JP2906888B2 - Game device having radar display function and display method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to displaying a player character moving in response to an operation of an operator on a game screen, and displaying a radar screen indicating the position of the character in the entire scene on the game screen. Game devices and
Display method .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a video game in which a large number of characters, such as soccer, are displayed on a game screen, a player character moves and other ally characters or enemy characters by operating an input operation device such as a control pad. The character moves and the background changes and is displayed on the screen. The scene displayed on the screen is generally an enlarged scene of a part including the player character, and is a part of the whole scene. Therefore, since a player cannot see the position and movement of the character outside the screen only by displaying a part of the scene, a window that displays the entire scene is provided in a part of the display screen, and a so-called radar is displayed on this window. A game machine having a radar display function for displaying the positions and movements of all the characters by displaying them has been realized.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional game machine, the radar displayed during the game is displayed in a predetermined size on the game screen and overlapped with the game screen. However, depending on the progress of the game, there is a problem in that the display overlaps with a desired portion, and the radar display is adversely affected. Also, in a game machine that displays a game screen on a television, such as a video game, since the size of the screen of the connected television varies depending on each user, if the size of the displayed radar is fixed,
There is a disadvantage that the radar display is difficult to see depending on the screen size of the television.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to change the size of a radar displayed during a game according to the progress of the game. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device capable of displaying radar in a size that does not hinder the display and a display method thereof .

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention relates to a game apparatus and its display how with radar display function, the object of the present invention, in the invention of the apparatus, in response to operation of the operator Game screen display means for displaying a moving player character, radar screen display means for displaying a radar screen indicating the position of the character in the entire scene, and changing the size of the radar screen according to the operation of the operator And control means.
Further, in the method invention, a window for displaying the radar screen is provided at a predetermined position on the game screen, and the size of the radar screen is changed according to an operation of an operator and displayed on the window. Is achieved by: In the method invention, the key
The radar screen showing the position of the entire character
Game machine that can be displayed on a game screen,
For displaying the radar screen at a predetermined position on the surface
A window is provided, and the size of the radar screen is set by the operator.
The radar display selection menu for allowing the
Display on the home screen, and use the radar display selection menu
Change the size of the radar screen to the size selected from
And display it on the window
Is also achieved. Furthermore, a predetermined position on the game screen
A window for displaying the radar screen
To allow the operator to select the size of the radar
Display radar display selection menu on the game screen
And while displaying the radar display selection menu,
Pause the game by stopping the game screen,
When the size of the radar screen is selected from the menu
The radar screen changed to the selected size is displayed on the window.
By displaying it on a window and restarting the game.
Has been achieved, and the
A window for displaying a radar screen is provided,
Options and options to allow the operator to select the size of the radar
Radar table with hidden options on the radar screen
Display a selection menu on the game screen,
If an option for the size of the slider screen is selected,
Change the size of the radar screen according to the
Display on the window and select to hide the radar screen.
When the option is selected, the radar screen is hidden.
It is also achieved by doing so.

[0006]

In the the present invention, since the display by changing the magnitude of the rate <br/> Zehnder screen in accordance with operation by the operator, in accordance with the radar screen of optimum size with the progress of the game indicate
It becomes possible .

[0007]

EXAMPLES Figure 4, the game apparatus (hereinafter embodying the present onset bright
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a “game machine” below, and outlines the operation of the device. Here, the RAM 10
2 stores a basic program for performing common control, control data, and the like, and the CPU 101 executes the game contents of the game cartridge 20 while referring to the contents. The audio dedicated CPU 109 is a CPU that performs audio processing
The RAM 110 and the ROM 111 store control data and control programs for audio processing. Also, V
DP (Video Display Processo)
r) 106 is a video data processing device,
1 is a device that inputs image data from the device 1, converts the image data into a video signal, and outputs a video to a display device such as a television.

A player inserts the game cartridge 20 into the SLO
When the game machine is loaded into a T (game cartridge slot) 104 and the game machine main body is turned on, the contents of the game cartridge 20 are read into the RAM 102 by the CPU 101. The CPU 101 creates image data based on the contents of the RAM 102 and input operation information input from the input operation device 30 such as a control pad via the I / O interface 103, sends the image data to the VDP 106, and displays the image data. The audio data corresponding to the scene is written into the RAM 110 via the bus arbiter 108. Upon receiving the image data, the VDP 106 reads image display information (information such as colors applied to pixels) from the V / RAM 105, converts the image data into a video signal, and outputs a video signal such as a TV (television) via the encoder 107. Output to input section.
On the other hand, when the audio data is written into the RAM 110, the FM
The sound / generator 112 transmits the voice control data stored in the ROM 111 and R
A predetermined music or sound effect is generated based on the audio data of the AM 110, and the generated sound is output to an audio signal input unit such as a TV.

[0009] In such a configuration, as an example the so-called soccer game, radar display how the definitive to the present invention
An example of the method will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire game. Before describing the radar display method , first, the flow of the entire game will be briefly described with reference to FIG. When the player loads the game cartridge 20 into the SLOT 104 of the game machine body and turns on the power, the contents of the game cartridge 20 are read into the RAM 102, the game program is executed, and the logo and the game title are displayed on the television screen. Then, a demonstration screen is displayed (steps S201, S202, S203).

The CPU 101 determines whether or not the player has pressed the start button of the input operation device 30 based on the input operation information (step S204). If the start button has not been pressed, the process returns to step S201 to return to the logo. Is repeated, and if the start button has been pressed, a game mode selection screen is displayed (step S
205). When the game mode is selected by the player's operation of the input operation device 30, a formation / player selection screen is displayed (step S206). When the player finishes the formation or player selection, the game starts. A screen is displayed, a character moving process and a background changing process are performed according to a player's operation, and a game play screen is displayed (step S207).

If the match has ended and the player's team has won the match, a score display screen is displayed (steps S208 and S209), and it is determined whether or not the league has won (step S210). If not, the process returns to step S206, and the processing of the next game is repeated. If the game has been lost in step S208, the process returns to step S201 to perform the process from the beginning of the game. If the player's team has won the league in step S210, the ending screen is displayed (step S208).
211), all processing ends.

According to the present invention, a new process is provided for enabling the size of the radar screen displayed on the game screen to be changed according to the operation of the player. The radar display changing process described below is performed based on control data and a control program for the radar display changing process stored in the RAM 102 in FIG. 4 in advance. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of the radar display change process.
A radar display selection method in the game machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the game is started and the radar display displayed on the game play screen is to be changed, the player gives an instruction by operating the input operation device 30 such as a control pad (for example, pressing a start button).
An operation signal input from the input operation device 30 is input to the CPU 101 via the I / O interface 103. The CPU 101 determines whether the operation signal is a signal indicating that the start button has been pressed (steps S101 and S101).
102), if the operation signal indicates that the start button is pressed, the game is temporarily suspended with the game play screen as a still screen, and a radar display selection menu is displayed on the still screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 3 (A) ( Step S10
3).

If the player does not change the radar display, the player presses the start button again to restart the game (steps S104 and S108). If the player changes the radar display, the type of the size of the radar to be displayed is set in the radar display selection menu. Select and indicate with. If the user does not want to display the radar on the game screen, the user selects and instructs a menu indicating no display. Here, in the example of the radar display selection menu shown in FIG. 3A, "x" indicates that no display is made, "S" is a radar screen of a small size, "M" is a radar screen of a normal size, and "L" is a radar screen of a large size. This indicates that the screen is to be displayed.

When the player selects the radar screen and presses the start button (steps S105 and S106), the CPU 101 changes the size of the radar according to the instruction and displays it. That is, when the type of the radar size is selected, the coordinate value conversion of the radar display data is performed so that the radar display has the window size corresponding to the selected type, and the image data is generated and transmitted to the VDP 106. Then, as shown in FIG.
The radar of the designated size is displayed and the game is restarted (steps S107 and S108). When it is instructed not to display the radar screen, the image data without the radar display window is transmitted to the VDP 106, only the game play screen is displayed, the game is restarted, and the radar display change processing is ended.

In the above-described embodiment, the radar display selection method has been described by taking a soccer game as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, as long as the game displays radar on a game screen. In addition, the radar display selection menu has been described as an example in which three types of sizes are selected, but the present invention is not limited to the three types, and a method of sequentially enlarging / reducing the size of the radar each time an instruction is given may be used.

[0016]

As described above , according to the present invention , during the game
It is possible to change the size of the radar at
Even if the game screen changes, the size of the screen
It is possible to display radar and play more than before
It is possible to provide an easy game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a flow chart for explaining the present onset bright.

Is a flowchart game showing an example of the overall flow for FIG. 2 illustrating the present onset bright.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for explaining the present onset bright.

4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a game machine embodying the present onset bright.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 game cartridge 30 input operation device 101 CPU 102 RAM 103 I / O interface 104 SLOT 105 V / RAM 106 VDP 107 encoder 108 bus arbiter 109 audio-only CPU 110 RAM 111 ROM 112 FM sound / generator

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game screen display means for displaying a player character moving in response to an operation of an operator, a radar screen display means for displaying a radar screen showing a position of the character in an entire scene, Control means for changing the size of the radar screen in response to the request. 2. A game device for playing a game by displaying a screen that displays a main part of a game space and a radar screen that simply shows the position of a character in the game space, wherein the game device comprises: A game device comprising a control unit for changing a size of the radar screen in accordance with an operation of an operator. 3. A game screen display means for displaying a player character moving in response to an operation of an operator, a radar screen display means for displaying a radar screen showing a position of the character in an entire scene, Control means for changing display / non-display of the radar screen in response to the request. 4. A game machine capable of displaying, on a game screen, a radar screen indicating a position of a character in an entire scene, a window for displaying the radar screen at a predetermined position on the game screen, and A radar display method, wherein the size of the radar screen is changed according to a user operation and displayed on the window. 5. A record indicating a position of a character in an entire scene.
Game console that can display the loader screen on the game screen.
The radar screen at a predetermined position on the game screen.
Providing a window for displaying the radar screen
Of the radar display selection menu for selecting the size of the operator and displayed on the game screen, the radar Table
The radar image to the size selected from the display selection menu.
Change the size of the surface and display it on the window
Features and, Relais leaders display method that it has to. 6. A record indicating a position of a character in an entire scene.
Game console that can display the loader screen on the game screen.
The radar screen at a predetermined position on the game screen.
Providing a window for displaying the radar screen
Radar display selection to allow the operator to select the size of the radar
To display a menu on the game screen, while displaying the radar Table <br/> Display selection menu, the game screen is stationary temporarily interrupted the game, the size of the radar screen is the radar The radar screen selected from the display selection menu and changed to the selected size is displayed on the window.
It features and, Relais leaders display method that the display to resume the game on Indou. 7. A record indicating the position of the character in the entire scene.
Game console that can display the loader screen on the game screen.
The radar screen at a predetermined position on the game screen.
A window for displaying
Radar display selection menu including options and hidden options of the radar <br/> over screen for selecting is coming to an operator
Is displayed on the game screen, and the size of the radar screen is displayed.
If the size option is selected, follow the selection
To change the size of the radar screen and
Is displayed, and the option to hide the radar screen is selected.
In such a case, the radar screen should be hidden.
It features and, Relais over Dark-display method that was.