Patent ID: 7731591

Claim:
A game apparatus that enables a player to play a plurality of games stored on said game apparatus, said game apparatus configured to store information relating to conditions occurring during progress of a game into different backup data storage areas that are separately associated with a game, comprising: a game program data storage memory for storing said plurality game programs; a backup data storage memory having a first backup data storing area for storing game backup data relating to a first game program and a second backup data storing area for storing game backup data relating to a second game program; a game operation controller, said operation controller initializing a start of game play by enabling a player to select any one of said first game program and said second game program and enabling said player to control progress of a selected game; a game condition detector, said game condition detector determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is accomplished during gameplay of a game in progress on the apparatus; and a memory write controller which, at a time when the game condition detector determines that a redetermined game condition is accomplished, automatically writes information relating to the accomplished game condition into both said first backup data storing area and said second backup data storing area being arranged separately from said first backup data storing area, regardless of which game program was started by said game operation controller.