Patent ID: 6656049
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A63F,A63H

Abstract:
An electronic game apparatus, which is constituted to enable an operating state of an operating portion, which includes a rotating member, in accordance with a player to be reflected in a movement of a game character, the electronic game apparatus being constituted to provide an operative period, which treats an operating state of said operating portion as being operative, and an inoperative period, which treats an operating state of said operating portion as being inoperative, and to make it possible to change game processing when a player operates said operating portion during said operative period, and when a player operates said operating portion during said inoperative period, wherein said operative period and said non-operative period are determined based on rotation of said rotating member and non-rotation of said rotating member, respectively; wherein said rotating member has a record-turntable-imitating external shape, said rotating member is capable of rotating on a rotation axis.