Patent ID: 8686269

Claim:
A system for providing realistic interaction to a player of a music-based video game comprising: a display; a game controller simulating a guitar, the game controller having a strum bar and a plurality of fret buttons; and the music-based video game executing on a gaming platform in communication the display and game controller, wherein: (a) the music-based video game is configured to present via the display, a first target musical data associated with a musical composition; (b) the music-based video game is further configured to receive, via the game controller, a first music performance input comprising activation of a first one of a plurality of fret buttons and a strum bar on the game controller; (c) the music-based video game is further configured to present, via the display, a second target musical data associated with the musical composition, the second target musical data visually indicating that the musical event represented by the second target musical data is amenable to a hammer-on technique; and (d) the music-based video game is further configured to receive, via the game controller, a second music performance input consisting essentially of activation of a second one of a plurality of fret buttons.