Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, game machine and its information reproducing method

A game device comprising:

• holding means for holding rotatably an information storage medium whereon one or more patterns formed by encoding information according to prescribed rules of a game are arranged in a circular configuration, the holding means being manually rotatable in left and right directions so as to provide first information when the holding means is manually rotated in the left direction and second information when the holding means is manually rotated in the right direction;
• reading means for reading out said one or more patterns arranged on the information storage medium, respectively, when said information storage medium held by said holding means is manually rotated in either of the left and right directions;
• and
• reproducing means for reproducing information corresponding to the patterns read out by said reading means, respectively, so as to perform operations of the game;
• wherein
• said first information relates to an action performed by an object in the game in a first manner, and said second information relates to said action performed by the object in the game in a second manner.

A game device comprising:

• holding means for holding rotatably an information storage medium whereon one or more patterns formed by encoding information according to prescribed rules of a game are arranged in a circular configuration, the holding means being manually rotatable in left and right directions so as to provide first information when the holding means is manually rotated in the left direction and second information when the holding means is manually rotated in the right direction;
• one or more reading means for reading out said patterns arranged on the information storage medium, respectively, constituted such that they are movable over said information storage medium held in said holding means;
• and
• reproducing means for reproducing information corresponding to the patterns read out respectively by said reading means, so as to perform operations of the game;
• wherein
• said first information relates to an action performed by an object in the game in a first manner, and said second information relates to said action performed by the object in the game in a second manner.

A method of operating a game device including an information reproduction device, into which an information storage medium, whereon patterns formed by encoding information according to prescribed rules are arranged in a circular fashion, is installed rotatably so as to be manually rotatable in the left direction and the right direction, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing a plurality of codes and information corresponding thereto in storing means;
• reading said pattern arranged on the information storage medium, when said information storage medium is manually rotated in either of the left and right directions;
• identifying said read pattern as code;
• reading out said information from said recording means in accordance with said identified code so as to read out first information when the holding means is manually rotated in the left direction and to read out second information when the holding means is manually rotated in the right direction and reproducing said read out information;
• wherein
• said first information relates to an action performed by an object in the game device in a first direction, and said second information relates to said action performed by the object in the game device in a second direction.