1. A game machine, which displays a game screen showing a situation of a game space in which an operation subject player character that acts according to a user's operation, fellow player characters belonging to the same team as the operation subject player character, and a moving body character that represents a moving body, are located, and which executes a game of a sport played by using the moving body between the team to which the operation subject player character belongs and an opposing team, comprising: linkage partner selecting means for selecting a linkage partner player character from among the fellow player characters based on the user's operation; type of linkage play selecting means for selecting a type of linkage play; linkage partner control means for controlling a position of the linkage partner player character selected by the linkage partner selecting means based on the type of linkage play selected by the type of linkage play selecting means; and pass execution means for, in the case where a pass instruction operation is performed by the user, causing the operation subject player character to execute a pass in a direction within the game space based on a content of the pass instruction operation if the linkage partner player character has not been selected by the linkage partner selecting means, and causing the operation subject player character to execute a pass to the linkage partner player character if the linkage partner player character has been selected by the linkage partner selecting means.