Patent ID: 6244956
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game playing method executed by a computer apparatus having a pointing device which is capable of simultaneously inputting a moving direction and magnitude of a pointer through one operation of the pointing device by a player and further capable of receiving an input of a signal at a timing of a given operation of the pointing device by the player, the method comprising:displaying a predicted position of an object image which appears at a random timing and position, according to a position of the pointer moved by the player via the pointing device;enabling an action to the object image at an input timing of the signal received via the pointing device;judging a degree of success of the action depending on an overlap state between the predicted position and the object image at the time of the action;changing a size of the predicted position depending on at least one of the total number of times of the actions and the total degree of success of actions; andgiving a game award to the player depending on the total degree of success of the actions.