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Player object displayed in second configuration even if cursor moves outside prescribed area

  • US 6,419,580 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1999
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A game apparatus, comprising:

  • cursor moving means for moving a cursor in a game space;

    determining means for determining whether the cursor is inside a prescribed area within the game space; and

    displaying means for displaying an object in a first display configuration at a position of the cursor, if the cursor is determined by the determining means to not be inside the prescribed area, and for displaying, for a predetermined period of time, the object in a second display configuration at a position different from the position of the cursor, if the cursor is determined by the determining means to be inside the prescribed area even if the cursor moving means commands the cursor to move outside the prescribed area after the determination.

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