Patent ID: 6210278
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game apparatus for one or more users, comprising:at least three input devices each requiring a mechanical action for actuation, wherein at least one of said input devices requires a spinning or a flicking mechanical action for actuation and wherein at least two of the mechanical actions are different;an audible output device; anda controller, coupled to each of the input devices and to the audible output device, for:selecting an input device;outputting a command signal to the audible output device specific to the input device selected;detecting whether the selected input device is actuated within a desired elapsed time;outputting an error signal to the audible output device if a non-selected input device is actuated by a user;outputting an error signal to the audible output device if the selected input device is not actuated by a user within the desired elapsed time.