Patent ID: 7785199
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus for displaying a game image representing an operable object in a game space, the operable object being controllable in response to an operation performed by a player, comprising: a first display section; an input section which does not comprise a touch panel; a first action controller for controlling an action of a first operable object in accordance with an operation performed on the input section; a first display controller for displaying on the first display section a first game image representing at least a portion of the game space; a second display section different from the first display section; a touch panel provided on a surface of the second display section; a second action controller for controlling an action of a second operable object in accordance with a touch operation performed on the touch panel; and a second display controller for displaying on the second display section a second game image representing at least a portion of the game space, the second game image being different from the first game image, wherein the first operable object is different than the second operable object, wherein, the game space comprises a plurality of operable objects, the game apparatus further comprises: a first operable object selector for selecting at least one of the plurality of operable objects as a first operable object, the selection being made automatically or by the player; and a second operable object selector for selecting at least one of the plurality of operable objects as a second operable object, the selection being made in accordance with coordinates obtained from the touch operation, wherein the second action controller comprises continuous action control programmed logic circuitry for, after the touch operation is performed on the touch panel, controlling the second operable object to continuously perform an action which is in accordance with the touch operation, the game apparatus further comprising a control selector for, when the second operable object which is acting under the control of the continuous action controller becomes controllable under the first action controller in accordance with an operation performed on the input section when a predetermined action in the game occurs, switching said second operable object between being controlled to act by the continuous action control programmed logic circuitry while no operation is performed on the input section and said second operable object being controlled to act by the first action controller if an operation is performed on the input section.