Patent ID: 8303421

Claim:
A hand held device for a shooting game comprising: a shaped housing; a first directional infrared transmitter disposed within the housing for transmitting directional IR data using a narrow light beam; and a first omni-directional field of view receiver disposed within the housing to receive IR data; a first electronic controller disposed within the housing; a first switch coupled to first electronic controller used to generate IR data; a first apparatus removably coupled to the device, the first apparatus comprising: a video game processor housed within first apparatus for generating a video output displaying the simulated players and scenery on a TV screen; and a light detector for sensing at a distance the raster scan of a TV display a bidirectional channel facilitating communications between said first electronic controller and said video game processor; a first switch to trigger a signal to the video game processor permitting said light detector to sense the raster scan of the display device, said video game processor using the light detector and the trigger signal to determine the position of the raster scan when the first switch was engaged; a simulated player data structure operable with the video game processor for generating a video output displaying at least one of the simulated players shooting in the direction of the live player, said simulated player data structure determining whether the live player is hit; and a memory data structure operable with the video game processor for generating a video output, said memory data structure determining the real time damage effects to the scenery on the display.