Patent ID: 6354940
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game apparatus for playing a fighting game between game characters on a display screen, the apparatus comprising:storage means for storing fighting abilities on a per character basis; selecting means for selecting, in response to a manual input, any fighting ability from among the fighting abilities which are stored on a per character basis and are presented on the display screen; display control means which controls the displaying of a fight between the characters, using the fighting ability selected by the selecting means; time measurement means for measuring a duration of time throughout which the display control means controls the displaying of the fight; and authorizing means for authorizing each character to execute a fighting action when the time measured by the time measurement means reaches the time predetermined for the character, wherein the selecting means selects the ability in response to a manual input when the authorizing means authorizes the character to execute the fighting action.