SPRITE CONTROL SYSTEM

PURPOSE:To maintain a sprite transfer speed and make a sprite pattern memory inexpensive. CONSTITUTION:A sprite storage means 12 stores sprite data including pattern data showing the colors and shapes of respective sprites, plural buffer means 14 stores sprite data from the sprite storage means 12, and a display storage means 16 divisionally stores sprite data from the buffer means 14 so as to display them on a display screen one over another. A storage control means 18 writes the sprite data of the sprite storage means 12 in plural buffer means 14 in a predetermined order, and read data out of the buffer means where the data are already written and writes them in the display storage means 16 while the data are being written in the buffer means.