Music game machine with interactive second game device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to increase the novelty of a musical game system by providing a connection between the game played on the main body of the game device and the game played on the game device functioning as an auxiliary memory apparatus.
A first aspect of this invention provides a game system comprising first and second game devices, the second game device comprising memory device for save which allows the second game device to function as an auxiliary memory apparatus of the first game device, each of the first and second game devices comprising an input apparatus having a plurality of manipulation members which outputs a signal in accordance with manipulation of the manipulation members; memory device for game in which there are stored for each tune data for music reproduction for reproducing a plurality of tunes and timing data stipulating a series of manipulations of the input apparatus in correspondence with the plurality of tunes being stored in the memory device; tune selecting device which selects one tune from the plurality of tunes; manipulation guide device which specifies a series of manipulations of the input apparatus corresponding to the selected tune to a player based on timing data corresponding to the selected tune; music reproducing device which reproduces the selected tune based on data for music reproduction corresponding to the selected tune; the first game device comprising record executing device which stores information corresponding to the progression of the game executed in the first game device in the memory device for save of the second game device by using data stored in the memory device for game; and the second game device comprising selection range setting device which sets a range of selectable tunes in the tune selecting device of the second game device based on the information corresponding to the progression of the game stored in the memory device for save.
According to this aspect, a tune can be selected from a plurality of tunes and a series of manipulations corresponding to the tune can be specified to the player by the manipulation guide device in the first game device and the second game device