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Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus

  • US 20060252531A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2006
  • Published: 11/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage medium having stored thereon a game program to be executed by a computer in a game apparatus comprising a display screen for displaying a game image and a pointing device associated with the display screen, wherein the computer is operable to execute:

  • a coordinate detection step for detecting, at regular time intervals, a coordinate value which is inputted through the pointing device and indicates a position on the display screen, based on an output signal from the pointing device;

    an operation state determination step for determining whether or not a player is controlling a first object with the pointing device, based on the output signal from the pointing device;

    a movement control step for moving, when the operation state determination step determines that the player is controlling the first object, the first object based on the coordinate value detected in the coordinate detection step;

    a positional relationship determination step for determining, when the operation state determination step determines that the player has stopped controlling the first object, a positional relationship on the display screen between a second object and a final input position based on positional information of the second object and positional information of the final input position, the final input position corresponding to a position associated with a final input operation performed through the pointing device by the player; and

    an effect operation process step for causing either one of the first object and the second object to perform an operation for exerting an effect on the other when the positional relationship determination step determines that a predetermined positional relationship is satisfied.

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