Patent ID: 8360836

Claim:
A gaming device for allowing a player to play a musical instrument in a music game, comprising: an input receiving unit that receives an instruction input that specifies an input position where a moving object movable in a predetermined pathway is to be placed; a memory unit which stores a plurality of timings and a plurality of stored positions where the moving object is to be placed, each of the plurality of timings and each of the plurality of stored positions being associated with each other; and a sound outputting unit which outputs a background sound during play of the music game, wherein at each one of the plurality of timings, when the received input position matches the stored position associated with the respective one of the plurality of timings, the sound outputting unit outputs a second sound associated with the position associated with the one of the plurality of timings, the second sound being initiated by the sound outputting unit at the position associated with the respective one of the plurality of timings even if the stored position associated with the respective one of the plurality of timings is achieved by the instruction input prior to the respective one of the plurality of timings, the sound outputting unit combining the background sound and the second sound, the second sound corresponding to a sound that should be played by the musical instrument being played by the player.