Patent ID: 7156733

Claim:
A method for enabling interaction with a shared game data file using a game device, the method comprising: providing logic to perform one or more actions associated with the shared game data file; providing logic to cause the game device to perform an action in the one or more actions with the shared game data file as part of operating a game of a plurality of games, the shared game data configured to store at least first game data associated with accomplishments attained in a first game of the plurality of games and second game data associated with accomplishments attained in a second game of the plurality of games, the shared game data being such that at least one accomplishment attainable in the first game is distinct from accomplishments attainable in the second game; and providing logic in the second game to use the first game data to provide a user game opportunities in the second game not available to the user based on accomplishments attained in the second game alone, wherein at least one game opportunity made available in the second game is the result of an accomplishment in the first game distinct from accomplishments possible in the second game, wherein the logic to perform one or more actions is included on a game medium.