Patent ID: 7022014
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A computer readable recording medium in which a game progress control program is recorded to control a progress of a baseball game in which a game player's team and a computer-controlled team or competitor's team alternately play offense and defense via a ball character used as a game medium, said game progress control program allows a computer to perform the steps comprising: displaying a game image including a plurality of characters, a bat character and a strike zone on a monitor screen of a computer; receiving input of contents of instructions based on a moving operation and a button operation made by the game player on a pointing device, wherein in said receiving step: is accomplished singly by the moving operation of said pointing device based on a moving amount and a moving direction of the pointing device in cases where bunting is selected as the offensive action of said batting character; displaying a corresponding vertical movement effecting movement of the bat character from said one displayed position to said another displayed position within the strike zone displayed on the monitor screen according to the received instructions regarding the alteration of the height of the bat character; and progressing a baseball game based on the input made by the game player.