A match play type of game system is provided which is configured with three or more portable game apparatuses. The game system comprises a plurality of master game apparatuses connected to each other via communication means using a wire and one or more slave game apparatuses each connected to each master game apparatus via communication means on infrared rays. In playing a game, the one or more slave game apparatuses make up a single team with each master game apparatus connected thereto. Each of the master and slave game apparatuses is made up of, by way of example, a portable type of game apparatus. The infrared rays communication means provided with each potable game apparatus is effectively used to play a match game.