Patent ID: 7942743

Claim:
A game apparatus utilizing a pointing device, comprising: a display portion for displaying one or more figures operated by a player; figure position setting programmed logic circuitry for setting at least one of said one or more figures at an arbitrary position of said display portion on the basis of an instruction from the player; operation effective area setting programmed logic circuitry for setting a display area of said figure set by said figure position setting programmed logic circuitry as an operation effective area; operation coordinates position detecting programmed logic circuitry for detecting an operation coordinates position on the basis of operation information detected by an operation of said pointing device; operation coordinates position determining programmed logic circuitry for determining whether or not the operation coordinates position detected by said operation coordinates position detecting programmed logic circuitry is within said operation effective area; operation state detecting programmed logic circuitry for detecting an operation state of said figure, wherein said operation state detecting programmed logic circuitry makes a determination about an alteration of a characteristic of said figure, when the operation coordinates are determined to be within the operation effective area by said operation coordinates position determining programmed logic circuitry, based at least in part on a positional relationship of where the detected position of the operation coordinates is located within the operation effective area in relation to the operation effective area; and game processing programmed logic circuitry for executing a game process corresponding to the operation of said figure also when the operation coordinates are determined to be within said operation effective area by said operation coordinates position determining programmed logic circuitry.