Electronic gaming device with pseudo-stereophonic sound generating capabilities

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An electronic gaming (e.g. a video game) device includes a psuedo-stereo sound generator. Plural independent sound generating circuits produce audio signals under microcomputer control. The microcomputer may route the outputs of the plural sound generating circuits independently to one or the other (or both) of two independent audio channel outputs so as to produce pseudo-stereo sound. A selecting circuit automatically mixes the two audio channel outputs together and provides them in monaural form to an internal loudspeaker when no stereophonic headset is connected. A microcomputer controls generation of sounds and music in accordance with a musical pitch (frequency) data structure a …