Patent ID: 6379244
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A63F,G10H

Abstract:
A music action game machine comprising:a main body; an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members; a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition; a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members; an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player; and an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device, wherein: the main body has a plurality of operating sections, each of which is provided with the operation input device, the operation instructing device is capable of instructing the same performance procedure to each of the operating sections with respect to the same musical composition, the estimation device estimates the performance operation separately for each of the operating sections, and the estimation device estimates the performance operation separately for each of the operating sections, and the estimation informing device informs the estimation result separately for each of the operating sections.