Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc

Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by indolering on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:11PM (#41588124)

> running a non-intensive game in the foreground while loading the main game in the background was a technical innovation.

#EndSoftwarePatents

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by wasabinator on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:52PM (#41588326)

I remember Invade-A-Load on the Commodore 64 which allowed you to play a space invaders clone while the actually game was loading from the tape drive.

Actually Ridge Racer on the original PlayStation did similar but with Galaga and decidedly shorter load times!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by Manuel_D on Thursday September 19, 2024 @12:10AM (#41588415)

Yup, Ridge Racer was the game that prompted Namco to file the patent: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-pa...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by Nursie on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:06AM (#41588705)

Sometimes I used to stop the tape just so I could play invade-a-load :)

[ Parent | on HN ]