Patent ID: 7828641

Claim:
A recording medium storing a game program for a game apparatus, the game apparatus providing signals to a display device displaying an image captured by a specific viewpoint in a virtual space on a display device and comprising: an input device operated by a first player; and a controller judging whether a first character placed in said virtual space contacts a second character moving in said virtual space, and controls progress of a game in accordance with the result of said judgment, the game program causing said game apparatus to operate in accordance with acts comprising: displaying on said display device a cursor indicating an area in which contact of said first character and said second character is regarded as valid; inputting by said input device an operating signal corresponding to at least one type of a ball predicted by said first player among a plurality of types of the ball for specifying movement of said second character before a moving operation of said second character is begun; setting by said controller said at least one type of the ball among a plurality of types of the ball for specifying movement of said second character; moving by said controller said second character in accordance with said type of the ball; judging by said controller whether the prediction made by said first player is right or wrong, based on a comparison of said type of the ball corresponding to said inputted operating signal and said type of the ball set by said controller to said second character; and when said two types of the ball match on the basis of said comparison, and said prediction by the player is judged to be right, making at least the shape or size of said cursor into a shape or size set to said one type of the ball which is predicted by said player and corresponds to operating signal input by said input device and displaying the cursor on said display device.