Game device, game system, and computer-readable storage medium having program recorded thereon

A game device for controlling a baseball game or a softball game, in which a hitting of a ball object thrown by a pitcher character is performed when a user who operates a batter character superimposes an aiming cursor on the ball object, comprising:

• a cursor moving unit for moving the aiming cursor according to a user's operation;
• a specific region setting unit for setting in a strike zone, a specific region wherein the aiming cursor is movable in the specific region and a size of the aiming cursor in the specific region is changed by changing a local position of the aiming cursor in the specific region;
• a cursor within region setting unit for setting the size of the aiming cursor in the specific region so that the more the aiming cursor is away from a center portion of the specific region, the smaller the size of the aiming cursor is in accordance with a setting which defines a relative relationship between the local position and the size of the aiming cursor in the specific region;
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• a specific region moving unit for moving the specific region from the strike zone according to a user's operation before the pitcher character throws the ball object.

A game system which comprises a terminal device used by a first user uses and a terminal device used by a second user, and which controls a game in which a function is applied to a movable object operated by the second user by making an aiming cursor operated by the first user superimpose on the movable object, the game system comprising:

• a cursor moving unit for moving the aiming cursor according to a first user's operation;
• a specific region setting unit for setting a specific region on a screen, wherein the aiming cursor is movable in the specific region and a size of the aiming cursor in the specific region is changed by changing a local position of the aiming cursor in the specific region;
• a cursor within region setting unit which sets the size of the aiming cursor in the specific region according to the local position of the aiming cursor in the specific region in accordance with a setting which defines a relative relationship between the local position and the size of the aiming cursor in the specific region;
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• a specific region moving unit for moving the specific region according to a first user's operation before a movement of the movable object is started.