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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Naoko Matsumoto, Ashiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Masanori Kono, Kobe, JP;
Yoshito Fukuda, Kobe, JP;
Naoko Matsumoto, Ashiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Masanori Kono, Kobe, JP;
Yoshito Fukuda, Kobe, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game apparatus is provided that determines an operation result based on a player's input operation with respect to an operation instruction and comprises: an operating unit that is divided into a plurality of subregions and that has at least one input region formed from some or all of the subregions; a region display pattern tablethat, for each game difficulty level, stores a region display pattern that assigns a specific input region to each of the subregions; an input region forming unitthat reads out the region display pattern that accords with the game difficulty level from the storing unit and forms the input region in the operating unit based on the region display pattern that was read out; and a determining unitthat determines the operation result based on the operation instruction given to the player and the input region wherein the player's input operation is accepted.