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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Ohara, Botan Koto, JP;
Assignee:
Sega Enterprises Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273435 ; 273 / ; 273434 ; 273D / ;
Abstract
A television game set comprises an operation button used to operate a game, a game control section for controlling the game, a display section for displaying the progress of the game, and a connector to which either a game cartridge storing a game program therein or a tuner cartridge for receiving television broadcasting is coupled. At least one terminal of the connector is used to handle a cartridge changeover signal. The other terminals of the connector are changed in function on the basis of the cartridge changeover signal received on the one terminal as to handle either game signals or tuner signals.