Video game system having means for displaying a key programming
First Claim
1. A video game system comprising:
- (1) a video display for displaying a key programming process, and for displaying video output of the video game system;
(2) a game cartridge having a video game software stored in the game cartridge;
(3) a game control unit having a program key and a plurality of control keys, said game control unit having no processing unit for processing the program key and said plurality of control keys; and
(4) a game box comprising;
(a) an electrical cable for connecting the video display;
(b) a slot for receiving the game cartridge wherein the game cartridge is removable when the game cartridge is plugged in the slot;
(c) a memory unit and a central processing unit (CPU) for program execution;
(d) a system software for controlling operations of the game box;
the system software comprising a displaying software for controlling operations of displaying the key programming process over the video display after the program key is pressed and terminating display of the key programming process after the program key is pressed again;
the key programming process defining a function of a control key by using a key sequence which is formed by a plurality of other control keys of the game control unit, said key sequence being stored in said game box;
wherein the video game software stored in the game cartridge is executed by the CPU when playing the video game, and the game box receives input signals from the game control unit to control proceedings of the video game and displays video outputs over the video display.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a video game system having a displaying software for displaying a key programming process. The video game system comprises a video display, a game cartridge, a game control unit having a program key and a plurality of control keys, and a game box. The game box comprises a game cartridge slot, a memory unit, a central processing unit, and a storage unit having a system software comprises a displaying software for displaying the key programming process over the video display so that a LCD screen is not needed in the game control unit for such displaying purpose. The input signals generated during the key programming process are saved in the memory unit of the game box so that a memory buffer is not needed in the game control unit for such storage purpose so that the game control unit can further be simplified.
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14 Claims
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1. A video game system comprising:
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(1) a video display for displaying a key programming process, and for displaying video output of the video game system; (2) a game cartridge having a video game software stored in the game cartridge; (3) a game control unit having a program key and a plurality of control keys, said game control unit having no processing unit for processing the program key and said plurality of control keys; and (4) a game box comprising; (a) an electrical cable for connecting the video display; (b) a slot for receiving the game cartridge wherein the game cartridge is removable when the game cartridge is plugged in the slot; (c) a memory unit and a central processing unit (CPU) for program execution; (d) a system software for controlling operations of the game box;
the system software comprising a displaying software for controlling operations of displaying the key programming process over the video display after the program key is pressed and terminating display of the key programming process after the program key is pressed again;
the key programming process defining a function of a control key by using a key sequence which is formed by a plurality of other control keys of the game control unit, said key sequence being stored in said game box;wherein the video game software stored in the game cartridge is executed by the CPU when playing the video game, and the game box receives input signals from the game control unit to control proceedings of the video game and displays video outputs over the video display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A key programming method for defining the function of a control key of a game control unit having a program key and a plurality of control keys for playing a video game stored in a game box, the game box receiving input signals from the game control unit, processing the video game and displaying video outputs over a video display, the video display also displays a key programming process, said game control unit having no processing unit for processing the program key and said plurality of control keys, the key programming method comprising the steps of:
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(1) generating a key programming signal by pressing the program key of the game control unit to initiate the key programming process; (2) displaying a key programming message at the video display; (3) selecting a control key being programmed, signals representative of the control key being then stored in the game box; (4) displaying a message at the video display to show the selected control key; (5) selecting and displaying a key sequence which is formed by a plurality of other control keys for defining function of the selected control key, signals representative of said other control keys being then stored in the game box; and (6) generating an exit signal from the game control unit to terminate the key programming process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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