A game apparatus includes: a plurality of operation controllers to be
operated by separate players; obtained partial area storage locations for
storing a partial area obtained by each player as an obtained partial
area; a partial area choice mechanism for allowing each player to choose
a partial area in turns; a single-player-mode game execution mechanism
for, when a partial area is chosen, executing a single-player-mode game
for a player who has chosen the partial area; and an obtained partial
area adding mechanism for, depending on a result of the
single-player-mode game, storing the partial area chosen by the player
who has played the single-player-mode game as an obtained partial area of
the players in the obtained partial area storage locations.