Patent ID: 7540805

Claim:
A game device on which a competitive game is played by a plurality of game players and which comprises control means for controlling the game by operation means operated by the game players and displaying game images on display means, further comprising: storage means for storing a count value indicating a number of times of a prescribed trick played by the game player, and a nickname table including a plurality of levels for the prescribed trick, a plurality of nickname conditions respectively corresponding to the plurality of levels, and a plurality of player's nicknames respectively corresponding to the plurality of nickname conditions, the plurality of nickname conditions being determined at least based upon the number of times the prescribed trick was played by the game player, the player's nicknames only expressing individualities of the fighting manner of the game player and are not related to the win and loss of the competitive game; the control means: judging whether or not the prescribed trick has been played, based on operation states of the operation means by the game players in the progress of the game; renewing the count value when it is judged that the prescribed trick has been played; and giving the player's nickname based upon said nickname table to the game player when the count value has satisfied one of the nicknaming conditions in said nickname table, the display means displaying on the game screen the player's nickname given to the game player with a player's name previously registered by the game player, when the display is set at ON, and the display means displaying on the game screen the player's name but not displaying on the game screen the player's nickname, when the display is set at OFF according to a player's selection.