Patent ID: 8419537

Claim:
A game system comprising: at least one hand-held type game apparatus having a display section and an operation section operable by a player; a plurality of operation mechanisms which are operable by players; a game apparatus for outputting a game screen in which to display characters which are operated within a game space respectively by the operation section of the hand-held type game apparatus and the plurality of operation mechanisms; and a display for displaying an image based on the output game screen, wherein, the game apparatus includes: at least one map storage location for storing map data based on which to display the game space; at least one character storage location for storing data of a first character and a second character which are operable by players; a first character operation controlling mechanism for controlling the first character in accordance with an operation made to the operation section of the hand-held type game apparatus; a second character operation controlling mechanism for controlling the second character in accordance with an operation made to the operation mechanism; a first game screen output mechanism for outputting to the hand-held type game apparatus a first game screen representing a broad extent of the game space containing at least the first character and the second character, based on the map data in the map storage and the data in the character storage; and a second game screen output mechanism for outputting to the display a second game screen representing a narrow extent of the game space containing the second character, based on the map data in the at least one map storage location and the data in the at least one character storage location, the display section of the hand-held type game apparatus displaying the first game screen which is output from the first game screen output, and the display displaying the second game screen which is output from the second game screen output.