Video game item's value being adjusted by using another item's value

A video game apparatus for executing a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said video game apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying objects representing a first item and a second item designated by a predetermined input instruction from said plurality of items owned by the character, and for displaying item values corresponding to said designated first and second items;
• means for adding said displayed item values corresponding to said first and second items to each other;
• and
• means for replacing said item value of said first item by a resultant value of the addition;
• and
• means for displaying only an object representing said first item and the item value thereof when the item value of said first item is replaced.

A method of executing a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said method comprising:

• copying the plurality of items and corresponding preset item values owned by said character from a first memory area to a second memory area;
• designating a first item and a second item from the plurality of items stored in said second memory area in accordance with a predetermined input instruction;
• reading item values of said first and second items designated by said designating step from said second memory area;
• calculating a new item value from the item values of the first and second items read in the reading step;
• and
• updating the item value of said first item stored in said second memory area with the new item value calculated in the calculating step.

A method of executing a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said method comprising:

• displaying objects representing a first item and a second item designated by a predetermined input instruction from said plurality of items owned by said character and for displaying item values corresponding to said designated first and second items;
• adding said displayed item values corresponding to said first and second items to each other;
• replacing said item value of said first item by a resultant value of the addition;
• and
• displaying only an object representing said first item and the item value thereof when the item value of said first item is replaced.

A computer program product for causing a computer to execute a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said computer program product comprising:

• a first computer code configured to copy the plurality of items and corresponding preset item values owned by said character from a first memory area to a second memory area;
• a second computer code configured to designate a first item and a second item from the plurality of items stored in said second memory area in accordance with a predetermined input instruction;
• a third computer code configured to read item values of said first and second items designated by the second computer code from said second memory area;
• a fourth computer code configured to calculate a new item value from the item values of the first and second items read by the third computer code;
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• a fifth computer code configured to update the item value of said first item stored in said second memory area with the new item value calculated by the fourth computer code.

A computer program product for causing a computer to execute a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said computer program product comprising:

• a first computer code configured to display objects representing a first item and a second item designated by a predetermined input instruction from said plurality of items owned by said character, and configured to display item values corresponding to said designated first and second items;
• a second computer code configured to add said displayed item values corresponding to said first and second items to each other;
• a third computer code configured to replace said item value of said first item by a resultant value of the addition;
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• a fourth computer code configured to display only an object representing said first item and the item value thereof when the item value of said first item is replaced.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for causing a computer to execute a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said computer data signal causing the computer to perform the steps of:

• copying the plurality of items and corresponding preset item values owned by said character from a first memory area to a second memory area;
• designating a first item and a second item from the plurality of items stored in said second memory area in accordance with a predetermined input instruction;
• reading item values of said first and second items designated by designating step from said second memory area;
• calculating a new item value from the item values of the first and second items read by the reading step;
• updating the item value of said first item stored in said second memory area using the new item value calculated by the calculating step.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for causing a computer to execute a video game including a character which can own a plurality of items having influences upon a game progress, said computer data signal causing the computer to perform the steps of:

• displaying objects representing a first item and a second item designated by a predetermined input instruction from said plurality of items owned by said character, and displaying item values corresponding to said designated first and second items;
• adding said displayed item values corresponding to said first and second items to each other;
• replacing said item value of said first item by a resultant value of the addition;
• and
• displaying only an object representing said first item and the item value thereof when the item value of said first item is replaced.