing screen generated by the main CPU is superimposed on a game screen generated by the program executing CPU. The game processing console includes ports for interconnection with a wide variety of peripheral devices including a standard television set, keyboard, game hand controllers, mouse, modem board, an interface board for coupling the game processor to a personal computer system, floppy disk drive, an external RAM game cartridge and a user's ID card. The system utilizes unique 'unit' based data structures in which moving objects are processed on a unit basis and where each object is assigned a unit ID which is associated with a wide range of object, game characteristics, game processing and location data including status information, present screen display location, object format, character size, pose information, collision threshold information, tempo information, attribute data, animation data together with address pointers identifying other processing related information associated with the identified object. A wide range of information is likewise stored in data structures associated with background screens referred to as 'stage' data.

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Kyoto, Japan

Takuji Hotta