JP2000024322A - Game apparatus and information recorded medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable earlier determination of whether or not an action such as special attack selected by a player is possible. SOLUTION: This game apparatus is provided with a behavior assigning means (controller 20) to assign to a character to be operated any of a normal behavior to act without consuming a behavior set value predetermined and a specific behavior to act while consuming the behavior set value, a specific behavior judging means (CPU 51) to judge whether or not the specific behavior is possible by comparing a consumption value to be consumed by the specific behavior with the behavior set value when the specific behavior is assigned to the behavior assigning means and a display mode changing means (CPU 51, GTE 53, GPU 54) to change the display mode of the character to whom the specific behavior is assigned.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a game in which a character operated by a player and an enemy character battle to develop a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of home-use game machines, video games played by game machines have become a typical entertainment that can be enjoyed easily, mainly by young people, such as sports, fighting fighting, and dancing. Games of various genres are supplied to the market. Among them, the characters operated by the player (hereinafter, the player characters)
To move characters in a virtual world and grow characters
G (Role Playing Game) is particularly popular. R
During the game, the PG performs a battle with an enemy character that blocks a player character's way, and proceeds with the game while growing the player character by acquiring experience values and the like that can be obtained by winning the battle. ing.

[0003] Recently, an action RPG is also provided, which is a fusion of an RPG element and an action game element for controlling various characters in a virtual world by operating a character in real time by a player's operation. I have. The action RPG requires a player's motor nerve, such as a place where a delicate timing is required for the operation of the character, and is characterized in that the game has a sense of speed and a sense of realism compared to a simple RPG.

In a battle with an enemy character in a game, a player character operated by the player can make a special attack (special action) different from a normal attack (normal action). Here, a normal attack is
An attack by a basic motion of a character, such as a punch or a kick motion, is referred to as an attack, and a special attack is an attack such as a special attack or a magic possessed by the character. The special attack has a special effect such that the attack power is larger than the normal attack, and the player can select a variety of attacks and enjoy a battle with the enemy character.

In a conventional game, if a special attack can be performed without limit, the player character becomes too strong and the game itself becomes less interesting. Therefore, the number of times a special attack can be performed is limited. General. A special attack can be performed while the player character has a special attack point (hereinafter, a special attack point) serving as an indicator that a special attack is executable. The special attack points decrease each time a special attack is performed, and when the special attack point is used up, the special attack cannot be performed. During the game, it is important for the player to know the remaining amount of the special attack points in order to advantageously develop a battle with the enemy character.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional game has the following problems. As shown in FIG. 8, the above-mentioned special attack point is usually arranged at a corner of the screen so as not to interfere with the operation of the game, and is a gauge having a predetermined special attack point as a maximum value. It is displayed as 81 or numerical value 82. Therefore, during the game, in addition to the player character 83 and the enemy character 84, the player must constantly look at the gauge 81 or the like at the corner of the screen and constantly check the remaining amount of special attack points. If a special attack operation is performed while the special attack points are used up, the player character 83 is in an unprotected state in which neither a normal attack nor a special attack can be performed, and the player character 83 receives an attack from the enemy character 84. It is because.

In order to avoid such danger, it is necessary for the player to intermittently move his / her eyes from both characters 83 and 84 to the corners of the screen during the game. However, such an action is very troublesome for the player. Therefore, there is a problem that a general user other than a user familiar with some games cannot perform efficient fighting. In particular, for so-called beginners, such as the elderly and female users who are unfamiliar with the game, there is a problem that it is almost impossible to shift their eyes when enemy characters continuously attack.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game in which a player can easily grasp whether or not an operation such as a special attack selected by a player can be performed. Is to provide.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned object, a game device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a normal action that acts on a character to be operated without consuming a preset action set value; An action instructing means for instructing any one of a special action to act while consuming the action setting value, and a consumption value and an action setting value to be consumed by the special action when the special action is instructed by the action instructing means. And a special action determining means for determining whether or not the special action can be performed, and a display mode change for changing the display mode of the character instructing the special action when the special action determining section determines that the special action cannot be performed. Means. That is, whether or not a special action is performed by the character is displayed as a change in the image of the character itself.

The game device according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a normal action that acts on a character to be operated without consuming a preset action set value, and a special action that acts while consuming the action set value. Calculating a new behavior setting value by subtracting the consumption value to be consumed by the special behavior from the behavior setting value when the special behavior is instructed by the behavior instructing means for instructing any one of the actions. An action set value calculating unit and a display mode changing unit that changes the display mode of the character based on the action set value calculated by the action set value calculating unit are provided.
That is, the image of the character itself is displayed so as to change stepwise according to the action set value.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, an information recording medium in which a program executable on a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device having a display device, an input device, a storage device and the like is recorded is disclosed in claim 3 and claim 4. I do. When the program recorded on the information recording medium of the present invention is executed by a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device, the game device according to the first and second aspects can be realized.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. This embodiment will be described as an example in which a character operated by a player is applied to a game in which a player battles an enemy character, and a home-use game machine is realized as a platform.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire game system including a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The game system includes a game machine main body 10, a controller 20 that controls operations, an information recording medium 30 including a CD-ROM storing a game program, image data, sound data, and the like. And a television monitor 40 that outputs images and sounds based on incoming video and sound signals. In this embodiment, the game device is a game machine main body 1.
0 and the controller 20.

The game machine main body 10 is a part for controlling the operation of the game, and has an external ROM mounting port 11 at the center of the upper surface thereof. The external ROM mounting port 11 has a structure in which the information recording medium 30 can be mounted. External R
An external ROM that can be opened by an open button 12 at the upper right end of the game machine main body 10 is provided in the OM mounting opening 11.
A mounting port holder 13 is provided. A power button 14 is provided at the upper left end of the game machine main body 10. Further, a reset button 15 is provided behind the power button 14. This reset button 15
This button is pressed when the game machine body 10 is restarted.

In FIG. 1, a memory card insertion slot 16 through which a memory card 19 to be described later can be inserted is provided at the front of the game machine main body 10. Memory card slot 1
6 are provided side by side. Therefore, when two players play the game, each person can store intermediate progress data relating to each game in a separate memory card 19. In addition, one controller terminal 17 is provided under each memory card slot 16. Controller terminal 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a portion that connects the controller 20 and the game machine main body 10. This connection is made via a connection jack 22 provided at the end of a controller cable 21 connected to the controller 20.

The memory card 19 is a writable and readable memory (hereinafter, RAM: random) which can be inserted into and removed from the memory card slot 16 of the game machine body 10.
Access Memory). The memory card 19 is used to store the game progress data up to that point when the game is interrupted halfway and the game is to be resumed after the game is continued.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the controller 20 is a device which receives an operation input from a player and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the game machine main body 10, and a start button is provided at the center thereof. 23 and a select button 24. The start button 23 is a button pressed when starting a game. The select button 24 is a button for selecting whether to use the data of the memory card 19 when starting the game. On the left side of the controller 20, a cross-shaped direction key 2 is provided.
5 are provided. The direction keys 25 are buttons 25A, 25B, 2 in each direction of the cross mark.
5L and 25R are provided. These buttons 25
A, 25B, 25L, and 25R are used to move a character or the like forward, backward, left, and right, respectively, and to move a cursor up, down, left, and right to select a desired one from window display options.

On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 20, there is provided a cross-shaped operation section 26 having substantially the same shape as the direction key 25. The operation unit 26 has a total of four buttons 26, one at each end of the cross mark.
H, 26M, 26U, and 26D are provided. The button 26H (△ button) is a button pressed when performing a punch attack, which is a normal attack, during a game. Button 26M
The (○ button) is a button that is pressed when a kick attack, which is a normal attack, is performed during a game. Also, this button
These buttons are used to select each mode, select a weapon, and the like. When the button 26H and the button 26M are pressed at the same time, a special attack can be performed. In the present embodiment, the special attack is a deathblow that emits a light ray that can cause greater damage than a normal attack, but is not limited thereto. As described above, the controller 20 serves as an action instruction unit that instructs one of the normal action and the special action.

The button 26U (x button) is a button to be pressed when terminating options for changing the selection between color and monochrome of an image, turning on / off automatic saving of the memory card 19, and the like. The button 26D (□ button)
This button is pressed when defending an attack from an enemy character.

In the front left and right portions of the controller 20,
As shown in FIG. 2, a total of four buttons 27R, 28R, 27L, and 28L are provided, two each for upper and lower parts. The button 27R is a button pressed when raising the center of gravity of the player character. The button 28R is a button that is pressed when lowering the center of gravity of the player character.
By pressing the button alone or in combination with the direction key 25A, the same operation as the button 27R can be performed. Further, the button 27L is a button that can quickly move the player character in a predetermined direction when pressed in combination with the direction key 25A or the like.

The information recording medium 30 shown in FIG. 1 is a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM: Re :) in which various data such as a game program, image data, sound data and the like are stored.
ad Only Memory). The ROM indicates to the character to be operated one of a normal action that does not consume a preset action set value and a special action that performs while consuming the action set value. When the special action is instructed, the consumption value to be consumed by the special action is compared with the action set value to determine whether or not the special action can be performed. Subtracting the consumption value to be consumed by the special action from the action setting value to calculate a new action setting value, and changing the display mode of the character instructing the special action when it is determined that the special action cannot be performed. And a step of changing the display mode of the character based on the calculated action setting value. In this embodiment,
Although the CD-ROM is used as the information recording medium 30, the ROM
Various forms of magnetic and optical recording media, such as a cassette, a hard disk, and a floppy disk, and a semiconductor memory can be adopted.

The television monitor 40 is an image display device connectable to the game machine main body 10 via the cable 18. Further, sound can be output through a speaker (not shown) provided on the television monitor 40. Note that the television monitor 40 is merely an example as a preferred embodiment. Therefore, the device is not limited to the television monitor 40 as illustrated as long as the device can output images and sounds.

Further, the game device according to the present invention has a structure shown in FIG.
Is not limited to the game system shown in FIG. Therefore, a game machine on which a ROM cassette can be mounted may be used instead of the CD-ROM. Further, the game system may be configured using a personal computer. Furthermore, the game device according to the present invention may be a game machine in which an arcade machine, a television monitor, a controller, and the like are installed in a game center.

The circuit configuration of the game machine body 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 5
1, a bus 52, a graphics data generation processor (hereinafter, GTE: GeomeTric Engine) 53, and a graphics drawing processor (hereinafter, GPU: Graphics)
Processing Unit) 54, a sound reproduction processing processor (hereinafter, SPU: Sound Processing Unit) 55,
A CD-ROM decoder 56, a communication device 57, a main memory 58, an OS-ROM 59, a motion decoder (hereinafter, MDEC: Motion DECoder) 60,
Extended Parallel Port (PIO: Parallel Input O)
utput) 61 and an extended serial port (hereinafter SIO: S)
erial Input Output) 62, peripheral device 63, frame buffer 64, sound buffer 65, CD
And a ROM buffer 66.

The CPU 51 controls each part of the game apparatus body 10 based on an OS (Operating System) stored in the OS-ROM, a game program stored in the CD-ROM 30, and the like, to execute a game. Govern. The CPU 51 is a special action determination unit that compares a consumption value to be consumed by the special action with the action set value and determines whether the special action can be performed. Also, CPU
51 is an action setting value calculating means for calculating a new action setting value by subtracting a consumption value to be consumed by the special action from the action setting value, a display mode of a character instructing the special action when the special action cannot be performed, It has a function as display mode changing means for changing the display mode of the character based on the action set value.

The bus 52 is a signal path for transmitting data, and includes a data bus for exchanging data in two directions, an address bus for transmitting data only in one direction from the CPU 51 to a memory or the like, and And a local bus for exchanging data without intervention.

The CPU 51 transmits the GTE
53, GPU54, SPU55, CD-ROM decoder 56, communication device 57, main memory 58, OSR
OM59, MDEC60, PIO61, SIO62 and peripheral device 63 are connected.

Here, a processor and devices connected to the CPU 51 will be described. GTE53
Is a coprocessor connected to the CPU 51 via a local bus, and executes coordinate conversion and light source calculation for image processing by a parallel processing mechanism. Therefore, GTE
Reference numeral 53 denotes a display mode changing unit that changes the display mode of the character.

The GPU 54 is a processor that draws an image on the frame buffer 64 in accordance with a polygon drawing command from the CPU 51. Here, the polygon is 3
In D (3Dimentional) graphics, a unit obtained by decomposing a predetermined figure into a plurality of triangular planes or square planes.
Therefore, the GPU 54 is a display mode changing unit that changes the display mode of the character.

The GPU 54 is connected via a local bus to a frame buffer 64 in which image data to be output to the television monitor 40 is expanded. Frame buffer 6
Reference numeral 4 denotes a memory configured with a two-dimensional address space managed by the GPU 54, and image data is mapped in the space.

Next, the SPU 55 is connected via a local bus to a sound buffer 65 in which sound data to be output to a speaker or the like is expanded. Also, SPU5
5 is also connected to a CD-ROM decoder 56,
The sound data read from the CD-ROM 30 by the CD-ROM decoder 56 is once fetched, adjusted in volume and the like, and then output to the sound output unit 40b (such as a speaker).

The CD-ROM decoder 56 has a CD-RO decoder 56.
The drive for driving the M30 is controlled and the CD-R
The game program, image data, and sound data stored in the OM 30 are read and output to the CD-ROM buffer 66. The CD-ROM buffer 66 is a CD-ROM buffer.
It is connected to the ROM decoder 56 via a local bus, and temporarily stores data read from the CD-ROM 30.

The communication device 57 is a device connected to the controller 20, and transmits various operation signals output from the controller 20 to the CPU 51 via the bus 52.
To send to. Further, the communication device 57 is also connected to the memory card 19 as a storage medium. Memory card 19
Is inserted into the memory card slot 16 of the game machine body 10, the memory card 19 is connected to the communication device 57, and the memory card 19 is connected via the communication device 57.
The game progress data is written or read during the game.

The main memory 58 is a writable and readable memory in which the CPU 51 can directly access and in which various data such as an OS and a game program are developed.

The OS-ROM 59 is a read-only memory that stores a program (OS) for performing basic control of each part of the game machine main body 10, for example, a processor, a memory, and input / output. The ROM 59 stores an OS kernel and a boot loader. Also, MDEC
Numeral 60 denotes an inverse DCT (Discrete Cosin) for image data compressed by the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) method or the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) method.
e Transform) to perform decompression processing. PIO 61 and SIO 62 are parallel and serial expansion ports, respectively. The peripheral device 63 is configured by an interrupt controller or the like.

Next, an outline of a game operation performed according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, the processing executed by the CPU 51 includes a coprocessor and a subprocessor other than the CPU 51 (GTE 53, GP
It is assumed that the processing executed by U54) is also included. This game is an action game in which the player character operated by the player develops the game while fighting against the enemy character using various attacking methods. This is a 3D game for displaying images. Therefore, the player character and the enemy character fight while jumping or squatting in the three-dimensional space. Of course, the present invention may be applied to a 2D game that displays a character image or the like configured as a two-dimensional image (sprite image).

Each object in the virtual space of the screen has coordinates (X, Y, Z). This indicates where the object is located in the virtual space. For example, a cube of size 3 × 3 × 3 is (0,0,0)
Is located in the virtual space of the coordinates At this time,
The CPU 51 calculates 3 × 3 × 3 from the coordinates of (0, 0, 0).
Prohibits other objects from entering the area. CPU5
1 applies such processing to each character or an object such as terrain to prevent transmission between objects in a virtual space.

In this game, the player character performs a normal attack (normal action) by a basic action such as a kick or a punch, and emits a ray of light at the enemy character, and can perform a greater damage than the normal attack. Special attacks (special actions) such as techniques can be performed. The special attack can be executed only when the special attack point exists. The special attack points are reduced each time a special attack is performed, and when the special attack points are used up, the special attack cannot be performed.

Next, features of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4A shows a state where the player character 71 makes a special attack 73 on the enemy character 72 when the special attack point remains.
FIG. 4B shows a state in which when there is no special attack point, the absence of the point is displayed as a change in the image of the player character 71 itself. If the player performs an operation to perform the special attack 73 while the special attack point remains, the player character 71 can perform the special attack 73 as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when there are no more special attack points, the player character 71 performs an operation of shaking the head 71a as shown in FIG. 4B.
The operation of shaking the neck 71a is performed at a predetermined time interval from the point when the special attack point is exhausted prior to the operation of performing the special attack 73. Thus, the player can easily visually recognize that there is no special attack point only by watching the action of the player character 71. Therefore, during a battle with the enemy character 72, a useless special attack operation instruction is not issued. In addition, in order to check the remaining amount of the special attack point during the battle with the enemy character, the player does not need to switch his / her line of sight to a gauge or the like at the end of the screen.

The image change of the player character 71 is an image change depending on the presence or absence of the special attack point.
Furthermore, in the game according to the present embodiment, the image of the player character 71 is changed according to the value of the special attack point, so that the player can easily grasp the state of the remaining amount of the special attack point.

FIG. 5 shows a change in the image display of the player character 71 according to the remaining amount of the special attack point. 100 when the maximum number of special attack points is reached
If the value of the point is 70% or more, and the value of the point is 70% or more, the body of the player character 71 is displayed in blue, and the value of the point is 30% or more and 70%.
If it is less than the threshold, the body of the player character 71 is displayed in yellow. And the number of special attack points is 30%
If it is less than the threshold, the body of the player character 71 is displayed in red.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the image display of the player character 71 changes the image display of the player character 71 according to the presence / absence of a special attack point and the numerical value of the point in the present embodiment. . This embodiment is actually performed by repeating the same process a plurality of times.
For the sake of simplicity, the description will be made assuming that the processing has been performed once. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. CPU5
First, it is determined whether or not there is a special attack point (step S101). As a result, when there is no special attack point, the CPU 51 displays an image in which the player character 71 swings the head 71a as a special attack impossible state (step S102).

On the other hand, when the special attack point remains (step S101; Yes), the CPU 51
Determines whether or not the numerical value of the point is 70% or more (step S103). As a result, if the value of the special attack point remains at 70% or more (Step S103; Yes), the CPU 51 displays the body color of the player character 71 in blue (Step S10).
4). Thereby, the player can grasp that the special attack points are sufficiently left.

Next, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an operation instruction for the special attack 73 has been issued (step S10).
5). If there is no operation instruction for the special attack 73 from the player (step S105; No), the processing is terminated.
On the other hand, when there is an operation instruction of the special attack 73 from the player (Step S105; Yes), the CPU 51
An image is displayed in which the player character 71 makes a special attack 73 on the enemy character 72 (step S10).
6).

On the other hand, the value of the special attack point is 70%
In the following case (Step S103; No), the CPU 5
Subsequently, 1 judges whether the numerical value of the point is 30% or more (step S107). As a result, if the value of the special attack point remains 30% or more (step S
107; Yes), the CPU 51 displays the body color of the player character 71 in yellow (step S108).
This allows the player to know that the remaining special attack points are decreasing.

Next, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an operation instruction for the special attack 73 has been issued by the player (step S109). If there is no operation instruction for the special attack 73 from the player (step S109; No), the process is terminated. On the other hand, when there is an operation instruction of the special attack 73 from the player (step S109; Yes), the CPU
51, an image display in which the player character 71 makes a special attack 73 on the enemy character 72 (step S)
110).

On the other hand, the value of the special attack point is 30%
In the following case (Step S107; No), the CPU 5
1 displays the body color of the player character 71 in red (step S111). This allows the player to:
It can be understood that the remaining special attack points are very small.

Subsequently, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an operation instruction for the special attack 73 has been issued by the player (step S112). If there is no operation instruction for the special attack 73 from the player (Step S112; No), the processing is terminated. On the other hand, if there is an operation instruction for the special attack 73 from the player (step S112; Yes),
PU 51 indicates that the player character 71 is the enemy character 7
Then, an image display for performing a special attack 73 is performed on Step 2 (Step S113).

The above flow shows the operation of changing the image of the player character 71 before the operation instruction of the special attack 73 according to the remaining amount of the special attack point. However, depending on the content or progress of the game, it may be extremely unnatural for the player character 71 to shake the neck 71a or change the color of the body before the operation instruction of the special attack 73. is there. Then, next time, when the player operates the special attack 73, the image of the player character 71 changes, thereby making it possible to grasp the possibility of the special attack 73 and the remaining amount of the special attack points. The procedure will be described with reference to FIG.

The CPU 51 executes a special attack 7 from the player.
It is determined whether or not the operation instruction of Step 3 has been performed (Step S
201). When the operation of the special attack 73 is performed (Step S201; Yes), the CPU 51 determines whether there is a special attack point (Step S202). As a result,
When there is no special attack point (step S202; N
In o), the CPU 51 displays an image in which the player character 71 performs an operation of shaking the head 71a as a special attack impossible state (step S203). It should be noted that this swing motion is set to be performed in a time shorter than the time for performing a special attack operation instruction and performing useless special attack processing in a state where there is no special attack point. Since the player can know that a special attack cannot be performed in an extremely short time, it is possible to avoid receiving fatal damage from the enemy character.

On the other hand, if there is a special attack point, the CPU 51 subtracts the consumption value to be consumed by the special action from the current action setting value to generate a new action setting value. Then, it is determined whether or not 70% or more of the special attack points as the new action setting value remain (step S204). As a result, if 70% or more of the special attack points remain (step S20).
4; Yes), the CPU 51 determines that the player character 71
The color of the body is displayed in blue. (Step S205). Thus, the player can easily grasp the state of the remaining amount of the special attack point only by watching the color of the body of the player character 71.

On the other hand, in step S204, when the numerical value of the special attack point is 70% or less (step S2).
04; No), the CPU 51 determines that the point value is 3
It is determined whether it is 0% or more (step S206). As a result, if the value of the special attack point remains at 30% or more (Step S206; Yes), the CPU 51
The body color of the player character 71 is displayed in yellow (step S207).

If the value of the special attack point is 30% or less in step S206 (step S2).
06; No), the CPU 51 displays the body color of the player character 71 in red. (Step S20
8). Through the above processing, the player can easily grasp the presence / absence of the special attack point and the remaining amount thereof simply by watching the player character.

As a stepwise change of the image according to the remaining amount of the special attack point, the size of the character itself may be changed in addition to the color of the body of the character. For example, the size of the character image may be reduced as the number of special action points is reduced. Further, such a step change can be divided into an arbitrary number of steps other than the three steps as in the above-described embodiment.

In addition, whether or not a special action can be selected and the level of the action may be not a means recognizable visually but a means recognizable by hearing. For example, when there is no special action point, background music (hereinafter, BGM) flowing during the game may be changed. Also, depending on the remaining amount of special action points, BG
The program of M may be changed.

In the present embodiment, the program for realizing the present invention is distributed using the CD-ROM 30 as a medium. However, the program for implementing the present invention may be stored in another computer-readable information recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a ROM card and distributed. Further, it may be preinstalled and distributed to the magnetic disk device of the system to which the present invention is applied. Alternatively, a program for implementing the present invention may be stored on a magnetic disk provided in a Web server and distributed via the Internet.

[0058]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the character is in a state in which the character cannot perform a special action, the image of the character itself is changed. It is easy to recognize that it is not possible to take a special action while keeping the character focused on the character.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a new action setting value is calculated by subtracting the consumption value to be consumed by the special action and the action setting value, and the character's own action value is calculated based on the value. Since the image is changed, the player can easily recognize the state of the remaining action set value while keeping his / her gaze focused on the opponent character.

Further, according to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, the information recording medium can be easily distributed and sold as a software product independently of a hardware device. . In addition, by using this software using existing hardware resources, the game of the present invention as a new application can be easily executed on existing hardware. When the program recorded on the information recording medium of the present invention is executed by a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device, the game device according to the first and second aspects of the present invention can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire game system including a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a controller used in the game system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of a game device body used in the game system shown in FIG. 1 and peripheral circuits thereof.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a player character and an enemy character are fighting with each other in the game device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating a state in which a special attack is being performed on the character, and FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a state in which the state of the special attack point has disappeared as a change in the image of the player character.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining that the image display of the player character changes according to the remaining amount of the special attack point in the game device shown in FIG. 1;

6 is a flowchart showing a process in which the image display of the player character changes in the game device shown in FIG. 1 according to the presence or absence or the remaining amount of the special attack point.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process in which, when the player performs a special attack operation in the game device shown in FIG. 1, the image of the player character changes according to the presence or absence or the remaining amount of the special attack point. .

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen showing a special attack point of a character by a gauge and a numerical value during a game in a conventional game.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game machine main body 20 Controller 30 CD-ROM (information recording medium) 40 Television monitor 51 CPU 53 GTE 54 GPU 64 Frame buffer 71 Player character 71a Neck 72 Enemy character 73 Special attack

Claims (4)

[Claims] An instruction is given to a character to be operated, either a normal action that acts without consuming a preset action set value or a special action that acts while consuming the action set value. A special action determination unit that compares a consumption value to be consumed by the special action with an action set value to determine whether or not the special action can be performed. And a display mode changing means for changing a display mode of the character instructing the special action when the special action determining section determines that the special action cannot be performed. 2. Instructing a character to be operated either a normal action that does not consume a preset action set value or a special action that acts while consuming the action set value. Action instructing means for performing, and when a special action is instructed by the action instructing means, an action setting value calculating means for calculating a new action setting value by subtracting a consumption value to be consumed by the special action from the action setting value. And a display mode changing unit for changing a display mode of the character based on the action set value calculated by the action set value calculating unit. 3. Instructing the character to be operated either a normal action that acts without consuming a preset action set value or a special action that acts while consuming the action set value. And when the special action is instructed, comparing the consumption value to be consumed by the special action with the action set value, and determining whether or not the special action can be performed; and determining that the special action cannot be performed. And changing the display mode of the character instructing the special action. 4. Instructing the character to be operated either a normal action that does not consume a preset action set value or a special action that does while consuming the action set value. Calculating a new action set value by subtracting a consumption value to be consumed by the special action from the action set value when a special action is instructed; and setting a character based on the calculated action set value. Changing the display mode of the information recording medium.