Patent ID: 6780112
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An entertainment device that creates an entertainment image on a predetermined display unit in response to a multi-level signal supplied from a gamepad associated therewith, the gamepad having two or more push operation mechanisms each of which is adapted to produce a multi-level signal representing each of three or more values that vary in relation to a pressure with which a corresponding push operation mechanism is pressed, said entertainment device comprising:data holding means for holding image description data used to display different representations of a given entertainment image, the image description data for each representation being further associated with identification information of the representation, identification information of the push operation mechanism, and a value of the multi-level signal; detection means for detecting the identification information of the push operation mechanism and the value of the multi-level signal that are supplied from the gamepad; data retrieval means that specifies the identification information of the representation corresponding to the detected identification information of the push operation mechanism and the detected value of the multi-level signal, and retrieves the image description data associated with the specified identification information of the representation from said data holding means; and display control means that displays a representation of the entertainment image on the predetermined display unit that corresponds to the retrieved image description data.