Patent ID: 7794328

Claim:
A game system for playing a communication game by at least two game apparatuses having communication functions, each of said game apparatuses comprising: program executing programmed logic circuitry for executing a game program; a communication element for performing communication with another game apparatus; game interruption mode setting programmed logic circuitry for setting a game interruption mode for interrupting said communication game according to an operation by a player; game interruption mode notification programmed logic circuitry for notifying said another game apparatus of the interruption of said communication game using said communication element, when the game interruption mode is set by said game interruption mode setting programmed logic circuitry; game interruption processing programmed logic circuitry for interrupting the execution of said game program, when said communication game is interrupted by the setting of said game interruption mode setting programmed logic circuitry, or when the notification on the interruption of said communication game is received from said another game apparatus by said communication element; game interruption mode cancellation programmed logic circuitry for canceling said game interruption mode according to the operation of the player; game interruption mode cancellation notification programmed logic circuitry for notifying said another game apparatus of the cancellation of the game interruption mode using said communication element, when the game interruption mode is canceled by said game interruption mode cancellation programmed logic circuitry; and game resumption processing programmed logic circuitry for resuming the execution of said game program interrupted by said game interruption processing, programmed logic circuitry when the game interruption mode is canceled by said game interruption mode cancellation programmed logic circuitry, or when notification on the cancellation of the game interruption mode is received from said another game apparatus by said communication element, wherein said game interruption processing programmed logic circuitry interrupts the execution of said game program after notification on the interruption of said communication game is sent to said another game apparatus by said communication element.