Patent ID: 6676514
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A game system for paying for recreating value according to progress of a game, comprising:a plurality of recording mediums, each of said recording mediums containing unique code information; and an arcade machine, said recording mediums being detachably connectable to said arcade machine, said arcade machine having reading means for reading the code information in each of said recording mediums when said recording mediums are coupled to said arcade machine; storage means for storing a state and a history of suspended games each in association with the code information in a respective one of said recording mediums; stations for accepting input operations by players; game progress means for progressing a game in accordance with the input operations accepted by said stations; and paying means for paying for recreation value according to the progress of the game in said game progress means, wherein said game progress means restarts a suspended game using the state and history of the suspended game stored in said storage means when said reading means read the code information on a respective one of said recording mediums associated with the suspended game.