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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A small screen which enables a player to easily grasp the situation of a game field as well as the positional relationship between the game objects is displayed on a game screen in a game device. A game device which displays on a monitor screen a picture of a game being proceeded in a virtual space by a first object controlled by a player and a second object controlled by a computer comprises a supplementary screen forming means (S ) for forming on the monitor screen a small screen showing the surrounding condition with the first object in the center, a distance calculating means (S ) for calculating the distance between the first object and the second object in the virtual space, and a display magnification setting means (S ) for setting the display magnification on the small screen in correspondence with the distance between the above objects.