Patent ID: 7331856
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display screen in front of which a game player takes a position; an operation device to be operated by the game player; a position detector configured to detect movements of said operation device; and a game control unit, the game control unit being configured to control a game progress by executing the acts of: displaying at least four disappearance positions at outer areas on said display screen such that an inner area on the display screen is surrounded by said plurality of disappearance positions; displaying a plurality of command marks on the display screen, which are blown out one after the other from a position in said inner area in concert with a rhythm of music, wherein each of the blown-out command marks moves from the appearance position toward one of said disappearance positions; detecting, based on data detected by said detector, movements of said operation device operated by the game player who, at each time of blowing-out of the command marks, tries to move the operation device, in a timing before it disappears, along the movement of the command mark or toward one of the disappearance positions toward which the command mark moves; and judging whether or not the directions of the movements of the operation device agree with the moving directions of the command marks as well as whether the movements of said operation device agree with the rhythm of music.