Patent ID: 7126584
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. For use with a video game system console having a game program executing processing system for executing said video game program to create a display simulating a three-dimensional world, and a portable storage device having a memory for storing video game instructions including instructions for causing said game program executing processing system to display a player-controlled object and for causing said player controlled object to move at various different speeds, a player controller comprising: a joystick control member; detecting circuitry for generating joystick data indicative of the amount of joystick angular inclination and inclined direction; processing circuitry for responding to a command from said game program executing processing system to transmit said joystick data to said game program executing processing system, whereby said game program executing processing system is operable to determine the direction and speed for said player controlled object.