Game machine, game system, storage medium used in same, and control method

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program configured to cause a computer to function as;

• an opportunity provision device configured to provide a music selection opportunity for selecting a piece of music with which to play a game in such a manner that a plurality of pieces of music in a music distribution service is included as options for selecting the piece of music with which to play the game, the music distribution service provided separately from the game as a service of distributing the plurality of pieces of music exclusively to a user terminal device after member authentication using a member ID unique to each member;
• a music score acquisition device connected to a music score data server via a network and configured to acquire music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and that is used to play the game from the music score data server, the music score data server storing the music score data corresponding to the selected piece of music with which to play the game, among a plurality of pieces of the music score data prepared in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of pieces of music, respectively, as the music score data corresponding to each piece of music;
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• a music acquisition device connected to a music data server via the network and configured to acquire music data with which to play the game from the music data server such that giving of the guide on each execution timing in rhythm with the selected piece of music and judgement are performed based on a combination of the acquired music data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and the acquired music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music, the music data server storing the music data corresponding to the selected piece of music, among a plurality of pieces of the music data for reproducing the plurality of piece of music, respectively.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program configured to cause a computer incorporated in a server device to function as;

• an opportunity provision device configured to provide a music selection opportunity for selecting a piece of music with which to play a game in such a manner that a plurality of pieces of music in a music distribution service is included as options for selecting the piece of music with which to play the game, the music distribution service provided separately from the game as a service of distributing the plurality of pieces of music exclusively to a user terminal device after member authentication using a member ID unique to each member;
• a music score acquisition device connected to a music score data server via a network and configured to acquire music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and that is used to play the game from the music score data server, the music score data server storing the music score data corresponding to the selected piece of music with which to play the game, among a plurality of pieces of the music score data prepared in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of pieces of music, respectively, as the music score data corresponding to each piece of music;
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• a music acquisition device connected to a music data server via the network and configured to acquire music data with which to play the game from the music data server such that giving of the guide on each execution timing in rhythm with the selected piece of music and judgement are performed based on a combination of the acquired music data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and the acquired music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music, the music data server storing the music data corresponding to the selected piece of music, among a plurality of pieces of the music data for reproducing the plurality of piece of music, respectively,
• wherein the server device is configured to function as the music score data server.

A control method executed by a computer incorporated in a game machine that provides a game in which, based on music score data describing each execution timing at which a play action of a user is to be executed, a guide on each execution timing is given in rhythm with a piece of music with which to play the game and timings of actual play actions executed by the user are judged, wherein the control method comprises:

• an opportunity provision procedure that provides a music selection opportunity for selecting the piece of music with which to play the game in such a manner that a plurality of pieces of music in a music distribution service is included as options for selecting the piece of music with which to play the game, the music distribution service provided separately from the game as a service of distributing the plurality of pieces of music exclusively to a user terminal device after member authentication using a member ID unique to each member;
• a music score acquisition procedure that is connected to a music score data server via a network and acquires music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and that is used to play the game from the music score data server, the music score data server storing the music score data corresponding to the selected piece of music, among a plurality of pieces of the music score data prepared in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of pieces of music, respectively, as the music score data corresponding to each piece of music;
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• a music acquisition procedure that is connected to a music data server via the network and acquires music data with which to play the game from the music data server such that giving of the guide on each execution timing in rhythm with the selected piece of music and judgement are performed based on a combination of the acquired music data that corresponds to the selected piece of music and the acquired music score data that corresponds to the selected piece of music, the music data server storing the music data corresponding to the selected piece of music for play, among a plurality of pieces of the music data for reproducing the plurality of piece of music, respectively.