Game machine with touch panel display

A game machine with a display, the display serving as a touch panel type input, a player of the game machine being able to select a specific character from at least two characters so as to control movement of the selected specific character, the game machine comprising:

• a character display for displaying the at least two characters on a screen of the display so that the player can select the specific character;
• a finger contact detector for detecting a contact between a fingertip of the player and the screen of the display;
• a cursor movement controller for locating a cursor on the basis of a coordinate position of the fingertip on the screen when the finger contact detector detects the contact, the cursor movement controller controlling movement of the cursor on the basis of movement of the coordinate position of the fingertip;
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• a character selector for setting a character, with which the cursor is contacted, to a selection state, the character becoming a controlled object when a predetermined selection fixed operation is received, the character selector keeping the selection state of the character when the fingertip of the player is released from the screen.