RE: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision detection pa tent]

[Pallister, K. <kim...@in...>]

And the first one must be for Hard Drivin'

Just my 2c worth taking you through arcade-game-patent-nostalgia journey.

Kim Pallister

We will find a way or we will make one.
                     - Hannibal


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Forsyth [mailto:to...@mu...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:18 AM
> To: gda...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision 
> detection
> pa tent]
> 
> 
> That second one is for Gauntlet of course. A great game, but 
> patentable?
> Then again, these are the people who patented the concept of 
> a register that
> scrolls the screen left by the value you write into it.
> 
> Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke.
> Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sam McGrath [mailto:sa...@dn...]
> > Sent: 16 August 2000 11:49
> > To: gda...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision 
> > detection
> > pa tent]
> > 
> > 
> > At 11:13 AM 8/16/2000 +0100, you wrote:
> > >> A practical example is Atari's patent on 'ghost cars' in 
> > racing games,
> > >which is still actively enforced.
> > >
> > >I never knew they patented that!  Amazing... and scary.  
> > Does anyone have a
> > >link to this one?
> > 
> > I found this on the US Patent page:
> > 
> > http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+PATBIB-1976-2000+
> 0+972113+4+3+3
> 18762+OF+98+291+51+atari
> 
> Not only that, but there's some other atari patents on there 
> which I find
> pretty hard to believe.  Look at this one:
> 
> http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+PATBIB-1976-2000+
0+972113+4+4+7
4061+OF+69+291+51+atari

Any other examples of wacky patents??

-Sam
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