Video game with quick alternation of player characters

A program of a video game for controlling a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character,

• wherein said program causes a computer:
• to allow at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• to display a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of a player when a player characters participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• to select any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the operation of the player;
• and
• to substitute an optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.

A video game processing method for controlling a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character, comprising:

• allowing at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• displaying a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of a player when a player characters participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• selecting any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the operation of the player;
• and
• substituting said optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.

A video game processing apparatus comprising:

• a storage system that stores a program of a video game to control a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character;
• a computer that executes the program read from said storage system;
• and
• a display unit provided as the output of said computer for the screen display,
• wherein said computer executes said program:
• to allow at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• to display a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of a player when a player characters participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• to select any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the operation of the player;
• and
• to substitute an optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.

A computer-readable recording medium having a program of a video game recorded to allow a plurality of players to participate in the video game through a network and to control a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character,

• wherein said program causes the computer:
• to allow at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• to display a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operations of one of the players when a player characters participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• to select any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the operations of the players;
• and
• to substitute an optionally selected player character for said play character awaiting the command input.

A program of a video game for allowing a plurality of players to participate in the video game through a network and for controlling a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character,

• wherein said program causes a computer:
• to allow at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• to display a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of one of the multiple players when a player character participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• to select any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the individual operations of the multiple players;
• and
• to substitute an optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.

A video game processing method that allows a plurality of players to participate in the video game through a network and for controlling a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character, comprising:

• allowing at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• displaying a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of one of the multiple players when a player character participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• selecting any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the individual operations of the multiple players;
• and
• substituting an optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.

A video game processing apparatus comprising:

• a storage system that stores a program to allow a plurality of players to participate in a video game through a network and to control a battle scene on a screen between a plurality of player characters and at least one enemy character;
• a computer for executing a program read from said storage system;
• and
• a display unit provided as an output system of said computer for the screen display,
• wherein said computer executes said program:
• to allow at least one of said player characters to participate in the battle scene;
• to display a list of standby player characters not participating in the battle scene, in a subscreen in response to only a single step operation of one of the multiple players when a player character participating in said battle scene is awaiting a command input;
• to select any of the player characters displayed in the subscreen, in response to the individual operations of the multiple players;
• and
• to substitute an optionally selected player character for said player character awaiting the command input.