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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2000
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A ROM cartridge,and a disk drive,are detachably attached to slots,and,of an information processing unit,A magnetic disk,is detachably attached to a slot,of the disk drive,A semiconductor storage device storing a game program and data is provided inside of the ROM cartridge,The information processing unit,detects whether the ROM cartridge,is attached to the slot,and whether the disk drive,is attached to the slot,Then the information processing unit,performs predetermined information processing on a basis of program data stored in the ROM cartridge,or the disk drive,when detecting that the ROM cartridge,or the disk drive,is attached to the slot,or,and starts information processing on the basis of the program data stored in the ROM cartridge,when detecting that both of the ROM cartridge,and the disk drive,are attached to the slots,and