Patent · US Expired

Game system

US4858930A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1988
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/807
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A game system comprises a home video game machine in which a game is played and the ability of a character which appears in the game is calculated and set with the progress of the game in accordance with a predetermined home game program and a commercial video game machine in which a game is played in a commercial game space of a higher grade than that of the home game space and the ability of a character which appears in the game is calculated and set with the progress of the game in accordance with a commercial game program which is produced by expanding the home game program. The ability of the character calculated and set in the home video game is input to the commercial video game machine as the initial ability data of the character which appears in the commercial video game.

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