Patent ID: 7083519

Claim:
A game machine connectable to a plurality of types of controllers, comprising: controller type determining means for determining a type of a controller connected to the game machine; table storage means for storing a table for each type of a controller, the table showing a type of an operation signal input from the controller and a type of an action to be performed by an operation target of the controller; table reading means for reading from the table storage means a table corresponding to the type of the controller connected to the game machine; operation target displaying means for displaying an operation target of the controller connected to the game machine; display control means for controlling displaying of the operation target such that the displayed operation target performs an action of a type, according to the table read from the table reading means, corresponding to a kind of an operation signal input from the controller connected to the game machine; and operation target image storage means for storing a plurality of operation target images correlated with a type of a controller, wherein the operation target displaying means reads out an operation target image correlated with the type of the controller connected to the game machine from the operation target image storage means and displays the operation target based on the operation target image read.