Patent ID: 6561906
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A game apparatus for displaying a player-operated object positioned within a virtual space and a background of the virtual space, the apparatus comprising:a computer that controls a game; a computer readable storage medium storing movie image data showing the background and a computer program that controls the computer, the movie image data comprising a plurality of streams, each stream being associated with a position in the virtual space; an input device that detects a desired direction of movement based upon manual input; a drive that reads image data from one of the plurality of streams corresponding to the desired direction of movement of the object within the virtual space; and a display that displays a series of images in accordance with the read image data; wherein when a new desired direction of movement is detected, a position of the object moved in accordance with the new desired direction of movement is calculated, and the displayed series of images is changed to a stream corresponding to the calculated position.