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Game system, computer readable storage medium storing game program and image displaying method

  • US 6,835,136 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2001
  • Issued: 12/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A game system in which an object is arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space, comprising:

  • a display device for displaying a game screen;

    an input device for outputting signals according to operations by a player; and

    a game control device for executing a game according to a predetermined program while checking the output of the input device and displaying a visual field image including said object moving to a moving direction on the game screen through the display device, the visual field image being viewed from a view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space, wherein the game control device comprises;

    a position determining device for determining a view point position between a first view point position which is a back and slightly inclined position toward the moving don of said object to view an observation point set forward of said object moving to the moving direction, and a second view point position 0 a side of said object relative to the moving direction and from which the observation point is viewed fixed regardless of the movement of said object in accordance with a state of said object; and

    a switch control device for switching between the first view point position and the second viewpoint position when said object reaches a predetermined position, the switch control device being arranged to move between the first and second view point positions on a line between them when they are switched, and while switching been the first and second view point positions, displaying the view field image from moving view point positions on the line between the first and second view point positions.

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