Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd.

Masayuki Yukawa

Katsuya Nakagawa

Masahiko Ota

Junji Takamoto

Yoshitake Kato

Takashi Ogawa

Yoshitane Tsuburaya

Tamotsu Iida

Seishi Oida

Kunihiro Tanaka

Shigeki Sakaguchi

Yutaka Shirae

Kouji Omori

Tadahiro Kuwa

Toshiyuki Nakazawa

Masanori Uematsu

Masaki Nomura

Makoto Miura

On a surface of an electronic component facing a substrate, a plurality of electrode terminals are provided which are of circular plane shapes. On regions of the main surface of the substrate facing the electrode terminals, a plurality of interconnect electrodes are provided which are of circular plane shapes.

Semiconductor device

A connector includes a housing, and a flange portion which is formed by extending one main surface of the housing in a direction that a first circuit board is inserted. An adapter includes a casing having an insertion port into which a cartridge for first game machine can be inserted, and having a shape capable of being inserted into an insertion port of a second game machine. An adapter circuit board is contained in the casing, and includes a data conversion circuit which converts first game machine data stored in the cartridge for first game machine into data capable of being utilized in the second game machine.

Connector and adapter utilizing connector

Scratches on the recording disk caused by sliding of a disk cartridge shutter is prevented by slidably inserting first and second shutters between a tray and a case on the opposite side to a recording disk accommodating portion of the tray. The first shutter simultaneously opens and closes a case side driving shaft insert hole, a case side head insert hole, a tray side driving shaft insert hole, and a tray side head insert hole. The second shutter opens and closes a terminal hole. The second shutter is opened independently of the first shutter and is held in a position so that the case side driving shaft insert hole, the case side head insert hole, the tray side driving shaft insert hole, and the tray side head insert hole are not closed. Closing the first shutter, however, causes the second shutter to also close.

Disk cartridge having a single closing energizer for closing two

Cartridge for game machine

A game software service system is connected to a monitor to display an image for game. A CPU and a PPU which cooperates with the CPU are accommodated within a housing. A plurality of storage mediums which respectively store game programs are attached to the housing in an attachable/detachable manner. The respective storage mediums are commonly connected to an address bus and a data bus of the CPU and the PPU, and assigned with a common address space. A first controller is used for playing a game. Any one of the storage mediums is selected by operation of a second controller. When a menu showing a plurality of game names is displayed on the monitor, accesses from the CPU and the PPU to a selected storage medium are enabled in response to the operation of the second controller. The CPU and the PPU execute a program of the selected storage medium to display the image for game on the monitor. In that state, when the first controller is operated, displaying condition on the monitor screen is responsibly changed by the CPU and the PPU.

Video game software selection data processing system

A cartridge for a gaming machine includes a case having tapered surface formed along a side edge of the rear face thereof which cooperates with a protrusion in the cartridge receiving tray in the gaming machine main unit to prevent an inverted insertion of the cartridge into the machine. A character ROM, a first semiconductor memory storing a program for determining authenticity of the cartridge and a first microcomputer for executing that program are mounted on a printed circuit board accommodated in the case. The gaming machine includes a picture processing unit generating an image signal based on data from the character ROM, a second semiconductor memory which stores the same program for determining authenticity of the cartridge as the program in the first semiconductor memory, and a second microcomputer identical to the first microcomputer for executing the program stored in the second semiconductor memory. The second microcomputer determines authenticity of the loaded or inserted cartridge. Finally, a protrusion attached to the cartridge loading device in the machine cooperates with a recess in the cartridge case to prevent the loading of a counterfeit cartridge.

Memory cartridge and information processor unit using such cartridge

Video game control unit

A front loading apparatus typically installed in a data processing machine for receiving a memory cartridge. The apparatus includes a frame disposed within the machine, and a tray pivotally mounted to the frame for rotation between a loading and an operating position. It also includes a spring biasing the tray toward the loading position and a releasable lock for retaining it in the operating position. A low insertion force edge connector is mounted to the frame for electrically interconnecting a printed circuit board in the cartridge with a second printed circuit board mounted in the machine.

Front loading apparatus for a memory cartridge utilized for a data

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Kyoto, Japan

Masayuki Yukawa