Patent ID: 6554711
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A63F,G10H

Abstract:
A game system comprising: first and second game devices, said second game device comprising memory device for save which allows said second game device to function as an auxiliary memory apparatus of said first game device, each of said first and second game devices comprisingan input apparatus having a plurality of manipulation members which outputs a signal in accordance with manipulation of said manipulation members; memory device for game in which there are stored for each of a plurality of tunes (a) data for music reproduction for reproducing said tunes and (b) timing data stipulating a series of manipulations of said input apparatus in correspondence with said plurality of tunes being stored in said memory device; tune selecting device which selects one tune from said plurality of tunes; manipulation guide device which specifies a series of manipulations of said input apparatus corresponding to said selected tune to a player based on timing data corresponding to the selected tune; music reproducing device which reproduces said selected tune based on data for music reproduction corresponding to said selected tune; said first game device comprising record executing device which stores information corresponding to the progression of the game executed in said first game device in said memory device for save of said second game device by using data stored in said memory device for game; and said second game device comprising selection range setting device which sets a range of selectable tunes in the tune selecting device of said second game device based on said information corresponding to the progression of the game stored in said memory device for save.