41.  Nintendo said the delay was because software for the new game player would not be ready before Christmas.

42.  Nintendo derives most of its revenue from sales of specially-designed cartridges for its game players.

43.  No need to change the game, just give us more about the game players.

44.  Nintendo announced last year that it would co-develop its next game player with Silicon Graphics.

45.  On a typical visit last month, Blackley traveled from Los Angeles to the Brisbane, Calif., headquarters of IGN.com, a popular site for game players.

46.  On the positive side, the abundance of games on the market makes it ever harder to capture the loyalty of game players.

47.  Often kids would play the part of a spectator more than a game player.

48.  On the entertainment side, game players can load a complex multidisk program and not have to interrupt the game flow for more than a mouse click while playing.

49.  Other game players concur that part of the attraction of violent games is the opportunity to harmlessly blow off steam.

50.  Portable hardware like the Nintendo Gameboy made game players of adolescents and business people alike.