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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Akira Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiro Shirahata, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhito Gotoh, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tsukamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ryutaro Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Soma, Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Hayashida, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game apparatus comprises: a macro group, with a scenario described therein, for commanding a procedure to process the scenario; a data group consisting of video data VD, graphics GF, texts TXT, audio data AD and other information used in accordance with the progress of the scenario; and a program for causing a CPU to make a game progress by using the data group on the basis of the command of the macro group. This game apparatus comprises: a first device for externally incorporating a scenario macro of, for example, a puzzle game; and a second device for giving a command to the program by means of the scenario macro SM obtained externally by the first device, and of providing a new scenario by reusing the data group.