Patent ID: 6139434
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
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, said game program executing processing system being operable to vary said three-dimensional display in accordance with which one of a plurality of camera modes has been initiated;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 initiating one of a plurality of camera modes and 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 in accordance with the actuation of one of said plurality of camera perspective control keys and which of said modes has been initiated.