Abstract: According to a game system and a game apparatus of the present invention, when other game apparatus or a group to which a plurality of game apparatuses belong are present in a range where wireless communication by the game apparatus operated by a player is available, the other game apparatus and the makeup of the group are notified to the player. Thus, the player can form a group of desired game apparatuses by determining a group to enter in consideration of the displayed group information, and execute a multiplayer game using wireless communication.

Abstract: A game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, and a mobile game apparatus can communicate with another game apparatus that exists within a communicationable range by use of a radio communication unit. When a communicated state is established, exchanging conditions for exchanging both of game data are received and transmitted with each other, and in a case the exchange conditions are coincident with each other, the game data are exchanged.

Abstract: A communication game system controlling a development of a game by establishing communication between plural terminal apparatuses and displaying shared information at the terminal apparatuses is provided, the system enabling easy recognition of a communication state of a communication established between the terminal apparatuses. The system includes plural game apparatuses that are adapted to establish communication. The game apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, and a processing unit for conducting self-controlled character display control and other character display control. The self-controlled character display control includes displaying on the display unit a self-controlled character that is controlled by an operation of the operation unit of the game apparatus. The other character display control includes receiving information pertaining to another character that is controlled by another game apparatus, and displaying the other character on the display unit.

Abstract: Wireless communication game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses that are capable of making a wireless communication with each other, and function as a parent device or a child device. The parent device broadcasts a parent device packet in a first time slot, and receives a child device packet in a second time slot. The child device receives the parent device packet in the first time slot, and transmits the child device packet toward the parent device in the second time slot. In a U slot field of the parent device packet, the number of child devices CID, which is connected (or was connected), is included. In the child device, when detected that a communication is disconnected from the parent device, it is attempted to receive the parent device packet broadcast from the parent device. In addition, when the child number CID of a user's apparatus exists in a position of the user's apparatus of a U slot of the parent device packet, a restoring is successful.

Abstract: A wireless communication game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, which function as a parent device or a child device and are capable of making a communication with each other, and broadcasts from the parent device a parent device packet including a parent device PID, a user name UserName, a game name GameName, an OC flag, an E slot, a U slot, and a payload. All the parent device packets are received from the parent device existing within a communicationable range of a user's own apparatus, and the user's own apparatus creates a parent device list, and displays the parent device list on an LCD. Therefore, a user or a player of his own apparatus looks at the game name of the parent device list, for example, and operates a cross key included in an operation key so as to select one desired parent device.

Abstract: In a portable game machine 10, formed on the upper portion of a body portion 20 is a camera portion 30. An image display device 22 is arranged on one main surpace of the body portion 20, and operating switches 23, 24, etc., are arranged on other areas. The camera portion 30 is rotatably supported to the body portion 20, and a user can shoot images in both forward and backward directions when viewed from the user. Preferably, the camera portion 30 is supported having a prescribed angle to the body portion 20 so that its focal axis tilts with respect to main surfaces of the body portion 20.