Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and in the game apparatus, letters are displayed as visual support for a sound generated by a message generating object. When a game message is displayed, a distance between the message generating object and a player object is calculated. Then, a form of the letters to be displayed on a billboard is changed depending upon the calculated distance. The form to be changed is, for example, transparency and a size of the letters. Thus, a game image in which the form of the letters is changed depending upon the distance between the player object and the message generating object is displayed.

Abstract: A video game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a game process of an RPG stored in an optical disk. The CPU refers to state data of a player possessing item (specific item) stored in a main memory, and when the state data of the specific item shows a predetermined state, an actionable time-period of a player character (leading character) in a game world is extended.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and in the game apparatus, letters are displayed as visual support for a sound generated by a message generating object. When a game message is displayed, a distance between the message generating object and a player object is calculated. Then, a form of a texture of the letters to be pasted on a billboard is changed depending upon the calculated distance. The form to be changed is, for example, transparency and a size of the texture of the letters. Thus, a game image in which the form of the letters is changed depending upon the distance between the player object and the message generating object is displayed.