JP2000051522A - Video game and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clearly display a specified position on a display object in an adventure game by selecting a mark to be described on the display object and describing the selected mark at the position on the display object, which is designated by means of a position designating means. SOLUTION: A position designating part 43 depresses a select button, reads internal map data of a street car as the display object from a picture data storing part 42 and displays an in-street car map. Then, a mark selecting part 44 displays a mark list, depresses a direction key and selects the mark. Then, a marking part 45 depresses a prescribed button, displays selected marking and writes the displayed marking at the position inside the street car, which is designated by the position designating part 43. Thus, the display of the object to be displayed including the specified position is easily displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique effective when applied to a position display on a display object displayed on a display screen of a video game, particularly an adventure game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a video game of this kind, a display object is displayed on a display screen, and a player operates a player character to obtain information at a specific position on the display object or obtain an item. That is, the specific position is generally found by the player.

[0003] For example, in the case of obtaining information, the position where information can be obtained is marked by the presence of a character other than the player character, and such a position is searched for by moving the player character and talking to the character. Get information at

[0004]

However, in such an adventure game, there are many specific positions where events occur, and different events may occur at the same position depending on the progress of the game. It was necessary to take measures such as taking note of the specific position. Furthermore, it is complicated to move the player character every time in order to display a specific position where an event occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to clearly display a specific position on a display object in an adventure game and to easily display a display object including the specific position. It is to provide the technology that can be done.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
Display object display means for displaying a display object on display means; position specification means for specifying a position on the display object displayed by the display object display means; and mark selection for selecting a mark to be marked on the display object And a marking means for marking the mark selected by the mark selection means at a position on the display object designated by the position designation means.

[0007] The display means means a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. Display objects are maps,
Field, dungeon, town, structure, vehicle, item, character, etc. The mark means a mark such as a cross, a triangle, and a circle. This mark is selected and marked at a designated position on the display. Thereby, for example, a mark corresponding to the degree of importance can be marked at a position where the player feels that it is necessary to investigate again.

[0008] A second means of the present invention is the first means, wherein the marking information display means for displaying information of the mark marked by the marking means, and the mark information displayed by the marking information display means. Marking information selection means for selecting, and the display object display means displays a display object marked with the mark selected by the marking information selection means.

The information on the marked mark means information on the position, shape, size, color, etc. of the mark. That is,
The information of the marking is displayed, and when the player selects the information, a display object with the mark is displayed. This makes it easy to know the marked position.

A third means of the present invention includes a display object display step of displaying a display object on display means, a position specifying step of specifying a position on the display object displayed by the display object display step, A program comprising a mark selection step of selecting a mark to be marked on a display object, and a marking step of marking the mark selected by the mark selection step at a position on the display object specified by the position specification step. This is the recording medium on which the data is stored.

As a recording medium, a CD-ROM, a game cartridge, a memory card, a floppy disk,
Any recording medium such as a magnetic disk and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, a CD-ROM and a game cartridge are particularly suitable for a game.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0013]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 4").

The game machine body 1 is connected to a controller 3 as an external input device, and further has a CD-ROM (C) (not shown) under a cover 2a of the CD-ROM drive.
The OPC (compact disc-ROM) 2 is mounted to provide a game program and game data.

The display 4 is for providing display symbols output from the game machine body 1 as display images, and the speaker 5 is for providing audio symbols to the player as audio. Can be.

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. A direction key 6 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 when viewed from the plane. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller, a circle button 7, a cross button 8, a square button 9, and a triangle button 10 are arranged. In the center of the controller 3, a start button 11 and a select button 12 are provided.
Is provided.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram mainly showing the game machine 1. CPU for bus 20
(Central Processing Unit)
21, DRAM (Dynamic Random Ac)
cess Memory) 22, MDEC23, GPU
(Graphic Processing Unit)
24 and the like are connected to each other. The CPU 21 has a GTE (Geometric Transfer En).
Gine) 25 is connected.

The MDEC 23 is a processor for reproducing moving images, and develops moving images read from a CD-ROM. The GTE 25 is a processor dedicated to graphics, and is composed of a plurality of arithmetic units that perform parallel processing.
The image data developed by the MDEC 23 is subjected to coordinate conversion, rendering, and the like by parallel processing.

The GPU 24 is a processor dedicated to graphics like the GTE 25, and is responsible for actual drawing such as shading, texture mapping, and raster processing based on data subjected to coordinate transformation by the GTE 25. The image data obtained as a result is stored in the VRA as a buffer.
The data is sent to an expansion device 27 via an M (Video RAM) 26. The expansion device 27 expands the image data and performs digital-to-analog conversion. The image signal obtained as a result is output as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) signals, and is input to the NTSC encoder 28 as an NTSC video signal. Is output.

The bus 20 is connected to a ROM 29 in which a boot program is stored.
0 is CD-DSP (CD-Digital Signa)
lProcessor) 31, CD-ROM decoder 3
2 are connected.

The CD-DSP 31 performs noise filtering. An SRAM (Static RAM) 33 as a buffer and a mechanical controller 34 are connected to the CD-ROM decoder 32, and the decoded image data is sent to the bus 20 and the audio data is sent to the SP.
U (Sound Processing Unit) 3
5 The SPU 35 is a processor in charge of audio processing, and the DRAM 3 as a connected buffer.
6, the audio data decoded by the CD-ROM decoder 32 is decoded, and the audio data obtained as a result is converted into a DAC (Digital Analog Converter).
ter) 37 to perform digital-to-analog conversion and send it out as audio output.

An SIO (Serial) for enabling data to be transmitted bidirectionally with the controller 3 is provided on the bus 20.
l I / O Interface) 38 is connected.

Here, the video game stored in the CD-ROM 2 is an adventure game aimed at solving a case that occurred inside the train.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The display object display unit 41 reads the data inside the train from the image data storage unit 42 and displays the inside of the train on the display 4. When the direction key 6 of the controller 3 is pressed, the inside of the train is moved and displayed from the viewpoint to which the character has moved. When the select button 12 of the controller 3 is pressed, the position specifying unit 43 reads the train internal map data from the image data storage unit 42 and displays the train internal map on the display 4. The mark selection unit 44 displays a mark list. When the directional key 6 is pressed, a mark is determined from the mark list. The marking unit 45 performs marking with the selected mark at the character moving position in the train internal map described above by pressing the ボ タ ン button 7 of the controller 3 and displays the mark on the display 4. The marking recording unit 46 records the data of the marking.

FIG. 6 shows the inside 61 of the train displayed on the display 4. The screen is displayed from the viewpoint of the player.

FIG. 7 shows a train internal map 71 and a mark list 72. The marks are displayed in descending order of importance, and the mark specified by the cursor in the mark list 72 is marked at the current position 73 of the player.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing this. That is, the display object display unit 41 reads the data inside the train (step 101), and displays the inside of the train on the display 4 (102). When the direction key 6 is pressed (103), the display object display unit 41 moves and displays the inside of the train from the viewpoint to which the character has moved (104).

When the select button 12 is pressed (105), the position designation unit 43 reads the train internal map data from the image data storage unit 42 (106) and displays the train internal map (107). The mark selecting unit 44 displays a mark list (108), and presses the direction key 6 (109) to select a mark (110). When the ボ タ ン button 7 is pressed (111), the marking unit 45 displays the marking (112).
The marking data is written (113).

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
By moving the character to the position on the map to be marked and selecting and determining the mark, marking can be performed at the position on the map, and the player can clarify a place to be checked again.

Further, by selectively using various marks by the mark selection means, the importance of the marking position and the like can be differentiated and displayed.

Although the position to be marked is specified by moving the character, the position to be marked may be specified by a cursor.

[0032]

[Embodiment 2] In the above-described embodiment, marking is performed by designating a position by the position designating means. However, if a display object such as a map becomes large and the number of markings increases, the position of the marking cannot be determined. Further, in order to display the periphery of the marking position, it is necessary to operate the character and move the character to the marking position.

In the present embodiment, this is solved by displaying the marking information. That is, in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the marking information display unit 47 reads the marking information from the marking recording unit 46 and displays it on the display 4 by pressing the L1 button 13 of the controller 3. The marking information selection unit 48 selects the displayed marking information with the direction keys 6 and determines with the ボ タ ン button 7. The position specifying unit 43 reads the train inside map data corresponding to the marking information from the image data storage unit 42 and displays the train inside map on the display 4.

Here, the protect button 1 of the controller 3
2 is pressed, the object display unit 41 stores the train internal data corresponding to the marking information in the image data storage unit 42.
, And the display inside the train is displayed on the display 4.

FIG. 8 shows the marking information 81 displayed on the display 4. Fig. 9
And the mark is displayed at the marking position 72. When the select button 12 is further pressed, the inside 61 of the train at the marking position shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. FIG. 10 is a screen displaying the direction of the compartment in the train from the marking position 72.

Such processing is shown in the flow chart of FIG. 5. When the L1 button 13 is depressed (step 201), the marking information display section 47 reads the marking information from the marking recording section 46 (202). Displayed above (203). The marking information selection unit 48 selects the marking information when the direction key 6 is pressed (20).
4) When the 決定 button 7 is pressed, the marking information is determined (205). The position specifying unit 43 reads the train internal map data of the determined marking information from the image data storage unit 42 (206) and displays it (207). Here, when the select button 12 is pressed (208), the display object display unit 41 reads the train internal data from the image data storage unit 42 (209) and displays it (210).

As described above, according to this embodiment, by displaying the marking information and selecting the displayed marking information, it is possible to display the train inside map including the marking position and the inside of the train. It became so. In addition, in the display processing, the display is performed as if the player has instantly moved to the marking position of the selected marking information, and the operability of the game can be improved.

In this embodiment, the player character is not displayed, the inside of the train is displayed from the viewpoint of the player, and it is made as if the player himself is acting in the game. It may be operated by the player's operation.

[0039]

According to the present invention, a specific position on a display object in an adventure game can be clearly displayed, and a display object including the specific position can be easily displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centered on a game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a display object screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a position designation screen and a mark selection screen.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a marking information screen.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a position designation screen.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a display object screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2a CD-ROM drive cover 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Speaker 6 Direction key group 7 ○ button 8 × button 9 □ button 10 △ button 11 Start button 12 Select button 13 L1 button 14 R1 button 61 Display object 71 Map 73 Mark 81 Marking information

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display object display means for displaying a display object on a display means, a position specification means for specifying a position on the display object displayed by the display object display means, and a mark marked on the display object A video game device comprising: mark selecting means for selecting a mark; and marking means for marking the mark selected by the mark selecting means at a position on the display object specified by the position specifying means. 2. A display object display comprising: marking information displaying means for displaying information of a mark marked by the marking means; and marking information selecting means for selecting information of the mark displayed by the marking information displaying means. 2. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means displays a display object on which the mark selected by the marking information selecting means is marked. 3. A display object display step of displaying a display object on a display means, a position specification step of specifying a position on the display object displayed by the display object display step, and a mark marked on the display object And a marking step of marking the mark selected by the mark selecting step at a position on the display object specified by the position specifying step.