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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Naoki Tarama, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Tarama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/219 (2014.01); A63F 13/814 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/46 (2014.01); A63F 13/44 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/814 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/44 (2014.09); A63F 13/46 (2014.09);
Abstract
Provided is a game device capable of enabling a user to more readily perceive the rhythm of music when playing a game in which the player performs a game operation to the music. In the game configured so that the player performs the game operation to the music, based on reference timing data indicating a reference timing at which the player should perform the game operation, a game device indicates the reference timing to the player by moving a guide image on a game screen from a generation position to a target position while changing a direction of the guide image in accordance with a beat of the music.