scorebox

plural scoreboxes

1. ball gamesAn enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard
2. video gamesA box overlaid on the screen to display the player's score.

   Recall that our arcade game is to have a scorebox that knows how to increase itself, and observe that this implies there is a score.

   2001, Matt Neuburg, REALbasic: the definitive guide, page 64

   1 more example

   Video games are notorious for having relatively unchanging areas on the screen (ie the scorebox), which can quickly be burned into the screen.

   1994, Coyt D Watters, “Projection TVs and SEGA”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet)