Patent ID: 8932135
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game controller for controlling operation of a video game, said game controller comprising: a game controller housing including an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion; at least one joystick extending from said upper housing portion, said at least one joystick being configured to communicate control actions to a video game console; a plurality of buttons located on said upper housing portion, said plurality of buttons being configured to communicate control actions to the video game console; a control circuit housed within said game controller housing, said control circuit being configured to communicate signals resulting from actuations, depressions, or movements of said at least one joystick or of said plurality of buttons to the video game console, said control circuit including a first input corresponding to a first control action of a video game; said plurality of buttons located on said upper housing portion including a first button which communicates with said first input to control said first control action of the video game when said first button is actuated, depressed, or moved; at least one button on said lower housing portion which communicates with said first input to control a same said first control action of the video game which said first button on said upper housing portion controls, when said at least one button on said lower housing portion is actuated, depressed, or moved; a toggle switch moveable between first and second positions, which activates and deactivates a signal generator in communication with said first input, said toggle switch being configured such that when said toggle switch is in said first position, said signal generator is deactivated and when said toggle switch is in said second position said signal generator is activated to send a signal to control said first control action of the video game; and a joystick guide having an oblong slot sized and shaped to receive said at least one joystick, said joystick guide being configured to permit free movement of said at least one joystick in a first axis of a coordinate system and being configured to restrict movement of said at least one joystick in a second axis of a coordinate system, said joystick guide being removably installed on said game controller such that said at least one joystick is located within or proximal to said oblong slot.