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Operating device with analog joystick

  • US 5,984,785 A
  • Filed: 01/09/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A game machine controller for use with a game machine which displays a game character on a monitor and controls the game character, said game machine controller comprising:

  • a housing;

    a first operating device formed on the surface at a left side of said housing;

    a second operating device formed on the surface at a right side of said housing;

    a third operating device including a lever which can be inclined, and formed on the surface of said housing in an area in which said first operating device and said second operating device are not formed; and

    a protruded portion protruded from said housing toward a front side in the vicinity of at least one of said first operating device, said second operating device and said third operating device, and to be grasped by a palm of a hand of an operator, whereinone of said first operating device and said second operating device is operable for use as a first moving direction designation input device which designates a moving direction of a game character and the other is operable for use as an action designation input device which designates other actions of a game character, and whereinsaid third operating device is operable for use as a second moving direction designation input device which designates at least a moving direction of a game character according to an inclination of said lever.

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