Game information storage medium and game system using the same

Patent 7285051 Issued on October 23, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 8, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 10408662 filed on 04/08/2003

US Classes:

463/43, Data storage or retrieval (e.g., memory, video tape, etc.)463/44, Cartridge463/36Player-actuated control structure (e.g., brain-wave or body signal, bar-code wand, foot pedal, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Pezzuto, Robert E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

International Classes

A63F 9/22
A63F 13/00

Abstract

A game system includes a first game machine which operates according to a first architecture and, a second game machine which operates according to a second architecture different from the first architecture and has a processing capability lower than that of the first game machine. A game information storage medium stores, in addition to a first game program executable on the first game machine, a second game program executable on the second game machine and an emulator program that converts the second architecture into the first architecture. When a predetermined condition is satisfied while a first game according to the first game program is being executed on the first game machine, it is possible to execute a second game according to the second game program using the emulator program.

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