Patent ID: 7184021

Claim:
A game performing method for an apparatus comprising an input section having an operating handle capable of inputting an inclination of a desired angle in a desired direction, the method comprising: controlling a virtual handle of a player character according to operation inputted through the operating handle; detecting an inclined direction and an inclined angle of the operating handle; changing a handle angle of the virtual handle in a direction according to change in the inclined direction when the change in the inclined direction is detected by detecting the inclined direction and the inclined angle of the operating handle; and determining whether the inclined direction and the inclined angle of the operating handle detected satisfy a predetermined condition or not, wherein the determining whether the inclined direction and the inclined angle of the operating handle detected satisfy a predetermined condition or not includes determining that the inclined direction and the inclined angle satisfy the predetermined condition when the inclined direction and the inclined angle are not changed for a predetermined time or more.