Non-transitory storage medium encoded with game program readable by computer of information processing apparatus which can enhance zest, game device, method of controlling game device, and game system

A game device connected to a display, the game device comprising a processor, the processor performing operations comprising:

• game execution processing including performing processing of a game,
• operation acceptance processing including accepting operation inputs for the game,
• operation information recording processing for recording operation inputs accepted in the operation acceptance processing in the processing of the game,
• suspension processing including storing backup data for a point of suspension of the game and the recorded operation inputs for a predetermined period leading up to the point of suspension;
• game replay processing including replaying a status of play of the game on the display based on the stored backup data, and
• game resumption processing including using said stored recorded operation inputs to enable processing of the game to be resumed beginning at any time instant within said predetermined period leading up to the point of suspension during replay by the game replay processing.

A method of controlling a game device connected to a display, the method comprising:

• performing processing of a game;
• accepting an operation for the game;
• recording operation information accepted in the processing of the game;
• storing backup data for a point of suspension of the game, the backup data including recorded operation information accepted in the processing of the game for predetermined time interval leading up to the point of suspension;
• replaying a status of play of the game on the display based on the recorded operation information and the stored backup data;
• and
• using the recorded operation information for a said predetermined time period leading up to the point of suspension to resume processing of the game from any time instant during the said predetermined time period leading up to the point of suspension.

A game system comprising:

• a display;
• a user input device operatively connected to a processor, the user input device accepting operation information for the game;
• an operation information storage device connected to the processor which records operation information accepted by the user input device in the processing of the game;
• the processor configured to perform processing of a game in response to the accepted operation information for the game and to perform suspension processing including storing backup data for points of suspension of the game, the backup data including recorded operation information accepted by the user input device during predetermined time intervals leading up to the points of suspension;
• the processor being further configured to replay on the display, a status of play of the game based on the operation information recorded in the operation information storage device and the stored backup data;
• and
• the processor being further configured to use the stored backup data including recorded operation information accepted by the user input device during a predetermined time interval leading up to a said point of suspension to resume processing of the game from any time instant within the predetermined time interval leading up to the said point of suspension during replay.