JPH119839A - Video game machine with exchangeable game mode - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game machine in which characters appear through a computer, but a player can battle against only an opposite character without those charactors from the computer when required. SOLUTION: In a video game machine in which at least two players battle gainst others, a changeover means between one mode in which a game is played by player-charactors moved in accordance with the control of each player and a computer-charactor moved on the basis of only a computer program without respect to the control of players and the other mode in which a game is played only among the player-charactors, is provided to choose both modes by the players.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a competitive video game machine capable of switching game modes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, video game machines have been provided in which two or more players play a competitive game such as a car race using a communication line such as the Internet. In this type of video game machine, in addition to the character of the opponent, a character that operates only by a computer program also appears. For example, in a car racing game, in addition to your car and your opponent's car, several other cars operated by computers (hereinafter referred to as "computer cars") also appeared, To compete in the race. However, in some cases, it may be desired to compete only with the opponent's car, and the existence of these computer cars may be a hindrance, but it has been difficult to achieve this with conventional video game machines.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a conventional computer-based character ("computer character" in the present specification).
That. ) Also appears on the video game machine, and if necessary, a video game that does not allow those characters to appear and can be played purely by oneself and the opponent's character (referred to as “player character” in this specification). To provide machines.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a video game machine in which two or more players play a match, a player character responding to each player's operation, and a computer program that does not respond to the player's operation. A game mode characterized by providing a means for switching between a mode in which a game is played by a computer character that operates only by a character and a mode in which the game is played by only a player character, and allowing the player to select between the two modes. Achievable with a switchable video game console.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a video game machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a game mode switching operation of the video game machine according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU for controlling the whole video game machine. The CPU 1 performs main arithmetic processing necessary for the progress of the game, and controls the switching of the game mode through the CPU. Has become. 2 is
It exchanges data necessary for the operation of CPU 1 and
It is a RAM for recording various data such as a game program sent through a communication line. Reference numeral 3 denotes a ROM in which permanent data required for the game is recorded. 4 is R
This is a three-dimensional image processing device that organizes video of a game screen based on image data from the AM2 and the ROM3. Reference numeral 5 denotes an I / O port connected to a switch or the like operated by the player, a game mode switching button, various display lamps, or the like. Reference numeral 6 denotes a monitor for displaying a game screen, and reference numeral 7 denotes a sound circuit for issuing a sound effect or a voice instruction to a player.

Hereinafter, the operation of the video game machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when playing a car racing game, if the player does not switch the race mode at the start, the game machine follows the predetermined program, in addition to the cars (player characters) of the two players competing,
Automatically introduce some computer cars (computer characters) and develop a car racing game with those computer cars.

On the other hand, if the player does not want a computer car and wants to race only with the opponent's car, the race mode is switched by pressing a mode switching button. In that case, the computer car is not displayed at all, and only the players can race.

[0009]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, a mode in which a battle is performed with a computer character as in the prior art, and a battle is performed with only a player character without such a character. Since the mode can be arbitrarily switched as needed, it can widely meet the needs of the player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a video game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a game mode switching operation of the video game machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 RAM 3 ROM 4 3D image processing apparatus 5 I / O port 6 monitor 7 sound circuit

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a video game machine in which two or more players play a match, a player character responding to each player's operation and a computer character operating only depending on a computer program without responding to a player's operation. A video game machine capable of switching between game modes, comprising switching means for switching between a mode in which a game is played and a mode in which only a player character plays a game. 2. The video game machine according to claim 1, wherein said video game machine is a racing game machine.