Patent ID: 8690670
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A63F,B33Y,G10H

Abstract:
1. A method for instructing a display, coupled to a game console, to display a performance meter indicative of one or more performance levels associated with a plurality of players in a rhythm action game, the method comprising: calculating, by the game console, a player score for each of the plurality of players playing the rhythm action game within a band, each player score representing a performance level of a particular player; calculating, by the game console, a composite score for the band playing a rhythm action game, the composite score based in part on the performance level associated with each of the plurality of players within the band; instructing the display, by the game console, to display the composite score on a performance meter as a performance level; and instructing the display, by the game console, to display separately from the composite score each player score on the performance meter as a graphical indication positioned on the meter at a position corresponding to the calculated player score.