Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Patent
1997-05-16
2000-12-05
Martin-Wallace, Valencia
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
A63F 900
Patent
active
061559261
ABSTRACT:
A video game system includes a game cartridge which is pluggably attached to a main console having a main processor, a 3D graphics generating coprocessor, expandable main memory and player controllers. A multifunctional peripheral processing subsystem external to the game microprocessor and coprocessor is described which executes commands for handling player controller input/output to thereby lessen the processing burden on the graphics processing subsystem. The video game methodology involves game level organization features, camera perspective or point of view control features, and a wide array of animation and character control features. The system changes the "camera" angle (i.e., the displayed point of view in the three-dimensional world) automatically based upon various conditions and in response to actuation of a plurality of distinct controller keys/buttons/switches, e.g., four "C" buttons in the exemplary embodiment. The control keys allow the user at any time to move in for a close up or pull back for a wide view or pan the camera to the right and left to change the apparent camera angle. Such user initiated camera manipulation permits a player to better judge jumps or determine mole precisely where an object is located in relation to the player controlled character. The video game system and methodology features a unique player controller, which permits control over a character's exploration of the three-dimensional world to an unprecedented extent. A player controlled character may be controlled in a multitude of different ways utilizing the combination of the joystick and/or cross-switch and/or control keys and a wide range of animation effects are generated.
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Kawagoe Takumi
Miyamoto Shigeru
Nishida Yasunari
Nishiumi Satoshi
Martin-Wallace Valencia
Nintendo Co. Ltd.
Paradiso John
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