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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Akihiro Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
It is a purpose of this invention to provide a simulation apparatus for nurturing a virtual creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the virtual creature by treatments conducted by a player in response to a call or a request from the virtual creature in a screen. The apparatus is provided with mark display units,and,individually displaying a plurality of kinds of the treatments in respect of nurturing the virtual creature individually by marks,and is provided with key switches SW,SW,and SW,for inputting a corresponding one of the treatments by selecting a specific mark from the plurality of marks. It has a storing unit for storing control data in respect of nurturing the virtual creature and a control unit whereby when one of the treatments for nurturing the virtual creature is inputted by operating the key switches SW,SW,and SW,the control data in correspondence therewith is read from the storing unit and a control processing in respect of nurturing the virtual creature is conducted based on the read control data, and a virtual creature display unit for displaying the fostered virtual creature.