Tomy Company, Ltd.

Tomy Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiko Mitsumoto

Yuji Kato

Michihiro Kozuka

Yasuji Shindo

A drive simulation apparatus is provided with a base, a driving compartment body, a seat, a steering wheel, a non-motorized turning mechanism, road terrain display mechanism and a body vibrating mechanism. The driving compartment body is rotatably provided mounted on the base. The seat accommodates a player and is attached to and rotatable with the body. The steering wheel is rotatably mounted to the body. The non-motorized turning mechanism turns the body with respect to the base when the steering wheel is turned with respect to the body. The road terrain display mechanism displays moving road terrain. The body vibrating mechanism vibrates the body.

Drive simulation apparatus

A drive game device is provided with a steering wheel that controls the apparent movement of a model vehicle. The model vehicle is pivotally mounted on a vertical axis running through on a screen. A transparent running sheet is movably mounted above the screen. A light source is mounted above the transparent running sheet for projecting an image on the screen corresponding to a portion of a pattern on the transparent running sheet. A longitudinal drive power transmission transmits power from an electric motor to said transparent running sheet so that said transparent running sheet will selectively be driven to longitudinally move forward or backward, in accordance with the operating position of a gear shift lever and a direction of the steering wheel. A crosswise drive power transmission transmits the power from the electric motor to the light source so that the light source will transversely travel in the crosswise direction of the transparent running sheet in accordance with an amount of steering operation of the steering wheel.

Projected image drive game device

A film projector toy is described, including a projector casing and a film cassette received by the casing. The film cassette includes a plurality of films movable one relative to another. Indicia representing different portions of a complete, predetermined picture image are illustrated on each film and the films are superimposed in the cassette. The indicia are then projected, for example, on a wall, so as to form the complete picture image. At least one film is then moved relative to the other films so that the indicia are moved, thereby creating a moving picture image.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiko Mitsumoto