JP2001353366A - Function control method for game machine, game machine and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a function control method for a game machine wherein the initial functional aspect of a previously made program is modified in compliance with whether or not the previous game program relating to a present story has been played. SOLUTION: In step S300, a judgment is made on whether or not a previously made game program has been played. If the program has been played (Yes), then step S310 is performed, and if the program has not been played (No), step S320 is performed. In the step 310, the previously made program is processed, while in the step 320, the previously made program, which has not been played, is processed, following which a presently made game program is carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation control method for a game machine in which an initial operation mode is changed depending on whether or not a game program of a previous game related to a story of the current game has been played. , A game machine and a recording medium on which a program for the game machine is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game program for operating a game machine, in many cases, a series of stories which are explosively popular is produced in a story-related manner. For example, software name A, software name A-2, A-3,
.., Etc., are serialized and named and sold.

[0003] For such a game program, a user who continues to play from the previous game,
Various users, such as users who play the previous game without playing the previous game, will be mixed.

Therefore, a user who continues to play from the previous game has a good grasp of the contents up to the previous game, and has gained some understanding of how to capture enemy characters. When a user who has not played a game suddenly plays a related game, it may be confusing.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and its initial operation mode differs depending on whether or not a previous game program related to the current story has been played. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine operation control method, a game machine, and a recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a game machine, comprising the step of determining whether a game program of a previous game related to a story of the current game has been played. Is received, and in response to this instruction, operation control in a different operation mode is performed at the start of play in the current work.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an instruction indicating whether or not the game program of the previous game related to the story of the current game has been played has been received. At the start of the play in, operation control in a different operation mode is performed. Therefore, it is possible to perform operation control in an appropriate operation mode at the start of the current game play for each of the user who has played the previous game and the user who has not played the previous game.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the operation control method for a game machine according to the first aspect, when an instruction to the effect that the game has been played is received, the game proceeds to the game as it is, but the game is not played. When an instruction to that effect is received, the introduction information of the previous work is displayed on the display device, so that for a user who has not played the previous work, the introduction information of the previous work is displayed. It is easy to grasp the contents of the information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the operation control method for a game machine according to the first aspect, when an instruction to the effect that play has been received is received, the game proceeds to the game as it is, but the game has not been played. If an instruction to the effect is received, the game shifts to a game through a practice mode for performing a battle training with the character appearing in the previous work, so that even a user who has not played the previous work can use the game up to the previous work. Can be prepared for the game battle of the current game by performing battle training on the characters appearing in the game.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the operation control method for a game machine according to the third aspect, it is possible to shift to the game only when the evaluation in the practice mode is equal to or more than a predetermined value. Because of this feature, the game can be shifted to the game after the preparation for the game battle of the current game is sufficiently performed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine, comprising: an instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction indicating whether or not a game program of a previous game related to the story of the current game has been played. And control means for performing operation control in a different operation mode at the time of starting play in the current work according to an instruction.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the control means operates in a different operation mode at the time of starting the play of the current game in accordance with the instruction of whether or not the play has been received by the instruction receiving means. Perform control. Therefore, it is possible to perform operation control in an appropriate operation mode at the start of the current game play for each of the user who has played the previous game and the user who has not played the previous game.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for controlling the operation of a game machine. A process including a process of receiving an instruction indicating whether or not the game has been played, and a process of performing an operation control in a different operation mode at the start of the play in the current game according to the instruction. This is a recording medium on which a program to be executed is recorded.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the computer executes the program to receive an instruction indicating whether or not the previous game program related to the current story has been played. In response to this instruction, a process for performing operation control in a different operation mode at the start of play in the current game is executed. Therefore, it is possible to perform operation control in an appropriate operation mode at the start of the current game play for each of the user who has played the previous game and the user who has not played the previous game.

As such a recording medium, RO
M, semiconductor recording medium such as semiconductor IC, DVDROM, C
Optical recording media such as a DROM, magnetic recording media such as a flexible disk, and magneto-optical recording media such as an MO can record and read digital contents.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

(Structure) This game machine has an overall control CP.
U10 and RO where basic software (OS) etc. are recorded
M20, RAM 30 in which a work area is formed, voice synthesizer 40, image display device 50, CD drive 60, and controller 8 connected via I / O 70
0, and the components are connected to each other by a bus 90 so that required information can be transmitted / received to / from each other.

The voice synthesizing device 40 includes a voice synthesizing CPU 4.
The voice synthesizing CPU 42 is configured to output a sound effect from the speaker 44 according to a voice control signal transmitted from the overall control CPU 10.

The image display device 50 comprises a drawing CPU 52 and a frame buffer 54,
It is connected to a display device 56 realized by a V device or the like.
The drawing CPU 52 expands the image data corresponding to the display control signal transmitted from the overall control CPU 10 in the frame buffer 54 so that a desired display image is displayed on the display device 56. ing.

The controller 80 is provided with a switch group 81 composed of a plurality of switches, so that menu operations, character movements, and the like can be performed by operating each switch.

In a storage area of the CDROM (recording medium) 100, a game program 120 for controlling operation of the game machine is recorded. And this CDROM1
When the CPU 00 is loaded in the CD ROM drive 60, the overall control CPU 10 performs an operation according to the OS recorded in the ROM 20, reads the game program 120 read by the CD drive 60, and expands the game program 120 in the RAM 30.

The overall control CPU 10 executes the game program 120 loaded on the RAM 30 in this manner. At this time, the overall control CPU 10 appropriately transmits a control signal to the voice synthesis CPU 42 and the drawing CPU 52, and the voice synthesis CPU 42 and the drawing CPU 52
Performs audio output control and display control based on the received control signal to perform a series of control operations of the game machine. Further, the overall control CPU 10 receives an operation signal of the switch group 80 from the controller 80 and appropriately performs operation control according to the received operation signal. Thus, a series of control operations in the game machine are performed.

Next, a main operation example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The overall control CPU 10 is a drawing CPU.
A display control signal is transmitted to the display device 52 to display a screen as shown in FIG. 2 on the display area 57 of the display device 56 prior to the start of the game. As shown in FIG. 2, in the display area 57, a “previous work played button” 200 that is pressed when the previous work has been played, and a “previous work unplayed button” 201 that is pressed when the last work has not been played. Is displayed.

First, in step S300 of FIG. 3, the overall control CPU 10 determines whether or not the last game play completed has been instructed, in other words, whether the last game play completed button 200 has been pressed. If the previous play has been instructed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S310. On the other hand, if the previous work has not been played (No: the previous work unplayed button 201 has been pressed), the process proceeds to step S310. The process moves to S320.

In step S310, the process for playing the previous game is executed. On the other hand, in step S320, the process for playing the previous game is not executed. Thereafter, the main part of the game of the current game is started.

(Operation: Case A) FIG.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing performed in step S320. First, in case A, the process shifts to the main game without performing any special process as the process for playing the previous game (skip). On the other hand, as the process for playing the previous work, the overall control CPU 10 transmits a control signal to the drawing CPU 52 to display the introduction information of the previous work on the display area 57 of the display device 56. This referral information includes
Contains information to introduce the game contents up to the previous work, such as the rough lines of the story up to the previous work and the characters that appeared so far.

Therefore, in this case A, for the user who has played the game, the game is directly shifted to the main game, while for the unplayed user, the introduction information of the previous game is displayed on the display device 56. For users who have not played, it is easy to grasp the contents of the previous work.

(Operation: Case B) Next, in Case B,
As the processing for the previously played work, the processing shifts to the main game without any special processing (skip). On the other hand, as the last game unplayed process, the overall control CPU 10 transmits a control signal to the drawing CPU 52, the voice synthesis CPU 42, and the like as appropriate, and performs a battle training simulation before shifting to the main game. Move to

The practice mode is a mode for accommodating a user who has not played a previous work to attack an enemy character. CPU1 for overall control
0 indicates, for example, that the enemy character that appeared in the previous work appears in the display area 57 (step S500 in FIG. 5), and a battle process with the enemy character is performed (step S51).
0). In this battle process, an attack or evacuation is performed by the attack means instructed by the operation of the controller 80, and a battle is performed just like a game with an enemy character that appeared in the previous game. Then, for example, an evaluation value corresponding to the degree of defeat of the enemy character within a predetermined time is calculated and displayed on the display area 57 (step S5).
20).

Therefore, in this case B, the practice mode for conducting the battle training with the character appearing in the previous work is set for the unplayed user while the game is directly shifted to the main game for the played user. After that, the game shifts to the main game, so that even a user who has not played the previous game can perform battle training for characters appearing up to the previous game, and prepare for the game battle of the current game.

Further, if the overall control CPU 10 enables the transition to the main game only when the evaluation value obtained in step S520 is equal to or more than the predetermined value, the preparation for the game battle of the present work is more fully performed. After that, it is possible to shift to the main game.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention,
The overall control CPU 10 receives an instruction indicating whether or not the game program of the previous game has been played, and then performs operation control in a different operation mode at the start of play in the current game in accordance with the instruction. Therefore, it is possible to perform operation control in an appropriate operation mode at the start of the current game play for each of the user who has played the previous game and the user who has not played the previous game. The process shown in FIG. 4 is an example of the process for playing the last game and the process for not playing the previous game, and various other processes are conceivable.

The game program 120 includes a program for performing the operations shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 and the like.
2. The processing shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 is executed by the operation of the voice synthesis CPU 42 and the like according to this program.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications and changes can be made to each of the above embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, an operation (for example, a message display operation in a display area) is performed without skipping the process for playing the previous work, and a characteristic scene of the previous work in the processing for not playing the previous work is the introduction information. And so on.

As described above, according to the present invention, an instruction indicating whether or not the game program of the previous game related to the story of the current game has been played has been received,
Next, in response to this instruction, operation control in a different operation mode is performed at the start of play in the current work, so that the user who has played the previous work and the user who has not played the previous work respectively have the current work. At the start of play, an effect is obtained that operation control in an appropriate operation mode can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen example displayed on a display area 57 of a display device 56.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 overall control CPU 20 ROM 30 RAM 40 voice synthesis device 42 voice synthesis CPU 44 speaker 50 image display device 52 drawing CPU 54 frame buffer 56 display device 60 CD drive 70 I / O 80 controller 81 switch group 100 CDROM 120 program 200 Last Played Button 201 Last Played Not Played Button

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An operation control method for a game machine, comprising: receiving an instruction indicating whether or not a game program of a previous game related to a story of the current game has been played; An operation control method for a game machine, wherein operation control in a different operation mode is performed at the start of play on a game machine. 2. The operation control method for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein when the instruction indicating that the game has been played is received, the game is directly shifted to the game, and when the instruction indicating that the game is not played is received. Is a method for controlling operation of a game machine, wherein the display information of the previous game is displayed on a display device. 3. The operation control method for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein when an instruction indicating that the game has been played is received, the game proceeds to the game as it is, and when an instruction indicating that the game has not been played is received. A game machine operation control method characterized by shifting to a game via a practice mode for performing battle training with a character appearing in the previous work. 4. The game machine operation control method according to claim 3, wherein a transition to a game is enabled only when the evaluation in the practice mode is equal to or more than a predetermined value. Operation control method. 5. A game machine, comprising: instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction indicating whether or not a game program of a previous game related to the story of the current game has been played; Control means for performing operation control in different operation modes at the start of play in
Equipped game console. 6. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for controlling the operation of a game machine is recorded, wherein an instruction indicating whether or not the game program of the previous game related to the story of the current game has been played. A program for executing a process including: a process for accepting; and a process for performing operation control in a different operation mode at the start of play in the current work in accordance with the instruction, are recorded. recoding media.