Kevin Michael Ray

US Patent:

20060281557, Dec 14, 2006

Filed:

Jun 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/148517

Inventors:

Kevin Ray - Oakland CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463044000

Abstract:

A game cartridge is described that retains a player's current holdings related to game play in a write-once memory. The cartridge thus becomes closely identified with the previous play of a player to simulate non-electronic collectable card or other status games. Further, some aspects of the invention allow for initialization of the player's holdings. In one embodiment of the present invention, the game cartridge provides an environment for playing a collectable card game, such as a POKÉMON™-type game, and the game cartridge remembers and can update the current holdings of electronic cards. The game cartridges of the present invention are collectable items in that they retain a current accounting of a player's holdings and can be traded among different players.