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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Kazuhiro Kusuda, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takuya Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A game system which is capable of ensuring continuity of a game is provided. A game system for paying for recreation value according to progress of a game, has a magnetic information reading device for reading information in an attachable/detachable recording medium, an SRAM for storing state and history of a suspended game corresponding to each of the recording media, and a medal management device for paying for recreation value according to progress of the game. Specifying information for specifying each of the recording media is recorded in each of the recording media, the state and history of the game are stored in the SRAM corresponding to the specifying information, and the rest of the game is continuously progressed by using the state and history of the game which were stored in the RAM corresponding to the specifying information read by the magnetic information reading device.