Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Patent
1996-12-11
1998-01-13
Harrison, Jessica
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
463 31, 345114, 345122, 395152, 395158, 395118, A63F 924
Patent
active
057072884
ABSTRACT:
Videogame systems and methods are provided to enhance the capability of the videogame system controller and data storage to provide graphic character element storage and processing. A display list technology utilizes an intentionally generated, location-specific vertical interrupt to implement a routine to modify or to alter existing graphical character elements. A second technique involves the definition of a small portion of the graphics map which is displayed differently than the balance of the graphics map because the stored priority bit is expressed in the defined area, but suppressed and replaced in all other areas. The third technique employs a virtual character element library to map the character elements appearing on the display, and recognizes available space within the video random access memory character element storage to provide a dynamic memory space.
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Harrison Jessica
Sager Mark A.
Sega Enterprises Ltd.
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