Patent ID: 8469823

Claim:
A game system, comprising: a game console; a first game peripheral coupled to the game console, the first game peripheral providing a first user interface configured to generate input data; and a second game peripheral for generating special effects comprising: a game console interface configured to communicate with the game console over a peripheral input channel, wherein the game console interface identifies the second game peripheral as a game controller to the game console, a control module configured to receive special effect information from the game console through the game console interface, a special effect generator electrically coupled to the control module and configured to generate a special effect based on special effect information received by the control module from the game console, wherein the special effect generator comprises a fog generator and wherein the special effect information is generated by the game console based on the input data from the first game peripheral, and a second user interface electrically and mechanically coupled to the fog generator and configured to cause the game console to change a game setting, save a first game, or load a second game, wherein the second user interface is disposed on the fog generator, and wherein the control module is integrated with the fog generator.