Patent ID: 8795089

Claim:
A game device, comprising: program executing means for executing each of a plurality of game programs; identification information acquiring means for acquiring identification information on one of the plurality of game programs during execution of the one of the plurality of game programs; image acquiring means for acquiring at least one image of a game screen generated during the execution of the one of the plurality of game programs; storage means for storing images obtained by the image acquiring means; image storing means for: (i) storing the at least one image into the storage means in association with the identification information, and (ii) judging whether or not there already exists at least one previously stored image in the storage means in association with the identification information, and if there already exists at least one previously stored image, the image storing means stores the at least one image in association with the same identification information as the at least one previously stored image into the storage means; and display control means for: (i) displaying an icon on a display means, the icon being associated with the one of the game programs, (ii) displaying related information concerning the one of the game programs and a total number of the previously stored images associated with the identification information, such displaying being on the display means adjacent to the icon and in response to a user specifying the icon on the display means, (iii) reading one or more images stored in association with any one of the identification information from the storage means based on a specification made by the user, and (iv) displaying the images on the display means, wherein the display control means displays a background image that is associated with the icon and symbolizes the one of the game programs, such displaying being in a background of the display means and in response to the user maintaining the specifying of the icon on the display means for at least a predetermined time.