Sound and image producing system

An amusement cartridge comprising:

• a printed circuit board;
• a processing system associated with the printed circuit board to produce electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound;
• memory associated with the printed circuit board configured to store both data representative of sound and programming executable by the processing system to produce the electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound;
• a modulator, which outputs a signal to drive an audio transducer in a player;
• input/output (I/O) circuitry, which controls the processor via controls included in the player;
• at least one connector configured to allow the cartridge to releasably connect to the player;
• the player being devoid of cassette tape electromechanical player devices and devoid of a processing system but adapted to receive electrical signals representative of sound from said processing system associated with the printed circuit board of the cartridge and to produce sound vibrations from the received signals where a transducer to produce the sound vibrations;
• a battery or other power supply;
• controls to trigger the processing system are provided on the player separate from the amusement cartridge and coupled thereto via said at least one connector with the electrical signals representative of sound from the cartridge being coupled there through;
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• a housing for the printed circuit board, processing system, modulator, I/O circuitry, and memory.

An amusement cartridge for use in an amusement system, comprising:

• a printed circuit board;
• a processing system associated with the printed circuit board to produce electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound;
• memory associated with the printed circuit board configured to store both data representative of sound and programming executable by the processing system to produce the electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound;
• a modulator, which outputs a signal to drive an audio transducer in a player;
• input/output (I/O) circuitry, which controls the processor via controls included in the player;
• at least one connector configured to allow the amusement cartridge to releasably connect to the player,
• the player being devoid of cassette tape electromechanical player devices and devoid of a processing system but adapted to receive electrical signals representative of sound from said processing system associated with the printed circuit board of the amusement cartridge and to produce sound vibrations from the received signals where a transducer to produce the sound vibrations and controls to trigger the processing system are provided on the player separate from the amusement cartridge and coupled thereto via said at least one connector with the electrical signals representative of sound from the cartridge being coupled there through, where the amusement cartridge is devoid of a battery or other electrical power source and where the player includes an electrical power storage or battery configured to supply electrical power to the processing system of the amusement cartridge when the amusement cartridge is received by the player;
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• a housing for the printed circuit board, processing system, modulator, I/O circuitry, and memory.

An amusement system comprising:

• a cartridge configured to store data representative of sound and to produce electrical signals representative of sound, where the cartridge includes memory, a processing system, programming executable by the processing system to produce electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound, a modulator, which outputs a signal to drive an audio transducer in a portable player, input/output (I/O) circuitry, which controls the processor via controls included in the portable player, and at least one connector configured to releasably connect the cartridge to the player;
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• the player to receive electrical signals representative of sound from the cartridge and to produce sound vibrations from the received signals, where the player is configured to receive the cartridge and to releasably connect to the at least one connector of the cartridge, where the player further includes a transducer to produce the sound vibrations, and where the player includes controls configured to trigger the cartridge to produce electrical signals representative of sound and to transmit those signals to the transducer to produce sound vibrations, but where the player is devoid of cassette tape electromechanical player devices and devoid of a processor to process the electrical signals received from the cartridge where the player includes a battery or other electrical power storage in the player configured to supply electrical power to the processing system in the cartridge when the cartridge is received by the player.