Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program

Abstract

An entertainment system has a destruction displaying unit including a damage applying object processing unit for rendering an object (damage applying object) such as a robot carrying a principal character, a monster as a target, or bullets or shells shot from a weapon, which applies damage to a background object, a destruction determining unit for determining whether the background object is to be destroyed or not based on the positional relationship between the damage applying object and the background object, a background object processing unit for rendering the background object as it is being destroyed, and an image displaying unit for outputting image data rendered and stored in a frame buffer to a display monitor to display a corresponding image on the display screen of the display monitor.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An entertainment system comprising: 
 an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs;    at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus;    a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus; and    destruction displaying means for determining whether a background object which is being displayed on the display unit is destroyed or not based on positional information of the displayed background object and positional information of a damage applying object, and displaying the background object in a destroyed sequence if the background object has been determined as being destroyed.    
     
     
         2 . An entertainment system according to    claim 1   , wherein said destruction displaying means comprises: 
 determining means for determining whether said background object is to be destroyed or not based on the positional information of said background object and the positional information of said damage applying object;    display form selecting means for selecting a form of destruction depending on the type of the background object to be destroyed; and    rendering means for displaying said background object in a destroyed sequence according to rules of the selected form of destruction.    
     
     
         3 . An entertainment system according to    claim 2   , wherein said determining means comprises: 
 means for destroying said background object in display if the positional information of said damage applying object is included in the positional information of said background object.    
     
     
         4 . An entertainment system comprising: 
 an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs;    at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus;    a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus; and    viewpoint changing means for displaying, on said display unit, a frame to change a viewpoint and a sight movable in said frame depending on a control input entered from said manual controller by the user, and changing the viewpoint in the direction depending on the control input entered by the user when said sight approaches said frame.    
     
     
         5 . An entertainment system according to    claim 4   , wherein said viewpoint changing means comprises: 
 means for changing said viewpoint in display at a speed depending on the control input entered by the user.    
     
     
         6 . An entertainment system according to    claim 4   , wherein said viewpoint changing means comprises: 
 appearance direction displaying means for displaying an indicia, indicative of a direction in which a principal object will appear, closely to said frame.    
     
     
         7 . An entertainment apparatus for connection to a manual controller for outputting a control request from the user, and a display unit for displaying images, comprising: 
 destruction displaying means for determining whether a background object which is being displayed on the display unit is destroyed or not based on positional information of the displayed background object and positional information of a damage applying object, and displaying the background object in a destroyed sequence if the background object has been determined as being destroyed.    
     
     
         8 . An entertainment apparatus for connection to a manual controller for outputting a control request from the user, and a display unit for displaying images, comprising: 
 viewpoint changing means for displaying, on said display unit, a frame to change a viewpoint and a sight movable in said frame depending on a control input entered from said manual controller by the user, and changing the viewpoint in the direction depending on the control input entered by the user when said sight approaches said frame.    
     
     
         9 . A recording medium storing a program and data for use in an entertainment system having an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs, at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus, and a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus, said program comprising the steps of: 
 determining whether a background object which is being displayed on the display unit is destroyed or not based on positional information of the displayed background object and positional information of a damage applying object, and displaying the background object in a destroyed sequence if the background object has been determined as being destroyed.    
     
     
         10 . A recording medium according to    claim 9   , wherein said steps comprise the steps of: 
 determining whether said background object is to be destroyed or not based on the positional information of said background object and the positional information of said damage applying object;    selecting a form of destruction depending on the type of the background object to be destroyed; and    displaying said background object in a destroyed sequence according to rules of the selected form of destruction.    
     
     
         11 . A recording medium according to    claim 10   , wherein said step of determining whether said background object is to be destroyed or not comprises the step of: 
 destroying said background object in display if the positional information of said damage applying object is included in the positional information of said background object.    
     
     
         12 . A recording medium storing a program and data for use in an entertainment system having an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs, at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus, and a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus, said program comprising the steps of: 
 displaying, on said display unit, a frame to change a viewpoint and a sight movable in said frame depending on a control input entered from said manual controller by the user, and changing the viewpoint in the direction depending on the control input entered by the user when said sight approaches said frame.    
     
     
         13 . A recording medium according to    claim 12   , wherein said steps comprise the step of: 
 changing said viewpoint in display at a speed depending on the control input entered by the user.    
     
     
         14 . A recording medium according to    claim 12   , wherein said steps comprise the step of: 
 displaying an indicia, indicative of a direction in which a principal object will appear, closely to said frame.    
     
     
         15 . A program readable and executable by a computer, for use in an entertainment system having an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs, at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus, and a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus, said program comprising the steps of: 
 determining whether a background object which is being displayed on the display unit is destroyed or not based on positional information of the displayed background object and positional information of a damage applying object, and displaying the background object in a destroyed sequence if the background object has been determined as being destroyed.    
     
     
         16 . A program readable and executable by a computer, for use in an entertainment system having an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs, at least one manual controller for entering control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus, and a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus, said program comprising the steps of: 
 displaying, on said display unit, a frame to change a viewpoint and a sight movable in said frame depending on a control input entered from said manual controller by the user, and changing the viewpoint in the direction depending on the control input entered by the user when said sight approaches said frame.