Patent ID: 6527637
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A63F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
A video game apparatus comprising:a monitor on which game images are displayed; and display control means for displaying the game images on a display surface of the monitor to execute a specified game in a game space, the display control means including: reference image display means for displaying a specific game image in the game space as a reference game image, combined image display means for producing a combined game image by displaying an adjacent game image neighboring outside a partial game image along a first direction within the reference game image in place of the partial game image, and switch control means for switching the display of the reference game image and that of the combined game image to each other according to a game situation, wherein the reference image display means scrolls the reference game image in a direction opposite from a moving direction of the game medium character by a specified distance when the game medium character reaches a position slightly before a predetermined position in the first direction within the reference game image.