Patent ID: 8147337

Claim:
An ensemble game system, comprising a plurality of game apparatuses configured to communicate with each other and to allow players to respectively play a plurality of parts which form a tune using a respective game apparatus to execute an ensemble game, wherein: each of the plurality of game apparatuses includes: an input device; a processor; and a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions that, when executed by said processor, control said processor to: output a sound of a first part in accordance with an input from the input device by the player during a first play period; generate play reproduction data, which is play data for reproducing the first part during the first play period based on the input from the input device during the first play period, and transmit the play reproduction data to another game apparatus; receive play reproduction data of a second part different than the first part from the another game apparatus and store the play reproduction data of the second part in the memory; and output a sound of the second part using the play reproduction data stored in the memory during a second play period which is subsequent to the first play period, while outputting a sound of the first part in accordance with an input from the input device by the player during the second play period.