Patent ID: 9220978
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus, comprising: a game execution unit configured to execute game processing in conformity with predetermined setting information, the predetermined setting information including a game application program and apparatus memory state data, the apparatus memory state data being established by the game application program during execution of the game application program and representing a status of a game in progress being played by a user of the game application program, receive a game termination selection command from the user while executing the game processing, solicit a temporary interruption command in response to receiving the game termination selection command, receive the temporary interruption command from the user after soliciting the temporary interruption command, and terminate the game processing in response to the temporary interruption command from the user; a storage control unit configured to restore the status of the game in progress at the time of game processing termination by the game execution unit and store in a storage unit interruption information allowing resumption of the game processing in conformity with the apparatus memory state data representing the status of the game in progress to be restored; and a setting changing unit configured to execute an update program to version upgrade the game application program in response to a change command from the user, wherein the storage control unit deletes the interruption information stored in the storage unit in connection with the execution of the update program by the setting changing unit.