Patent ID: 7115031

Claim:
A game system displaying a game world in which a plurality of characters including a player character operated by a direction instructing key appear on a common display device and an individual display device assigned to a player, comprising: a first display processing mechanism for displaying on said individual display device the game world from a first viewpoint with reference to the player character; a second display processing mechanism for displaying on said common display device the game world from a second viewpoint capable of viewing a plurality of the characters; a selection key for selecting one of said common display device and said individual display device as an operation display device; a switching mechanism for switching said operation display device between the common display device and the individual display device in response to an operation of said selection key; and a character moving processing mechanism for moving the player character on said operation display device to a direction coincident with an operating direction of said direction instructing key, and moving the player character on a display device other than said operation display device in accordance with a moving of the player character on said operation display device.