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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Toshikazu Tomizawa, Kyoto, JP;
Akio Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A combined game system includes a plurality of portable game machines and a video game machine. The portable game machines are connected to the video game machine through communication cables, and the video game machine is in turn connected to a display. Each portable game machine has an LCD and an operating device to process a unit according to key input information to the operating device and a program of a portable game. The LCD displays a discrete picture based on the unit information. Simultaneously, the unit information is transmitted to the video game machine. The video game machine processes the unit information based on which a common picture is displayed on the display.