Support NeoGAF

[koam]

Look at the patent!

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.DImg?Docid=US006902482&PageNum=12&IDKey=6EFC57509FE8&ImgFormat=tif

Here's the patent's details, approved yesterday.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...=PTXT&p=1&S1=nintendo&OS=nintendo&RS=nintendo

Star Wars kid game.. make it happen Nintendo..

Please note, this patent is not issued by Nintendo.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

but uh... wheres it say Nintendo?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Star Wars Sword does not = Nintendo

but

Zelda's Link with Master Sword does = Nintendo

 

[Andvary]

In another embodiment of the present invention, other virtual representations of the virtual instrument that is representative of the object held by the player or within the scope of the present invention such as a gun, bazooka, knife, hammer, axe and the like and the gyrostat propulsion instrumentality of the present invention may be controlled accordingly to provide the appropriate feedback to simulate the virtual instrument. For example, in the gun and/or pistol embodiment of the present invention the gyrostat feedback means may be used to simulate events such as the "kick" from a gun, or the "crush" of a hammer blow.

:O

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Damn it says nothing about NINTENDO, this could come out with Phantom for all we know

 

[koam]

but uh... wheres it say Nintendo?

Do a find on the patent page, it's not issued by Nintendo.

The electronic game industry has seen a dramatic evolution from the first electronic ping-pong game ("pong") to the state of modern games and consumer home electronics. In general, hardware advances that have increased processing power and reduced cost has fueled this evolution. The increased availability of low cost processing power, as well as consumer expectation for improved game content, demands that new games be developed to take advantage of this processing power. This can be seen especially in the new 64 bit processing devices such as the Nintendo 64™ and the processing power available in home personal computer games and/or in arcade game platforms. These new hardware platforms are so powerful that a whole new genre of games has to be developed in order to fully utilize the hardware.

Electronic game input, traditionally, has been limited to joy sticks, button paddles, multi-button inputs, trackballs and even a gyro mouse that has a gyroscope means for determining the orientation of the mouse. Recently Nintendo has deployed a "rumble" device to provide vibratory feedback to game console users. Traditional computer input means are well know to those in the arts and require no further discussion. The gyro-mouse, in the context of the present invention, however, deserves some further discussion.

 

[ManaByte]

http://img15.echo.cx/img15/4893/imageload8mo.gif

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

Do a find on the patent page, it's not issued by Nintendo.

no I know its not. Just thread title/etc makes it sound like it should be.

 

[TAJ]

Nintendo likes to patent everything, especially if they didn't invent it. The most infuriating example (to me) in recent years has to be them patenting handheld emulation... to combat the many existing handheld emus, lol. They truly have no shame.

 

[FitzOfRage]

This patent application seeks priority from and is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/977,806, filed Nov. 25, 1997

Isn't this how most crawls through the USPTO database go? We look through it and find that it's like 5 or 10 years old for something that no one cares about anymore.