Patent ID: 6948083

Claim:
A power save mode management program contained in a medium which is readable to a computer embodying game apparatus having a power save mode for minimizing internal power consumption, wherein the power save mode management program controls transition to the power save mode and resume from the power save mode, the program comprising: a first resume determination step of determining, during the power save mode, whether a first operation signal generated from an operation switch provided on the game apparatus matches a predetermined primary resume condition or not; a power save mode cancellation step of canceling the power save mode if the first resume determination step determines that the first operation signal matches the primary resume condition; a second resume determination step of determining, after the power save mode cancellation step cancels the power save mode, whether a second operation signal generated from the operation switch matches a predetermined secondary resume condition or not; and a game processing mode resume step of resuming a game processing mode being processed by the game apparatus immediately before entering the power save mode if the second resume determination step determines that the second operation signal matches the secondary resume condition.