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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6267677 | Game machine and storage medium therefor A game machine of a type playing a game by collecting a character electronically generated has a property data storage region storing property data of the collected character and a program storage region storing game programs. A random number is generated... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6267678 | Method of carrying out communication between different game devices, a game system played by using the method, and a recording medium used in the game system In a game system comprising a plurality of game machines that are different in structure from each other and that have wireless communication functions, a game can be enjoyed by the different game machines under a common playing environment using the same... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264558 | Video game system with data transmitting/receiving controller A game machine is provided with a controller control circuit including a data transfer control circuit. When the data in a first external RAM attached to a first controller is transferred to a second external RAM attached to a second controller, the data ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6238291 | Cartridge, game machine and bi-directional communication type game system A game which two or more players can play, such as cards and mahjong, is played by connecting a home TV game machine with portable game machines having displays, where images for a common field are displayed on the TV, and private hands of a player, which... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234902 | Data carrier, game machine using data carrier, information communication method, information communication, automated travelling control system and storing medium A data carrier obtains necessary electric power and information by receiving a radio wave from a reader through an antenna and an information communication unit, and a control unit executes a required process based on the above information and information... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220964 | Game system operable with backup data on different kinds of game machines A game system utilizes a first game machine and a second game machine. The backup data obtained through playing a first game on the first game machine is memorized in a first game cartridge. The first game cartridge is attached to an extension adapter, an... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203431 | Video game apparatus and memory medium used therefor A video game apparatus includes an external ROM. This external ROM is previously memorized with player object data, basic shadow object data and light object data. A direction in which a shadow is thrown is determined according to the player object data a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6171189 | Video game device and storage medium on which video game program is stored A video game machine, which comprises a CPU for executing a program and a memory in which, based on the control provided by the CPU consonant with the execution of the program, are stored data that are read from the program and concern a plurality of char... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168524 | Enhancements in the sense of surprise in a RPG Each character that makes an appearance in a game is provided with a program, which is independent of other programs, for deciding the action of the character, and with a program counter. These mutually independent programs are run in parallel. The speed ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6146277 | Command input method and recording medium This invention relates to a game system. The game system has a window image including an action command frame and a non-action command frame. When it is a player's turn to designate an action parameter, the window image including the action command frame ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6120379 | Portable game machine and portable game machine cartridge In a portable game machine 10, formed on the upper portion of a body portion 20 is a camera portion 30. An image display device 22 is arranged on one main surpace of the body portion 20, and operating switches 23, 24, etc., are arranged on other areas. Th... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6083104 | Programmable toy with an independent game cartridge A programmable device such as a toy or novelty item wherein there is a body. There is also a keyboard on an independent cartridge with a microprocessor which can be activated by a user to selectively cooperate with the body and set up any one of multiple ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6048270 | Data-transfer device The present invention comprises at least a serial data interface unit, a data buffer unit, a data processing unit, and a serial/parallel data interface unit. It is designed for compressing and transferring recorded data signals stored in the memory card e... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6042478 | Hand held video game A hand-held video game system having a microprocessor controller with address and data buses for providing memory accesses during memory cycles to a plurality of cartridge slots for electrically connecting cartridges containing memory to the address and d... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6030292 | Video signal reproducing apparatus In a video reproducing apparatus, operating devices and recording devices are connected with a simple structure to record game information while operating the game, and a plurality of small capacity of external secondary memory can be used as a large capa... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6022274 | Video game system using memory module A video game system includes a game cartridge which is pluggably attached to a main console having a main processor, a 3D graphics generating coprocessor, expandable main memory and player controllers. A multifunctional peripheral processing subsystem ext... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6007428 | Operation controlling device and video processing system used therewith A video processing system is described including a video processing device which generates a sequence of video display frames on a display unit under the control of a stored program, and a unique operation controlling device which is connected to the vide... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5996033 | Data compression device comprising input connector for connecting to game player system, output connector for connecting to memory card, and virtual memory page switch A data compression device includes a data compression circuit for compressing data being transferred between a TV game player and a memory card, and for decompressing data sent from the memory card to the game player. The device is arranged to be inserted... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993319 | Home television-game apparatus with time management unit A home TV-game apparatus of this invention has a memory storing a game program, a CPU for processing the game program, and time management elements managing a time of the game in correspondence with real time. In the home TV-game apparatus, therefore, a v... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5973656 | Image display device LED arrays where a plurality of LEDs are vertically arranged are lit up in luminance corresponding to tone values on digital image data. Light beams in line emitted from the LED arrays are scanned in a horizontal direction to display a two-dimensional ima... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967895 | Portable electronic bingo device An electronic bingo device for use in dispensing bingo cards and tracking the cards for bingo during play. The apparatus is equipped with a conventional computer hardware platform and software tailored to track a bingo game by use of a game key with memor... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941775 | Data processing system, method thereof and memory cassette The present invention aims at providing a data processing system which can realize a variety of process. A secondary memory cassette 31 includes a connector 32 which can be connected to both a primary memory cassette 21 or a processing device body, and ad... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5935006 | Debug apparatus and method for debugging game program in ROM cartridge In a developing environment, a game program exists in a product ROM and a debug program exists in another ROM which is a test ROM. The debug program includes a time adjusting program and other debug routine programs. The game program includes some stateme... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5926438 | Hand-held LCD fish finder A hand-held LCD game machine is used as a hand-held LCD fish finder, in addition to its original game functions. Instead of a typical ROM game cassette, another device, which includes a cassette portion, a main body, and a float sensor having an ultrasoni... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915261 | Toy electronic information storage medium A storage medium designed to simulate a standard information storage medium such as a floppy disk, video tape, or compact disc. A toy playback system accesses information stored on a printed circuit board, integrated circuit or other storage area, dispose... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5903257 | Operating device and image processing system using same An operating device is connected to an image processing apparatus that generates image data to be displayed on a display according to a program. The operating device supplies a signal for varying the image data to be generated by the image processing appa... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5890964 | Video game system, method of controlling same and memory cartridge for video game Each character that makes an appearance in a game is provided with a program, which is independent of other programs, for deciding the action of the character, and with a program counter. These mutually independent programs are run in parallel. The speed ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5885156 | Video game apparatus, method of controlling the growth of play character in video game, and video game medium therefor A game cartridge is inserted into a game device, and a controller is operated to display and perform a game stored in the game cartridge on a display monitor. The game cartridge has a ROM for storing a game program and a RAM for storing data of a play cha... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5850230 | External memory system having programmable graphics processor for use in a video game system or the like A fully programmable, graphics microprocessor is embodied in a removable external memory unit for connection with a host information processing system. In an exemplary embodiment, a video game system is described including a host video game system and a p... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5828862 | Game programming flash memory cartridge system including a programmer and a reprogrammable cartridge A game programming system uses rewritable cartridges that are compatible with commercially available game systems to produce game cartridges at a point-of-sale location so that retailers only need to stock sufficient uniquely designed game blanks to meet ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5816922 | Game apparatus and method for debugging game program In a game apparatus and a method of debugging a game program, a based time is determined, then a start time of a debugging process in a game is set. Next, the based time is compared with the start time. If the based time is bigger than the start time, the... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5809520 | Interchangeable cartridge data storage system for devices performing diverse functions A system for exchanging digital data among a plurality of hand-held computer devices. Digital signals are written by a first hand-held device to a mini-cartridge that mini-cartridge is inter-operable among a class of hand-held devices, each of which is eq... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5808591 | Image display device, image display system and program cartridge used therewith A body device 2 is attachably/detachably equipped with a program cartridge. The program cartridge 4 stores a game program, image data and a column table. The body device 2 reads the game program from the game cartridge 4 and executes the game program, and... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5785598 | Software cartridge being extensible with additional programs and/or data and the method of fabricating the same A software cartridge which is extensible with additional programs and/or data and the method of fabricating the same are provided. The software cartridge may connect with an add-on cartridge including additional data and/or programs of at least one game. ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5759100 | Game machine controller A game machine controller according to the present invention is provided with a memory pack equipped with a nonvolatile memory. The memory pack is able to store a plurality of commands designated by a predetermined button operation as command programs. On... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5743801 | Collectable video sports card A sports commemorative having an exterior which resembles a sportscard and also having the capacity to store a video highlight sequence. The video highlight sequence features an entity, most commonly an athlete, and is stored as data in a video storage me... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5718632 | Recording medium, method of loading games program code means, and games machine A recording medium, a method of loading games program code, and a games machine is provided. The recording medium has a program code relating to an auxiliary game and a program code relating to a main game. The size of the auxiliary game program code is s... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5717938 | Coded cartridges for electronic books A hand held electronic book is adapted to receive any number of replaceable cartridges. Each cartridge holds an alternate text and requires a separate set of functions. A predetermined set of function keys on the keyboard of the electronic book at predete... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5683297 | Head mounted modular electronic game system A modular electronic game system, mountable on the head of a user or contained in a console, including a viewing surface, an image projection assembly and an image generating module which has a transparent image screen.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5653638 | Cartridge for game machine A cartridge for game machine includes a flat housing (11) consisting of a front half (11F) and a rear half (11R), a board (30) contained in the housing, and a female connector(20) to be connected to a male connector having a plurality of terminal pins. A ... | 08/05/1997 |
