Patent ID: 6585599
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game system comprising:a display apparatus capable of displaying a game screen; an input apparatus for outputting a signal corresponding to operation of a player; and a game control apparatus for displaying characters including at least one character set as an operation object oft he player on the game screen, and making respective characters take action in accordance with a predetermined program while referring to the output signal of the input apparatus, wherein the game control apparatus comprises: counting devices for counting synchronized with progress of a game, the counting devices being provided so as to be respectively associated with the characters of operation objects; an action control device responsive to arrival of a count value of one of the counting devices at a predetermined value, for executing processing required to make a character of the operation object take action in response to directions given from the player via the input apparatus; and a counting control device responsive to a start of action of the character made by the processing of the action control device, for decreasing a count value of the counting device by a value depending on a kind of the started action so as to make a waiting time corresponding to the action selected by the player start to run after execution of the action by the character has commenced.