Game apparatus, game system and game progression control method

Abstract

Disclosed is a game system capable of introducing a distinctive feature into each of a processing of designating offensive and defensive locations and a processing of determining a competition result so as to provide a game having a high level of playability. The game system comprises a plurality of game apparatuses each equipped with a touch paneland a monitor, and connected to each other via a network. Each of the game apparatuses includes an image display control sectionadapted to display a strike zone image (SZ image) on the monitor, and a setup sectionadapted, based on manipulation information accepted from the touch panel, to set up a pitch location (or swing location) within the SZ image, and set up a shape of a first mark image on the basis of the setup location. The image display control sectionis also adapted to display the first mark image on the SZ image in a superimposed manner, and, after completion of the setup processing by the setup section, display, onto the SZ image, a second mark image for the swing location (or pitch location) which is received from an opponent's game apparatus. The game apparatus further includes a batting result-setting sectionadapted to set a batting result depending on a degree of overlapping between the first and second mark images.