Patent ID: 7063616

Claim:
A readable storage medium storing an action game program, said program comprising the steps of: receiving input of a first instruction relating to an action with respect to a same team player character, for a player character in possession of a ball existing in a game space and displayed on a screen; receiving input of a second instruction specifying a reference direction originating at said player character by means of a prescribed stick; performing control in such a manner that the ball is moved in accordance with the input first instruction, to a same team player character in the reference direction according to the input second instruction, without touching the ground on the way; detecting a speed at which the stick is inclined; setting a height that the ball reaches according to the detected speed; and judging whether or not a same team player character is present at a ball landing point set according to said height reached by the ball, and if it is judged that a same team player character is so present, then the ball is controlled such that it moves to the same team player character, whereas if it is judged that no same team player character is so present, then the ball is controlled such that it moves in said reference direction.