Patent ID: 6989818

Claim:
An input device having an exterior surface, the input device used with a video game for controlling the movement of at least one icon on a display screen during the play of the video game, comprising: a plurality of input members provided on the exterior surface of the input device, each of said input members controlling a particular function during the play of the video game; a memory device in communication with said input members; and a combination maneuver member provided on the exterior surface of the input device and in communication with said memory device, said combination maneuver member used with at least one of said input members to input and memorize a combination maneuver to be maintained in said memory device and subsequently utilizing during the play of the game by enabling at least one of said input members without the loss of said particular function originally assigned to said input members during the play of the game prior to the memorization of said combination maneuver; wherein said combination maneuver is activated utilizing both said combination maneuver member and at least one of said input members, each of said input members controlling a particular function during the play of the game, regardless of whether said combination maneuver has been memorized.