Game apparatus storing game sound control program and game sound control thereof

A game sound control method of a game apparatus which comprises an operating means for inputting operating information by a player;

• an object storing means for storing objects constituting a game image;
• an image display control means for displaying the game image including said at least two objects based on said operating information, said at least two objects constituting said game image being sound objects that produce a sound;
• a waveform data storing means for storing at least one kind of waveform data corresponding to the sound produced by the sound object;
• a sound producing position storing means for storing sound producing position data indicating a producing position of the sound for each said sound object;
• and a microphone data storing means for storing microphone data including sound collecting position data indicating a position at which the sound is to be collected at least during the game, comprising following steps of:
• (a) calculating sound volume data of the sounds respectively generated by said sound objects on the basis of both said sound producing position data and said microphone data;
• (b) dividing the sound volume data calculated by said step (a) into said sound volume component data of at least two directions;
• (c) classifying, out of all said sound objects, the object producing the same sound;
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• (d) extracting the maximum sound volume component data for each component of said at least two directions regarding said object producing the same sound, and outputting the sound based on the waveform data of the object and the maximum sound volume component data of said each component.

A game apparatus that comprises an operating means for inputting operating information by a player, and is constructed to proceed a game according to an operation of the operating means, display a game screen including at least two objects, and produce a sound related to the game screen, comprising:

• said at least two objects being sound objects which generate a sound, and a waveform data storing means for storing at least one kind of waveform data corresponding to the sounds produced by the sound objects;
• a sound producing position data storing means for storing sound producing position data indicating a producing position of the sound for each said sound object;
• a microphone data storing means for storing microphone data including sound collecting position data indicating a position at which the sound is to be collected at least during the game;
• a sound volume calculating means for calculating the sound volume data of the sounds by the sound objects based on said sound producing position data, and said microphone data;
• a sound volume component dividing means for dividing the sound volume data calculated by said sound volume data calculating means into sound volume component data of at least two directions;
• a sound outputting means for outputting the sound based on said waveform data and said sound volume component data;
• an object classifying means for classifying, out of all said sound objects, the object that produces the same sound;
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• a sound controlling means extracting maximum sound volume component data into each component of said at least two directions regarding the object that produces said same sound, and transferring to said sound outputting means the waveform data of the object and the maximum sound volume component data of said each component.