Music playing game apparatus, performance guiding image display method, and readable storage medium storing performance guiding image forming program
US6390923B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2220/141
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A music playing game apparatus comprises background music reproducing unit; display unit for displaying an image stored in the storage medium; control unit for reading a content of recorded information in a storage medium storing a plurality of simulated music instruments played by a player and for executing a predetermined operation to the display unit and the background music reproducing unit upon receiving an operation signal from the simulated music instrument. The control unit includes a pattern storage unit for storing operation instruction pattern to instruct an operation of the simulated music instrument; a sound information storage unit for storing playing sounds of the simulated music instrument; a display control unit for reading out the operation instruction pattern corresponding to the background music to be reproduced, and for displaying the operation instruction; playing sound output unit for outputting a playing sound from the sound information storage unit at a time of operation of the music instrument in accordance with the operation instruction pattern displayed on the display control unit.
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