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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takao Sawano, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Kawase, Kyoto, JP;
Tsutomu Araki, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takao Sawano, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Kawase, Kyoto, JP;
Tsutomu Araki, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game system includes a plurality of game machines each of which has an LCD. A game world in which a plurality of characters individually operated by the plurality of game machines appear is displayed on a CRT as a common display and on the LCD as an individual display of each of players. Specifically, a game world having a fixed viewpoint capable of viewing the plurality of characters is displayed on the CRT, and a three-dimensional game world having a viewpoint with reference to one's character is displayed on the LCD. One of the CRT or one's LCD is changeably selected as an operation screen. When a direction instructing key is operated, a moving direction of one's character is determined with reference to the operation screen, and one's character is moved to the determined moving direction.