Game system
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1. A game system, comprising:
- a game console; and
a mobile game device, whereinthe game console and the mobile game device share an image file of a game program, and each includes a respective emulator program for reading and facilitating the execution of the image file of the game program,at least one of the game console and the mobile game device are of a type not having a memory card interface for an external memory storage medium,the game program is written in such a way that save data of a game is to be stored in the external memory storage medium,the image file of the game program includes code that generates a virtual external memory storage medium that appears to the game program as if to be the external memory storage medium, andthe game console and the mobile game device are connected via a wire or wirelessly so as to be able to replicate the save data of the game program from one of the game console and the mobile game device to the other of the game console and the mobile game device.
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Abstract
A mobile game device and a game console share an image file relating to a game; the mobile game device and the game console are connected so as to be able to transmit data with each other via a wire or wirelessly, and the game console is connected to an image-file-providing server retaining an image file via a network; the game console acquires an image file from the image-file-providing server and the mobile game device acquires an image file from the game console, by which the image file is shared between the game instruments.
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1. A game system, comprising:
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a game console; and a mobile game device, wherein the game console and the mobile game device share an image file of a game program, and each includes a respective emulator program for reading and facilitating the execution of the image file of the game program, at least one of the game console and the mobile game device are of a type not having a memory card interface for an external memory storage medium, the game program is written in such a way that save data of a game is to be stored in the external memory storage medium, the image file of the game program includes code that generates a virtual external memory storage medium that appears to the game program as if to be the external memory storage medium, and the game console and the mobile game device are connected via a wire or wirelessly so as to be able to replicate the save data of the game program from one of the game console and the mobile game device to the other of the game console and the mobile game device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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