Patent ID: 8016681

Claim:
A memory card adapted for at least partial insertion into a memory card slot of a hand-holdable video game system, said memory card comprising: first and second memories; and a connector for electrically connecting the memories to the video game system so that contents of the memories are selectively accessible to a processor of the video game system, the connector comprising a plurality of linearly-arrayed terminal strips that connect to corresponding electrical contacts of the video game system disposed within the memory card slot, the terminal strips including: a first terminal strip connected to a chip select terminal of the first memory; a second terminal strip connected to a chip select terminal of the second memory; a third terminal strip connected to a reset terminal of the first memory and to a clock terminal of the second memory; a fourth terminal strip connected to a clock terminal of the first memory; fifth through twelfth terminal strips connected to parallel bus input/output terminals of the first memory, the fifth and sixth terminal strips also being respectively connected to a serial input terminal and a serial output terminal of the second memory, wherein the first memory of the memory card is accessible in a parallel bus mode via the fifth through twelfth terminal strips when a chip select signal having a specified level is applied to the first terminal strip by the video game system, and wherein the second memory of the memory card is accessible in a serial peripheral interface mode via the fifth and sixth terminal strips when a chip select signal having a specified level is applied to the second terminal strip by the video game system.