Patent ID: 6679776
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A video game system for playing a video game of a type that provides physical sensations to a player, said video game system comprising:a video game machine comprising a counter, and a processor that executes a video game program stored in a video game program storage medium to generate game images displayed on a display; a hand-held player controller connected to said video game machine and operable by a player to generate video game control signals for the video game program; and a vibration source arranged to vibrate a housing of said hand-held player controller, wherein, during execution of the video game program by said processor, said counter is loaded with an initial value in accordance with vibration generating conditions detected during playing of the video game, and wherein said vibration source is controlled based on an on/off pattern produced from the counting of said counter so that the housing of said hand-held player controller is selectively vibrated on the basis of the on/off pattern.