JPS58500641A - electronic games - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to electronic games, and in particular has two parts to change the nature of the game. Regarding electronic games that allow you to change the lower part of the price.

Background technique Until now, all electronic games have had screens or other appearances on video display devices. The movements of various characters, including similar surfaces, were displayed through the screen. . Often the screen of an ordinary television set is used and its gaming equipment The installation is intended for connection to such a conventional television set.

Such prior art games are not intended for use by one person. (most commonly S-XXXXJ-style games), or at most two players. It is intended for use by a player, e.g. by controlling the movement of a bat, e.g. Obstruct the movement of floating traces on the screen that will hinder the intended passage of That is. This kind of game is especially difficult because the players get tired of it quickly. Contestants actively interacted with each other, planned their strategies, and played against each other. The downside is that there are no dice, coins or other regular Snakes and Ladders (registered trademark) and Monopoly games that use something similar to this Physiological and psychological factors inherent in regular board games like (registered trademark) Ru.

It is an object of this invention to provide an electronic gaming device with two parts, which is less costly. The basic parts are used in all games, and the less expensive parts are used in all games. The basic parts work together to provide a complete game, and therefore different games and variations in the number of players. The objective is to make it easy to replace it to provide the desired performance. normal board game The physiological and psychological factors that made the game a success over successive generations also contributed to the above games. According to one aspect of this invention, the part has a first set of electronic components. An electronic game such as a game board having a basic board and a second set of electronic components. A game device is disclosed, the game board is removable from the base board, and each board is When the game board is attached to the basic board with cooperative circuit coupling means Both sets of electronic components are interconnected, and the first set of electronic components is an input for each player. Output devices, central processing units and connections to enable the transfer of data between them The second set of electronic components includes a display device, an input command device, and a second set of electronic components. and a second storage device connected to the round to allow the transfer of data between them. .

Brief description of the drawing One embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the basic board of the preferred embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view from below of a plug in a game board of a new embodiment; is the same as in Figure 1 of the game board in Figure 2 inserted into the basic board in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a schematic circuit diagram of the electronic circuit built into the basic board, and Figure 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of the electronic circuit built into the basic board. The figure is a schematic circuit diagram of the ``Seiko circuit'' built into the game board.

Best mode for carrying out the invention Referring to FIG. 1, the basic board 1 of the preferred embodiment has four inclined sides 2 and It consists of a rectangular port with a recessed rectangular top surface 6.

Four keyboards 4 each including one alphanumeric display 5 and a plurality of key contacts 6 are placed at the center of each of the four inclined side surfaces 2. Thus the game was intended. Each contestant will be given one keyboard 4. Preferably, the keyboard 4 It is placed in a slight recess (not shown) in the inclined side surface 2, thereby placing it above the key contact 6. K and adjacent to each key contact 6 so that an overlay (not shown) can be placed. Change the displayed display. This allows the individual key contacts 6 to be used differently for different games. It can show the following effect.

The top surface 3 of #1 (basic board) has a multi-pin socket connector 10 located in the center. The connector is located at the center of the underside of the game board 12 (FIG. 2). engages with spring plug 11. There are also four positioning pin holes 13 on the top surface 3. and the pin holes have corresponding locating pins 14 extending from the bottom of the game board 12. engage with. When the game board 12 is placed on the top surface 6 of the basic board 1 The locating pin 14 engages the hole 13 and the plug 11 engages with the socket connector 10. engages and holds the game board 12 against the base board 1, although it is mechanically rigid. Attach removably. Furthermore, the socket connector 10 and plug 11 are the basic board. provides an electrical connection between the board 1 and the game board 12.

Finally, as seen in FIG. 1, the basic board 1 also includes a loudspeaker 15 (or similar variant) converter) and an input/output jack receiver 16.

As seen in FIG. 0, and indicator 21 in the preferred embodiment indicates a series of numbered segments. It consists of a rectangular board with sections divided according to the rules of the game being played. The substitute coin 27 can be placed thereon. 20 competitive areas A display clock 22 is placed in the center, and the display block has four side alphanumeric displays 23. or other display devices such as LEDS 24, or both. Display block A large number of control buttons 25 are provided on the top surface of the cube 22, and the center button is a dice button. It takes the shape of 26.

Next, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, inside the basic board 1 and the game board 12, The electronic components arranged in are each schematically shown. Below are the numbers of various parts and A list of the integrated circuits that make up those parts is shown. Unless otherwise specified, the equipment shall not be It is a standard product in the industry and does not specify a specific manufacturer. However show manufacturer If it is 1 or more, it means that it is a component selected for this embodiment. , replace this ingredient with a similar ingredient from one of the many manufacturers that perform the same action. It can be hatched.

5 Alphanumeric display HDSP 6508 Heuret lξ card 30 CP U 280 MPU ZILOG74L500 NAND 74L504 inverter 74LS109 flip-flop 31 7)’t/Sday #7408 AND7411 AND 7413481-8 decoder 63 System bus r driver 8T28) Lanceper x 2) Motorola 8T97 Batshua x 4) 7404 inverter x 2) 7400 ANDX2 34 280 CTCZILOG 35 ROM 2732 PROM Motorola 56 RAM 4116 RAM 16Kx8 Motorola 67 Refresh logic circuit 741572 INPU T MUXx274LSOONAND 74L3620R 74LSO4 inverter 74L374 latch 38 Address decoder 7408 AND741.1 AND 74138 decoder 39 Parallel input/output device 8255 Intel 40 Display multiplex driver 681o fixed Legs E’tAM Motorola x 4 ULN2033)’ Rhino Sprague x 1 2NE590 1’ Liver signature x 874LS244X4 74LS367 Batshua x 8 74L3393 counter x4 74L3273 latch x 4 74L3320Rx4 74LS14 Schmitt trigger x 474LS20 NAND x 4 74LS113 flip/70 knob x 474LS259 latch x 8 41 Keyboard TF No. i 74LS 154 DEMUX x 445 To generator driver, rate 46, audio encoder, parallel-to-series converter 50 p. Durham ROM 62KB FROM (2732) Motorola 51 Regarding At9res decoder 38 52 Parallel input/output device 69 56 Parallel input/output device Regarding 69 55 Output driver NE590 signatures basic baud) Electronic component in 1 Referring to the schematic circuit diagram in FIG. Connected to the remaining components. The central processing unit 60 includes a display 5, a display 23, Necessary to control all input and output components such as lights 24 and loudspeaker 15 Processes instructions stored in read-only storage devices 35 and 50 (FIG. 5). read The sequence of instructions contained in dedicated storage devices 35 and 50 is stored, each instruction in turn. The game state changes as it runs.

Since both the address signal and the data signal are generated by the output of the CPU 30, the atlus data A data decoder 61 is provided to send the address data to the system nozzle driver 36. Therefore, it is separated before being added to system bus 62. system bus to9ra Bus 66 is primarily a control and data signal routed along system bus 32. It is an amplifier for A 4MH2 crystal 44 is provided for the central processing unit 60. provides internal clocking. However, a timer 34 is also provided in the system. -Various timing signals needed to clock and operate other circuit components occurs.

Address decoder 38 receives address data from CPU 30 via system bus 32. into a receiving system, convert it into multiple individual selection or enable signals, and The converted signals are sent individually to each component as a control means. Constant speed recall storage device 6 6 is used to provide storage for dynamic data that changes over the course of the game. It will be done. Competitor's individual scores, game status, display numbers 5 and 23 Data, such as page text, is stored instantaneously in constant-speed access storage. Oh Dio encoder 46 is substantially conventional circuitry that receives data from system bus 32. converts it into a modulated audio carrier frequency signal, and the converted signal is inserted into the socket. a conventional cassette 6 tape recorder (not shown) through the recorded on magnetic tape.

The refresh logic circuit 37 receives a refresh signal generated by the CPU 30. It is decoded and used to refresh the dynamic data stored in RAM 36.

Tone generator driver 45 is an amplifier used to generate individual tones. The generated tone is then transmitted to the loudspeaker 15 or i2+1-like variable. Provide indications such as 1rJ Ela゛゛ and the start of illegal commands by competitors on the switching device. Signals the press of a key on the keyboard.

The system bus 62 is connected to each of the four keyboards 4. Do 4 is the same. An interface between the keyboard e4 and the system bus 52 A parallel input/output circuit 69 is provided in order to data and control signals into one separate signal line suitable for application to key contacts 6 and display 5. change. The keyboard 4 also includes a keyboard encoder 31, for example, 30 pieces. For example, 13: is used to multiplex the key contacts 6 to a fixed data line, and 62 system buses transmit information generated by keyboard operations. be able to. Similarly, the display multiplex driver 40 controls the position of each character on the display 5v. The correct character is displayed on the display 5 by memorizing the code for the first character and cycling through the primary display positions. insert.

This block also includes an amplifier for driving the display 5.

2 source 13 is shown in block form and provides connections between the power supply and each of the other circuit blocks. The rest has been omitted for clarity.

51 game boat 9 circuit read-only storage device 50 and address memory System bus 62 and line 42 connected to connector 1 0 and plug 11 (and thus baud) are clearly continuous between #1 and 12. be.

A read-only storage device 50 effectively determines the rules of a particular game on the game board. Includes a game of instructions to play.

An address decoder 51 is also provided in the game board 12, in effect decoding addresses. The eight instruments serve the same purpose, but for the circuit components of the game board. similarly two The parallel input/output devices 52 and 56 operate in the same manner as the parallel input/output device 39, but The input sensor 54 and the output r rhino 55 are respectively driven. Input sensor 54 is in parallel Accepts up to 24 logical units per input/output device st, sz, n, input/output device is a switch plug.

This can take the form of inserting a cart 9 or the like. Control button 25 and dice button 26 is an example of such a logic input. The output driver 25 is the display multiplexer shown in FIG. Serves the same role as Rhino 40, but with alphanumeric display 26 or parallel input/output device 52.56 Each LED can drive either one of the 192 LEDS 124 in total. .

While the game is in progress all players can use the keyboard at the same time. , some games limit the overall use to basic calculations and wait until ``go'' or a turn. request with. This allows the game to progress steadily by following the "Go" cycle. can be done.

When the contestant presses the key contact 6, the CPU 30 detects this contact operation. CPU30 This is because all the Kehoes who are looking for money operate 4).

The address of the key contact switch signal generated by the chipboard encoder 41 is C. The PU 30 is informed of which key contact on the keyboard 4 has been pressed.

At that time, the CPU 30 checks the game board rROM 50 and determines the specific key presses. See which command must be executed when point 6 is pushed down. ROM 50 has a restructuring of the instructions regarding each key contact point B, and the players must follow the rules. Provide instructions and text terms to provide the proper information on display 5.

The CPU 0 also controls how the display 5 is controlled and how the dynamic RAM 36 is used. The basic board ROM 35 is read out and the RAM 36 is instructed to be used by the CPU. The player's game position (currently held until the end of the game) helps perform this action. A storage device that can be used to hold data on a computer.

When the dice button 26 is pressed down, the CPU 30 loads the game board ROM 5. Enter 0 and see that the dice button 26 requests the selection of a random number. C.P. U30 extracts a random number of child memorized lists from ROM50 and stores these into the RAM 56 and cycle randomly until the dice button 26 is released. Start sequentially through the number of participants. During this time, the CPU 30 displays each run on the display 5. Displays the number of dams and cycles through a list of random numbers. Dice button 26 released Once selected, the selected number remains on the display 5 for 5 seconds. CPU30 is the selected number is taken out and added to the position of the contestant's board, and the value is stored in RAM 36. be done.

CPU 30 then extracts display text from ROM 50, which may be, for example, “You are 6 and your new position on the board is 23.'' competition The person then moves the substitute coin 27 from the square 20 to the square 23. Withdrawal number 3 The new value (26) for the competitor's position is added to the value 20 of the preceding position. occurs.

The CPU 30 then checks the ROM 50 to determine if the player is located in a particular square. See if a specific instruction is needed. For example, the specific square is square 4, sb and the match. A sequence is started, which is found in ROM 50 and controlled by CPU 30. It will be done.

Square 4 is illuminated during the match to display specific results.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fundamental ball r having a first set of electronic components and a second set of electronic components the game board is removable from the basic board; reeds, each of the said boards is connected to both said boards when the game board is attached to the base ball. comprising cooperative circuit coupling means for connecting the electronic components of the set to each other; The components include input/output devices for each player, central processing unit, and data transfer between them. a second set of electronic components; is a display device, an input command device, and a device connected between them to enable the transfer of data. 1. An electronic game device comprising a second storage device including a second storage device. 2. The second storage device contains data related to the rules of the particular game being played. a read-only storage device, said first storage device storing all games played; read-only storage containing data related to match sequences common to from a constant speed call ratio storage device containing transient data related to the progress of the game at any given time. 2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. Player operation of the game board input command device or basic board input/output device The commands initiated by the action are accepted by the central processing unit and The management device reads out the game/item and plays the game according to the rules. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that: 4. The contents of the constant access storage device are transferred to and from a remote storage device. It is possible to remember the current state of the game and use it at a later time. According to claim 3, the game is restarted from the current state. equipment. 5. The basic board has a shape corresponding to a multi-sided planar geometric figure; One input/output device is placed on each of said sides, and the number of sides is determined by said player. According to any one of claims 1 to 4 corresponding to the maximum number shown in the figure. equipment. 6. The game ball r has a shape corresponding to the shape of the basic board, and the game ball r has a shape corresponding to the shape of the basic board, and Dynamic circuit coupling means such as multi-pin sockets and plugs, game boards and The main board is plugged together and the game board is placed on top of the basic boat 9. characterized in that the sides of the game board are aligned with the sides of the basic board. The apparatus according to claim 5. 7. The game board display device has a plurality of display surfaces disposed thereon; Each display surface corresponds to and is in line with one of the sides of the game board The apparatus according to claim 5. 8. The upper surface of the game board surrounding the display device has a display device and is used for games. consisting of a playing surface suitable for accepting a movable coin substitute for marking the position of a contestant; 8. A device according to claim 7, characterized in that: 9. The instantaneous position of each of the substitute coins is stored in the constant velocity recall storage device. Claim No. 2, Claim No. 3, or Claim No. 4, characterized in that The device according to item 8. 10. comprising a plurality of game boards, each of said game boards having said basic Port 9 can be attached and detached individually) to provide corresponding sequences of different games sequentially Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that: