> Namco had a patent on the idea of "a minigame playable during a loading screen" Patent issued in 1998, yet there was prior art dating back to the C64 era - I

> Namco had a patent on the idea of "a minigame playable during a loading screen" Patent issued in 1998, yet there was prior art dating back to the C64 era - I remember 'invade-a-load', where you could play a Space Invaders clone while a larger game loaded from tape.