Patent ID: 6267673
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
For use with a video game system console having a game program executing processing system to execute a video game program and at least one player controller operable by a player to generate video game control signals; a portable storage device for controlling the operation of said video game system console comprising:a memory medium for storing video game instructions and graphics data;accessing circuitry for coupling said video game instructions and said graphics data from said memory medium to said video game system console;said video game instructions including instructions for causing said video game processing system to generate digital signals representative of a first three dimensional world within which a player controlled character may enter and of a second three-dimensional world having at least first and second predetermined states, said video game instructions further causing said video game system to generate digital signals of a bounded area within which a player controlled character must enter to enter said second three-dimensional world, wherein a zone of said bounded area within which a player controlled character enters controls whether said second three-dimensional world will be in said first predetermined state or another state.