Patent ID: 7778590
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus, comprising: an image display which displays a predetermined image related to a game; a music data storage unit which stores music data; a music performance processing unit which plays a song based on the music data stored in the music data storage unit; a game control unit which controls the game based on the song which is played by the music performance processing unit; a specifying information display unit which displays, on the image display, specifying information which specifies the music data stored in the music data storage unit; a character input unit which performs character input; a music extraction unit which, based on characters inputted by the character input unit, extracts, from the music data stored in the music data storage unit, corresponding music data which corresponds to the characters which have been inputted; a priority specifying information display unit, which displays, on the image display, specifying information which specifies the corresponding music data extracted by the music extraction unit, in priority before specifying information of other music data; a specifying information selection unit which selects the specifying information which is displayed on the image display; a selected music performance processing unit which plays a song related to the music data specified by the specifying information which has been selected by the specifying information selection unit; and a selected music image display unit which displays, on the image display, an image related to the music data specified by the specifying information which has been selected by the specifying information selection unit, wherein the selected music performance processing unit plays an appealing portion of the song related to the music data specified by the specifying information which has been selected by the specifying information selection unit, and the selected music image display unit displays a promotion video of the appealing portion of the song related to the music data specified by the specifying information which has been selected by the specifying information selection unit.