Video game systems
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1. A video game system, comprising:
- an item of first media containing instructions executable according to a video game;
a plurality of items of second media, each item containing data defining an aspect of the video game; and
a video game console including;
a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion pivotally coupled to the first housing portion, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion having an inner surface, the inner surfaces of the first housing portion and the second housing portion facing each other when the housing is in a folded configuration and being spaced apart from each other when the housing is in an unfolded configuration;
a first media device supported by the first housing portion and located on the inner surface of the first housing portion;
a second media device supported by the second housing portion and located on the inner surface of the second housing portion;
a control unit supported by the housing and configured to control the first media device to read the item of first media and to control the second media device to read the item of second media;
wherein the plurality of items of second media includes;
a first subset containing data defining a character in the video game, the second media device being configured to read one of the items of second media from the first subset at a first point in time during the video game; and
a second subset containing data defining a modification to an attribute of the character of the video game, the second media device being configured to read one of the items of second media from the second subset at a second point in time during the video game, the second point in time being after the first point in time.
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Abstract
Video game systems for executing instructions according to a video game contained on an item of first media including: an item of second media containing data defining an aspect of the video game; and a video game console including a housing, a first media device supported by the housing, a second media device supported by the housing, and a control unit supported by the housing and configured to control the first media device to read the item of first media and to control the second media device to read the item of second media.
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1. A video game system, comprising:
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an item of first media containing instructions executable according to a video game; a plurality of items of second media, each item containing data defining an aspect of the video game; and a video game console including; a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion pivotally coupled to the first housing portion, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion having an inner surface, the inner surfaces of the first housing portion and the second housing portion facing each other when the housing is in a folded configuration and being spaced apart from each other when the housing is in an unfolded configuration; a first media device supported by the first housing portion and located on the inner surface of the first housing portion; a second media device supported by the second housing portion and located on the inner surface of the second housing portion; a control unit supported by the housing and configured to control the first media device to read the item of first media and to control the second media device to read the item of second media;
wherein the plurality of items of second media includes;a first subset containing data defining a character in the video game, the second media device being configured to read one of the items of second media from the first subset at a first point in time during the video game; and a second subset containing data defining a modification to an attribute of the character of the video game, the second media device being configured to read one of the items of second media from the second subset at a second point in time during the video game, the second point in time being after the first point in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A video game system, comprising:
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a video game console, comprising; a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion movably coupled to the first housing portion, the housing having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the first housing portion facing the inner surface of the second housing portion when the housing is in its folded configuration, the inner surface of the first housing portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the second housing when the housing is in its unfolded configuration; a first media device coupled to the first housing portion and located on the inner surface of the first housing portion; and a second media device coupled to the second housing portion and located on the inner surface of the second housing portion; a first type of media containing instructions executable according to one or more video games, the first type of media configured to be received and read by the first media device; and a second type of media including data relating to the one or more video games, the second type of media being of a different type than the first type of media and configured to be wirelessly read by the second media device, wherein the second type of media includes a first subset including data relating to a first aspect of the video games and a second subset including data relating to a second aspect of the one or more video games, the first subset of the second type of media being configured to be read by the second media device at a first point in time during a video game, and the second subset of the second type of media being configured to be read by the second media device at a second point in time during a video game, the second point in time being after the first point in time. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A video game system comprising:
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a first item of media, the first item of media containing instructions relating to a video game; a second item of media, the second item of media being different than the first item of media, the second item of media containing data relating to a character in the video game, the second item of media being configured so that data relating to the video game on the second item of media can be updated; a third item of media, the third item of media being different than the first item of media, the third item of media containing data relating to an attribute of the character in the video game; and a video game console, comprising; a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the first housing portion being movably coupled to the second housing portion, the second housing portion including an indicator; a first media device supported by the first housing portion, the first media device being configured to read the first item of media; and a second media device supported by the second housing portion, the second media device being configured to read the second item of media at a first point of time during the video game, the second media device being configured to read the third item of media at a second point of time during the video game, the second point of time being after the first point of time, the second media device is a reader disposed within the second housing portion, and the indicator indicates when the second media device is activated by reading one of the second item of media or the third item of media. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A video game system, comprising:
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a first item of media; a second item of media; a first housing portion including a media device, the first housing portion being configured to receive the first item of media so that the media device can read information relating to a video game from the first item of media; and a second housing portion pivotally coupled to the first housing portion, the second housing portion being movable between a folded position in which the second housing portion is proximate to the first housing portion and an extended position in which the second housing is substantially planar with the first housing portion, the second housing portion including a reader that reads information relating to the video game from the second item of media in a non-contacting manner, the second housing portion including an indicator that indicates when the second item of media is read by the reader. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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