Hey Callum, something just hit me like a brick:
You asked:
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:56:55 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 14:46 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
A game where "targets" move across the screen to a predetermined point or line, where the player hits a button/key/mouse click as the target(s) crosses that point or line, and gets points.
You've got to be shitting me.
... So, how about if the "targets" stay still and the cursor moves? I think there's assloads of prior art on that...
And replied to one of my replies with:
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:56:55 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 20:42 +1000, Sam Arthur Allen wrote:
What a crock of @#$%, I've seen this been done a few times. "Parappa the Rapper" on PS1 from 1995 comes to mind, it does *exactly* what the above paragraph states.
The Parappa "targets" did not move. They were static, and used a moving cursor:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1592483888067882190
So no this particular patent doesn't apply, so it isn't prior art.
Great, Parappa has a different "timeline" than Guitar Hero's - I'm happy with that.
Now, what games were under this patent concern?
--Sam
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Sam Arthur Allen