Videogame system and methods for enhanced processing and display

Details Videogame system and methods for enhanced processing and display Videogame system and methods for enhanced processing and display

1996-12-06

1999-08-10

Harrison, Jessica

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Perceptible output or display

345112, 395118, A63F 924

Patent

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059350032

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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