Patent ID: 8531452

Claim:
A video game machine configured to present a player with an image captured by at least one virtual camera within a view angle in a viewing direction thereof, said at least one virtual camera forming a combination of first and second virtual cameras having a capability to move within a virtual game space in accordance with manipulation of an operating member by the player, said video game machine comprising: a monitor having a display screen on which a parallax barrier member that permits three-dimensional viewing is provided; a virtual camera controller for selectively providing on-screen presentation in 2D display mode in which positions and viewing directions of said first and second virtual cameras for capturing images in the virtual game space are matched with each other and in 3D display mode in which said first and second virtual cameras are set at different positions with a prescribed relationship therebetween and with prescribed viewing directions intersecting each other in the virtual game space; first and second image storage blocks for temporarily storing first and second image data acquired by said first and second virtual cameras, respectively; a display mode specifier for selectively specifying one of the 2D and 3D display modes; and an image display controller for generating an image for 3D display by using the image data obtained from said first and second image storage blocks one line after another and then outputting the image thus generated to said monitor.