JP2000116956A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a game machine to make a player participate in a team respecting his/her will by switching the game machine into a team selecting mode, when another player throw a game charge into another game machine during an entry receiving time. SOLUTION: When a coin is thrown into a coin inlet part of a game machine 10-1 to execute a game entry, the game calculation part 210 controls the game machine 10-1 into the team selecting mode and all other game machines 10-2-10-4 into the entry receiving mode. When a prescribed coin is thrown into a coin inlet of game machines 10-2-10-4 controlled into the entry receiving mode during the entry receiving time, the game machines 10-2-10-4 are automatically switched into the team selecting mode and controlled. Thus, a player can participate in a team at his/her will.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system, and more particularly, to a game system in which a multiplayer game is divided into a plurality of teams and a multiplayer game is played.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, game systems for playing multiplayer games using a plurality of game machines have been developed and put to practical use. As such a game system, a game system called “cyber thread” which is a product of the present applicant is well known. In this game system, a player tank controlled by a player appears on a game screen of each game machine, and an attack defense is performed between the player tank and another player or an enemy tank controlled by a computer to enjoy the game. It is composed.

[0003] By the way, such a game system,
For example, assuming that four players are configured to be able to enter, the game system may consider setting a game in which a battle is performed between each player's tanks and the last remaining one becomes a winner. However, it is also conceivable to set up a game in which four players are organized into teams of two and each team battles. With the latter game setting, each team can work with their teammates to defeat the enemy team,
A more strategic and interesting game system can be realized.

[0004] Particularly, when a senior and a beginner of different levels form a team, the advanced can enjoy the game while supporting the beginner, and the parent, child, friend,
By forming a team with lovers and fighting with the opponent team, it is possible to enhance the sense of solidarity of each other and to play a more interesting game.

[0005]

However, when playing such a multiplayer game, how to form a team before starting the game is a major problem.

For example, it is conceivable that a plurality of players who have entered a game are automatically divided into teams by software processing. But with the computer,
If the team is forcibly divided, for example, a parent and a child, a friend, and a lover are transferred to another team, which causes a problem that the fun of the game is spoiled.

Further, in such a game system,
When the number of players is less than the capacity, how to form a team also becomes a major problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a method for dividing a player into teams prior to a game when a plurality of players are divided into teams and play a multiplayer game. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-player game system that can be performed while respecting the intention of the player.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams before starting a game, and belonging to the selected team. A multi-player game system comprising: a processing unit for performing calculation of a multi-player game in which a player character appears in a game space and displaying a game screen on a display;
When a predetermined game fee is charged to any one of the plurality of game machines, the game machine is controlled to the team selection mode, and the other game machines are controlled to the entry acceptance mode. When a player of another game machine enters a predetermined game fee during the entry reception time, the game machine for which the game fee has been entered is switched to the team selection mode and controlled.

[0010] Further, the present invention is characterized in that a team to which no team is selected during the entry reception time is automatically determined based on a predetermined program.

Further, the present invention provides a means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams prior to the start of a game, and a multi-player game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space. A multi-player game system including a calculation processing means for performing a calculation of (i) and displaying a game screen on a display, wherein the player selects an arbitrary team desired from a plurality of teams prior to the start of the game. A team selection screen is displayed on a display, and a team determination screen is displayed on the display of the game machine in which the team has been determined so that the player can confirm the team selected by the player.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the player is notified of the current number of participants of each team before the team is determined on the team selection screen.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a player is notified of the current number of participants of each team after the team is determined on the belonging team confirmation screen.

Further, the present invention provides a means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams prior to the start of a game, and a multiplayer game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space. A multi-player game system comprising: an arithmetic processing unit for performing an operation and displaying a game screen on a display, wherein a player character displayed on the game screen;
The computer character is provided with an identification display of an enemy / friend for the player to identify the enemy / friend, and an identification display within the ally team or the enemy team.

[0015] Further, the present invention, prior to the start of the game,
A means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams, and a calculation processing for calculating a multiplayer game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space and displaying a game screen on a display Means.

As described above, in the game system according to the present invention, the player can select a desired team from a plurality of teams and enter the game before starting the game, and can form a team before starting the multiplayer game. With respect to the will of the player. For example, if a senior and a beginner of different levels form a team, the advanced can enjoy the multiplayer game while supporting the beginner, and also form a team with parents and children, friends, lovers, etc. By playing against the opponent team, it is possible to obtain a multiplayer game in which the player can enjoy the game while enhancing the sense of solidarity.

Further, according to the present invention, the arithmetic processing means includes a selection screen display means for displaying a selection screen of a plurality of selectable teams on a display prior to a game start;
When a vacancy occurs in the player character entering each of the teams, a team formation means for causing a computer character to fill the vacancy to appear in the game space to form a team, and the computer character during the game according to a predetermined program. And automatic steering means for automatically operating the vehicle.

As described above, according to the present invention, a selection screen for a plurality of teams is displayed on the display prior to the start of the game, and the player can select an arbitrary team while watching the screen. For this reason, it is possible to smoothly select a team to belong to before starting the game.

Further, according to the present invention, when a vacancy occurs in a team, the team formation means makes a computer character for filling the vacancy appear in the game space and forms a team. The computer character is automatically controlled according to a program. With this configuration, it is possible to enjoy a multiplayer game divided for each team even when the number of players who have entered is less than the capacity.

Further, according to the present invention, the arithmetic processing means includes: a player character corresponding to an operating means of each player;
It is characterized by including team formation means for forming a team with at least one or more computer characters, and automatic control means for automatically driving the computer characters of each team during a game to advance the game.

As described above, according to the present invention, a team is formed by a player character operated by a player and at least one or more computer characters, and the computer characters of each of the teams are automatically controlled during a game. It is configured to advance the game.

That is, if a game is played between teams composed only of player characters, a situation may occur in which the game falls into a deadlock state and does not progress at all depending on the content of the game. For example, in a competitive game, it may be advantageous to ambush the attacking opponent rather than strategically attack the opposing team. In this case, the player of each team often waits for the attack of the opponent team, and if it is left as it is, the time is over before the game progresses. In such a case, a computer character appears, and the computer character is controlled so as to defeat the stuck state of the game according to a predetermined program. A game system capable of playing a player game can be provided. When playing a competitive game, it is preferable that the computer character be automatically controlled so as to preferentially attack the player character of the opponent team. In addition, it is preferable that the computer characters of the teammates be assigned to the player characters of each team as support devices, and automatic control be performed so as to support the player characters in charge.

In the present invention, the arithmetic processing means is formed so as to execute a competitive multiplayer game arithmetic operation in which the opponent character is defeated between the characters of each team, and a predetermined number of stock characters are set in advance for each team. Set each time, each time a character of each team is destroyed,
It is characterized by including a team formation means for replenishing the stock space with the stock characters within the range of the stock number.

As described above, the stock character is set for each team, and each time the character of each team is destroyed, the stock character is refilled in the game space within the range of the number of stocks. By
A multi-player game system that prevents a situation in which one player's stock character is lost even though the game continues and the player cannot participate in the game, and all players can participate by the end of the game. realizable.

In particular, even when each team is composed of players at each level from advanced to beginner, the stock character is given to the team itself, not to each player. It is possible to realize a multi-player game system in which the user can participate in the play to the end and enjoy the fun of game play to the end.

Further, the present invention includes a plurality of player operation means for operating a player character, and the display is provided in a plurality corresponding to each of the player operation means, and displays a game screen corresponding to each player. It is characterized by being formed.

By doing so, each player can display a game screen in which each player sees the game space from his / her own viewpoint on the display of each player, and the fun of the game can be further enhanced.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that it includes a result calculating means for outputting a game result of each player among all players participating in the multiplayer game after the end of the multiplayer game.

That is, in the case of playing a team-competitive multiplayer game, it is desirable to display the results of each team and also display the game results of each player after the game is over. In particular, when a plurality of players who have participated in the game are divided into enemy or ally, it is preferable to display the results such as the ranking of each player regardless of the team division.

However, in the game space, in addition to the player character, a computer character operated by a computer often appears. When the order display including such computer characters is performed, the displayed order becomes strange. For example, if there are only four participating players and there are four computer characters to assist in participation, the ranking display of the players will be displayed as how many of the eight characters including the computer characters.

According to the present invention, in such a case, except for the computer character, the ranking etc. among all the players who participated in the multiplayer game are displayed purely as the game result. Thus, after the game is over, players who have participated in the game can compete with each other for their game results, and as a result, a strong motivation to challenge the next game is given.

Further, the present invention includes a result calculating means for outputting a game result of the team to which the player belongs after the multiplayer game is completed, wherein the result calculating means comprises:
Game results when the game ends due to time out,
It is characterized in that a game result when the game is ended due to the annihilation of one of the teams is identified and displayed.

In the game system of the present invention, the game results when the game ends due to time out and when the game ends due to the disappearance of one of the teams are displayed in different correspondences. For example, if the game ends due to time out, the winning team will win,
The losing team will display something like "Defeat." On the other hand, when one of the teams is completely annihilated and the game is over, the winning team is displayed with, for example, "conquer", and the losing team is displayed with "annihilation". in this way,
By making the output of the game result of the team to which the player belongs different according to the outcome of the win, the player who belongs to the winning team who wiped out the opponent experienced a stronger game victory and lost. Team players will experience greater humiliation and will be given a strong motivation to try the game again. As a result, a more interesting and high operating rate game system can be realized.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the stock character is set as a stronger character as the character is replenished later.

According to the game system of the present invention, by controlling the strength of the computer characters participating in each team as the game progresses, the strength of each team is gradually balanced. It is possible to play a heated game.

That is, in the game system of the present invention,
Each player is divided into a plurality of teams and plays a multiplayer game. In this case, even if one team is strong and the other team is weak, the strength of the stock character that is replenished each time a character of each team is destroyed becomes stronger as the character that is replenished later is replenished. . As a result, even if the team is initially weak, while the stock characters are being replenished one after another, the level of the entire team is increased, and the level between the teams that compete against each other is balanced. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which one of the teams is played unilaterally and the game is ended without enjoying the fun of the game, and a game system capable of playing a more heated and interesting game. Can be realized.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the automatic control means evaluates the strength of the opponent player character and automatically adjusts the strength of the computer character in accordance with the strength of the opponent.

The present invention realizes an incandescent game that matches the level of each player by controlling the strength of computer characters participating in each team in accordance with the strength of the player character of the opponent. Make it possible. For example, for a strong player, the computer character is controlled so as to be somewhat stronger, and the computer character becomes an influential rival, and is directed to fight the player. In addition, for weak players, the computer character is controlled somewhat weakly, and a game effect is performed so that the players can fully enjoy the battle. As described above, by adjusting the strength of the computer characters who assist in the game in accordance with the level of each of the opponent players, it is possible to realize a game system capable of playing a more heated and interesting multiplayer game. .

Further, the present invention includes a plurality of game devices connected so as to be able to exchange data with each other, wherein the game device includes the display, the player operating means, the team selecting means, An arithmetic processing unit; and a data transmission / reception unit for exchanging data with another game device, wherein the arithmetic processing unit, when the own device is entered, receives the received data of the other device and the own device. Based on an input signal from the player operation means of the game machine, controlling the player character of the game machine that appears in the game space, and performing calculation for performing a multiplayer game with characters of another team; The data transmission / reception means is configured to receive the data of the other device, supply the data to the arithmetic processing means, and transmit the data of the own device to the other device. To.

With the above configuration, team formation can be performed smoothly even in a game system configured to play a multiplayer game against a team using a plurality of independent game devices.

[0041]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a game system according to the present embodiment. The game system according to the embodiment includes a plurality of game machines 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, and 10-4.

As shown in FIG. 2, each game machine 10 has a player P in the same virtual three-dimensional game space as other game machines.
Is configured to perform a three-dimensional game in which the player's tank 300 operated by is battled with another tank. The player P operates the analog levers 12 and 14 as operation units to control the player tank 300 projected on the display 120. That is, by manipulating the player tank 300, the player P can freely move forward, backward, left, and right in the game field 320 set in the virtual three-dimensional game space.

This player tank 300 is equipped with a machine gun and a missile as attacking items.
The analog levers 12 and 14 are provided with the machine gun,
Missile firing triggers 16 and 18 are provided.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a game screen displayed on the display 120. In the embodiment, a player tank 300 controlled by the player and its aim 301 are displayed on the display 120,
The player is aiming 3 displayed at the center of the display.
Use 01 to aim at the enemy tank, etc.
By operating 8, a machine gun, a missile, etc. is fired to attack an enemy. Naturally the player tank 300
Attack on missiles and machine guns from enemy tanks. Therefore, it is necessary for the player to attack the enemy tank while driving the player tank so as to avoid the attack from the opponent.

Each of the game machines 10 is provided with a coin insertion portion 20 for inserting coins for entry into the multi-player game, and the multi-player game is executed between up to four game machines 10. It is configured to be.

The game system of the present embodiment divides a plurality of players participating in the game into a plurality of teams, and plays a competitive game in which each team fights. In this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in the figure, four game machines 10-1, 10-2,.
4 is divided into two teams, A team 400 and B team 410, depending on the player's selection.

FIG. 5 schematically shows a game field 320 of the game system according to the present embodiment. In the game field 320, various three-dimensional terrains set by the game program are formed. For example, four sides of the game field 320 are surrounded by a wall 322 for defining the range of the game field, and a first plateau 324 is provided inside the wall 322. In the 0m zone 326, the second and third plateaus 32
8,330 are provided, and various obstacles 332,
334 is also provided. Then, in the game field 320, two player tanks 300-1, 300-300 controlled by each player P belonging to the A team 400.
2 and two player tanks 300-3 and 300-4 belonging to team B.
The players 0,410 play a game so as to destroy the tanks of the opposing team while cooperating with each other.

Further, as described above, the game system of the present embodiment is for playing a multi-player game with four players. Here, for example, a vacancy occurs in the player, and 3
When only one player makes an entry, how to form a team with a vacant team becomes a problem.

In this embodiment, when a vacancy occurs in a player who enters each team as described later, a computer tank for replenishing the vacancy is caused to appear in the game field 320 constituting the game space. , Form a team.

In this way, even if only one player has entered, a team battle type game can be played, and two, three, and three entry players can be played.
In the case of any of the four players, a team battle type game can be played in the same manner.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the game system of the present embodiment.

The game system according to the present embodiment includes the above-described plurality of game machines 10-1, 10-2,..., 10-4, and an arithmetic processing unit 200.

Each of the game machines 10 has a player operation unit 1
00, the entry section 110, and the display 120
And an image synthesizing unit 130. .

The player operation section 100 is a section operated by the player such as the levers 12 and 14 and the triggers 16 and 18 shown in FIG.

The entry section 110 includes the coin insertion section 20 and a part of the player operation section 100.

The arithmetic processing section 200 includes a memory in which a predetermined game program is stored, a processor for performing a multi-player game operation based on the game program and input signals from the respective game machines 10, and other necessary memories. It is comprised including. In FIG. 3, these arithmetic processing units 200 are represented as functional blocks, focusing on their functions.

That is, the arithmetic processing section 200 includes a game arithmetic section 210 and an automatic computer control section 220.
, A team formation unit 230 and a remaining device data storage unit 240
And a performance calculation unit 250.

Then, when a coin is inserted from the coin insertion unit 20 of any one of the game machines 10 and an entry to the game is made, the game calculation unit 210 sets a predetermined reception time (normally 20 seconds). While controlling the game machine 10 to the team selection mode, all other game machines 10
To the entry reception mode. At this time, the image synthesizing unit 130 of each of the game machines 10 controlled to the entry receiving mode, based on the instruction from the game calculating unit 210,
The entry reception screen is displayed on the display 120 of the own device, and the entry reception time is counted down.

Each of the game machines 10 controlled to the entry accepting mode operates during the entry accepting time.
Is automatically switched to the team selection mode when a predetermined coin is inserted.

Then, on the display 120 of each game machine 10 controlled to the team selection mode, based on the instruction of the selection screen calculation unit 212 of the game calculation unit 210, FIG.
A team selection screen 500 shown in (A) is displayed. In this screen 500, the entry reception time 510 is also counted down.

The player sets the entry reception time 51
Before 0 becomes 0, one of the A team 400 and the B team 410 is selected using the entry section 110.
In the embodiment, during the period in which the team selection screen 500 is displayed, one of the teams is selected by operating the levers 12 and 12, and the trigger buttons 16 and
By operating 18, the selected team is determined.

Thus, in the game system of the embodiment, each of the game machines 10-1, 10-10
10-4, the player can select any team to which he / she wants to belong and enter the game. And the game machine 1 that selected the team
On the display 120 of No. 0, the participating team determination screen 520 shown in FIG. The screen 520 shown in the figure shows a case where the player has joined the White Army team (B team 410).

Based on the data of the entered game machine 10, the team formation section 230
The arithmetic processing for team formation of the team 410 is performed. At this time, the team to which no team is selected during the entry reception time is automatically determined based on a predetermined program.

Further, at the completion of the entry reception, if there is a vacancy in the players of the teams 400 and 410, the team formation section 230 performs a calculation process for replenishing and joining the computer tank to the team. That is, the game system according to the embodiment is formed as a multi-player game with a capacity of four. For example, when the number of entered game machines is three, that is, 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3, An arithmetic process for replenishing one computer tank for the vacancy is performed.

Thus, even if the game system has a capacity of four players, the team can be formed in a wide range of ways from the case where only one player enters the game to the case where all four players enter the game system. it can.

Further, the team formation section 230 is configured to always include a computer tank in addition to the player tank when forming such teams 400 and 410. . That is, the A team 400 and the B team 410 of the present embodiment are each composed of four tanks. Therefore, Team A 40
The 0, B team 410 is configured as a combination of up to four player tanks and at least four computer tanks. For example, if four player tanks belong to team A 400, team B 410
A team is formed so that four computer tanks belong.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show the game machines 10-1 and 10-10.
-2 ... A-4 depending on the entry status of 10-4
A specific example of team formation of the 00 and B teams 410 is shown.

For example, if the entered game machine 10 is 1
In the case of a table, when the player joins the A team 400,
The team is formed as shown in FIG. 7A, and when the player participates in team B, the team is formed as shown in FIG. 7B. In each of these cases, one team is composed entirely of computer tanks (CPU tanks), and the other team is composed of one player tank and three computer tanks.

When two players enter, entry is made according to the team selected by each player, as shown in FIG.
One of the teams (A), (B) and (C) is formed.

When three players enter, 4
When all of the players have entered, team formation is performed in a similar manner.

As described above, the system according to the present embodiment is configured so that at least one of the teams always includes the computer tank, so that the game can be played by bargaining between the players of each team. Even if you fall into the wearing state, the computer tank belonging to each team will battle with the enemy tank regardless of the player's intention, so the interesting team competition type where the battle situation in the game space constantly changes Games can be realized.

Further, the team formation section 230 of this embodiment
A predetermined number of tank stocks are set in advance for each team, and each time a tank constituting each team is destroyed, the tanks are revived in the game space within the range of the stock number. Is formed. That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, 12 tank stock numbers are set and stored for each of the teams 400 and 410 in the remaining device data storage unit 240 of this embodiment. Then, the tank stock number of each team is decremented by one by the team formation unit 230 each time a tank of each team is refilled for reuse as shown in FIG. 11 (B).

That is, team A 400, team B 41
0 is composed of a total of 16 tank groups including stock tanks, of which four tanks appear in the game field 320, and the remaining tanks are left behind as remaining aircraft. , Game conditions are set.

When the entry of each game machine 10 is completed and the team formation of the A team 400 and the B team 410 by the team formation section 230 is completed, the game calculation section 2
Reference numeral 10 denotes a competitive game calculation in which the A-team and the B-team fight based on a predetermined game program, an input signal from the player operation unit 100 of each game machine 10, a signal from the computer automatic control unit 220, and a signal from the team formation unit 230. I do.

When the game is started, the computer machine automatic control section 220 controls all the computer tanks 302 appearing in the game field 320 according to a predetermined game program. Specifically, based on the running position of each tank in the game field 320,
It automatically determines whether to attack or retreat, and controls each computer tank 302.

At this time, the computer tank 3 of each team
02 is automatically controlled so as to attack the player tank 300 of the opponent team as a priority target over the computer tank 302.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a game situation in the game field 320. Here, all four game machines 10-1, 10-2,..., 10-4 enter and play a game. Each game machine 10-1,
The player tank corresponding to 10-2 ... 10-4 is 300
-1, 300-2 ... 300-4. The player operates the player operation unit 100 of the player's own device, controls the corresponding player tank 300, and destroys the enemy tank. In the game field 320, the team formation unit 230
Have appeared, four computer tanks 302 have appeared. Here, the computer tanks 302A-1, 302A
02A-2 belongs to the A team 400, and the computer tanks 302B-1 and 302B-2 respectively belong to the B team 4
I belong to 10.

Therefore, in this game field 320, eight tanks 300 and 302 always appear, and a battle against the team is developed.

Each of these tanks is assigned a team to which the tank belongs and an identification number within the team.
As shown in FIG. 10, for each tank in the screen, an identification display of an enemy or an ally and an identification display of the number of the ally or the enemy team's tank are performed. This allows the player to
It can clearly identify friendly tanks and selectively attack only enemy tanks. Further, it is also possible to determine whether or not the enemy is compatible with the player based on the identification number of the enemy tank, and to select whether to attack or escape. In addition, from the identification number of the enemy, for example, whether the tank is operated by a poor player of the enemy team or a skilled player is also identified, and an attack or an evacuation is selected accordingly. You can also.

The game calculation section 210 calculates the data of each of the computer tanks 302 controlled in this manner and the player tank 300 input from each of the game machines 10.
Based on the operation data of the game device 320, a game calculation for a battle against the team in the game field 320 is performed.
Output toward 0.

The image synthesizing section 130 of each game machine 10 synthesizes an image of a scene of the three-dimensional game space seen from the player's tank 300 of the game machine 10, specifically, a scene in the game field 320 shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display 120 as a game screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a scene in the game space within a range of 65 degrees in front of the player's own tank 300 is displayed on the display 120 as a game screen. Here, two enemy tanks and one ally tank exist in front of the player tank 300. In this case, the friendly tank is displayed in the game screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 10A, and the enemy tank is displayed as shown in FIG. 10B.

Therefore, the player can destroy the enemy tank by setting the aim 302 in the game screen to the enemy tank and pulling a trigger button such as a machine gun or a missile.

Further, since the game of the present embodiment is a team opposition, for example, a tactic can be taken such that one enemy tank is individually destroyed together with a tank of an ally, and one player can take an enemy tank. Since various strategies can be set up compared to a game in which the game is fought, the game becomes extremely interesting.

During the battle, the teams 400, 41
When any of the tanks constituting 0 is defeated by the opponent, the team formation unit 230 immediately replenishes a new tank from the remaining units assigned to the team into the game space. That is, both the player's tank and the computer tank can be revived even if they are destroyed as long as their team has a remaining machine, and the game can be continued.

Therefore, the player can enjoy playing until the end of the game, as compared with the case where the remaining game is set for each player. In other words, if a remaining player is set for each player, if a poor player and a good player form a team, the poor player will quickly lose the remaining machine, and the good player will lose all remaining machines. Until that happens, you will not be able to participate in the game, and you will be in a hand-held state. In order to solve such a problem, the system according to the present embodiment sets a remaining machine for each team instead of giving each player a remaining machine. The game calculation is performed so that the tank is resurrected until is becomes zero. By doing so, all players can enjoy a team-competitive game until the game ends, and a system that can play a more interesting game can be realized.

In the game system according to the present embodiment, the strength of the stock tank to be replenished when the tank constituting each team 400 or 410 is destroyed by the opponent is higher as the tank is replenished later. Set to character.

FIG. 11 shows a specific example of character settings of 16 tanks constituting each team. The 16 tanks (including stock tanks) that make up the team are 4
Characters are set so that each tank is grouped into four blocks, and the tanks in later blocks become stronger. Then, at the start of the game, the tanks (01, 02,
03, 04) appear in the game space. When any one of the four tanks (for example, the tank 03 in FIG. 11A) is destroyed, the tank (05, 06, 07) in the second block 610 as shown in FIG. , 08) from 1
The tanks 05 are replenished. Then, the second block 61
When there are no more tanks, the third block 620, the fourth
Tanks are sequentially refilled from block 630.

Therefore, each team's strength increases as the tank of its own team is destroyed and stock tanks are replenished. As a result, even if the other team is extremely weak compared to one team at the beginning of the game, the tanks of the weaker team are destroyed and stock tanks are replenished one after another. Begins to equilibrate and develop heated battles.

At this time, the way of setting the character of each block may be such that, for example, when a stock tank is replenished as a player tank, the moving speed of the tank may be set so as to be higher for the later block. The shield amount of the tank itself may be increased as much as possible so that it can be set to withstand enemy attacks. In addition, when restocking a stock tank as a computer tank, the earlier the computer tank is inserted, the slower the moving speed, the easier it is to move within the enemy's viewing angle (position where it is easy to be shot), and the more the enemy's viewing angle Characters are set so as not to attack from outside (behind or side). Then, the character is set so that the later the computer tank is inserted, the higher the moving speed is, the more it moves behind the enemy (a position hard to be shot), and the ability to attack from outside the enemy's viewing angle (behind or from the side). .

In this embodiment, the number of stock tanks of each team is set to 12, and even if any of the tanks currently fighting is destroyed, the stock tanks are arranged in the order of 05, 06,... Shown in FIG. It is configured to replenish, but other configurations may be employed as needed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12A, four tanks A, B, C, and D constituting each team are set as different characters having different moving speeds and different fighting abilities. A plurality of stock tanks are prepared for each of the tanks A, B, C, and D in which the abilities of the respective characters are sequentially improved. Then, for example, if the tank of C in combat is destroyed, the stock tanks C ₂ , C _3.
It is sufficient to replenish stock tanks as shown in FIG. 12 (B) from. By doing so, it is possible to selectively strengthen only tanks operated by immature players. Then, the tank replenishment may be stopped when the total number of tank replenishments of each team reaches, for example, twelve.

Further, the computer automatic operation unit 22
0 is formed so as to evaluate the strength of the player tank to compete against and automatically adjust the strength of the computer tank to compete against the player tank in accordance with the strength. That is,
Computer tanks fighting against weak player tanks are adjusted to be somewhat weaker, and computer tanks fighting against strong player tanks are adjusted to be somewhat stronger.

In this embodiment, V = (number of times the enemy was destroyed) − (number of times the enemy was destroyed) is calculated for each player tank which is the opponent of the computer tank, and the value of V is calculated. Input to the action function of the computer tank. For example, a player who has defeated eight enemies and has been defeated once has V = 7, and this player is determined to be quite good. And, if the strong player tank is an opponent, the strength of the computer tank is increased so that the computer tank's fire ability against the opponent is increased, the moving speed is increased, and the probability of shooting the opponent from outside the enemy's viewing angle is increased. Make adjustments to level up. If the weak player tank is an opponent, make adjustments such as reducing the rate of fire of the computer tank, reducing the moving speed, and reducing the probability of shooting from outside the enemy's viewing angle, and leveling the tank's strength. Make an adjustment to go down.

In this manner, a heated battle can be developed between the computer tank and the player tank, and the game can be made more powerful and interesting.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the game system according to the embodiment.

The four game machines 10-1 and 10 shown in FIG.
If the game is not played at all in -2... 10-4, each game machine 10 is set to the attract mode, and the attract screen is displayed on the display of each game machine 10 (step S10). ).

In this state, one of the game machines 10
When a predetermined game fee is entered into (step S1)
2), the game calculation section 210 controls the game machine 10 in the team selection mode, controls all other game machines 10 in the entry acceptance mode, and displays the entry acceptance screen on the display 120 together with the entry acceptance screen. Display the time and the message "Please wait".

When the player of another game machine 10 enters a predetermined game charge during the entry reception time, all the game machines 10 that have entered the game charge enter the team selection mode.

Then, the team selection screen 500 shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display 120 of the game machine 10 in the team selection mode, and within the reception time 510 displayed on the screen 500, Player is Team 4
Either 00 or B team 410 can be selected using the entry section 110 (step S14). Then, the display 12 of the game machine 10 that has selected the team
As shown in FIG. 6 (B), a belonging team confirmation screen 520 is displayed on the screen 0, and the player can confirm the team selected by this screen 520.

When the reception time 510 displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 6 becomes 0, the team formation section 230
The team 400 and the team B 410 are formed.
As described above, in the present embodiment, the A team 40 includes a maximum of four player tanks and at least four computer tanks so that a total of eight tanks appear in the game space.
Team formation of the 0 and B teams 410 is performed.

When the team formation is completed, the game calculation section 210 starts the game, displays the game space seen from the corresponding player tank 300 on the display 120 of each game machine 10 as a game screen, and displays the game screen. (Step S24).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the game calculation section 210 displays on the display 120 of each game machine 10
As a part of the game screen, the number of remaining units of the team of the team 304,
The remaining number of machines 306 of the enemy team is displayed, and the player is informed of the state of the battle. Further, a display 308 of the remaining shield level of the player's tank 300 of the player's own is displayed below the game screen, whereby the player determines how much the player's own tank can withstand an attack by an enemy tank. , You can launch an attack defense strategy.

When the battle starts, each player can control his own player tank 300 and enjoy the game so as to destroy the enemy tank while avoiding the attack of the enemy tank. At this time, if the tank of each team is destroyed (step S26), the team formation unit 230 determines whether or not the remaining team remains in the team to which the tank belongs (step S28). Then, the destroyed tank is newly revived in the game space, and the number of remaining tanks stored in the remaining tank data storage unit 240 is decremented by one (step S30). In this manner, each player can continue the game even if his / her player tank 300 is played, until the remaining number of machines of his / her team becomes zero.

FIG. 14 shows a flowchart of the tank recovery operation (steps S60 to S68) and the computer tank control operation (steps S70 to S76) during the game.

When a tank in battle is destroyed (step S60), the team formation unit 230 of the embodiment determines how many remaining units are present in the team to which the tank belongs (step S6).
2). When 9 to 12 remaining machines remain, FIG.
As shown in (5), tanks are replenished from the second block 610 (step S64).
Refill tanks from block 620 (step S66),
If there are not more than four remaining tanks, tanks are replenished from the fourth block 630 (step S68). In the present embodiment, the tanks are set in the order of the first block 600, the second block 610, the third block 620, and the fourth block 630 so that their fighting abilities become higher. Each time they are defeated, the overall level of the team rises and gradually develops a heated battle against the opponent.

Thus, at the beginning of the game, 2
Even if there is a level difference between the two teams 400 and 410, the level difference between the two teams disappears as the game progresses, and even weak players can enjoy intense battles, and strong players The opponent gradually becomes a strong rival and can enjoy a heated battle.

Also, during such a battle, the automatic computer control unit 220 determines the strength of the enemy tank as an attack target based on the value of V in three, “weak”, “normal”, and “strong”. Classify and evaluate the level. When the opponent's player tank is evaluated as “normal”, the computer tank that competes with the tank is adjusted to a predetermined normal level. If the opponent's player tank is evaluated as weak, the computer tank is adjusted to be lower than the normal level. When the opponent player tank is evaluated as strong, the computer tank is adjusted and controlled to be stronger than the set level.

As described above, by controlling the strength of the computer tank in accordance with the strength of the enemy player tank which is the current attack target, an intense battle is always developed in the game space. Thereby, a more interesting game can be realized.

Then, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13, when all the tanks of one of the teams have been destroyed (step S32) or when the game time has become zero (step S40), the game calculation unit 210 determines the win / loss of each team and displays the game results.
At this time, the win / loss determination and the display of the game result are performed as follows in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, if all the tanks of the opposing team are destroyed during the game time, the team wins.
In this case, a message “combat end” is displayed on the display of the game machine 10 (step S80),
Next, the message of "domination" is displayed on the display of the winning team, the number of remaining units of the team is displayed (step S82), and the message of "destruction" is displayed on the display of the losing team along with the message of "destruction" The number of remaining units of the team is displayed (step S84).

If all the tanks of the opponent team cannot be destroyed within the game time, "time up" is displayed on the display of each game machine at the end of the game time.
Is displayed (step S90), and the result is determined by subtracting the number of destroyed tanks from the number of destroyed tanks from the number of destroyed tanks for each team. Then, on the display of the winning team, the number of remaining units of both teams is displayed together with the message of "victory" (step S9).
2) "Defeat" is displayed on the display of the losing team
And the number of remaining units of both teams are displayed (step S94).

In this way, when the game is over due to a time-out, “victory” or “defeat” is simply displayed, and when one of the teams is annihilated and the game is over, “domination” is completed. , The annihilation sign means that the winning team's players will aim for a more complete victory in the next game, and the losing team's players will try a little more next, Can be strongly motivated for the next game. In particular, by giving such motivation to the next game at the end of the game, it is possible to further increase the operating rate of the entire game system.

Further, after such a display of the winning or losing of the team is performed, the individual game results of each player are displayed on the display of each game machine 10 together with the score (steps S86, S88, S88). S96, S98).

FIG. 16A shows the rank display of each player when four players have participated in the game, and FIG. 16B shows the rank display when two players have participated in the game. Here, the number of players who participated in the game is shown in the denominator, and the order of the players is shown in the numerator.
That is, in the team battle type game of the embodiment, the computer tank participates in the auxiliary. In this case, if the order display including the computer tank is performed, the displayed order will be strange for the player. For example, even if there are only four participating players,
If there are four U tanks, the ranking of each player will be displayed as a number out of eight including the computer tank.

In this embodiment, in order to eliminate such a problem, the order display is performed purely among players who have participated in the game, except for the computer tank. This allows each player to know his or her ranking at the end of the game as compared to other players. Therefore, for example, even if a team wins, it is possible to give a motivation to a player who has lost to a friend with an individual result to a friend to challenge the game again, thereby increasing the operating rate of the entire game system.

After such a result display, a game over display is displayed on the display of each game machine 10 (step S52).
.., 10-4 are controlled to the attract mode (step S10).

In the present embodiment, the case where the image synthesizing unit 130 is provided in each game machine has been described as an example. However, when the image synthesizing unit 130 has a sufficiently high calculation capability,
A single image synthesizing unit may be configured to calculate the game screens of a plurality of game machines 10 by using a time sharing method.

In the above embodiment, each game machine 10-
Although the case where the arithmetic processing unit 200 is provided separately from 1, 10-2,..., 10-4 has been described as an example, the function of the arithmetic processing unit 200 may be formed so as to be distributed to each game machine 10. .

FIG. 17 shows such an embodiment of the present invention. In the game system according to the embodiment, a plurality of independent game machines 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, and 10-4 are connected to each other using a data transmission line 24 via a communication interface 22. Each of these game machines 10-
Each of 1, 10-2,..., 10-4 can also constitute the multi-player game system described above, and can also play a single player game alone.

As shown in FIG. 18, each game machine 10 includes an arithmetic processing section 200, an image synthesizing section 130, a display 120, an amplifier 60, and speakers 62-1 and 62-2.
And a program memory 40 in which a predetermined game program is stored, and a work RAM 42. Further, a player input unit 100 and a coin insertion unit 20 are connected to the arithmetic processing unit 200 via an I / O interface 50.

Furthermore, this game machine 10 transmits and receives data to and from another game machine by using a custom IC 5 for communication.
6 is formed so as to control the reception RAM 52, the transmission RAM 54, and the communication interface 22.
That is, data received from another game machine 10 is received R
The data sequentially written into the AM 52 and calculated by the processing unit 200 of the game machine 10 are transmitted to the transmission RAM 54.
, And is transmitted to another game machine 10 via the communication interface 22.

FIG. 19 shows the data structure of each game machine 10 transmitted and received in this embodiment. The transmission data of each game machine 10 basically includes board status data and own vehicle status data.

The substrate status data includes a command,
The information includes a board number, a team number to which the apparatus belongs, and other information.

The board number serves as identification data of the game machine. The board number is used to identify a game system in which the four game machines 10 are connected via a transmission line or the game machine of the reception data stored in the reception RAM 52.

The team number is used to identify to which team the own machine belongs when playing a multiplayer game. In this embodiment, for each game machine 10,
This team number is set in advance, and the game machines 10 of the same team take the same team number.

Further, the own vehicle status data includes own data to be transmitted to another device and other data. In the present embodiment, the position data of the player tank of the own machine, the computer tank calculated by the own machine,
It is configured to include shooting data and other data.

The board status and the vehicle status information are calculated every 1/60 second by the calculation processing unit 200 of each game machine and transferred to the transmission RAM 54. The custom IC 56 sequentially transmits the data written in the transmission RAM 54 to another game machine via the communication interface 22 and the transmission line 24.

That is, the arithmetic processing unit 2 of each game machine 10
00 calculates the respective running positions of the player tanks operated by the player of the player's own machine and the computer tanks generated on the player's own PCB and shooting information for each frame. Then, an operation signal from the player operation unit 100,
Based on the data in the work RAM 42 and a predetermined game program, a game in which a tank of one's team and a tank of another team perform a battle while attacking and defending in a game field 320 set in the game space described above. The calculation is performed, and the calculation result is output to the image synthesizing unit 130, and the game screen is displayed on the display 120. At this time, a sound for game effect is output to the speakers 62-1 and 62-2 via the amplifier 60 at the same time.

In this embodiment, the arithmetic processing section 200 of each game machine 10 is configured to function as the arithmetic processing section 200 shown in FIG. More specifically, the arithmetic processing unit 200 is configured to function as the game arithmetic unit 210, the team knitting unit 230, the remaining data storage unit 240, the computer automatic control unit 220, and the performance arithmetic unit 250 shown in FIG. ing.

If there are a plurality of independent game devices 10-1, 10-2,..., 10-4 as in the embodiment, the arithmetic processing unit 200 of any one of the game machines 10
However, it may be formed so as to function as the above-described computer automatic operation unit 220, the team formation unit 230, and the remaining device data storage unit 240.

As described above, according to the game system of the present embodiment, it is possible to use a plurality of independent game devices to play a team battle type game divided into enemy and ally, as in the above-described embodiment. At this time, the entry of the player to each team is made by the team formation unit 230 and the remaining device data storage unit 2
The operation can be performed in the same manner as in the above embodiment using the arithmetic processing unit 200 functioning as 40.

The present invention is not limited to those described in the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, a shooting type game in which a team is divided into enemy and ally teams and fights is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be widely applied to a game in which a team is divided into adventures, a game in which competition is performed, and the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case where a plurality of players are formed into two teams has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more teams are formed according to the content of the game. The case can also be applied.

As the display, various types can be used. For example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or a head-mounted display may be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a multi-player game system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory perspective view of the external appearance of each game machine constituting the system.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the game system of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a game screen displayed on a display.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a game field of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a team selection screen of the system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of team division performed by the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of team division performed by the system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a field of view of a player tank.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of enemy and ally tanks displayed on a display.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a tank replenishing operation of the game system of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing another specific example of the tank replenishment operation of the system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a stock tank replenishment operation and a computer tank control operation of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a result display operation of the game system of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of personal scores of the game system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a game system showing another example of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram of each game machine constituting the system shown in FIG. 17;

19 is an explanatory diagram of data transmitted and received by the system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 game machine 100 player operation unit 110 entry unit 120 display 200 arithmetic processing unit 210 game operation unit 212 selection screen display unit 220 computer automatic operation unit 230 team formation unit 240 remaining data storage unit 250 performance calculation unit 300 player tank 302 computer Tank 320 Game field 400 A team 410 B team

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams prior to the start of a game, and calculating a multiplayer game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space. And a calculation processing means for displaying a game screen on a display, wherein when a predetermined game fee is charged to any one of the plurality of game machines, the game When the game machine is controlled to the team selection mode and the other game machines are controlled to the entry acceptance mode, and the player of the other game machine enters a predetermined game fee during the entry acceptance time, the game fee is applied. A multi-player game system characterized by controlling a selected game machine to switch to a team selection mode. 2. The multi-function device according to claim 1, wherein a game machine to which no team is selected during the entry reception time is automatically determined to belong to a team based on a predetermined program. Player game system. 3. A means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams prior to the start of a game, and calculating a multiplayer game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space. And a calculation processing means for displaying a game screen on a display. A multi-player game system comprising: a team selection screen for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from among a plurality of teams prior to the start of a game. A multi-player game system, wherein a multi-player game system is displayed on a display, and a screen for determining a team for a player to confirm a team selected by the player is displayed on a display of a game machine whose team has been determined. 4. The multiplayer game system according to claim 3, wherein the current number of participants of each team before the team is determined is notified to the player on the team selection screen. 5. The multi-player game system according to claim 3, wherein a current number of participants of each team after the team is determined is notified to the player on the belonging team determination screen. 6. A means for selecting an arbitrary team desired by a player from a plurality of teams before starting a game, and calculating a multiplayer game in which a player character belonging to the selected team appears in a game space. And a processing means for displaying a game screen on a display. A multi-player game system comprising: a player character and a computer character displayed on the game screen; A multi-player game system characterized in that an identification display of a player and an identification display of a friend team or an enemy team are provided.