Patent ID: 6352476
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A three dimensional display video game apparatus comprising:a player controller including a direction control member to instruct a direction in movement of a player object so that when the player object is placed within a virtual three dimensional space, image data for displaying the player object as viewed from a certain point of sight is generated and supplied to a display to thereby provide such a game scene that the player object can be moved to a predetermined region on a screen of said display in accordance with an indication of said direction control member, wherein said video game apparatus includes a display generating processing system, said display generating processing system being operable to determine a three dimension coordinate position of said player object and to generate a first marker direction pointing mark and a second marker direction pointing mark, said first and second direction pointing marks respectively having first and second pointing directions that are both variable as determined based upon said three dimension coordinate position of the player object, said first and second direction pointing marks being displayed at respective locations on the game scene.