Electronic game controller

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is an electronic game controller which is used with a fishing game.
The electronic game controller greatly improves the playability of the game by providing a controller which responds to actual motion of the game player.
The game player mimics the actual motion a fisherman would use when fishing.
For instance, in a real fishing situation, the fisherman casts an artificial lure or other bait by casting fishing line with a rod and a reel.
The cast is made by bringing the rod back to or over the shoulder and then bringing the rod forward to throw the lure.
At a certain point in the forward motion of the rod, the fisherman throws the lure by using a casting button which causes the lure to travel for a certain distance.
Once the lure lands in the water, the fisherman moves the lure to attract fish.
This motion is caused by either reeling in the lure through the cranking of a handle attached to the reel, by moving the rod from side to side thereby causing the lure to travel from side to side, or both.
The game player operates the present electronic game controller in essentially the same fashion as if actually fishing.
The electronic game controller consists of a rod and a reel attached to the rod.
The reel does not contain fishing line, however, but instead contains the electronic circuitry necessary to control the game being played.
Because the electronics are contained entirely within the reel, the game controller appears to be identical to a the rod and reel used in a real fishing excursion.
The rod is, however, shorter than a real rod to avoid unnecessary expense inherent in a full sized rod and in order to allow a game player to play the game indoors in a confined area.
Externally, the reel appears quite similar to an actual reel.
A casting button is included on the reel and performs a similar function to the function of a casting button on an actual reel.
Two buttons in addition to those present on an angler's rod and reel are provided.
In the present embodiment, the additional buttons are located just above and to either side of the casting button