JPH11244537A - Card game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve interest of a game by providing a trading card type electronic card medium storing data of an object changed according to the progress of the game and controlling the progress of the game by reading and writing the object by a data reading/writing means. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a CPU 11 progressing a game by executing a game program based on data of an object appearing in the game and control signals from controllers 1C, 1D and outputting image signals and sound signals, and images are displayed together with sound on a monitor 1E. The system is provided with trading cards 1A, 1B storing data of the object changed according to the progress of the game. These electronic cards 1A, 1B are made to read and write the object by data reading/writing means 1H, 1J. One object is assigned to one sheet of electronic card and data of the object is made to have a value determining the attribute of a character.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card game system for playing a game using a trading card having both a collection property and a game property. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for storing data on a trading card and using the data to execute a personal computer or game. The present invention relates to a card game system capable of playing a game using a device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, trading cards are baseball,
It was collected by enthusiasts, such as sports cards such as basketball, american football players, and character cards with anime characters. Recently, a trading card having such a collection property and a game property used as an item of a competitive game has appeared. Trading cards with game characteristics are not only collected but also important items used in the game, and various types of information specified on the card determine the game or influence the progress of the game. Or something.

[0003]

However, in the case of such a trading card, the symbols and various information printed on the card surface are fixed and do not change. Therefore, conventionally, the characteristics of the card have been changed by a combination with a special card. However, in this case, the characteristics of the card itself, that is, the design and various information are not changed, but it is merely regarded that the characteristics of the card are changed by the combination with the special card. Therefore, when the combination with the special card is eliminated, the changed information becomes invalid and there is a problem that the continuity of the game cannot be maintained.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a new card game system in which the content of data recorded on a trading card can be variously rewritten according to the progress of the game.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a card game system according to the present invention executes a game program based on data relating to an object appearing in a game and a control signal from a controller. A game control means for outputting an image signal or a sound signal, a display sounding means for displaying the image signal and generating the sound signal, and storing data relating to the object changed according to the progress of the game. An electronic card medium of a trading card type, and data reading / writing means for writing data on the object stored in the game control means on the electronic card medium and reading data on the object from the electronic card medium. It is provided.

[0006] The trading card type electronic card medium is a card having a built-in data rewritable memory, and is configured to have the same appearance and the like as a currently marketed trading card. For example,
As an electronic card type means, RFID (Radio Fr)
It is composed of a transponder or the like used in an equalization identification (ID) system. The electronic card medium stores data relating to objects, and one object is assigned to one electronic card medium. The data relating to the object is a value that determines the attribute of the character appearing in the progress of the game, and this value changes variously in accordance with the progress of the game. Even when data relating to the object (value for determining the attribute of the character) changes in accordance with the progress of the game, the data at that time is stored in the electronic card medium by the data reading / writing means. Even when the game is completed halfway, the data at the end of the game is stored in the electronic card medium. The data stored in the electronic card medium is read by the data read / write unit when the next game is restarted, and is supplied to the game control unit. Therefore, the contents of the data recorded on the trading card can be variously rewritten according to the progress of the game, and the attributes of the card, which were impossible with the conventional trading card, can be freely changed depending on the progress of the game. it can.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of a card game system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a microprocessor unit (CPU) 11, a program memory (ROM) 12, a working memory (RAM) 13
Various processes are executed under the control of a microcomputer including The CPU 11 is a main CPU that controls the operation of the entire card game system. For the CPU 11, a program memory (ROM) 12, a working memory (RAM) 13, a display circuit 14, various switches 15, a controller interface 16, a cassette interface 17, and a transmission / reception interface 18 via a data and address bus 1K.
Is connected.

The CPU 11 controls the operation of the entire game apparatus based on various programs and various data stored in the program memory 12 and the working memory 13. Various programs and various data are fetched into the working memory 13 through the controller interface 16, the cassette interface 17, and the transmission / reception interface 18. In this embodiment, a case where a basic game program is read from the cassette interface 17 will be described. However, other external storage devices such as a floppy disk drive, a hard disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, and a magneto-optical disk (MO) drive The game program may be read using a ZIP drive, a PD drive, or the like. Further, the related information, the operation program, and the like may be downloaded from a communication network (a personal computer communication or the Internet) to a storage device such as a hard disk via a communication interface instead of via a portable recording medium. .

The CPU 11 includes a game program and various data loaded from the cassette 19 via the cassette interface 17, various data loaded from the cards 1A and 1B via the transmission / reception interface 18, and a controller 1C via the controller interface 16. , 1D, based on the control signals taken in, the game processing, progress, image calculation processing, and the like, supply image signals to the display circuit 14, and display images related to the game on the monitor 1E. The monitor 1E
Is supplied with data related to music and various sound effects related to the game by a sound source processing circuit (not shown),
Sound is generated from a speaker (not shown).

The program memory 12 stores programs related to the system of the CPU 11, and is constituted by a read only memory (ROM). The working memory 13 temporarily stores various data generated when the CPU 11 executes the program.
Predetermined address areas of a random access memory (RAM) are respectively allocated and used as registers and flags. In addition, various data generated at the time of program execution are data obtained as a result of calculation, a game program fetched from outside, data relating to development and progress of the game, background data of the game and image data relating to characters, and the like. .

The display circuit 14 controls the display contents of the monitor 1E, and comprises a processor for displaying images and a processor for processing sounds. The monitor 1E is composed of a liquid crystal display panel (LCD), a CRT, or the like.
Controls its display operation. Various switches 15
Denotes a reset switch, a power switch, and the like provided on the game apparatus main body, and outputs a switch event according to the operation state. The CPU 11 performs a process according to the type of the switch event. The controller interface 16 takes in data output from controllers 1C and 1D having a four-way input key and various event switches on a data and address bus 1K. The cassette interface 17 loads a predetermined game program and data from the cassette 19 storing the game program and various data onto the data and address bus 1K. Data and game programs fetched from the controller interface 16 and the cassette interface 17 are written into the working memory 13 by the CPU 11.

The above configuration is a configuration common to conventional game devices. The point that the card game system according to the present invention differs from the conventional game device is that an RFID (Radio F) comprising a transmission / reception interface 18, data reading / writing means 1H, 1J and transponders 1A, 1B.
It has a frequency identification (request identification) system. Since this RFID system is an existing technology, it will be briefly described here. The transponders 1A and 1B are card-type storage media composed of a single-chip semiconductor such as a transmission / reception circuit, a control circuit, and a memory, and a printed antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves. It generates power, rewrites the contents of data stored in the memory based on the power, and transmits the contents of data as response radio waves. Data read / write means 1
H and 1J transmit and receive data to and from the transponders 1A and 1B via the transmitting and receiving antennas 1F and 1G. The content of the data to be transmitted and received is controlled by the CPU 11 via the transmission and reception interface 18. In addition,
The data read / write means 1H, 1J is a transmitting / receiving antenna 1
F, Transponders 1 placed under control of 1G
Select an arbitrary transponder from A and 1B,
The transponder is configured to perform data read / write control. The details of this technique are disclosed in
21875, and the description is omitted here.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of data sequentially recorded in the memory areas of the transponders 1A and 1B as the game progresses. The game program read from the cassette 19 is a role-playing game composed of a total of five stages, in which four objects of a hero, a warrior, a wizard, and a priest are processed as one party and proceed in order from the first stage. By taking the treasure that exists in the final chapter of the fifth stage,
It concerns a game in which any player becomes the winner of the game. In the figure, a case where there are two players will be described as an example, but it goes without saying that a game may be played by connecting more players. Also, via a communication network such as the Internet,
A plurality of players may compete for the progress of the game. Each object in the game program is a CPU
While fighting the opponent randomly output by 11,
When the players confront each other, they can fight each other, and the players may fight each other or may avoid the battle.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an initial state in which no data is written in the transponder. The transbonder in the initial state stores initial value data such as an ID number and initial parameters. Here, the ID number I
"0" of d is a hero, "1" is a warrior, "2" is a wizard,
"3" is a monk. This ID number may be stored in the card in advance, or may be added later. In addition,
The game can proceed even if all of the ID numbers “0” to “3” are not prepared, but the same ID number cannot be overlapped. That is,
Data read / write means 1 for a transponder having the same ID number
It cannot be set on H, 1J. Same ID
If a transponder with a number is detected, an error message is displayed and an instruction is given to select one of the transponders.

FIG. 2 (B) shows an object which has been evolved based on experience values acquired as the game starts after the transponder in the initial state is set in the data read / write means 1H, 1J, and the progress of the game. Physical fitness,
This shows a state in which values indicating four attributes of intelligence, fighting power, and defense power have been written to the memory area of the transponder at the end of the game. FIG. 2C shows the attribute values written in the memory area of the transponder at the end of the second game. The second attribute value is written by being distinguished from the first attribute value by a delimiter mark. The first and second attribute values are different from each other. At the time of the second writing, the equipment 1 for battle newly acquired by the object is added as a new attribute value. FIG.
(D) shows the attribute value written in the memory area of the transponder at the end of the third game. The third attribute value is also distinguished from the first and second attribute values by a delimiter mark and written. At the time of the third writing, the equipment 1 for the battle obtained by the object has evolved to the equipment 2. As described above, the object assigned to each transponder gradually changes its attribute value as the game progresses, and the changed value is written to the memory area of the transponder simultaneously with the end of the game. Therefore, a transponder, that is, a card having various attributes is generated according to the progress of the game.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a data configuration example of the working memory 13 during the progress of the game. FIG.
Now, a program area for storing the game program,
The data area stores the current attribute value of each object (ID numbers Id = 0 to 3). In the data area, the first player Play = 0 and the second player Pl
each object corresponding to ay = 1 (ID number Id = 0
To 3) are stored. The attribute values stored here are written to the memory area of the transponder (card) corresponding to each object at the end of the game.

Next, an example of the processing of the card game system executed by the CPU 11 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 to 8.
The part expressed as a card in each flow up to this point is a transponder. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a main flow of the card game system. First, FIG.
By turning on the power switch among the various switches 15 in the card game system as shown in FIG.
The main flow of FIG. 4 is executed.

In step 41, an initialization process as shown in FIG. 5 is performed. In the initial setting process shown in FIG. 5, first, the game program stored in the cassette 19 is loaded and stored in a predetermined area of the working memory 13. When the loading of the game program is completed, the data of the transponders 1A and 1B set on the data reading and writing means 1H and 1J is loaded, and a card data reading process of storing the data in a predetermined area of the working memory 13 is performed. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing details of the card data reading process. In the card data reading process, "0" is set in the player register Play and the character register Char in step 61. And the ID
The value of the character register Char is transmitted to the data read / write means 1H, 1J as the number Id. The data read / write means 1H and 1J are provided in the transponder 1A or 1B.
It is checked whether or not the same one corresponding to the D number Id exists. Then, when there is a transponder with the corresponding ID number Id, the data of the transponder is read and transmitted to the CPU 11. Therefore, step 63
Then, it is confirmed whether or not there is a response from the card, that is, the transponder. If there is a response (YES), the data is received in step 64. Conversely, if there is no response, the data is received in step 65. The character "no card" is displayed on the monitor 1E to inform the operator that the card with the ID number Id does not exist. Then, in step 66, the value of the character register Char is incremented by one, and it is determined whether or not the value of the incremented character register Char has become three. If the value of the character register Char is 1 or 2 but not 3 and the result is NO, the process returns to step 62 and the same processing as described above is repeated. On the other hand, the character register Cha
If the value of r is 3 (YES), the process proceeds to step 68.

At step 68, the player register P
The value of the play is incremented by one, and in a step 69, it is determined whether or not the value of the player register Play is 2. If the result of determination in step 69 is that the value of the player register Play is 1, the flow returns to step 62 to read data from the transponder of the second player, and the same processing as described above is repeated. At this time, if separate data reading / writing means 1H and 1J exist for the two players as shown in FIG. 1, the processing of step 6A is omitted. The processing in step 6A is performed when any one of the data read / write means is used. The exchange of the set of transponders (stack) set on the data read / write means 1H, 1J is displayed on the monitor 1E, and the exchange of the stack is performed. Is instructed to the operator. As a result, even if there are no two data reading / writing means, one can read data for two or more persons one by one. When the above processing is completed, the last step in FIG. 5 is executed, and each object is set at the start position of the game according to the contents of the stage 1. Thereby, the initial setting process of step 41 of FIG. 4 is completed, and the card game system enters a game start standby state.

In step 42, the controllers 1C, 1
Controller processing as shown in FIG. 7 is performed according to the signal from D. In this controller process, first, in step 71, the player register Play is set to "0". Then, in step 72, the controllers 1C, 1
It is determined whether there is a signal from D, that is, whether or not there is a controller input.
To the first player Pl otherwise (NO)
The process of step 72 is repeatedly executed until a signal from the controller 1C corresponding to ay = 0 is input. The signal from the controller 1D is the second player Play =
1 signal. In step 73, the controller 1C,
It is determined whether or not the input is based on the operation of the four-directional cursor key on the 1D. If the input is a cursor input (YES), the process proceeds to the next step 74;
Proceed to. In step 74, one to four objects (that is, characters) set in the initial setting process of step 41 are moved on the monitor 1E by the amount of movement of the four-direction cursor key.

In step 75, the controllers 1C and 1D
It is determined whether or not the input from the device corresponds to the operation of the attack switch or the operation of the defense switch. If it corresponds to the operation of the attack switch (YES), step 7
If it is determined in step 5, the object is changed to the display of the attack system in step 76. On the other hand, if it is determined that the controller input does not correspond to the operation of the attack switch (NO), that is, if the controller input corresponds to the operation of the defense switch, the object is changed to the display of the defense system in step 77. As a result, whether the object is a battle system or a defense system is determined, and the battle state is displayed in step 78.

In step 79, the attribute values (physical strength, intellect, combat power, defense power) of each object changed in accordance with the object movement processing in step 74 or the battle processing in step 78 are calculated. Are respectively rewritten. An example of the rewritten working memory 13 is shown in FIG. Note that when simply moving the screen, these attribute values may not change. In step 7A, the value of the player register Play is incremented by one, and in step 7B, it is determined whether or not the value of the player register Play is 2. If the result of determination in step 7B is that the value of the player register Play is 1, the same processing as described above is repeated according to the presence or absence of a controller input from the controller 1D of the second player. When the value of the player register Play is 2, the process proceeds to step 43 in FIG.

In step 43, it is determined whether or not the progress of the game has reached the last section of the currently playing stage. If it is determined that the last section has been reached (YES), the next step 44 is executed. If not (NO), the process jumps to step 47. In step 44, it is determined whether or not the stage currently being played is the last stage, that is, the fifth stage. In the case of the fifth stage (YES), since the game is over, the ending screen is displayed and the step for ending the game is performed. 48
Proceed to. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 44 that the current stage is not the fifth stage, each object is set in the start section of the next stage in step 45. In step 47, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to end the game. If there is no end instruction (NO), the process returns to step 42, and the same processing as described above is repeated. If so, the process proceeds to step 48 to end the game.

In step 48, an end process for ending the game is performed. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of this end processing. In step 81, the player register Play
And "0" is set in the character register Char.
Then, the character register Cha is set as the ID number Id.
The value of r is transmitted to the data read / write means 1H, 1J. The data reading / writing means 1H, 1 having input the ID number Id
J confirms whether there is any transponder 1A or 1B corresponding to the ID number Id. Corresponding I
If the transponder with the D number Id does not exist, the process proceeds to step 84, and the character "no card" is displayed on the monitor 1E to inform the operator that the card with the ID number Id does not exist. On the other hand, if there is a transponder with the corresponding ID number Id, it is determined in step 85 whether or not there is free space corresponding to the transmission data in the transponder.
The process proceeds to step S6, where data corresponding to the attribute value of each object rewritten in step 79 of FIG. 7 is read from the working memory 13, transmitted to the data reading / writing means 1H, 1J, and written to the corresponding transponder. On the other hand, if the predetermined free space does not exist, the transponder cannot write data. This means that the object of the transponder has died, so that the monitor 1E displays that fact. Then, in step 88, the value of the character register Char is incremented by one, and it is determined in step 89 whether the incremented value of the character register Char has become three. The value of the character register Char is 1 or 2
If not (NO), the process returns to step 82 and repeats the same processing as described above. On the other hand, if the value of the character register Char is 3, ie, YES, that means that the data rewriting process has been completed for all the characters, the process proceeds to step 8A.

In step 8A, the player register P
The value of the play is incremented by one, and it is determined in step 8B whether or not the value of the player register Play is 2. If the result of determination in step 8B is that the value of the player register Play is 1, control returns to step 82 to read data from the transponder of the second player, and the same processing as described above is repeated. At this time, if separate data reading / writing means 1H and 1J exist for the two players as shown in FIG. 1, the processing of step 8C is omitted. The processing of step 8C is performed when any one of the data read / write means is provided, and the monitor 1E monitors the exchange of the transponder set (stack) set on the data read / write means.
And instruct the operator to replace the stack. As a result, even if there are no two data reading / writing means, one can read data for two or more persons one by one.

In the above-described embodiment, the same transponder ID number is used so that the same transponder ID number cannot exist. However, the transponders have the same initial attribute and can be distinguished by adding a sub ID to the ID. , The number of digits can be increased, or additional attributes such as player initials can be added to enable coexistence. This allows attributes having the same ID to change their attributes according to the progress of the game (experience value, etc.). In the above-described embodiment, the role playing game has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the application of the role playing game.
It can be applied to rallies and racing games. In this case, the data of the parts of each vehicle and the driver may be recorded on the card. In this case, the ID numbers are distinguished between the parts of the car and the driver, and the car and the driver may be configured as a set as a set.

The data of a player of a sports game such as tennis or soccer may be recorded. In this case, the ID number may be changed for each player. For example, a player card of 100 players is prepared, a stack is created with 11 cards among them, and the machine checks all 100 ID numbers and detects 1
What is necessary is just to make a player list with one ID number. In the invention according to the above-described embodiment, the transponder is described as an example of the write-once memory card. However, the transponder may be configured using a rewritable memory, and may be updated to new data at the end of the game. Good. In the above-described embodiment, the case where only the data stored in the transponder is rewritten has been described as an example. However, a character design or the like on the surface of the transponder may be changeable in accordance with the updated data value.
For example, the design of the transponder itself may be changed by reading data from the transponder, distributing a sticker on which the character design corresponding to the data value is printed, and attaching the sticker to the transponder.

[0028]

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the contents of the data recorded on the trading card can be variously rewritten according to the progress of the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of data sequentially recorded in a memory area of a transponder as the game progresses.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a part of a data configuration example of a working memory when a game is in progress.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a main flow of the card game system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of an initial setting process of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of a card data reading process of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of a controller process of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of an end process in FIG. 4;

[Description of Signs] 11 CPU, 12 program memory (ROM), 1
3 working memory (RAM), 14 display circuit, 1
5 various switches, 16 controller interface, 17 cassette interface, 18 transmission / reception interface, 19 cassette, 1A, 1B transponder (card), 1C, 1D controller, 1E
... Monitor, 1F, 1G ... Transceiver antenna, 1H, 1J
... Data read / write means, 1K ... Address and data bus

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game control means for executing a game program based on data relating to an object appearing in a game and a control signal from a controller to advance the game and output an image signal or a sound signal, and displaying the image signal. A display / sounding means for generating the sound signal; a trading card type electronic card medium for storing data relating to the object changed in accordance with the progress of a game; and an electronic card medium stored in the game control means. And a data reading / writing means for writing data relating to the object and reading data relating to the object from the electronic card medium.