Game machine, game program, and information storage medium

A golf game machine which displays on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which a player character hits a ball in a game field according to a shot power and a hit location of the ball, the shot power being set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, the hit location being set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, the golf game machine comprising:

• a controller having a plurality of control switches for permitting a user to provide a first input, a second input and a third input;
• a moving start processing mechanism which receives said first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• a first position determining mechanism which receives a second input to the controller and determines, as the first position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input;
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• a second position determining mechanism which determines the second position so as to be randomly positioned every time the second input is received by the first position determining mechanism.

A golf game machine which displays on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which a player character hits a ball in a game field according to a shot power and a hit location of the ball, the shot power being set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, the hit location being set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, the golf game machine comprising:

• a controller having a plurality of control switches;
• a moving start processing mechanism which receives a first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• a first position determining mechanism which receives a second input to the controller and determines, as the first position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input;
• a second position determining mechanism which receives, when the first and second inputs to the control switches present an first input pattern, a third input to the controller, and determines, as the second position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the third input;
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• third position determining mechanism which determines, when the first and second inputs to the control switches present a second input pattern which is different from the first input pattern, a given position on the gauge as the second position.

A game machine which displays on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which an object is moved in a game field according to a parameter of a moving distance of the object, which is set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, and a parameter of a moving direction of the object, which is set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, the game machine comprising:

• a controller having a plurality of control switches for permitting a user to provide a first input, a second input, and a third input;
• a moving start processing mechanism which receives said first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• an input receiving mechanism which receives, as said second input to the controller, an input to a first control switch among the plurality of control switches or a second control switch among the plurality of control switches which is different from the first control switch;
• a first position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the first control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and receives said third input to the controller and determines, as the second position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the third input;
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• a second position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the second control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and determines a given position on the gauge as the second position.

A storage medium having stored thereon a golf game program to be executed by a computer of a game machine, the storage medium being readable by the computer, the game machine comprising a controller having a plurality of control switches and displaying on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which a player character hits a ball in a game field according to a shot power and a hit location of the ball, the shot power being set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, the hit location being set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, allowing the computer to function as:

• a moving start processing mechanism which receives a first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving according to the first input;
• an input receiving mechanism which receives, as a second input to the controller, an input to a first control switch among the plurality of control switches or a second control switch among the plurality of control switches which is different from the first control switch;
• a first position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the first control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and receives a third input to the controller and determines a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the third input as the second position;
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• a second position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the second control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and determines a given position on the gauge as the second position.

A storage medium having stored thereon a golf game program to be executed by a computer of a game machine, the storage medium being readable by the computer, the game machine comprising a controller having a plurality of control switches and displaying on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which a player character hits a ball in a game field according to a shot power and a hit location of the ball, the shot power being set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, the hit location being set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, allowing the computer to function as:

• a moving start processing mechanism which receives a first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• a first position determining mechanism which receives a second input to the controller and determines, as the first position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input;
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• a second position determining mechanism which determines the second position so as to be randomly positioned every time the second input is received by the first position determining mechanism.

A storage medium having stored thereon a golf game program to be executed by a computer of a game machine, the storage medium being readable by the computer, the game machine comprising a controller having a plurality of control switches and displaying on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which a player character hits a ball in a game field according to a shot power and a hit location of the ball, the shot power being set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, the hit location being set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, allowing the computer to function as:

• a moving start processing mechanism which receives a first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• a first position determining mechanism which receives a second input to the controller and determines, as the first position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input;
• a second position determining mechanism which receives, when the first and second inputs to the control switches present a first input pattern, a third operation to the controller, and determines, as the second position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the third input;
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• third position determining mechanism which determines, when the first and second inputs to the control switches present a second input pattern which is different from the first input pattern, a given position on the gauge as the second position.

A storage medium having stored thereon a game program to be executed by a computer of a game machine, the storage medium being readable by the computer, the game machine comprising a controller having a plurality of control switches and displaying on a display device a gauge and a cursor moving on the gauge, along with a scene in which an object is moved in a game field according to a parameter of a moving distance of the object, which is set in relation to a first position of the cursor being moved, and a parameter of a moving direction of the object, which is set in relation to a second position at which movement of the cursor stops, allowing the computer to function as:

• a moving start processing mechanism which receives a first input to the controller and allows the cursor to start moving in response to the first input;
• an input receiving mechanism which receives, as a second input to the controller, an input to a first control switch among the plurality of control switches or a second control switch among the plurality of control switches which is different from the first control switch;
• a first position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the first control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and receives a third input to the controller and determines, as the second position, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the third input;
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• a second position determining mechanism which determines, when the second input to the second control switch is received by the input receiving mechanism, a position of the cursor at the time of receiving the second input as the first position, and determines a given position on the gauge as the second position.