SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TELEVISION GAMES AND THE LIKE

摘要

F.8229 IMPROVED SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TELEVISION GAMES AND THE LIKE An ensemble of video game controlling programs are multiplexed (e.g., on a time division, word-interleaved basis) and distributed over a common communications link, e.g., a CATV cable. Each authorized user station connected to the cable has an adapter with a read/write (RAM) memory disposed between a stored program controlled video game player and the cable. A particular game specified at an input device of the user station selects the corresponding game program listing for reception and loading into the adapter RAM. Once loaded, the RAM causes the microprocessor controlled player to execute the selected game in a per se conventional fashion. When a new game is desired, the input device setting is changed to appropriately replace the adapter RAM contents with the instruction set for the new game.