JP3454356B2 - Competitive video game apparatus, competitive game article image creation / display control method, and competitive game article image creation / display control program - Google Patents

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a competitive video game device, a competitive game article image creation / display control method, and a competitive game for a self-character on a game screen to perform a pseudo-experience (role playing) on a competitive game on behalf of a player. The present invention relates to an article image creation / display control program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a role-playing game in which a protagonist character on a game screen plays a pseudo experience on behalf of a player, a protagonist character plays a match (match) with an opponent character to compete for victory or loss. ing.

In particular, in a sports game simulating baseball or soccer, when the competition result is displayed, it is displayed by simulating a newspaper article. In this case, the battle result is displayed by applying the name of the team that won the battle, the record of the battle of the character, and the like to a text image that mimics the headline of a newspaper prepared in advance.
For example, "XX team victory" and "XX player home run".

[0004]

However, the conditions for adoption as the above-mentioned newspaper headline are extremely simple, such as the name of a winning team or the name of a character who has hit a home run. There was a certain limit in terms of realism and realism, and it lacked interest.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by providing universality to the condition of article adoption, for example, the competition result is rich in variations simulating an actual newspaper article. It is an object of the present invention to provide a competitive video game device, a competitive game article image creation / display control method, and a competitive game article image creation / display control program that enable a highly attractive game effect by bringing them closer to an image.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the self character is made to perform a desired action according to an instruction from the operation member for the self character displayed on the display means. A competing game article image creation / display control program for playing a competing game while producing various game situations with an opponent character, and displaying an image including contents related to the competing game on the display means. Every game, every character
Regarding the relationships between Kuta and teams
Means for pre-storing a score, which is data set corresponding to each game situation, as an attention index based on information
When, with the progress of the competition game, for each character,
Attention index between characters, teams, and games
The game that is associated as an item that affects the
Each time a situation occurs, the attention index corresponding to the character related to the game situation is changed to be accumulable and stored .
The index data memory and the contents stored in the index data memory of interest at any time along the progress of the competitive game
Chi, performing size comparison of interest indices, and extracts the game situation and a character most attention index is assigned extracted
As an output means, an article image creating means for creating an image including contents related to the game situation from the extracted data related to the game situation and the character, and an article image display means for displaying the created image on the display means. Computer
The feature is to make the data function .

According to this structure, the battle game article image creation / display control program causes the self-character to perform a desired action in accordance with an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means. A competitive game is played between the player and the opponent character while producing various game situations, and an image including contents related to the competitive game is displayed on the display means. In addition, the control game program for creating and displaying the battle game article image is used for each character, each game, the relationship between the characters, and the team.
Based on the information about the relationship between each other , the score, which is the data set corresponding to each of the game situations, is an index of attention.
Previously stored as, with the progress of the competition game, the
For each character, between characters, between teams, and
It is related as an item that affects the attention index of each
Each time a game situation occurs, the attention index corresponding to the character related to the game situation is changed so as to be accumulative and stored, and at any point along the progress of the competitive game , among the stored contents, The size of the eye index is compared.
The game situation and the character to which the highest attention index is given are extracted, an image including contents related to the game situation is created from the data related to the extracted game situation and the character, and the created image is described above. Display on the display means.

A player of a game device to which the battle game article image display control program of the present invention is applied operates an operation member such as a controller of the game device to display on a display means such as a monitor provided in the game device. An instruction signal corresponding to the instruction to the self character is given to the self character to cause the self character to perform a desired action.
The player operates the self-character through the operation member to make the self-character act, and plays a competitive game including various game situations executed between the self-character and the opponent character. The various game situations to be executed are contents rendered based on predetermined conditions set in advance, and an image including the contents related to the game situation of the competitive game is displayed on the display means.

The display of the image including the contents related to the game situation on the display means is realized by the competitive game article image display control program according to the present invention. That is, for each character that constitutes the competitive game, for each game,
The relationship between the characters and the team
The attention index, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations based on the information about the game situation, is stored in advance in a storage unit provided in the game device or a recording medium applied to the game device, As the game progresses ,
For each character, between characters, between teams,
Associated with items that affect the attention index of each match
Every time a game situation is played, the attention index corresponding to the character related to the game situation is changed so that it can be accumulated and stored. That is, the attention index is given in consideration of the game situation and the relationship between the characters in the game situation. Then, at any time along the progress of the competitive game, for example, immediately after the competitive game is finished, the game situation and the character to which a predetermined attention index is given are extracted, and the extracted game situation and the data related to the character are extracted. An image including contents related to the game situation is created, and the created image is displayed on the display means.
The predetermined attention index is, for example, the case where the attention index has the largest value.

Further, the battle game is performed while directing the various game situation between the opponent character by causing the action in response to an instruction from the operation member against self character displayed on the monitor. Then, an image of the content related to the competitive game is displayed on the monitor. That is, the attention index peculiar to the character, which is set in advance for each type of game situation, is stored in advance, and the corresponding attention index to the corresponding character at each occurrence of the game situation in the competitive game is (the same character (In the same game situation), they are cumulatively granted. That is, when the occurrence of the game situation is confirmed during the competitive game, the type of occurrence is stored for the corresponding character, and the attention index corresponding to the game situation is accumulated and given at the end of the competitive game. Is
Alternatively, each time the occurrence of the game situation is confirmed in the competitive game, the attention index corresponding to the game situation is accumulated and given to the corresponding character. Then, the game situation and the character to which the maximum attention index is given are extracted at least at one of the start time and the end time of the battle game, and a simulated newspaper article image reporting the battle situation from the extracted game situation and character is displayed. The newspaper article image that has been created is displayed on the monitor. Further, when the attention index regarding the degree of association (degree) between the characters is taken into consideration, a more entertaining game effect can be achieved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the data,
The competitive game article image creation / display control according to claim 1, wherein the competitive game article image creation / display control includes data set for each type of game situation different from the type of game situation, which is an attention index for each competition. It is a program. According to this configuration, the game situation including the content that the character contributed to the battle result is further provided and is accumulated in the corresponding character, so that the index for the attention content is further revealed and the game is entertaining. Directing becomes possible.

[0012] According to a third aspect of the invention, the competition game progress Ru was performed between the composed opponent team self team and a plurality of opponent character constituted the competition game from the plurality of characters including a self-character As a control means
3. The competing game article image according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the computer further functions, and the data includes data that is an index of attention for the team and is set corresponding to each type of game situation. It is a creation display control program. According to this configuration, because of the team configuration, there are a plurality of characters that can be posted in the article, and the degree of association between the teams is also included, so that the article posting content is broad and it is possible to create an entertaining game production. Becomes

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a computer further functions as means for storing an image of each character.
The article image creating means is extracted by the extracting means.
4. The competing game article image creation / display control program according to claim 1, wherein an image of the selected character is read out and attached to a part of the article image. According to this configuration, since the image of the character is also posted in the article, it is possible to provide a more entertaining game effect.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the computer further functions as a means for storing at least one or more sample originals related to the competitive game for each game situation.
The article image creating means is characterized in that one of the corresponding sample originals is selected from the extracted game situation and character, and the name of the character is applied to the display position of the specific name of the sample original. Claims 1-4
Is a control game program for creating and displaying a battle game article image described in any one of 1. According to this configuration, a plurality of sample originals are prepared for the same game situation, so that the production of the article image is more realistic and more variable.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, by causing the self-character to perform a desired action in response to an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means, the self-character and the opponent character are made to interact with each other. to play a match-up game while directing the various game situations, a competition game articles image creation and display control method for displaying on the display means an image that contains the contents associated with the pair against games, con
Pewter plays each character, each game, and each other
Based on information about relationships between teams and teams
Then, a step of pre-storing a score, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations, as an attention index,
Attention index data memory is used for each character, between characters, and between teams as the battle game progresses.
And associated as an item that affects the attention index for each match
Each time a violated game situation occurs, a step of accumulatively changing and storing the attention index corresponding to the character related to the game situation, and the computer at an arbitrary time point along the progress of the competitive game, The attention index
Of the stored contents of the data memory, the size of the index of interest is compared.
Then, the step of extracting the game situation and the character to which the highest attention index is given, and the computer
A process for creating an image including contents related to the game situation from the extracted game situation and data related to the character .
And a step of causing the computer to display the created image on the display means.

According to this structure, the battle game article image creation / display control method causes the self-character to perform a desired action in response to an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means. A competitive game is played between the player and the opponent character while producing various game situations, and an image including contents related to the competitive game is displayed on the display means. In addition, competitive game article image creation and display control method, each character, game
Relationship between characters and teams
A score, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations, is stored in advance as an attention index based on the information about the sex , and each character is associated with the progress of the competitive game.
Attention for each character, each character, each team, and each match
The game that is associated as an item that affects the index.
Each time the beam occurs, and stores the changed interest index, which corresponds to a character associated with the game situation can accumulate,
The memory at any time along the progress of the competitive game
Of the contents, the size of the attention index is compared to extract the game situation and character to which the highest attention index is given, and the game situation is determined from the data related to the extracted game situation and character. An image including related contents is created, and the created image is displayed on the display means.

A player of a game device to which the method for controlling image display of a battle game article according to the present invention is operated by operating an operation member such as a controller of the game device to display a monitor or the like provided in the game device. An instruction signal corresponding to the instruction to the self character displayed on the display means is given to the self character to cause the self character to perform a desired action. The player operates the self-character through the operation member to make the self-character act, and plays a competitive game including various game situations executed between the self-character and the opponent character. The various game situations to be executed are contents rendered based on predetermined conditions set in advance, and an image including the contents related to the game situation of the competitive game is displayed on the display means.

The display of the image including the contents related to the game situation on the display means is realized by the competitive game article image display control method according to the present invention. That is,
For each character , game, and character that make up the competitive game
Regarding the relationships between Kuta and teams
The attention index, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations based on the information , is stored in advance in a storage unit provided in the game device or a recording medium applied to the game device, and the match game with the progress of each calibration
For each lacta, for each character, for each team, and for each match
Associated with items that affect the attention index of
Each time a game situation occurs, the attention index corresponding to the character associated with the game situation is changed to be accumulable and stored. That is, the attention index is given in consideration of the game situation and the relationship between the characters in the game situation. And at any point along the progress of the competitive game,
For example, immediately after the end of the competitive game, the game situation and the character to which a predetermined attention index is given are extracted, and an image including the content related to the game situation is created from the data related to the extracted game situation and character. Then, the created image is displayed on the display means. The predetermined attention index is, for example, the case where the attention index has the largest value.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, by causing the self-character to perform a desired action according to an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means, the self-character and the opponent character can be made to interact with each other. to play a match-up game while directing the various game situations, a competition video game device for displaying an image on said display means including content related to the pair against the game, each character trial
In each case, the relationships between the characters and the teams
Means for pre-storing a score, which is data set corresponding to each game situation, as an attention index based on the information on continuity, and each key according to the progress of the competitive game.
Characters, characters, teams and matches
Associated with each item that affects the attention index
Each time the game situation there are generated, the target index data memory for storing change the focus index corresponding to a character associated with the game situation can cumulatively, at any time along the progress of the competition game, the target index Data memory
Of the stored contents, the size of the attention index is compared and the highest
Extracting means for extracting the game situation and the character to which the attention index is given, and article image creating means for producing an image including the content related to the game situation from the data related to the extracted game situation and character Article image display means for displaying the displayed image on the display means .

According to this configuration, the battlevideogameapparatus
Is an operation for the self character displayed on the display means
Take desired actions for your character in response to instructions from members
Depending on what you do, your character and your opponent's character
Competitive game while creating various game situations with
The image containing the content related to the match game
Display on the display means. Again, the matchvideogameapparatus
Is each characterRelationship between characters
Based on information about gender and relationships between teams,
It is data set corresponding to each of the game situations.point
The numberAttention indexAsMemorize in advance and proceed with the competition game
Along with, Character by character, character by character, team
As an item that affects the attention index between each other and each match
Associated The game situation isEach time it occurs, the game
Accumulation of attention index corresponding to characters related to
Change and memorize as much as possible, and follow any progress of the competitive game
At that time,Of the stored contents, the size ratio of the attention index
Making the comparison, the highestGames with attention index
The situation and characters are extracted, and the extracted game situation and
Data related to the game situation
Create an image that includes the contents, and display the created image above
Display on the means.

A player of the competitive video game apparatus of the present invention operates an operating member such as a controller of the game apparatus to respond to an instruction to the own character displayed on display means such as a monitor provided in the game apparatus. An instruction signal is given to the self character to cause the self character to perform a desired action. The player operates the self-character through the operation member to make the self-character act, and plays a competitive game including various game situations executed between the self-character and the opponent character. The various game situations to be executed are contents rendered based on predetermined conditions set in advance, and an image including the contents related to the game situation of the competitive game is displayed on the display means.

The display of the image including the contents related to the game situation on the display means is realized by the battle video game apparatus according to the present invention. That is, for each character that makes up the competitive game, for each game, and between the characters.
Based on information about
The attention index, which is the data set corresponding to each of the game situations, is stored in advance in a storage means provided in the game device or a recording medium applied to the game device, and is used for the progress of the competitive game. Accordingly , for each character,
Attention index between characters, teams, and games
The game that is associated as an item that affects the
Each time a situation occurs, the attention index corresponding to the character associated with the game situation is changed so that it can be accumulated and stored.
That is, the attention index is given in consideration of the game situation and the relationship between the characters in the game situation. Then, at any time along the progress of the competitive game, for example, immediately after the competitive game is finished, the game situation and the character to which a predetermined attention index is given are extracted, and the extracted game situation and the data related to the character are extracted. An image including contents related to the game situation is created, and the created image is displayed on the display means. The predetermined attention index is, for example, the case where the attention index has the largest value.

[0023]

1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a video game system (video game device) to which a game result display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This game system is based on the game console 100.
And a recording medium 200 on which program data and the like are recorded. The game console body 100 includes a CPU (Centra).
processing unit) 1, a bus line 2 including an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus connected to the CPU 1, and a graphics data generation processor 3.

The bus line 2 includes an interface circuit 4, a main memory 5 including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory) 6, a decompression circuit 7, a parallel port 8, a serial port 9, a drawing processor 10, The audio processor 11, the decoder 12, and the interface circuit 13 are connected.

A buffer 21 is connected to the drawing processor 10, a television monitor (hereinafter referred to as "monitor") 22 is connected, and a voice processor 11 is connected to a buffer 23 and an amplifier circuit. A speaker 25 is connected via 24. A buffer 26 is connected to the decoder 12, a recording medium driver 27 is connected to the decoder 12, a memory 28 is connected to the interface circuit 13, and a controller 29 is connected.
Are connected.

The form of this game system differs depending on the application. For example, when the game system is configured for home use, the monitor 22 and the speaker 25 are separate from the game machine main body 100. On the other hand, when this game system is configured for business use, all the constituent elements shown in FIG. 1 are housed in a single integrated housing.

When the game system is constructed by using a personal computer or a workstation as a core, the monitor 22 corresponds to a display for a computer, and the drawing processor 10, the voice processor 11, and the expansion circuit 7 are Each of the interface circuit 4, the parallel port 8, the serial port 9 and the interface circuit 13 corresponds to a part of the program data recorded in the recording medium 200 or the hardware on the expansion board mounted in the expansion slot of the computer. It corresponds to the hardware on the expansion board installed in the expansion slot of the computer. Also, buffer 2
Reference numerals 1, 23 and 26 correspond to the respective areas of the main memory 5 or the extended memory (not shown). In the present embodiment, a case where this game system is configured for home use will be described as an example.

Next, each component shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The graphics data generation processor 3 uses CP
U1 plays a role as a coprocessor. That is, this graphics data generation processor 3
Coordinate conversion and light source calculation, for example, calculation of a fixed-point matrix or vector is performed by parallel processing. The main processing performed by the graphics data generation processor 3 is as follows.
Two-dimensional or three-dimensional image data supplied from the CPU1
Based on the coordinate data of each apex in the dimensional space, the movement amount data, and the rotation amount data, an address in the display area of the processing target image is obtained, and the address data is returned to the CPU 1 again, or a virtual process is performed. There is a process of calculating the brightness of the image according to the distance from the light source set to.

The interface circuit 4 is for interface with peripheral devices, for example, pointing devices such as a mouse and a trackball. The ROM 6 stores program data as an operating system of the game system. Speaking of a personal computer, BIOS (Basic Input Output Syst)
equivalent to em).

The decompression circuit 7 uses a JPEG (J
MPEG (Moving Picture Engineer) for moving pictures that can be adopted as required by the Oint Picture Engineering Group
decompression processing is applied to the compressed image compressed by the intra coding conforming to (ingGroup). Decompression processing is decoding processing (decoding of data encoded by VLC: Variable Length Code), inverse quantization processing, IDCT.
(Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform) processing, intra image restoration processing, and the like.

The drawing processor 10 performs drawing processing on the buffer 21 at predetermined time intervals T (one frame, for example, T = 1/60 seconds) based on a drawing command issued by the CPU 1.

The buffer 21 is composed of, for example, a RAM,
It consists of a display area (frame buffer) and a non-display area. The display area is a development area of data to be displayed on the display surface of the monitor 22. In the present embodiment, the non-display area includes the data that defines the skeleton, the model data that defines the polygon, the animation data that causes the model to move, and the pattern data that indicates the contents of each animation, as well as texture data and color palette data. And the like storage area.

Here, the texture data is two-dimensional image data. The color palette data is data for specifying a color such as texture data. These data are recorded in advance in the non-display area of the buffer 21 by the CPU 1 from the recording medium 200 once or in a plurality of times according to the progress of the game.

The drawing commands include a drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional virtual figure, and a triangle is used in the present embodiment.

The drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons is polygon vertex address data on the display area of the buffer 21, and texture address data indicating the storage position on the buffer 21 of the texture data to be attached to the polygon. , The color palette data indicating the color of the texture data, the color palette address data indicating the storage position on the buffer 21, and the brightness data indicating the brightness of the texture.

Among these data, the polygon vertex address data in the display area is the polygon vertex coordinate data in the three-dimensional space from the CPU 1, which is used by the graphics data generation processor 3 as the movement amount data and rotation amount of the screen itself. The coordinates are converted based on the data and are replaced with the polygon vertex coordinate data in two dimensions. The brightness data is determined by the graphics data generation processor 3 based on the distance between the virtually arranged light sources from the position indicated by the polygon vertex coordinate data after the coordinate conversion from the CPU 1.

The polygon vertex address data indicates an address on the display area of the buffer 21, and the drawing processor 10 writes the texture data corresponding to the range of the display area of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data. Perform processing.

One object is composed of many polygons. The CPU 1 stores the coordinate data in the three-dimensional space of each polygon in the buffer 21 in association with the corresponding skeleton vector data. When the character is moved on the display surface by operating the controller 29,
In other words, when expressing the movement of the character itself, or when changing the viewpoint position looking at the character, the following processing is performed.

That is, the CPU 1 instructs the graphics data generation processor 3 from the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon held in the non-display area of the buffer 21, the skeleton coordinates, and the rotation amount thereof. The calculated movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon are given.

Graphics data generation processor 3
Is based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon and the movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon, and sequentially obtains the three-dimensional coordinate data after the movement and the rotation of each polygon.

3 of each polygon obtained in this way
Of the dimensional coordinate data, horizontal and vertical coordinate data are supplied to the drawing processor 10 as address data on the display area of the buffer 21, that is, polygon vertex address data.

The drawing processor 10 writes the texture data indicated by the pre-assigned texture address data in the triangular display area of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data.
As a result, on the display surface of the monitor 22, an object having texture data pasted on a large number of polygons is displayed.

A drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image is composed of vertex address data, texture address data, color palette address data indicating the storage position of color palette data indicating the color of the texture data in the buffer 21, and texture. And luminance data indicating the luminance. Among these data, the vertex address data is C by the graphics data generation processor 3.
The vertex coordinate data on the two-dimensional plane from PU1 is C
The coordinate data is obtained by coordinate conversion based on the movement amount data and the rotation amount data from PU1.

The voice processor 11 reads an ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Puppy) read from the recording medium 200.
(lse Code Modulation) data is described in the buffer 23, and the ADPCM data stored in the buffer 23 is used as a sound source. Then, the voice processor 11 uses the ADPC
M data is read based on a clock signal having a frequency of 44.1 kHz, for example.

Then, the audio processor 11 performs processing such as pitch conversion, noise addition, envelope setting, level setting, and reverb addition on the ADPCM data read from the buffer 23.

Audio data read from the recording medium 200 is a PC such as CD-DA (Compact Disk Digital Audio).
In the case of M data, it is converted into ADPCM data by the audio processor 11.

The processing by the program data for the PCM data is directly performed on the main memory 5. The PCM data processed on the main memory 5 is supplied to the audio processor 11 and converted into ADPCM data, and then subjected to the above-described various processes, and then output from the speaker 25 as audio.

The recording medium driver 27 is, for example, a CD-R.
OM drive, hard disk drive, optical disk drive, flexible disk drive, silicon disk drive, cassette medium reader, etc.

The recording medium 200 is, for example, a CD-ROM,
Hard disk, optical disk, flexible disk,
It is a semiconductor memory or the like.

The recording medium driver 27 is used for the recording medium 200.
The image, sound, and program data are read from and the read data is supplied to the decoder 12. Decoder 12
Is for the reproduction data from the recording medium driver 27.
Error correction processing is performed by CC (Error Correction Code), and the data subjected to the error correction processing is supplied to the main memory 5 or the voice processor 11.

The memory 28 is composed of, for example, a holder and a card type memory. The card-type memory is for holding various game parameters such as holding a state at the time of interruption when the game is interrupted during the game.

The controller 29 is an operating means that can be operated from the outside, and includes a first left button 29L1 and a second left button 29.
L2, first right button 29R1, second right button 29R2,
Up key 29U, Down key 29D, Left key 29
L, right direction key 29R, start button 29a, select button 29b, first button 29c, second button 29
d, a third button 29e, a fourth button 29f, a left stick 29SL, and a right stick 29SR are provided, and an operation signal according to the operation of the player is sent to the CPU 1.

The up arrow key 29U, the down arrow key 29D, the left arrow key 29L, and the right arrow key 29R are C
For PU1, for example, a character or cursor is monitored 2
The command to move up, down, left and right on the second screen is given.

The start button 29a is used by the player to instruct the CPU 1 to start the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200. The select button 29b is used by the player to instruct the CPU 1 to make various selections regarding the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200 to the main memory 5.

In the controller 29, each button and each key except for the left stick 29SL and the right stick 29SR is turned on when pressed from the neutral position by the pressing force from the outside and is released when the pressing force is released. It consists of an on-off switch that returns to the neutral position and turns off.

Left stick 29SL and right stick 2
9SR is a stick-type controller having almost the same configuration as a so-called joystick. In other words, the stick is upright, and can be tilted in 360 ° directions including front, rear, left and right with a predetermined position of the stick as a fulcrum. Then, according to the tilt direction and tilt angle of the stick, the values of the x-coordinate in the left-right direction and the y-coordinate in the front-back direction with the upright position as the origin are the interface circuit 1.
An operation signal is sent to the CPU 1 via the CPU 3.

The first left button 29L1, the second left button 29L2, the first right button 29R1 and the second right button 2
The function of 9R2 differs depending on the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200.

Next, the general operation of this game system will be described. A power switch (not shown) is turned on, and the game system is powered on. At this time, when the recording medium 200 is loaded in the recording medium driver 27, the CPU 1 instructs the recording medium driver 27 to read the program data from the recording medium 200 based on the operating system stored in the ROM 6. To do. As a result, the recording medium driver 27 reads out the image, sound and program data from the recording medium 200. The read image, audio, and program data are supplied to the decoder 12, where they are subjected to error correction processing.

The image data which has been subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is expanded via the bus line 2 in the expansion circuit 7.
Is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and is then written to the non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10.

The audio data which has been subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written in the main memory 5 or supplied to the audio processor 11 and written in the buffer 23.

The program data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written in the main memory 5. After that, the CPU 1 advances the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the contents instructed by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1 uses the controller 29
Based on the content of the instruction given from the player via, the control of the image processing, the control of the sound processing, and the control of the internal processing are appropriately performed.

As the control of the image processing, in the present embodiment, for example, from the pattern data corresponding to the animation instructed by the character, the calculation of the coordinates of each skeleton, the calculation of the vertex coordinate data of the polygon, and the obtained three-dimensional The coordinate data and the viewpoint position data are supplied to the graphics data generation processor 3, and the drawing command including the address data and the brightness data on the display area of the buffer 21 obtained by the graphics data generation processor 3 is issued. As control of voice processing, for example, issuance of a voice output command to the voice processor 11 and designation of level, reverb, etc. are performed. As the control of the internal processing, for example, calculation according to the operation of the controller 29 is performed.

The image data which has been subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is sent through the bus line 2 to the expansion circuit 7.
Is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and is then written to the non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10.

The audio data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written in the main memory 5 or is supplied to the audio processor 11 and written in the buffer 23.

The program data that has been subjected to error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written in the main memory 5. After that, the CPU 1 advances the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the contents instructed by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1 uses the controller 29
Based on the content of the instruction given from the player via, the control of the image processing, the control of the sound processing, and the control of the internal processing are appropriately performed.

FIG. 2 shows the function realizing means of the CPU 1 centering on the operation of the video game system shown in FIG.
Main memory 5, buffers 21 and 23, a television monitor 22, a speaker 25, and a controller 29 in the periphery thereof
3 is a block diagram shown together with a recording medium 200. FIG. Here, for convenience of description, illustration of the interface circuit, the bus, and the like is omitted.

In the present embodiment, the case of playing a baseball game in a video game system has been described. A plurality of characters each imitating a player make up a self-team and an opponent team (composed of a plurality of opponent characters) is formed. It has been made possible to execute a competitive game, etc. In addition, in the present embodiment, a battle game is played, and there is a function of displaying an image of the battle game result by simulating an actual newspaper article. The attention index is set (prepared) corresponding to each game situation based on the information on the relation between the game situations, and when the game situation occurs, the attention index is given to the corresponding character or team each time, At the end, information with the highest attention index is extracted to form and display an image simulating a newspaper article.

The CPU 1 controls the competitive game progress control unit 101.
And the game situation occurrence determination unit 102 and the attention index calculation unit 1
03, an extraction unit 104, an article image creation unit 105, and an article image display unit 106. The main memory 5 includes a personal data memory 51, an occurrence item data memory 52,
An attention index data memory 53 and a sample article data memory 54 are provided.

The personal data memory 51 stores personal data associated with each character, and includes player names, uniform numbers, teams to belong to, main positions, sub-positions, defense plates, immediately preceding teams, professionals. Information about attributes such as total years, fielder special ability, number of home runs, RBI, batting average, power, shoulder strength, running ability, defensive ability, etc., and each character such as daily condition during game time Information is stored.

The above main position, sub position,
The defensive plate represents a defensive position, and the main position specifically indicates the defensive position of the character.For example, a pitcher, a catcher, a first baseman, a second baseman, a third baseman, a striker, a left outfielder, a center outfielder, and a right outfield. There are fielders.
The sub-position, like the main position information, specifically indicates the defensive position of the character, and represents a defensive position that can be protected in addition to the main position. The defensive plate abstractly indicates the defensive position of the character. For example, a pitcher, a catcher, an infield, an outfield, a catch (catcher or infield), an catch (catcher or outfield), an infield (infield or outfield), a catch. There are 8 types of inside and outside (catcher or infield or outfield).

Further, in the case of a pitcher character, the information about the character includes a defensive rate, a ball speed, a pitcher attribute, a ball control ability, a stamina, a change amount of a changing ball, a ball type name of a special changing ball, a pitcher special ability and the like.

Furthermore, each character is associated with a hit record for each game, a pitcher record for each game, a hit record for the total season, and a pitcher record for the total season, and as personal information as information about each character. It is stored in the data memory 51.

The batting record for each match is the number of bats, hits, 2 bases, 3 bases, homeruns, RBIs, points, walks, strikeouts, stolen bases, miss counts, home run maximum distance,
The data includes innings that have been fine-played, batting results this month (the latest predetermined number of bats, for example, the last 8 bats), condition, injury date, type of injury, and the like.

Pitcher records for each match include the number of pitches, strikeout, number of wins, number of losses, number of saves, number of complete pitches, four balls, dead balls,
Goals, pitches, hits, conditions, etc. are stored as data.

The batting records for the whole season include the number of bats, hits, RBI, scoring, strikeouts, defensive opportunities, homeruns, number of stolen bases, number of mistakes, consecutive hits, consecutive bases, injury day, appearance match,
The special status (slump, foot injury, etc.) and the number of days of the special status are stored as data.

The record of pitchers for the whole season stores the number of pitches, the number of strikeouts, the number of goals scored, the number of wins, the number of losses, the number of saves, the total number of pitches, four balls, dead balls, number of pitches, consecutive save points, recovery status, etc. as data. is doing.

In the recording medium 200, information affecting the attention index of each player (character), information affecting the attention index relating to each other, information affecting the attention index of each team, and each game An attention index (score) is set and stored corresponding to each item of information that affects the attention index.

Information that influences the attention index for each player includes the popularity of special abilities related to the game, each title in the second half of the season (batting rate, RBI, home run, stolen base, number of wins, number of strikeouts, defensive rate, (Save, win rate, newcomer king) Are you listed as a candidate for capture, are the numbers related to each title sharp (for example, 10 home runs, 50 strikeouts, etc.), or your opponent's team is an old nest? Or
Outfielder results (number of hits, number of home runs, number of RBIs, number of stolen bases, strikeouts, fine play, killing, four ball hits), pitcher performance (win, loss, save, strikeout, number of four ball hits, number of hits, number of home runs, goal loss) , Self-responsibility) etc., items are prepared according to the game situation including contents related to the game.

Information that influences the attention index related to the mutual characters includes whether or not the confrontation is performed synchronously.

The information that influences the attention index for each team includes: whether the championship is taking place, the magic decrease is taking place, whether the game involves the top team, consecutive wins,
Whether there are consecutive losses.

The information that influences the attention index for each match includes whether or not the hit result decided the match, whether the hit result was dramatic (goodbye hit, full base hit, etc.).

The competitive game progress control unit 101 controls the progress of the competitive game by instructing the character to perform an operation in accordance with the operation of the controller 29 by the player. This competitive game imitates a baseball game. Therefore, the attack and defense operations are repeated and the game proceeds.

The game situation occurrence determination unit 102 determines whether or not a game situation associated as an item affecting the attention index of each player, each character, each team, or each match has occurred. Yes,
Further, each time an item that affects the attention index is generated during the game, it is sequentially stored in the generated item data memory 52.

The attention index calculation unit 103 reads the contents stored in the occurrence item data memory 52 and gives the corresponding attention index to the corresponding player (or the corresponding team). When the same item occurs in the same player or team, the points will be accumulated and given to the immediately preceding score. Also, when an item that affects the attention index for each match content occurs, the corresponding attention index is given to the corresponding player, whereby the player has the attention index for each player and the attention index for each game. Summed up. The attention index calculation unit 103 also performs the process of assigning the attention index for each team. The attention index data memory 53 includes the attention index calculation unit 1
The attention index calculated in 03 is stored in a table format, and the players or teams are associated with the items that affect the attention index.

The extraction unit 104 selects one of the attention indexes calculated by the attention index calculation unit 103 at the end of the competitive game.
The information of the character (or team) having the highest index and the game situation is extracted.

The article image creating unit 105 reads the characters (or team) and the characters corresponding to the game situation extracted by the extracting unit 104 from the sample document and combines them with an image simulating an actual newspaper to read the newspaper article image. Is to create. The sample article data memory 54 stores sample originals corresponding to the respective items affecting the index of interest, and the sample originals corresponding to the items extracted by the extraction unit 104 are stored by the article image creating unit 105. A newspaper article image is created together with the characters or team names corresponding to the items read and extracted.

The article image display unit 106 displays the newspaper article image created by the article image creation unit 105 on the television monitor 22, and displays the screens shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Next, the game screen on which the battle result is displayed will be briefly described with reference to the game screens shown in FIGS. Note that this game screen is an example for explaining the display of the battle result, and the display of the battle result can be configured by another game screen.

The game screen shown in FIG. 3 is based on the item "whether the hit result is dramatic (goodbye hit, full base hit)" stored as information that affects the attention index for each match content. It was created in. Specifically, in the competitive game, a character Y of “XXXXX” of a team T of “East Army” has a ball type B of “quick ball” of a character X of “XX” (data indicating which ball type is hit). Is remembered as), hit the goodbye home run, and the game result when the game is won is displayed.

The game screen shown in FIG. 4 is stored as information that influences the attention index for each team.
It was created based on the item "Are you losing consecutively?"
The name of Team T was applied and a newspaper article image was created. Furthermore, since the pitcher character Z named "△△△" was defeated in the previous match, the character Z named "△△△" was added to ○○ in the image of "Revenge ○○ Revenge".
The name was applied and the newspaper article image was created.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the method for controlling the creation and display of the competitive game article image. First, the competitive game progress control unit 101 executes the competitive game (ST1). When the game situation occurrence determination unit 102 determines that an item affecting the attention index has occurred (S
(YES in T2), the item data is stored in the generated item data memory 52 in association with the character, team, etc. (ST3). When the execution of the competitive game is completed (YES in ST4), the attention index calculation unit 103 calculates the attention index for each item of each character, each team item, and the like, and the calculation result is stored in the attention index data memory 53. It is stored (ST5). Next, among the stored contents of the target index data memory 53, the size of target index data is compared, and the information with the highest index is extracted (ST6). From the extracted information, the corresponding article sample was selected,
The contents of the item corresponding to the character or team are included in this, a newspaper article image is created (ST7), and displayed on the monitor 22 by the article image display unit 106 (ST.
8).

In the present embodiment, when the attention index is calculated, each time an item which affects the attention index of each player stored in the recording medium 200 occurs, the item is stored.
Although it has been stated that the attention content index is calculated by reading out the stored contents after the end of the competition game, the present invention is not limited to this, and the attention index may be calculated each time an item that affects the attention index for each player occurs during the competition game. Good. In this case, the attention index calculation unit 103 generates a game situation when an item that affects the attention index for each player stored in the recording medium 200 (read in the buffer 21 during the game) occurs. When judged by the judgment unit 102, the corresponding attention index is given to the corresponding player (or the corresponding team). Therefore, the calculation process by the attention index calculation unit 103 is
The current value of the corresponding player (or team) stored in the memory section of the occurrence item is read out, and the current index of interest is added to this value, and this result is stored (updated) again.

In the present embodiment, the display control method of the game result in the baseball game has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a game imitating other sports such as a soccer game, a basketball game, a volleyball game, and a sports game. It is also applicable to other games besides.

[0094]

According to the invention described in claims 1, 6, and 7, the attention index corresponding to the game situation of the competitive game and the character related to the game situation is changed to be accumulative and given, When executing a game to which the competition game article image creation / display control program according to the invention is applied, the game situation of the competition game, the performance of the characters in the competition game, the mutual relation between the characters, etc. are changed, and such a competition game Since the image reflecting the result of (1) is created and displayed, it is possible to provide the game player with a variety of games.

Further, since the newspaper article image is formed based on the attention index, it becomes closer to the actual newspaper article, the realism or the realism is increased, and the game is rich in interest.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the index for the content of interest can be made more apparent, and a more entertaining game effect can be realized.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the content of articles is broad, and it is possible to produce a game with a lot of interest.

According to the invention described in claim 4, since the image of the character is also posted in the article, it is possible to provide a more entertaining game effect.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the effect of the article image is more realistic and more variable.

As described above, according to the present invention, by giving universality to the selection conditions of articles displayed as images containing the contents related to the game situation, it is possible to obtain a more actual newspaper article as a result of the battle. By bringing the image close to the model that is rich in variation, it is possible to produce a game with a lot of interest.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a video game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing C in the video game system shown in FIG.
It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of PU.

3 is a diagram showing a game screen displayed on a monitor of the video game system shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a game screen displayed on a monitor of the video game system shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a battle game article image creation / display control method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU 22 Television monitor (monitor) 29 Controller 51 Personal data memory 52 Source data memory 53 Attention index data memory 54 sample article data memory 100 game console body 101 Competitive game progress controller 102 game situation occurrence determination unit 103 attention index calculation unit (attention index giving means) 104 Extraction Unit (Extraction Means) 105 Article Image Creation Unit (Article Image Creation Means) 106 article image display section (article image display means) 200 recording medium (attention index storage means)

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shinji Nakamura 2-5-25 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City KSE Inc. (72) Kenji Oki 2-5-25 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka In stock company Casey Eo (72) Inventor Chisa Matsuda 2-525 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City Stock company Casey Eo (72) Inventor Keiichi Maekawa 2-5-25 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City Stock Association (56) References JP 2001-129251 (JP, A) JP 2001-347074 (JP, A) Doug Out '99 Pennant Conquest Guide, Japan, Digicube Inc., October 28, 1999 , P8-9 (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 9/24 A63F 13/00-13/12 G06T 17/40

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A variety of game situations are produced between the self-character and the opponent character by causing the self-character to perform a desired action in response to an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means. A competing game article image creation / display control program for playing a competing game while displaying an image including the contents related to the competing game on the display means, for each character, each match, and the relationship between the characters.
And a means for pre-storing a score, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations, as an attention index based on the information on the relationship between the teams and the team, as the competition game progresses. , For each character,
Overshadowed by the index of attention between lactas, teams, and games
Featured index game situation associated as items that provide the sound within every <br/> generated, cumulatively can modify and store the attention index corresponding to the character associated with the game situation
The data memory and the attention at any time along the progress of the competitive game
Of the contents stored in the index data memory, the size ratio of the index of interest
Performing compare, to create an image comprising an extraction means for extracting a game situation and a character most attention index is assigned, the content associated from the data on the game situation associated with the extracted game situation and character serial
Thing image creating means and article image table for displaying the created image on the displaying means
A competing game article image creation and display control program characterized by causing a computer to function as an indicating means . 2. The data includes data that is an attention index for each competition and is set corresponding to each type of game situation different from the type of game situation. A control program for creating and displaying the image of the match game article described. 3. The competitive game is played between a self-team composed of a plurality of characters including a self-character and an opponent team composed of a plurality of opponent characters.
A computer as a means to control the progress of the battle game
To function, the data, competition of claim 1, wherein the inclusion data set corresponding to a focus index for each type of game situation against a team game articles image creation and display control program . 4. A means for storing an image of each character
The computer further functions as described above, and the article image creating means reads the image of the character extracted by the extracting means and attaches it to a part of the article image. The control program for creating and displaying the battle game article image described in any one. 5. A means for storing at least one or more sample manuscripts related to a competitive game for each game situation
The article image creating means selects one of the corresponding sample originals from the extracted game situation and character, and applies the name of the character to the display position of the specific name of the sample original. The competing game article image creation and display control program according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. A variety of game situations are produced between the self-character and the opponent character by causing the self-character to perform a desired action in accordance with an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means. while competitive game, a fighting game articles image creation and display control method for displaying on the display means an image that contains the contents associated with the pair against games, computer, each character match each character
Information about relationships between teams and teams
Based on the previously stores as the game situation interest index scores is a data set corresponding to each step
In addition, the attention index data memory keeps track of each character, between characters, and between teams as the battle game progresses.
And associated as an item that affects the attention index for each match
Each time a violated game situation occurs, a step of accumulatively changing and storing the attention index corresponding to the character related to the game situation, and the computer at an arbitrary time point along the progress of the competitive game, Of the stored contents of the attention index data memory,
The step of extracting the game situation and the character with the highest attention index by comparing the attention indices
And flop, computer, and creating an image including the content related to the game status from the data associated with the extracted game situation and character, computer, and a step of displaying the image created on the display means A method for controlling the creation and display of an image of a competitive game article, which includes : 7. A variety of game situations are produced between the self-character and the opponent character by causing the self-character to perform a desired action in accordance with an instruction from the operation member for the self-character displayed on the display means. A competitive video game apparatus for playing a competitive game while displaying an image including contents related to the competitive game on the display means, the relationship between each character, each game, and the relationship between the characters.
And a means for pre-storing a score, which is data set corresponding to each of the game situations, as an attention index based on the information on the relationship between the teams and the team, as the competition game progresses. , For each character,
Overshadowed by the index of attention between lactas, teams, and games
Featured index game situation associated as items that provide the sound within every <br/> generated, cumulatively can modify and store the attention index corresponding to the character associated with the game situation
The data memory and the attention at any time along the progress of the competitive game
Of the contents stored in the index data memory, the size ratio of the index of interest
Performing compare, to create an image comprising an extraction means for extracting a game situation and a character most attention index is assigned, the content associated from the data on the game situation associated with the extracted game situation and character serial
Thing image creating means and article image table for displaying the created image on the displaying means
A competitive video game device provided with an indicating means .