Patent ID: 6261179
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A video game system for playing a video game having a plurality of different courses through which a player can successively advance by successfully completing a current one of said plurality of courses, said video game comprising:a course choosing screen which enables the player to select a course to play from said plurality of courses when starting said video game and upon finishing a current course;a first score counter for determining a current course score that the player has achieved by finishing a current course of said plurality of courses;a score controller for writing a current course score to a memory upon completion of each course, wherein said score controller resets said current course score for said current course to an initial value if said user chooses to replay said current course using said course choosing screen after finishing said current course; anda second course counter for combining each course score in said memory to provide an overall score for said video game.