Patent ID: 6595850
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A video game machine comprising:display means for displaying a video game on a game screen in which a leading character fights to attack enemy characters associated with an associated character; display control means for displaying said leading character, said enemy characters and said associated character on said game screen; associated character control means for controlling display of said associated character on said game screen; operation means for outputting operation signals in accordance with external operations, said operating means including output of operating signals for providing weapon items for use by said leading character; attack control means for controlling said leading character on the game screen so that said leading character uses said weapon items in accordance with said operation signals to attack said enemy characters, said attack control means also controlling said leading character to damage at least one enemy character without using any of said weapon items; and enemy-character generating means for newly generating said enemy characters at a predetermined position in accordance with an elapsed time; said attack control means controlling said leading character such that at least one enemy character of said enemy characters is damaged by said leading character without using said weapon items until a predetermined time elapses from the new generation of said enemy characters and such that said at least one enemy character which is damaged by said leading character without said weapon items, cannot be damaged by said leading character without using said weapon items after passage of the predetermined time.