JP2002000928A - Interactive game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable interactive setting of game based on previous game achievements by allowing continuous link between a game machine and players covering game a plurality of times. SOLUTION: Before the start of game, a player stores own personal information by manipulating an operation panel 10. When the player inputs voice from a microphone 14, a voice identity data is stored as one of personal information. A video camera 22 takes a face image of the player to store an image data thereof as one of personal information. At the end of each game, game achievements are stored corresponding to the personal information of the player. When the subsequent game is started, upon the identification of the player, the previous game achievements of the player are read out and displayed on a monitor CRT 17 together with an image of characters selected by the player. The characters transmit a message corresponding to the previous game achievements and the message is announced vocally from a speaker 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interactive game machine having a function of storing ID information unique to each player together with past game results.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of game machines are installed in amusement parks, amusement arcades, etc., so that an unspecified number of players can play a game. C for game console
In addition to a video game machine in which a character image displayed on the RT is manipulated with a cursor key or a joystick, there is a game such as a hockey game machine in which a player actually moves a body to play a game. In general, game machines have the effect of enhancing or maintaining reflexes and thinking ability, but the latter game machine in particular encourages players to exercise moderately. The effect of preventing decline is also obtained.

[0003] In particular, at present, the nuclear family is becoming more and more popular, and elderly people are less likely to have daily conversation. In addition, for elderly people who enter nursing homes, etc., conversation in the office is one of the pleasures, but because the number of people and topics are limited and some people are not good at talking, However, there is not enough way to enjoy leisure time without hesitation.

[0004]

In consideration of such circumstances, if there is a game machine that can be easily participated even by elderly people, it is suitable as a means of spending leisure time, but the conventional game machine is suitable for young people as described above. In most cases, the concept is to enhance the fun of the game at a time, and it is actually difficult for elderly people to enjoy the game. The reason is not only that the game content is complicated, but also the connection between the game machine and the player is cut off for each game,
There is little continuity. It is to be noted that a game machine having a function of storing and displaying a high score has been known, but it is merely a display of a high score, and a continuous association between an individual player and the game machine is not considered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and is not limited to a game machine intended for a limited number of players, such as a home game machine, but to a game machine intended for an unspecified number of players. With personal registration function, the content and results of the game played by that player are saved for each player, so that if the game is played repeatedly, the content and progress of the game can be controlled interactively with the player. For example, an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine that enables elderly people to enjoy a conversation through the game machine.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention saves personal information entered for each player in a personal data memory prior to the start of a game, and records the results of a game executed thereafter. The data is stored in the score data memory for each player, and when the personal information of the player input when starting a new game is left in the personal data memory, the character is displayed on the image display means, and the character is displayed. A message corresponding to the player's past performance data is transmitted to the player. This gives the game continuity,
Each time a new game is started, past results are communicated to the player in an interactive manner, and the interest of the game can be significantly increased.

In the case of adopting the above-mentioned interactive format, selection of a character to be a speaker of a message is a key point for enhancing the interest of the game. Therefore, a plurality of types of characters are prepared, and a player can appropriately select one of them. It is better to be able to select. Further, it is effective to produce a message with a voice corresponding to the character. During the progress of the game, it is also effective to display a message with a content corresponding to the progress of the game or to make a voice.

[0008] The contents of the game itself may be arbitrarily selected, but in the sense that the contents of the game are easy to understand and to promote appropriate movement, a small-diameter ball or disc-shaped game body is punched out on a low-friction game board, In this case, it is preferable that the game progresses due to the departure, and the game is displayed on the image display means. In this case, the front side of the game board is protruded like an eave, and a space is provided below it so that the legs of the player sitting on the chair can freely enter, so that the game can be played while sitting on a chair or wheelchair. You will be able to participate.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the appearance and a schematic cross section of a main part of a game machine using the present invention. This game machine is installed and used in a game corner of a nursing home, for example. The upper surface of the game machine main body 2 is a game board 3, and the game board 3 is inclined at about 1 to 3 ° so that the back side is low, and the surface thereof has low friction by, for example, Teflon (registered trademark) coat. It has a flat surface. In this embodiment, the game is started by placing the ball 5 sent to the ball supply port 4 at a predetermined set position (a slight depression is provided on the surface of the game board 3) and hitting it with a racket 6. Is done.

The ball 5 has a small diameter of several centimeters,
A rubber material is used, and a ping-pong ball or the like can also be used. In order to give the game a chance, the ball may have some irregularities or an ellipsoidal shape. Further, instead of the ball 5, a disc-shaped puck as used in an air hockey game can be used. In this case, the game board 3 is used to further reduce the friction of the surface of the game surface 3. It is desirable to form a large number of fine holes in the hole and blow air out of these holes to make the pack float during the game.

The game board 3 is covered with a transparent cover plate so that the ball 5 hit by the racket 6 does not jump out of the game board 3. A plurality of score gates 8 are provided on the left, right, and rear side walls surrounding the edge of the game board 3, respectively. A gate score display is incorporated on each front surface of the score gate 8, and a one-digit or two-digit score is displayed by game program software. A space through which the ball 5 can pass is provided between the lower surface of the score gate 8 and the game board 3, and a photoelectric IN built in the lower surface of the score gate when the ball 5 passes therethrough.
A detection signal is obtained from the gate sensor. Then, the score displayed on the gate score display at that time is added to the game score. It should be noted that such an IN gate sensor is also described in detail in Japanese Patent No. 2686048.

Outside holes 9 are provided discretely on the side wall on which the score gate 8 is provided, and on the front side of the game board 3 along the entire edge thereof. When the ball 5 enters these out holes 9, the OUT gate sensor detects this and one set is completed. Five balls can be used per game, and the game is over at the end of the five sets.
Then, the total of the scores for the five sets is the score of one game. Note that the score displayed on the gate score display is randomly changed for each set. It is also possible to provide a biasing means for strongly repelling the projection or the ball at an appropriate position on the side wall where the score gate 8 is provided, so as to give various changes to the moving path and speed of the ball 5.

The total score for the five sets is the game score. When the game score is equal to or higher than the target score set by the player and the target score is set to a predetermined level (for example, 200 points) or higher, the game is given to the player. Benefits are given. Of course, the level and type of the privilege are changed according to the set level of the target score. The benefits may include a variety of things, such as the provision of prizes, the right to free re-games, the provision of free service tickets for other gaming facilities such as karaoke machines and Purikura (registered trademark) machines.

Further, in this game machine, even if the game score of one game is not equal to or more than the target score, if the total score of five games played in the past exceeds a certain level (for example, 1200 points), the above-mentioned benefits are obtained. Provided as appropriate. Therefore, the game is not completed one time at a time, but the game score of the already played game can be continuously used. For this reason, as will be described in detail later, it is possible to save the past game results for each player. When the continuous scores for the past five games are made valid, the scores of the games played before that become unnecessary, so that they may be deleted to save memory.

An operation panel 10 is provided in front of the game machine main body 2, and is provided with a coin insertion slot 11, a dial 12, a touch key 13, a microphone 14, and a prepaid card insertion slot 15. The dial 12 is used for setting a game mode, for example, selecting a difficulty level, and setting whether or not to connect to another same game machine through the Internet and play a game in a competitive manner. The touch keys 13 include a cursor key, a numeric keypad, an enter key, and the like. By performing an operation in accordance with a guidance message displayed on the monitor CRT 17, personal data such as a player's name, nickname, gender, and age can be input. .

The microphone 14 is used to capture the voiceprint of the player as data. The voiceprint data is stored together with the personal data input from the touch key 13 and serves as player identification information. Note that fingerprint data may be used instead of voiceprint data. In this case, a fingerprint reader may be incorporated in the operation panel 10 instead of the microphone 14. A magnetic recording type prepaid card can be inserted into the insertion slot 15, thereby saving the trouble of inserting coins from the coin insertion slot 11 for each game, and allowing the game to be repeatedly performed by the credit method. it can. A recorder is built in the back of the insertion slot 15, and when the game is stopped, the prepaid card is ejected after rewriting the data. If coins are inserted from the coin insertion slot 11 all together and a prepaid card creation operation is performed with a touch key, a new prepaid card is issued by a card issuing device provided at the back of the insertion slot 15.

A part of the game board 3 on the near side and the operation panel 7 protrude toward the front side like an eave, and a space 18 is formed below the eaves. By providing such a space 18, even a player sitting on the wheelchair 9 can play a game with his or her legs inserted into the space 18. In addition, in the case of an elderly person who finds it difficult to stand still during the game, it is possible to play the game while sitting on a chair. In addition,
A handrail 10 is provided on the front side of the operation panel 7 and can be used as an aid when moving the upper body without placing a large burden on the lower limbs.

In consideration of such a usage form, the height of the game board 3 is preferably about 70 to 90 cm, and the height of the space 18 is about 55 to 70 cm and the depth is about 30 to 50 cm, preferably About 40 to 50 cm is good. In order to allow the player to exercise moderately, the width of the game board 3 is preferably set to about 100 cm to 180 cm in consideration of the installation space of the game machine.

The monitor CRT 17 installed on the back side displays not only a game score but also a guide message at the time of input operation of personal information, an interactive message at the start of the game, and a progress message at the end of one set of the game. ,
It is used to display an evaluation message or the like when the game is over, and these messages are displayed together with the image of the character. Further, a speaker 20 is built in the vicinity of the monitor CRT 17 so that the above-mentioned message or the like can be emitted by voice according to the type of the character displayed on the monitor CRT 17. In addition,
The monitor CRT 17 can be replaced with a liquid crystal display panel or a CRT projection screen.

The video camera 22 captures a player's face image when inputting personal data. At this time, monitor CR
At T17, a message prompting the user to turn the face to the video camera 22 is displayed, and each time the face of the player is imaged under uniform conditions. The face image signal thus obtained is captured as normal face image data after digitization, and is also captured as face identification data for each individual player by appropriate image processing such as contour enhancement processing. By using this face identification data, it is possible to identify even a player who has difficulty speaking.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of an electric configuration of the game machine. The CPU 24 controls the operation of the game machine by the memory controller 27, the game controller 28, and the like according to the program software stored in the sequence program memory 25 and the game program memory 26, as described later in detail. The monitor controller 30 and the sound controller 31 are C
Monitor CRT1 according to the command from PU24
7. Control the operation of the speaker 20. The communication program memory 33 stores control software for the transmission / reception device 34,
The transmission / reception device 34 connects this game machine to another game machine through the Internet network, and exchanges data between the game machines.

A coin sensor 35 is provided at the back of the coin insertion slot 11 to identify the type of the inserted coin and
24, a start signal is input. Card reading / recording /
As described above, the issuer 36 reads and rewrites information recorded on the prepaid card inserted from the insertion slot 15 in accordance with a command from the CPU 24, and is used for issuing a new prepaid card.

The memory controller 27 has an ID information data memory 38 according to a command from the CPU 24,
Image data memory 39, voiceprint data memory 40, game result data memory 41, character data memory 42,
The message data memory 43 is accessed, necessary data is written / rewritten, and data is read and input to the CPU 24.

In the ID information data memory 38, information relating to the individual players registered in the game machine, for example, information such as gender, age, place of residence, and friend names are written together with the ID codes assigned to the individual players. . Writing of personal information is performed based on data input from the operation panel 10 at the time of new registration of a player. The image data memory 39 stores face image data obtained from the video camera 22 when a player is newly registered and face identification data obtained by image processing, and the ID code is assigned to these data. .

Voiceprint data obtained through the microphone 14 is written in the voiceprint data memory 40 together with the ID code. The image data memory 39 and the voiceprint data memory are also used together with the ID information data memory 38 to store personal data for storing personal information. Used as a memory. The game score data memory 41 stores the score of the game played by the player so far, together with the ID code assigned to the player. The past game result data stored in this memory includes the number of games, the total score and game time for each game,
It includes the set score in each game. In addition, ID
Since the data of the information data memory 38, the image data memory 39, the voiceprint data memory 40, and the game result data memory 41 are added and updated sequentially, each of these memories has a large storage capacity such as a hard disk or an M.
It is desirable to use a rewritable disk such as a D disk so that it can be added as needed.

In the character data memory 42, basic image data of computer graphics of a plurality of types of characters, for example, several young men and women of different ages and facial impressions are written, and character codes assigned to the respective characters are searched. It can be called with a key. Basic utterance data is also prepared for each character, and based on these basic image data and basic utterance data, the expression and the tone of the voice are changed and displayed and uttered on the monitor CRT 17 or the speaker 20. Is being done.

Software for changing the expression of the character or the tone of the voice is written in the sequence program memory 25, and when a specific message is selected from the message data memory 43, the software corresponding to the message code is selected. Is selected and used. For example, when the selected message has a content that encourages the player, the expression of the character displayed on the monitor CRT 17 and the voice from the speaker 20 also correspond to this.

The message data memory 43 stores various message data read out during execution of the programs stored in the sequence program memory 25 and the game program memory 26. For example, a message explaining how to enter various personal data when a new registration process of a player is performed prior to the start of the game, a result of the past game before and after the game start or at the end of the game, Data for displaying a message to be transmitted to the player according to the game progress and the game result is written. Each of these message data is assigned a message code. The message is displayed together with the character described above, and software for determining the character's expression and tone of voice is selected from the sequence program memory 25 in accordance with the message code.

The game controller 28 controls the progress of the game according to the game software written in the game program memory 26. Specifically, the ball 5 is sent to the ball supply port 4, a score is displayed on a gate score display 45 provided on the front surface of the score gate 8, and further, an IN gate sensor 46 and an OUT gate sensor 47 are displayed.
It monitors whether or not the ball 5 has passed. The game working memory 48 is used for temporary storage and reading of various flag data generated during the execution of the game.

The operation of the game machine of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. When a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 11 and the coin sensor 35 confirms that the coin is a proper coin, or when the prepaid card inserted into the insertion slot 15 is confirmed to be valid, the CPU 24 sends the coin to the CPU 24. The confirmation signal is input to the. A message is displayed on the monitor CRT 17, and as shown in FIG. 3, it is first asked whether a new registration of a player is necessary. When the player performs an input operation from the operation panel 10 according to the display on the monitor CRT 17, the process branches to either a new registration process or a player confirmation process.

At the time of the new registration process, the player inputs appropriate personal data in accordance with a message from the monitor CRT 17 and the speaker 20. Further, the player blows a voice from the microphone 14 and the video camera 22 captures face image data. When the registration processing is properly performed, a unique ID code is given to the player, and the inputted personal data, voiceprint data, and face image data are stored together with the ID code in the ID information data memory 38, the image data memory 39, the voiceprint memory, respectively. The data is written to the data memory 40.

At the time of the new registration process, the characters prepared in the character data memory 42 are displayed in a list on the monitor CRT 17, and the player can designate an arbitrary character from the list. When a character is designated, the character code is also recorded in the ID information data memory 38, and thereafter, when the player plays a game, the designated character is used. If no character is specified, one character is automatically selected from the characters of the gender opposite to the gender of the player, and the character code is added to the ID information data memory 38. When the new registration process is completed, a demonstration screen prompting the user to start the game is displayed on the monitor CRT 17.

When the new registration process is unnecessary, a player confirmation process is performed. At the time of the player confirmation process, the player faces the video camera 22 with his / her face or speaks toward the microphone 14 in accordance with the guidance message displayed on the monitor CRT 17. Voiceprint data and face image data are imported,
The CPU 24 sends these data to the memory controller 27
Transfer to The memory controller 27 temporarily stores these data in a comparison memory prepared in the memory controller 27, and then stores the image data in the image data memory 39.
The voice print data memory 40 is accessed, the image data and the voice print data written therein are sequentially read, and compared with the new image data and the voice print data stored in the comparison memory.

If there is a match in the image data memory 39 and / or voiceprint data memory 40, the memory controller 27 accesses the ID information data memory 38 using the ID code assigned thereto as a search key, and The name, gender, age and the like written as personal information are displayed on the monitor CRT 17. The player confirms this display and makes a confirmation input from the operation panel 10. In addition,
When these displays do not correspond to their own, new registration is required, and the above-described new registration processing is started.

When the player's new registration processing or confirmation processing is performed, a demo screen is displayed, and the game waits for input of a target score of the game to be started. At this time,
For a player who has already been registered, the memory controller 27 accesses the game result data memory 41, the character data memory 42, and the message data memory 43 to read data from them, and the monitor CR
At T17, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the previous game score and the target score at that time are displayed. In this game machine, when 5 games are consumed, for example, 120
When the player reaches the zero point, a privilege is given, so that the total continuation score within four games consumed up to that point is also displayed.

According to the game result of the game played in the past,
The memory controller 27 has a message data memory 43
Reads an appropriate message from the monitor CRT
17 is displayed. At this time, the personal information of the player is referred to, and when the player is an elderly man, as shown in the figure, "Grandpa, the last time was disappointing, but ...
・ ・. Is displayed on the screen, and a message of the same content is notified from the speaker 20 by voice in a voice corresponding to the character and a voice tone corresponding to the game result.
When the target score set by the player for a newly started game is too low by referring to the number of game experiences or the past game results, the target score is set higher as shown in FIG. A message prompting the user to do so is displayed.

A game is started by performing a game start operation with a target score set. During the game, C
The PU 24 monitors the detection signals from the IN gate sensor 46 and the OUT gate sensor 46, and sequentially adds the set scores in the game working memory 48. If the set score exceeds 75 points when one set is completed, a message is displayed as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows a state in which up to three sets have been completed,
The total score of up to three sets is also displayed. Of course, the message is also transmitted from the speaker 20.
If the set score is extremely low (for example, less than 20 points), a encouragement message as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

At the end of the game, the game score for one game is transferred from the working memory for game 48 to the game result data memory 41 by the memory controller 27 and stored. Then, a message is read from the message data memory 43 depending on whether the target score has been cleared or not in one game, and the display shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. Even if the target score cannot be cleared in one game, since the continuous score for five games is utilized in this game machine, as shown in FIG. Is also displayed. Therefore, for the fifth game to be performed, in addition to the total score of one game, it is notified how much score is required until the continuous score for the five games reaches the target 1200 points.

As described above, before and after the game, and at the end of the game, a message corresponding to the progress of the game and the game result is displayed on the monitor CRT 17 and the speaker 20 gives a voice notification. Basic voice data relating to the voice of the character is stored in the character data memory 42 for each type, and software for changing the tone and inflection according to the content of the message is prepared in the sequence program memory 25. A voice message that matches the content of the message will be announced. As the image of the character displayed on the monitor CRT 17, not only the face or the upper body but also an image of the whole body can be used. In this case, not only the expression of the face is changed according to the contents of the message, but also various It is good to add poses and movements.

With this game machine, it is also possible to play a game with the same game machine placed in another place via the Internet network. First, a meeting with an opponent is made in advance to determine a game start time. Then, before the game start operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the operation panel 10 is operated to select the battle mode. Enter personal information such as your opponent's residence and name,
Alternatively, if the ID code of the opponent is known, inputting the ID code starts communication with another game machine.

For example, a display screen shown in FIG. 11 appears on the monitor CRT 17, a face image of the opponent is displayed, and the impression of the opponent and the previous competition result are introduced by the character. The face image of the opponent is read out and transferred from the image data memory of the game machine on the other side, and the competition results are stored in the game result data memory 4 of the game machine on the player side.
1 is read. In the case of the first match, the face image is read from the image data memory 39 of each game machine, and some of the personal information is read from the ID information data memory 38, and is introduced to the game machine on each side. Displayed as information.

The game is performed alternately for each set.
At this time, the video camera 22 captures an image of the game board 3 and sends the image to the opponent game machine, and the monitor CRT 17 displays an image of the game as the score is obtained. Also, each time one set is completed, the character notifies a message corresponding to each score, and when five sets are completed, the character notifies a message corresponding to the game result.
The competition score data is stored in the game score data memory 41 for each opponent, and at the start of the next competition mode game, the score data is similarly read out and used as introduction information before the game starts.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the specific contents of the game itself can be variously changed in implementing the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the ball 5 is placed at a predetermined set position and hit with a racket. However, the ball 5 may be shot from the back of the game board 3 toward the player. Further, instead of simply adding the score when passing through the IN gate sensor 46, the game may be advanced in a bingo game manner using the number of the score.

Further, when the number of newly registered players increases, the memory usage of the ID information data memory 38, the image data memory 39, and the voiceprint data memory 40 increases, and when the number of games increases, the game score data memory 41 increases. In order to save the amount of memory used, for example, data that has not been read by the memory controller 27 for more than six months is automatically deleted, and In the data memory 41, it is possible to store the result data for each player only for the past five times, and to delete data older than that, for example.

In order to make the setting and progress of the game interesting in an interactive manner, it is effective to give a character to be a message communicator. For this reason, it is desirable to prepare, as types of characters, men and women of various ages and those with different facial impressions so as to be able to respond to various tastes of players. In addition, as for the image of the character, not only a computer graphic but also an image of a real person with various expressions and poses, fetching them as image data, and reading out the optimal one that matches the content of the message May be used for image display.

Furthermore, in order to speed up the process of identifying a player who has already been registered, a player-specific I
It is also effective to provide the game machine with a function of issuing an ID card in the form of a magnetic card or a memory card in which a D code is written and a reading function of reading an ID code from the ID card. Thus, when the player inserts the ID card into the reading slot, the player can identify the player by reading the ID code. In order to prevent misuse or plagiarism of the ID card, a confirmation process based on voiceprint data or image data may be added for confirmation.

[0047]

As described above, the game machine of the present invention has a function of storing the personal information of the players and the past game results of each player in the business game machine for many players, In addition, the image display means displays an appropriate message together with the character based on the information and sets and progresses the game in an interactive manner with the player, so that the game machine serves as a medium between the game machine and the player. It is possible to have a continuous connection between them, and create a new interest that is different from the content of the game itself.

Further, image data of several or more characters are prepared in the character data memory so that the player can arbitrarily select a character to be a message communicator. It is effective to be able to select arbitrarily from, and to be able to change it on the way. Then, when a message is transmitted by the character, if a sound corresponding to the content of the character and the message is output, the bodily sensation effect can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a game machine using the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the game machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing before the game is started by the game machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart following FIG. 3 showing the flow of processing during the progress of the game and at the end of the game.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen before a game is started.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the display screen before the start of the game.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen during a game.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a display screen during a game.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of ending the game.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the display screen at the time of ending the game.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen before starting a game when playing a game in a battle format.

[Description of Signs] 2 Main body of game machine 3 Game board 10 Operation panel 14 Microphone 17 Monitor CRT 20 Speaker 22 Video camera

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A personal data memory for storing personal information of a player, a result data memory for storing a result of a game for each player in association with the personal information, a character data memory for storing image data of a character, A message data memory storing a plurality of types of messages according to the game results stored in the result data memory, and when the personal information of the player input prior to the start of the game is stored in the personal data memory, An interactive game, comprising: a memory controller for accessing a result data memory, a character data memory, and a message data memory, and displaying a message read in accordance with the result data on an image display means together with a character image. Machine. 2. The character data memory stores image data of a plurality of types of characters, and when a player selects a specific character when inputting personal information of the player, a character code representing the selected character is displayed. 2. The interactive game machine according to claim 1, wherein the specific character is written in a personal data memory of the player, and the specific character is displayed on an image display means at the time of starting the next and subsequent games. 3. The character data memory stores different voice data for each type of character, and when a message is displayed on an image display means, a message having the same content is uttered with a voice corresponding to the character. The interactive game machine according to claim 2, wherein: 4. A game board which supports a small-diameter ball or disc-shaped game body so as to be movable with low friction, and is provided at least on the inner side of the game board, and is flipped by a player and moved on the surface of the game board. 4. A sensor for detecting the passage of a game body, wherein a progress screen of the game is displayed on the image display means every time the sensor detects the passage of the game body. An interactive game machine as described. 5. A front side of the game board is projected like an eave,
5. The interactive game machine according to claim 4, wherein a space is provided below the space for receiving a leg of a player sitting on a chair.