Patent ID: 8475270

Claim:
A game system including a game terminal where operations by a player are accepted and a predetermined game is executed and a server capable of communicating data with the game terminal, wherein: the game terminal comprises: a display portion for displaying game images of the predetermined game; a game executing portion adapted and configured to execute a game where a position is obtained by operations performed by a player as the predetermined game, each of the operations for obtaining any one of positions in the game image, and a plurality of positions obtained affect a game result; and a history information accumulating portion adapted and configured to: accumulate pieces of play information during the game, each piece of play information including an operation performed up to obtaining one of the positions and a timing when the operation is performed that are associated with each other, and generate play history information including the pieces of play information accumulated with respect to each of positions obtained by the player during the game, and the server comprises: a history information storing portion adapted and configured to store history information based on the play history information for each player; and a history information providing portion adapted and configured to, in response to a request for information relating to another player from the game terminal, select a selected piece of the history information, and provide information based on the selected piece of history information, the game terminal or the server further comprises an excerpt information generating portion adapted and configured to generate excerpt play history information by excerpting the pieces of play information relating to an operation performed last for each of obtained positions from the play history information or the selected piece of history information, and the game executing portion of the game terminal further comprises: an excerpt information obtaining portion adapted and configured to obtain the excerpt play history information by requesting the excerpt play history information relating to another player from the server; and an another player display controlling portion adapted and configured to control a display of the game image in the display position of the game terminal so as to display in sequence by following the timing indicated by each piece of play information included in the obtained excerpt play history information, an indicator at the position indicated by the piece of play information, the indicator indicating that the corresponding position was obtained by the another player.