Patent ID: 6484942
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A63F,G06K,G11B

Abstract:
A game device comprising:holding means for holding rotatably an information storage medium whereon a pattern formed by encoding information according to prescribed rules of a game are arranged in a circular fashion, constituted such that the information storage medium is rotated manually, the holding means being manually rotatable in left and right directions so as to provide first information when the holding means is manually rotated in the left direction and second information when the holding means is manually rotated in the right direction; reading means for reading out a pattern arranged on the information storage medium when said information storage medium held by said holding means is manually rotated in either of the left and right directions; and reproducing means for reproducing information corresponding to the pattern read out by said reading means, so as to perform operations of the game; wherein said first information relates to an action performed by an object in the game in a first manner, and said second information relates to said action performed by the object in the game in a second manner.