Patent ID: 6544123
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game apparatus, comprising:a computer that controls a game; and a recording medium that stores at least one program used by said computer to control the game, wherein said at least one program causes said computer to: store each of a first icon image group and a second icon image group, made up of a plurality of icon images, for inputting of commands to be instructed to said computer, respectively set in a loop fashion a first orbit for moving said first icon image group into a virtual space, and a second orbit for moving said second icon image group, position said stored first and second icon image groups on said set first and second orbits in a corresponding manner, control a movement of said first and second icon image groups positioned on a display screen, associated with the game apparatus, along corresponding first and second orbits, in response to an operation input, and input commands correlated beforehand with combinations of icons placed on particular positions on said first and second orbits by said moving control.