Patent ID: 7771280

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 including 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 for, in use, connecting to a first ground terminal of the video game system; a second terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a clock terminal of the video game system; a third terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a first high voltage terminal of the video game system; a fourth terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a first chip select terminal of the video game system; a fifth terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a reset terminal of the video game system; a sixth terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a second chip select terminal of the video game system; a seventh terminal strip for, in use, connecting to an interrupt terminal of the video game system; an eighth strip terminal for, in use, connecting to a second high voltage terminal of the video game system; ninth through sixteenth terminal strips for, in use, connecting to a bus of the video game system; and a seventeenth terminal strip for, in use, connecting to a second ground terminal of the video game system, wherein the first memory of the memory card is accessed in a parallel bus mode via the ninth through sixteenth terminal strips when a chip select signal having a specified level is applied to the fourth terminal strip via the first chip select terminal, and wherein the second memory of the memory card is accessed in a serial peripheral interface mode in which first and second ones of the ninth through sixteenth terminal strip are respectively used as a serial input terminal and a serial output terminal when a chip select signal having a specified level is applied to the sixth terminal strip via the second chip selection terminal.