Patent ID: 8094123

Claim:
A device comprising: a. a housing; b. a user-controllable electronic momentary mode switch, biased to be normally in a position mode and momentarily selectable by a user to be in a discrete mode, connected to the housing enabling a user to select the position mode or the discrete mode in real-time during playing of a game; c. a position control device-connected to the housing, manipulatable by a user to provide X-Y position coordinate data that varies in accordance with a position of the position control device; d. processing circuitry coupled to the electronic momentary mode switch and the position control device and adapted to determine if a user has selected the position mode or the discrete mode; wherein i. when the electronic momentary mode switch is in the position mode, to output the X-Y position coordinate data as a function of the position of the position control device, or ii. when the electronic momentary mode switch is in the discrete mode, to track manipulation thereof by a user over a predefined coverage area that is logically divided into a plurality of regions, and wherein each of a plurality of discrete signals is associated with one of the regions, whereby manipulation of the position control device into a region will cause the processing circuitry to output the discrete signal associated with that region and emulate a button press by a user.