Sound and image producing system

Abstract

An amusement system includes a cartridge (10) having memory (18) for storing sound data, a processing system (14) to process the sound data and programming executable by the processing system to produce electrical sound signals representative of sound from the sound data. The system further includes a player (12) to receive the electrical sound signals from the cartridge and to produce sound vibrations in an acoustic transducer (26) carried with the player. The cartridge (10) and the player (12) include cooperating sliding electrical connectors (109) carried on respective printed circuit boards (108) in the cartridge (10) and player (12). Each electrical connector includes a plurality of electrical contacts arranged co-planar in a two-dimensional array, in two rows which are in-line to one another and not staggered.