Multimedia interface

A system capable of displaying contents, comprising:

• a control which acquires an instruction for displaying of contents via a user's manipulation;
• a storage which stores data for a plurality of attribute icons associated with respective types of content, and data for a plurality of content icons representing respective items of contents;
• a display output module which outputs image data for an on-screen menu related to displaying of the contents to a display device and which displays the contents acquired from the storage in response to the users instruction acquired by the control;
• a display controller which generates the image data for the on-screen menu with a two-dimensional array which includes a first array comprising the plurality of user-selectable icons arranged in a specific direction on a screen and which also includes a second array comprising the plurality of user-selectable icons in a direction intersecting the first array on the screen, wherein
• the display controller displays the second array to intersect the first array at a position of one of the user-selectable icons selected by the user, and
• if the contents are adapted to be chronologically ordered, represents the chronology by displaying the content icons in chronological order in the second array each time the control acquires an instruction to move an icon provided by a game controller.