PURPOSE: A video game apparatus and a control method thereof are provided to satisfy a demand about more progressive new entertainment according to the direction ability of a player. CONSTITUTION: A video game apparatus consists of an image input device, a display device, a speaker system, a game control device, and a processor unit. The image input device comprised of a camera(11) and a frame grabber(12) takes a moving picture of a player to convert it into an image input signal of digital form. A first monitor(13a) of the display device outputs a motion picture of an object for indicating a face picture and the motion of the player. A second monitor(13b) outputs a motion picture of the player recognized from the image input signal. A video card(14) drives two monitors under the control of a computer. The speaker system is comprised of a sound card(15), an amplifier(16), and a speaker(17a,17b). The game control device is comprised of a CD-ROM driver(18) for reading a game program in a CD-ROM, a switch panel(19), a memory card(21), a hard disk(22), and a CPU(20). The processor unit produces the motion picture object by reading a desired game program from the ROM and collecting codes saved in the RAM, extracts the motion of the player, and decides whether the motion of the player accords with the motion picture object or not to control the game.