Music action game machine, performance operation instructing system for music action game and storage device readable by computer

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• and
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result detemined by the estimation device,
• wherein the operation instructing device makes a decision as to whether or not operation timing of each of the operation members comes, and changes a standard, with which the performance operation is estimated, in accordance with a result of said decision.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operated the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• and
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device,
• wherein the effect producing device produces a predetermined sound effect so as to remix sounds of the musical composition with the sound effect in accordance with the performance operation.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• and
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device,
• wherein:
• the storage device stores a data set including the data of the musical composition and a plurality of operation data sections associated with the musical composition, each of the operation data sections corresponding to the data of the performance procedure,
• at least one of the operation data sections is prepared so as to make difficulty with respect to the performance procedure defined thereby easier than that defined by another one of the operation data sections, and
• the operation instructing device selects any one of the operation data sections and instructs the player to operate the operation members based on said selected one of the data sections.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device;
• and
• an operational relationship control device for changing a relationship between operations of the operation members defined by the data of the performance procedure and the operation members which are designated to be operated through the instruction of the operation instructing device with respect to the same musical composition.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device;
• and
• the operation instructing device including an indicator disposed on the front side of the main body, at least one part of the indicator being provided with a plurality of tracks which extend in a predetermined direction and which correspond to the operation members, respectively, and a mark indicating device capable of indicating index marks, each of the index marks corresponding to each operation timing of the operation members which will come in a certain period from a present to future in a game, and the index marks being disposed in the tracks so as to be arranged from a predetermined position toward one side of the predetermined direction in accordance with time order therebetween.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progresss of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage devuce and the performance operation of the player;
• and
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device,
• wherein:
• the main body is provided with a plurality of operating sections arranged in a lateral direction thereof, each of the operating section being provided with the operation input device;
• the front side of the main body is provided with a display device for displaying a game image;
• and
• the operation instructing device is capable of changing a display manner of the display device between a first display mode and a second display mode, the first display mode being prepared to display images for indicating timing of the performance operation on a screen of the display device with leaving a space between each of the images in the lateral direction in accordance with an arrangement of the operating sections, and the second display mode being prepared to display the images for indicating timing in such a manner that a space therebetween is less than that in the first display mode.

A music action game machine comprising:

• a main body;
• an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members;
• a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition;
• a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device;
• an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members;
• an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player;
• and
• an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation result determined by the estimation device,
• wherein each of the data of the musical composition and the data of the performance effect is stored in the storage device as PCM data.