Portable interactive game system between master/slave units containing detachable memories wherein a master unit downloads a master program to slave units respective detachable memories

Claim 1

A communication processing system for coordinating play of an interactive, plural player game, comprising: a portable parent communication game unit having a parent processor and a first detachable memory for storing an interactive, plural player game program including game instructions and game data and a transfer program for transferring the interactive, plural player game program to another game unit, said game and transfer programs being executed by the parent processor; a portable child communication game unit connected to the parent game unit via an electric cable and having a child processor and a second detachable memory for storing a receiving program for receiving and storing the interactive, plural player game program transferred from the parent game unit, the receiving and game programs being executed by the child processor; wherein when the communication processing system is activated and the first and second detachable memories are inserted into the parent and child communication game units, respectively, the parent processor permits the parent game unit to transfer the interactive, plural player game program to the second detachable memory of the child game unit in accordance with the transfer program and the child processor permits the child game unit to receive and store the interactive, plural player game program transferred in the second detachable memory in accordance with the receiving program, and wherein the parent and child processors both execute the interactive, plural player game program to permit a player interactively operating the parent communication game unit and another player interactively operating the child communication game unit to participate in an interactive, plural player game.