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Game system playable by plurality of players, game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

  • US 20050119053A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2004
  • Published: 06/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A game system playable by a plurality of players provided with one game console including a first display apparatus, and a plurality of hand-held game apparatuses including at least an operating means with which the player plays a game and a sound outputting means, and for searching an invisible non-displayed item by a plurality of player characters simultaneously displayed, wherein said game console, further including:

  • a processing means for performing a game processing in response to an input from said operating means of said plurality of hand-held game apparatuses;

    a first display means for displaying a result processed by said processing means as an image on said first display apparatus;

    a field generating means for generating a game field where at least one non-displayed item is arranged;

    a non-displayed item data storing means for storing at least a position of said non-displayed item in said game field;

    a player position storing means for temporarily storing positions of said plurality of player characters in said game field that are operated by the plurality of operating means respectively;

    a distance calculating means for calculating a distance between said non-displayed item and said player character on the basis of a position of said non-displayed item and a position of said player character; and

    an instructing means for instructing, when the position of said player character falls within a predetermined range from the position of said non-displayed item, said hand-held game apparatus operating said player character to emit at least one kind of notification sound on the basis of the distance obtained by said distance calculating means;

    wherein said sound outputting means of said hand-held game apparatus outputs the notification sound when receiving the instruction by said instructing means.

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