To stir up a game by reproducing a player's favorite music such as a latest piece of music and to transfer music data between a game machine and a portable communication terminal.

This game machine wherein characteristic music is generated from a sound generating means 115 on the basis of preset music data in accordance with the progress of the game, is provided with a communication means 117 connected to the external portable communication terminal 120 to receive the transfer of the music data from the portable communication terminal; a storage means 63 for storing the music data distributed through the communication means; and a selecting means that can select either the music data stored in the storage means or the characteristic music data. The sound generating means generates the music on the basis of the music data selected by the selecting means.