Game machine having plural display panel units and plural memory cartridges

Claim 1

A game machine comprising: a display panel comprising N discrete panel units, N being a positive integer greater than one; N discrete memory cartridges each including memory means for storing respective game data; wherein said N discrete panel units are provided in one-to-one correspondence with said N discrete memory cartridges and wherein each of the N discrete panel units includes means for displaying a game screen of the game data stored in a corresponding one of said N discrete memory cartridges; a select switch; memory cartridge select means, operatively coupled to said select switch and to said N discrete memory cartridges and to said display panel, for selectively accessing one of said N discrete memory cartridges and for selectively illuminating one of said N discrete panel units in response to said select switch; and processor means for executing the game data of one of said N discrete memory cartridges accessed by said memory cartridge select means; wherein said display panel includes a front plate and a back plate defining a plurality of grooves therebetween, and wherein each of said N discrete panel units includes an electroluminescence element and a panel insertable in one of said plurality of grooves, said panel including indicia indicative of the game data stored in a corresponding one of said N discrete memory cartridges.