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Facilitating interaction with a music-based video game

  • US 8,003,872 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2006
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, executed on a game console in communication with a display, for facilitating interaction of a player with a music-based video game using a game controller simulating a musical instrument and having a note-producing mechanism simulating that of an instrument the game controller simulates, the note-producing mechanism comprising a plurality of input elements, the game controller also comprising a secondary input mechanism, different than the note-producing mechanism, the method comprising:

  • a) displaying, on the display, target musical data associated with a musical composition, the target musical data corresponding to one of the input elements of the note-producing mechanism, the target musical data additionally indicating input from the secondary input mechanism may be provided;

    b) receiving a first music performance input comprising input from the input element of the note-producing mechanism that corresponds to the target musical data;

    c) reproducing a portion of the musical composition in response to the received first music performance;

    d) receiving a second music performance input from the secondary mechanism of the game controller; and

    e) altering a gameplay characteristic of the music-based video game in response to the received second music performance input.

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