Patent ID: 6283857
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A video game system comprising:a detachably connectable external memory for storing a video game program;a game program executing processing system, including a connector for receiving said connectable external memory, and for executing said video game program to generate a three-dimensional world display;at least one player controller operable by a player including a plurality of camera perspective control keys for generating video game control signals for modifying the displayed three-dimensional world point of view; said external memory including instructions for causing said game program executing processing system to respond to the player's actuation of each of said plurality of camera perspective control keys by modifying the displayed three-dimensional world point of view, wherein said external memory includes instructions for detecting whether an object exists between the player controlled character and a current point of view perspective such that the player controlled character would not be visible on a display screen and changing the current point of view such that the player controlled character will be displayed.