Patent ID: 6556204
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A63F,G09G

Abstract:
An image processor for performing image processing to display a character representing an object in a video game on a display, comprising:mark displaying means for displaying a mark to indicate the character that is a present object on the display; means for controlling a virtual camera that faces the character position in a game space, wherein the virtual camera approaches the character with the mark as time elapses; means for determining the character is defeated; mark moving means for moving the mark automatically so as to indicate a character that is a next object when the present character is defeated, wherein the mark moving means initially displays the mark around the center of the display and then moves the mark to a position of the character that is the next object; and mark display state changing means for changing a displayed state of the mark depending on the advancement of the image processing state for the character, wherein said advancement corresponds to progress made in said video game.