Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises

Sega Corporation

Yojiro Ogawa

Takashi Iizuka

Takuya Matsumoto

Yuji Naka

Tetsu Katano

Shiro Maekawa

Tatsuo Yamajiri

Yukio Futatsugi

When the game machines (and) join the same network game, display images necessary for the users playing in a common virtual space are displayed in the displays (and) of the game machines. The game machines are connected with the controllers (and). The users operate various operations by means of the controllers for executing the game. The user can play match against or cooperate with the users participating in a common network game, and can also communicate with the users.

Network game system and network game processing method

Provided is a game screen display controlling method comprising the steps of displaying a first game screen obtained from a first projection of a virtual 3-D space; comparing the priority of the first projection with the priority of a second projection correlated with a predetermined area when there is a predetermined positional relationship between a character who moves in the virtual 3-D space and the predetermined area set within the virtual 3-D space; and displaying a second game screen obtained from the second projection of the virtual 3-D space when the priority of the second projection is higher than the priority of the first projection. Thereby, the invention allows game pictures for effectively rendering the virtual 3-D space to be presented corresponding to the situation of the game.

Game screen display control method and character movement control method

Image processing technology is provided that makes it possible to easily judge whether or not lock-on is necessary in games that are deployed in virtual space defined in three dimensions, such as is suitable for interactive games. This device comprises an image processing system,A for subjecting image data defined in three dimensions to prescribed processing and obtaining a train of display image data. The decision object that is to be locked onto is determined by judging whether or not there is two-dimensional superimposition on the display screen between a cursor for locking on and a display object (,). Then, a judgment is made as to whether or not the decision object should be locked onto (,), and, when this is affirmative, the player selects an action which the model he or she is manipulating can take (,).

Image processor, game machine, image display method, and recording medium

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Tokyo, Japan

Yojiro Ogawa