Recording medium of game program and game device using card

Details Recording medium of game program and game device using card Recording medium of game program and game device using card

2002-08-08

2008-11-18

Pezzuto, Robert (Department: 3714)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Data storage or retrieval

C463S001000, C463S008000, C463S029000, C463S043000, C463S044000, C463S045000, C463S046000

Reexamination Certificate

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07452279

ABSTRACT:
By setting the player's recording medium in the game device, the continuity of the previous game and current game of the player is maintained, and the game parameter of a non-player character is set with a used recording medium. The game device (30) has a unit (S24) for conducting a first game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character and a non-player character upon using a recording medium (20) having recorded thereon the number of playable games; a unit (S26) for recording the game parameter of the player character renewed with the first game on the recording medium and deducting the number of playable games; a unit (S53) for using the recording medium to set the game parameter of the non-player character in the second game when there is a remainder in the number of playable games in the recording medium; and a unit (S57) for using the recording medium to set the game parameter of the non-player character in the second game when there is no remainder in the number of playable games in the recording medium.

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