JPH0512000B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a liquid crystal game device, and particularly to a handheld type portable liquid crystal game device using, for example, a liquid crystal display device.

(Description of the Prior Art) Portable or handheld game devices include obstacle game machines using a liquid crystal display as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-89526, and light-emitting diode devices as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-123241. There is a game machine that displays a dot matrix.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The obstacle game machine disclosed in JP-A-53-89526 and the dot matrix display game machine disclosed in JP-A-53-123241 have a narrow display surface and cannot display arbitrary shapes or characters. Moreover, the operability is poor, and there is no change in the game content that can be realized as a handheld type game machine, making it easy to get bored.

In addition, since the display area of small electronic game machines such as LCD game machines is small, if separate display areas are provided for the score and the highest point, the number display area will become larger, and if they are the same size, the game will be more effective. The display area for the game becomes narrow, and the graphics that can be displayed are limited, making the game less interesting.

The main objectives of this invention are to have a wide display surface, be able to display figures or characters of any shape, have excellent operability, provide a rich variety of game content, and, moreover, provide time-sharing information on score information and highest point information for the game. To provide a portable liquid crystal game device which can display two types of score information without confusing players during a game.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The invention of the present application provides a liquid crystal display means including a game information display section and a numerical display section (also referred to as a numerical information display section) (to show the correspondence with the embodiment, the invention is as shown in FIG. 3). 2
0), operation means 13L, 13R, 12a, 12b including first and second operation switches, housing 11, program storage memory 63, temporary storage memory 64, highest point display command signal generation means 12a, 12b, 361, 56, 551, 55
2 and a central processing unit 61. The program storage memory includes a game-related program, a display control program, a score calculation program, and a maximum point processing program. The game information display section displays arbitrarily shaped figures for the game so that they appear to move. The liquid crystal display means is housed in the housing so as to be exposed through the opening of the housing, which has a relatively large planar shape. A first operating switch and a second operating switch are bonded to the housing on the left and right sides near the bottom of the opening, excluding the opening, so that the player can easily hold and operate the housing with both hands.

(Operation) The game-related program generates graphic display information for changing the display state of the first graphic regardless of the operation of the operating means. The central processing unit changes the display state of the first character based on the graphic display information, changes the display state of the second character according to the operation of the operating means, and progresses the game based on the score calculation program. Find the score in the middle,
and causes the score to be displayed on the numerical information display section, causes the highest score resulting from the preceding game to be temporarily stored as the highest score based on the highest score processing program, and generates a highest score display command signal. In response to a signal from the means, the numerical information display section displays the highest point.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a portable liquid crystal game device (hereinafter abbreviated as the present device) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a case of a bean bag game will be described as an example of a game device. In the configuration, the device 10 includes a liquid crystal display device 20 disposed on the top surface of a flat (or flat) housing 11, and start switches 12a and 12b for commanding the start of the game and commands for changing the repulsion figure. The clock includes operation switches 13L and 13R, a reset switch 14, and a clock call switch 15. The start switch 12a is used to issue a start command when a game is played using two travel routes, and the start switch 12b is used to issue a start command when a game is played using three travel routes. The operation switch 13L is used to command the repulsion figure to move to the left when there are multiple rows of movement paths that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 20, or to command the fast forwarding of the "hour" digit when setting the time. The operation switch 13R is used to command the repulsion figure to move to the right or to command the rapid advance of the minute digits when setting the time. The reset switch 14 is used to set the time of the clock and reset the display.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a display pattern displayed on the liquid crystal display device 20. As shown in FIG. In the configuration, the liquid crystal display device 20 forms a plurality of columns (three columns in the figure) of movement paths 21, 22, and 23 in an arc shape representing movement paths of a ball, which is an example of a moving body, and each movement path 21, Repulsive figure display areas 21L and 21R, 22L on both terminal sides of 22 and 23
and 22R, 23L and 23R, and a human figure 24 is formed in the middle position of both repulsive figures,
A numerical information display area 25 is formed. A plurality of first movement routes 21 (12 in the illustration) are arranged at a certain interval.
The moving body display areas 21a to 21l are divided into three moving body display areas 21a to 21l, and each of the moving body display areas 21a to 21l is preferably ball-shaped (circular). Similarly, the second moving route 22 is formed by dividing the moving route into a plurality of (10 in the figure) moving body display areas 22a to 22j at certain intervals. Also,
The third movement path 23 includes a plurality of (eight in the illustration) moving body display areas 23a to 23 at certain intervals.
Divide into h. Repulsion figure display area 21L
21R, 22L, 22R, 23L, and 23R are each drawn in the shape of a human hand, thereby displaying the shape of a bean bag. The display areas of these moving bodies (hereinafter referred to as balls) and repulsive figures (hereinafter referred to as rackets) can be formed by, for example, forming one electrode (i.e., segment electrode) of a liquid crystal display device in the shape of each display area as shown. , the other electrode (common electrode) is made common to the entire surface of the liquid crystal display device 20, and visible display is performed as appropriate depending on the selected segment electrode.

In addition, the numerical information display area 25 displays numerical information in the form of, for example, a four-digit Japanese character segment display section, and displays the Japanese character segment for each digit. It functions as a clock by displaying score-related information such as the highest score in a plurality of games up to now, or current time information. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a liquid crystal game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This device 10 basically includes a liquid crystal display device 20, a game control circuit 30, a time information generation circuit 40, and a numerical information display control circuit 50.
It consists of Next, the specific configuration of each part will be explained.

First, the game control circuit 30 will be specifically explained.
Flip-flop (hereinafter abbreviated as FF) 31a,
31b stores whether a start command has been given for either the first game or the second game. The clock generator 32 is activated to generate clock pulses during the set output period of the FF 31c, and generates three-phase clock pulses φ1, φ2, and φ3 as shown in FIG. It is given to counters (hereinafter referred to as counters) 331, 332, and 333. These clock pulses φ1, φ2, φ3 are multiphase clocks each having the same period T and whose phases are shifted by 1/3*T.

The counter 331 adds or subtracts the calculated value according to the clock pulse φ1, and makes the count value 0 to 0.
11 to generate segment signals for sequentially selecting segment electrodes corresponding to the balls 21a to 21l included in the first moving path 21 of the liquid crystal display device 20. The counter 332 adds or subtracts the counted value in accordance with the clock pulse φ2, and generates a signal for selecting the segment electrode corresponding to the balls 22a to 22j included in the second moving path 22 based on the counted value 0 to 9. It is something. The counter 333 adds or subtracts the counted value according to the clock pulse φ3, and generates a signal for selecting the segment electrode corresponding to the balls 23a to 23h on the third moving path 23 based on the counted value 0 to 7. It is.

The arithmetic circuit 341 calculates that the count value of the corresponding counter 331 is the ball 2 at both ends of the first moving path 21.
At the visible display timing of 1a or 21l, the ternary reversible counter (hereinafter referred to as counter) 35
racket 21L or 23R based on the count value of
This is to determine whether or not the racket is visually displayed, and when the visually displayed state of the racket is determined, the counting operation of the counter 331 is reversed to a subtraction operation (or an addition operation). Similarly, the arithmetic circuits 342 and 343 operate the corresponding counters 33
Based on the count value of 2,333 and the count value of the counter 35, it is determined whether the ball display and the racket display match.

The counter 35 performs a subtraction operation when the operation switch 13L is operated, and an addition operation when the operation switch 13R is pressed, and the rackets 21L, 21R, 22L, and 2
2R, 23L and 23R are selectively visually displayed.

The score counter 37 counts the number of times the arithmetic circuits 341 to 343 have derived a matching output.
Count the points.

Next, the time information generation circuit 40 will be specifically explained. The FF 41 is set by operating the reset switch 14 to enable time setting, and is reset by operating the time call switch 15 to measure the current time. The AND gate 421 derives a fast-forward pulse for the hour digit in time adjustment, and the AND gate 422 derives a fast-forward pulse for the minute digit. A clock oscillator 43 generates a reference clock for measuring current time information. Frequency divider 44 divides the output of clock oscillator 43 into minutes. The clock counter 46 has a "minute" digit and an "hour" digit, and during fast forwarding when setting the time, the "hour" digit and "minute" digit
The count value is incremented individually according to the pulse input of each digit, and when measuring the current time normally, the count value of the "minute" digit is incremented according to the pulse input of the "minute" digit. When the time reaches 60 minutes, the hour digit advances.

Next, the numerical information display control circuit 50 will be specifically explained. The comparison circuit 51 compares the score for one game given from the score counter 37 with the highest score from the previous game stored in the memory (or register) 52 for storing the highest score. Write circuit 53 only if the
Write and operate. The data selector 54 is AND
2 represented by the outputs of gates 551 and 552
Based on the logic state of the bit, the score counter 37
Either the score in one game counted by , the highest point stored in the highest point storage memory 52 , or the current time counted by the clock counter 46 is selected. For example, the data selector 54 selects the current time when both AND gates 551 and 552 are at a low level (i.e., logic "00"), and when only the output of AND gate 551 is at a high level (i.e., logic "10"). A score is selected, and the highest score is selected when only the output of AND gate 552 is at a high level (ie, logic "01").

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram of the multiphase clock pulses φ1, φ2, and φ3 of the clock generator 32.

Below, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, the present device 1
The operation when playing the game with 0 will be explained.

First, a case will be described in which a game is played using two rows of passage paths 21 and 22. This start switch 1
2a press signal (high level signal) is FF31a
is set, FF31b is reset, and FF31c is set via OR gate 361.
and set FF56. The set output s1 of FF 31a is applied to counters 331 and 332 as an activation signal. Further, the set output of the FF 31c is used as an activation signal to the clock generator 32.
given to. Furthermore, the set output of FF56 is
Activate AND gates 551 and 552.
At this time, while the start switch 12a is pressed, the OR gate 361 continues to derive a high level signal (hereinafter referred to as "H" signal), so an inhibit input is given to the AND gate 551, and the AND gate 551 is given a prohibition input.
52 is provided with an "H" signal, AND gate 552 derives an H signal during that period.

Accordingly, the data selector 54 selects the maximum point storage memory 52 during the period in which the start switch 12a is pressed.
gives the highest point stored in the decoder 58;
The information is displayed in the numerical information display area 25. Then, when the pressure on the start switch 12a is released, the output of the AND gate 552 becomes a low level signal (hereinafter referred to as "L" signal), and the AND gate 551
Since the output becomes an "H" signal, the data selector 54 selects the score to be counted by the score counter 37 from now on and sends it to the number display area 25 via the decoder 58.
to be displayed.

During the set output period of the FF 31c, the clock generator 32 generates three-phase clock pulses φ1, φ2, and φ3 as shown in FIG.
31,332,333. At this time, the counter 333 does not perform a counting operation because the activation signal s2 is not applied thereto. The counter 331 adds the counted value (subtracts after counting up to 11) every time the clock pulse φ1 is applied, and the counted value is used for each ball 21a on the first moving path 21.
By sequentially selecting the segment electrodes corresponding to ~21l, each ball is rotated clockwise (counter 3
During the subtraction operation of 31, it is visually displayed so as to move counterclockwise). At this time, each ball 21a
.about.21l are sequentially visually displayed every clock pulse φ1, so that the ball appears to the player's vision as if it were moving.

Similarly, the counter 332 performs an addition operation (counts up to 9 and then subtracts) every time the clock pulse φ2 is applied, and based on the counted value, the segment electrodes of the balls 22a to 22j on the second moving path 22 are sequentially moved. The ball is sequentially moved and displayed clockwise (counterclockwise when the counter 332 is in a subtraction operation) at every clock pulse φ2.

As mentioned above, when the counters 331 and 332 increment their counts each time the clock pulses φ1 and φ2 are applied, the number of balls included in the second moving path 22 is smaller than that in the first moving path 21. Since there are few balls, the terminal ball 22 is first
j is displayed. At this time, the player uses the racket 2
Press the operation switch 13 so that 2R is visibly displayed.
Operate L or 13R. For example, if racket 21R is displayed, press operation switch 13R.
is pressed once, and if the racket 23R is displayed, the operation switch 13L is pressed once. Then, the ball 22j on the second movement path 22
At the timing when is visually displayed, the arithmetic circuit 342 changes the count value of the counter 332 to 9 (or 0).
and when the count value of the counter 35 is 1, the coincidence output is derived and the counting operation of the counter 332 is reversed (if the addition operation was performed first, the counting operation is subtracted), and the coincidence output is sent through the OR gate 363. The score is given to the score counter 37 to count the score. Thereafter, the counter 332 performs a subtraction operation, and based on the counted value, the counter 332 visually displays the counterclockwise movement sequentially from 22j to 22a.

On the other hand, at the timing when the count value of the counter 331 reaches 11 and the ball 211 is visually displayed, or at a timing slightly earlier than the timing, the player presses the operation switch 13R to move the racket 2.
Display 3R. At this time, the arithmetic circuit 341 calculates that the count value of the counter 331 during the addition operation is 11.
(0 during subtraction operation), and based on the fact that the count value of the counter 35 is 2 (or 0), it is detected that the ball has been hit with a racket, a coincidence output is derived, and the counter 331 is operated in the reverse direction. Command (or subtraction command if addition was performed first). Also,
The coincidence output of the arithmetic circuit 341 is given to the score counter 37 via the OR gate 363 and counted as a score.

Thereafter, in the same way, the ball on the first movement path 21 and the ball on the second movement path sequentially move back and forth, and when the ball is hit with the corresponding racket at the timing displayed at both ends of each path, , the ball moves in the opposite direction and by repeating the movement, the score counter 37
The points are counted sequentially.

While repeating the above-mentioned operations, when the ball on either the first or second movement path 21 or 22 is displayed at the terminal position and the position of the ball does not match the position of the corresponding racket, the player The game ends due to a mistake in receiving the ball. The operation in that case is performed as follows. That is, at the timing when the count value of the counter 331 becomes 0 (or 11), if the count value of the counter 35 is other than 0 (or 2), the arithmetic circuit 341 derives a mismatch output and outputs it via the OR gate 363. FF31c
to reset. Accordingly, the clock generator 32
is disabled and the generation of the clock signal is stopped, so the counters 331 and 332 hold the count values at that time and stop displaying the movement of the ball, thereby ending the game. At this time, the score displayed in the number display area 25 becomes the score for one game. Also, since the output of OR gate 362 resets FF56 via OR gate 57, AND
Since gates 551 and 552 both derive "L" signals (ie, logic "00"), data selector 54 causes current time information to be displayed in numerical display area 25, but this operation will be described later.

Next, a case will be described in which a bean bag game is played using three rows of moving routes. The player presses the start switch 1
Press 2b. This press signal of the start switch 12b sets the FF 31b, and
FF31b is reset, and FF31c and FF56 are set via OR gate 361. At this time, the highest score is displayed in the numerical display area 25 in the same manner as the above-described operation. The set output s2 of the FF 31b is sent to the counters 331 and 33 as an activation signal.
2,333. Further, the set output of the FF 31c is used as an activation signal to the clock generator 32.
The clock generator 32 starts generating clock pulses φ1, φ2, φ3, and the counters 331, 332, 333 perform a counting operation every time the corresponding clock pulses φ1, φ2, φ3 are applied. This counter 331 and 3
32, the balls on the first and second movement paths 21 and 22 are displayed as moving, which is similar to the above-described operation. Therefore, here, the third
To explain the case where the ball shape of the movement path is visually displayed, the counter 333 is clock pulse φ
3 is given, and the segment electrodes of the balls 23a to 23h on the third movement path are sequentially selected according to the counted value, thereby visually displaying each of the balls 23a to 23h. At this time, when the count value of the counter 333 is 0 (or 7) and the count value of the counter 35 is 2 (or 0), the arithmetic circuit 343 controls the racket 2.
By detecting that the ball was hit at 3R or 23L, and using the detection output to reverse the counting operation of the counter 333 (if it was adding up until then, it will do a subtraction operation, and if it was a subtraction operation, it will start an addition operation). Reverse the direction of ball movement. In addition,
The score counter 37 is made to count points based on the output that detects that the count value of the counter 333 and the count value of the counter 35 are in a predetermined relationship, and when the relationship between the two is not the predetermined relationship, it is detected that the ball has disappeared. The game is ended by resetting the FF 31c via the OR gate 362.

Next, a case in which display of current time information is controlled to be displayed in the numeric display area 25 will be described. First, we will discuss the case of time adjustment. Once the aforementioned game is finished,
Since FF56 is reset, AND gate 55
Both outputs of 1 and 552 become "L" signals. In response, the data selector 54 selects the clock counter 46 and causes the time information counted by the clock counter 46 to be displayed in the numeric display area 25 via the decoder 58. At this time, the clock counter 4
If the time information measured at 6 matches the current time, the current time will be displayed in the numeric display area 25.

By the way, if it is necessary to correct the current time, press the reset switch 14. depending on,
FF 41 is set, its set output is provided as one input to AND gates 421 and 422, and AND gate 423 is disabled. When correcting the digits of the "hour", the user continues to press the operation switch 13L while looking at the numeric display area 25 until the desired "hour" is displayed. In response, the AND gate 421 derives the output clock of the clock oscillator 43 as a fast-forward clock and steps the "hour" digit of the clock counter 46 while the FF 41 has a set output and the operation switch 13L is pressed. advance. When the user releases the pressure on the operation switch 13L at the desired "time", the AND gate 421 stops deriving the fast forward clock. On the other hand, when correcting the "minute" digit, the operation switch 13R is pressed. Accordingly, when there is a set output from the FF 41 and the operation switch 13R is pressed, the AND gate 422 outputs the "minute" output clock from the clock counter 46 via the OR gate 45 as a fast forward clock for the "minute" digit of the output clock from the clock oscillator 43. ” is given as a step-by-step signal. In this way, the current time information is corrected.

When the current time has been corrected as described above, the time recall switch 15 is pressed. In response, FF 41 is reset, and its reset output activates AND gate 423. The AND gate 423 is connected to the frequency divider 44 during the reset period of the FF 41.
The minute-by-minute pulse frequency-divided by is applied to the clock counter 46 as a step pulse for the "minute" digit through the OR gate 45. Therefore, the clock counter 46
Every time there is a pulse input from OR gate 45, it takes "minute".
The current time is measured by incrementing the digits. The current time measured by the clock counter 46 is sent to the data selector 5.
4 and the numeric display area 25 via the decoder 58.
will be displayed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to switch between displaying the points awarded in the game and the current time in the numerical display area, and it can be used not only as a clock but also as a game device, providing added value. There are benefits that can be enhanced. In addition, since one number display area is used for both score-related information (scores or highest points) and the current time, only one decoder is required, and the electrode pattern of the liquid crystal display can be simplified, greatly reducing the number of terminals. It also has the advantage of being able to be produced at extremely low cost. Furthermore, since it serves both as an operation switch necessary for the game and a time setting switch, it has the advantage of further simplifying the configuration.

In addition, in the above description, the case of the bean bag game was explained as an example of the liquid crystal game, but the present invention is not limited to this, and improvements can be made to play games in which various types of figures are displayed variably.

By the way, although the above-mentioned embodiment has been explained using a hardware circuit, the technical idea of the present invention can be achieved not only by a hardware circuit but also by software processing using a microprocessor or the like. Therefore, an embodiment in which the present invention is achieved by software processing will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the liquid crystal game device of the present invention, and particularly shows a case where a microprocessor 61 is used to achieve time information generation, game control, and numerical information display control.

In the configuration, the microprocessor (CPU)
61 includes various switches 12a, 1 shown in FIG.
2b, 13L, 13R, 14, 15, the liquid crystal display device 20, the clock generator 62, and the sixth
A program storage memory (ROM) 63 that stores the operating programs shown in Figures A to 6B, and a write/readable memory that stores various information necessary for game control, generation of current time information, and display control of numerical information. A memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 64 is connected. This clock generator 62 generates the clock pulse φ3 and also generates a clock every minute. The RAM 64 uses each of a plurality of addresses as a register, but in the following explanation, each register is used as a counter in order to correspond to the embodiment shown in FIG. It is shown in correspondence with that of . Note that the clock counter 46 in FIG.
Here, the minute counter 46M and the hour counter 46H
I will explain the case where it is divided into two.

6A to 6D are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, in particular, FIG. 6A shows the main routine, FIG. 6B shows the time adjustment subroutine, and FIG. 6C shows the time adjustment subroutine. The time interrupt routine is shown and Figure 6D shows the play control routine.

First, the case of time adjustment will be explained with reference to FIG. 5, FIG. 6A, and FIG. 6B. In the main routine, the CPU 61 determines whether or not the reset switch 14 is pressed, and when the reset switch 14 is pressed, the time adjustment subroutine (6th B
Proceed to figure). In the time adjustment subroutine,
The CPU 61 increments the count value of the hour counter 46H by 1 when the operation switch 13L is pressed, and increments the minute counter 46M by 1 when the operation switch 13R is pressed, and starts this operation by switching the start switch 12a, Repeat until one of 12b is pressed. In addition, the operation switch 13L, 1
If 3R is not pressed, press start switch 1.
Wait until either 2a or 12b is pressed.

Next, the operation when playing a game will be explained.

In the main routine, start switch 1
When determining that either switch 2a or 12b has been pressed, the CPU 61 determines whether or not the start switch 12a has been pressed, and if the switch 12a has been pressed, it sets a game flag F and memorizes that the game will be played in two rows. (ie, stores a logic "1"), and displays the highest score stored in the highest score register 52 in the numerical information display area 25. And the CPU
61 displays the highest score while the start switch is being pressed, and when the start switch is released from being pressed, the process proceeds to the game control routine shown in FIG. 6D.

In the game control routine, the CPU 61 determines whether or not there is a clock φ1, and if there is not, the process proceeds to the racket subroutine to be described later. At this time, when the clock φ1 is input, the CPU 61 starts the counter 3.
It is determined whether the operation 31 is an addition operation or a subtraction operation, and if it is an addition operation, the count value of the counter 331 is incremented by 1. Then, the count value of the counter 331 is 11
If it is not 11, it is determined whether the clock φ2 is input. When the clock φ2 is input, the CPU 61 determines whether the operation of the counter 332 is an addition operation or a subtraction operation, and if it is an addition operation, it increments the counted value of the counter 332 by 1, and the value of the counter 332 must be 9. In this case, it is determined whether or not the game is a game using the two-column passage route based on the logic state of the flag F (“1” or “0”), and if it is a two-column game, the process returns to the input determination step of the clock φ1. return. By repeating the above-described operation, the ball on the first moving path 21 is displayed moving every clock φ1, and the ball on the second moving path 22 is displayed moving every clock φ2.

Then, when the ball displayed on the first movement path 21 reaches the terminal position, that is, the counter 33
When the count value of 1 becomes 11 when the count value of the counter 35 is 2, the CPU 61 determines whether the count value of the counter 35 is 2, determines whether the racket 23R is displayed, and the racket 23R is displayed. If so, the count value of the score counter 37 is incremented by 1 in order to award only 1 point for hitting the ball with the racket. Similarly, counter 3
When the counter 32 is performing an addition operation, if the count value reaches 9, it is determined whether the count value of the counter 35 is 1 or not, and it is determined whether the racket 22R is displayed. If so, add 1 to the score. On the other hand, when the counter 331 is in subtraction operation, the count value is subtracted by 1 every time the clock φ1 is applied, and the counter 331
If the racket 21L is displayed at the timing when the count value of the score counter 37 becomes 0, the count value of the score counter 37 is incremented by 1. This score counter 37
The scores counted in are displayed in the numerical information area 25. Similarly, in the subtraction operation of the counter 332, depending on the display matching state between the ball and the racket 22L displayed on the second movement path 22,
Scores are added. Incidentally, when the ball displayed on the first and second movement paths 21 and 22 reaches the terminal position and the ball position and the corresponding racket position do not match, it is determined that the ball has been received incorrectly. After that, it is determined whether the score for one game is greater than the highest score stored in the highest score register 52, and if it is, the highest score is rewritten, and if it is not, the above-mentioned start switch 12a is directly pressed. The process returns to the step of determining whether or not it has been performed.

The display control of the racket is performed in the racket subroutine at a timing when there is no clock φ1 or φ2. In this racket subroutine, each time the operation switch 13L is pressed, the count value of the counter 35 is decremented by 1, and each time the operation switch 13R is pressed, the count value of the counter 35 is incremented by 1.

By the way, when playing a game using three rows of movement paths, the CPU 61 resets the flag F (that is, stores the logic "0") based on the pressing of the start switch 12b, and then proceeds to the game control routine. The same operation is performed as when playing a game using two lines of movement paths each time the clocks φ1 and φ2 are applied. Then, in determining whether or not the game is in the 2nd row game state, based on the fact that the flag F has been reset, the process proceeds to the operation of determining whether or not the clock φ3 for playing the 3rd row game has been input. In addition,
The operations performed each time the clock φ3 is given are the same as in the case of the two columns described above, except for the operation in which the counter 333 is used instead of the counter 331 (or 332) and the racket position is determined at the end position of the third movement path. , only the flowchart is shown and detailed explanation thereof is omitted.

When the game control as described above is completed and neither of the start switches 12a and 12b is pressed, time information of the hour and minute counted by the hour counter 46H and minute counter 46M is displayed in the numeric display area. In this case, the current time measurement operation is accomplished by executing the time interrupt routine shown in FIG. 6C every time a one-minute clock is applied from the clock generator 62. That is, when the CPU 61 receives a one-minute clock from the clock generator 62, it increments the count value of the minute counter 46M by 1, and determines whether the count value is 60 minutes or not. If the time is not 60 minutes, this operation is repeated every time a 1-minute clock is input. And the count value of minute counter 46M is 60
(i.e., 60 minutes), the CPU 61 increments the count value of the hour counter 46H by 1 and sets the hour.
The digit of is advanced by one hour, the minute counter 46M is cleared, and the count value of the hour counter 46H is 12 (i.e. 12
If it is not 12 o'clock, the process returns to the operation before the interrupt routine. And hour counter 46H
When it is determined that the count value of has reached 12, the CPU
61 clears the hour counter 46H and returns to the original operation.

As described above, in this embodiment as well, the display can be controlled by switching between the time display and the score in the game through software processing.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the case of the bean bag game was explained as an example of the graphic variable game, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to these and can be applied to various other games.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, the display surface is wide, any shape of figure or character can be displayed, the operability is excellent, the game content is rich in variety, and it is difficult to get bored.
Furthermore, it is possible to obtain a portable liquid crystal game device that can display score information and highest score information for a game in a time-divisional manner, and that does not confuse players during the game even if two types of score information are displayed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external view of a portable liquid crystal game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of a display pattern displayed on a liquid crystal display device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a liquid crystal game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 shows clock φ
1, φ2, and φ3 waveform diagrams. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the invention. 6A to 6D are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. In the figure, 10 is a liquid crystal game device, 11 is a housing, 12a and 12b are start switches, and 13
L and 13R are operation switches, 20 is a liquid crystal display device, 21 to 23 are moving routes, 21L, 21R, 2
2L, 22R, 23L, 23R are rackets, 24
25 is a figure of a person, 25 is a numerical information display area, 30 is a game control circuit, 50 is a numerical information display control circuit, 61
is the CPU, 62 is the clock generator, 63 is the ROM,
64 indicates RAM.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A liquid crystal display means having a relatively large rectangular planar shape, an operation means operated by the player, and a liquid crystal display means larger than the planar shape of the liquid crystal display means and capable of being held by the player with both hands. The liquid crystal display means includes a housing having a planar shape of a portable size, and the liquid crystal display means includes a game information display section for displaying a character having an arbitrary shape for the game so as to appear to move, and a numerical value. and a numerical information display section for displaying a first character that changes regardless of the operation of the operation means, and a second character that changes according to the operation of the operation means. The operation means is configured to control at least a second image displayed on the game information display section in response to a player's operation.
a first operation switch for applying a first change to the character, and a second operation switch for applying a second change, thereby changing the display state of the second character. The housing has an opening on its surface that is substantially the same as the planar shape of the liquid crystal display means, and the housing has an opening that is substantially the same as the planar shape of the liquid crystal display means, and the housing has a display surface of the liquid crystal display means such that the display surface of the liquid crystal display means can be seen from the opening. The first operating switch and the second operating switch are stored in a state where the surface is exposed, and the first operating switch and the second operating switch are located in a portion of the surface excluding the opening, below the center of the vertical side and near the left and right sides.
It is equipped with an operation switch, and further includes a program storage memory that stores program data for game processing, a temporary storage memory that temporarily stores data necessary for game information, and a signal that commands the display of the highest point. and a central processing unit, the program storage memory is configured to change the display state of the first character of the game information display section regardless of the operation of the operation means. a game-related program that generates graphic display information; and a game-related program that generates the first graphic display information based on the game-related program.
change the display state of the character, give a first change to the second character in response to the operation of the first switch, and change the display state of the second character in response to the operation of the second switch. a display control program for displaying a second change; and a graphic display state based on the operation state of the first operation switch or the second operation switch and the graphic display state based on the game-related program. a score calculation program for calculating the score of the corresponding player; and a maximum point processing for retaining the highest resultant score of the preceding game among the scores as the highest score and displaying it as necessary. a program, the central processing unit changes the display state of the first character based on the game-related program, and changes the display state of the second character in accordance with the operation of the operating means. , calculate the score during the game based on the score calculation program, display the score on the numerical information display section, and calculate the highest score as a result of the preceding game based on the highest score processing program. The portable liquid crystal display is characterized in that the highest point is held in the temporary storage memory, and the highest point is displayed on the numerical information display section in response to a signal from the highest point display command signal generating means. gaming equipment.