Patent ID: 6267669
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
Hybrid gaming apparatus comprising:display means for displaying a coordination/dexterity game portion wherein ability to achieve at least a first outcome, in said coordination/dexterity game portion, is at least partially determined by how long it takes a user to provide a particular input to the coordination/dexterity game portion;a controller for determining game outcome of said coordination/dexterity game wherein said controller is substantially identical to a controller used for controlling a traditional game, wherein said traditional game provides substantially no penalty based on an amount of time it takes a user to provide a particular input to the traditional game, and wherein said traditional game can only be played, in said hybrid gaming apparatus, after playing said coordination/dexterity game portion; andwherein said particular input to the coordination/dexterity game portion involves eye-coordination dexterity.