Patent ID: 8105143

Claim:
A puzzle element display game apparatus, comprising: a display that has a display area to which a plurality of cells are assigned lengthwise and breadthwise, and displays one of at least two types of puzzle elements in each of the cells; a puzzle element type storage that stores data regarding the type of puzzle element displayed in each of the plurality cells; an operating unit capable of designating at least the puzzle elements in the cells displayed in said display; a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to: display at least one of the two types of puzzle elements in each of said cells based on the data stored in the puzzle element type storage; and change the type of puzzle element displayed in a plurality of designated cells which are consecutively designated through said operating unit from a designation start point to a designation end point in such a manner as to change the currently displayed type of puzzle element into another one of the at least two types of puzzle elements in each of the plurality of designated cells; and determine whether or not the type of puzzle elements after said changing step satisfies a predetermined requirement.