Patent ID: 8025560

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable recoding medium which stores a program which controls a game in which a user-controlled character and an opponent character hit a ball, the program comprising: a module for determining a shot type and a shot timing when the character hits the ball; a module for calculating a trajectory of the ball hit based on the shot type and displaying the flying ball on a display screen; and a module for displaying information for specifying the shot type on the display screen, wherein the module for determining the shot type receives an input operation from the user and determines the shot type when the character controlled by the user hits the ball on the basis of a type of a button used for the input operation of a hitting instruction by the user, and in response to the input operation the module is configured to display the information for specifying the shot type on the display screen by displaying a figure or letter marked on the button associated with the shot type on the screen; wherein the module is further configured to display a character on the display screen associated with the shot timing to notify the user whether their timing is slow, fast or just right.