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Manual control device for use with amusement machine

  • US 6,030,291 A
  • Filed: 05/28/1997
  • Issued: 02/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A manual control device for use with a amusement machine, comprising:

  • a support structure;

    a control lever;

    a bearing tiltably mounting said control lever on said support structure;

    a detecting mechanism for detecting a tilting displacement of said control lever;

    a stimulus imparting mechanism actuatable, depending on how a video game played on the amusement machine by a game player develops, for moving said control lever to impart a stimulus through the control lever to the game player of the video game; and

    a resistance imparting mechanism actuatable, depending on how the video game played on the amusement machine by the game player develops, for imparting resistive forces to said control lever against forces applied by the game player to move said control lever.

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