Patent ID: 8529350

Claim:
A game medium including read only memory (ROM) or random access memory (RAM) configured to provide a sports video game in conjunction with a video game machine, the sports video game including video game rules, video game character parameters, and video game stadium or field parameters, the game medium having rules and parameters stored thereon and being configured to cause the video game machine to perform a method comprising: loading video game data stored by the game medium into memory for playing the video game, the video game data including one or more video game characters associated with corresponding real-life sports athletes, and one or more video game stadium or field parameters, the video game stadium or field parameters including a video game field or stadium attribute in the video game that corresponds to a real-life attribute of a real-life sports stadium or field; receiving an updated video game stadium or field parameter from a data server via the network including the Internet, wherein the updated video game stadium or field parameter includes data that corresponds to a real-life change in the real-life sports stadium or field attribute; changing a stadium or field parameter in the video game based on the updated video game stadium or field parameter received such that the video game stadium or field attribute more closely represents the changed real-life stadium or field attribute; and enabling a user to control the one or more video game characters using a video game controller connected to the video game machine.